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„ Bread Art."—’ Please sir to give me a
n ,.vto buy a loaf of bread,” said a diity |
f 1 j” meagre looking little vagabond, whose I
•Veered ri>vorCtl hi* naked--j
~, who was passing elong
JJi; Street iLie.other day. ‘ C' : .
“ Have you got a father?” said the gen
-I'‘ Yes— but be drinks whiskey and don’t
i,, v sister and TB6 nothin’ fa eat —and mo
dead —and father beats us when we
‘” and 1 han’t had nothin’ to eat since
morn-in’, so 1 hn’nt. Boo—boo—boo !”
. , K I the little rascal cried as naturally as pos
sible- , . .
‘flic gpntlemam moved with compassion
11,;* supposed foriorn condition, give him
sonic pennies, and file urchin walked across
the stieet and joined b parcel of Ira com
rades ns ragged and dirty ns himself.
•• jf,jw lmvs,” said he—and his eves spar
liled witli glee at the thought of fun—
.. n owboys I’ll pitch coppers with yon—l’ve
c ot four.” „
“ How d'ye raise ’em .7 im 1 saul one ol
|,is companions—“ come the grab game—
cbt , .
“ No Sir—l does not steal, but do you
<PC that gentleman—the one as has brass
buttons on his coat I means.
•• Yes.”
“ Well, I corn’d the bread act on him.”
i. Hid, eh ! —well he is green !*’
The other put his thumb on his nose and
( ] ie jitile rug muffins moved towards the
.mns of the Theatre to engage in the de
li ditl’ul amusement of “ pitch penny” and
<■ pi nek loo.”
The circumstance above alluded to nc-t in
„!lv occurred one day last week. “ Human
nature is human nature,” as old Stapleton
used to say.
Black Hawk —ft is Singular Grave.—A
W iittT in the Haufkeye. in describing the
’ Xert’ Purchase” on the cast side of Des
maincs liver, gives the following account of
flic grave of Black Hawk :
At tlie upper end of the prairie, a few
hundred yards from where the timber sets
in, is tlie grave of the once renowned Chief
ol Sat an I Foxes, the mighty ar.d uric n
(jtieraWe “ Black Hawk.” It might not be
<ni: of place here to give a description of his
grave. It is constructed after the Indian
inoile of burial, hy building a pen of round
piles about ten feet longand three feet wide;
the pen is built as high ns the shoulders of a
man would be when sitting on the ground.
In the west end of this pen, the mighty
Black I7nwk was placed in n sitting posture,
with his luce towards the rising ami, his giin,
tomahawk and blanket were placed by the
side of him : and then4ho pen was covered
over leaving the head and neck f the Chief
exposed to the weathei ; Ids face was pain
ted red, and striped off with black, just ns a
liviiigyonng Indian dandy paints when lie
goes a courting, thus conveying the idea to
the living Indians, that their greatschief bad
gone “courting to nnotlier world,” where,
should be receive the favor of the “ Great
Spirit,” be. would be united to so me squaw,
who bad passed the bounds of mortality, and
that there they would live forever in the
green hunting grounds where deer and elk
abound, and no white intm would lie there
to molest tlieni,”
Suhjccf* nf Conrersutidn, —“ Subjects of
conversation,” I think 1 hear some calling
for: hiit all subjects not leadingto the coarse,
ilie.vulgar, or offensive, are good, provided
it Ire v are well treated : in conversation, it i
lire manner far more than the mailer that
must he attended to. Only avo and self—that
is a lived rule which can in no case be de
viated from with impunity. It is not even
allowed to praise your near relations, and
the nearer tins worse, because no one can do
mure than assent to your opinion ; it is a
lur l nil discussion. I mention this be
cause I know some charming people who
constantly praise up their relations to me.
1 believe they do it to quiz me a little, know
ing that I am particular about the mainten
ance of these laws, which I think should Ire
belli as sacred as those ofthe Modes and the
Persians, Avery pretty girl, that 1 had
been it) love with some half dozen of times,
told me the other day that her brother was
“a dear fellow,” as he might, justly he to
her ; but the sound grated upon my car, nev
ertheless. I would much rather have had
the “ dear” associated with myself than with
that of any one else.
More Robbery.-*- From a gentleman who
attended the Meriwether Camp Meeting,
held last week, we learn that a most daring
and systematic robbety was committed ther*
at a late hour on Friday night, the Bth instant.
Many Tents wete entered and robbed, fifteen
watches were stolen, and a nnmbei of per
sons lost money taken with their pocket
books, or purses, out of their clothes left be
side them on lying down. J lie Preachers
lent was robbed of four watches, and in the
whole several hundred dollars was lost;
fortunately no one lost much,and as the visits
were numerous this was a lucky circum
stance to those robbed and those who es-
being robbed, and was doubtless a
J,’, uA ttPf'Ugdisappointment to the thieves.
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lifter, acting as such. He seemed as civil
as cunning, prefacing at several tents Ins en
trance into them by a enquiry Is
not this brothersuch-a-ob’e’s lent? r. which
he always iajrpencd to be where heard
and -noticed, and in that case re irei. .
course all was right, awake or csleejt, and
he was thus prepared to rummage, ati'l steal,
and pass off at leisure. Next morning ad
the pocket-books were found, rifled of their
contents, depositad in a barouch back of
one of the tents. ,
Are our laws sufficiently enforced J Arc
they adapted to the seemingly changed state
of society?
This is a serious and important question j
yea, it is of the most vital and practical mo
ment.—Columbus Enquires.
Mortifying the Flcsh.-The “Foreign
Correspondence” of the Enquirer says
Dr. Pusey and his wife frequently have the
most elegant dinners served p and placed
on the table; after siting down they imme
diately rise, without eating a mouthful, arid
orderoffthe dinner by way of mortifying
the flesh/’
( Coun.terjcil Gain. —T wo half dollars wore
placed before us, with tlie remark tlist one
oftliem was a counterfeit, and were reqnes
’ ted to point out the spurious coin. Both
were new, Imre tlie date of 1843, and in
every respect, so fuss wight, the print of the
die, and the milling on the edge were con
cerned, were-perfect. Puzzled to ascertain
which of the two was genuine, and a little
doubting the assertion of one of them being
coonteifeit, we put them to the test of ring
ingtliem upon stable, when the difl’erenco
was at o ice apparent, the genuine coin giv
ing out the true silvery ring, utnl the other
emitting a dull flat sound.
The coin appeared, on close inspection,
aided by a penknife, to lie made of pew
ter, and silvered over by the galvanic pro
cess ; and so nicely and faithfully is the die
cut, and the covering of silver pot on, that
the most practiced eye tan scarcely fail to
he deceived by the appearance of the coin.
We understand that quarter do'lars of a
like character with the above, are also in
circulation, a keen look out should be had
for them.— Philad. TJ. S. Gazette, Gth in.it.
PEiSEISIIKD EVERY SATURDAY MORNING AT
THE VERT t,OW PRICE OF TWO DOI.LARS
AND FIFTY CENTS Pfc'(l ANNUM —ONE 1)01.-
I.AR AND FIFTY CENTS FOR SIX MONTHS
AT,WAYS IN ADVANCE.
MADISON, CEO :
Saiarday, September 23, 1843.
why is it ?
Why is it lliat a literary paper, or maga
zine, cannot. he sustained at the South?
This is a question that we cannot answer,
though we have tested it by practical de
monstration. Though we are no longer
disposed to doubt the assertion long since
made, and a thousand limes reiterated, that
a purely literary publication cannot lie sus
tained at the South, yet for the life of us
we cannot satisfy our minds of the “why
and the wherefore” of ti e humiliating fact.
Is it berausri no periodicals of this charac
ter, worthy the support of an intelligent
public, liave ever been attempted at the
South ? No. For it is well known that se
veral respectable journals and magazines
have been commenced (not established) at
the South, which even during their brief
struggle for life, linvc given abundant evi
dence of their claims tolitcrary character—
woiks, that dnriug the first year of theirex
isienre ranked eqoal. in all hut the pictures,
and, perhaps, beauty of typographical exe
cution, with their lvventy-venr-okl contem
poraries of the Nortii. Let us name some
of “those that were/’ M)d now only live in
the remembrance of the few who knew
them: There Was the “Southern Review,”
“ Lilerary Journal” and “ Chicora,” of
Charleston ; the “ Magnoliu,” of Savannah ;
” The Southron,” of Tuscaloosa, Ala.;
“ The Companion,” of Macon, and “ Mir
ror,” of Augusta ; which latter, it our mo
desty forbids us to claim for it any other
merit, was at least entitled to the credit of
being \\iofirst enterprize of the kind stal l
ed in our own Stu*te. Either of the other
works named, would have ranked with any
of tlic Northern magazines, in their earlier
years, and in many respects would have
suffered nothing from a comparison with
them in their palmiest days. Willi these
magazines there was no “teething time,”
no graduating minority, but springing at
once into adult maturity, they flourished
while they could draw the breath of exis
tence from their own vitals, and then per
ished for wont of encouragement and sup
port. Perhaps it is to this circumstance 1
that we .must attribute their ephemeral ex- j
istence. Certain it is, they did not take
permanent root, whether we are to account
for the fact from the precocity of their pre
tensions or the uncongeniality of out South
ern soil. But to return to the question—
why is it that a purely literary magazine
cannot he sustained at the South ? Is it
because our people are destitute of refine
ment and literary taste ? Ao / With in
dignation we would repell such an insinua
tion. No section of the Union affords a
more intellectual or better read community
than is to be found in the wealthier classes j
of the South. No people have more leis
ure—none have better opportunities for the
cultivation of letters, or arc more liberal in
their patronage of whatever contributes to
intellectual enjoyment than they. The
millions of dollars that are annually expen
ded in Northern books, and magazines, and
newspaper* sufficiently attest this fact.—
Enough of Such patronage is drawn from
Georgia alone to support handsomely all
the literary periodicals ever started within* j
her borders. Still the question recurs—
Why i* it 1 Why, to tell the truih and
shame our country.it is just because,in
this matter of literature, our people are the
most servile, abject, dependent set of peo
ple on the face cf the earth. We have
been accustomed so long to receive our
dry-goods ami groceries from the “ big
o<d wwM is ibp mu s©m il ahi *
north” that it seems but right that we
should receive our literature —our mental
aliment—fmm the same source. We re
ceive our axes, and lines, and ploughs, for i
the cultivation of our soil, from the North,
nnd we must receive our books magazines,
and papers, for the cultivation of our intel
lects, from the same market. True, some
times their implements of husbandry do not
exactly suit our soil or peculiar modes of
agriculture ; neither do their books or ma
gazines harmonize with the spirit of our
peculiar institutions, but they have found it
to their advantage to manufacture articles
“ expressly fur the Southern market,” and
we are beginning to have magazines on the
same principle—gotten up and printed iri
New York, and published simultaneously in
the cities of Athens and Penfedd, Georgia.
7 bus the little vanity that is left among us
about “ Southern literature” is to be propi
tiated, and we nre to have our choice be
>'ren Northern literature, which is the lit
erature, nnd that manufactured “ expressly
for the Southern market.”
CORNSTALK MOLASSES —STILL BETTER.
Our friend, Mr. H. J. Thompson, called
on us again last Tuesday and kbidly gave
us the results of some further experiments
which lie has been making in the manufac
ture of Cornstalk Molasses. He informs ns
that late in July he planted a number of hills
of corn along in the ridges of his potatoe
patcli where the potatoes were m’tslng, with
a view to having late roasting-ears. ’This
coin supplied Iris family with late corn, but
much the larger pmtion ofthe ears were al
lowed to remain on the stalks until it be
came hard enough to shell. After he hod
pulled the fodder from if, he discovered that
there was still much juice in the stalks, arid
as his mill was ready and be had some leis
uie time, he determined to try the experi
ment of making molasses from stalks that
had already yielded a crop of ears. Ac
cordingly he cut tip the stalks and stripped
the corn from them which lie fed to his hogs
—he then expressed tho juice, from which
lie succeeded in making ten gallons of mo
lasses, even better than that which he had
manufactured from the stalks from which
the shoots had been removed—thus making
bis corn yield a double crop—first matured
corn, then superior molasses.
We consider this one of the most impor
tant experiments which it has been our good
fortune to report to our Agricultural friends
If good'molasses for table use can be profit
ably nranufactured from stalks upon which
the ear has not been permitted to grow,
how much more profitable to the planter
must this new branch of agriculture be
when he is aide to make the same ai licit
even afier the corn has matured. We have
said the molasses made from these stalks i.-
supeiior to the first. So it is—but Mr,
Thompson attributes this fact to the improve
ment which bis experience lias enabled him
to make in boiling and purifying the syrup.
He says he discovered that there was not
the same proportion of saccharine matter in
the stalks which had home the corn, and
that it took more of the juice to make the
same quantity of molasses than of those
from which he had removed the ears. The
difference in the strength of the juice was
not material, and the yield was not only suf
ficient to repay him for his trouble,but would
in itself have been a profitable crop, Wc
would ask what planter, who is accustomed
to use molasses upon his own table or feed
it to his negroes, will now hesitate to con
struct a mill, and to save from the juice of
his cornstalks the money he has been here
tofore compelled to pay for the article ?
We would like to give our readt rv a cor
rect idea of Mr. Thompson's mill, which is a
purely domestic construction of his own, af
ter the plan of a common cider-mill, hut we
do not know that we can do so without the
aid of a cut. Two upright pieces of tim
ber, one foot square, are fixed firmly in the
ground, having about four feet clear, which
is the height of the mill. Into these upright
timbers are firmly mortised two parallel
cross pieces, tune by twenty-seven inches,
at a sufficient distance apart to allow three
cylinder*, which are eighteen inches long
and twenty-one inches in circumference, to
run between them. The gudgeons upon
which the cylinders turn are let into the
upper and lower parallel timbers,the bottom
one serving as a dripping board, fiom which
the juice is conveyed by means of grooves
around each cylinder into a single channel
which conducts it to the reservoir. Upon
the middle cylinder is a cog-wheel, by which
the other two are turned, by means of a lea
ver made fast to the top of the shaft which
runs from the centre cylinder up through the
cap piece. The cylinders are smooth and
are made to run closer together when ne
cessary by wedging up the movable blocks
in which the gudgeons are set in the paral
lel timbers, Mr. T. informs us that the
most tiouhlesome portion of his mill, and the
only one which any common hand would
find any difficulty in making, was the cog
wheel and the mortises in the other cylin
ders in which it runs. He found, however,
in working the machine, that all this Diffi
culty might have been avoided, as the assis
tance of the cog-wheel is not required, the
pressure of the stalks between the cylinders
being quite sufficient to propoll them. His
’ practice is to run the stalk through first when
much of the juice is expressed—it is then
doubled and passed between the cylinders
again—-then two or three are run through
together, until all tjie juice has been pressed
out. ’The juice i3 strained and reduced to
molasses by, the simple process of boiling.
We have been anxious to give all the in
formation on this subject which we have
been able to derive from Mr. Thompson, in
as intelligible, a manner as possible, for the
benefit of thoe who may make up their
minds during the coming winter to follow
his praiseworthy example next season.—
This must be oar excuse for this rather long
article. ,
’ r.’ f ms. ! * v *y? yf ; ;.-
ELECTION RETURNS.
Postmasters throughout the Stale will
confer a favor by transmitting to us the re
turns of their respective counties as soon as
possible after the result is known. We can
have nothing to say in the contest, but we
presume we writ ho allowed to publish a ta
ble of the votes polled, without giving of
fence to our brethren of the political press.
We may be disappointed, but if we are not
vastly mistaken we shall he enabled after
the election to publish a powerful statisti
cal document in favor of our political favor
ites.
, OVER-LYING THE MARK. *
It is no uncommon tiling to see in thepo*
litieal papers, on the eve of important elec
tions, what are called hy those vvhoaie liase
enough to deal in them, “ trump cards." —
These are generally foul accusations, gross
misrepresentations, which nre reserved to
tlie latest hour, in order that they may exert
their influence upon the public mind with
out the possibility of the slandered party
having an opportunity of vindicating him
self front the charges prefered against him.
The success of these “ trump cards” is gen
erally in proportion to their susceptibility of
belief, and in some rases, where much inge
nuity nnd cunning has been employed, tlie
jienple have been sadly duped and impor
tant results have been affected. Bus there
is such a thing as “over-lying the mark”—
like every thing else, falsehood can he over
done. We met with an Instance of this
.kind the other day in a prominent paper of
our own State—a bold and wrecklcss effort
to impose upon the credulity of the voters
of Georgia—a statement so glaring, so bare
faced, so mcredible and so utteifv unfound
ed in truth that if it does not recoil upon the
heads of those who uttered it, then we are
mistaken in tlie character of our fellow-citi
zens. Such an insult to the understnndimr
atid good sense of the people, could only
emanate from one who is accustomed to look
upon them as the silly dupes of pally, and
should excite the indignation of every hon
est man. Honest voters of Georgia, be W are
of the craven demagogue that would be
guile you from the rectitude of your prin
ciples with an insidious lie!
TitF, MISCHIEF TO FAY IN IIAYTI !
The latest accounts from Ilayti state that
a revolt had broken out at Aux Caves, in
consequence of a jealousy existiug among
the blacks, occasioned by the fact that tlie
mulattoes filled all the most important offi
ces of the government. ‘The rebels, num
bering about two thousand, were headed hy
one calling himself “ King Solomon the
First,” (what a toploftical nigger he must
lie !) On the 9th of August a battle was
fought near Aux Caves, in which King Sol
.oman and his followers were defeated by
the part)’ styling themselves the Patriots.
under General Lazara. The rebels had me
hundred and five killed and a grept number
wounded. The accounts state that the pat
riotism of Lazara was questioned by the
mulattoes, lie being black, but if he should
prove true to the cause of the Patriots the
rebels would undoubtedly be obliged to ca
pitulate.
GREAT FIRE AT KINGSTON, JAMAICA.
The schooner Alicia, six days from King
ston arrived nt New Orleans on the loth in
stant, bringing intelligence of a most de
structive conflagration in Kingston, by which
upwards of two hundred houses weie con-*
sumed. The “ Kingston Despatch,” of the
29th August, from which the “ Tropic” ex
tracts a detailed account of the disaster, pro
nounces the fire, which occurred on the 2Gtli,
“ one of the most terrible visitations of Prov
idence that has befallen the city of Kingston
within the memory of this generation.”—
The amount of property destroyed is esti
mated at nearly throe millions of dollars.—
‘Tlie fire is supposed to be the work of an
incendiary, and what will be pnrticulnily
gratifying to the feelings of the English phi
lanthropists, who have done so much for the
prosperity of these islands, is the fact stated
by the Despatch, that “ a portion of the
black popular km positively refused to take
any part in the attempt to check tho flames,
hut” (free negfro like) “ looked on with a de
gree of sullen indifference, if not actual plea
sure at the rvin that was going on. Some
two or three were beard to indulge in ob
servations which almost led to the belief that
they weie instrumental in causing the con
flagration.”
The past lias indeed been a calamitous
year to these islands. Our readers wifi re
member the destruction of Gandaloupe by
an carthqnuke* last winter, fmd now We hr.ve j
accounts of the almost total destruction of ;
Kingston, the prificipai city of Jamaica, by
fire. The editor of the “ Despatch” says :
“It was but a few months and eve
were called upon to open the bend of chari
ly. in ordei to assist the inhabitants of-our
sister Islands, wbo wene sitfletfjrta under the
iidlictions-of.Divine Providence. It has
pk-asecl the same Supiemn Power to visit
us ; but bow much mote gently has He laid
His hand upon us! What a debt of grati
tude do we owe to Ilim who rules the storm
and directs the eartliqonke, that in dispens
ing his all powerful will, it has pleased-Him
to spare our lives, and pass thus lightly over
ifs, instead (if hulling ns, ns he has done
thousands of our. fellow creatures elsewhere,
suddenly into eternity—instead of calling os
‘ with all our sins upon our heads,’ at once
before His awful presence.”
Several persons were severely injured,
but only one life was lost (luting the confla
gration; A slight shock of mi earthquake
was felt in Kingston oil the 20th August,
four days after the fire.
GEKEKAt BERTRAND
Arrived in New Orleans on the 7th in
stant, in the French brig of war, Mermre.
His reception by the French population and
military, was enthusiastic. The ‘* Pica
yune”'gives the following account of the at
tentions paid the General hy ihe veterans
of ’I4-’ls and other militßiy mey of the city;
This veteran soldier of the French Em
pire, whose devoledness to his chief was as
sincere and undying ns Ids chivalry was gal
lant and distinguished—win* dung to the
Emperor when captive, as well as (Then
conqueror, and was only separated from
him by the interposition of (fpoih—this gal
lant old soldier was visited last evening hy
tire Veterans of ’l4-15, and the officers of
the First Divknon of Louisiana Militia, in
cluding those of the Legion, the Washing
ton Battalion and Louisiana Volunteers.—
They met him in the hall-room of the fit.
Louis Exchange, to which he was conduct
ed, in company with his son, by a select-es
cort. At tbe West end of the room there
was a well painted portrait of Bonaparte,
and on either side of it the Fienc’n and
American ensigns hung in graceful folds.—
Tbe Veterans (veto the fnai who marched
in, and when the officers, who came afior
them, in their licit and gorgeous uniforms,
filed found the room, the tout ensemllc was
highly imposing. The .Marshal commenced
an interchange of cordial and respectful
compliments with the Veterans, nod thus
went through the line, shaking the hand of
all, and asking of each a passing pertinent
question. Few could believe (hut so many
years subsequent to the era of hijk glory, and
-so many thousand miles from its theatre, he
would meet so many who had shared in his
perils, and—though moving in n less distin
guished sphere—in his fame. Yet soil was.
In the eye of many a war-worn vetetan
thoie, did the tror stmt, as he shook the
band of Bonaparte’s favorite chief and le
meinbcred Saragossa, Btiilajnz or Fontain
blenn. where, before the present meeting,
he had seen Bertrand.
Gen. Lewis took his place at the Itestl of
the officers. When tbe Marshal approach
ed,, he said i
“ General—On the part of the officers of
the First Division of Louisiana Militia, 1
bid you welcome—a soldier's welcome.—
Vv’e feel honored by a visit from one so dis
tinguished itr the military annuls of his coun
try. and take this mode of testifying if. You
will find among us, General, many of jour
compatriots, who fought in your ranks for
tbe glory of France, and many who fought
for the liberty of America. In their name
again, and in the name of the citizens and
soldiers of the State, 1 hid yon welcome }”
The Maishal briefly replied, and proceed
ed to receive their granulations severally ;
after which they escorted him to his-lodg
ings.
Marshal Bertrand wore a plain blue dress
coat and pantaloons', and white vest; lie is
about five feet seven inches high, and of vig
orous frame. The top of his head is bald ;
tbe hair on tlie remainder of his head is grey
—tint white. His complexion is florid, and
bis countenance of the most benevolent cast.
In truth, lie more resembles a pious clergy
man, who,
“ Remote from towns hud run his godly mre,”
than a warrior soldier, who nothing does
To swearing and stein looks, diffused attire,
And every thins that seems unnatural.”
Though seventy years of age, his appear
ance bespeaks him not more than fifty-six.
llis son, who accompanies him, is fully
six feet two’inches tall, very slender, of fair
complexion, and “dressed in the style of a
Parisian, lu-au. Ho wears large whiskers f
and moustache.
NEW PAPERS.
“ The Helicon” is the title of a handsome
and wHI edited sheet, published in Mariet
ta, CoLL county, ly Messi's. J. 11. Crockett
&G. A. Hill. The name of Henry Clav,
of Kentucky, flies at its mast-head.
The “ Lagrange Herald” is the title of
another handsome and airly conducted im
perial sheet, published in Lagrange, Troup
county, by Messrs. 15. E. Kenton & F. 8.
Brunson, ‘l ire “ Herald” also advocates
the pietensiuns of Mr. Clav.
Both the “ Helicon” and “ Herald” have
our best wishes for their success and ptos
perity.
Gy 5 * A letter to the editor of the “ Aikan
sas Intelligencer,” dated Fort Gibson, Au
gust 20th, states that a Mr. li.vin recently re
turned from the prairies, where be has been
engaged in collecting some of the denizens
of that wild country, has brought, umong
other animals, ono heretofore unknown to
the Zoologist. It is described as being of
the lion or panther species, of a bright scar- !
Jet color, larger than a panther, and ‘‘the
most feiocioos animal that ever fell into the i
hands of the human species.” *
05*’ We lo statcflrat A.
H. Stephens, Fwill a(Mless hi* fellow
ci’izens of Morgan courtly in tfiia place mi
Wednesday next. An invitation haslreerf
extended tu all, whig* and democrats, lo at
tend. Tin* ladles arc atao invited. • 1
G5 5 * Mr. H. Preston, of hiatrnt, Alabama,
states that lie has iq Ids posßetsioa a dia- 3
inotid of the first order, measuring one inch
and a qnartrr in length and tvvrt inches il- J
circumference, and weighing one ounce.—
This diamond which is the largest yet dis
covered in the world was picked tip in tire
streets of the villager <f Macon.
05“ Cnpt. Lovett, of slop Belvidera, from
Manilla, which arrived at Boston oh tire
13th instant, reports that a severe confla
gration broke out at Manilla, which destroy
ed six hundred house', and another on the
Ist of April, which destroyed from sixteen
hundred to two thousand houses / ,
07* The Journal of Commerce states
that the fees of the Clerk in the District
Cou 11 N V. in lrankru ptcy cases, have amount
ed to fifty thousand dollars, and those of the
Assignee, Mr, Waddle, to one hundred
thousand, while tire Courier has received
over twenty thousand for advei tisemerits.
Kr ELECTION TICKETS will be neatly print
ed at this office, on very fair terms. Orders fiom neigh
boring Counties are palleted.
■ MARRIED,
In this County, on the e veiling of the 21st instant, by
the Rtv. Jan.es II Montgomery, Mr. FLOYD
WYNN, of Putnam County, to Miss MARY J. DA
VIS.
In Greene County, on. Thursday, the 2Ut instant,
by the Rev. E 1.. Wiuich, RICHARD J RARRISS,
us Morgan County, to Miss SARAH E. GREENE,’
of the firmer place.
838 OBITUARY.
—— r _— gjj
ZRP,
In tins plan*,nn (Tie I9t!i instant, cf Congestive Fe
ver, r>* SAMUEL n. B. LEWIS, a native of Maine,
j need twenty-seven years and six months. 1
fn the death of Dr. Ixovis our community has sirs’-
i tained n great loss. Although a comparative stranger
| (having been a citixen of our town hot about tit
| months,) yet he had obtained’ the Confidence, ns nett
; as the respect and esteem, of all who bad made his ae
i cjunrninncc. To his imima’e friends, who knew his
priva’e charae’er—his amiable disposition and tbe love
i It traits he possessed—lie was peculiarly endeared.
The duties of bis Profession were arduous, and no
i doubt die ilfntss which resuited in bis death was bro’t
! on by ti* ciu.s'nnt exposure incidental to his rapidly
| increasing practice. Ilis weakly constitution could
j not bear the fatigups of the Physician, and lime in his
etfirls for others he sacrificed himself Long will his
memory Ik held in pleasing remembrance by those
who knew him.
He bore hi* sufitrings ni'h Christian Ibrlitude, nnd
placed his whole reliance f'rsslvntion on that Saviour
wht, for ten ye ars, he had professed, and whose Rr
: Irgion be had adorned by bis godly walk and convcr-
I sntiorr. He died'the death of the Christian, and'fits’
las; end was like hia. * -
A<£T<sffti£&m<B2nteo
Now Goods!
TtrINGFIRLD & RON ore now receiving a well
‘• ei'lccted slock of
Seasonable Dry Goods,
purchased exclusively for cash, in (lie Philadelphia,
New-York and Boston markets.
September 23 426
Negro Shoes, Bagging, Rope, &c.
WE are now receiving an excellent stock of Negro
” Shoes, lie gait'ir, Ro|w‘ and Twine, together with
a large and general assortment of .
Dnj Goods, Groceries and Hardware,
which we cITT rat very reduced prices for cash or Cot
ton. We have also on hand, a lares lot of tile latest
style BON N KTS, consisting of Silk. Lnwn, Straw and
Leghorn : alo, one esse French Prints, Mi irsline do
Luii.es, and Chaaan, and many other desirable Goods.
The politic nre invited to call and examine the price
and quuliiy of our goods before purchasing elsewhere*
THAO. B. RELS &. Cos.
ft3r VVe will maltp cash advances on Cotton owned
by our friend?, or sell it for them free of commission,
-cpvmher 23 26
Boot and Shoe Store,
Ai the Madison (Georgia IlaiLßoadJ Depot.
THE undersigned has just commenced receiving his
A Fall and Winter supply of Hoots and Rimes, direct
from the tmn*u factories at the North ; cmtstsiing nf Ne
emes’ thick black nrtd tusset Shoes, of the Iwst quali
ty : J,adies’ and Gentlemen's Boots and Rimes, nf the
best and most fashionable slvles, which will be sold as
low ns can be purchased in Augusta or Savannah.
Maulers who wish to purchase Shoes fir their Ne
groes will find it greatlv to ilieir advantage to call and
examine before purchasing elsewhere.
The •subscriber w ill also continue tj receive weekly
fiesh supplies of Shoes of all kinds and descriptions,
which will he offered at wholesale or retail tower (for
cash) iltan ever sold before in this market - mi?”
JAS. F. WATSON.
September 23 jo
Just Received, - ; v-
A* Ti ARGE supptv of Blue Slone, and wheat Reives;
! Brass bound Backets, Washing Tubs, all size* ;
I Copal Vargish and Spirits Turpentine, by the gallon ;
I Castor, .Linseed, Lamp and Train Oil, do
Jiu'igo, madder, C pperas— large supply i ‘
j A line Igt of Bacon. Lard, Flour anj Corn*Meal.
For side ut Cash prices, l y
~ JOHN ROBSON & CO.
j peptembcr23 gg
Mp.roHotwe
; And Commission Business,
Madison, Georgia.
I r T , HK iin;lprrigned will eontintte tile above business,’
“• in i ! ~ts place,on his own account, and ispow prepar
ed bv the storage of Cotiou and other country produce,
“o will make libers! advance* on Colton in store, anil
on consignment of the same to approved Comniiospii
houses i:i Augusts, Charleston or Savannah.
Cotton nr:d merchandize consigned m him f r sale
will receive prompt attention. J. ll.’ WILLY. ’
•epievnbor 1# • f . tigs
rODtt months after date apphration will be made to
: 1 the inferior Court of Morgan County, silling os a
I Court of Ordinary, for leave io sell the Land anti Ne
groes belonging to the ectale of Martin B Tiiniinn, de
ceased. - JOHN I). MARTIN,
Administrator de bonis non.
September 23 __ < m *s
Georgia* Morgan County:
PORTED before me hv Green I?. Darnell, of
J Lh-h tcl, otto tit;:k hay inure Pnney, about 12 years*
old, w ith a small alar.in her forcheaii-rhad when she
was taken n sore back t nppnrised by J. t, i Darneil
and MJoin IT flakity jo tweiov dollar?, this tfn l£h!i
ben'ember. 1313. ELIJAH MaTTOX, J. P.
Registered on the 321 f>rpu-mEer,T943.
Tt::o extract from the Eslrav.Book, SeWemter 22d.
Wl3. JOHN C. RBfeS. Clerk! •„,}
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