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ATHENS, (GEORGIA,) FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1827.
No. 6.
BESS
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LISHED EVERY FRIDAY,
BY o. p. SHAW. * -
-"three dollars per year, if paid in ad-
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V, Four dollars if delayed to the end pf
—No subscription received for less than
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publisher reserves to himself the right to discontinue
& subscription, or not, before arrearages are paid.
• •Advertisements Will be inserted at the usual
t’raxis. . ’ •
Letters to the Editor on matters connected
i&e establishment, must be post paid in order to
©attention. ^
It may be proper to inform those who shah
favour us with their advertising custom, that Noticed
f th sale of Lsq4 and Negroe&by Administrators,'»
Executors, or Guardians, must be published sixty days
previous to the day of sale.
Khe sale of Personal Property, in like manner,
mult be published forty days previous to. the day of
sale. '
Notice to debtors and creditors of an estate most
be published forty days.
Notice that Application will be made to the Court
Ordinary for Leave to sell'Land, must be publish*
nine months.
-.Notice that Application will be made for Letters
of Administ* a ‘ion, must be published forty days.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
AATILL BE SOLD, on Tuesday the 2oth of Februa
ry next, at the late residence of Thomas Hinton,
late of Clarke county, deceased, all the perishable
property belonging to the Estate of said deceased,
consisting of Horses. Hogs, Cattle, Sheep, Corn, and
Fodder; Household and Kitchen Furniture, and a
number of articles too tedious to mention.
At the same time and place, the Plantation will be
rented, and the Negroes hired for the balance of the
year. Among the horses is an elegant Stallion of
the finest blood which this country can produce, now
in his seventh year. Persons wishing to purchase
such a one will do well to attend.—Terms made
known on the day of sale. /
RACHEL HINTON, Adm’x.
, Jan. 9,1827.—2ts.
W ILL BE SOLD, on the first Tuesday id
Marchnext, at the Court-house in Gwinnett
county the following property, to wit:
Oho sorrel horse levied, on as thepro-
]>erty of John Sparks to satisfy a fi fall favor of
John Wingfield, vs Samuel Shearmon
Sparks,
candlesticks, of silver, were ranged around
the bier; and thick pale torches shed on it
their white and silky lays. A row of priests
stood with their clasped hands pointed in
md John I P ra y er > on one side ? a rank of the life, or
palace guards, in scarlet clothing, leaned
ThrSe hundred and sixty acres of land, ! U P°“ t} f ir halberts on that opposite. At the
ore or less, adjoining Pa^rram and others, levied on I head of the bier, some twenty officers of
as the property ofWUliaip Sikes to satisfy a fi fa in I the Hungarian, grenadiers, and two or three
John P° WinrT Stun *‘ vent ’ P ro P ert y pointed ou t by I hussar officers, who accompanied the com-
ln ”‘ tamf, t mirHRinrF «,«•' | mander of the garrison, stood closely group-
JAMES LOUGHRIDGE, ShC ) ed . A few Dersons of distinction satin
January 24,1827.
3P&1n. COAX.SON
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
IENDERS his professional services to the public,
‘ and will faithfully execute any legal business
rhichmay be entrusted to him in thccomties ofWare,
ow) Lowndfea, Thomas, Decater, Early, Baker, and the
^jlcmthem cridtrfct of Florida, Tallahassee.
' All communications on business by mail will be
received at Tallahassee,
fi January 24, 1827. .. i 4—4t
LAV.
VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE.
T HE subscriber offers for sale, 10. or 12 likely
young Negroes—Also, a Tract of Ldnd on
Jack’s creek, Walton county, adjoining lands of
Simon Holt and John Sillman, supposed to be equal
in quality to any land in Walton county ; the Tract
contains Two Hundred and Fifty Acres, and has a
small improvement, about 40 or 50 acres cleared.—
What of the above property is not sold by the 20th
of February, will, on that day, be sdd at public out
cry in Monroe, Walton county, on a credit until the
25th December next. Purchasers will be required
to give good security, and indisputable titles will be
made.
THOMAS W. HARRIS.
Jan. 12, 1827. 2—5t
SHERIFF’S SALES.
Undersigned have united in the Practice of
oLscw, and will attend to the business of
in the counties of Greene,
Hancock, Taliaferro, Ogie-
WILLIAM'C.DAWSON.
YELVERTON ?. KING.
WILLIAM C. DAWSON, will attend the courts
in tHe\counties of DeKalb, in the Chatahoochee,
Newton- in the Flint, and Walton in the Western
Circuits. j .
Greensborough, Jan. 2. 1—3m
SILVER WARE, JEWELRY, &c.
T HE subscriber informs
the public that he pur
poses still to carry on the sil-
vfffBinith business at his for
mer 'Iqmd in Athens, where
r .he willLattend to all orders in
[ iris liiie with tile same thank-
fulness he feels for past fa
vours, and solicits a continuance thereof.
He also keeps for sale an assortment of Jewelry,
which those who wish articles in that line arc invited
to call and sefe.—Watches repaired as usual.
GAGE D. EDWARDS.
Jan. 4,1827.
POSTPONED SALE.
W ILL BE SOLD, on the first Tuesday in
March next, at the Court house in the town
of Jefferson, Jackson county, within the lawful hours
of sale, the following property, to wit:
One Lot of Land containing one Acre,
mo -e or less, adjoining Adam’s Land, in the county
of.-ackson, in the vicimty of Jefferson, with a Tan
Yatri and other Buildings thereon; it beingin the oc
cupancy of Charles Bacon, levied on os bis property,
‘ satisfy a fi. fa. in favour of Timothy Bndgeman,
i. Charles Bacon and Benajah Dunham—pointed
out by plaintiffs’ attorney.
Two Hundred and Fifty Acres of Land
more or less, lying on the north fork of Oconee river,
adjoining Dupree, whereon Sterlin Mays now lives;
levied on as the property of Stephen Mays and Sterlin
Mays, to satisfy a fi. fa. in favonr of John Howard
for the use of Smith Young, vs. Stephen Mays am
Sterlin Mays.
JOSEPH HAMPTON, Sh’ff.
Jan. 27, 1827.
persons
private pews in a gallery above, that have
WILL ? E 4 S ? u LD „ on >u e ® rat - 1 i e8 ? a y “ glass windows looking down into the chap-
next, at the Court house in the town of Law- , a F , , . L.
renceville, Gwinnett county^ within the usual hours I e * Among these, m a pew by himself,
of sale, * next to the Emperor’s brother* was the
One Lot of Land in the sixth district of y° un g Napoleon. He leaned from the o«
said county, No. 304, containing: 850 acres: levied I P en window during the service: his com
oo as the property of Daniel M‘Murpby to satisfy a plexion is very fair, his forehead good, the
fi. fa. in favour of the Augusta Bank. lower part of his face short and rounded ;
One Lot of Land in the sixth district of his nose not very prominent, but well shaped,
said county, No. 284, containing 250 acres: levied I The colour of his eyes I could not distinguish.
ffI“<> ffj*/«* * -»«■ °"*y»
Barnard, deceased, vs. said Cates, and other fi. fju’s. 1 P ro “‘ e » he impresses you as a very
,One Lot of Land in the fifth district of« ood lookin S> f ntlcman like *9’ *j th a “
said county, No. 22, containing 250 acres: levied appearance and manner somewhat beyond
on as the property of Reynolds. Harris, to satisfy a Jhis age. His hands weie clasped together,
fi. fa. from a Justice’s court in favour of Russell fy and he seemed to take that feeling interest
Boyd: levy made by a constable, and returned to in the 8Cenej w hich is alike natural and be
* coming in a youth of fifteen. The solemni-
One Negro Girl, about , three years old, Jty 0 f the service, and the sweetness of the
* he
n fi. fa. in favour of Edward Fetherston, and others,} moved or occupied his young mmd and yet
WM. NESBIT, Dep. Sh’ff.
i ... . jo L’
POSTPONED SALE.
A LSO, at the same time"and Diace, within the!
hours aforesaid, wilt be kohv
vs. said Hooper. I {it is more than probable that he would know
and might, at such a moment, have remem
bered, that, but for his father, these obse
quies might have been electorial and not re
gal : that the kingly crown upon that bier,
■l nours amresaia, wiu ne sow, i wag ^ 0 f tbat father, when he decreed
t Elector ofBavaria should w«.
George Lawrence, to satisfy 4 fi, fo. in favour ofI I" e ragal honors and powers which he
Allen Dyks. ; [had bestowed had outlived his own, even in
The Interest of Ellemander Warbington fif e ; and in death he himself had lain down
iroThree Negroes, Bet andfher two children, belong- m the anye of an exile. The Son might re-
lill to tlie Estate of EstheriWates, deceased: levied 1 _ , ^
on as the property of said Warbington, to satisfy a I member, that no such requiem was sung
fi. fa. in favour of John S. D. Byrum, for the use of over the distant tomb of that father; but
did not lose a man, nor had any of those
died whom he left behind last year, many
of whom have been out four or five years,
and are too happy in the freedom of those
wild regions to think of returning to the
comparative thraldom of civilized life. It
would seem that no attempt has been made
to ascertain the precise latitude and longi
tude of the point at which Gen. Ashley
crossed the mountains. It is to be hoped
that this will not bo neglected on the next
expedition. From all that we can learn,
the elevation is excedingly small where the
passage of the mountain was effected—soi
small as hardly to affect the rate of going
qf the caravan, and forming at the most
an angle of three degrees, bc/ng de
grees less than the steepest ascent on the
Cumberland road.—Missouri Herald.
John Freeman.
Jan. 19,1827.—ta
WM. NESBIT, Dep. Sh’ff.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
WILL be sold, on the first Tuesday in April ‘next,
at Watkinsville, a quantity of Com and Fodder;
perhaps some Stock, and ja few other articles—the
property of the estate of/Dr. William Meriwether,
deceased. Terms—Notes with approved security
payable 25th December next, with interest from the
a&te if not punctually paid.
JAMES MERIWETHER, Adm’r.
January 2G. 4—tds
NOTICE.
W ILL BE SOLD at the House of Sarah Waites,
in Gwinnett county, on the second Wednes
day in March next, all the Negroes belonging to the
Estate of Esther Waites, dec’d. consisting of One
\ Negro Woinan, and her Children-^Sold forthe befne-
^ fit of the heirs and creditors of said Estate. Terms v
made known on the day. ,
ELEMAN DER^VARBINGTON.
January 5. \
JTON, Adjifr. *
/MOds
■ / NOTICE^'
\VILL BE SOLD, at the late residence of James
Hulsey, dec’d. in Hall county, on the 21st day
of February next, all the Personal Property of said
deceased, consisting of Horses, Hogs, Cows, Sheep,
Corn, and Fodder; one Still ; one set Blacksmith’s
Tools, Household Furniture, and other articles too
tedious to mention.
PLEASANT HULSEY, Adm’r.
Jan. 2, 1827. 2—40ds
NOTICE.
• A LL persons indebted to the Estate of Thaddcus
JnkL. Moneyham, dec’d. are requested to make itn-
» mediate payment, and those having demands against
■ said Estate will present them for payment, qualified
; as the law directs.
THOMAS MOORE, Adm’r.
Jan. 12, f827. 3-^tOds
VYriLL BE SOLD, on the first Tuesday in March
” next, at the Court-house in Hall County, in the
usual hours of sale, the following property, to wit:
Seven Hundred Acres of Land, be the
same, more or less, with a Grist Mill and a Lime
Kiln thereon, the grantee not known, lying on tlie‘
waters'of the Walnut Fork* of the Oconee river,
whereon Isaac Sowel, now lives; levied on as the
property ofL Sowel, to -satisfy two fi. fe’s. one *t,!be.
instance of James Blackstock, arid one at tiWe In
stance of Charles Dougherty, vs. said Sowel. /
Two Hundred Acres of Land, be the
same, more or less, the grantee not known, lying on
waters of the Mulberry Fork of the Oconee river ;
levied on as the property of James Claghom, to satis
fy a fi. fa. at the instance of James Wirt, for the use
of P. J. Murrey, vs. Wm. Claghom, Andrew M‘Ever,
and James Claghom, security.
Two Negroes, Jim a Bey 8 years old ;
Linda, a Girl 6 years old ; levied on as the property
of Jesse Clayton, to satisfy 12 fi. fa’s, issued from a
Justice’s Court at the instance of Patrick Brewster &.
James M. Prescott vs. Jesse Clayton, and Felix H.
Walker, his security—Levied and returned to me by
a constable.
Two Hundred Acres of Land, be the
same, more or less, the grantee not known, lying on
the Walnut Fork of the Oconee river, with a Grist
Mill thereon; levied on as the property of Josiah
Hickman, to satisfy a fi. fa. at the instance of John
M‘Connell, for the use of Hamilton Winn, vs. said
Hie^maril
f Fifty Acres of Land, be the same more
or less, and known by part of Lot No. 74, in the
11th District of Hall County, lying on Wawhoo
creek; levied on as the property of Warren Barnet,
to satisfy two fi. fa’s, issued from a Justice’s Court*
Olie at the instance of John Shepherd, and one at
the instance of Green W. Smith, vs. said Barnet-
Levied and returned to me by a constable.
Forty Acres of Land, be the same, more
or less, lying on the waters of th Grove river, ad
joining Dodd and others; and one Bay Mare 12 years
old; levied on as the property of Samuel Paxton, to
satisfy a fi. fa. at the instance of Peter Weaver, vs.
said Paxton, and Caleb Herndon, his security—the
property pointed out by the defendant.
Seven Head of Cattle; levied on as the
property of James King, to satisfy a fi. fa. at nhe in
stance of Stephen Reed, vs. said King—the property
pointed out by the defendant.
JACOB EBERHART, Sh’ff.,
Jan. 19.—ts
MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS.
5t
ADMINISTRATRIX’ SALE.
^ylLL BE SOLD at the late residence of Michael
Macken, deceased, in Gwinnett county, on the
first Wednesday in March next,
All the Personal Property of the said de
ceased, consisting of Hogs, a quantity of Leather,
Household Furniture, Currying Tools, &.c.—Terms
made known on the day of? sale.
SARAH MACKEN, Adm’x.
Jan. 12,1827.—Is
W ILL BE SOLD on the first Tuesday in
March next, in Gainesville, Hall county,
that the enemies who had guarded him liv
ing, and who could not deny him the funer
al of a soldier, guarded him de^d. All this
he might remember, and ru.ght secretly
vow to see his father’s bones yet deposited
in a fitting sepulchre. I admit, however,
that all this is not very probable ; for I learn
that he is bred up in a particularly Quiet way,
and seldom or ever
THE YOUNG NAPOLEON.
From Notes on Germany.
The palace of Schoeuboum is a, handsome I is little on horseback
cheerful residence ; its^halls, stair-cases seen among the troops, or encouraged in a-
and apartments, spacious and noble. The ny martial tastes. Circumstances however,
gardens are very beautiful and well laid out. bring, about strange and miraculous chan
There is a fine ornamental building in them, I ges in, or rather developements of, human
called the Gloriette.—It is a state pillared character ; and the stirring trumpet may yet
portico, open, with a saloon above, and a sound, which shall awake in the bosom of
terrace on the roof; it shines afar and is this youth the stem and ambitious spirit of
seen many miles distant. The spot in the | his father.”
Garden that most interested me, was a small
plot enclosed ground, which is filled and | Gen. Ashley's Expedition.—The recent
We have copied the following from the
Barbadoes Globe of Thursday, Oct. 8.
[Naliuital Journal.
The Currents of the Ocean.—-A bottle
was picked up on Saturday last, the 3pth
September, at Batsheba { (a bathing plarh to
the windward of this Island) by a gentl /than
who was bathing there, who, ort brewing
it, found the melancholy accouhtiq£jjp t^hip
Kent, contained in a folded paper, written
with a pencil, but scarcely legible: ^he
ship Kent, Indiaman, is on fire; ElteabVh,
Joanna, and myself, commit our spirits }‘\o
the hands of our blessed RedeemewrnUr'
grace enervates us (renovates we .oppose
what he meant) to be quite compand on the
awful prospect of entering into ej,yrnity.
EGOR.
cypher.)
&
ohn Mac-
” We
if the
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
'YY'lt.L BE SOLD on Tuesday the 27th of February
, next, at the late residence of Abraham Wil
liams in Jackson county, within sale hours,
The Personal Estate
of said Abraham Williams, -late of said county, de
ceased, consisting of Horses, Hogs, Cows, Corn, and
Fodder, arid Household and Kitchen Furniture.—-Sale
to continue from day to day until the whole is dis
posed oC—Terms made known on the day of sale.
' \ HOLLOWAY WILLIAMS,) .-S*-
ABRAHAM WILLIAMS, t Admra -
Jan. 10,1827.—to
within., the lawful hours of sale, the following pro
perty, to wit:
Two Hundred and Fifty Acres of Land,
on the waters of Bigg creek, adjoining Alexander
and others, and knewn as Lot No. 165, in tiie 8th
Distric t of Hall county; levied on as the property of
Barkley Montgomery, to satisfy a fi. fia. at the in
stance of George Murphy and others, vs. said Mont
gomery—the Land pointed out by defendant.
One Hundred Acres of Land, more or
less, lying on Allen’s Folk, waters of the Oconee
river, granted to Demscy Rogers; and one Bay
Mare; levied on as the property of Benjamin Whor-
ton and William Cobh, to satisfy a fi. fa. in favor of
William Jones, vs. said Whorton and Cobb—property
pointed out by defendants.
Fify Barrels of Com ; levied on the pro
perty of John Garner, to satisfy a fi. fa. in favour o f
Jeremiah Field, vs. said Gamer—property (lointed
out by defendant.
One Bay Horse, with a ball face; levied
on as the property of Stephen Gamer, to satisfy a
fi. fa.jj in favour of George Woodliff, vs. Stephen and
John Gamer—property pointed out by John Garner.
January'26. , J. P. BltOOKF., D. S:
looked after by Young Napoleon, who gen- expedition of Gen. Ashley to the country
erally resides with his governor in this pal-1 west of the Rocky Mountains has been
ace. I naturally looked in the garden of a 1 productive of information on subjects of no
boy for flowers and plants, but his fancy has small interests to the people of the union,
been for the growing of potatoes. His a-1 It has proved that the over-land expeditions,
musement the gardener told me was to try if in large bodies, may be made to that remote
he could not so train the tops of the plant as I region, without the necessity of transport-
to dispose them into some beauty ; and that ing provisions for man or beast. Gen.
when he dug his crop, he carried his pota- Ashley left Sl Louis in March last and re
toes as a present, of his own rearing, for the turned in September. His return caravan
table of the Emperor, his grandfather, who consisted of upwards, of one hundred horses
is represented as being very fond of him. All I and mules, and more than half that number
persons about the palace spoke of the youth of men. He went to the station of the
with evident attachment. I visited his a- party he had left beyond the mountains,
partments: they were plainly furnished, and when he came in a year ago, and thence
his ecritoire bore marks 6fits belonging to descended a river, believed to be the Bue-
a young-task-writing-student. I saw also naventura, about one hundred and fifty miles
in this same palace the small secluded cabi- into the Great Lake,
net occupied by Napoleon himself; where, His return march to St. Louis, occupied
as the old servant, who, together with his (about 70 days, each mule and horse carry-
own domestics, was in waiting on him du- ing nearly two hundred pounds of beaver
ring his stay at Schoenbrunn, told me, he fur—the animals keeping their strength and
was wont to read and rite for hours alone, flesh on the grass which they found, and
and where he is said first to have seen the Without losing any time on this long jour-
portrait of Maria Louisa, whom he after-1 ©ey. The men also found an abundance
wards demanded for his bride. There are of food; they say there was no day in
several drawings in this cabinet which hung I which they could not have subsisted a thou-
in it at that time and hang there still. They j sand men, and often ten thousand. Buf-
are executed by diflerent princesses of the faloe furnished the principal food—water of
Austrian imperial family, giving proof that the best quality was met with every day.
they were quiet in their tastbs and pursuits ; The whole route lay through a level and
and they must have reproved the conqueror open country, better for carriages than any
every time he looked on them, for driving J turnpike road in the United States. Wag-
away so happy a family from their residence, j gons and carriages could go with ease as
Almost all the time that! was.at Vienna far as Gen. Ashley wem, crossing the
V J. W. R. W
16th March, 182£££
Bay Bisc&j-i
On the back is endorse
grew or, Esq. Com’i. Bank,
sii- “jrely sympathize with the I
unfortunate sufferers i and we havc^ _
the; original M. S. in case they should
to'be in possession of it.
I South American Manners.—An Airierii
traveller in Columbia gives the following
account of a Ball, at Carraccas. ^
In the course of the evening, the mirtj
of the company was excited by a lady lepvfv
ing the room, sobbing because her husband^
had been too devoted in his attentions to \
some fair^one. I pitied her. most sincerely, k
but more particularly her daughter, who
followed her mother, covered with confu
sion.—General Soublette sat in state at
the head of the room, lolling with gracefol
indifference, and seemed to complete thd
amusements of his subjects with conde
scending complacency. Immediately be
hind him, seated upon an elevated bench,
two beautiful sisters, whose plump cheeks,
and smooth brows, had never been distorted
by the fatigue of thought, amused the com
pany by a display of philosophical indiffer
ence, in sleeping with the most uninterrupt
ed serenity, during the whole of the noise
and bustle of a crowded assembly.' The
sleeping beauties were the admiration of,
the room: never before, I will venture to
say, had they attracted so muchjattention.”
±
NOTICE.
A LL persons having any demands against the
Estate of Samuel McDowell, dec’d. are re
quested to present them to me within the time pro
scribed by law, and all those who arc indebted to
the Estate are requested to make immediate pay
ment, or suit will be comirienced.
JOHN G. WINTER, Adm’r.
Waneuton, Jan. 2, 1827. 2—40ds
W ILL BE SOLD, on the first Tuesday in
April next,* at the court house in Hall
county, within the usual hoars of sale, the following
property, to wit:
One Negro Boy by the name of Jefferson,
about fourteen years old, of a dark complexion, the
property of May Mullins, to satisfy a fi. fa. in favour
of John Lay; issued on the foreclosure of a Mortgage,
vs. said Mullins. J. P. BROOKE, D. S.
January 26.
I 1
— Ashley went, crossing
young Napoleon was staying in the neigh- Rocky Mountains at the source of the north
bourhood of Presburg with the Emperor, fork of the Platte, and descending the valley
and I sadly feared that I should have no 1 of the Buenaventura towards the Vacific
opportunity of seeing him. He came in Ocean. The lake which terminated the
however, to the palace in the city for two expedition westward, is a more remarkable
or three tdays; and before his return an e- body of water, and heretofore unknown,
vent occurred, Which, as it**, caused him to [.unless from vague accounts. It is estima-
appear on a public bcchsjon, 'enabled me ted to^b& one hundred! miles long and sixty
to see him under circumstances, to my cast or eighty wide. It was coasted lnstlspring
of thought, peculiarly interesting. News ar- by a party of Gen. Ashley’s men in canoes,
rived in this capital, that the worthy King who occupied four and twenty days in ma-
cf Bavaria had died most suddenly. The king its circuit. They did not exactly as-
usual orders were immediately given for certain its outlet, but passed a place where
performing funeral cererilonibs, in honor of they suppose it must have been. The water
his memory, in the priviite chapel of the pal- of tiiis lake is much salter than that of the
ace. The young Napoleon, aud a brother I sea. Some of the salt obtained from this
of the Emperor, being thb only members' of water by boiling, has been brought in by
the Imperial family present in the city, as- Gen. Ashley—he has also brought some
sistsd at thq&hoUNffg. * ^ > [specimens of rock salt, found in a strata
There wa^ct vigil eervice-fhe first eve-1 several feet thick ft the suffhee of the
nmg, sadjspVBnd thass and requiem on the ground, with streams of water running
morrow! I was present at both. In the through it in numerous little channels. The
centra of the chapel a kingly crown in- people in the mountains plentifully supply
stead of a ducal cap lay glittering upon themselves with salt at this spot, and canty
a black pall, which covered a raised (pagent) it home in bags,
bier.; Innumerable tall and massive church '
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In the whole expedition, Gen. Ashley
■ lijpll
§1®
HI
Change of the seat of Cold during Frost-
“It is both clearly proved and philosophi
cally accounted for, that air is warmer close ’
to the earth than at some distance" above it,
and we consequently find lofty mountain^,*
even in warm climates, constantly crownea
with snow. During a frost, however, thL s ’ \
appear to be reversed. The experiment v
been often made, and we take the
cise account, which is an observation mat,
one winter in Hampshire. Mr. White place,
a thermometer on the top of a hill in Si
borne, and another in the valley, towarc
evening of a very ; cold night.—During '
night, that in the valley went down to
degree below Zero, that is, 33 degrees
low the freezing point; whereas that on
bill, 200 feet at least higher, fell only to 17Ar
or 18 degrees lower than the freezing point. A
On the following morning that in the vale J
was at 20, while the elevated thermometer
was at 22; so that the x difference of coM ,
between the two situations was
eighteen degrees less above than below,
and through tye whole frost continued ten
or twelve.. This variation in temperature
was confirmed by the total destruction ofi
the forest evergreens in the vaHey, those
the hill remaining unhurt.”
The Theory of Capt., Symmes has great
ly gained ground since'it was first prp
gated. We obserye ftfia^ PqtitffnsThave
gone from citizens'of'Oluo, rennsy^ania,
Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, praying
Congress to fit out ^xploring expeditusMto
the northern or southern polar region^wi
a view to ascertain the truth of the Cap
tain’s Theory. These petitions have been
referred to a select Committee composed of
the following gentlemen:
Mr. Worthington, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Bassett,
Mr. Saunders, Mr. Carter, Mr. Haynes,
and Mr. Beecher.
As however our funds are not exuberant
ly prosperous just now,“’'if is presumed no
expedition will be recommended unless in
deed, the Congress should send the Com
mittee itself to one or other of the poies, for
the purpose of collecting facts whereon to
found a Report.
