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Yin)lE FiAiMJOLY .
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I THOUGHT IT SLEPT.
I saw the infu nt c’ie(ub*—soft it lay,
A* it was worn, vtifiiia its cratjle, now
Decked with sweet smelling flowers. A siglitso strange
Filled my young breast with wonder, and I gated
Upon the babe ihfe more. I thought it slept—
And ret itsJiti.’c lice m did not move!
and bent me down to look into mb eyes,
But they were closed 1 then sefily clasped its hand;
■But mine it would not cl i.p. What should I do ?
“ Wake, brother, wake?” I then impatient cried;
** Open thine eyes, and look on me again !”
He would not hear my voice. All (tale beside
My weeping uiothersat, “and gated and looked
Unutterable
I eager asked. She answered lint with tears.
Her eyes on me, at length, with piteous look,
Were cast —now on the babe or.ee more w ere fixed ;
And nowoin me: then, with conclusive sigh
And throbbing heart, she clasped me in her arms,
And, in atone of anguish, faintly said
“ My dearest boy, thy brother docs not sleep;
Alas! he’s dead ; he never will awake.”
He’s dead! I knew not what it meant, but more
To know: I sought not. For the words so sad
“ He never will awake”- sunk in my soul:
I felt a pang unknown before; and tears,
That angels might have shed, my heart dissolved.”
THE BURIAL.
The morning hud been cold and wet, but
astbe meridian approached, the clouds be
gan to disperse and the sun gradually break
ing through the heavy wraiths of oversha
dowing gloom, sprinkled a thousand glories
amid the dripping gt ass blades, and spread a
splendid rainbow above the drifting scuds
that filled the western skies, as I ascended
the green hill by a path that led to the late
dwelling of De Witter. The three roads
that terminated on the hill top were lined
with persons on foot, on horseback, and in
various vehicles, allplodditigon towards the
already crowded dwelling, and gave ample
evidence of the estimation in which the de
parted one had been held in the neighbor
hood.
I pushed my way into tho house, that I
might look once more upon tho face of my
young friend, before it was hid away from
mortal vision. But numbers pressed towards
the lifeless corpse; anil the undertaker was
already come to screw down the coffin lid,
and waited only for the relatives of the de
ceased tobid a Inst adieu to his cold remains,
#0 that I was unable to accomplish my pur
pose—l only heard them say that lie looked
natural; that he had died in a fever, the last
flush of which had hardly worn from his
cheek. A short and breathless pause ensu
ed, then a momentary stir, accompanied with
a voice “stand buck;” afew low, deeptrem
bling sobs succeeded, and Ihe lid closed, and
I heard the screws driven in. The confused
tread of many steps followed, the crowd
gathered round without,and at last the bright
polished mahogany coffin was brought out
and laid carefully and softly down on the
bier.
A deep solemnity rested upon the circling
crowd fora moment—every eye was turned
pensively and sadly towards that spectacle,
and the lauguage of many a heart seemed
this—“Heis what I shall be!” The gulf
seemed so narrow, thut divided eternity from
time, that I almost thought, I could see be
yond it—death stooil before me a reality—
and reminded me of that groat change which
is hastening to pass upon aU'men. But two
days before the fotm that was now enclosed
in that narrow abode, walked uprightly be
fore men —and talked and laughed as gaily
and unsuspectingly, as any who now stood
around it. It was all over, the signet had
been set, and the spirit had gone to its last
account.
Wrapt up in these contemplations, 1 stootl
ai;d gazed, until the carriers had lifted up
the bier, and removedsome distancetowards
the village church—the glittering spire of
which blazed now in a clear sun above tlie
green copse at the foot of the hill.
The sable clad mourners slowly descend
ed from the piazza, end moved w ith fault
ing step towards it. The long procession
foimed in the rear, and the whole began to
wind slowly down the village.
The tendency of men to levity—their
proneness toforget every waining —l lie faith
lessness of friendship, began already to ap
pear. The smile of merriment returned
gradually—the affairs of the day were fami
liarly discussed; and the plans and prospects,
and business of common life, occupied every
tongue around me. The mourners alone
appeared to feel the stroke—or to remember
with a single sorrow its effect. And yet be
who had fallen in the morning of life, was
an associute, a companion, a friend of these!
Why was it so? I know the answer that is
ready—“ It is the way of the world.”
At last we reached the church-yard, and
the coffin was let down in the cold damp
grave; the loose straw and gravel was
thrown iu upon it, and the burial Completed
in a haste, seemed almost to betoken impa
tience to put away from sight all that re
mained of the departed one. The relatives
had taken a last look—the crowd had paus
ed in silence for a moment; the last tribute
was paid, and the multitude rolled away
more rapidly than they had collected- A
few friends only accompanied the mourning
family back to the mansion on the bill; and
having loitered a few moments by the grave,
I followed them.
111 crossing the farm, now that the con
course of people hud disappeared, I beheld
the tokens of that sudden calamity, which
liad overwhelmed its inhabitants, in every
direction; a plough lay overturned in the
furrow; and axe was rusting by a pile of
wood; and a wagon half unloaded stood in
the lane. • In the general panic every thing
had been left in the situation it happened to
be at that moment. These had been, per
haps, unnoticed that day by any other, but
tome; each little incident spoke iu a voice
that reached the heart. It is said; it is mel
ancholy; it is touching; the spectucle of
grief’s pale messenger, as it is displayed
even in the minutest traces of its footsteps
or its effects.
De Wilter now lay cold in tlie neglected
grave yard, but in his pleasant mansion the
table was spread out aud loaded with all the
luxuries of the season. His friends, it seem
ed, had gathered to a feast. The Weeping
widow had indeed retired to her solitary
chamber With her infant orphans. She felt
-*-ah, shy felt the loss of I1 moqt dear total
upon earth. But’at tbe dour sat two sage
and venerable men, gravely discussing the
advantages that would arise from their pro
; curing power to administer on his estate,
! and the means of so doing—while in the
corner of the room, carrying on an earnest
conversation in whispers, sat a cunplemore,
planning how they should contrive to put
! chase the farm at the lowest pissible rate.
I had scarcely turned away from these
! last “friendsof thefamily,” liefore we were
called to dinner. Every successive dish,
here as it was swept away, was plentifully
seasoned with anecdote and mirth, and be
fore the last course was removed, the scenes
of the morning appeared utterly obliterated.
“It was the way of the world,” ’1 knew,
liut then it seemed unnatural. How it was,
I cannot tell, but a sensation, the thrill of
which still runs through my blood, when I
think of it, came across me—and yet I recol
lected that so passes the bright prospects of
the world ; so passes the uncertain flash of
friendship; so passes the hopes of life; so
passes youth and manhood : the gallant, the
gay, the lovely, and the rich; so passes man
to his destiny—Shall I not superadd— Sic
transit gloria mundi.
The old Greeks observed a beautiful fes
tival called “ The Welcome of the Swal
lows.” When these social birds first re
turned in the springtime, the children went
about in procession, with music and garlands;
receiving presents at every door, where they
stopped to sing a welcome to the swallows,
in that graceful old language, so melodious
even in its ruins, that the listener feels as if
the brilliant azure of Grecian .flues, the
breezy motion of their olive groves, and the
gush of their silvery fountains, had all pass
ed into a monument of liquid and harmoni
ous sounds.
BD©@KAPIHIir© AIL.
HENRY CLAY.
This eminent statesman, Henry Clay, like
many others in our country, has been tbe
builder of bis own fortunes. He rose from
poverty and obscurity to professional emi
nence and political dignity by tbe energetic
and assiduous exercise of his intellectual
powers.
Henry Clay was born on the 12th of April,
1777, in Hanover county, Virginia. His
father, who has a respectable clergyman,
died while Henry was quite young, conse
quently his education was only such as could
be acquired in a common school. At an
early age he was placed in the office of Mr.
Tinsley, clerk of the high court of chancery,
at Richmond. Here his talents and amiable
deportment won for liirn, the fr iendship of
some of the most respectable and influential
gentlemen in the state. At nineteen, he
Commenced the study of law, and was ad
mitted to practice when twenty years of age.
He soon after n moved to Lexington, Ken
tucky, and continued his studies about a
year longer. The superiority of bis genms;
soon obtained for him an extensive and lu
crative practice.
In 17R8, we Fee him vindicating the
freedom of the press, and iit opposition
to the sedition law. His speeches on the
subject are said to have exhibited much of
that energy of character and power of elo
quence which have since distinguished him
on all great public occasions.
In ISO3, be was elected a member of tbe
Legislatute. In 1806 after General Adair
resigned his seat in the Senate of the Uni
ted States, Mr. Clay was elected to fill the
vacancy for one year; it was at this time he
first advanced and supported bis favorite
principle of internal improvement.
On bis return to Kentucky, lie was re
elected to the state Legislature, and at the
next session chosen speaker, by a large ma
jority, and held that station for several years,
during which time lie frequently took part
in the debates, exhibiting his brilliant orato
rical powers.
In 1800, he was again elected to tbe Uni
ted States’ Senate for two years, in place
of Mr. Thurston. At this time Mr, Clay
first publicly appeared as the advocate of
domestic manufactures, and of the protective
policy which has since been called “ The
American System.” He also participated in
other important questions before the Senate,
and amongst them, that respecting the title
of the United States to Florida, which he
sustained with bis usual ability.
His term of service in the Senate having
expired, he was elected a member of the
House of’ Representatives, and in the win
ter of ISII, took his seat in that body, of
which lie was chosen speaker, by a vote that
left no doubt of the extent of his influence,
or of the degree of respect entertained of
his abilities. This station he continued to
hold until 1814, when be was appointed one
of the commissioners, who negotiated the
treaty of Ghent. When he resigned the
speaker’s chair on the eve of his departure
to Europe, he addressed the house in a
speech “ which touched every heart in the
assembly, and unsealed many a fountain of
tears,” to which the house responded by
passing a resolution, almost unanimously,
thanking him for the impartiality with which
he had administered the arduous duties of
his office. In the spring, aftar the termina
tion rff-the negotiations at Ghent, he went
to London with two of his former colleagues,
Messrs. Adams and Gallatin, and there en
tered upon a highly important negotiation,
which resulted in the commercial conven
tion, which lias.been made the basis of most
of our subsequent commercial nirangemonts
with foreign powers. On his return to this
country, he was every where greeted with
applause, and was again elected to the House
of Representatives in Congress, of which
he continued to be a member until lS2d,
when lie accepted the appointment of Sec
retary of State under President Adams.
In relation to tho independence of tho
; Spanish American states, we see Mr. Clay
entering into it with all his heart, and if
there be glory due to any one mortal man
more than to others, for arousing the sym
pathies of freemen for a people struggling
to be free, that glory is due to Henry Clay.
We still see Mr. Clay engaged in his dar
ling objects, to tbe support of which his
splendid talents have been directed. These
are internal improvements, and the protec
tion of domestic manufactures by an ade
quate tarilf. On the 12th of February, 1833,
sr&'qro'iHißißst. hi as' a ik a ®
during a time of high political discussion,
he brought forth his Compromise Bill for
the regulation of tho tariflj which was at
once approved and adopted by a large-ma
jority, and after receiving tbe signature of
the President, became a law.
Many other interesting incidents are pic
senting in tbe public life of Mr. Clay, to
which we shgll only advert; such as the
part he took in the Missouri question, in the
election of Mr. Adams, on the subject of
sending commissioners to Greece, on the
colonization of negroes, and more recently
his labors in favor of rechartering tbe Uni
ted States Bank, and for the distribution of
tbe proceeds of thePublicLands,for thepur
posesof internal improvements,education,&c.
Mr. Clay received from Mr. Madison the
successive offers of a mission to Russia, and
a place in the cabinet; and from Mr. Mon
roe a situation in bis cabinet, and tbe mission
to England; all of which he declined.
On the great Cumberland road, there has
been erected a large and beautiful monu
ment, Sift mounted by a figure of Liberty,
and inscribed “HENRY CLAY.” These
are evidences of the estimation in which
Mr. C. has been held by his cotemporaries.
Who can be insensible to the high intel
lectual merits of this Statesman 1 Merits
that are so discernible by the analysis of his
opinions on any subject, and the broad and
striking fact, that, for tbe long period of
his public life, he has been identified with
most of the important tiansactions of tbe
country, and has usually appeared iti de
bate, having a leading opinion upon them
all. With a mind clear, well ordered and
comprehensive—with a temper ardent and
commanding—it was scarcely possible that
he should either withhold himself, or be
withheld, from an active agency in all pub
lic matters of moment, during the }>eriod of
his political career. * The very history of his
education, would make this forbearance im
possible. A self-made man, the process by
which he acquired his position, became
habits, which impelled him to a continued
restlessness while in it. With his tempera
ment, made particularly active by the labors
of his upward march, the impulse of con
tinued progress, was unrestrainable and
sleepless. We are not so sure that this con
dition of mind is a fortunate one; but it is
a condition of mind which singularly tepre
sents that of the whole country. The ne
cessities which educated Mr. Clay, are the
very same necessities which prevail to a par
amount extent over the great majority of
the intellectual men of the United States.
Though firm to his principles, and ener
getic—sometimes even severe in debate, we
rejoice to see him at the time of his with
drawal from the Senate, come out with that
cordial, manly feeling towards all. I will
quote a passage from his valedictory:
“Mr. President, during my long and ar
duous services in the public councils, and
especially during the last eleven years in
the Senate, the same ardor of temperament
has characterized my actions, and has no
doubt led me, in tbe heat of debate, in en
deavoring to maintain my opinions in refer
ence to the best course to be pursued in the
conduct of public affairs, I have often used
language offensive and susceptible of un
gracious interpretation towards my brother
Senators.
“If there be any who entertain a feeling
of dissatisfaction resulting from any circum
stance of this kind, I beg to assure them
that I now make the amplest apology. And,
on the other hand, I assure the Senate, one
and all, without exception and without
reserve, that I leave the Senate Cham
ber without carrying with me to my retire
ment a single feeling of dissatisfaction to
wards the Senate itself or any one of its
members. Igo from it under tbe hope that
we shall mutually consign to perpetual obliv
ion whatever of personal animosities or jeal
ousies may have arisen between us during
the repeated collisions of mind with mind.”
We also hear of a touching passage be
tween him and Mr. Calhoun. Long oppo
sed—long in actual conilict—these two great
men, were, by general consent, the chosen
representatives of antagonistic principles.
Upon them it fell to meet always in the
strife; and tho rise of the one, was always
the signal for the other to brace and buckle
on his armor. Yet the long, hot conflict of
the past—the fierce debate, the harsh re
crimination, the prospect of future strife—
all, seem to have been set aside from both
minds, when the farewell of the one Sena
tor was spoken. With mutualemotion, and
an equal feeling, the opponents rushed into
each other’s ai ms. Perhaps, no act in the
lives of either of these gentlemen, more
completely proves their claim to greatness,
than this—when, atsuch a time, at the close
of such a career—they could still display
tho possession of those softer human feel
ings, which ambition lias not been able to
pervert or harden, and which the strifes and
jealousies of faction could not wholly taint
or embitter.
It is with a national pride that we desig
nate Henry Clay as one of tho men of the
country, whose genius will always be sure
to do itsell and the country ample justice,
in the presence of distinguished strangers.
His labors, which form so large a part of
the national history, for a term of thirty
years, have also added to the stock of na
tional character. They cannot bo stricken
from our pages, and, so far, his name and
services must be remembered in the archives
of the national fame. More than this could
not well be bestowed by any eulogy, or de
sired by any just or sensible ambition.
Twice lie lias been nominated for the
Presidency, but without success. Again lie
is in the field as the Whig candidate for
President, and numbers of the papers of
that party, have raised his name at the head
of their columns; while clubs are forming
in all parts of the country under his name.
If he should not succeed to the extent of his
ambition, we trust that he is too firm in his
republican principles to murmur, and that
bis friends will in some measure he consoled,
by reflections similarto that of Daniel Web
ster. “It all this be true as is now tepre
sertted, he has acquired fame enough.”—
Rural Repository,
Y\ ho is wise 1 He that learns from ev
ery one. Who is powerful ? He that go
verns his passions. Who is rich ! lie that
is contented.
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Thoy are ahead of us in everything,
in Chester county, Pa. We have seen in
dications of the schoolmaster being abroad
among as herein Georgia, but we have seen
none of this highpressure order. We should
like to see Ichnbod try to apply his system
in one of our piny-woods old-field schools.
We rather think he’d soon see whose hiler
was to be busted, and begin to wish himself
a very rapid snort of ‘scape steam.
At my Scliorile House on the Ocferary )
in Chester county, July 30, 1842. j
Mr. Printer of the Lancaster Examiner.
I saw in your last paper a notiso for 20
teachors to take charge of the commin
schooles in Earl township. My eyes, says
i to myself, 20 teachors in one township—
that place will sute my patent sistem of
steam eddication to a fraction. Having
made tip my mind to leave Chester county,
i writs to let the peeple in Earl township
know that iam coming there. They dont
know nothing in Chester county —they cant
appreciate tallents—gencus is looked down
upon here, and the winimen know more
than the men—they scold, too, like all
blazes, the vyimmen do, and whip their
children—i am afraid to ask them to sow on
a butten, or darn a stocken for me, they
look so cross—sol am determined to be oft’
from here. I spose the peeple in your
county have often heard cf me, but as they
don’t understand my patent sistem of steam
eddication, i will give you an outline of it.
I had often heard of steam ingiues, steam
saw mills, and steam Doctors—but i never
heard of steam schoole masters. So soys i
to myself, it Doctors can cure sick people
by steam, why cant i teach the young idea
how to shute by steam ? I therefore sat to
work, and in 24 hours i invented my new
sistem —which I call “ Birch’s hickory and
poplar high pressure patent sistem of steam
eddication.” It works well, Mr. Printer, i
tell you. When a boy is sent to my schoole
—instead of putting him in his A. B. C's.
like other teachors do, i put him into read
ing at once. I then raise the steam up to
the highest hickory mark, and lie has either
to go ahead or bust his biler. There is no
baching out eccept what i do myself—and a
smart boy will learn to read in the same
time, under my steam sistem, that would
take him to learn his letters under the old
plan of schoole keeping. In fact, my steam
sistem works so well that my smartest schol
lars get more than the worth of their money
—that is, they get too much eddication for
the price i charge for laming them. I there
fore intend to raise my prices. When my
schollars learu too fast, and are in danger of
running into precocity, 1 make them read
with their books upside down. This plan
is original with ‘me, and lias never been in
troduced into any other schoole. As i have
taken out a patent for it, teachors must be
cautious how they use it. With these few
remarks, i must close till i come to your
county to settle.
ICIIABOD BIRCH.
A profound. Limb of tlcc Law. —ln the
course of atrial, held at a neighboring city
a short time since, an eminent counsellor;
well known as a practitioner in bombastic, in
flated, and ridiculous language, put the fol
lowing questions to a witness : “ Did you
see Mr. B. raise his muscular arm, and at
tempt to coerce a preponderation of the
timidity and fears of my client!” “Sir?”
“ Did not Mr. 13. attempt the infliction of
tlie must outrageous corporeal confusion and
chastisement ?” “ Sir ?” “ Did not Air. B.
attempt to strike the plaintiff']” “ Yes, sir.”
“ From your situation, did you not possess
the most commanding view of the alterca
tion, and was there anything intervening be
tween you and the objects, that could in any
wise dim your optieular faculties, or create
any obtuseness of vision?” “Sir?” “ I sav,
were not your organs of sight in a situation
to have a clear, unclouded, and bright view
of this most villainous, despicable, unnatur
al, foul, outrageous, enormous, rancorous
and bloody transaction?” “Sir?” “Did
you not plainly see Mr. B. knock Air. D.
down ?” “ Yes, sir, I did.”
Cotton Ware-House,
Augusta, Georgia.
WAVING taken the commodious Fire-Proof Ware
house, formerly occupied by Simms, Williams &
Woolsey, and latterly by S. Kin-eland &. Son, which,
lor safety, is surpassed by none in the city, the subscri
ber will devote himself exclusively to the Warehouse
and Commission business. All business entrusted to
his care shall have his prompt-attention.
His Warehouse is centrally located, and he trusts
his past experience will enable him to render entire
satisfaction. His former cnstoirftrs and friends will, lie
hopes, continue their patronage-
SAMUEL CLARKE.
August 20 3m*2l
Notice.
IpIIE Notes, Accounts, Judgments, Arc. of the firm
4 of W. & M. Jackson, of Glade’s X Roads, Put
nam County, have been placed in my hands for collec
lion ; and, as lam the only person authorized to col
lect and receipt the Same, 1 hereby give notice that uu
less they arc settled soon, they will be placed in the
handsof an officer for collection.
F. C. McKINLEY.
Madison, August 13 20
Notice.
rIR notes and accounts of the late firm of SAF
FOLD & GRATTAN, have been placed in tho
hands of Foster & Saflblii lor collection. All persons
so indebted arc requested to call at their office and
settle, or make arrangements for the settlement of the
same. • “,
july 30 4tlß
Ague and Fever.
TUST RECEIVED, Rowand’s Tonic Mixture, (acer-
J tain cure for Ague and Fever;) Peter’s Pills ; Brand
retli’s Pills; Lee's Pills, and Number Six, with a gen
eral assortment of common medicines.
JOHN ROBSON & CO.
August G 19
More Cheap Goods!!
TUST RECEIVED at the Cheap Cash Store of C.
” F. HOFFMAN &. CO., u new supply of Ladle’s
and Men’s Shoes ami Slippers ; Muslin-, Laces, Nan
keens, and Linen, and numvruUS other Goods too tedi
ous to mention. Persona are invited to call and exam
ine fir themselves.
AugustG 4w19
Central Money
DAN be had at fair rates of discount from
v JOHN ROBSON & Cos.
jwly 30 18 -
Head Quarters, \
Madison, Georgia, August.sth, 1312. )
PURSUANT to Orders received from the Brigadier
■l General—First Brigade, Third Division—the Com
missioned and non-Commissi''ned officers of the 29th
Regiment G. M. will assemble in Madison on FRI
DAY, the 2d day 0/ September next, for drill tend
on SATURDAY, the day following, the entire Regi
ment, armed and equiped ns the law directs,fur Review
and Inspection.
Captains will forthwith proceed to organize their
Companies, by appointing the requisite number of non
commissioned officers, and cause full and complete
muster rolls of every individual in their respective dis
tricts, liable to Militia duty, to be made out and handed
to tho Adjutant on the morning of the Review. Strict
discipline will be enforced, and all defaulters dealt with
according to law.
By order of Augustus Amen,
Colonel Commanding 2‘Jtli Regiment G. M.
C. R. HANLEITER, Adjutant.
August G 4w19
Groceries!
tpilE undersigned would inform their friends and the
public generally, that in addition to their former
Stock, they are opening'at Madison, Morgan County,
the present terminus of the Georgia Rail Road, an ex
tensive assortment of
Groceries and Staple Dry Goods:
1,000 sacks Salt, 1,000 pieces Bagging,
’ 1 bale Bagging Twine, 250 coils Bale Rope,
Tea, Sugar, Coffee, Molasses, Lime, Nails,
Castings, -cast German and Blistered Steel,
English and Sweeds, Hoop band and Sheet Iron,
Sperm and Tallow Candles, Soaps, Wines,
Cordials and Liquors, assorted, Paints, Oils,
Putty and Glass, Trace Chains,
Blacksmith’s Tools, Cross-cut and Mill Saws,
Tobacco, Cigars, Powder. Shot, Lead, &c.
ALSO,
A large assortment ofSADDLERY,
2,ooo'pair Negro Shoos, 100 pieces Blankets,
GOO pieces Homespuns, assorted,
100 pieces Negro Kerseys, Calicoes,
Flannels, Ready-made Clothing,
50 doz. Wool Hats, assorted,
Together with every other article usnully kept in bur
line. Call and examine for yourselves!
95* We also inform our friends, and the public gen
erally, that we will act as the Agents of Messrs. Adams
& Hotkins, Commission Merchants, Augusta, in re
ceiving and forwarding Cotton and all other kinds of
Produce consigned to them by the Rail Road. We are
also prepared to make liberal advances upon Cotton
and other Produce, Sent to us, for them.
Planters may rest assured that strict attention will be
paid to all business intrusted to our care
f. c. McKinley & co.
Madison, August 20, 1842. 21
New Establishment,
At Madison, Morgan County, Georgia.
NOTICE TO LADIES AND FARMERS!
ft F. HOFFMAN & CO. respectfully informs the
Ci citizens of Morgan, and adjoining Counties, that
they will, in the course of next month,receive a Sten
did assortment us
■ Staplcand Fancy Dry Goods,
Shoes, Hats, Crockery Ware,
Straw Bonnets, Medicines, etc. Si.c.
of a superior, quality—much better than any ever offer
ed in this place—which they will sftl wholesale or re
tail, at a very small advance, for Cash only.
Thankful for the liberal patronage heretofore receiv
ed, they flatter themselves that, w ith the arrangements
they have made, and by strict attention to customers,
they will he enabled to satisfy any one who will call
ami examine their Goods, which will he fresh and
genuine—purchased at the best markets in tbe United
States, expressly for this. They will also keep con
stantly on hand a splendid assortment of
French Milinery, and articles in that line ;
and shall have open, by the last of next month, the
latest style of Bonnets, Caps, &.e.
All orders entrusted to their rare will meet with
prompt attention, and be executed in the best manner,
at the shortest notice.
gj~ Mrs. C. Hoffman, formerly of Augusta, will
remove to this'place and open a store tor business 10 all
the branches of Milinery, &c &e. where she will be
prepared to alter and bleach Straw Bonnets and Hats
of every description.
Their stock, when complete, will comprise—almost
every article in the Staple and Dry Goods line, and
they do, most respectfully, solicit a call from those who
wish to purchase before purchasing elsewhere.
C. F. HOFFMAN,
C. HOFFMAN.
Court House Square.
N. B. Persons wishing to purchase Bargains will
do well roeall and examine the excellent Stock of
Muslins, Ci/nghams, Calicos, sr.
which tJfey have now on hand, which will be sold re
markably low to make place for the new Stock, com
ing. C. F. H. &. Cos.
August 13 12w20
Goods at Cost! !!
rtMIE 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 of!
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 loo) suited, as the phrase goes, to
the hardness of the limps.
They have somo excellent Broadcloths, Cassimercs,
Calicoes, Muslins, Bohinets, 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 celera.
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 ot up-town bread-eaters.
L. L. WITTICH &. CO.
May 28 9
Just Received!
A SUPPLY of Dr. Houck’s celebrated Panacea so
popular as a remedy fofDyspepsia 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 and half
pint but.
Calomel, Jalay, Cream Tartar, Salts, and the usual
medicines.
Indigo, madder. Alum, with all the Dying materials,
Hardware and Tools, for houses and house enrpenters.
We have now on hand, and are constantly receiving
fresh Flour, Bacon ITams, sides and shoulders, Lard,
Corn and Corn meal.
A lot of superior and eommoa 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, ‘Fin ware, A c.
Unbleached and bleached Homespuns, all kinds,
Broadcloths, Snttinets, Kentucky Jeans, and Calicoes.
Men’s white and black Hats, Shoes and Boots.
Fine assortment of ladies,’ misses and children’s Shoes.
Factory Yarns,stripedand plain Cloth &. Nankeens.
Our assortment of Goods is very general, and at pri
ces to suit the times. Calland see us. Our articles are
all for sale at the lowest cash prices.
JOHN ROBSON & Cos.
Madison, (nenr the Georgia Rail-Road Depot,
June 4, 1842. 10
Tail Yard.
GOFER & JOHNSON, beg leave to inform the oh-
I Z ens of Morgan and 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 for Cash, or exchange for HIDES.
Persons are requoste and to send their 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 111 a green state.
Mr. JOHNSON will attend to the business of the
Yard in person, and, from his long experience, flat
ters himself that he will give general satisfaction tohia
customers. Those having unsettled business with the
Yard arc requested to call on him, at the Yard, or Mr.
Cofer, at his shop, in.Madisnn.
LEWIS C- COFER,
JOHN F. JOHNSON.
july 30 5m 18
Colton! Cotton!!
t a RALES Cotton Wanted for Centralßank Money.
<3” Tbe highest price will be paid.
JOHN ROBSON & Cos.
At the Georgia Rail Road Depot.
August 13 2(U
Alfred A. Overton,
. * - . Attorney at Law,
MADISON, OHORGLt,,,
Office, one door north of the American Hotel.
April 5 . ‘ lyj
J. C. Holcombe & Cos.
’ Factors and Commission Merchants,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
J. C. Holcombe, ?
Horatio Bent. S Jbly 9 3m*ls
BOOK BINDERY and BLANK BOOK
MANUFACTORY,
Opposite the Ppst Office, Augusta, Georgia,
TJLANK Books, of every description, made to order,
H and all other kind of Books neatly bound.
* T. S. STOY
july 23 5m17
American Hotel,
MADISON, GEORGIA.
tPHE suliscrilier, grateful lor the patronage he has re
-F 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 tniv
give him a cali. J. M, EVANS..
April
GENERAL STAGE OFFICE.
GLOBE HOTEL,
McDonough, Georgia.
ifMIE subscribers would respectfully inform the Trav-
J elling public (hat this House, situated on the West
corner of the Public Square, k still open, tinder the su
perinteiidance 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 Line* o! Four Horse
Post Coaches for the East or West— the Rack Line
front Covington or NeWnan.Eaat or West, or fjugh
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 respecifully solicit a contin
uance of the same, pledging themselves, on their part,
to use their best exertions to accommodate and please
those tvho inav cali on them.
J. W. & D. F. KNOTT.
April 19 ly3
Furniture! Furniture!!
subscriber oflora for sale a fine stock of New
-A- 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, wiili white andcolored marble tops,
Mahogany, curled maple and cherry Bedsteads,
Chairs of every variety of size and quality,
Footstools, mahogany Washstands,
Toilette Swing Glasses, Mattresses, &.c. dec.
He also lias a large stock of Furniture made at his
shop in this place, which he will seil at the following
reduced FKicts to suit the hard times :
Wardrobes, at 25 instead of S3O, 20 instead of 125,
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, et 10 00—
all other kinds of Bedsteads in the sanic proportion.
Safes, at 8, 10,15 and $18; Folding Tables, at 6 and
8 00 instead of 8 and 10 ; painted Sideboards, at 20 00
instead of 25; painted Bureaus,at 90 00 instead nf2s;
Washstands, at 3 and 4 00 ; pine Book Cages, at 12 OO
instead of 15; small pine Tables, at 2 00. He pledges
himself to dispose of all other kinds of Ftirnitnre made
at his shop in the same proportion a9 stated above.
ALFRED SHAW.
may 21 6tmß
Factm! Bacon!!
8 Ann LBS. superior Bacon just received and for sale
F lm} by F. C. McKINLEY & CO.
August 20 21
Houck’s Panacea!
TlfF. offer for sale, this valuable Vegetable preparation,
” in pint bottles at the manufacturer's price—-91 5G
per bottle. Its celebrity in affording relief in lingering
diseases is well established, especially in Dyspepsia ana
general debility- It is pleasunt to the taste, and does
not interfere with ordinary diet—making it a very agree
able medicine. Mr. Fnrguson’s cmifica'e is annexed.
He is well known in this and the adjoining Counties.
JOHN ROBSON & CO.,
Near the Georgia Rail-Road Depot, Madison..
June 11 3m 11
CERTIFICATE.
This is to certify, that 1 purchased of Johnston &
Robsot),of Madison, Georgia, six bottles of Houck’s
Panacea, which was administered to my wife who bad
been lingering with Dyspepsia for Bor 10years, scarcer
ly ever seeing a well (lay. Site has received so muefi
benefit from its use that site (irmly believes she would
have been in the grave had she not have taken it. She
i9 now in good health, for her age, being now about 60
years old. It has also benefitted my neighbors. Its use
will be Very general in our County, when its virtues
are tes’ed. It is mild and pleasant, and can be cheer,
fully recommended by me as a very valuable Family
Medicine. JOHN FAUGASON.
Henry County. Georgia, July 2,1841.
Morgan Sheriff’s Sales.
TRILL be sold on the first Tuesday in September
next before the Court House door, in the Town
of Madison, in said Couny, within tlie usuM hours ot
sale,
A negro Girl, by the name of Chany, about sixteen
years of age, levied on as the property of Francis M.
Boon, to satisfy a fi. fa. in favor Horry Hondly, vs. said
Boon, and sundry other fi. fas. vs. said Boon.
JAMES O’NEAL, Deputy Sherifr.
August 6 19
Georgia, Morgan County:
TU HERE AS, Ann T. Reed applies to me for
” Letters of Administration on the estate of James
H. Reed, late of said County 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, nt office, in Mndison.
JAMES C. TATE, Clerk C.O.
August 13 5w20
Georgia, Morgan County:
WHEREAS, Meritt W. Warren, Administrator on
11 the estate of Benjamin J Tarver, late of said
County, deceased, applies to me for letters of Dismis
sion from said administration:
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to
he and appeur at nty 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
U'OUR MONTHS after date, application will be mads
1 to the Honorable Inferior Court of Morgan Coanty,
w hen sitting for Ordinary purposes, for leave to sell all
the real and personal property of the estate of James
Hanson, deceased, agreeable to the last Will and Tes
tament of said deceased. JAMES HANSON,
JOHN HANSON,
July 9 15 Executora.
TERMS OP THE
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ing, in the Town of Madison, Morgan County, Georgia,
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Cash invariably, required in advance.
As an inducement to Clubs, We will send m.ti copies
of the Miscellany, one year, for Twenty Dollars.—’
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and no letter taken out of the Post-Office unless it
comes free or post-paid.
Advertisements will be inserted at One Dollar pet
square of fourteen lines; the first, and Fifty Cents for
each subsequent insertion. Larger ones in proportion.
No advertisement will be counted less than a square ;
nnd, unless limited when handed In, they will be pul
lislicd until forbid, and charged accordingly. Liberal
deductions made to those who advertise by tbe year—
but none will’ be considered yearly advertisers unless
Contracts ore first.entered into.
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expeditiously Executed at this office.