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the ground where the battle of the Cowpens was fought; perceiving some human bones, he stopped to examine them, and among them found this ring-. It was bent in a manner which only could have been effected by great violence. Mr. Randolph procured it from the gentleman who bought it from the countryman. Though no probable ex pectation can be entertained that the owner cf this ring will ever be discovered, Mr. R. would be happy to restore it to him if living, or to any of bis descendants who can es tablish a reasonable claim to it.—It is not improbable that some who were in the bat tle of the Cowpens may yet survive ; it was fought on the 17th January 17S1, and there are still many alive who were in engage ments several-years prior to that period. I he ring is curious for its antiquity and he boarded; Ite Was a respectable young merchant, lately appointed Post ]\Iastferof the place. The woman seduced him, and then endeavouredto inveigle him into matri mony, but without success. His refusal raised her jealousy to the highest pitch, and she declared to her servant girl that if he did not yield to her wishes she would kill him the first opportunity. Accordingly on his return from New-Orleans, w-hither he had been on business, she sent for him, and with this direful intent, prevailed on him to stay all night. Towards morning and when he was asleep, she appeared to have got up, laid her burial dress, previously prepared, on the table, took one pistol and shot him in the back of the head, and then deliberate ly laying down on the bed by him, placed an other to her forehead and blew off the whole its motto, and, as a relic, acquires additional of the upper part of her head. They were interest from the place of its discovery, found in this condition, the next morning,by 1 he great Johnson has justly remarked, the neighbours, who had to creep through u that man is little to be envied whose pat- | the window to get into the room, riolism would not gain force upon the plains oi Marathon,” and we should suspect the I Breach.—In the Baltimore County Court virtue of every American, who could con- in the case of Mary Morse, vs. Henry To- tcmplatc without emotion, any memento, milson, who had given the plaintiff a writ- however inconsiderable, which would recall ten promise to marry in 60 days, in which to his recollection the glories of the Revolu- promise the breach occurred, the Jury, tion; we should think little of his under- 'without leaving the box, found a verdict for standing, and loss of his heart if it failed to | the whole amount of damages laid in the de claration—Three Thousand Dollars. Another.—On the 16th, in the Alleghany t; To abstract the mind from all local emo- ] County Court, at Cumberland, Maryland, a tion would be impossible, if it were er.dea- case of breach of promise of marriage was voured, and would be foolish if possible, tried, and a verdict for one thousand nine haiever withdraws us from the power of hundred and fifty-eight dollars was awarded our senses ; whatever makes the past, the to the fair plaintiff, distant, or the future predominate over the animate his devotion to his country, and to excite his veneration for the illustrious dead. present, advances us in the dignity of think ing beings. Far from me and «ny friends be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us, indifferent and unmoved, over any ground A woman lately tried at Hagerstown, Md on an indictment as a common scold, was found by the jury, after a tedious examination a zealous prosecution, and elaborate de- FOREIGN. r *z «*&«• means promising of speedy quiet. Distur bances have occurred in Spain, and a fresh insurrection has broken out in Portugal. which has been dignified by wisdom, brave- fence, by able counsel, not guilty, it having rv, or virtue.” | appeared in evidence, that she was an tm- j common scold Columbus (Ohio) Lateral Canal.—-On Monday last, (April 30th) an interesting I Progress of the West.—TVe learn from celebration took place, in consequence of Pittsburg, that orders have been received in the commencement of the first manual ope- that place, for the manufactory of eight rations upon this part of the Ohio Canal, steam engines, of twenty-one horse power, The citizens of Columbus and its neighbour- J designed expressly for woollen factories, hood, i:o the number of eight or ten hundred, assembled at the State House, and at 21 - A woman in New-York, who had been o’clock formed a procession, marshalled by beaten bv her husband, finding him fast Cols. M’Dowell and M’Elvain, and pre- asleep, sewed him up in the bed cloths, and ceded by General Warner and his suite, and | in that situation thrashed him soundly, parts of Capt. J. M’Elvain’s company of Dragoons, Capt. Foos’ company of Rifle-1 The Nantucket Inquirer states that a men, Capt. A. M’Elvain’s company of Rifle- young lady of that town has printed with a men, Columbus Artillery, and the State pen, in imitation of typography.three books, Officers. Arrived at the ground, J. R. containing nearly two hundred duodecimo Swan, Esq. delivered a sfljnrt but’pertinent pages, so accurately resembling impressions address, and at its clote Gen. M’Lean and J of type as to mock the nicest scrutiny. Mr. N. M’Lean proceeded to remove the first earth from the lateral Canal, which I At a dinner of the St. George’s Society of was wheeled front the ground by Messrs. New-York, at Washington Hall, there was Osborn and Brown, amidst the reiterated a Salmon placed on the table, which was shouts of the assembly. A procession was brought from the eastward and cost forty then formed, and the citizens retired from I two dollars. Green Peas for the occasion The most prominent item of news is the appointment of Mr. Canning, to be prime minister of England, and the attendant re signation of all the other late members of the cabinet.—On this event a; London pa per remarks :— , The appointment of Mr. GwSfrNG to the office of First Lord of the Treasury has met with the general approbation of the coun try. This event, for which the public mind had been prepared before it was announced, has, however, produced oae of the most ex traordinary and unexpected Cabinet revo lutions that has ever taken place in the po litical world. The appointment of the right honorable gentleman to the premier ship was the signal for seven of his col leagues to send in their resignations to his Majesty. The names of the ministers who have struck, as their acthas been significantly and emphatically designated, are given in another part of the paper. The only resig nation for which the country will feel regret, is that of Mr. Peel. This gentleman is said to have thrown up his office from per sonal considerations alone ; and his seces sion from the ministry is described as having had no connection with the resignation of the noble gang who have deserted their sovereign “ at his utmost need,” and at a period when the exigencies of the country imperiously demanded their wisest counsels and their most devoted services. Of the motives which have induced the seven wise men to take the extraordinary step which has excited the astonishment of the country, we cannot be supposed to know much. Rumor, with its hundred tongues, or rather, with its hundred pens, has been busy ; and th& reports in circulation on the subject are vague as they are numerous. The Catliotic question, it is clear, was the great stumbling block which obstructed Mr. Manning’s advancement to the premiership at an earlier period than,he obtained the post. Anti-Catholics themselves, the most powerful of his colleagues either feared, or affected to fear, that he would, if made their chief, use all the influence of his high sta tion to carry the question triumphantly through Parliament. But their intrigues to prejudice the mind of the King against this great Statesman, have completely failed as all t iniquitous combinations should fail. Greeks,—and a final attempt was to be made by their ministers on.a future day. The corn duties bill passed in the House of Commons on the 12th of April. . The Hecla, Capt. Parry, had taken her departure on his third discovery. northern voyage of the ground to pa. take of a cold collation pre pared by Mr. Ileyl upon the bank of the Scioto. After the cloth was removed, a number of toasts were drank, and the whole was closed by a ball given by Mr. Brown ing, which was numerously attended. Zanesville.—A Baltimorean, returned from the West, remarks that Zanesville is the first town of consequence in Ohio, which the traveller from the East sees in his pro gress westward—he is struck with surprise at the style and elegance which run through the first class of buildings here, and he is in some measure reminded of the ornamental luxury of his own towns, in the mounted cornices, spacious doors, Chinese walls, iron railings, and other articles of taste and were procured at the south. JV'ovel Punishment.—A Lieut. Col. of the army of the Netherlands, named Lobry was lately sentenced to death by a Court Martial, which the King commuted, by con demning him to undergo all the formalities of beheading, without actually suffering the punishment. On the 6th instant Mrs. Livingstonf of Lower Fayetteville, N. C. while returning from church, was attacked by a cow, and so much hurt as to cause her death within few hours. A young man named James Bliven, who arrived in this town from N. York, about splendour which he sees in different parts of I four months since, died on the 9th inst. in the village. It has a population of 3000 ; contains three glass factories, two,foundries, furnace, cotton manufactory, carding and spinning machine, slitting arid rolling mill, oil mill, several nail factories, and immedi ately in the town, four large merchant mills. Mr. Hughes’ tavern is the largest building? in the place. The town was first settled in 1804. consequence of having taken two ounces of laudanum during the night preceding. Let ters to his landlord shew that the dreadful crime was committed after long deliberation and that pecuniary embarrassments urged him to it.—Fayetteville Observer. An Ox, probably the largest in the world, is now exhi^ting in the northern towns. Those who have not seen this astonishing production of nature will be gratified with a view of it. It was raised in Greenland, N. H., has been seen by eight thousand admi ring spectators in Boston, and :s now at tracting hundreds of the curious every d iy. In weight it exceeds 4000 pounds. It is well shaped and moves with much ea3e, ly- >n<rdown and rising up with little difficulty. The Boston Courier states the marriage in that city, by the Rev. Mr. Green, of James Turner, a coloured man, to Nancy f- m ith, a white person of respectable con nexions, aged 16. The widowed mother of the girl in almost distracted at the alliance. 4 This was her darling child, sprightly and sensible; yet this modern Othello had succeeded in chaining her affec tions. She fled with her sable lover ; and after many applications had been made in vain to Clergymen and Magistrates, they were united as above stated. It is further stated that the mother, when too late, went to the Ilev. Gentleman to ascertain the truth of the report of her daughter’s marriage and enquired if he knew of any law, of God or man. which could warrant him in do ing as he had- The reply is stated to have been, that he knew nothing forbidding it vi the bible.—JV. H. Sen. Seduction, Murder, and Suicide.We find in a. New-Orleans paper of the 7th ultimo, a horrid account of the murder of a young .man named James Gray, at Greenville, near Port Gibson, by a Mrs. Gable, with .whom The Postmaster at Big Lick in Virginia has lately been arrested by an agent of the Post Office Department, on a charge stealing money from the mail. On a in vestigation, he was required to enter into recognizance to appear and answer charge, at the next Court.—An agent of the Department has recently detected the As sistant Postmaster at Canandaigua, N. Y. in a similar offence. The Dublin Patnot says :—“ We lament to hear that the distress of the lower or ders, in the far greater part of Ireland, is al most unprecedented at this season of the year, and that the prospect of increasing misery is frightful. In Carlow, Kilkenney, Waterford, Clonmell, Limerick, Cork, in short, over almost the entire surface of Ire land, the population are unemployed, and literally starving.. In some places so inad equate are the funds of charity, that coffins art not thought of for the dead. Steam-Boat Explosion.—On the 4th of March, an explosion of a steam boat took place on the Rhine. The bbat was on the first trip by way of experiment, and the ex plosion took place shortly after she got un der weigh. The vessel was transverely cut asunder; the boiler and parts of the wreck were thrown a great distance, and many panes of glass were broken in houses near the quay, and shutters taken from their hinges. People were wounded at the dis tance of several streets from the quay. On board the boat the disaster was dreadful.— Mr. J. Gaillard was thrown into the liver and killed ; M- Derrin, the builder of the boat, and Mr. Steel, an ingenious mechan ic, were also killed. Mr. Church, an Ame rican, who has built several boats on the Garonne, was invited, but he declined go ing on board the boat. The number of per sons known to be dead is 32,.French and English—among the latter, Messrs. Steel, Green, Ford, Brown and Hood. A great number of persons were wounded on board, as well as on the quay—a servant was killed at a window, a man and his wife at the door of their house ; a fragment took a man’s head off who was crossing a bridge. and laid aside again at the option of the be liever. “ An error so positively opposed to the evidence of man’s sensations could iiot be continued in a state even of comparative in telligence, and^ai this day in this country, it is very generally exploded. “ Yet what remains F Another error, more flagrantly absurd, if possible, than thepreced- ing. Belief is accorded by public opinion, so it is a silent belief: a man may be con vinced of any truths, if he will but conceal them ; a sceptic may doubt the established creed, but his doubts must remain with him self, as he values public esteem and public confidence : an infidel may be as irreligious as he please, if he will but add to his irreli- gion a duo share of hypocrisy. “ Our ancestors drowned old women for a knowledge of witchcraft, and burnt here tics, because they were guilty of heterodox sentiments : and we, their successors, if we have lessened the punishment, haye not be come more rational in our accusations. In the nineteenth contury, we accuse om\ fel low-men of candor, and impeach them *>£ sincerity. An atheist is a blameles^cail^ acter so long as he dissembles be guilty of honesty, and his lost.” % T_. - -L1 TO THE nJBLKr From the extensive circuration lent and unfounded report tn fe of the Bank of Macon, in the recent fkilore spectable merchant of this placed and to pie confidence in any other falsehoods which *way from the same or any other source, I deem duty to state, that the Bank of Macon ds not, has not been interested in that or any other that the discounted paper held by the Bank is d ed undoubted, and will, it is believed, be paid turity. That the holders of the Bilk) may.ro; entire confidence on the ability of the Bank promptly ali demands which can coma for which purpose it has now more specie vaults than the amount of its capital, beside Bank, and U. ST Bank bills. That the The Athenian. “ Juyenior,” we have had manyfconflicting dis positions about, and finally concluded .nut to inqfeit (ill IIJ 11^(1 lliJlAo LUliUIlllallUUS allUlllU lull. I * 9 J • - v 1 v . The Kins following the voice of tile country I ‘ l for of giving unpleasant feelings to wbo| appointed Mr. Canning his prime minister ; »' e he and seven ofliU colleagues, in pet and dnd- mi l! hta,s0 remark,that itcmnc> with, h* which we -«"■ geon, simultaneously sent in tlleir resigns- ?? **?. 7““ i tl >~ tons, exclaiming, as they quitted the office, insopeq , ble . \y cwin „ ote , “ "' ll1 » ot have «“» raa “ 10 rc 'S n °' CT ,h,t it sounds aivLLd to have six or more lines us * . , , . , J terminating with similar sounding words unless they With the exception of Mr. Peel, the con-1 are C0in p 0ge( j w ith much grace; and that the hea- duct of F.x-Mini.^ters has met With the in- J t j ien demigods are commonly introduced in com- dignant reprobation of the country. Their I position rather as things which were than things attempts to intimidate, to overawe the F#nsf I which axe; wherefore it is usual to speak of them in in his own palace, and to dictate to him I the past tense, and not to say, “Orpheus sighs.” whom he should appoint as his first minis- j Time and room might prompt another hint or two of ter, was most undutiful, most unconstitu- minor import tional—-nay, most atrocious. The conspir- The male Evelina, must also submit to a like fate, acy which they so disgracefully formed A grave fiction should not disagree with probable against their Sovereign, happily faibd ; and j facts, or at least afford but little opportunity to as- the band of noble conspirators have lost certain whether it be fact or not. If therefore the both ''•place and character at one and the I story be true, the smallness of the village would same moment. The King has acted through-1make h t0 ° palpably personal for our use;—if un- out this trying occasion, with a spirit be-1 true > f° r ^e same reason it would be too obviously so, current in this city, and have always redeemed by the Bank at Macon. G. B. LAMAR, Augusta, May 21. Presd'l Bank University of Athens, Mai/ T HE final examination of the- Senior Class in Franklin Colleg. mence on Monday the 18th of June tendance of the Trustees of the cularly requested. Parents,' Gw ry Gentlemen generally, are, also' is parti- * Litcra- T HE subscriber respectful „ _ t of Athens and its vicihhy r that Kd the first week of June, a Vocal and Instrumental Music School. From his knowledge of his profosl < sion, he is induced to flatter himself with a hope of encouragement.—If desired by his pupils he will wait on them at their respective houses to give les sons. His terms will be fifteen dollars a quarter tjr six dollars per month. Subscribers are requested to leave their names at the Printing Office. JOHN F. GONEKE, Doct. of Music. May 25.—21 tf coming his house; and this firmness at this juncture, has annihilated an oligarchy, the most insolent and overbearing; whose aim it evidently was to dictate to the monarch and overtop the throne itself. ' Mr. Canning stands upon a proud commanding eminence; an eminence to have any entertaining effect. The piece marked ‘22’will be inserted in the next number. is m exact accordance With my own views. Of a similar nature are the following observations, which, I think would serve as a synopsis of the considerations, the Mr. Editor,—I am glad to see the Col- and I k» ,<m ag a i n » with the promise of his pursu- . big his project* for the just estimate he which he has attained by the force of talent ° f . h ‘ 3 subjects, •>"<! the discretion and of character alone. His position, how- w,th J* u . ch he resolves th . em ■«» their pro- ever, is one of great dSfr He will I P er beann ® s > have much to fight against, before he can entfv/ his power tranquilly. But the coun- tnAis With him : and he will, weareconfi-i, dent, soon triumph over the miserable and \ b r , wh,c , h he ,s ac u f ed ' a »<i enable your tlie characterless faction which his elevation r. ea<lcr , s lo ^eciate lnrn morc fi.Hy, if hey x , - , . v. be not even of service to himself: on which to the premiership may be expected to array . . .. * . , ., ,, against him r J r j account, an insertion might be useful.—P. Mr. Canning had accepted the office ofFirst I selected for the Athenian. Commissioner of his Majesty’s Treasury; J “ There is much prejudice, and still or, which is the same thing, is now prime 1 more weakness in this world: both are minister of England. In consequence of j equally the enemies of truth. There is ig- which, the following seven members of the I norance that cannot perceive ; there is fear At the recent trial of Sarah Howland for murder at Newport, while the counsel were employed in packing a jury, a man was ask ed if he had formed any opinion relative to the case about to be laid before him, anti re plied, w That he believed with Elisha R. Potter, it was time somebody was hung for the credit of the State.” Cabinet have resigned : The Lo;*o Chancellor Eldon, The Duke op Wellington, Lord Sidmouth, Lord Bathurst, Lord Westmoreland, Lord Bexley, 4 Mr. Peel. | that dares not express : both are equally fa- I tal to the well-being of man. “ He who discovers the errors that lie at | the root of man’s unhappiness has obtained [ a benefit to himself; but he who boldly de nounces these errors is the benefactor of his | fellow-creatures. Is truth really valuable 1 I Is she indeed the parent of happiness ? then Buttonwood.—S. W. Pomeroy, Esq. of Brighton, states in the New-England Far mer, that the buttonwood may be propa gated more easily—will thrive on a greater variety of soils—and make a more speedy return to the planter, than any other tree of the forest. As fuel he ranks it with the best kind of soft maple. It affords twice as much fuel os the oak and hickory at the same age, and growing on the same land. Fecundity of Fishes.—It is asserted of the Herring, that if suffered to multiply unmo lested, and its offspring to remain r.ndimin ished during the space of twenty years, it would give a progeny many times greater in bulk than the whole earth! And that a single Codfish will produce at a birth, if they es cape depredation, a number equal to the whole population of England;—The Book of Jiatur.e Laid Open. Lord Lowther, son of Lord Londale, also is the silence of the wise unworthy and seF resigned as one of the Lords of the Trea- fish. sury. j. “ We can feel with that man who is ten A number of names had been mentioned der of others’ prejudices, and fears to touch who were to form part of the new adminis- a wound, lest the means of cure might give tration. The Duke of Clarence way ap- [pain to the sufferer : but if that feeling be pointed head of the Admiralty Board ; all an excusable weakness, it is a weakness the members of which with one exception, I still : it is injurious to society; it perpetu were to remain. The Marquis of Anglesea j ates misery ; .it increases suffering. If it it was rumoured, would succeed the Duke be irrational in ourselves to shrink from pre of Wellington, all of whose subordinate qf- sent pain that shall deliver us from future fleers, exceeding forty, would retire wjth torment, it,is less irrational to lose, in a mo him. Mr. Brougham or Sir J. Copley, it mentary feeling, consideration for the fu ivas reported, would be assigned the Chan- ture sufferings of others ? Shall we judge eery; and that the Marqnis of Lausdown wisely for ourselves and foolishly for them would also constitute part of the adminis- be strong in our own cause and weak in tration. M ( theirs? /i . Mr. Huskin&on was spoken, of as the sue- j •** A fatal error regarding the origin of cessor of Mr. Peel ; Mr. Rpbirison of Eaxl ideas induced the mass of mankind to the Bathurst; and Lord Granville of Mr. Can- conclusion that they could determine by ning; and Yiscount Dudley Lord of the their will what opinions should produee to Privy Seal. minds conviction, and what opinions should Some of the King’s household had re- appear to them erroneous; belief became, for signed. them, not an involuntary sensation like that The news from the Peninsula, though to of heat or cold, butu voluntary action, now be taken with some grains of allow'ance, as worthy of ptaise, bow deserving of blame coming through the French prints, is by no | ^ feeling that might,be assumed at pleasure d to be pre- Searetah/. the Insti- jor two a EiOST,-. O N the road leading from McDaniel’s Ferry, on Savannah river, to Elberton, a small Pocket Book containing between nine and ten dollars in money, and several notes of hand, among which was one given by Thomas Espy, of Jackson county, to Robert D. Moon, for five hundred dollars, due at Christmas last, with a credit of three hundred dol lars. Whoever finds said Pocket Book, and will re store the same to the subscriber, shall be liberally rewarded ; in the mean time, all persons are caution ed against trading for the above described note. JOHN P. MOON. May 25, 1827.—21 St * SHS&IFF’s SALES. W ILL BE SOLD, on the first Tuesday in July next, in Gainesville, Hall county, within the lawful hours of sale, the following pro* perty, to w it: Four Hundred Acres of Land, more or less, lying on the waters of the Oconee river, in Hall county: levied on as the property of Janies Black* stock to satisfy a fi. fa. in favour of Isaac Whorton, vs. said Blackstock. Property pointed out by Whor# ton. Two Hundred and Fifty Acres of Land, known as Lot No. 132, in the 10th district of Hall county: levied on as the property of John Herrin to satisfy a fi. fe. in favour of Patrick J. Murray, vs. said Herrin. Pointed out by Murray. One Negro Girl named Mary, about five years old: levied on as the property of Eli Dodgen to satisfy a fi. fa. in favour of Patrick J. Murray, vs., said Dodgen, issued from Hall Superior Court. One Negro Girl named Phillis, about eight years old: levied on as the property of Eli Dodgen to satisfy sundry fi. fa.’s in favour of Eli M’Conncll and others. Issued from a Justice’s court in Hall county, and levied by • constable and return ed to me. Two Hundred and Fifty Acres of Land, known by Lot No, 164, in the 10th district of HaR county: levied on as the property of Giles Dewberry to satisfy a fi. fa. issued from a Justice’s court in fa vour of L. S. Holland, vs. said Dewberry. Levied- on by a constable and returned to me. Two Hundred and Fifty Acres of Lanck known as Lot No. 77, in the 8th district of Hall coun ty • levied cn as the property of Needham Smith to satisfy sundry fi. fa’s, issued from a Justice’s eour%in favour of Cary Wood, vs. said Smith. Levied on by a constable and returned to me. JOHN P. BROOKS, D. £ i May25. - • / _ ' GEORGIA, CLARK COUNTYv W HEREAS, John Selman, Hobs Hale, and Lydia Hale, administrators of the estate of Joel Hale, Jun’r. deceased, apply to me for Lettcn* of Dismission from the further administration of said estate: These are therefore to cite and sdmon^h all and singular the kindred and creditors to be ^lUrJ at my office within the time prescribed by law, to shew cause if any they have, why saic letters should not be granted. i jaffarieMT ~ ..I Given under my hand, this22d dav of Mav, 1S27. JOHN 11 LOWE, Clerk, ' ■ if -*r ■ Y