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EXECUTION OF CAPTAIN HALE.
The case of Capt. Nathan Hale has been
regarded as parallel to that of Major Andre.
This young officer was a graduate of Yale
College, and had but recently closed his
academic course when the war of the revo
lution commenced. Possessing genius, taste,
and ardor, he became distinguished as a
scholar; and, endowed in an eminent degree
with those graces and gifts of nature which
add a charm to youthful excellence, he gain
ed universal esteem and confidence. To
high moral worth and irreproachable habits
were joined gentleness of manners, and in
genuous disposition, and vigor of under
standing. No young man of his years put
forth a fairer promise of future usefulness
and celebrity; the fortunes of none were
fostered more sincerely by the generous
good wishes of his associates, of the hopes
and encouraging presages ot his superiors.
Being a patriot upon principle, and an en
thusiast in a cause which appealed equally
to his sense of justiceand love of liberty, he
was among the first to take up arms in his.
country’s defence. The news of the battle
of Lexington roused his martial spirit, and
called him immediately to the field. He
obtained a commission in the army, and
inarched with his company to Cambridge.
His promptness, activity, and assiduous at
tention to discipline, were early observed.
He prevailed upon his men to adopt a sim
ple uniform, which improved their appear
ance, attracted notice, and procured applause.
The example was followed by others, and
its influence was beneficial. Nor were his
hours wholly absorbed by his military duties.
A rigid economy of time enabled him to
gratify his zeal for study and mental cul
ture.
At length the theatre of action was chang
ed, and the army was removed to the south
ward. The battle of Long Island was fought,
and the American forces were drawn togeth
er in the city of New \ ork. At this mo
ment it was extremely important for Wash
ington to know the situation of the British
army on the heights of Biooklyn, its num
bers, and the indications as to its future
movements. Having confidence in the dis
cretion and judgment of the gallant Colonel
Knowlton, who commanded a Connecticut
regimentof infantry, hecxplaincd his wishes
to that officer, and requested him to ascer
tain if any suitable person could he found in
liis regiment, who would undertake so haz
ardous and responsible a service. It was
essential, that he should he a man of capa
city, address, and military knowledge.
Col. Knowlton assembled several of his
officers, stated to them the views and desires
of the General, and left the subject to their
reflections, without proposing the enterprize
to any individual. The officers then sepa
rated. Capt. Hale considered deliberately
what had been said, and findingliimself by
a sense of duty aclined to the undertaking,
liecalledat thcquartcrs of his intimate friend.
Captain Hull—afterward General Hull—
and asked his opinion. Hull endeavored to
dissuade him from the service, as not befit
ting his rank in the army, and as being of a
kind for which his openness, of character
disqualified him; adding that no glory could
accrue from success, and a detection would,
inevitably he followed by an ignominious
death.
Captain Hale replied, that all these con
siderations had been duly weighed, that
■•every kind of service necessary to the pub
lic good was honorable by being necessary
—that lie did not accept the commission for
the sake of fame alone, orpersonal advance
ment: that he had been for some time in the
army without being able to render any sig
nal aid to the cause of his couutry, and that
he felt impelled by high motives of duty
not to shrink from the opportunity now pre
sented.’
The arguments of his friends were una
vailing, and Captain Hale passed over to
Long Island iu disguise. He had gained
the desired information, and was just on the
point of stepping into a boat to return to the
city of New York, when be was arrested
and taken before the British commander.
Like Andre, lie had assumed a character
which he could not sustain; he was ‘too
little accustomed to duplicity to succeed.’
The proof agninst him was so conclusive,
that he made no effort at self defence, but
frankly confessed his object; and, again like
Andre, without farther remarks, ‘left the
fact3 to operate with his judges.’ He was
sentenced to l>e executed as a spy. and was
accordingly hanged the next morning.
The sentence was conformable tothe laws
of war, and the prisoner was prepared to
meet it with a fortitude becoming his char
acter. But the circumstances of his death
aggravated his sufferings, and placed him in
a situation widely different from that of An
dre. The facts were narrated to General
Hull by an officer of the British commissary
department, who was present ot the execu
tion, and deeply moved by the conduct and
fate of the unfortunate victim, and the treat
ment he received. The provost-marshall,
to whose charge he was consigned, was a
refugee, and behaved toward him in the
most unfeeling manner; refusing the attend
ance of a clergyman and the use of a bible,
and destroying the letters he had written to
bis mother and friends.
In the midst of these barbarities, Hale
was calm, collected, firm; pitying the mal
ice that could insult a fallen foe aud dying
man, but displaying to the last his native ele
vation of soul, dignity of deportment, and
an undaunted courage. Alone, unfriended,
without consolation or sympathy, he closed
his mortal career with the declaration, ‘that
he only lamented he had but one life to lose
for his country.’ When Andre stood upon
the scaffold, he called on all around him to
bear witness that he died like a brave man.
The dying words of Hale, embodied a no
bler and more sublime sentiment; breathing
a spirit of satisfaction, that, although brought
to an untimely end, it was his lot to die a
martyr in his country’s cause. The whole
tenor of his conduct, and this declaration
itself, were such proofs of his bravery that
it required not to be more audibly proclaim
ed. The following tribute is from the muse
of Dr. Dwight:
Thus, while fond virtue wished in vain to save,
}Uk, bright and generous, found a hapless grove;
Wilh genius’ living flame his bosom glowed.
And science clinnned him to her sweet abode ;
In worth'sfuir path his feet adventured far,
The pride of peace, the rising grace of war.
There was a striking similarity between
the character and acts of Hale and Andre;
hut in one essential point of difference the
firmer appears to much the greater advan
tage. Hale was promised no reward, nor
did he expect any. It was necessary that
the service should be undertaken from purely
virtuous motives, without a hope of gain or
of honor; because it was of a nature not to
he executed by the common class of spies,
who arc influenced by pecuniary considera
tion ; and promotion could not he offered as
an inducement, since that would bea tempta
tion for an officer to hazard his life as a spy,
which acommandercould not with propriety
hold out. Viewed in any light, the act must
be allowed to bear unequivocal marks of
patriotic disinterestedness and self-denial.
But Andre had a glorious prize before him
—the chance of distinguishing himself in a
military enterprize, honors, renown, and
every allurement that could flatter hope, and
stimulate ambition. To say the least, his
personal advantages were to be commensu
rate with the benefit to his country. But
whatever may have been the parallel be
tween these two individuals while living, it
ceased with their death. A monument was
raised and consecrated to the memory of
Andre, by the bounty of a grateful sover
eign. His ashes have been removed from
their obscure resting place, transported
across the ocean, and deposited with the re
mains of the illustrious dead in AVestminis
ter Abby. Where is the memento of the
virtues, the patriotic sacrifice, the early fate
of Hale ? It is not inscribed on marble—
it is hardly recorded in books. Let it be the
more deeply cherished in the hearts of his
countrymen. —Life of Arnold.
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From the Portland Tribune.
MECHANICS.
BY JOIIV NEAL.
Social rank, it may be said, has nothing
to do with political rank. I deny this.—l
believe that in the very constitution of things
they are inseparable. Whoever has in fact
political power, has in fact a social power
proportioned thereto—in other words, a
rank in society, correspondent with that po
litical power. And he—or she—who has
power at the fire-side, influence about the
domestic hearth of a neighbor, has a power
that will betray itself sootier or later, in
some higher sphere; a growing ascendancy
which must be felt in some way or other, at
some day or other, in the whole constitution
of society—in the machinery of state. And
so in the alternative. It is in vain that we
pretend —I will not say to dominion, nor to
political ascendancy—but to equality, what
ever may he our numbers, our wealth, and
onr importance in every other respect, so
long as we occupy a subordinate rank in the
social system.
But, say certain of those who belong to
the mechanic'interest, and are willing to be
mouth-pieces for the whole body. But we
have a full share in the government of the
country now. Are we not represented—
every man of us? Aud is not the vote of a
mechanic worth as much as the vote of any
other man ?
To which I say—Ask yourselves.—Are
you of a truth represented ? Look into your
legislative halls—go into your courts of jus
tice. Have you three legislators, three
judges, three governors and three presidents,
for every one judge, one governor, and one
president elected by the other fourth part of
our free population ?
You are three times more numerous than
all the other electors of our country; and
yet —how few are ye in the national or state
councils, in the distribution of trust and
office, in the rank of powder and privilege.
And as for the worth of your votes —depend
upon it, there is no such equality as you may
suppose between your vote, and the vote of
the privileged class. Let me be understood
—I do not mean the wealthy nor the high
born—much less do I mean the idler, who
if he labors not in some way for the advan
tage of his fellowman, whatever may be his
rank, is a pauper —the pauper of a family
or a neighborhood, of the state or the pub
lic, if not of a town or parish—l do not
mean these, nor any of these, when 1 talk
of a privilege class. Nor do I mean to play
the demagogue—to curry fitvor with the
multitude by abusing the few—no! for 1
hold with him who preached better in rhyme
by far than most people do in prose, that—
Order is heaven’s first law—this stands contest,
Some are and must be—greater than the rest.
But I mean by a privileged class, a body of
men, who not only are, but who deserves
to be the rulers of our country.
Mechanic's Association. —The increase of
these associations isan indication that a spirit
of inquiry isabroad, prompting the mechanic
to avail himself of the benefits of associated
stiength in the promotion of the several arts,
and the elevation of those who belong to that
numerous class of citizens on whom so much
of the comforts of life depend.
These societies are of immense advantage
to the young apprentices, who can here find
facilities for improving their minds to which
their masters were utter strangers. In for
mer times, if the apprentice was taught the
trade of the master to whom he was appren
ticed—taught to write his name and cipher
as far as the rule of three—kept comfortably
clad and had a ‘freedom suit’ when he ar
rived at the age of 21, he was considered as
having been well treated, and had no cause
of complaint. No Lyceums with their free
debates—no Institutes with their familiar
lectures upon the sciences, illustrated with
apparatus —no libraries with their volumes
in all the several departments of science,
simplified and prepared with strict reference
to the wants of the young, offered to him
their priceless advantages, and beckoned
him on from step to step up the steeps of
science and of fame.
What had a poor mechanic to do with
such things so far above his sphere ?—These
were not for him, hut for the favored few,
who, leaving the practical walks of life im
mured themselves in their closets and led a
book worm life, and became thcoiy learned
ST© 10 JLIIS Hi St HI QB<D IB & AitH_ a’
and practically ignorant. We well remem
ber a friend of our young days, a playmate,
who had a mechanical genius, and was en
dowed with untiring persevei^nceand indus
try. He had read and heard an air pump,
and thought he could make one. He pro
cured the materials and castthe barrels him
self—but not understanding how to fix the
valves or the pistons, he travelled forty miles
on foot to a college—the only place where
one could be seen, and humbly begged per
mission to see it. The Professor graciously
admitted him into the ‘Philosophical Cham
ber,’ pointed out the air pump to him, but
would not let him touch it, nor would he
take it apart or explain to him how the valves
were constructed, and the poor boy walked
hack, to his home with a heavy heart, thanks
to a •stubborn Professor, just as wise as lie
came. Then, it was stooping too low for a
grave Professor in a College to teach a poor
Mechanic a single element of Mechanical
Philosophy : now, you can find an air pump
iu almost every town and the very hoys cap
take them apart and put them together and
science loses nothing in dignity or useful
ness. That hoy was cut oft’ by death before
manhood had fairlydawned upon him. How
would he have rejoiced, had he lived to this
day in the present diffusion of practical sci
ence, and how active would lie have been
in opening the avenues of knowledge and
in battling the ignorance and prejudice,
which has so long kept the productive classes
down to the ranks of mere hewers of wood
and drawers of water, without a chance for
the development of their talents, or the re
finement and elevation of their minds.
The young mechanic cannot too highly
appreciate the advantages of these associa
tions. He should use every exertion, to not
only benefit himself by the means which
they extend to him for improvement, hut he
should also aid them in every way possible,
that others may enjoy the same. We hope
that every village will have its Mechanic’s
institute, and every Mechanic belong to it
and zealously support it.— Mechanic's Advo
cate.
T IHI E IFJ\ m GMJE a
“ A bold peasantry, their country’s pride
When once destroy’d can never be supplied.”
For the “ Southern Miscellany.”
Mr. ILndliter —Being, ns I have already
confessed, a “ Yankee,” this must he my ex
cuse for not entering more minutely into a
subject which many in your own County
are much better qualified to discuss. Nev
ertheless, having engaged the assistance of
my good friend, Miss Susan, to aid me in
spelling some of the hardest words, I have
concluded to offer a few thoughts on the
subject of “ Agricultur.”
There are some facts so clearly true, it is
strange we are not more generally willing
to be governed by them. Improvement in
agricultural pursuits, is admitted by all to he
an object of vital importance. Is it not sur
prising, then, that while improvements are
daily being made in manufacturing, not on
ly articles truely necessary for our comfort,
hut in many instances, those only calculated
to gratify our pride, and tickle our fancies,
the great foundation upon which is based
the whole structure of individual, as well
as national prosperity, should be so shame
fully neglected ?
The remedy for this ruinous evil is in the
hands of those whose interests are most di
rectly connected with it.
In the first place, the Press, that power
ful engine which controls the destinies of
nations, must he called into requisition be
fore the Planters of Georgia can arrive to
that degree of perfection which climate,
soil, and productions proclaim within their
reach. A more liberal encouragement must
be extended to such publishers as devote
their capital and talents to the farming inte
rest, and who throw open their columns to
communications from the hand of theprac
tical farmer. Let an interchange of opinion
be freely expressed—experiments tried, and
the result made known through this same
medium, and let these papers he printed
within the borders of our oven State.
Agricultural periodicals printed at the
North, undoubtedly contain some general
rules that are applicable to every portion of
the Union, hut by far the most valuable part
of their contents, at home, is not worth pos
tage to the Southern Planter.
Let Agricultural Societies abound—let
premiums he offered for the best specimens
of home production, whether in the shape
of stock, or produce of the farm. This will
excite a spirit of emulation, laudable in it
self—worthy of our best energies—and the
result of which cannot be otherwise than
beneficial. I have seen the benefit growing
out of such a course in other sections of the
Union, and, with all due deffereme, I offer
these remarks for the considerathn of the
Planters of Georgia, with whose jrosperity
my own is closely interwoven.
W hen I first came to this (my adopted)
State, I found some customs that were new
to me, and some that were old enough, and
as erroneous as they were old ; and plenty
of both in my opinion, that opened an am
ple field for amendment. But for reasons
already expressed I shall content myself
for the present, by simply naming some of
them, trusting that more competent pens
will place in their true light such as shall be
deemed worthy of notice.
First, then, might not the same amount of
labor be more profitably employed on less
land than is generally cultivated ? Are there
not convenient materials for making a com
post manure, calculated to sustain our better
lands, and to restore such as are more worn?
Is not the improvement of our breed of
horned cattle too much neglected ? Or, if
we must content ourselves with bug-homed
milch cows, would not true policy dictate
the propriety of keeping a less number, and
that number much better supplied with suit
able food ? Is it not probable that one-tenth
of all that is fed to stock, might be saved,
by a nicer preparation and more earful dis
tribution rs the same ? Lastly, as there is
much doubt whether the price of our great
staple will enable us hereafter to realise an
income approximating to any thing like that
of former yeat s ; does it not become us all
to adopt such habits of economy in the
management of our farms, (even in matters
heretofore deemed of minor importance) as
will aid in balancing the difference between
present and former incomes derived from
that source ?
JOTHAM HOTCHKISS.
Athens, July 24, 1542.
AGRICULTURE OF EUROPE, COM
PARED WITH THAT OF THE U
NITED STATES.
AVe have before us “McGregor’s Statis
tics,” which contain a curious table, corppi
led from one prepared by Baron. Von Mal
chus. Minister of Finance in Wurtemburgh,
in 1828. It exhibits the Agriculture and
Live Stock of all the nations of Europe, in
a manner similar to the statistics recently
obtained by the United States.
The total amount of grain then raised in
some of the most important nations were as
follows. Grain here includes wheat, barley,
oats and rye:
Great Britain, 262,500,000 bushels.
Prussia, 145,000,000 “
Denmark, 40,133,000
Austria, 366,000,000
France, 233,847,300 “
Spain, 68,000,000
If we divide the results by the number of
inhabitants in each country, we get the num
ber of bushels raised to each soul:
Great Britain, to each soul, 12 bushels.
Denmark, “ 20
Prussia, “ 12 “
Austria, “ 14 “
France, “ 7 “
Spain, “ 5
It appears, then, that the northern part of
Germany raises a much larger portion of
grain than either England, France, orSpain.
In the United States, the amount of the
same grain’(wheat, barley, oats and rye)
raised, is in theaggregate about 317,000,000
bushels—to each soul about ISi bush. The
United States, then, raise more grain than
any country of Europe, exceptin Denmark,
and much more than the average produced
in Europe.
Let us now compare the Live Stock.
Os Cattle the following are raised in
the above named countries :
Great Britain, 10,500,000
Prussia, 4,500,000
Denmark, 1,607,000
Austria, 9,912,900
France, 6,681,000
Spain, 2,500,000
These again divided by the population,
give the following results:
England, to each soul, 1-2 of one
Prussia, “ l-3d “
Denmark, “ 4-stlis “
Austria, “ 3-llths “
France, “ l-sth “
Spain, “ l-sth “
Denmark and England have much the
largest portion of cattle, though Russia, not
included in the above, lias nearly as large
a portion of cattle as England. In the Uni
ted States, the number of Cattle is about
13,500,000 —to each soul, 4-sths. The pro
portions, again, is nearly or quite as high
as that of Denmark, and higher than the
average of Europe. But if we examine
particular States, we find some that have a
larger number of cattle in
any part of Europe—Thus in Vermont and
New York, there are more cattle than there
are living souls.
Os Horses, the European proportion is
thus :
Great Britain, to each soul, 1-llth
Prussia, “ l-10th
Denmark, “ l-4th
Austria, “ l-16th
France, “ l-12th
Spain, “ ‘ l-Bth
In the United States, of Horses there are
about 3,000,000 —which is to each soul,
l-stli. This also is a larger proportion than
that of Europe. The comparison in Swine
s interesting.
The proportion of Hogs to each soul is:
Eogjanu, l-4th
Prussia, 1-Sth
Denmark, l-6th
Austria, 1-ot!?
France, l-7th
Spain, l-13th
In the United States, the total number of
swine, is about 21,000,000 —which is to
each soul, 1J; or very far greater than any
country of Europe.
Thus the number of Hogs in the United
States isgreatertban all of England, France,
Prussia, Austria, Spain, Denmark, Bavaria
and the Netherlands, making a population
exceeding one hundred and twenty millions.
Os Sheep, the proportion in Europe, to
each 60ul, is thus:
Great Britain, 2
Prussia, 3-4ths
Denmark, 2 3ds
Austria, 2-sths
France, ’ 1-lOtli
Spain, 1
In the United States, the number is 19,
000,000 —the proportion is 1 1-Sth. In this
article, England is in advance of the United
States. In the State of New York however,
the proportion of Sheep is ashigh as in Eng
land.
There is however, another aspect to this
comparison. What is the relative product
per acre? We have not the means of know
ing the numbei of acres of arable land in
the United States ; but there are some local
statistics from which we can gather some
thing.
The number of acres of improved land in
the State of New York, is about 10,000,000
In great Britain, 97,000,000
The proportion is nearly lOto 1. (
The grain raised of the kinds
mentioned,® is in N. York, 38,000,000
In Great Britain, 262,000,000
The proportion in New York is the great
est.
Cattle in New York, 2,645,000
“ Great Britain, .10,500,000
Sheep in New York, 5,381,000
“ Great Britain, 44,090,000
In Grain, Cattle and Sheep, then, the
State of New York raises more per acre
than Great Britain.
If the comparison were made only of the
agricultural districts of England, the result
would not be the same ; for England does
raise more whpat per acre, under good cul
tivation than the United States. But when
the hills of Scotland, the bogs of Ireland,
and the fens and moors are taken into consid
eration, the United States is the most pro
ductive country by far.
In this comparative view of Europe and
the United States, we may see the true
ground ot that physical growth, which char
acterises the United States, and which un
doubtedly must characterise it for many
centuries to co me .—Cincinnati Chronicle.
To wash woolen goods.—The art of wash
ing woolen goods so as to prevent them from
shrinking is one of the desiderata in domes
tic economy worthy of being recorded, and
it is therefore with a satisfaction we explain
this simple process to our readers. All de
scriptions of woolen goods should be washed
in very hot water with soap, and as soon as
the article is cleansed, immerse it in cold
water; let it then he wrung and hung up to
dry.— Tennessee Agriculturist.
Alfred A. Overton,
Attorney at haw,
MADISON, GEORGIA.
Office, oije door north of tlie American Hotel.
April 5 lyl
J. C. Holcombe & Cos.
Factors and Commission Merchants,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
J. C. Holcombe, >
Horatio Bent. j Jab’ 9 3m*ls
BOOK BINDERY and BLANK BOOK
MANUFACTORY,
Opposite the Post Office, Augusta, Georgia.
DLANK Books, of every description, made to order,
and all other kind of Books neatly bound.
T. S. STOY
july S3 5m17
Notice.
Yy E do business on the Cash system- giving short
‘• credits to our customers for their nccommodalinn.
Such as have not paid their running accounts, will o
blige us by calling and paying us. 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
Tail lfard.
GOFER & JOHNSON, beg leave to inform the
L citizensof Morgan nnd the adjoining Counties that
they have bought the Tan yard, Stock and Books for
merly owned by M. W. Cofer, in Madison, and in
tend keeping a good Stock of LEATHER on hand,
for sale (or Cash, or exchange for HIDES.
Persons are requested to send the.r hides green in
all cases ; those attempting to cure their hides, gener
ally have them injured. It is for their interest to send
them to the Yard in a green stale.
Mr. JOHNSON will attend to the business of the
Yard in person, and, from his long experience, flat
ters himself tlmt he will give general satisfaction to his
customers. Those having unsettled business with the
Yard are requested to call on him, at the Yard, or Mr.
Cofer, at his shop, in Madison.
LEWIS C. COFER,
JOHN F. JOHNSON,
july 30 5m 18
Furniture ! Furniture !!
Til E subscriber offers for salon fine stock of New-
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, w ith w hite and colored marble tops,
Mahogany, curled nmple and cherry Bedsteads,
Chairs of every variety of size and quality,
Footstools, mahogany Washstands,
Toilette Swing Glasses, Mattresses, &c. &c.
He also has a large stock of Furniture made at bis
shop in this place, which he will sell at the following
KEnrcED prices to suit the hard times :
Wardrobes, at 25 instead of S3O, ‘2O 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 a 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 instead of 8 and 10; painted Sideboards,at 20 00
instead of 25; painted Bureaus,at 20 OOinstead 0f25;
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 above.
ALFRED SHAW.
may 21 • . 6imß
Just Received !
A SUPPLY of Dr. Ilouck'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 andPutty,
Castor Oil, by the gallon, also in quart, pint &. ipint hot.
Calomel, Jalap, Cream Tartar, Salts, and the usual
medicines,
Indigo, madder. Alum, with all the Dying materials,
Hardware and Tools,for houses and house catpenters.
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,
Molasses and Vinegar, .
A fne f"t>ply of toe various kinds of Iron,
Nails, of a.'! Crockery ware,
Jugs and Jars, ufeng, p °ts. °Vi), Lids,
All sorts of Cooking utt.T'ms, **n ware ! I “ i . <:- ,
Unbleached and bleached HomtJpun*, all kmds,
Broadcloths, Sattinets, Kentucky Jenns, LS'tCO**.
Mens’ white nnd black Hats, Shoes and Boo,'?-
Fine assortment of ladies’, misses nnd children’s Shoes.
Factory Yarns, striped nnd plain Cloth & Nankeens.
Our assortment ofGoods is very general, nnd 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
Houck’s Panacea!
TUT. offer for sale, this valuable Vegetable preparation,
” in pint bottles at the manufacturer’s price—sl 50
per bottle. Its celebrity in affording relief in lingering
disenses 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. Fnrguson’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 mv wife who had
been lingering with Dyspepsia for Bor lOyears, scarce
ly ever seeing a well dny. 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 abottt 60
years old. It has also benefitted my neighbors. Its use
will be very general in our County, when its virtues
are tested. It is nnld and pleasant,nnd can be cheer
fully recommended by me as a very valuable Family
Medicine. JOHN FARGASON.
Henry County, Georgin, July 2,1841.
New Flour !
A FINE lot of new Flour, just received from Hop
ping’s Mills. In a few days, we shall receive a lot
from Henderson's Mills.
Received yesterday, a lot of superior Ladies’ Slippers
and Walking Shoes.
We are daily receiving fresh Good—all for sale on
accommodating terms, at low prices.
ft/®* Central Bank, State Script, and un
current money taken at the lowest rates of dis
count. JOHN ROHSON AND CO.,
At the Georgia Rail Road Depot.
july 23 17
Just Received,
r aaa LBS Superior Bacon
O>UUU 400 lbs Lard
2,000 lbs. Flour firsfquality, (Henderson’s)
A lot of Spinning Wheels
Split bottom Chairs
Tennessee Feathers
50 Bushels Corn Meal
50 Pieces Colton Bagging—all qualities
Nankeen Spun Cotton Yarna.
For sale at low prices, bV
JOHN ROBSON & Cos.
july 30 18
American Hotel,
MADRON, GEORGIA.
THE subscriber, grateful for the patronage he ha
J ceived since the above establishment has been onpn
respectfully informs his friends, and the Travelling p!c
lie, that he is prepared to accommodate all who jL 0 *
give him a calf. J. M. EVANS. 1
April 5, lo 4.
GENERAL STAGE OFFICE
GLOBE HOTEL,
McDonough, Georgia.
rIE subscribers would respectfully inform the TV
clling public that this House, situated on the Wew
corner of the Public Square, is still open, under the mi
perintendnnee of James W. &. David F. Knott, wlioi
attention to business, and experience, entitle them to
some claims on the travelling public. 0
This being the General Stage Office, seats mavh.
secured on either Pilot or Defiance Lines of Four Ilors*
Post Coaches for the East or West-the Hack Lin!
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 t| le i r
thanks to the public for the very liberal patronage litre
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.
. .. , n J- W. & D. F. KNOTT.
April 19 ]y3
Gcoi gia, i Tb the Superior Court
MORGAN COUNTY, j of said Count 1/ :
THE petition of Ephraim Trotter slieweth that here.
A tofore, to wit: on the eighth day of February, in the
year eighteen hundred and forty-one, Edmund Wheat
of said county, made nnd delivered to your petitioner
his certain mortgage deed, in writing, of that date,nnd
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 nnd forty
payable to H. Wade, or benrer, nnd dated November
twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and thirty-mne.and
one other note for the same amount, due on or before
the twenty-fifth of December, eighteen hundred and
forty-one, nnd bearing date with said last mentioned
note, and payable ns above—ns 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 Ephraim, his heirs and
assigns, the following properly,to wit: one certnin tract
of land containing throe hundred acres, more or less,
adjoining land of Dr. 11. Wade, Matthew Coekrnn,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 nnd their own proper use, benefit nnd
behoof; and the said Edmund, for himself, his execu
tors and administrators, the said bargained property or
premises unto the smd Ephraim did wai rant and forev
er defend ngninst the claim of himself, his heirs, and
against the claim of all other persons whatever: pro
vided ceverthelcss, that if the said Edmond, his heirs,
executors and administrators shall nnd do truly pnv,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 limes 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, ns well as the
present indenture and the right to the property thereby
conveyed, as the said promLsory notes shall cease,de
termine and be void to all intrnts and purposes. And
it being further shown to the Court that the said Ed
mund Wheat has not complied with the condition nl
snid 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 dny of the next term
of said Court, why the equity of redemption in and to
the snid mortgaged premises, or property, should noth*
forever barred and foreclosed. And, it is further
Ordered by the Court, tbnt a copy of this rule lie
served upon the said Edmund in person three montln
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 tlvs minutes Superior Court,give#
under my hand at office,26th April, 1842.
JNO. C. REES, Clerk.
May 3 4m5
Georgia, Morgan County:
TTMIEREAS, Meritt W. Warren, Administrator on
” the estate of Benjamin J Tarver, late of said
County, deceased, applies to me for letters of Dismis
sion from said administration i
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. a
july 30 6wlß
Georgia, Morgan County:
TP’HEREAS, Benjamin and Thomas Harris, Admin
“ istrators 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 snid deceased, to
be nnd appear at my office within the time prescribed
by law, to show cause, il 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.
July 2 5w14
L'OUK MONTHS after date, application will be made
-*• to the Honorable Inferior Court of Morgan County,
when sitting for Ordinary purposes, for leave to sell all
the real ana personal property of the estate of James
Hanson, deceased, ngteeable to the last Will and Ter
tament of said deceased. JAMES HANSON,
JOHN HANSON,
July 9 15 Executors.
Goods at Cost! !!
‘THE subscribers would take this method of informing
X the ppbi.s in general, and those who wish to buy
Cheap Good’s in particular, that they are still selling ofl
their stock of Dry CndJ* flt Cost, on a credit util the
first day of January next. .
They have a great many vei V good and seasonable
Goods, and at prices (which will enable any person #*
buy, and economise loo) suited, as the phrase goes, to
the hardness of the times.
They have some excellent Broadcloths, CawimCTWi
Calicoes, Muslins, Bobinets, Ribbons,
Hosiery. Laces, Muslin Trimmings,
Bonnet Silks, Straw and Leghorn
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 price*,for
Cash; and Groceries, for Cash, as cheap as can bs ob
tained in the place.
They shall keep a constant supply of MEAL for ths
accommodation ot up-town bread-eaters.
L. L. WITTICH & CO.
May 28 9
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TERMS OF THE
Southern Miscellany.
The Miscellany is published every Saturday Morn*
ing,in the Town of Madison. Morgan County, Georgia,
and furnished to subscribers nt the very low price of
TWO DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS per an
num. One Dollar and Fifty Cents for six montl)**
invariably required in advance.
As an inducement to Clubs, we will send nine 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 it
comes free or post-paid.
Advertisements will be inserted at Ono Dollar per
square of fourteen lines, the first, and Fifty Cents for
each subsequent insertion. Larger ones in proportion*
No advertisement will be counted less than u square t
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 advertiser! unlen
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 hay*
it at our house, it is not essential, particularly when the
couple don’t have any themselves.
Job Printing, in all its branches, neatly and
expeditiously executed at this office ,