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THE GLENNVILLE MALE
immrnm
WILL be opened again, for the reception of pupila
on Monday the 17th ot January next, under the
direction of the undersigned. Theratesof Tuition will
be as heretofore. For further particulars, any person
desiring it, will bo furnished with the annual circular of
the Institution.
JOHN M. WHITE, Principal.
Dec. 30, 1852. 1 4t
LANIER HOUSE,
Northwest corner of the Public Square,
LA GRANGE, GEORGIA.
r r'HE Subscriber has taken the well known House
JL formerly kept by Mr. Samuel Curtright, in La-
Granee. and now offers his services as a TAVERN
KEEPER, and from bis long experience, he hopes to
receive a liberal patronage from the public.
R. LANIER.
La Grange, May 21, 1852. 21 ts
BLANK BILLS OF LADING,
FOR sale by J. W. PEASE.
Dec. 9, 1852. 50 ts
GUANO.
4 SUPERIOR ARTICLE OF GUANO, just ar
rived and for sale at GREEN WOOD &. CO.’S.
GEO. W. WINTER.
Dec. 23, 1852. 52 ts
BLANKBILLS OF EXCHANGE,
OF the best quality, for sale by
J. W. PEASE-
Dec. 9, 1852. 50 ts
BLANK BOOKS.
I A M now receiving a large and complete assortment
of blank Work, of the best quality of Paper and
Binding, consisting in part of Ledgers, Journals, and
Day Books, of various sizes and styles. Also, Cash,
Invoice, Letter, Bill Books, Records, &e. <fce.
J. W. PEASE.
Dee. 9, 1852. 50 ts
IciToolbooks7’
THE subscriber is now receiving the largest and most
complete assortment of School Books ever offered
’ in this market, and is offering them on such terms as to
give satisfaction to all who will give him a call.
’ J. W. PEASE.
Dec. 9, 1852. 50 ts
LATEST NEWS !
AN attractive slock of Staple and Fancy Dry Goods,
for Fall and Winter trade.
C. MYGATT,
Is now opening the most extensive and complete stock of
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods,
ever offered in this city; to which he would most re
spectfully solicit the attention of buyers. Come one!
Come all!!
Sept. 30, 1852. 40 ts
CARPETING.
O AAA YDS. Tapestry Velvet, Tapestry Ingrain,
Imperial 3-ply, Brussels, Ingrain and
Damask Hemp CARPETING, now in store and for
sale by
C. MYGATT.
Sept. 30, 1852. 40 ts
NEGRO BLANKETS, &C.
AVERY large and complete assortment of Negro
Blankets, Bed Blankets, Kerseys, Linseys, Negro
SHOES, HATS, &e., &c.,just received bv
C. MYGATT.
_ Sept. 30,1852. 40 ts
Drugs, Medicines,
PAINTS AND OILS.
fl AM now receiving a large and fresh assortment
of every thing usually kept in a DRUG STORE,
and will offer inducements to purchasers that will
he satisfactory I have Schieftelier’s extract Pow
ders and Extracts, and evory thing of the best quality.
Prices to suit the times.
Choice TEAS, Black and Green.
April 23,1852. R. A. WARE.
CHOICE CIGARS.
TMIE finest selection of HAVANA CIGARS that
has ever been offered in this market, can be had at
Dr. Ware’s Drug store. Those who like a good smoke,
and a good Cigar, can bo accommodated.
April 23. JBsg. li. A WARE.
EXTRACT OF COFFEE.
NOTHING to do but to have Boiling Water and a
Teaspoonful of the Extract stirred into it, and
you have as fine Coffee as can be made.
, For sale by R. A. WARE.
April 23,1852. ___
FISHING TACKLING.
XINES, Hooks, Rods, Flats and Thongs. For
J sale by R. A. WARE.
■ April 23, 1852.
_ WHITE LEAD AND LINSEED OIL.
JUST received and for sale by
April 23, 1852. R. A. WARE.
LAMP OIL.
WINTER Sperm, Bleached, Elephant and Lard
Oil. Best quality. For sale by
April 23, 1852. R. A. WARE.
BEST CHEWING TOBACCO.
IT'OR sale by R. A. WARE.
J April 23, 1852.
LAND BET ITS
NEW CROP.
JUST received and lor sale by
R. A. WARE.
ALSO,, a few Boxes Choice Flower Seeds,2o varie
ties in each box.
Peb. 5, 1852. _ 6 ts
PAPER! PAPER!! PAPER!!!
JUST received Irom New-York, and for sale cheap,
at the Agency of Rock Island Factory, a splendid
article of ENGLISH CREAM and BLUE LAID
letter paper, UNRULED. Also, FRENCH EXTRA
SUPERFINE blue and white letter paper, ruled and
unruled. G. B. CUR’xIS, Agent.
Columbus, Dec. 16, 1852. 51 1m
TOWN RESIDENCE FOR SALE.
THPj subscriber wishing to remove into the country,
offers his house and lot for sale. The premises
consist of two full lots running through from street to
street. It is high and pleasantly located ; the improve
ments new, with one of the best wells of water m Co
lumbus, and in an excellent neighborhood. For terms,
(which will be reasonable,) applv to R. M. Gunby.
W. H. YOUNG.
Columbus, Dec. 9, 1852. 50 9t
J. W. PHASE.
BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER,
Two Doors North of the Mechanics’ Bank,
COLUMBUS, GA.
HAS on hand, and offers for sale on the most rea
sonable terms, the largest and most complete as
sortment of
®©©KS
ever offered in this market. The public are respectfully
INVITED TO CALL AND EXAMINE THE
STOCK.
Teachers and Country Merchants are partieis
larly invited toexamine our large and well selected stuck
of
SCHOOL AND CLASSICAL BOOKS-,
embracing all the varieties used in this section of coun
try. from whom orders are solicited, and a liberal dis
count made. ‘
August 27, 1852. 35—ly
Drugs and Medicines.
THE having made extensive additions to
their Stock, are now prepared to furnish all in
need with every thing in their line. They offer a most
extensive assortment of
SOAPS &. PERFU3IERIES.
They have also lately received an invoice of
Dental and Surgical Instruments,
a great variety, and carefully selected, to which we in
- vite attention.
Also, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Window Glass of all
jfcses, Putty, Glue, Sand Paper, &c. &c. Also,
Stockton’s Premium Teeth,
comprising the most extensive assortment ever before
offered to Demists in this region. Also, an ample sup
ply of the most APPROVED PATENT MED
ICTNES, such as Sands’, Townsend’s, Pelletier’s
Guysott’s, Bull's,and all other Sarsaparillas; Jayne’s
T arrant’s, bands’, Hibbard’s, and other preparations, &,c
Nov. 14 46 ts DANFORTII & NAGEL.
LETTER and Cap Paper.
A fresh supply at
A. C. FLEWELLEN 4t. CO/S.
June 18, 1853. jg
tDceklg Citnes ank
VOLUME XIII
BUSINESS CARDS.
HENRY H. WHITFIELD,
A T TO R A’ E Y AT L. 4 W,
HAWKINSVILLE, PULASKI COUNTY, GEORGIA.
January, 1853. w3in —52.
DOUGLASS & DOUGLASS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Cuthberl, Georgia.
WILL practice in the counties of the Southwestern Circuit,
and in Stewart county of the Chattahoochee circuit.
EUGENIUS L. DOUGLASS,
Nov 3D— wly MARCELLLTS DOUGLASS.
GEO. S. ROBINSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Cuihbert, Georgia.
References :—Hons. M. J. Wellborn and Alfred I verso ;
Col umbus. Cuthbert, Nov 2—43wtf _ _ ;
WILLIAMS & OLIVER,
A TTOR N E YSj A\T LA W ,
Buena Vista, Marion county, Georgia.
WILL practice in the counties of Marion, Macon, IJousto
Stewart, Randolph and any adjoining county wheie fine j
services inav be required.
WM. F. WILLIAMS. THADDSOfe OI.IYE-l. j
Feb 27—tw3m&-wtf. j
S. S. STAFFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Blakely, Early Cos., Ga.
V|.Sw
KING & WLNNEMORE,
COM M ISSION MERC HA X TS,
MOBILE, ALABAMA.
Dec. 20,1849, [J lob. Trib.] 15 tl
T. J. COLQUITT,
ATTORNEY AT LA VV
Buena Vista. Ga.,
“ITT"ILL practice in the Courts of -urion and Stewart iheChat-
VY tahoochee Circuit—an ’ Viacon, Lee and Sumpter, oithe ;
Bouthwestern Circuit.
Reference—Hon. W. T. Colquitt Columbus, Ga. [
|ulyls—tf
F. T. CULLENS,
ATTOIt NE Y \ T 1, AW ,
BLAKELY, EARLY COUNTY, GA.
Oct 5, 1852. 4 ‘-wly
N. M. MIYAN. 11. I). EfSICK.
BRYAN ot ESSIL'Iv,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Lav,
AND General Agents fur buying and selling lands faying
taxes on land.euter and locating bounty lam warrants, Ac.
Fannersville. Union Parish, La. .lan7 —ly _
DOUGHERTY, STOKES & STEWART,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Columbus, Gf.oi.gia.
over Butt <fc Banks Stoi-e.jO
It; i LI. practice in the courts oithe Chattahoochee Cir.-uit.and
VV Russell ami Macon colonies. Ala. march -7—w 1 v
C.IT HARRISON & CO.
AUCTION AND COMMSSION
MERCHANTS.
Broad street, Columbus, Ga.
YXTiLLaUend promptly to all business consigned ts them
VV Fell lit—
A If (!T tOW
AND
COMMISSION BUSINESS.
THE undesigned would respectfully inform his friepds end
the public generally, that he has opened a store oB iiroed
street, nearly opposite Mr. Jambs Kivus’a Sans tfouei,for the
purpose of carrying on the above business, and would be happy
lor them to give him a call. He proposes doing the A CATION
AND COMMISSION BUSINESS in the usual way, <d will
ni-.. nttund t,. ho a-.-llinij unH hiruu* of Negroes (or lho?e who
may entrust him with their patronage. tj IN.
y. ll.—Consignments of Merchandize carefully attendel to.
October 22, 1852—w&twly.
INSURANCE OFFICES.
Do Yon Want to Insure ?
THE SAVANNAH MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY will
take Marine and Fire risks on reasonable terms.
Apply to R. J. MOSEB, jkgent.
N. IL—This office returned to the holders of Policies 39 per
cent, of the premiums paid during the year 1852.
Columbus Oct i*3—wA-tvv ly
FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE
PROTECTION IN2URANCE CO., HARTCRL
NORTH CAROLINA MUTUAL LD’E
INSURANCE COMPANY.
Kentucky Mutual Life Insurance Com puny
Continue to take risks on the most favorable terms.
fpp” slaves insured for two-thirds value.
Applications for risks in town or country may be unde to
Columbus, Sept 3—tw6in JOHN .MUNI, Ageat.
MARINE AND FIRE INSURANCE
bank of savannah.
AGENCY AT COLUMIUS,
WILL receive Deposits—and Checks lor sale ot .New York
Macon and Savannah.
April 24-twtf RICHARD PUTEN.
bAVAN N A J 1
MUTUAL INSURANCE COJIIANY
Fireand Marine risks taken by
Columbus, Feb 25 —twly R • MOSE3
SAVANNAH
MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY.
THIS office returned 39 percent, of premium received last
year to persons holding policies of the Conpany; and con
tinues to take Fire and Marine risks on the most reasonable
terms. Sept 15 —twtf R J SOSES, Agent.
AGENCY OF THE .MANHATTAN
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF
NEW YORK.
H. H. EPPING, Agent lor dtlumbuo, Ga.
DRS BOS IVELL t BILLING , Medial Examiners.
Pamphlets containing tables of Rates and otier information
may be obtained by application at the office of tie Agents.
Columbus, Nov 23—tw&vvly
VARIETY WORKS.
WARE ROOM Broad st. COLUMBUS, Ga
NEXT. DOOR SOUTH OF TIMES OFFICE.
rpHE proprietors es this establishment are eideavoring to
X rest the evil of buying at the North, by maiufacturing evei
description ot building requirements—such as PINELIiOORS,
WINDOW BLINDS , S.-JS/Zofall sizes, dresied FLOORING
PLANK. and other kinds of LUMBER ; WCk)DF.N WARE ,
of every description ; BEDSTEADS from £4 4) to $25 each.—
And more remarkable than all, the finest COTTAGE CHAIR
in the world at $1 each.
Please give us a call before purchasing elsewhere, for we are al
ways in a trading humor at low prices for cash. LATHS at
31 o 0 per thousand.
WM. mOOKS f O.
Columbus July—27wtf
INSTRUCTION IN MUSIC.
rpHE undersigned respectfully informs his ‘omier friends and
.1 pupils, and the public generally, that he las returned to this
city where he proposes to establish himself in his profession as a
Teahcr of Music. He is now prepared to tnkta limited nuinbei
of pupils on the Piano Forte and in Vocal Music, to whom his
regular and undivided attention will be isiv en.
tTlfOrders left at the Music Store of YVhuielsey &. Cos. will re
ceivc prompt attention#
,Yi r: 1 23. 1851—w&twtf RUSSF.L P.. HARRIS-
New Music.
A GOOD assortment of new Sheet Music, among w hich may be
found the following: Tallahassee Waltz, Robin Waltz.
Diamond Waltz, &c. published and for sal# by
Columbus, may B—wtf M AUBLL, TRUAX fc CO
“"pTaTj. DeCORDOVA’S
TEXAS LAND AGENCY.
AUSTIN AND HOUSTON.
qnUE subscriber would inform the heirs of those who fell with
1. Fannin, Ward and Travis, that the Legislature has made
ample provisions tor them in gratitude for the bravery of their
ancestors. Full information can be had by addressing as above
at Austin and Houston, Texas. We referlo
Gov P. 11. BELL, 1
Lt. Go v J. W. HENDERSON, ! , T „ Y ,,
HonTHOS DUVAL, Sec’ry of State. (
HonJ.B. SHAW, Comptroller. J
Dee 7—w3m D. S. HOLT, Georgia.
GEORGIA MILITARY INSTITUTE.
THE next term of this institution will commence on .Monday
January 10, 1853. Additional buitdingshaving been
erected, there will be accommodations for One Hundred and
Thirty Cadets. A copy of the Regulations will be sent to any
person desiring further in formation, on application to the under
signed. A W BRL T MBY, Superintendent.
2S—3m
ROCK ISLAND FACTORY,
IS now manufacturiug Writing Paper of all the various
kinds,—such as l.elter. Foolscap, Flat-cap, Folio and Com
mercial Post, (ruled and unruled.) Mediums, Demys, &c. Also,
News-print, Book and Colored Paper, Post-olhce and Newr
Envelopes and Wrapping Paper of all sixes; all of which will
be told on at favor able terms as can be purchased in any mar
ket
fl. B CURTIS 9m
“THE UNION OF TH E STATES AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF TIIE STATES.”
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY JANUARY 11, 1853.
CxUxaxii Derailment
I Conducted by CAROLINE Tee HENTZ.
THE CARRIER’S ADDRESS
TO THE PATRONS OF THE
SOUT ] L K AI J 1^ 11N RL>
January 1, 1853.
Once more to your purses, your hearts and homes
■ W 7 ith a greeting song, yourNEWs Boy comes;
; ’Twas wafted to him from the land of flowers,
I From jessamine groves and evergreen bowers.
j Come, fill up the cup, but not with wine,
j Let crystal aione in tire goblet shine;
| Let us drink to the health of the going guest,
i Let us speed him on to Ids place of rest.
| Farewell to the friend so honest and true,
■ One thousand, eight hundred and fifty-two.
j There’s some w-lto may say with a frown, ‘Let him
| g°>
i He has robbed us ot treasures no wealth can bestow.’
| But though he has taken, etiil more has he given ;
! Ten hearts lie has gladdened, for one he lias riven;
i And for every blessing withdrawn, lie may pay
| A thousand more, on God’s reckoning day.
J He has kept a record of all that’s been done
Since he opened his eyes, just twelve months gone;
! And lie’s kept a quamt book of credit and debt—
Some traces are laded, and some are still wet.
You had better look at your own account,
Examine the items and learn the amount;
You had better see how much you owe,
And whether you’re bankrupt, ere he go—
For, a little while, and the book will lie
In the archives of “Eternity.
You had better see how much you have paid,
Ere the angel of justice a transcript has made;
j Just peep at his register—say, what mean
Those deep black lines, so pale between ?
j The mighty is fallen ! the eloquent dumb!
i To mourn o’er his tomb, sad millions come;
, In darkness has set the bright Star of the West—
Earth sighs, and the night-dew lies chill on her
breast.
A pillar has fallen—so massy and grand,
It towered o’er the ocean—it towered o’er the land;
The garlands that twined it are trailing in dust,
But fadeless and green as the wreaths of tho just.
Who thinks now of party, of factions or strife?
Let their fire be extinct, with the lamp of his life—
His fame is a heritage left to mankind,
By no partisan claimed, to no limits confined.
Let our spirits unite to honor the sage,
Whose eloquent tongue was the boast of the age.
There’s another dark page. Oh ! one by one
The stars are extinguished, that rivalled the sun.
From the Granite Htiis, a wail is heard,
And their heart of rock, from its depths is stirred.
New England’s mightiest sou lies low,
The clay falls cold on his glorious brow;
Fur thought in its glory was there enthroned,
And nations its power and its grandeur owned.
From Bunker’s height let the requiem swell
For him, who its blood-bought tame could tell
For anolher son of that hardy soi',
Enriched by the fruit and blossoms of toil,
Has won a far richer, nobler crown,
Than the King-ruled nations of Europe own—
What throne so high—what power so grand !
Chief of a free, heaven-chartered land .’
But let us, ere the year depart,
Safe, as beneath'a parent’s care.
tSee ! charity, whose dripping golil
No purse or coffer e’er could hold,
Rebuilds the walls. Oh ! sweeter far
In burning words, that like sparks of flame,
From his soul, in showering splendor came;
O’er Plymouth’s rocks let the echoes sweep,
O’er the rocks where the Pilgrim fathers sleep;
For his clarion tongues has their tory told,
Far, far o’er the waves around them rolled.
Last of the mighty, the glorious Three ,
Whose like Columbia may never more see,
Requtescat in pace. The ocean surge,
That round thee roars, be thy funeral dirge.
From the Granite Hills, there’s another voice,
And the burthen it bears is, “Rejoice, rejoice,”
Turn to the City of our heart,
Whose name, to this sweet land of flowers,
Comes, like the breath of orange bowers.
Columbus! may the record be
Fair, that the old year bears of thee.
The noble souls that in thee glow,
Should golden lines and traces show.
Hark ! on the stiff and wintry night,
What wild alarum breaks ? What light,
Flashing like sheeted lightning nigh,
Rolls its red splendor to the sky ?
God help the orphans ! Who shall save
Their young lives from a fiery grave ?
Divine compassion round them flings
Its arms of love —borne as on wings
To peaceful homes, and sheltered thee
Than anthem of the morning star,
The orphan’s grateful prayer ascends,
And with heaven’s holy incense blends.
Fair City! may the New Year be
An almoner of joy to thee—
Peace dwell within thy walls, and spread
Its downy wings o’er every head—
Prosperity within thy gate,
And health, with crowning roses, wait.
Blessings rain down like summer showers,
And pleasure gild the white-winged hours.
God bless Columbus ! let the song
The heart-warm, glowing wish prolong.
Patrons ! this greeting strain I bear to you ;
Accept the offering, and Oh! bless me too.
IFOR THE TIMES AND SENTINEL.]
To a Flower.
Yes! I can cherish thee, bright flower,
Bright gift from Heaven to this cold earth,
For well I know thy magic power
To quell unfitting grief or mirth.
I know thy certain doom to perish,
Know yet awhile and thou must lade,
Know, too, how long thy love to cherish,
That all but nature’s changing made.
I've seen bright pleasures bud in promise,
And with a thoughtless, eager start,
Stretched forth a hand to pluck the blossom
And hid it in my selfish heart.
But ah! some unseen arrow Hying,
Had snapped the brittle stem ot joy,
And at my feet I saw it dying,
The golden bud, a worthless toy.
Yes! ever from my childhood’s hour,
I’ve seen each fondest hope decay,
And wondered why no earthly power
Could make the dreamed of pleasure stay.
And well I’ve learned why all is fleeting,
And transient as the morning dew;
It is to bid the heart be seeking
Joys from on high, forever new.
Then let me cherish thee, sweet flower,
Awhile, and chide me not for this;
I plucked thee in true nature's bower,
Where man can read of “heavenly bliss.”
Thou’rt all on earth I’ve leave to worship,
For God has said trust none but Me,
And thine’s from Him, the one great purpose.
To mind me of his strong decree.
Beals.
Columbus, Jan., 1853.
O” The following verses are going the rounds of the
press. They are quite as applicable here as in the city,
wherever it may be, in which they originated :
If a buggy meet a buggy
Cornin’ down the street,
Is it right to run together
■When these buggies meet?
Every driver has nis failings,
They’re but men at last,
But coinin’ up or going down,
Should they drive so fast!
When a buggy meets a buggy
Should these buggies race,
And run over civil ibotmen
In a public place ?
Let the driver speed like lightning,
Lashing neck and flank,
But let them mind that human flesh
’Aint covered o’er with plank.
Last Hours of Walter Scott.
From Donald Maeleod’s life of Walter Scott,
just published by Scribner, we take tho follow
ing passage, the passage of Scott from this world
to the next :
Amid kindest attentions from all whom they
met, or dealt with, they went on their melancho
ly road, and the invalid was placed again in his
carriage on Wednesday, 11th of July'. For the
first two stages he lay torpidly upon his pillows,
but as they descended the vale of Gala, the
old beloved scenes aroused him ; he murmured
“Gala Water ; Buekholme ; Torwoodleeand
when they rounded the hill at Ladhope, and the
outline oi the Eildon hills arose before him, his
heart leaped up within him; and when in a few
more moments he saw the towers oi his own
Abbotsford, he sprung up and uttered a cry of
j°y-
The river was in flood, and not being able to
cross the ford, they were forced to take the lon
ger road around by Melr-so bridge, and while
within sight of his home, it tool: tho strength
both of Lockhart and the doctor to keep him in
the carriage. Past the bridge, the road loses
sight of Abbotsford for a couple of miles, and
during these ho relapsed into the state of torpor ;
but when they reached the bank that looks up
on hishome.his excitement returned and he be
came almost ungovernable.
Mr. Laidlaw was waiting at the porch, and
helped to carry him into the dining-room where
he sat half-stupefied for a moment, and then
as his eye rested on his old friend, he cried,
“Ha, Willie Laidlaw ! O man how often- have
1 thought of you!’’ Then his dogs came round
him and fawned upon him, and licked his hands,
and the broken old knight sat there caressing
them, sometimes with smiles, but oftenerwi.it
tears ; and so he fell asleep.
The next day he was better, ami they wheel
ed him in a Bath chair out into the garden, sur
rounded by his grand-children and his dogs.—
The flowers and trees which his own hand plan
ted and trained, seemed to infuse new life into
him, and, when he had enjoyed them for a while
ho asked to be taken to his room again. So
they wheeled for an hour or so about the great
hall and library, he raying more than once, “I
have seen much but nothing like my ain house ;
give me one turn more.” He was very gentle
and lay down again as soon as hi3 watchers
thought that lie had need of rest.
Next morning being still better, the exercise
was renewed, and after it, he sat for awhile in
his great arm-chair looking from the window
out upon tho Tweed. He asketl Mr. Lockhart
to read to him. “From what book, Sir Walter 1”
“Need you ask ?” said the old man, “there is
but one.” Then he listened with gentle devo
tion to those sacred words chronicled by the
| Beloved Disciplo : “Let not your heart be trou- j
I bled ;ye believe in God, believe also in Me. In i
| my Father’s house there are many mansions ; 1
jgo to prepare a place for you.” When lie bad
| heard the whole chapter be said: “Well, this,
jis a great comfort; I have followed you dis
’ tinetlv, and 1 feel as if I were yet to be rnvself
| again.”
! In reading to him some poems from iris old fa
j vorite Orafobe, on Ute lijiril tiay, it was perceiv
ed that lie had lost his memory, even of verse.
Poems that he had known by heart were now
perfectly new to him ; and so on the following
day. But he remembered well all that was read
to him from the Bible, as well as some litlie
hymns from Dr. M atts, which his little grand
son repeated, standing by his knee. In the af
ternoon, it was on Sunday, after Mr. Lockhart
had read the evening prayer of the Episcopal
Church, he bade him add the office for the visita
tion of the sick.
Monday found him u y feeble, and he remain
ed in bed, but revived on Tuesday, and was
wheeled out into the sunshine once more.—
There he soon fell asleep, and so remained for
half an hour. Then starting up he flung the
plaids from his shoulders, and said “This is sad
idleness. I shall forget what I have been think
ing of, if I don’t set it down now. Take me in
to my own room, and fetch tho keys of my
j desk,” The instinct of labor was upon him, and
| he would take no refusal; so they carried him
up and placed him in his old position at his
desk. He smiled and thanked them, adding,
“Now give me my pen and leave me for a little
to myself.” His daughter put his pen into his
hand and he strove to close his fingers upon it,
but the work of those fingers was finished; they
refused their office ; the pen fell from the hand
that could no longer wield it, and dropped upon
the paper. He sank back in his char, and, out
from under those thick gray brows, the big tears j
swelled and rolled fast and heavy down his
cheeks.
He motioned to be taken back into the gar
den, and when there, dropped asleep. When
he awoke, Laidlaw remarked to Lockhart, “Sir
Walter has had a little repose,” Tho poet look
ed up ; again the tears gushed from his eyes,
and he said,“No, Willie! no repose for Sir Wal
ter but the grave !” Then a little after, “Friends,
don’t let me expose myself; get me to bed ;
that’s the only place now.”
He naver left his room again. For a few
days he was able to sit up for an hour or two at
noon ; and then that passed, and he lay still
upon the pillows. Then followed some days of
painful irritation and forgetfulness of friends.—
Only once a well-known voice aroused him and
he said, “Isn’t that Kate Hume ?” But the hour
was at hand when “the golden bowl must be
broken.” He gradually declined, and his mind
wandered back to an earlier stronger day.—
Sometimes lie seemed administering justice as
sheriff; sometimes giving directions about his
trees, and once or twice his fancy was at Jed
| burgh, and “Burk, Sir Walter!” came sadly
from his lips.
Generally his mutterings were holy words ;
words from the Bible or Prayer book .; psalms
in the old Scotish version, or bits of the mag
nificent Catholic hymns. Oftenest of all, the
watchers heard the solemn cadence of the Dies
irce , and last of all came from those fading lips
these lines:
“Stabat Mater Dolorosa,
Juxta Crucem lacrymosa,
Duin pendebat Films,”
“Broken hoarted, lone and tearful,
By that cross of anguish tearful,
Stood the Mother by her Son.”
Often he blessed his children and bade them
farewell, and so lingered on until Monday, the
17th September, when the eye grew clear and
the calm sense returned for the solemn adieus
to earth.
When Lockhart was called from his bed to at
tend him, he said, “Lockhart, I may have but a
minute to speak to you. My dear, be a good man;
be virtuous; be religious ;be a good man.—
Nothing else will give you any comfort when
you come to lie here.” lie paused, and his son
in-law inquired if he would see his daughters.—
“No, don’t disturb them,” he replied. “Poor
souls, I know they were up all night; God bless
you all 1”
He never spoke again ; scarce showed any
signs of consciousness, but gradually passed
away. His song arrived on the 19th, but too :
late to he recognized, and so they kept their
mournful watch until the noon-day of the 21st
Then slowly, gentle as the setting of a calm
sun, without pain or sense of suffering, he
breathed his soul imperceptibly away.
At half-past one “the silver cord was loosed ;”
the nirror, held before the lips, was taken back
untarnished ; and the warm sun shone through
the open windows ; and a soft autumnal breeze
just sighed utnid the foliage of Abbottsford ; and
the ripple of the Tweed rose with distinctness to
the ears of the mourners, as they knelt around
the couch, and Walter bent down over the body
ot his father and kissed and closed his eyes.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JAN. 5 , 1853
John G. IVititor's Communication.
The public are so much interested in whatever relates to
the financial condition of this gentleman, that we have not
felt authorized to exclude his communication from our col
umns, on s.-eount ot'iiij personal attack upon tile relators
at whose instance the suit w.-ts commenced against him for
issuing change bills. We take no part in that controversy.
What the laws allow and encourage, a citizen has a right
to do, without reproach irom the conductors of the press.
Wdh Col. Winter, the matter is difieront. We therefore
leave all that branch of tho subject to the parties to tho suit.
is to be regretted that any occurrence has taken place
which will probably delay the resumption of payments by
the Bank of St. Mary's. Bill holder, have already suffered
greatly, and if tho day of payment is put off much longer,
an immense loss will bo sustained by them, which will ac
crue to men of capital, who have speculated in the bills.
The Election on Monday.
General James N. Bethune, James T. Flewellen, Esq.,
Locke Weems, Esq,, Thomas Ragland, and M. N,
Clarke, were elected Justices of the Inferior Court for
Muscogee county.
H. Nobie waselectod Tax Collector, and Daniel J. Rees,
Tax Receiver.
Bail Road to California—Senator Gwinn's Bill.
We find in the New York Herald, a copy of the Bill
proposed by Senator Gwin.v, authorizing tho construction of
a Rail Road and tranches, ior establishing a postal com
munication between the shores of the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans. The bill contains fifteen long sections, but its prin
cipal features are ns follows :
Ist. Ihe President is authorized to enter into contracts for
the construction of a Rail Road from a point on Red river
at or near the South-west corner of Arkansas, to a point on
the Eastern boundary of California, with branches through
Texas to the Gulf coast, and to the Western boundary of
Missouri and lowa, on the most direct and passable
route, and to some safe Rnd commodious harbor in Oregon.
2d. The right of way, 200 feet wide, and every alternate
or odd section of land, for the space of 40 miles on each
side of said Road and branches, are set apatt and appropri
ated o aid in building them.
3d. For tho purpose of facilitating tho extension of said
Road eastward from its termination on Red River, tile
right of way, and every alternate section for twenty miles
on each side of said Road, is given to tho States of Arkan
sas, Louisiana, lowa and Missouri; and every alternate
section for forty miles on each side of the Road through
California, ie given to that State.
sth. The conditions upon which these munificent grants
are proposed to be made, are, 1. That Louisiana, Arkan
sas, lexas, Missouri and lowa, will commence building the
Road and Branches through their limits in one year, after
the first session of their respective Legislatures after the pas
sage of the act, and complete them in five years thereafter
and that Caliibrrtia shall commence at the same time and
complete the road through her limits in ten years, 2. Thutlhe
United States Mail, all United States troops, seamen, arms
&c. &c., all property and ail officers of the Government,
shall be forever transported on said Road, free of charge.
3. That the several States shall consent that Congress shall
regulate the charges for freight and passengers.
6th. The Secretary of War is ordered, under the direction
of tlie President, to locate the route through the Territories
ot the United States, and to advertise for proposals to build
it; the Road to be built in ten years, koptin g. od order,and
to be surrendered to the United States in not more than 30
years from the date of completion.
12th. If any of the States above mentioned, refuse to ac
cept the proposals above set forth, it is m?de the duty of the
Secretary to let out the contracts to private companies, with
limitations similar to those contained in section 6.
13th. Upon the surrender of the Road and Branches to
the United States, it is made the duty of the Government
to grant so much thereof as lies in any State, to such State
upon like condition as those ‘et forth in section 5.
15th. Provides for the appointment by the President, with
the advice and consent of the Senate, of Commissioners,
whose duty it shall be to superintend the construction o
tlie Road, and protect the public interests.
The Bill is drawn with infinite tact and judgment, and
will doubtless receive strong support from every section of
the country, and from members of every party. We doubt
not but that it will be the great measure for tho next four
years, around which parties will form, and we predict that
the party that adopts it will be triumphant. There is an ab
solute necessity for more intimate connection between our
Pacific and Atlantic possessions. Nothing can hold the
two sections together, when once tho slopes and valleys of
California and Oregon are crowded with tho millions of
Europe and Asia, whiclt are now pouting into them, but
tlie iron bands of the Rail Road. Nor are we sure that
these will be strong enough, unless the Government of the
United States is conducted upon sounder principles, and
with less sectional and more enlarged views of its mission,
than have characterized its policy for some years pHst.
We cannot doubt the constitutionality of Senator Gwinn’s
Bill. Tile Government must be able to reach every part
of the country to protect it from foreign invasion and do
mestic insurrection. In time oi war, it might and proba
bly would be impossible to land troops and munitions of
war upon the Pacific, unices a Rail Road is built across
the continent. We utterly scout the doctrine that the
Government may engage in works of Internal Improve
ment because facilities would thereby be afforded in the
transportation of troops in time of war, as advocated
by Mr. Cass at the last session of Congress. This case is
different. Here the Government is bound to give protec
tion, and yet cannot. Here there is an absolute necessity
for Internal Improvements, which the Government may
undertake under the provisions of tlie Constitution above
referred to. We dread, however, tho corruption which
uld inevitably flow from such immense power and pat
ronage, as would be concentrated in the hands of the War
Department, if this Bill were to become a law. Would it
not bo better to donate the public land to many different
companies with like restrictions and conditions as are con
tained in the above bill ? We must resorve further com
ment for a future occasion.
Matrimonial Petition.
Avery singular petition is in circulation in Syracuse, N.
Y., the city par excellence of isms. After denouncing the
laws for tlie protection of chastity, and passing very high
eulogiums upon tho command, “Go forth, multiply and re
plenish the earth and subdue it,” the petition prays that all
persons who cohabit together, be recognized as man and
wife, and tho children of such unions be recognized as le
gitimate. When once the Ituman mind cuts loose from the
moorings of common sense, and icunches upon the wild
sea of ianaticism, it is impossible to imagine the frightful
extravagances which it will adopt as mattera ol faith. No
relation, however aacred, is beyond file reach of their un
holy attacks. They will drag the slave from the paternal
control of the master, and drive him forth a wanderer and
vagabond upon the face of tha earth. They will invade
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the sacred precincts of marriage, and cut tlie tie3 which
bind husband to wife and parent to child. The North
boasts of its superior morality ; bat no society can remain
pure, which cherishes in its bosom the gangrene of fanati
cism.
The Order of the Lone Star.
We learn from the Savannah papers that the members
of this order celebrated their first anniversary in that city,
on Thursday of last week. An oration was delivered be
fore tlie order by Charles F. Tefft, Esq. The address is
spoken of as a “clear, concise, and comprehensive com-*
mentary upon the ‘Progress of'Liberty”in all ages,” in
which the orat or made “a complete and triumphant vindi
cation oi the Association many thoughtless, if
not malicious assaults made upon it; the charges of piracy,
conspiracy, and fillibustieroism generally, were refuted.”
The principles and objects of the order are thus set forth by
the speaker:
We commit no treason against civil authority. Nation
al sovereignty obligations which bind you as individuals,
are equally binding upon us. We do not appeal to higher
iaw, but humanity— not to war, but the blessings of peace
and end of servitude to the nation sos the earth. The cor
ner stone of tho Order of tho Lone Star has for its basis the
principles of virtue, charity and the extension of liberty.
We encroach not upon religion, but venerate its soiemnity
and disseminate its blessings. We cherish no aristocracy of
position we have no coffers of gold. Our maxim is “nan
sibi sed aliis.”
FOR THE TIMES AND SENTINEL.
Important Law Case.
Mr. Forsyth The object nearest my heart
since tlie unfortunate disaster to the Bank of St.
Mary’s last April, has been first, to protect the Bill
holder from loss by depreciation ; and next, to place
ifs affairs in a position to resume specie payments
and consign the Institution to an honorable sepul
chre. It was therefore painful to me to see that you
felt it necessary to publish the fact, that a Court and
Jury had ordered some !j?47,000 of the assets of tl.e
Bank, which were designed so- the innocent and
suffering B li bolder, to be surrendered to a public
informer. Although I fcol indebted for the very
complimentary notice which you were pleased, in
the same article, to make of myself and my efforts
in behalf of the Bank—yet, it will scarcely answer
your desired pm pose of quieting the nerves of the
timid erediior, which have been first excited to tlie
highest pitch, by the astounding announcement that
an unexpected liability had been fixed upon the
Bank to the amount of $47,000, giving a public in
former to that extent a preference over all other
creditors, by awarding the first judgment. Our fears
often control our reason, and many a creditor will
read the first part of your article, and passing unno
ticed your closing remarks, will rush to the Broker’s
office and take anything that he can get for his
Bills. When men become alarmed they seldom
stop to reason, and if they did, with your publication
as tiic data upon which to base conclusions, I am
not certain that it would help the matter much if
any. They would say their Bank has been depriv
ed under the panoply of the iaw, of $47,000; and
perhaps there arc a few more cases of the same sort
that will take from both Winter and the Bank, all
they arc. worth. What mortal man can do lie will
do; hut ts the court and the jury order a transfer of
all that lie has and all the Bank has to he paid to
public informers, who is to pay me I If they can
thus lay their hands upon a part, they may lay it
upon the whole. This would be the reasoning of a
timid man at first fetish, and your assurance would
not always have the effect to reinspire confidence.
But i am happy in the reflection that their uneasi
ness need he hut short lived, and would be stiii
more gratified il l could persuade tho Bill holders
to patiently abide the issue in tho Supreme Court,
to which august body the queition will he submit
ted during next month. That the court above will
reverse the decisions of tlie court below there is not
the shadow ot a doubt, upon the minds of the best
counsel that Western Georgia affords. Be it under
stood that 1 am not speaking for myself, for as a
Stockholder in the Bank, the recent decision lias
not caused even a moment’s uneasiness. I speak
solely for those who hold the liabilities of the Bank
of Ft. Mary’s. I wish to save their feelings and
purses, and therefore feel it my duty-to make this
effort, to prevent a depreciation of the liabilities of
the Bank.
buffer me now to say a few words to tlie merits
of the case. The law under which the judgment
was rendered was passed in 1835, when specie wts
abundant and no necescity existed for a paper sub
stitute. In 1837, the suspension otthe sntire Bank
ing interest from Maine to the Gulf of Mexico, drove
every floating silver dollar and golden eagle into
foreign lands, and what happened to be left in the
vaults of tho Banks, was safely locked up. Such was the
dearth ot change and such the public inconvenience which
immediately succeeded the disappearance of tlie metallic
medium, that by one accord from the seaboard to the
mountains, corporations and individuals of every shade
and hue, commenced the issue of these opprobrious shin
plasters, and every body received and paid them out. —
There was scarcely an individual within the limits of Geor
giawlto did not with impunityjvioiate the law,either in ma
king or issuing, or paying away some of these contemned
paper devices. The Governor and his Secretaries, the
Central Bank and its officers, tho Judges and their Ju
rors, their wives and their daughters, higlt and low, riel)
and poor, white and black, all were in the daily and al
most hourly habit of violating this very law, which has
been used by the public informers, hoping to transfer tlie
sum of $47,000 from the pockets of the Stockholders of
the Bank of St. Mary’s, to tlie coffers of those, who to
say the least ofit, have themselves doubtless been frequent
and common violators of the self same law ; and who in
tlie particular instance upon which this prosecution i3
founded, induced the violation of the law (if the law lias
been violated) by the presentation of one hundred dollars
at the counter of tlie Bank, obtaining from the Telier the
Bills sued on, under a plea, that they were wanted for
change. I might indite a few strictures upon the actors
in this case and the circumstances by which it is surround
ed, but as this would be a digression from the purposes of
tins article, [ am perfectly satisfied to leave them to the
judgment of a discriminating public.
Tlie law makers saw the absurdity of allowing a law to
remain on the statutes of the Slate, which from necessity
every body violated, and which could be used by the de
signing to scourge the unwary; and in 1842’repeated
tlie act of 1833, so far as to exempt all parsons and cor
porations, except the makers of the Bills. The Legisla
ture of 1851, finding the law was being made use of for
base purposes, enacted a general repeal of all laws upon
thissubject—remitted all penalties incurred, and formed
anew and more- practical law to restrain the issue of small
notes by individuals, at the same time enlarging the pow
er of tlie Banks to issue notes of less denomination than
five dollars. But tile court overruled all tlie repeal of
1842 as applied to Banks, and declared that tho informer
had acquired a right to tlie penalty to the extent of li's
half, which set the pardoning power of tho State at defi
ance. It remains to be seen whether tlie Supreme Court
will confirm the doatriue—that any other Legislature can
inadvertently arrest the pardoning power from the Gov
ernor and all future Legislatures, and place it in the hands
of public informers, who, from the very nature of their of
fice, must have a cupidity only equalled by their heartless
ness, and who could not be expected to exercise any more
clemency towards tlie dt-eerving than the undeserving,
nnrl who would regard the tears of distress from the wid
ow and tlie orphan, as heedlessly as they would the patter
ing of the rain drops upon the roof of their house.
Should you review this article, my dear, sir, 1 hope you
will not forget that every Bank in the State has been
equally guilty—that by a similar process in 1837, every
BDk in the State, bag and baggage,specie, notes and all
could have been turned over to the public iuformer, —do
Dot forget that it is your peculiar duty, as an editor, as a
gentleman of iveil known high toned feeling and benevolent
heart, to contemn all aotion which in its cuneequeuecs
would violently transfer the earnings of another without
leaving in its stead a valuable consideration, aud do not
forget that this blow is aimed, not at me alone, but that
tlie widows and orphans in and near St. Mary’s, who are
stockholders in tlie Bank, hud no interest in the transac
tion, had no part or lot in it, r.o control over it; could not
by any ptssibility have prevented it, are not morally res
ponsible for it, had no knowledge of the alledged trans
gression, the suit or the judgment, and yet stand con
demned in u heavy penalty and without a hearing. Is
this justice ?
Bat a few words more and 1 have done The Bank
suspended because 1 could not prevent it. My whole aim
and effort over since has been to appreciate the notes, so
that sellers, wliether'from necessity or oboice, should loss
as little as possible. By the most strenuous efforts, I hare
succeeded in reducing the liabilitiee two thirds in eight
short months—the reduction amounting to nearly 400
thousand dollars. In the same time more than oua hundred
thousand dollars of those much abused small notes, have
been redeemed—the prognostications of- the skeptioal to tha
contrary notwithstanding.
In all my trials and vexations, arising from the malign
aotion of the iil-dispoaed, by the bltaaingof Providence, I
have been sustained by the almost unparalleled confidence
and indulgence of the great public, aud the unremittsd
kindness of my ; ersonal friends.
All that I ask is a continuation of the kindnesr and
confidence which has been heretofore so generously ex
tended, aud I will justity it even at the hazard of my exis
tence!
Ibus much to my friends, and I think, judging from
the manifestations of kindness with which lam greeted
upou all sides, that I tnay include in this term, all my
former fellow citizens. To my enemies, I have no word
even of reproof to offer, being perfectly satisfied to submit
myself to an impartial public, with no other witnesses, than
the every day actions of my fife, and no better advocate
than their unbiassed judgment. s’
Respectfully, Yours, &c.,
JOHN G. WINTER. T
Jefferson Davis. r -*
The Washington correspondent of the Picay
une, referring to Mr Pierce’s Cabinet says :
•‘The rumor about Jeff'. Davi3 was not entire
ly without foundation ; but I believe there is no
longer any cause for such apprehensions. Nous
voila quittespour la peur.’’
There is but one person at the North who
would dare to write, and but one paper in the
South that would venture to publish such a re
mark respecting a statesman, gentleman, and
soldier so universally honored and respected by
friend and foe as Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi.
The writer tries to conceal his sneer in French;
but there are few of our readers who do not un
derstand him as expressing a feeling the very
opposite of that entertained by every high-mind
ed citizen in the Union. Many of our citizens
may differ from the political views entertained
and expressed by Jt fierson Davis ; but there
does not exist an honest man who ever knew
him, who ever closely observed his conduct and
bearing, who ever saw the flashing of his eagle
eye, and the dauntless expression of his noble
and manly countenance, who ever watched his
career as a citizen and gentleman, or who re
members the services he has rendered on the
bloodiest battle-fields ofour country’s history,
who could experience aught but pride and satis
faction at the prospect of securing such a man
tor a Cabinet office. Nothing but the bitter
malignity of a personal foe, writhing under the
remeirtbeance of deserved punishment, could
induce the expression used by the correspon
dent of the Picayune.
Amid the most violent conflicts of party, and
and despite an off-hand frankness, which is not
calculated to propitiate foes, Jefferson Davis
has never failed, in every position he has occu
pied, to preserve the respect and confidence of
ail good citizens. He is one of those men of
whom the whole South is justly proud, and in
whose defence every true Southerner should be
proud to break a lance. — Delta.
Appointment sby the Governor.
Gov. Cobb has appointed the Hon. Edwin R.
Brown, of Americus, Judge of the Superior
Court of the Southwestern Circuit, vice lion.
William Taylor, deceased.
(An election of a Judge by the peopleof the
Circuit is ordered to take place on Monday, the
28th day of February next)
Lewis Zachary, Prin, Keeper, Penitentiary.
Jas. S. Gholston, Book Keeper “
Janies Polk, Inspector “
Dr. C. J. Paine, Physician “
Rev. F. Blake, Chaplain “
J. E. Stirke, Military Store Keeper, Savannah
Benj. Cook, “ “ Milledgeville
A. Newsom, Captain State House Guard.
Hoard of Visitors to Military Institute, —
Hon. John W. Anderson, Col. N. G. Foster, ,
Col, W. S. Rockwell, Capt, B. F. Ross, Dr
Yv in. li. Felton awl Col. John Milledge— Re.
Curiosities.
The Gothamite brings into market the follow
ing among other “new curositiesjust received.”--
A pie made from the currents of electricity—
hot. *
Some of the chickens that were counted be
fore they were hatched.
A grind stone used to grind the faces of the
poor.
Some of the hair from the heads of a dis
course.
The skin of a flint, and the man who skined
it.
A piece of the mantle of the night—a little
worn.
A pair of breaches belonging to the Erie Can
al.
A short view of a Steeple Chase—Steeple
ahead.
Some crab apples supposed to have grown on
tho cross-trees of a ship.
Atterbury’s Wit. —Atterbury, the friend
of the Tory Statesmen in the British House of
Lords, while speaking on a certain bill under
discussion, happened to say that he had’proph
esied last winter this bill would be attempted in
the present session, and he now was sorry to
find he had proved a true prophet. LordConings
by, who spokeafter Atterbury, and always spoke
in a passion, desired the House to remark that
one of the Right-Reverends had set himself
forth as a prophet; but for his part, he did not
know what prophet to liken him to, unless that
furious prophet Balaam, who was reproved by
his own ass. Atterbury, in reply, with great wit
and calmness, exposed this rude attack, conclu
ding thus : “Since the noble lord has discovered
in our manners such similitude, lam well conten t
to he compared to the prophet Balaam ; but,
my lords, I am at a loss how to make out the
other part of the parallel; lam sure that I have
been reproved by nobody but his lordship.—
King’s Memoirs.
Highly Productive. —Not long since, two
sailors, passing by a tailor’s shop, observed a
tailor at work with his waistcoat patched with
different colors of cloth, when one of the tars
cried out to the other—
“ Look ye, Jack, did you ever see so many
sorts of cabbage grow on one stump before.
(KT Dobbs says that a man behind time
should feed on ketch-up.
Mrs Partington says that her minister preach
ed about “the parody of the probable son.”
If a police officer is after you the best thing
you can do is to lock the door and then boll
yourself.
Falstaff—The RevMr. Hudsor, in a lece ‘
tore before the Brooklyn Institute, thus “cuts,
it fat,” upon this famous Shakspcarean char- , ;
acter: “ Theanimal susceptibilities of our na
ture are in himj carried upjpo their highest pitoh i
His several appetites hug their respective oh- >,
jects with exquisite gust His vast plumpness
sail mellow with physical delight aud salts- \
taction, and he converts it all into thought,
and mirth. Moreover, his speech borrows ad- ”
ditional flavor and effect from the thick foldings
of flesh which it oozes through ; therefore, he
glories in hts much flesh, and cherishes it as.
being the procreant cradle of jests ; if his body
is fat, it enables his tongue to drop
aud in the chambers of his brain all the pleas
urable agitations that pervade fine structure
below, are curiously wrought into rneulal de
lectations. With how keen and inexhausti
ble a reiish does he pour down sack ! as if he
tasted it all over, ana through his body to the
ends of his fingers and toes! Yet who does got
see that be has tar more {Measure in discours
ing about it than in drinking it! And so it is ”
through all the particular- of his enormous
sensualities.” y
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