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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LIBRARY '• rusT.iAHEB wr T. M. LAMPKIN. •TEAKS.' TWO DOLLARS I'ES ANNUM INVARIABLY of Urge thr. frt mih « dtrsirc Jo doable, trt We »nd q<i«lnaple «.nr prc»<ut circuUtiub wihc fol- lowing grut i+dvetntnl*. RITES OP ADVERTISINa. Letters «f Citation, . ^ 2 Notice to Debtors and Credibjw,. • *T Four tucuihi' Notices, A Sale of personal property, by E xocotora, ., iitratonorG.nr.lwuu Sales of Lands or Negrooe. by do............ .•*» 1 Application for Letters of Dismission... .... jreruiemeats will be charged ILJ® ye lines, or less, first iuserUO*. ond «• mvmMi Tf© mws, [PSMTfaSSi, OsUiSEMimg; M® ©sSlHimiL OU^iliLMSSIMIu \mv SERIES—VOL. IV., NO. II. ATHENS, THURSDAY, NOV. 21, 18-50. VOLUME XVIII. NUMBER 33 i for each weekly continuance. _ r Announcement : Dollars; assist i of husband and wife. ’,* All obituary notice*, exceeding six IHmr iu length, will be charged for us other adeertis- BOUNTV LANDS GU.lRAN’TttkiD ANUj EVSURED. T IIC •nb-ciili r, wtn> ws« Snrji«v.nin Cul. Rt« | I»(*n \n»IT* Regiment ot SouMi Guri.'im V.{ onteers, in the war n-rin-t Hie Cr.ek n-.' winter, -pcio*, mrt swnmer. 1814;«uI «*t.<J«>!. I* | From Arthur's Home Gazette. The Tower of Death. BY ROSE ROVER. nntrnl at Camp Jack, Cun; rnnsli,Hnd»deu. hmentst i inter and spring, 1815, till ii itli Britain , *nJ~ w i th<? letter of a f.iir c alurtij w« Uvo before interesting aboriginal t-n from the . the 6th Military V> Jdl&* Army, and attached t.. Gen. I'icknev'a Si..ft winter anj spring 1815^ RuVin* the yr» mui^i..:i- by his omn oath every mo! her in Xa-b'* ami Few'a Regimcut-S and a large propria,n of those it. Col. Thomas’ regiment, enc.impej sit Camp Covingtnn, and in Gen. Black-he*r’* regiment id Darien, as ** well a» many o!t be fl*<rtil*r soldiers comma tided by Col. II V. Milton and Gen. J*ck-«.n in Angu-i. 1814, pntticuUrly in Captain Twlgas* Company ol lnfc»trv. Onptai " ' - " and Capt. VrrtrU 8th R< he rejH in,-pit;.r tvu- ] murk of this lei p" 3 *-1 itelor'a i'ontjamv c»f Gmlltf ot "the it, United States At my,- believing. IT"' Imonties lor services nurceeded in firry < had tailed, and when by Ibe spkMsr’* ban there, and leaving tc or heirship. In addit fates on the subject. the necessary for identifying the nri widow, nrplutii in "'nT-pecftlil y offi-r- hi i V'/iiiily Lands h>r the the Secretary of the dm -.1 mmrtT, hr ho* hr in,tier everything • ml hr pointed oul | [•srn|H*«l tny uhsrrt i-r i hiniis h»* ilirrei liner pile of rocks prrfrti tl.r d miles 1 ihrri i, Ic bei firayers of Pim-pa-noo, and ihe enlrca- j From the Albany Knickerbocker. lies of llie burner* that he would spare j Rattle between Rattlesnakes aud a his child ami sacrifice tiim, the unfeel- 1 ing O u wn-nie hound them Ingot Iter. { . . , - ami with his own hands hurled them We v,sited on Monday afternoon, at from the cliff to ihr rocks la-low. Fold- 3 o’clock, the Slate Geological Hall, to ing each other in a last hut affectionate j witness an interesting ami gratuitous embrace, they disappeared into the exhibition* got up by Mr. John Gehard, abyss-before them, leaving the >4 r - I" a strong glass avire cage, in limey iiK-ti- i crut-l liiilirr mi.) liU wreiclinl iniui.Mis j which lli.*re w.-rp fmlCLirp ratlle- c'ouiernpla-1 to the bitter pangs of unrelenting re- i snakes, two of them six tee;t lung, and 1 am now I morse. And ’its said that Ouwa-t.ie | fourteen small one^ of various sizes, a n M | became sensible of llic • enormil V and I l ar g e fat was placed. As Hr, lays. A»»»l, | cruelty of ihe crime he h.id committed, **nie.e,I their den. the larger ;snakes ic on horse-| iinmeiliiitelv after it was done; and • raised themselves and with their coal will say, fori | r „ n , || |: „ hour he became the victim of I black eyes looking on the intruder, escaped irotu the Uetuorse and Despair. And ere one)dropped tlteir heads, deeming mm an i honrding~scliool. I moon had passed, his mangied corpse j unworthy antagonist. N«.l so, how- lie companion of was found one day. on the same rock, | ever, with the smaller reptiles, for two i'«. ; <n interesting {where. n little while before he had ! ur three ot them insicpitlv charged oh . •Tl.wrog-iriiv.d- j thrown Lis daughter jhw! h-v lover.—(die rat and running ^u^tVir forked he i l<'-a<Hrusiomet| to. During the pre thy ol remark, jed, tlial he wet oth- il my atte *e perpen- n the bank of a little creek a!lei with the road, and hie much the wall of an ires*. This frowning cliff, a the height of an hundred . he told me is called the )entli.” On asking for an :>f the causes for this fear- lohl me that there was an implicitly obeyed in ||,en ?el bly s I lie below, ; rcted with it, that ^uificant title; ami briefly this office, (Vo . Ifon, my oilier Agenl, ..bum in. bounty iiihio tilkthey rt- ue leyal lorm.— •Hi their u^iK-y, |M».-Uge paid,) al runty, G*.,) ivrit- ‘ Bounty Lands," ting mi the ouUide of ilm> letter, J to distinguish it from ot tiers, and price they will give ine to insure llicir bounties, luiyabie when M»ey r ceiv» the warr.mt, anil llarir letter* niiall be atten.led to immediately, and, it neceMsary, answered. There can •>« w»r pectilatinn, speculation, nr tnuil in this hiMinces, as the law pruliibita old debts, murtgngeM, Males,or.any ulliiu claims, Imm t.. M ching or reeovenug imt «»I Ibcni till they are i*««rd and held by urn owner. ATc- licitouM provision! Whan these bounties are re ceived by ‘ ‘ 1 . I shall i rile public iv) •" i»m While there v menis'dti the banks of the Mi and this portion of Tennessee tamed Ralph AJ cl so far in put that lie go: be but a few srttle- uighi, il is suppns- lie precipice to be wail his poor daughter’s fate,aud that in the desperation of the moment he had thrown himself from the cliff. Many are superstitious enough to be lieve that the spirits of ;he ill-fated lov ers and cruel father haunt these rocks; and when the benighted traveler passes the spot, he often fancies that he hears in the wind, us il moans through the tree tops, the despairing wails of Ou- wa-nie, and the voices of his victims, as they lell him they forgive him. My brother and 1 had paused, while he related to me the above story; am. as l looked around at the rugged rocks, and raised tny eyes to the immense pile lowering high above us, I unconscious ly dropped a tear, ns I thought of poor 1 Pim-pa-noo*s fate. Perceiviug brotiicrcliided me for tny credulity hut the legend was ail I ongues, ickly inserted WPir fangs in- s plump body. Moni. Rat, grab- bet one about fourteen inches long, with its teeth and biting il through and through the head, shook it with mad ness and dropped the little monster lead at his feat. The little ones re ceded, and the large ones raised them- d shook theirTearful rattles, then slowly the most poisonous of all ilie motley crowd, a yellow rattlesnake four feet long, poised * himself, every muscle of his hotly working in dread ful contortions, then darling forwards, it struck a fearful blow* with its poison ous fangs into the rat, the venom fol lowing the wound. Encouraged by this effort, the large black ratller3 sev eral times struck it, aud the rat went round aud round the cage, only fighting the smaller ones, who kept continually biting its legs. The noise made by heving that the legend was ail true;— their rallies and biasing, was lerri- anti, without further delay, we resumed j hie, and the crowd ol beholders ing bo day w yi.inl tliej tided d h of ass 1st a it; and when lie urroomhrd by a score of red warr oiliiog was left him Inn submission or iMtant dentil. The feelings of these dark children f the forests, towards the white usiirp- r.- of their lands, were, at that time, ny tiling but amicable, ami young Mott- ney. A Gambling; Story. friends sat over a game this city fbi rt’ul . then by seTisoinnb»*rt really t«. retur e. But rappre- nejrr, ontf'tlie rainy oifimencc\'tTrey were ag taken hi« till tilt him, they < itd hon tliei ‘l u«’" il ihletlig«nl mu expert qiiired tu le reUkei of iwIriiMi- ijt •nil *11 Gen. I’i Col. Sno.ljinv.i-* «i era of the Florida poMi*ge paid, «hi nnniedu.tely a*; u Render* Mill orphariM, by coi amt her*; set him at liberty, firs him that il ire attempted tr» esc rcitiru id his white brethren, 1 hi add be fatal toliimsel ‘Cape was impossible while Ihe red men continued to watch his eve ry movement, the hunter thought it most expedient dial lie appear perfectly reconciled to his lot, and his cheerful ness ami seeming contentment had lull ed many of their suspicions, when the tragedy, I am oboul to re! end to*till, as to Ids earthly ( Montague became the pr»»|i chief of the tithe. He vii elf They played long, hue and high, and at rs, length quit, one five hundred holla or i the other’s debt. We have said they j h u g* friends anti each knew the other not so circumstanced ns to stand so i a loss, although the excitement bad led them on from larger bets to larger still, until the event came about. Ml have to lake my note lor it.*said the loser, ‘and it shall he paid iu thirty day?.* I the- winner dry ly, pulling a segur from his pocket and piercing ihe twisted b/.'d with fiis pen knife. : loser snatched up a pen and the note for $500, payable in thir ty days. arrect,* said the winner coolly ig the note from Ins utiforiun- WOMAM'S MISSION, What highest prize baa woman * "IfuKeo ton 1" Learning cries. “ Show us her steamships'. her Macbeth t Her thought-won victories 1* Wait, boastful man, though worthy are Thy deeds, when thou art true. Things worthier atilt, and holier for, Oh, not for wealth. Her aJv«aty»jtt< man from New York, who, with three of! Auccdole of n French Soldier, his brothers, arrived here yesterday, at-: During one of Napoleon’s memorable ter a four months* journey across the' cn,,5 P :,i S ,,s * a detachment of n corps, country. He slates that about 70,000 j commanded by Davoust, occupied the persons are on ihe road now. The fmir'p^ an '** 0 * Rugen, whicli_were suddenly ate ndv snry. * Ian »unge Ou-wa-nie, pi* »l Ruck, •(« very npproprtJlie unm will be seen.) but by him the h gar Ned?’ Ned took the proffered segar, and the next moment opened his eyes in aston ishment ai seeing Tom deliberately poking the folded note into the candle for a light, •Fire up, Neil!’ said Tom, handing over the burning note. Ned knew his friend, and lit his se- , put an j gar in silence. The two friends separat or. j ed with such a mutual exchange, of V of the j friemllv sentiment ns might lie expected railed in 1 on so remarkable an occasion. Hear ! was treali . t conmanioi •d te i slave that • bee Sight ha j loot not Ou-wn-nie tool a daughter, or j j had she. been less beautiful. 'But Pint* j ; pa-ium, the Star oil be Me •dingly Iteamifui; «•«! ere one week i the course of the s nRelapse*I, after lie first beheld her. I bn fancy sketch, reader. The wo trtenils have been separate wnn- lerers fi»r four years, and met each •liter again, for the first lime since heir parting, the other day in Canal ureel. Tom had been luckless, aud tiifortunnlp, while Ned had been grad- ping into flirt them.' PAVfO COOfER. M- D. PnweTton. Hancock Co., G*., .V..v, J, IS50. Not. 7,1850. 4t. STARK & KRONER, F8B1CI1 UOOT-TlAKERSi, ON COLLEGE AVENUE. OPPOSITE THE P.0 JtneB• IPJj* j f arrange men ivnd .in Jje’ if the be-t French Leather fn*ni PYMee. *£ wifi haw uo.tilh*«hr fn ly on hand the hr*t .nmtrried i* our fine. W# intend - making a-Shiiu' but the rjst and most tWi'nmatde BoaU and Slwe*; aud from our Iona experieucc in the bn-dne.., vre feci warmmed in «a»io? we will be able tn give perfect «4*-fbctiun' to all who qtiy be die- d to (Kinwi Athens Juno 13. 1P50. 40— tt El Dorado, ,R Adventurer in the Patfi of Empire, hy Bayard Taylor—* new »uppiv jttst-- *' ■ * liiib. ng hunter’s bold lieatt yielded te Iknuiiv and gentleness of the of the Morning, am) he became l»er i. - Nor was his loved imreiurtied. Tbe white t hands. friend Tom, for ji of a third perso note inimediaielv the two Irietuls u •lay, at note nj*a the f ritlent is! his I by : many times, during itis captivity, it was proved that bis heart knew no fear,:— Tlie.heart ol the Indian maiden was therefore given in exchange. Bur as)Tom Prm-pjottoo confessed her love, her *0, yes, here it is, see—your note iieauiilui features were clouded with i given to that firm on the levee. A sorrow, utid from her soft, tiark eyes) small business transaction. brought il there started two glisiefiing tfrojts that into my possession, and by the \yay, rolled slowly tlown her smooth cheek, Tom l should like to have money pay il pow, Ned, indeed 1 in two or three vyeeks^i struck witnessing the. fe test. Slowly the fat's legs begi swell as the poison look effect, and they soon became of such enorn size, as to he powerlossj when be d god himself round, still showing deter mined bravery, as the numerous bites the smaller slinging monsters At last exhausted, nature be gan to give way slowly, as his body be came benumbed, his eyes grew glassy, he ceased to walk over the reptiles, and the Idles the little wretches continued to give him, were unheeded, for he stretched Idiuselfnut and died,, alter « forty minutes’ fight. None of them ate of his body, for their snaknships will not partake of food again tili.npxt spring. Speaking of snakes, Canada, it is almost universally iudieryd, Inal snakes possess that power of fascination which has so often been denied them by naturalists. Many people have had the fact demonstrated uRlhcjn by being witnesses of il r and this was the case with mo. One summer day, when strolling through the woods, says a wri ter of • note,'1 came to the edge of a small pond of water, <»» die surface of which floated a frog in a state of motion less repose, as it basking iu the sun.— I carelessly touched his back with a: stick, but, contrary to tny expectations, he did not move; and tut viewing him more closely, l perceived that he gasp ed in a convulsive manner, and was affected with a tremor in his hind legs ; 1 Soon discovered a black >nake coiled up, laying near the edge of the pond, ami bolding the frog in thraldom by tbe magic of his eyes. Whenever he mov ed his head to one side pi ihe other, his destined victim followed it, as if under the influence of magueii'c attraction; sometimes, however,’ recoiling feebly, but, soon springing forward again as if he “ felt a strong desire with loathing mixed.” The snake lay with his mouth half open, and never fbr**a moment al lowed his ex es to wander from Ins prey, otherwise the charm wpuj*l have been instantaneously dissolved. But I de nted to affect this, and accordingly hip Suffering of California Emigrants. The papers received by the late ar rival from California, give deplorable accounts of the suffering of the overland emigrants. We subjoin a few extracts, which are truly heart rending. A statement from Col. Waldo, who is out with a relief expedition sent to their as sistance, says:— •‘ From Boiling Spring to this place,” —Great Meadow—have inct with but ho have any provisions at all ex cept the poor animals which have work ed from the Slates. Footmen who comprise nearly one fourth ol the num ber now on the road, are not blest even with such food as this; but are reduced to the necessity of subsisting on the pu- trilied flesh of dead animals which so abundantly line the road. This has produced the most fatal consequences. Disease and death are now mowing them down by hundreds. Those emigrants that are yet hack several hundred miles must receive re lief, or die by starvation ; and to whom can they look, hut to citizens of Cali fornia for their salvation. The laud of • heir homes is too far distant to rend them any aid in this hour of distress and danger. It appears that the judgments of God have pursued them from the time they set oul up to the present hour. First Cholera—-then starvation—next, starvation and Cholera. The day has now passed when any one will have the hardihood to say, that there is no suffering amongst the overland emigra tion—at least no one that is within 200 miles of this place will make such a •lrclitralioh." No' orie think* of •Id, but of bread. This is the cry of brothers started with t teams, plenty of provisions, clothing, money, &c., and arrived in Stockton with the loss of almost everything. He states that on both branches of the Platte the cholera prevailed to a horrible extent, hundreds dying daily. | The waters of the Platte are thick arid j muddy, and he attributes the escape of ; his party from sickness to their prccau-, 1 lions in boiling the water, clearing it j with isinglass, and making it into lea or j coffee before drinking. The graves of emigrants he says, were thick at every ping place near the’Plutto. In cross ing the great Basin, this side of the great Salt Lake, their sufferings were ordered to evacuate. They embarked with such precipitation that they forgut 'f their sentinels, who was posted etirctl spot, and so deeply absorb- the perusal of a newspaper, enn* Jg a.» account of one of the emf»o- splenditl victories, ns to he totally n scions of their departure. After pacing to and fro, for many hours upou liis post, he lost his patience, and re turned to ihe guard-room, which be found imply. On inqu'ry, he learned with fespatr what had happened, mid cried, “ Alas ! alas ! 1 shall he looked u(h>u is a desetter, dishonored, unhappy, wretch that I am.” His lamentations excited the com* passion of a tradesman, who look him to his house, did all iu his power to con sole him, taught hitu to make, bread, lor he whs n baker, and alter some months gave him his only daughter. Justine, in marriage. Five years ap proach the island. The iuhahitatiis flocked to the beach, ami Soon discov ered in the advancing ship » number of soldiers, wearing the uniform of the French army. *• Ijtim done for now, •*my bread is baked,” cried the dismay ed husband of Justine. An idea, however, suddenly occur red to him, and revived his courage,— He ran to the house, slipped on his uniform, and seizing his fire-lock,return- w ho, foMbree° whole l^ 1 lo ,lw ttcnch niM * posted himself « indescribable. The suntl was knee deep, the sun oiling hot, not a tree was to be seen, there was no water, oncl their provis- were all gone. Fortunately, after passing over about one'hundred miles fthis hideous desert, they came across ; man who had gone forty miles fur ther, found a good spring, and telu tih two barrels of Water. This ir be first sold for $1 per gallon, then $1 per quart, then $10 per pint, and a« the emigrants came along, each choak ed almost to death and completely ex hausted, his prices raised, and no sum he could name withtfFthe power of the poor emigrant was refused to he paid. When the water was nearly all g< man came ah :q>oi m menu J; . r I hold a note [threw a I; ^ ^ , . against you for five bundled dollars?* I p«*nd. It fell between the two animals said Ned. j—the snake started back, while the •No. indeed. Why, how so ?’ said I frog darted under water, and conceal- amazement, vs, here „ Harper'* ,Ytw dffonlhltj, .Yj tLLh#T(crirtd» fiiSt a« iwiri bv f ▼ CHASE* PETERSON, <epC tt. Signof the Mammoth Book BEEF! - OMOKF.D Btef, fre«h am! firm, in*! received a O Armlet ' "* * April ll. ) formic by SUMMET.TKAilHELLA CO. SHEET 1HGN. iJJSSIAN asd A tncrimn rbfet lr»a < constant ly o ’iwr.by Sept. 18.. ' T. BISHOP. WOMAN S FRIENDSHIP^ ' ilebr' CllASEA PETERSON. COBBS PENAL CODE, T , 0R the um of.Jwfiees of Um Peace. jo*t received £ and formic by CHASE A PETERSON. Aug 51. * Sign of th« Mammoth Book as if reluctant to quit a pathway soli aud full of. lien my. And what caused the sweet maiden*sjenrs? ■Alas, •lie - wa* destined * for one of her nwaj race; nml she knew well that lier tron- bearted father was never to he moved from his purpose. S)ic wa* tr> become the bride of- a oeighborttig chief wheft tow had passed away, and the birds t began . to sing among the greeu ; hud nothing, save death, could change her. destiny. - And death-.she would Seek soouer than become the wife ami the slave of one she hated. Il required but little persuasion from tbe hunter lo induce Piwpa-ndtt to con sent. I o fly with him inwards the homes of his breihrcu, though both acknowl edged that the attempt would be almost hopeless. Obe night ; then, in the month of-Feb ruary, they'mounted two of.ber fath er’s fleetest horsds, anil commenced their flight, . The night was dark, else they might have escaped. But being unable to see their way, they got.lost ibe. forest, and wheu they reached D ividend Ml «o^Th* Board at t*n bar* this riay drdamlSKMfairowJdiTi Oct, SI. ’ * 'IK.-TPTTT, Cpfcfer. all. The following is an extract from a letter written by S. B. Bright, one of the emigrants, dated Salmon Trout River, Sept. 22. Some noble fellows have already per ished for want of food. Others are eat ing cattle chat they have found dead by the road side, which have died hy the double cause—disease aud starvation. The most common food used fora num ber of weeks have been lame and worn down cattle—which, if every particle of tallow was rendered out, would not make one candle! Others have eaten their dogs and horses ! There is at the Sink of Humboldt, and also on Salmon Trout for sale at one dollar per pound, but the people are out of money. I. do not mean to say that beggars are out of money, for this is a common case, but tho.e in good circumstances Slates, whose misfortunes have beep brought on In various ways. Whole teams have been lost in crossing tbe various deserts. The immense crowds of stock have eaten up the grass and willows, and for days 'past they have had nothing lo eat which lias much re tarded their speed. Mriney, teams and parts of teams, ( have been stolen by the Indians. Ma mmals ny emigrants have been killed by them. Others robbed, and even killed some of the Indians; so you see there remains no brotherly feelings on the road be tween the red men and the whites.—r From the best, estimate of my own, and from others tlpit .daily pvertake me, there must be some filteen or twenty thousand souls yet behind, impeded by days and nights had drank but half a pint of fluid. He was almost dead, and begged for some water. The answer was, “ I have not enough left to last myself and animals back to the spring.” $50, SI00, S500, $700, was offered in succession for one little cup full of wa ter, and the dealer refused it l The wretched emigrant threw down $700, all he had in the world, and by main force grasped the cup and quenched his thirst. This statement scetns incredible, but my informant is a man of intelligence and probity, and his word cannot be doubted. Soon after leaving the water trader, the party came across a compa ny who had a little flour, which they would not part with until the offer of S40 per pound tempted them to sell.— One barrel of flour was sold for SS00, and glad enough was the purchaser to get it. Upon nrrivittg ai Carson’s river, they found provision* plenty, but very high. Flour was 32,50 per pound.— w fe meal of two small pies, coffee, and some pilot bread, cost them $11 per man. Provisions, il wasexpected, would soon be much lower on Carson’s river, as my informant met immense trains of provisions on the way from.this valley. Whilst crossing the Sierra Nevada mountains, the party was enveloped in a snow storm, and at the last pass, the snow fell six or seven inches tn one night. This pass is not over 150 feet in width, anti is on the side of a deep declivity. Above the road, the rock 1 towers almost perpendicularly, 250 feet, whilst below it is almost equally ab rupt. At the bottom were seen innu merable carcases of mules, cattle and wild animals. My informant says it is the almost universal opinion at Carson’s river, that not one-third of the emigra tion can cross the Sierra Nevada moun tains before the winter sets in and ren ders the road impassable. He thinks they can winter very well in Carson’s entry at the moment the French were landing. Who goes there ?” he shouted iu tx voice like thunder. “ Who goes there, yourself?” replied e in the boat. •* Who are you?” “ A sentinel.” •• How long have you been on guard?” “ Five years,” rejoined our man. Davoust laughed at thequami reply, and gave a discharge, in due form, to his involuntary deserter. Tbe Great McDonough Bequest. The immense estate left by Mr. John McDonough, of New Orleans, one half of which is said lo be bequeathed to charitable and philanthropic purposes in this city, is beginning to attract much attention and speculation, and further tidings will be looked for with much in terest. We learn that Mr. McDonough left Baltimore upwards of fifty years since, prior to the cession of Louisiana from Spain, and that the basis of bis fortune sprung in part from that event. A large number of the Spanish land holders had strenuously opposed the cession, and when it was effected, were so indignant that they sold out their possesssons at any price almost that was offered, and iu lignautly quit the country. Mr. McDonough thus became a heavy landholder, some of which lie purchased at such low rates that the cost for making out the deeds was al most as much as the purchase money. He subsequently became an extensive planter, and thus increased his wealth until il was estimated at the immense amount of $ 12.000.000. The National Intelligencer has the following relative to Mr. McDonough and his immense estate:—- We learn through a telegraphic com munication to the Rev. Win. McLain, Secretary of the American Colonization Society, that Mr. John McDonough, of -New Orleans, has bequeathed to the ! Colonization ~ alley. Hie per.y eT pec led l„ meet! - • J J - * d 1 1 ie nel1 r * vet,,,es °> his estate during ' forty years, but not to exceed twenty- farthest, I can make myself ready, for Cancel this, and draw me a new note for thirty days,* says Ned, very gravely,taking a segar from his pocket, and piercing the end with bis knife in precisely the same style Tom had used four .years ag.t. •AILcorrect,* said Ned. as lie scat tered the old note in torn fragments on the floor, ami received the new one from Tom. * Have a segar, Tom ?’ Tom took the segar, and as he did so an idea of Ned’s design flashed upon his mind. • No, Ned, no—-I remember~yes, I see what you are at; but mine was a gambling debt, and this is a responsi bility of regular trade,’exclaimed Tom. rising, to ; prevent the conflagration he saw was about to take place. * Mine was a debt of honor, and so is yours,* said Ned, with a facetious so lemnity. , • 1 will pay yours as you took the the liberty of paying sell among.the mud. It is assert ed by -some, that snakes occasionally exert their power otJascinutwu upon human livings, and there to doubt the truth’ of U»i*- An «' Dutch woman who lives at,the TweJ; Mile Cieefc* iu the Niagara district, various causes, and unless some imme- sometitnes gives a minute account ofj dmii; relief is rendered by your great the manner in which she was charmed J au( f God-like enterprite, they will eifh- hy a serpent; and a farmer told nie C f he cut offhy the Indiaus, or perish that a similar circumstance once occur- j j n ti ie snow on the East of the moun- ‘ his daughter. It was on a warm with, and thought they were provided for every hardship. He says lie has travelled extensively through Europe, but no scenery there equals in sublimity and beauty, many of the views on the land route across this continent Nev ertheless, ho declares he would give all he possesses in the world, or all he hopes to possess, if he could only ban ish from his memory the, many horrors he felt and witnessed on his terrible journey. Yours, trulyw G. P. \V nibern M cello* la Marshall Co an it. Ml** »tW»fl v ; Marshall county, Mississippi, is one of the richest, most populous and lightened counties in that State. So the ‘precipice, liefbre mentioned, they mine,’ and he thrust the paper inn* the heard the wild whoop of Ou-wn-nie!caudle .blaze. Handing it lighted to and his warriors; and ere they had time! Tom—* fire up !* _ he exclaimed, in di- l»-deiertnine any on course, they were! reel'imitation of bis old adversary surrnunded by the demon father and his • brag.* four years ago. warriors.': Reader, (bis anecdote is truc^—N. O. The ft t*ry ? :«vs, thatin spite of the j Paper, summer day. that she vna.sent.io spread wet clothes upon some slu;ubbery near the house. Her mother iNiticeived that she remained longer than was necessary, d seeing her stand unoccupied at me distance, she called to her several times, but no answer was returned.— On approaching she found her daugh ter pale, motionless, and fixed in an erect posture. The sweat rolled.down her brow, and her hands, were clenched convulsively. A' large rattlesnake lay on a log opposite the girl, waving bis head from side to side, and kept his eyes steadfastly fa3ieried upon her. The mother instantly struck‘him with a stick, and the moment he made ofFthe girl recovered herself and burst tears, but was for some time so weak and agitated, that she could not walk home. The Alta California of October 1 says: A gentleman who has already the State some some service,” came down to this city on Wednesday, nd represented the case to Col. Collier, the collector of the port, and we are re joiced to learn that that officer assumed the responsibility and stated his wil lingness to tarn over to Gen. Smith the sum of $100,000, to be disbursed by hitn for the relief of the suffering immi gration, assuming the responsibility of accounting to the Government for the same. We regard this determination in t he Collector as praiseworthy extreme and perfectly justifiable, have not the slightest fear that tbe Uni ted States Government will ever demn him for such an appropriation of the funds. [Correspondent* of the N. American and U. 8. Gas] Great Suffering on the Plains—$700 of fered for a Cup of Water, and refined— Flour 340 per pound—The Cholera on *• Well, farmer, you told us your woods was a good place for hunting, we’ve tramped it for three hours, and . found no game.” ‘‘Just «<>-—well I cal-1 , Platte Riser. cdlate as a general thing, tbe less game 1. Stockton, California, Sept, 30. there is, the more banting yoti have.” i I have just conversed with a gentlc- isand dotla added that “ the will is complicated, and its validity doubtful.” Mr. McDonough was a native of Bal- a merchant and plan- interest has been felt to know the pr< bable course of the citizens of this large cotton-growing county on the subject of slavery. This county is the residence of Mr. Roger Barton, a very able and influential gentleman, who has been the choice of North Mississippi for the Uni ted States Senate for some years past. A numerous meeting was held at Holly Springs on the 14th of October, which passed resolutions in . favor of a State Convention of sending delegates to the Nasfjviile Convention, and also the Merchant’s Convention, to be held Charleston. The following resolution offered by Maj. Roger Barton and supported by ter, and settled in New Orleans while Louisiana was a colony of Spain. Dur ing some forty years of successful busi ness he amassed au immense fortune, estimated nt several millions of dollars. Like all men who have become rich by industry from small beginnings, he was frugal, exact, and what the world call ed parsimonious; but with these quali- * j ties he blended the apparently cotilra- lictory one of liberality ; for he sub scribed tnunifficently to the benevolent institutions of the country. He employ ed a clergyman for regular religious services for his numerous slaves, to all iin he gave some education, and at lime liberated anti sent to Liberia eighty-five ol them, making ample pro vision for their irans|w>rtation and set tlement. Yet ibis man was announced in the telegraphic note which wc pub lished yesterday as a “ miser.” Mrs. Sarah Graffarn, mother of the male of the hark Gcorgiaria. (one ot the persons condemned by Roncali to the galleys in Spurn.) has sent a memo* _ _ . . rial to President Fillmore, praying Ids Gov. Matthews, was unanimously adr I intercession for the relese of her son opted : ) from confinement in Spain, to which he Whereas, Southern Legislatures, has been condemned. She says that Southern State Conventions, a Conven- during on interview personally had lion of the Southern States,and|the people ; with the Governor of Cuba, your ine- oftbe South in their primary assemblies,: moriahst was informed that a simple haveall repeatedly expressed their strong requestor demand made by the Gov- disapprobation of the measures lately ernmeui of the United Stales upon tbe before Congress, touching ibe subject of Government of Spain, would effect slavery in connection with the Terrilo- their relese without a murmur, ries acquired from Mexico, and have ; ■ •' 1 failed, of their intended effect, now,! An old lady had unaccountable aver* therefore, sion to rye. ami never could eat it hi Renohed, That if we have to choose any form, till of late they have got.* she between a disgraceful submission to said, *io making ii into whiskey, and said measures and secession from this I find 1 can, now and then Worry dow$ Union, that we prefer the latter,'* a little,”