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YUE COBSCOLE.
“ Within tby realm no discord’s jarring sound ..
Is heard, nor Cain and Abel there are found 1”
Character. —Amongst the happiest and
proudest possessions of a man is his charac
ter—it is a wealth—it is a rank of itself. It
usually procures the honors, and rarely the
jealousies of fame. The wise man there
fore despises not the opinion of the world
—he estimates it at its full value—he does
not wantonly jeopardise his treasure of a
good name —he does not rush from vanity
alone, against the received sentiments of
others—he does not hazard his costly jewel
with unworthy combatants, and for a petty
stake. He respects the legislation of deco
rum. If he be benevolent as well as wise,
he will remember that character affords him
a thousand utilities—that it enables him bet
ter to forgive the erring and shelter the as
sailed. But that character is built on a false
and hollow basis, which is formed, not from
the dictates of our own breast, but solely
from the fear of censure. What is the es
sence and the life of character! Principle,
integrity, independence—or as one of our
great old writers hath it—“that inbred loy
alty to virtue, which can. serve her without a
livery.” These are qualities that hang not
upon any man’s breast. They must be
formed within ourselves—they must make
ourselves indissoluble and indestructible as
the soul! If conscious of these possessions,
we trust tranquilly to time and occasion to
make them known, we may rest assured that
our character, sooner or later, will establish
itself. We cannot more easily defeat our
own object than by a restless and fevered
anxiety as to what the world will say of us.
Except indeed, if we are tempted to un
worthy compliances with what our consci
ence disapproves, in order to please the
fleeting and capricious countenance of the
time.— Bulwer’s Student.
Advice. —Of all advice that is best which
is given by man to himself. To advise
others puffs us up with an opinion oi our
own merit; to instruct ourselves humbles
our pride; others are instructed by our dis
courses, which sometimes procure ns the
esteem of those who are present at them;
but when we instruct ourselves, we do it in
secret; and this is anew reason why we
neglect ourselves, and bestow our reproofs
upon others; because there comes no honor
to us from the advices, but those we give to
others are often attended with applause.
The rating'place. —"So man lieth down,
and riseth not till the heavens be no more;
they shall not wake; nor be raised out of
their sleep.” <
However dark and disconsolate the path
of life may seem to any man, there is an
hour of deep and quiet repose at hand, when
the body may sink into dreamless slumber.
Let not the imagination be startled, if this
resting place instead of the bed of down,
shall be the bed of gravel, or the rocky pave
ment of the tomb. No matter where the
remains of wearied man may lie, trie repose
is deep and undisturbed—the sorrowful
bosom heaves no more; the tears are dried
up in their fountains; the aching heart is at
rest, and the stormy waves of earthly tribu
lation roll unheeded over the very bosoms
of the pale nations of the dead—not one of
the sleepers heeds the spirit stirring-trump
or responds to the rending shouts of vic
tory.
How quiet these countless millions slum
ber in the arms of their mother earth! The
voice of the thunder shall not waken them;
the loud cry of the elements—the winds—
the waves nor even the giant tread of the
earthquake, shall be able to cause an inquie
tude in the chambers of death. They shall
restand pass away! the last great battle
shall be fought; and then a silver voice, at
first just heard, shall rise to the tempest tone,
and penetrate the voiceless grave. For the
trumpet shall sound and the dead shall hear
His voice.— J. N. Maffit.
Benevolence. —“Not lor ourselves, but for
others,” is the grand law of nature inscribed
by the hand of God on every part of crea
tion. Not for itself, but others, does the
sun dispense its beam; not for themselves
but others, do the clouds distill odors, does
the earth unlock her treasures; not for
themselves, but others, do the trees produce
their fruit, or flowers diffuse their fragrance
and display their hues. So, not for himself,
but others, are the blessings of heaven be
stowed on man. He who lives only for
himself, and consumes the bounty of hoaven
upon his lusts or consecrates it to the demon
Oi avarice, is a barren rock in a fertile plain
—he is a thorny bramble in a fruitful vine
yard, he is the grave of God’s blessings—
he is the very Arabia deseit of the moral
world*
Married life. —A great portion of the
wretchedness which so often embitters mar
ried life, I am pemnsded ha* originated in
the negligence of trifles. Connubial happi
ness is a thing of too fine a texture to be
roughly handled—it is a delicate flower
which indifference will chill and suspicion
blast—it is a sensitive plant which will not
even bear the touch of unkindness. It must
be watered with the showers of tender af
fection, expanded with the glow of atten
tion, and guarded by the impregnable bar
rier of unshaken confidence—thus matured,
it will bloom with fragrance in every season
of life, and relieve even the loneliness of
declining years.
Biography. —There is no part of history
which seems capable of either more instruc
tion or entertainment, than that which offers
to us the select lives of great and virtuous
men, who have made an eminent figure on
the public stage of the world. In these we
see at one view what the annals of a whole
age can afford that is worthy of notice, and
in the wide field of universal history, skip
ping as it were over the barren places, gather
all its flowers, and jpossess ourselves at once
•f all that is good in it.— Middleton’* life of
Cuxro.
Pride. —ls a proud man makes me keep
my distance, the comfort is he keeps his at
the same time.— Dr. Swift.
FAULTS.
Corrupted manners I shall ne’er defend,
Nor lalsdly witty, for my faults contend.
As all error is meanness, it is incumbent
on every man who consults his own dignity,
to retract it as soon as he discovers it, with
out fearing any censure so much as that of
his own mind. As justice requires that all
injuries should be repaiied, it is the duty of
him who has seduced others by bad prac
tices, or false notions, to endeavor that such
as have adopted his errors should know his
retraction, and that those who have learned
vice by his example, should by his example
be taught amendment.— Johnson.
Wisdom. —All the wisdom of man con
sists in this alone—to know and worship
God—this is our doctrine, this is our opin
ion; and this, with as loud a voice as I can, I
testify, profess and proclaim. This is what
all the philosophers during their whole life
sought, but could never find nor compre
hend, nor attain to because they retained a
corrupt religion, or bad none at all. Let
them all then be gone who do not instruct,
but disturb human life. How can they teach
others, who are not instructed themselves?
how can they heal the sick or guide the
blind.— Miller.
The duties of religion sincerely and regu
larly performed, will always be sufficient to
exalt the meanest, and to exercise the high
est understanding. That mind will never
be vacant which is frequently recalled by
stated duties to meditations on eternal inter
ests; nor can any hour be long which is
spent in obtaining some new qualification
for celestial happiness.
Truth is always consistent with itself, and
needs nothing to help it out; it is always
near at hand and sits upon our lips, and is
ready to drop out before we are aware;
whereas a fie is troublesome, and sets a
man’s invention on the rack, and one trick
needs a great many more of the same kind
to make it good.
THE FAESGM gU a
“• A bold peasantry, their country’s pride
When once destroy’d can never be supplied.”
Salt in Agriculture. —Salt is valuable as
a manure, and for the destruction of insects.
It has been used to a great extent in Eng
land. In this country there has been less
attention paid to the subject. The quanti
ty to the acre is from five to ten bushels.
We have been informed by an English Far
mer who has often known it to he used with
success, that the usual quantities are about
500 pounds to the aero on grass land, and
700 on tillage.
He knew a failure in a wheat crop in
consequence of a large number of slugs in
the ground. Salt was applied to the land
and immediately a large number of dead
slugs were found on the surface; and the air
was so affected as to be offensive. The
land was again sowed with wheat and pro
duced a large crop the next year.
In some seasons a great deal of damage is
done to grass lands in some sections of the
country. Sometimes many acres of grass
are completely destroyed. In such cases a
good dressing of salt would doubtless an
swer the double purpose of destroying the
worms and increasing the growth of the
grass. An experiment could be convenient
ly tried at a small expense.
In the London Farmer’s Magazine, one
gives the experiments of a farmer, in the
use of salt for destroying slugs, and worms,
with which his wheat land was much infest
ed. He applied it to twenty acres at differ
ent seasons. He observes that “in every
situation and at every time, the effect ap
peared equally beneficial. In the morning
each throw could be distinguished by the
slime and number of dead slugs lying on the
ground; in some fields it had been the means
of preventing the total destruction of the
crop.”
He used about five bushels to the acre.
He had not determined what season wus best
for applying the salt, but the state of the
weather, and the time of day should be re
garded. The weather should be mild and
moist, but not rainy. The land damp, but
not wet. The salt should not be sown when
the sun is shining, but early in the morning
before sun-rise, or after sun-set.
We suppose that these rules for applying
salt have reference to its use when the crop
is growing, for a direct application of salt
in a considerable quantity to growing vege
tables will kill immediately almost every
kind. Therefore it should be applied to a
growing crop with great caution, and with
the most favorable circumstances, as above
named. We would recommend to those
who are not acquainted with the effects of
salt on vegetation, to make experiments on
a small scale when applied after the plants
are growing, and they will soon witness its
effects.
Whether salt be used as a manure or for
the destruction of worms, See., it is best to
apply it a few weeks before planting, that it
may become spread evenly in the soil. Fine
salt should be used, unless it he applied to
the soil long before planting, as a large piece
of salt might destroy a plant if applied to
it.— Farmer’s Jour.
Horses and Oxen for Teams. —l have ob
served that in many places horses have taken
the place of oxen, are used for the purpose
of fanning, introduced, I suppose, under the
impression that they are better adapted to
the service, and more profitable to the own
er. lam not about to contradict the truth
of this supposition, or prove that a man can
ot plough and harrow as fast and as well
with horses as with oxen, but shall merely
mention a few of the comparative merits
and demerits of these animals, that may de
termine which is most useful and profita
ble.
The horse, when put to service, must have
arrived at his full strength and value, conse
quently there is no gain on the capital in
vested, besides what arises from service,and
as he is good for nothing at the end of the
service, there will be a discount at least equal
to the amount of cost.
The ox may submit to the yoke when
young, and partly remunerate his owner for
cost of keeping, while obtaining his growth,
© <d m w m m ib st
when he may be sold to the butcher, and
the money invested in younger stock; thus
there w ill be a constant gain in growth,
while the services will be sufficient for the
purpose of farming. The horse, if kept on
hay alone, must have his masticating powers
almost perpetually in [motion; the ox re
serves some of his time for rumination;
hence there may be a difference in the cost
of keeping. The cost of equipping a horse
for the regular farm service is greater than
that of the ox, —and more time is required
ty put on and off these equipments. In
shoeing, the difference of cost is in favor of
an ox, as also it is in the quality of the rflan
ure they make. The ox has an intrinsic
value arising from the good qualities of his
flesh and skin, the one being good for food
—the other for leather, whereas veiy little
can be made out of a dead horse. For some
kinds of farm service, the horse is prefera
ble to the ox, such as fight ploughing and
harrowing, but for carting, hauling stone
and other heavy work, he is not so good.
He is better adapted to the road service, and
i3 useful for milling, marketing, and mccten
ing; he also may be used for journeying and
visiting. It is convenient, and perhaps
profitable, to keep both these useful ani
mals, as well as cows,sheep, and other stock;
but when the number of horses greatly ex
ceed those of oxen, or even cows, it is time
to begin to count the cost, which may be
done by opening account current with eac%
animal, keeping debt ana Credit, or what
you give and receive from each.— Maine
Farmer.
Important to Farmers. —l Tart Mussey,
Esq., of this village, took a small portion of
the seed corn with which he planted a field,
and soaked it in a solution of sail nitre, com
monly called saltpetre, and planted five rows
with the seed thus prepared. Now for the
result. The five rows planted with corn
prepared with saltpetre, yielded more than
2o rows planted without any preparation.
The five rows were untouched by the worms,
while the remainder of the field suffered
severely by their depredations. We should
judge that not one kernel saturated with
saltpetre w-as touched, while a'most every
hill in the adjoining row suffered severely.
No one who will examine the field, can
doubt the efficacy of the preparation. He
will be astonished at the striking difference
between the five rows and the remainder of
the field.
Here is a simple fact, which if seasonably
known would have saved many thousands
of dollars to the farmers of this county alone,
in the article of com. It is a fact which
should be universally known, and in all pro
bability one of the greatest discoveries of
modem times in the much neglected science
of Agriculture. At all events, the experi
ment should be extensively tested, as the re
sults are deemed certain, while the expense
is comparatively nothing.
Mr. M. also stated as to the result of an-,
other experiment tried upon one of his ap
ple trees last spring. It is a fine, thrifty,
healthy tree, about twenty-five or thirty
years old, but has never in any one year pro
duced over about two bushels of apples.
While in blossom last spring, be ascended
the tree, and sprinkled plaster freely on the
blossoms, and the result is, that it will yield
this year twenty bushels of apples. Now
if the plaster will prevent the blast, it is a
discovery of great importance. Mr. M.
was led to make the experiment by reading
an account of the production of trees ad
joining a meadow where plaster had been
sown at a time when there was a light breeze
in the direction of the orchard, the trees
contiguous to the meadow bearing well
while the others produced no fruit.— Water
town Standard.
IT [HI IE fra EH RACKS g@T a
Bo always as merry as ever you can
For no one delights in a sorrowful man.
Anecdote of Washington. —While Colonel
Washington was on a visit to New York in
1773, it was boasted at the table of the Brit
ish Governor, that a regiment just landed
from England, contained among its officers
some of the finest specimens of martial ele
gance in his Majesty’s service—in fact, the
most superb military-looking fellows ever
landed upon the shores of the new world.
“I wager your Excellency a pair of
gloves,” said a Mrs. Morris, an American
lady, “that I will show you a finer man in
the procession to-morrow than your Excel
lency can select from your famous regi
ment.”
“ Done, Madam,” replied the Governor.
The morrow came (the 4th of June,) and
the procession, in honor of the birthday of
the King, advanced through Broadway to
the strains of military music. As the troop
defiled before the Governor, ho pointed out
to the lady several officers by name, claim
ing her admiration for their superior per
sons and brilliant equipments. In the rear
of the trooncameo hand of officers not ou
duty, of colonial officers, and strangers of
distinction. Immediately on their appear
ance, the attention of the Governor was
seen to be directed towards a tall and mar
tial looking figure, that marched with grave
and messured tread, apparently indifferent
to the scene aiound him. The lady now
archly observed, “I perceive that your Ex
cellency’s eyes ate turned to the right ob
ject; what say you to your wager now,
sir?”
“Lost madam,” replied the gallant Gov
ernor; “when l laid my wager I was uot
aware that Colonel Washington was in New
York.”
So long ago as the vice-regal court at
Williamsburg, in the days of Lord Boote
court, Colonel Washington was remarkable
for his splendid person, the air with which
he wore a small sword, and his peculiar
walk, that had the light elastric tread ac
quired by his long services on the frontier,
and was a matter of much observation, es
pecially to foreigners.
Comparative Virtue. —A shopkeeper at
Doncaster had, for his virtues, obtained the
name of the little rascal. A stranglr asked
him why this appellation had beet given
him? “To distinguish me from thorest of
the trade,” quoth he, “ who are al great
rascals.’’
Direct Examination. —“Collins, did the
prisoner strike you?”
Witness: “Did he strike me? Don’t
you know he did ?”
“No matter what I know—l ask you to
state what you know touching the subject.”
“I’m not a subject—l’m a citizen, and if
you look at me hat you’ll see whether he
touched me or not. The mark of the axe
is plain to be seen there as the thrack of me
mother’s fingers in a print of butther.”
“When was it he did this?”
“O, in troth it’s’ not so long ago but I can
remember it.”
“ Well, I want you to state when it was—
was it a year ago?”
“Was it year ago? Why if he’d kilt me I
don’t know that it ’ud make any great differ
ence to mceself in pint of time.”
“But when did he do it?”
“Whin did he do it? O, be gor, I didn’t
make an almanac of me head to register the
date in’t, though be my 60wl he was near
making an intry there in the owld fashioned
way, that they used to keep accounts before
there was so much larnin in the world—he
thought to put a nick in the post.”
“Well, but can’t you tell how many days
or weeks it is, since he committed the as
sault ?”
“ Why, it was just the day before he was
committed himself be the Mayor of Lafay
ette—three weeks or thereabouts; sure if
you look at the paper (indictment) there
afore you, you’ll see at wonst, without go
ing to all this trouble.”— N. O. Picayune.
Hear both sides. —“ Why, it’s good to get
drunk once in a while,” said a rummer, “for
it cleans a fellow out.”
“That’s a fact, it does,” replied a Wash
ingtonian, “ it cleans him out of house, home,
money, and friends.”
“Thoughts, sir, thoughts!” exclaimed a
would-be-poet, “are the divine wings that
bear me up into the seventh heaven, to en
joy the feast of reason and the flow of soul,
while you can only feast on bread, and
cheese, and porter. But what is the use of
speaking to you, you never had a thought in
all your fife.”
“Yes; I have one now.”
“Whatis it?”
“ That you are a fool.”
“Bob, I understand you are on a cruise
after Dick to cowhide him.” “Yes—l am
off on a whaling expedition.”
A parish clerk, instead of reading from
the Psalms. “ The unrighteous shall be com
pared to beasts that perish,” bawled out,
“ The unrighteous shall be compared to the
best of the parish .”
Sublime calculation. —The voice of a lo
cust can be beard one eighth of a mile; and
it is calculated that if a middling sized man
had a voice as strong in proportion to his
weight, he could be heard 2,773 miles. It
is also calculated that if a man was as nim
ble in proportion to his 9ize as a flea, lie
could hop more than twelve thousand miles:
or about as far as from New York to China.
Should “like to see ’em go it.”— American
Mechanic.
The Mare. —An alderman by the name of
Kirk owned a valuable mare, which was put
under the care of an Irish servant. The
mare happened to die one day, by some
violent disease, and the servant immediate
ly informed his mistress, “ marm, the mare’s
dead.” “The mayor dead!” replied the
lady; “then I suppose Mr. Kirk will be
mayor now.” “Indade marm,” exclaimed
Pat, “it is not the man mare but the horse
mare that I mane.”
The Rights of Women. —“ Some ladies
have distinguished themselves by declaim
ing against the oppression of women, which
they say exists in our Christian land. They
say women are kept in a condition of in
feriority to men, and that of right they ought
to be equal.” We have been thinking the
matter over, and have come to the conclu
sion that the wrong is quite another way;
and that if rights ought to bo divided half
and half, we should be for anew division.
Not on the ground upon which Miss Grimke
goes, that men are not women, or permitted
to engage in women’s occupations, but be
cause, when the simple question of superi
ority is at issue, the men always have to give
up. If ladies and gentlemen meet on the
side walk, who has to turn out ? If there are
not seats for all the company, who has to
stand up ? When there is danger to face,
who must go forward ? If there is curiosity
to gratify, who goes behind ? If there is too
much company for the first table who eats
at the second ? Who has always the right
hand and the most respectable position ?
We could mention a hundred other cases,
in which, on the simple question of right
every thing is yielded to the women. But
there are many cases in which the condition
ol men is still worse. For instance, if on
any public occasion a pew at church or a
. seat any where, be occupied by men ever
so respectable or aged, a smirky little beau
ty trips along and presents herself at the top
of the seat, and they must all jump up and
clear out as if they had been shot. Espe
cially ought it to be noticed, that when ma
trimonial negociations are to be made, the
whole burden of performing the delicate
and often very embarrassing part of making
proposals, is thrown upon the men, while
the women sit and say no, as long as they
like, and never say yes until they have a
mind to. Mrs. Angelina Grimke Weld may
show a catalogue of equal grievances if she
can.
Ridiculous Affair at Wexford. —Some
time ago tho daughter of a man named Bol
ger, residing at Wexford, procured a suit
of boy’s clothes, and went to “ seek her for
ture” at Liverpool, as a “ dashing young
Irishman.” She was hired by an English
gontleman as groom, and for months rode
after him as such. On his loaving the coun
try, he recommended his groom in the strong
est terms, and Miss Bolger was next hired
as an indoor servant. One of the maids,
however, became attached to her, and, to a
void her importunity, Miss Bolger joined a
twopenny show, where she soon attained the
exalted station of tumbling; on the stage, and
describing figuratively the letters of the al
phabet. The show booth arrived last week
at Wexford, and her brother by a singular
coincidence, was employed in one of the
departments connected with the building,
and recognized his long-lost sister in the in
teresting posture master. Her father, with
the assistance of the police, conveyed her
to his house, but she is so pleased with her
male attire that neither threats nor persua
sion can prevail on her to “part with.the
breeches.”— English paper.
05 s * Read what follows.
Alfred A. Overton,
Attorney at Law,
MADISON, GEORGIA.
Office, one door north of the American Hotel.
April 5 lyl
Wanted,
A FIRST rate Milk Cow. Apply at this office.
July 2 2w14
Head Quarters.
First Brigade, Third Division G. M. ?
Eatonton, 29th June, 1842. J
A RDERED, That an election for Colonel to command
U the 29th Regiment Georgia Malitia will be held in
the Court House, at Madison, Morgan County, on Sat
urday, the 23d of July next, to fill the vacancy occa
sioned by the resignation of Colonel Rives.
R. BLEDSOE, Brigadier General.
Attest: D. R. Adams, Aid-de-Camp.
July 2 4w14
Cotton! Cotton !!
SHIE highest prices will be paid for Cotton of all quali-
J-ties during the summer season, by
JOHN ROBSON Sc CO.
June 25,1842. 13
Strayed,
“PROM my plantation, on or about the first of May,
a bright sorrel mnre Mule, of common size. She
was much galded on the shoulders by harness. 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*l2
Notice.
WE 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
blige us by calling and paying ns. We intend to sell
goods at the lowest possible profits. Such a9 have re
ceived a credit from us, we trust will notice this.
JOHN ROBSON Sc CO.
June 11 IX
Goods at Cost!!!
THE subscribers would take this method of informing
the public in general, and those who wish to buy
Cheap Goods in particular, that they are still selling on
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, as 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, fur Cash, as cheap as can be ob
tained in the place.
They shall keep a constant supply of MEAL for the
accommodation ot up-town bread-eaters.
L. L. WITTICH & CO.
May 28 9
J list Received !
A SUPPLY of Dr. Houck’s celebrated Panacea so
popular as 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 Sc ipint bot.
Calomel, Jalap, Cream Tartar, Salts, and the usual
medicines,
Indigo, madder. Alum, with all the Dying materials,
Hardware 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, oPbII sorts; Crockery w are,
Jugs and Jars, Ovens, Pots, odd Lids,
All sorts of Cooking utensils, Tin ware, &c.
Unbleached and blenched Homespuns, ail kinds,
Broadcloths, Sattinets, Kentucky Jeans, and Calicoes.
Mens’ white and black flats, Shoes and Boots.
Fine assortment of ladies’, misses and children's Shoes.
Factory Yarns, striped and plain Cloth Sc 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 Sc CO.
Madison, (near the Georgia Rail-Road Depot,
June 4,1842. 10
Furniture! Furniture!!
THE subscriber ofTers for sale a fine stock of New
•L 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,
Secretarvs 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, See. Sic.
He also has a large stock of Furniture made at his
shop in this place, which he will sell nt the following
reduced prices to suit the hard times :
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; Teaster Bed
steads, with cords, at 9 00; ditto, with slats, at 10 00-
all other kinds of Bedsteads in the same proportion.
Safes, at 8,10,15 and $lB ; Folding Tables, at 6 and
800 inslead of 8 and 10 ; painted Sideboards,at 20 00-
instead of 25; painted Bureaus, at 20 00 instead of 25;
Washslands, at 3 and 4 00; pine Book Cases, at 12 00
instead of 15; smnll 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 above.
ALFRED SHAW,
may 21 6fmß
Georgia, Morgan County s
YUHEREAS, Benjamin and Thomas Harris, Admin
rntrators on the estate of William Harris, late of
said county, deceased, applies to me for Letters of
Dismission therefrom:
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to
lio 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, nt office, in Madison.
JAMES C. TATE, Clerk C. O.
July 2 5w14
Houck’s Panacea!
IF'E offer for sale, this valuable Vegetable preparation,
” in pint bottles nt the manufacturer’s price—$1 50
per bottle. Its celebrity in affording relief in lingering
diseases is well established, especially in Dyspepsia ana
general debility. It is pleasant to the taste, and does
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 Sc CO.,
Near the Georgia Rail-Road Depot, Madison.
June 11 3mll
CERTIFICATE.
This is to certify, that I purchased of Johnston Sc
Robson, of Madison, Georgia, six bottles of Houck’s
Panacea, which was administered to my wife who had
been lingering with Dyspepsia for Bor 10years, 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 60
yenrsold. It has also benefiftfd 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 8,1841. 1
Prices Reduced!
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
THE undersigned respectfully informs his friends and
patrons that in accordance with the pressure of the
times, he will, on and after the first day of June next!
reduce his rates as follows : ‘
Transient hoarders, per day, .... $1 50
Day boarders, per month 15 Oq
Other boarders in proportion.
Thankful for past encouragement he respectfully ja.
licts a continuance. WM. M. FRAZER
May 31, 1842.
P. S. The Omnibus and General Stage Office, an
kept at this house. 6wlo
American Hotel,
MADISON, GEORGIA.
THE subscriber, grateful for the patronage he has rc
ceived since the alwjve establishment has been open
respectfully informs his friends, and the Travelling pub!
lie, that he is prepared to accommodate all who may
give him a call. J. M. EVANS 7
April 5, 1842. ]
GENERAL STAGE OFFICE.
GLOBE HOTEL,
McDonough, Georgia.
THE subscribers would respectfully inform the Tray
J elling public that this House, situated on the West
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 be
secured on either Pilot or Defiance Lines of Four Horae
Post Coaches for the East or West— the Hack Line
from Covingto.’ 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. W. Sc D. F. KNOTT.
April 13 ly3
Morgan Sheriff’s Sales.
YJU'ILL be sold on the first Tuesday in August, be
” fore the Court House door, in the Town of Madi
son, in said County, within the usual hours of sale,
One negro woman. Rose, 37 years old, levied on as
the property of Daniel Jackson, to satify a fi. fa. issued
from the Inferior Court of Morgan County in favor of
Jesse Mathes vs. Daniel Jackson ; property pointed
out by Plaintiff’s Attorney.
JAMES O’NEAL, Deputy Sheriff.
June 85 13
Also, at the same time and place,
Seven acres of Land, more or less, adjoining the lands
of Dr. Elijah E. Jones, David Peck and A. G. Saffold,
levied on as the property of Peter Jinkins, to satify a fi
fa in favor of Skinner & Tatham, and sundry other fi
fas, vs. said Peter Jenkins. *
LEWIS GRAVES, Sheriff.
July 2 X 4
Georgia, Morgan County:
”iyIIEREaS, William Whitfield applies to me for
” Letters of Administration on the estate of Asa
Martin, 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 officp, in Madison.
JAMES C. TATE, ClcrkC.O.
June 18 12
Georgia, ) To the Superior Court
Morgan county. J of said County :
THE petirion of Ephraim Trotter sheweth that here
tofore, to wit: on the eighth day of February, in the
year eighteen hundred ana 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 voar 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 said Ephraigi, his heirs and
assigns, 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
assigns, 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 wmrant and forev
er defend ugninst the claim of himself, his heirs, and
against the claim of all other persons whatever : pro
vfded nevertheless, that if the said Edmund, his heirs,
executors and administrators shall and do truly pay,or
cause to be paid unto the aforesaid Wade, or beater,
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 upon 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 and be void to all intents and purposes. And
it being further shows to the Court that the said Ed
mund W'heat has not complied with the condition of
said deed of mortgage, and 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 by the Court, that a copy of this rule be
served upon the said Edmund in person three month*
before the 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, 36th April, 1843.
JNO. C. REES, Clerk.
May 3 4m5
TERMS OF THE
Southern Miscellany*
The Miscellany is published every Saturday Mom*
ing,in the Town of Madison, Morgan County, Georgies
and furnished to subscribers at the very low price o#
TWO DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS par an
num. One Dollar and Firry Cents for six months.
{CrCash invariably required in advance.
As an inducement to Clubs, we will send kins copies
of the Miscellany, one year, for Twenty Dollars.—’
None but tar money will be received for subscriptions?
and no letter taken out of the Post-Office unless if
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. Largr ones in proportion-
No advertisement will be counted less than a square i
and, unless limited when handed in, they will be pub-,
fished until forbid, and charged accordingly. Liberal
deductions made to those who advertise by the year—
but none will be considered yearly advertisers unless
contracts are first entered into.
Religious and Obituary Notices (if of a reasonable
length) inserted gratis. Cake should properly accom
pany Marriage notices —but, as we occasionally have
it at our house, it is not essential, particularly when the
couple don’t have any tbemselvee.
Job Printing, in all its branches, neatly and
expeditiously executed at this office.