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Saturday, December 24, IS 12.
05=* Mr. Jackson Barnes, Book-seller
and Stationer, East side of Mulberry-street, Macon, is
our duly authorized Agent in that city.
TRAVELING AGENTS.
The following gentlemen are authorized Traveling
Agents for the “Southern Miscellany.”
Maj. William W. Taylor.
Mr. William M. Day.
Mr. W. H. Brewer.
Mr. Russell J. Miller.
Mr. Buford A. Chaney.
MERRY CHRISTMAS !
What heart doe3 not warm with the fer
vor of youth, at the return of “ Merry
Christmas,” hallowed as it is, with the ma
lty bright associations and cherished memo
ries of the past ? How it recalls to our minds
the scenes of our childhood—the old famil
iar home—the cheerful fire-side —the merry
tones and joyous laugh of those dear ones,
who were once all the world to us ! How
well we remember the merry little group
that gathered round the cheerful hearth,
with us, on that auspicious eve, when
“ The stockings were bung by the chimney with care
In hopes that St. Nickolas soon would be there,”
And then the extatiejoy with which those
mysterious treasures were counted over and
over, amid grateful thanks and reverential
awe for good St. Nicholas. Oh, the light
of those glad faces, the gushing emotion of
those fond hearts ! But, alas I where at e
they now ? That hearth-stone is desolate—
the merry laugh is hushed within those halls,
and the willow bends its drooping branches
mournfully over the graves of the loved and
lost! But why speak of the grave 1 We
were to write of “ merry Christmas,” and
its joyous associations. And yet such is
human happiness —ever mingled with hu
man woe —so that when we would cull the
roses of pleasure from the past, we must
gather them from among the thorns of sad
memories.
A merry Christmas, to you, gentle reader!
May the gind season of family festivities
bring with it no sad recollection of blighted
hopes—no mementos of departed joys—but
may it upon this return find you rich in the
possession of every eat tidy good—cheerful,
happy and contented!
ttj*’ The “ Love Scrape,” which appears
on our outside this week is mot e a fact than
fiction, and is the production of a young
gentleman who has not seen “ the blessed
light of heaven” for many years, having been
entirely deprived of sight in early youth.—
This fact will account for its peculiarity of
style.
25* We have received a very appropri
ate New Year’s Address from our correspon
dent E. L. W., which our Carrier will have
the extreme gratification of laying before his
readers, on Saturday next.
TIIE WEATHER.
In the early part of the week we had
some rain, since which, it has cleared off
cold as Greenland. Yesterday the wind
blew as sharp as vinegar and cut like razor
blades—there is ice thick and firm enough
to bear a juvenile horse, and the way fat
lightwood is appreciate is best understood
by those who have none to burn. We an
ticipate many serious consequences to re
sult from the change in the weather. Look
at the Hymenial announcements in to-days
paper. Wehearof many weddings on the ta
pis, though we have not announced one be
fore for months. Some say these affairs are
attributable to the weather, while the old
bachelors say that
“ It is the very error of (lie moon,
She comes more near (lie earth than she was wont,
And makes men mad.”
Poor fellows, they would like to be thus
moonstruck themselves. But we fear there
is little hope for them, as they are fast lecc
ding into the gloomy vale of cold celibacy,
beyond the reach of gentle influences—be
coming alike invulnerable to “ beaming
eyes” or gentle moon-beams.
05 s * An election has been ordered by the
Governor to be held on the second Monday
in January next, to elect one Member of
Congress to fill the vacancy occasioned by
the death of Hon. Richard W. Haber
sham. Two gentlemen have been plac
ed in nomination by their respective parties.
George W. Crawford, Esq., of Richmond,
will he supported by the Whigs, and Col.
Alexander McDougald, of Muscogee,|by the
Democrats.
A NEW YEAR’S PRESENT.
We have for each of our patrons who are
in arrears, a very handsome and appropriate
present, in the shape of a beautiful printed
receipt, which they can have by calling at
our office and settling their accounts. We
hope each and every one will embrace the
earliest opportunity, for in doicraight earn
est we are in want of the amounts due us to
enable us to discharge the demands of those
who have claims against us. We need not
remind our readers that this is the season
when people arc expected to square up the
accounts of the year; and we hope none
will neglect our claims because they are
small, when we assure them that it is only
by the aggregate of these small amounts
that we are enabled to meet larger ones
against us, which wc incur in the prosecu
tion of our publication.
We sincerely hope this call will not be
disregarded,bu t that it willfecei vc the prompt
attention of every one on our list who has
not settled his subscription to the “ Miscella
ny.” Those at a distance will do an act of
justice as well as confer a favor, by remitting
their subscriptions immediately. We earn
estly appeal to our subscribers for a com
pliance with our terms at this time.
INTERESTING EXHIBITION.
An exhibition of a novel character was
given on Wednesday evening last, at the
Planters’ Hotel, by two mutes, Messrs.
Darlington and McKinney. Their perfor
mances consisted in pantomimic represen
tations of incidents and scenes of every day
life, many of them highly interesting, all of
which they peiformed and illustrated by
their mute yet eloquent language of signs,
in a manner highly gratifying to the audi
ence. The weather beinginclemeut the at
tendance was riot so general as it otherwise
would have been, but such was the interest
ing character of their performances, and
such the degree in which these unfortunate
young men by their polite and gentlemanly
deportment won upon the esteem and con
sideration of those who did attend, that bad
their engagements permitted them to repeat
their exhibition, they'would have been greet
ed by a numerous audience.
At the close of the performances a litera
ry composition, by Mr. Darlington, was read
to the company, which we conceive afford
ed a very happy illustration of the high de
gree of mental culture attainable by the
deaf and dumb under their present system
of education. We give our readers, as
a specimen, a few of the quaint metaphors
with which the production alluded to a
boutids—
“ Knowledge is the day of the mind, Ig
norance the Night, Wit the Lightning, Elo
quence the Thunder, Cheerfulness the Sky,
mirth the Sunshine, Reflection the Moon
light, Melancholy the Cloud, Laughter the
Electricity, and Passion the Storm.”
“ Time is the age of Matter ; Eternity,
of God.”
“ Heat is the life of Matter, Cold the
Death, Water the Blood. Steam the Sweat,
Physics the Chemestry, and Light the Eye
sight.”
“ Machinery is matter in motion ; Mind
is air in motion; Sound is the voice of mo
tion.”
“ Never marry unless for Love, because
it is the Salt of Matrimony.”
“ Forgiveness is the sponge which im
bibes Injuries.”
CENTRAL BANK.
A Bill has passed the Legislature not to
repeal the charter of the above institution,
but to restrict its operations, and otherwise
regulate its concerns so as to sustain it until
it can redeem its circulation. The follow
in g are the provisions of the Bill: It pre
vents all further drafts ort the Bank—thus
leaving it its own resources to pay its own
debts; it prevents all further discounts,
loans, or the dealing in exchange; it pre
vents all issue or re-issue of its bills; it ap
propriates all surplusfunds of the treasury, if
any, to its use; it requires the bills on hand
to be burned quarterly, and pledges the
faith and honor of the State for the redemp
tion of its bills. There is to be no change
in the direction. The result of the investi
gations into the affairs of this institution in
the enactment of any other law than such
an one as would destroy its existence, will
disappoint the expectations of the people.
How the policy of the present Legislature
will work, remains to be seen.
“ MASONIC JOURNAL.”
J. R. Davis, Esq , of Augusta, has laid
upon our table a neatly bound half-volume
of the above periodical. The “Journal”
lias been issued in monthly parts from the
press of Messrs. Brown & McCafferty, in a
neat octavo form, at the low price of $3 per
annum. The book before us contains much
valuable matter designed to interest the
members of the Masonic fraternity—com
prising addresses, correspondence, statis
tical and other information respecting the
various Lodges. The work has been sus
pended for a few months, but wo under
stand is shortly to be resumed. It merits
the support of the Masons of the South and
South-West.
Mr. C. F\ Hoffman, of this piece, is agent
for the work, of whom bound volumes of
the numbers already issued can be obtained.
ad> xr m m :ii 1* mas ah'st®
25 s * In looking over the Legislative pro
ceedings. we see, among the bills lost in the
House, one entitled “ A Bill to grant the
right of citizenship to certain free persons of
color, and their descendants, and to remove
their legal disabilities.” Upon the vote be
ing taken, the yeas and nays stood—yeas, 3
—Messrs. Bruce, Hibbeuts, and Tittle ;
nays, 157. The overwhelming rebuke re
ceived by this amiable tryo, in the vote of
the House, we trust, will serve to dissuade
others from again insulting the feelings of
Georgians and the dignity of that body by
the introduction of similar measures. Such
an attempt should meet the indignation of
every friend of Southern institutions—come
from what source it may.
(15 s * The Bill to divide the State into
eight Congressional Districts has passed
both branches of the Legislature, and only
waits the signature of the Governor to be
come a law. It is to take effect at the next
Congressional election in 134-1. We be
lieve the law as passed is less objectionable
to the miniority than was anticipated.
25 s * The New. York Journal of Com
merce of Saturday last contains the follow
ing :
A most horrible A fair. —It turns out that
events of a most appalling character occur
red on board the U. S. brig Somers, on her
voyage home from Africa, which were not
disclosed by the officets on her arrival, be
cause it was thought best that the publica
tion should be made by the Government.—
Such things cannot, however, be kept secret.
The Somers is a very fine sailer, has ten
guns, and a crew of about twenty able men,
and forty apprentice boys, making with the
officers, some seventy-five persons on board.
Shortly before the brig arrived at St. Thomas,
where she put in to water, it came to the
knowledge of Lieutenant Commandant
Mackenzie, that a mutiny was in prepara
tion on board, headed by Midshipman Spen
cer, a son of the Hon. Secretary of War.
Spencer was thereupon arrested, and papers
were found upon him, signed by such a num
ber of the crew as would have been able to
carry out theirplan by a surprise. The obli
gations they had entered into, were of the
most desperate kind. They had sworn that
theyare not afraid of blood; thatafter the brig
had been watered and was prepared for a
cruise, they would rise, take possession of
her, and kill every officer except the sur
geon, who might be necessary for them ;
that they would then proceed off the Hook
of New York harbor,and capture the home
ward hound packets, which they expected
would contain large sums or specie. Os
tiie people on board the captured vessels,
they swote that no one should be left to tell
tales. After these horrible disclosures, a
Court Martial was held upon Spencer and
those prominently connected with him. It
was impossible to know how far the con
tamination bad spread, though it had evi
dently spread to a most dangerous extent.
To crush it at all hazards, was indispensi
hle. The Court Martial determined that
nothing short of the prompt execution of
tho ringleaders would ensure the safety of
the ship. Spencer and two petty officers
were thereupon ordered to be hung on the
yard arm, which was done forthwith, and
such other measures taken as entirely frus
trated the diabolical plan. The brig now
lies at the Navy Yard, with all hands on
hoard, all intercourse with the shore being
forbidden. The full details it is impossible
to obtain at present; they will be fraught
with terrible interest. Lieut. Mackenzie is
noted for his kind and Christian character,
hut great firmness in the duties of his office.
Such an occurrence, we are happy to say,
is new in our Navy, and not likely to be
soon repeated. We shudder at the thought
of the scenes which would have been enact
ed in our waters if this conspiracy had ac
complished its design.
Spencer was about 19 years of age, and
received his warrant as midshipman on the
20th Nevember, IS4I. Most sincerely do
we sympathise with the afflicted family of
which lie was a member.
A Baltimore paper says that a third
parly is forming in Massachusetts, called the
scattcration party, and gives as evidence of
the fact, the vote of one of the towns in
which the poll lately stood, Whig 10, Dem
ocratic 57, and Scattering 151. We see
by a late Boston paper, that there is yet a
fourth party organizing in that city, called
the “ No Government and Woman’s Rights
Party.” At a late meeting of the latter it
was resolved, “ that the assumption of au
thority by man over man, in the form of hu
man governments, is a usurpation of the
prerogative of our Creator,” &c., and in
another resolution that the Government and
State Governments of this union are “ at
trocious despotisms,” “ inasmuch as they
proscribe one half of the people ori account
of their sex from the exercise and enjoyment
of what are called civil and political rights.”
What next shall we have from Boston 1
05* Samuel Woodworth, Esq., the au
thor of “ The old Oaken Bucket,” one of
the most popular songs in the English lan
guage, died in New Yoak on the 10th inst.
Mr. Woodworth was a practical printer, but
for several years past devoted himself to lit
. erary pursuits. He contributed largely to
the popular periodicals of the day, and was
an acknowledged favorite with tho public.
As an author, he was modest and unassum
ing—as a man, upright and honorable. Ho
lived a virtuous and exemplary life, and died
a good Christian, in the full hopo of a hap
py immortality. His funeral was numer
ously attended by the Typographical Socie
ty, of which he was long an ornament.
COTTON MARKET.
Du ring the early part of the week our
market was more animated than it is to
day. Prices have ranged from 3J to 51—
principal sales 4J to 4*. A large portion
of tiie Cotton received has been purchased
by our buyers.
MASONIC CELEBRATION.
The Festival of St. John, the Evengelist,
will be celebrated by the Masonic Fraterni
ty of Madison, on Tuesday next. A pro
cession will be formed in front of the- Ma
sonic Hall, at 10 o’clock, A. M., and proceed
thence to the Presbyterian Church, where,
after prayer by Rev. John P. Duncan, an
Oiation will be delivered by A. A. Overton,
Esq. A band of music will be in attendance
on the occasion.
25 s ” We acknowledge one indebtedness
to Hon. J. A. Merriwether for Public Doc
uments received this week. Also, to our
Milledgeville friends, for several Bills, etc.
Qs=* It is rumored that Mr. Calhoun will
go to England on a mission based upon the
late movements of General Duff Green, in
relation to the Reciprocal Treaty between
the United States, England and France.
05 s * A writer in the “ Augusta Constitu
tionalist,” proposes an alteration in the Con
stitution, in reference to the manner of elect
ing the President and Vice-President. Af
ter attributing the “ depressed and degra
ded” situation of the country to the evils
arising from party contentions, and alluding
to the causes which led to the destruction
of the ancient Republics—the lack of pub
lic virtue—he remarks:
“ I have said, and I again say, to avoid
destruction, you must change the mode of
selecting your chief magistrate. I will not
stop here. I will offer a plan for your con
sideration : It will have this at least to re
commend it, that it cannot be worse than
the present one. Draft your President and
Vice-President from the out-going members
of the Senate, who have served a full term.
If you adopt this mode, few, very few men
will be sent to the Senate, but such as pos
sess the first order of talents, and most ex
tensive and varied information; and six
years’ experience in the Senate will well fit
such men to wield, with advantage to the
country, the executive powers of the gov
ernment. None will resign. By this mode
you will congregate in the Senate of the
United States a body of men whose like the
sun has never shone upon. The President
will go intooffice with no pledges to redeem,
no political debts to pay. He cannot be
drafted a second time under sixteen years.
Nor can lie by any act of his have even the
slightest influence on the choice of his suc
cessor. Ilis only, bis sole aim will be, must
be, the interest, tho honor,'the prosperity,
the happiness and glory of his country, for
only by such a course can his name be re
membered with love and honor by the free
myriads who may hereafter be born in and
enjoy this free and happy land.”
The writer's views are not more novel
than they are rational and plausible; but
we like stability in governments, and we
doubt whetherany improved scheme of Pre
sident-making would be attended with bet
ter results than that recommended by the
Father of his Country— the enlightenment of
the people. We are perfectly willing to en
tiust our stake in the destinies of the Re
public to a free exercise of the elective
franchise by a virtuous and intelligent peo
ple ; bat we hope and trust the day will
come when demagogues will perish from the
land for want of ignorance upon which to
prey. Then the Republic will be safe.
SICKENING.
The manager of the “ New York Muse
um,” says he “ has the honor to announce
that lie has obtained, at very great expense,
the dresses worn by Queen Victoria and the
Duchess of Kent on the occasion of Her
Majesty’s marriage and coronation,” which
attractions, says the “ Sunday Mercury,”
have drawn full and fashionable houses, since
their announcement. Now, is any better
evidence needed of the fact that fashionable
people of New York are the veriest noodles
on the face of the earth 1 The niggardness
of soul that could germinate such a taste, is
only equalled by the gullibility of the mind
that could be imposed upon by such a hum
bug. Only such persons, as delight to gloat
their eyes upon the cast-off trappingsof Roy
alty', are green enough to believe that Her
Majesty and Her Majesty’s mamma would
sell their old clothes to furnish a show.—
Why docs not the rival establishment, the
“ American Museum,” announce that he has
procured, “ at great expense,” one of the
baby’s napkins just taken from the person
of the royal infant ? Such a novelty would
certainly make a fortune for the possessor
in New York, and could be got up as read
ily, and with less expense than the dresses.
ItM lie four midshipmen recently en
gaged in a duel, near Norfolk, Virginia,
have had their names stricken from the roll
of the Navy. So were those cashiered,
who, some yeais since, were concerned in
the duel which resulted in the death ofyoung
Miller, of Philadelphia ; but they were soon
reinstated and most of them promoted.—
Perhaps these young gentlemen seek to be
promoted, elevated by suspension. There is
a vast difference between suspending an of
ficer from tho quarter-deck and suspending
him from tho yard-arm, though they are
some-times as well qualified for one a3 the
other.
05 s * It is thought that the Legislature
will adjourn to-day.
(5* > We learn from Florida that Col.
Worth, has established his head quarters at
St. Augustine, and that the Indians who ate
said to he most ferocious looking fellows,
are rapidly coming in.
25“ They served up shad at the Pulaski
House in Savannah, ou the 15th inst. In
the fish line, river navigation has a decided
advantage over that ol rail-road. We have
brought tiie sea-board within a few hour’s
travel of Madison, but we can’t bring the
fish.
(5 s * An attempt lias been made to rob
the Brandi of the Marine Bank at Macon.
It was entered on the night of the 11th
inst. by robbers, who penetrated to the vault,
but could not force the iron chest containing
the specie. The attempt proved a failure.
(5* Alexander, the young man who was
recently tried in Philadelphia for stabbing
to death an exchange broker in that city,
some time last summer, has been found
guilty of manslaughter, which has of late
become the common name for murder at the
Noilh.
(5 s * An eastern editor boasts that in one
of the streets of his town there are, all in a
row, a patent-medicine shop, a p’ ysician, a
minister, a grave-stone manufacturer and a
printer. Here’s a place where accommo
dations are to he had to the last extremity.
{5 s Mr. Ledyard, the son-in-law of Gen.
Cass, remains in Paris as the Charge ti’Af
faires.
05=* Anew Post Office lias been estab
lished in Wilkinson county, at the 152 mile
Station of the Central Rail Road, called
“ Emmitt.”
(5 s ’ The Post Office in Washington coun
ty, heretofore known as “ Fish’s Store,”
lias been changed to “ Irwin’s Roads.”
05 s ’ The coinage of gold at the Mint at
Dahlotiega, in this State, during the present
year, it is said, will amount to 3300,000.
05 s * A penknife was recently found while
digging a well on the premises of Maj. My
ers, in Sumter County, twenty-thice feet
below the surface of tile earth.
(5 s * Mr. Nicholas Biddle is engaged in
writing and publishing a series of letters on
the financial condition of Pennsylvania.—
They are said to be characterized by the
usual style of the writer, and are prepared
with ability.
(5 s ’ In Paris, Missouri, coin is selling at
10 cents a bushel, oats 10 cents, and pork
at from 1 to 31 50 per hundred pounds.
New Orleans, Dec. 11.
From Texas. —By the arrival of thesteam
sliio Neptune, we have received files of
Houston and Galveston papers to the Sill
inst., inclusive. There appears to be little
local news stirring. Congress assembled at
Washington, in conformity with the Presi
dent’s proclamation. The Journals contain
the Message, the discussion of which occu
pies the principal portion of their columns.
Tho message itself is regarded as a very fee
ble document, and its recommendation to
make the Exchequer bills now in circula
tion, receivable only for direct faxes, and
not for import and lounge duties, is denoun
ced as dishonest. It is a palpable violation
of the public faith, and as such, seems to
have drawn upon,the Executive public in
dignation and scorn.
In respect to the foreign relations of Tex
as, the message gives no additional informa
tion. Its comments upon the recent irrup
tions of Mexico upon the frontiers of Texas
are sui#i as might have been expected from
an Executive whose vacillating and quib
bling conduct, pending the invasion, at once
disgusted the citizens of his own State, and
mortified every ‘friend of Texas in other
countries. The tone of the Message is ev
idently hostile to any attempt on the part of
Texas, to retaliate upon Mexico the aggress
ions which that Republic lias made, and the
President complains in a whining and cap
tious spirit that the citizens should have
been roused, by the repeated incursions of
the Mexicans, to concert an organized re
sistance, or attempt reprisals. The great
source of the President’s mortification seems
to be that the people dared to repair to the
scene of strife, without awaiting the orders
of the administration, after they luid suflef
ed from the inert and passive conduct of the
government. This portion of the message
appears to have been dictated, by the wish
that the battle of San Jacinto should he the
last achievement of tho Texian army, and
the hero of that field tho only general in the
State. The President argues that nothing
can be done unless lie ffs consulted, at the
same time giving the people to understand,
that if consulted he will do nothing.
In regaid to the preparations to resist any
contemplated invasion of Mexico, the Presi
dent says there are abundant resources
without,however, shewing in what they con
sist ; unless, perchance, the opinion that one
hundred armed men on the frontier might
deter the Mexicans from future incursions,
be considered as indicating the bulwark
which is to stand betwixt the sovereignty of
Texas and all efforts to overthrow it.
Os the Navy, President Houston says no
thing, but takes no small credit to lnmself
for the fortifications of Galveston, which, by
the way, we always understood were effect
ed by private subscription and individual
enterprise—which, in the premises, lig took
occasion to rebuke. The message lepie
sents the general condition of the country
in a deplorable aspect —its resources crip
plied, its circulation valuless, its credit ex
tinguished.
The report from the Army at tho West
are contradictory; one represents the army
as numbered 850 men, completely organiz-
ed, under command of Gen. Somerville, on
its march to the Rio Grande; another staffs
that the drafted troops were fast deserting,
and the volunteers were about following
their example.
The Texian schooner, San Benard, which
was cast ashore during the late gale at Gal
veston, is still lying fast aground. Iri* be
lieved that she might be Set afloat for S3OO.
Thu Indians have recently shown them
selves about Austin, and stolen a number of
liorscs. They have also appeared disposed
to maltreat and murder unprotected citizens.
Smuggling seems to be carried oti in the
port of Galveston. The collector lately
found thirty pieces of silk, snugly packed
away in a barrel of flour; and a baker who
had purchased some flour which had passed
inspection, found a quantity of silk slowed
in one of the barrels.
“ A gentleman who arrived a few days
since from San Augustine says : the Cus
tom house in that district is closed and no
duties are collected. The people all along
the line from the Red River to the mouth of
the Sabine openly defy the collectors and
bring in their goods fiom the United States
with as little hindrance as they would meet
with iu transporting them from one county
to another.”— Bee.
“ Here tlie girls and here the widow
Always cast tlicir earliest glace,
With a smileless face consider,
If they, too, won't stand a chance !”
Married, In this place, on Tuesday evening last, the
SOili instant, by the Kev. .tohn P. Duncan, Mr. JAS.
A. WADE, to Miss ELIZABETH G„ eldest daught
er of Captain John W. Porter—all of this County.
Kr We acknowledge the “ Printer's fee’’ from the
above happy couple. May their “ honey-moon” never
wane!
Married, In this County, on the 20th instant, by the
Rcv.E. L. Wittich, Dr. JAMES N. PEARMAN, to
Miss MARTHA JANE NORTHINGTON.
Married, In Jnsper County, on Tuesday evening,
the 20th instant, by the Rev. Wm. V Burney, WIL
LIAM H. WHITE, Esq., to Miss ELIZABETH T.
BARTLETT—aII of said County.
A neat present of rich cake came with this also.
May they live long to enjoy the blissful estate Upon
which they have just entered, end may their wedding
day be a white day in their lives, which, is after hie
no cloud may ever obscure I
- “ •- 1 r*~’ • 1 1 *■ •’ 11 ■’ 11 *■■*■
Madison Lyceum.
\ MEETING of the above Society will be held at the
usual place of meeting, on Monday Evening next,
at hull post 7 o'clock, when (he following question will
be discussed:
“ Ought Capital Punishment to be abolished V’
A full attendance is rcquisted.
J. STRANGE, Pres.
Dnerniher 24. Iw>9*
Lost Pocket-Book and Money.
T OST,on the 2tst instant, between my residence and
Lt Buckhead, or at the latter pluce, a Leather Pockct-
Bnok riot much worn, snv seven or eight incites long,
containing the following B’nh Bills: Two of S2O each
on (tie Mvehnnir.s* Bunk id Angnsin, one of slo,same
Bunk, and perhaps two of St' each on sme ; also, one
note of blind on Robert IT. Frelwell for 900 dollars, due
on the Ist of January, 1810, nnd made pavjt.le to the
subscriber or lienrer—one ether note on John Emerson
for 1187 dollnis nnd 50 cents, due in June last, bearing
interest from Ist January, 1837--one other on Thomas
B. Myhnnd for 600 dollars, payable to the subscriber,
and due the Ist January Inst, nnd two other notes on
said My bund for 100 dollars each, one due (he 25th of
December las', nnd the other due the 25 h instant— on#
other on James O'Neal for 40 dollars, due about the
4th day ot May, 1810, with some amount credited on
it, together with •everalother notes, receipts, &c. dec.
The subscriber's name is written in the Pocket-Book.
A suitable reward will be given for the Book and
contents. Any and all of the payors of the notes con
tained in the list enumerated, arc hereby cautioned
ngainst paying the nmnutlts of the same to any other
person than the subscriber.
„ REUBEN J. BUTT.
December 21 lni39
Cash Business!
W E respectfully solicit those who have open eccounts
‘* and notes due us for Goods sold them, to jay us
by the Ist of January next Our terms arc Cash In
dulgence inis been given to oblige our customers, they
must now oblige us bv payment.
All our lending articles will be sold entirely for Cash
from the Ist of January next. We will sell them at
prices to suit the times, at the smallest possible advance.
We have a fine stock of Goods, and shall continue
to receive daily,
Bagging, Salt, Iron, Nails, Coffee, Sugar,
Mglosses, Paints, Oils, Lime, Flour, Corn,
Corn meal, Vinegar, and all the usual articles Ibr
Family or Plantation supplies. We have anew assort
ment of Ladies’ Leghorn, and every variety of Straw
and Palmetto Bonnet-, of most superior qualities; 1$
eases of Gentlemen’s Fashionable HATS j all kinds of
Hats and Caps, for men nnd boys; gentlemen's, Indies’,
youths’ and misses Shoes, all qualities; Negrp Shoes:
Blankets ; Puddles, Bridles, Saddle Bogs, upper and
sole Leather; with n general assortment of seasonable
Dry Goods, such ns all qualities of
Homespun, Calicoes, Bronrlclotl s, Snttinets,
Kentucky Janes, Factory Cloth and
Fucto.v Cotton Yarns, from No. 1 t 022.
Our s'oek of Hard-Ware is now very complete, with
a fine assortment of Cmckcry-Wnre, Ac. Ac.
Our business shall be to sell Goods at such JO“Cas ■
prices ns will give satisfaction to all. Call and see us,
near the Georgia Rail-lioad Depo'.
JOHN ROBSON St. CO.
December 24 4w39
Observe and profit by this !
Call early at the O. K. Store, and receive
Christmas Bargains! DRY-GOODS
at Charleston jtrices! /
TIIE subscript r takes this opportunity of informing
the inhabitants ol Madison tn.it lie has just arrived
nnd opened in their town, an assortment ol Staple Dry
Goods which he will sell at Charleston pricta, for cash,
viz: Sattinets nnd Kentucky Jeans,
Kernels, Cussimrres, Sdk Pocket Hdkfs,
Calicoes, from 7 cents up,
Fine white Linens, warranted pure,
Gnghanis, I hro. Homespuns, 20 yards for SI,
4-4 Homespuns, 12yards for 1 CO;
Hosiery of every descripli’ n;
Ni edit s, Pitts, Spool Cotton, together with other
Good* equally loiv. lie solicits at early call, next door
to J. 11. Willy’s#, near the Rail-Road Depot.
E H. COHEN.
N B Ho will ho in receipt of Fresh Goods every
| nek direct from Charleston.
December 24 1w39
Sugars at Reduced Prices!
A FEW hogsheads wilt be sold low by the whole or
halt barrel, to close a eonrignmem.
WILLY & THOMASON.
Decent!*!; 21 139
Ah! here’s more New Goods!
ft F. IIOFFMAN & CO., respectfully inform their
hi friends that they hove received a splendid assort
ment of Calicoes, at from C 1-4 to 25 cents per yard ;
Moushne do Lames, at In,m 31 1-4 cents to 100 per
inrd; Homespun, n; from 6 1-1 to 12 1-2 ccgts. Also,
paid and figured Sdks, and Zephyr Worsted; anew
supply of the lu est style of liuuhs; a large variety of
S raw Bonnets, die. &.C.
December 24. 4w39
FOUR months lifter dote, application will he made to
the Honorable the Inferior Court of Morgan Coun
ty, when silling for Ordinary purposes, for leave to Sell
tiie Lands belonging to the eslaic of John Emerson, de
ceased, and so many of the Negroes ns may I e neces
sary to satisfy the demands against said estate.
BEN J, M. PEEPLES, Administrator.
I'ece tuber 24 4i;.3D