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Volume XIII.
THE TIMES & SENTINEL.
TENNESTT LOMAS & EOSWELI'^ELLIS^
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LEGAL NOTICES ~
Muscogee Sheriff Sales.
■’lTT l ’*'*- be Bold on the first Tuesday in June next, at the
market house, in the city of Coin rubies, between the usual
hums of sale, the following property to*wit:
City lot number forty two, except one hundred and ten feet by
one hundred and thirty feet in the southwest corner. Also, lot
number forty-four except fifty-seven feet fronting on Broad street
and running back one hundred feet. Also the north corner of
lot number forty-five, fronting on Broad street, beginning at the
northeast corner of said lot, running thence twenty-nine feet on
Broad street, thence back toward H. 8. Smith’s Warehouse eighty
feel, thence due north twenty-nine feet, thence due east to the
beginning corner upon which lots and parts of lots is situated
the .Mansion House now occupied by Captain Jacob Barrow as a
Hold. Also the following negroes: Harry a hoy about twelve
years old, Courtney a girl about ten and E -inter a w oman about
forty years old; ail levied on as the property of Jacob Barrow’
to satisfy two fi fas, one from the Superior court of J/necogee co.
in favor of John G. Winter, vs. Jacob Barrow ; the other from
the Inferior court of A/uscogee county in favor of Sterling T.
Austin against Jacob Burrow, principal* Thomas a F. Wooldridge,
security.
Also, the life estate of Richard Fox in and to the following ne
groes, viz: CufTee a man about fifty-live years old, and Ciarira
a woman about fifty years old ; also the absolute title in and t<*
Caroline a woman about twenty five years old and Lodiska a girl
about twelve years old, levied on as Use property of Richard Fox
to satisfy sundry 11 fas from the Superior court of Muscogee coun
ty in favor of John Banks against said Fox, and other fi fan inmv
hands against said Fox.
Also, a small lot of dry goods, consisting of calicoes, domestics,
&c., levied on as the property of William Me Andrew to satisfy
ufi fa from Muscogee Inferior court in favor of Joseph WyTe
against William Me Andrew, principal, and John B. Weils, se
curity.
May S, 1853. A. S. RUTHERFORD, Sheriff.
Randolph Sheriff Sales,
WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in June next, before
the court house door in the town of Cuthbert, Randolph
county, within the usual hours of sale, the following property,
to-wit:
Lot of land number one hundred and forty In the sixth district,
and one hundred and seventy five acres of lot of land number two
hundred vnd thirty seven in the tenth district, it being the east
part of said lot, all of said county ; levied on as the property of
Arthur M .nning to satisfy one fi fa issued from the Inferior court
of Stewart county, in lavorof Snelling te Lerry, vs Arthur Man
ning. Pointed out by John A. Tucker.
Also, the undivided half of lot of land number twentv nine in
the seventh district of said county; levied on as the property of
Archibald Lewis to satisfy one il !a issued out of a justice court
of Early county in favor of Gabriel Jones, \ s Archibald Lew is.
Levy made and returned to me by a constable.
Also, the north half of lot of land number tw*o hundred Sc fix. Sc
south half of lot number two hundred and five in the sixth dis
trict of said county ; levied on as the property of E. Ward to sat
isfy one tax 11 fa issued from said county ibr the year 1851 ; lev
made and returned to me bv a constable.
May s—lds5 —Ids ftRJHARD DAVIS, Dep. Sheriff.
POSTPONED.
Lot of land number forty nine and north half of lot la*-d num
ber forty eight in the eleventh district, ami number thirty five
and the north halfof lot of land number thirty three in the*tenth
district, all of Randolph county ; levied on as the property of
Wi,Uam Matlock to satisfy sundry fi fas from the Superior court
of said county in favor of Alexander Pace aud others, vs William
Matlock and John T. Me London, one in favor of Delaware Mor
ris, vs William A/atlock.
RICHARD DAVIS, D. Sheriff.
JtfayG—tds WASHINGTON JOYCE, .sheriff.
Early Sheriff Sales.
WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in June next, between the
lawful hours of sale, before the court house door In Blake
ley, Early county, Ga. the following property, to-wit :
Lot of land number twohuudred and eighty-two in tho fourth
dtaiilct or Early county, containing two hundred and fitty acres,
more or less, levied on as the property of William Beeloto satis
ly aflla from tho Inferior court of Elbert county in favor
of Baker, Johnson &c Cos., vs. said Beele.
Mays—wtds JOHN WEST, Sheriff.
ORDINARY COURT—JAN. TERM, 1853.
(*3 F.ORGFA, Randolph county.—lt appearing to the Court by
\ Uie petition of Benjamin Dawson, that John G. Mainor of
said county, deceased, did, in hi* liie time, execute to said Ben
jamin Dawson, his bond, conditioned to execute titles in fee sim
ple to said Benjamin Dawson, to west hall oflot of land number
one hundred and forty six, in the tenth district of said county, and
it further appearing thatsaid John G. Maiuor departed this life
without executing titles to said lot of land, or in any way pro
viding for the same; and it appearing that said Benjamin Daw
son has paid the full amount of the purchase price of said half
lot; anti said Benjamin Dawson having petitioned this Court to
direct David T. Langley, Administrator upon the estate of John
G. Mainor, deceased, to execute to him titles to said laud in con
formity with said bond :
tt is, therefore, hereby ordered, That notice be given at three
or more public places in said county and in Columbus Times and
Sentinel of such application, that all persons concerned may file
objections in Clerk’s office, if any they have, why said David
T. Langley, Administrator os aforesaid, should not execute titles
to uid half lot of land iu conformity with said bond.
A true extract from the minutes of said court, l ’eb. 33th, 1853.
March B—low3m O P BEALL, Ordinary.
(IKdIUIIA, ) Court of Ordinary,
Muscogee couuty, \ April Term, 1853.
RULE .V/ SI.
WHEREAS, Wm. N. Nelson, administrator de bonis non on
the estate of John Liggin, deceased, having applied fur
letters of dismission from said administration ; It is ordered that
all persons concerned shew cause, if any they have, why said
administrator should not be dismissed at the Court of Ordinary to
bo held in and lor said county on tho first Monday in November
next.
A true transcript from tho minutes of said court, April 4, 1853.
Columbus, April 12—w6m JNO. JOHNdON, Ordinary.
GEORGIA, f Court ok Ordinary.
Talbot county, $ February Teim, 1853.
RULE XI SI.
YX7*HEREAS, William F. Robertson applies by petition for
> v letters of dismissiou us the administrator of Barney Wilson,
late of Talbot county, deceased.
Be it ordered, That all persons concerned, be and appear at
the September term of this court next ensuing, then and there
to shew cause, if any they have, why said letters should not bo
granted.
A true extract from the minutes orsaid court, 24th Feb.. 1853.
March I—Uwtim .M ARION BETHUN E, Ordinary.
GEORGIA, l Court of Ordinary,
Muscogee county, $ April Term, 1853.
HULK XI SI.
WHEREAS, Wm. N. Nelson,administrator on the estate of
Augustus Peabody, deceased, having applied tor letters of
dismission from said administration : It is ordered that all per
sons concerned, shew cause, if any they have, why said admin
istrator should not be dismissed at the Court of Ordinary to be
held iu and for said county on the first Monday in November
next.
A true transcript from the minutes of said court, April 4, 1853.
April 12—w6m JNO. JOHNSON, Ordinary.
GEORGIA, ) Court of ordinary of said cou.n-
Ilaudolph couuty, \ tv. April Term, 1853.
J AMES v\ r . COLLINS, administrator of N. Collins, late of said
county, deceased, petitions this court lo grant him letters of
dismission from his said administration, and it appearing that
said estate has been fully administered : Ordered that ll persons
file their objections, if any they have, on or before the November
Term of this court next emuing, otherwise said administrator
will be then and there dismissed.
April 12—wfim O. P. BEALL. Ordinary.
GEORGIA, i COURT OF ORDINARY,
Steivart county, t April Term, 1853.
UPON the petition of William H. House, Executor of the last
Y\ id and Testament of Thomas House, deceased, for letters
of dismission from his sui-i executorship:
It is on motion, ordered by the court that all persons concern
ed, shew cause, on or before the next term of said court, why
said should not then be granted.
A true extract from the minutes of said court. April 12,1853.
April 19—wtiin J. L. V.TMBERLY, Ordinary.
GEORGI A, /Court of ordinary, of said coin
llamlolph county, { ty, April Term, 1853.
TOHN T. McLENDGN, Guardian of Simeon P. Tinner, peti
tions this court for letters ordismission from his said guar
dianship; Ordered that aii persons having objections file them on
<r before the July Term ofthis court next ensuing, olnerwise said
letters will be then and there granted.
April 12—w3in O. P. BEALL, Ordinary.
OEORGIA, Randolph county.—Court op Or
dinary.—Whereas, by the petition of William Mayes, ad
ministrator on the estate of Enoch Rigsby, deceased, and the
estate of Kinchen haircloth, deceased, it appearing to ilds court
that he has fully administered both of said estates, and moves the
court to grant him letters of dismission: All persons concerned in
either of said estates, aro hereby notified to make known their
objections, if any they have, on or before the October term of
this court next ensuing, otherwise said administrator will then
and there he dismissed. Given under my hand at office the 2yih
march 1853. O. P. BEALL, Ordinary.
April 5 w6m
(dcos-gia, Randolph county.-* Whereas, Margaret
E. ftbappani aud Samuel C. Scott apply to me for letters of
administration on the estate of William B. fthappard, late oi said
county, deceased :
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all end singular the
kindred and crediforsol snid deceased, to be aud appear at my of
fice, within the time prescribed by law, and shew cause, if any
they have, why said letters should not be granted.
Given under mv baud at office this 18th day of April, 1853.
April 26—w6i O. P. BEALL, Ordinary.
( r e ?Vo>* a Randolph county.—Wheieas, Samuel A.
Vs Grier, administrator de bonis non on the estate of John 11.
Weaver, late ol said county, deceased, has petitioned for letters
o I from said administration.
These are, therefore, to rite, admonish and require all persons
concerned to file their objections, if any they have, on or before
the Septemlier term of the Court of Ordinary of said county, to
be holden on the first Monday of September next, otherwise said
administrator will be then and there dismissed.
Giv en under ray hand at office this 22d day of February, 1853
March I—9wlhn O. P. BEALL, Ordinary.
rpwo months afi*V~date 1 will apply to me
. „ ( Jraiiiarv oi M uscogee county, for leave to sell a negro child
i Rosa)the property of Henry M. Jernigan, (Idiot.)
April 19 wiiru A. B. KAGAN, Guardian.
(A eorgla, Early county—Whereas. Joseph Grimsley,
JT administrator with the Will annexed, upon the estate of
Sarah Grimsley, late of said county deceased, makes application
to ine for letters of dismission from the further administration of
said estate. All persons concerned are hereby notified to be and
appear at my office, within the time prescribed by law, and
shew cause, if any the) have, why said letters should not be
granted said applicant.
Given under my hand at office, this February the 24th. 1853.
March I—9w6m 8. 8. STAFFORD. Ordinary.
neergia. Randolph county —Whereas, Jaa. Ruth-
VX ertord, Guardian of Benjamin and Absalom Sutley, applies
to me for dismission from his said Guardianship. All person*
interested are, therefore, hereby required to file their objections,
if any they have, on or before the May term of this court next
ensuing, otherwise said applicant will be then and mere dismis
sed. Given under my hand at office the 17th March, 1853.
March 22—w6m O. p. BEALL, Ordinary.
f Georgia, 2t.andolpß county.--Whereas, Mary Ann
vT Butler and Thomas Corain apply t*- me for letters of admin
istration on the entitle of Harman Butler, late of said countv, de
ceased :
3 hose are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the
creditors and kindred of said deceased lo appear at my office
within the time prescribed by law. and shew cause, if any they
have, why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand at office the 18th day of Anri!. 1853.
April 26—w7t O. P. BEALL,Ordinary.
p eorgin, Randolph conn ty.—Whereas, Albn L.
VX Jeuks applies to me for letters of Guardianship for the per
son and property of Frances Rigs >y, orphan of Enoch Rigsby,
late of said county, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite arul admonish all concerned, to
shew cause, if any they have, why said letters should not be
granted,otherwise they will be grauted at the next April term of
this court. Given under in y hand at office March Ist, 1853.
March—lo P. BE A Ll< rdinary.
J i eorgla, Randolph county—Whereas, John Gil*
* J* bert, Guardian of flendley E. Hill, minor and orphan ol
William E. Hill, deceased, applies to me for dismission from
said Guardianship. All persons into rested are therefore hereby
required to tile their objections, if any they have, on or before the
May Term of this Court next ensuing, otherwise said applicant
will be then and there dismissed.
Given under my hand at office, the 17th March, 1853.
March 22—wCm O. p. BEALL Ordinary.
Georgia, Early county.—Whereas, JameSjE. Brown
and Ann J. Weeks apply tome for letters of administra
tion upon the estate of Jane Stevens, late of said county, deceased:
These are to notify and summons ail persons concerned, to be
and appear at my office within the time prescribed by law, and
shew cause if any they have, why said letters should not he
granted to one or (be other, or both oi said applicants, at the
June term next of the Court of Ordinary for said county.
Given under iny hand at office this J7lhday of April, 1853.
April 2ti-\vGt ft, ft. STAFFORD, Ordinary.
C 1 eorgla, Early count y—When a-, Elizabeth Bart-
T lett applies to iue for letters of administration upon the
estate of Nathaniel Bartlett, deceased :
These are to notify alt persons concerned, to shew cause, if any
they have, why said letters should uot bo granted said applicant,
at the March term, next, of the Court of Ordinary for said county.
Given under my hand at office this April 17th. 1853.
April 26—w6t 8, 8. STAFFORD, Ordinary.
Georgia, Ea rly* county.--Whereas, it appears that
the estate of ./Major Henderson, late of said county, is unrep
resented at law :
This is to notify all and singular tho kindred and creditors ol
said deceased, o file their objections, if any they have (within the
time prescribed by law.) or Thomas B. Andrews, the clerk of the ,
Superior Court of said county, will be appointed administrator |
de. bonis non cum b-stamento annexe, upon the estate of said
deceased. Given under ray hand at office, this April 22, 1853.
—vA , - STAFFORD, Ordinary.
CA eorgla, Stewart county.—Whereas, AselP. Rood
If applies for let ters of administration on the estate of Blanche
G. Gibson, late of s-ild county, deceased :
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all concernel.lo
show cause on or before the next June term of the Court of Or
dinary o? said count), why said letters should not then be granted.
Given under mv hand in office, this 27rh April, 1853.
April 29—wGt * J. L. WIMBERLY, Ordinary.
/ 1 eorgla, Talbot county.—Office of Ordinary, 29ih
V X s. arch, 1853.—Whereas. J. J. Jamison, Guardian of Nuthuu
iel Woinmock’s orphans, petitions for letters of Dismissiou from
snid guardianship:
Be it ordered, That all persons concerned, be and appear at
the June Term of the Court of Ordinary of said county, next en
suing, then and there to shew cause, it any they have, why said
letters should uot be granted.
A true extract from the minutes of said court, April 15th. 1853
April 26—w Gin BETH UN E, Ordinary.
Administrator’s Hale.--Will be sold in Cuthbert,
Randolph county, on Ihe first Tuesday iu July next, lot of
land number one hundred and seventy nine in the filth district
of sain county, on which are an excellent dwelling house and
other buildings, all good and new, about forty* acres of fresh
opened land, .-old by order of the Court of Ordinary of said
county.
Tv rms of Sale—One half payable first of January, 1854, and
the balance first January, 1855. N>tes with approved security.
May 17—wtds * JESSE SANDLIN. Ad mV.
Administrators Sale Agreeable to an order of the
Court of Ordinary of Early county, will be sold before the
court house door In tho town of Blakely, on the flr.-t Tuesday in
Jane next, all tho real estate of F. Griffith, deceased, situated iu
the said town of Blakely.
AprJ 18—wtds FRANCIS GRIFFITH, AdmV.
Notice, to Debtors and Creditor*—All persons in
debted to the estate of Robert Thompson, deceased, of Ear
ly county, will come forward and make payment. And those
having claims against said deceased, are hereby notified to pre
sent them to John Thompson, or this notice w ill be plead in oar,
by JOHN THOMPSON,
J/av 3 —6iw Adm’r. with will annexed.
month* utter date I shall apply to the
. Court of Ordinary of Early county for leave to sell the negroes
belonging to the estate of John Jones, deceased, late of said coun
ty, forthe purpose of making a distribution among the heirs of
siiid estate. THUS. AN DREY, 8, Adinr.
march 29—w2m
rp\VO month* after date application will be
X made to the Court of Ordinary of Early county, for leave to
sell a part of the laud and negroes* belonging to the estate of Rob
ert Thompson, deceased, for the benefit of the creditors and heirs
of the estate of said deceased. JOHN THOMPSON,
Afay 3—ms2m AdmV. with will annexed.
Two month* after date application will be
1 made to the honorable court of ordinary of Early county,
for leave to sell the lands belonging to Epsy Dyson, hue of said
couuty,deceased. ABNER DYSON, AdmV.
March 15—w2m __
TWO month* after date, l shall apply to the
Court of Ordinary of Randolph county for leave to sell the
negroes belonging to Timothy Pitman, deceased, late of said coun-
y J April 12—w2;n A. A. PITMAN, AdmV.
TWO month* after date, application will be
X made to the Court of Ordinary of Harris couuty, for leave to
sell the real and peraonal ostate of William C. Dozier, deceased.
May 3—w2m J. T. DOZIER, AdmV.
(1 uardian’s sale.—On the first Tuesday in June next, will
X be sold in Cuthbert, Randolph county , a negro man named
Peter, about fitly years of age. Sold ns the property of the
minors offtol. Graves, deceased, by order of the court of Ordina
ry of said county. B. GRAVES, Guardian.
* April 12-wtds
TROY FACTORY,
HARRIS COUNTY, GEORGIA.
Ware Room on East side Broad street, next doer to i
P. McLaren .
R. G. JEFFERSON * CO.
‘C? PROPRIETORS of the above works respectfully inform
jSb the public, that they have now on hand for sale, and are con
staidly manufacturing all descriptions of Wooden Ware.
such as Chairs, Settee*, Bedsteads. Buckets,Tubs,itc.. fee.,
of the best material, aud finished in excellent style under their
personal super? ision.
They particularly call attention to their various styles and quah- i
ties of cn airs, which, lor neatness, comfort, durability and cukat
nxsb cannot be surpassed in any country; varying in price from
$lO to $24 per dozen —specimens of which can be seen at their
Ware Room one uoor above P. McLaren**, Broad street,
Columbus, which the public are invited to examine.
Every description of ♦ hairs, Buckets, Tubs.&c. made to ordei
after any fashion desired. They are also prepared to furnish Win
dovvSash and Blinds of all descriptions to order.
C'!3r*Hands:*nic premiums were awarded to the Troy Factory at
the Southern Agricultural Fair at Macon, for the best specimen
of Chair and Wooden Ware.
iir Orders left at their Ware Room—east side Breed street, j
directed to 11. G. Jefferson ec Cos., Columbus, will meet w
prompt attention. May 10—wly
LUMPKIN FURNITURE
WARE ROOM AND MANUFACTORY.
a THE sub.criber has now on hand and for sale
at hi* V. are Room in Lumpkin, & large and wellyX
.. s-TLs. selected lot of Furniture, of various styles and
LrfSsTS prices, and is constantly Manufacturing and re ‘ *
and iving among others, tiae following articles of the latest sty les:
Chairs, tfofas. Bureaus, Safes, Bedsteads, Sideboards,
Dining-Tables, Wardrobes, Work-Tables, Wash
stands, Rocking-chairs, Looking Glass and
Picture Frames
and In fact all articles belonging to hisliueof bittiness can be had
at the shortest notice and lowest terms.
Also. Window Glass, French and American manufacture; Fire
board Prints and Border, Window .Shades, &c n Cc. Glass cm
to any shape or size. All work warranted.
Pianos and Melodeons furnished to order.
All orders thankfully received and promptly attended to.
Fib. 15—Twly U . 11. CKOSSMAN.
VARIETY WORKS.
WARE ROOM Broad st. COLUMBUS, Ga
NEXT DOOR SOUTH OF TIMES OFFICE.
r T'HE proprietors efthis establishment are endeavoring lo
X rest the evil of buy iue at the North, by manufacturing evci
description of building requirements—sutc as
HIXDOIV HI.IXDS , S.ISJI of all sizes, dressed FLOORIXG
PLJIXK. and other kinds of LUMBER ; IVOODEX H'.UiE,
of every description ; II EDSTE.I IJS from 64 50 to §25 each.—
And more remarkable than all, the finest CO rT.iGE CHJIIH
iu the world at $1 each.
Please give us a call before purchasing elsewhere, for we ore al
wavs in a trading humor at low prices for cah. LATHS a'.
81 oO per thousand.
IVM. BROOKS Sc CO.
Columbus July—27wtf
“HOME INDUSTRY.”
JOEL T. SCOTT,
IGAR MANUFACTURER,
(A FEW DOORS XORTH OF HALL Sc MOSES.)
Broad Street, Columbus, Georgia,
ALWAYS on hand, at Wholesale aud Retail, all desirable
varieties of
HAVANA AND AMERICAN CIGARS,
which will be sold on low terms.
A liberal discount will be made to those who buy to sell again.
A generous share of the patronage of the public is respectfully
solicited. All Cigars warranted to be such a* represented.
Columbus, October 2—4 owly
“the union of the states and the sovereignty of the states.”
COLUMBUS. GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 31,1853.
{%HstdlantOMß.
Gen. Jackson’s Epitaph upon his Wife,
A lady in the West has been kind enough to
send us a copy of Andrew Jackson’s Epitaph on
his wife. It is known to have been his own com
position, yet although it has been read by hun
dreds on her tomb in Tennessee, it has never
appeared in print before. This singular inscrip
tion reads thus:
“Here lie the remains of Mrs. Rachel Jackson,
wife of President Jackson, who died on the 2tld
of December, 1828, aged (51. Her face was
fair, her person pleasing, her temper amiable,
and her heart kind. She delighted in releiving
the wants of her fellow creatures, and cultivated
that divine pleasure, by the most liberal and un
pretending methods. To the poor she was a
benefactress ; to the rich she was an example ;
to the wretched a comforter; to the prosperous
an ornament; her pity went hand in hand with
her benevolence ; and she thanked her Creator
for being permitted to do good. A being so
gentle, and yet so virtuous, slander might wound
but could not dishonor—even death, when lie
tore her from the arms of her husband, could but
transplant her to the bosom of her God.”
Few persons will read this noble epitaph with
out emotion. It appears to us the very best
specimen of such composition we have ever
seen—at least for the tomb of a private person
and a woman. It is perfectly simple, perfectly
sincere, and yet is full of elegance and energy.
Good epitaphs are rare in private monuments.
Insincerity and fulsome praise are the most gene
ral defects, “lie lies like a tombstone,’’is a
proverb in many languages. But another com
mon defect is conceit. This is the result of a
wish to be fine, aud a desire to imitate certain
epitaphs on great men, which have been celebra
ted i:i books. These celebrated epitaphs are
epigrams. They are not unsuitable to public
tombs of public individuals; because a lively
sense of personal grief is uot expected in the
minds of those who erect them, —but rather a
sentiment of calm and elevated admiration,
which leaves the intellect free for a formal ef
fort, in composition. But the tomb of a pri
vate man or woman is built by his or her near
est friend. The only thing that renders it inte
resting is the sacred grief of that friend. Now,
grief does not find an utterance in epigram. Its
form of expression is simple, direct, earnest and
rational. Such expression, therefore only U
becoming to the tomb of one who is publicly un
known. Epigram is affectation there, and conse
(juently disgusting.
Let us illustrate this. One of the most cele
brated epitaphs is that over Copernicus—
Sta, sol, ne moveare.
Copernicus discovered the true solar system—
that the sun stood still and the planets, moved
instead of the contrary, as the world then sup
posed. liis monument was built to gratify the
intellectual admiration of all mankind. One,
therefore, does not feel disgusted, that the sculp
tor should pause aud ponder and rack his brains
till he hit up that allusive quotation from the
book of Joshua. So too with .Marshal Mercy’s
epitaph on the field of battle at Nordlingen,
where he fell and was buried—
Eta viator: heroern calcas.
1 hat is noble, and no one is displeased at it,
because it was the respect of a whole country,
not the sorrow of an individual, that placed it
there. Sir Joshua Wren is buried in St. Paul’s
Cathedral at London, which he built; over him
is a simple slab with this—
“Hi monument um queer is, circumspice
Nobody feels that the conceit aud epigram
which are essentially characteristic of all these
epitaphs are out of place. Calm study, and
much consideration, were required to make
them—they are productions of'the intellect, not
of an emotion—hut the men whom they com
memorate appealed to sentiments too general
to render individual sorrow appropriate to their
tombs.
But these same things, or things like them
quite as well done, are neither appropriate, or
proper, or agreeable, on a private tomb. They
may amuse the mind for the moment, hut they
give no satisfaction to the taste or the heart.—
Thus that famous Roman epitaph, in which a
husband recorded on his wife’s tomb, that she
“never gave pain to him save in dying’’—the con
ceit robs it of sympathy. 80, too, the epitaph
which the widow of Purcell, the musician, put
upon his grave saying that he had gone to join
the choirs of Heaven, “where only his harmonies
are surpassed.” [\\ e quote these things from
memory, and therefore may make some non es
sential mistakes.] So likewise the epitaph
! which a marchioness put on a monument under
: which her daughter was buried, and where she
! intended to lie interred herself
•‘Muter infelicissima fillies es sii/i,’’
—a mother who can engage her mind in this
meretricious sort of punning, is no longer incon
solable or infelicissima. The reader feels that
at once, and while he may be amused at the in
genuity of such a thing, is neither pleased nor
touched with it.
Jackson’s epitaph on his wife 13 a very differ
ent thing. There is no conceit. That noble
knightly old soul, who would never credit evil
of a woman, and who believed and loved his
wife Jn the true spirit of chivalry and manli
ness—he was uot looking for an epigram when
he wrote her epitaph. Ho wrote directly down
the plain thoughts which such an occasion sug
gested to him, and thereby made the best in
scription of its particular kind we have ever
seen. We offer our own respectful thanks to tire
lady whose taste aud good nature have made us
acquanfed with it. — Richmond Examiner.
‘l ire Professional Man who dares wear a
threadbare coat until ha is out of debt was in
town yesterday. Avery good looking but mel
ancholy sort of man he was, and no wonder.
At the hook store the salesman suggested the
advantage of cash payment, and taking the
package home one’s self, over trusting it to bung
ling porters who don’t know how to makechange
properly ort delivery. The sexton of the church
he attended gave him a back seat, and spoke of
the poor ventilation of the upper part of the room.
His landlady was very much crowded with
hoarders, and could scarcely find a seat for him
at the table, llis lady acquaintances found him
so thin and reduced that with difficulty they
recognised him, and after his introduction could
uot feel as familiar as of old. It was surprising
how many of his old companions, who formerly
had leisure enough, had becomemen of business,
and suddenly remembered pressing engagements
as he met with them. A clerical friend, who
knows him thoroughly, says that he fancies sin
gularity, loves to be noticed, and is evidently
proud of his shining raiment. lie left town
this morning by the early boat.— N. Y. Times,
14 th. “
“I have a great ear, a wonderful ear,” said a
conceited musician in the course of conversa
tion. “So has a jackass,’’replied a bystander.
[ From Sharpe’s Magazine. ]
Last Hours cf Napoleon.
BY MRS. MAJOR WARD.
On the night of the sth of Slav, 1821, a
young ensign of the sixty-sixth regiment, quar
tered at St. Helena, was wending his solitary
way along the path leading from the plain of
Deadwood to his barracks, situated on a patch
of table land called Francis Plain. The road
was dreary, for to the left yawned a vast chasm,
the remains of a crater, and known to the is
landers as the “Devil’s Punch bowl although
the weather hail been perfectly calm, puffs of
wind occasionally issued from the neighboring
valleys; and at last one of these puffs having
got into a gully, had so much ado to get out of
it, (hat it shrieked, and moaned and gibbered,
t till it burst its bonds with a roar like thunder—
and dragged up in its wrath, on its passage to
the sea a few shrubs and one of those fair wil
lows beneath which Napoleon, first Emperor
of France, had passed many a peaceful, if not
a happy hour of repose, surrounded by his faith
ful friends in exile.
This occurrence, not uncommon at St. Hele
na, has given rise to an idea, adopted even by
Sir Walter Scott, that the soul of Napoleon
had passed to another destiny on the wings of
(he storm spirit; but, so far from there being any
tumult among the elements on that eventful
night, the gust of wind 1 have alluded to was
only heard by the few whose cottages dotted
the green slopes of tho neighboring mountains.
But as that t iir tree dropped, a whisper fell j
among the islanders that Napoleon was dead! j
; No need to dwell upon what abler pens than j
mine have recorded ; (lie eagle’s wings were !
folded, the dauntless eyes were closed, the last !
words, “ Tide armee ,” had passed the faded lips, i
the proud heart had ceased to boat!
Local Affairs —ketchoa of Char actor.
No. XXI!.
TIIE BOMAKTJC I.OVEK.
This is a young man who may be said to ima- j
gne he loves: like the dandy, who assumed an \
air ol reflection, ‘‘thought he was thinking-”
The romantic lover is the victim, conjointly, of j
Zimmerman on Solitude and moonlight nights, j
I He essays sonnets and a spare diet—“rolls up
| his eyes like a duck in thunder.” and sighs like
a tea-kettle-He has,of course, his Julia orilary, !
generally one of the fatter name, for some how J
or other the first, love of everybody is a Mary.
She is an angel of course, a id you could not
persuade him mat she was ever subject to a
cold in her nose to save your life. All he
wants is to be united with the object of Ins ado
ration, to retire to some rose covered cottage in
some boundless continuity of shade, and there
sigh away his life in a continual series of meals
of bread aud water, and love. Poor youth !
How soon a litile practical experience of the !
world dissipates these dreams of romance, and
convinces him that Mary nay not only have a I
cold in her head, but a good substantial appetiie
becoming a most earthly mortal. A diet sim
ply of love will produce a very palpable dys- ;
pepsia, because the stomach does not generally |
partake of the romance of the mind. The chy
lopoetic viscera always show a disposition to
rebel under circumstances of thi = kind. We
hate to disturb anybody from a plesant dream,
but the romantic lover might as well be
awakened by the gentle shake of a friend, as by
the rude bawling of worldly experience. Know
then that there is no truer adage, than that
which tells us, that when poverty enters the
door love flies through the window. We
know there are glorious, nay, sublime install es j
ol woman’s love, out-towering difficulties and j
trials, though Olympus high, but these instances j
have been only where youthful love had become j
matured, heightened, and sanctified, by a close ;
knowledge and experience of the exalted virtue
of a worthy object This kind of love has noih
ing to do with that which is born of moonlight
and trashy novels. The best security former
als is the absence of temptation, and the best
securities for the permanence ol love, it a
pleasant cot, in a lovely spot, with rounds of
beef to give relief, and plenty of clothes fur
your love, when she goes, to visit her friends,
to answer two ends, to make a fair show for
the world, we know, will judge, you may swear, ■
by the fine clothes you wear.
‘‘Sfc Transit” and his Physician.
The physician who attended sic transit has ar- i
riled in this city and taken rooms at llte Tremont. i
Boston Museum.
The pug liet nih l fit has gone to Boston and
1 hopes to see sic transit in gloria mundi morning. —
Springfield Post.
lie arrived safely, but soon del'u blow at sic
transit, and beta hole in Ids head.— Boston Bee , j
We understand that nihil fit him and nodes bead ;
completely elf.— Boston Mussvm.
That must be a mistake for sic transit was inter !
see Dr, Digg last evening aud stayed till letum. — j
j Car] el. Bag.
Sic transit same is to our office this morning I
with a “Carpet Bag.” He cum by rail, with the j
carmen—Hartford Excelsior.
Oh unum sculls ! You damnum sculls! He !
didn’t either. Sic transit drove a tu pone tandem i
temor rer from the eastward. He is visiting his j
an'e, Mts. Die Terra, in this city',and wdl slay till j
orient, Dr. lJignos, of (he Terris (Terrace) he \
likewise e ’ super with us last, evening. He eia I,eta |
pi. The pugilist also cum with him, aud lambda 1 .
man badly in the street ; he cutis tios off, and noe* I
tern flat urna flounder.— Hartford Republican.
Can’t say ot/t’ve seen Sic transit., but have often I
metis sister Mare, who is idem fine gtl and sum j
iu all respects : she is living now with her old par, i
who keeps the “ Hf.taluquo and is ted to be tulle \
rich. Oui sent her in fact the following rowan
week ergo by post, and don't care a aer who noscil: |
“Mare, mi love for thee is purr,
My arris broke by thy blight eyes,
O cs the pain, the anguish cure
Oi him who for thee ever sir'” — Quebec. Mcr - <
cury.
Sic Transit cum to uro cite and de is alatn e due. |
Soldo forte K re an riisnocte in tu a cocte bca ver.
Mone i3 a vere transit ore a late. Ohe is ago ne !
due. Infra Dig is sed tu a cum pane are Bos ton- j
clam flat, Asi fur Sic Transit, an da dig fur Infra ]
Dig.— Wall Street Journal.
Painful but Laughable.—ln “Notes of an
Army Surgeon,” we find the following:
I remember, one day, in making my hospital
rounds, a patient just arrived, presented an am
putated forearm, and in doing so he could hard- I
iy restrain a broad laugh; the titter was con- I
stantly on his face.
“What is the matter ? this does not strike me
as a subject of laughter.’’
“It is not, doctor: but excuse me ; I lost my
arm in so funny a way, that I still laugh when 1
look at it.”
“What way ?’’
“Our first sergeant wanted shaving, and got
me to attend to it, as lam corporal. We went
together in front of his tent. 1 had lathered him,
held his nose, and was just about applying the
razor, when a cannon ball came, and that was
the last I saw of his head and my arm. Excuse
me for laughing so, doctor, hut I never saw such
a thing before.”
This scene occurred during the siege of Fort
Erie.
The editor ofthe Foxtown Fusilier, in his
last number says : -‘Postscript ! We stop the
press with pleasure, to announce the decease
of our cotemporary, Mr. Snaggs, editor of the
Foxtown Flash. He has now gone to another
and better world. Success to him. Persons
who have taken the Flash, will fini the Fusi
lier a good paper.”
better from Xiberia.
It is known, says the Savannah Republican,
that the free people of color in every part of
this country are turning their thoughts towards
this new home, and while a number of worthy
families have gone from Savannah, others are
preparing to follow them. With some of these
last many of our city readers have been long
and well acquainted, and know them to be per
sons of established character. One of these, a
very sensible and worthy man, has shown us a
letter just received from Henry B. Stuart, who
left Savannah some four years ago. lie was
an exemplary member of the Rev. Dr. Preston’s
Church, and was known to a number of our
citizens. We give this letter entire, taking the
liberty only of correcting some inaccuracies in
orthography.
Grf.enyii.le, (Liberia,) February, 1853.
My Dear Friend :—As c-old water to a
thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country ;
and so refreshing were your letters extending
from the Sin of September to the Bth November
last. They came safe to hand by the Liberia
Packet, January 20th, after a space of some
nine or ten weeks, and found ns ail in the en
joyment of very good health. In your last let
ter you stated that you and your family were
then very sick ; your November letter states
that you were getting better, and also states your
fixed determination on coming to this country
the ensuing spring.
j Lou intimate that information is received
j from emigrants from all other States that come
| out to tiiis country and is published, except
I from those who went from Georgia- I can on-
I ly say it is not that they have not written, for I
I believe there have been as many letters sent
Irom this {county in proportion to its population
jas from any of the other counties. As regards
I myself, my communications have been of a rc
| ligious character ; and even now, itis not in
j my power to answer your inquiries as.
j I would wish, for my whole soul and mind is
| engaged in building up this newly organized
j church, which is as dear to me as life. It is
j also a source of very great satisfaction to hear
’ of the flattering terms in which my friends and
i brethren speak of me, both white and colored,
j But 1 must return to your questions. You
I wish in the second place, that I would give some
I statement of things in general, and in particular
iof the growth of Cotton aud Rice, &c. Our
answer is this : this is emphtieally a tropical re
gion, as all geographers will tell you. You have
only to put your seed into the ground, with half
the labor you have to perform iu the States, you
here may thake a comfortable living. Cotton
i and Rice grow here as well as in your Southern
’ States.
I It is true, a fair trial was never made for the
I culture of that valuable staple (Cotton) enough
j to prove that it can be raised in great quantity.
Rice is indigenous to this country; it will grow
j almost anywhere you may plant it, on high or
low land. We have Coffee, Potatoes, Ginger,
Arrow-root, Pepper. There has not been much
pains taken with the planting of Corn. Enough
lias been done, however, to satisfy one that it
can be made; for 1 have eaten as much as l
wanted iu proof of it.
As respects Coffee and other products, for a
I recent comer, and a young man, 1 need only re
j i’er to Mr. Joseph Bacon, one among many others
j who bid fair to become independent farmers,
! to say nothing of tnose who are living at ease
jon their farms. Come and see for yourself
-1 Born, aud raised the first part of my life among
the very best farmers in Liberty County, Geor
gia, I know that these things can be raised in
great quantities.
You wish to know vvliat is my occupation.—
1 answer, a little of any and everything, from a
house carpenter to a boat maker, I have not yet
seen the day that I have regretted my coming
Jto this country. All my objects have been
realized, while I have contributed my humble
: aid in laying the foundation of a civil and
religious government. Should this letter reach
j you before you leave, you can make use of it as
! you may see fit. No more, but remain your’s,
j in love,
Henry B. Stuart.
Other letters to the same purport, we are in
formed, have been received in this city and in
other parts of the Southern States. The fact
is now well established, that Liberia is the
place for the free colored people of the United
States. At the North,they area degraded and
vicious population ; at the South are they objects
of distrust among the whites and of envy among
the blacks. In Liberia they are the equals at least
of those around them, and may, by industry and
sobriety, become worthy citizens.
For Liberia. —Near one hundred Negroes
passed through this city yesterday,on their way
to Liberia. .Most of them were stout hearty
looking fellows, and would command from eight
to ten hundred dollars- They w ere nearly till
from Philadelphia, Team, and its vicinity.—Dal
ton Times, May 26 th.
Dr. Baker, the U. S. Consul at Genoa, during
a recent visit to Egypt, procured the donation
of a valuable block of Egyptian granite, for the
; monument to Washington. It is taken from
| the ruins of an ancient Temple of Alexandria,
supposed to have been tiie Alexandrian Libra
ry, and was brought over to Genoe by the French
line of steamers gratuitously, in honor to the
j memory of Washington.
I Mrs. Mowatl. —We learn from the Boston
i Transcript, ofthe 14th irist., that Mrs. Mowatt
arrived in that city on the 12th inst., accompa
nied by Wm. F Ritchie Esq., editor ofthe Rich
mond Enquirer. In fulfilment of a promise of
long standing, Mrs” M. will appear in tho char
acter of Desdemona, for the benefit of Mrs. War
ner, the accomplished English tragedienne
whose severe indisposition and many trials have
greatly enlisted the sympathy of the public.—
Mrs. Mowatt will not appear again during this
season, her own health not being quite re-estab
lished. In September she will commence a
round of farewell engagements in the principal
cities of the Union, and early in the spring she
will lav- aside her stage attire for the bridal robes,
aud retire to Richmond to private life. Her last
engagement and final farewell ofthe stage will
take place in Boston, where also her nuptials
with Mr. Ritchie will be celebrated.
The editor of the Mountain Signal says he
has weighed Wofford and Hiiiyer (politically we
presume he means) and has found Wofford the
heaviest. We should not be surprised if a Whig
should slip in just before the election, and out
weigh them both, nor would it be much matter
either.
Idolatry. —The Chinese Company, lately ar
rived at New York, before they would decide to
perform on Friday night at Niblo’s, tossed up
their wooden God, Josh, (heads or tails,) to learn
whether they could do so with impunity.—
“Josh,’’ like loaded dice, came down favorably.
[From the East Alabamian.]
Girard Hoad.
The following private letter has been handed
to us for publication. We give it without com
ment, for that would he superfluous. The sub
ject and source of the letter render it sufficient
of itself, speaking as it does to the best interests
and hopes of our citizens. Weare sure that the
call will be heartily responded to, ana that all
the available energy and means ofthis town and
section will b thrown into tho enterprise. Now
is our time—so let ns throw off the accumula
ted and cumbersome rust of inactivity, and let
action—action with a hearty good will—hence
forth be the order of the day. “A long pull, a
strong pull, and a pull altogether,” and it will
not be long before our now silent woods echo
back the scream of the “iron lierso,” as he
thunders along the track. But read the letter !
Mobile, May 12, 1853.
Mon. S. J. Bolling,— Dear Sir, — As I long
since wrote you, 1 have come to this place to
get aid to our Road, and only waited for the
proper time. And no doubt you have seen
v hat has been done. One million of dollars
from the city, and we are now raising fifty
thousand from private subscription—ten of it
raised in a few hours—and I am waiting on a
committee you see appointed to go and raise the
balance, which 1 feel confident we shall do be
fore 1 leave. That raised, and we shall com
mence locating and grading tho road from this
end immediately ; consequently say to your
friends to prepare to go to work, and those who
have not subscribed, they must come up to the
aid of the road. Fori can now say with con
fidence, the Road will be built. ~ VVe shall
start agents on the line for more aid in a short
time- in haste, your friend,
ROBT.S. HARDAWAY.
[From the Mobile Tribune.]
We publish this morning a communication
from Mr. Foster, concerning the resolution of
fered by him at the recent Girard Raiiroad
meeting.
The impression, we believe, in relation to the
propositions contained within the resolutions
which were adopted is that they cannot be made
practical. The object of tho meeting, however,
was to elicit public opinion as to whether the
citizens were willing to grant aid to the road.
The manner of granting it was not considered
to be important at the time. This, it was ex
pected, could be arranged subsequently.
The response given in public in favor of aid
ing the road is so hearty that we think there will
he no difficulty in adopting the plan which will
be best calculated to make that aid available as
soon as possible and in the most efficient man
ner.
We do not believe that the people will object
to the assumption ofthe small tax which will
he necessary for tiie payment of tho interest on
the proposed bonds. Mr. Foster calculates
that this interest will not he fifteen per cent., or
about one seventh of the present tax, a sum
which would hardly be felt.
But there will be plenty of time to mature
the conditions of these bonds. The assent of
the Legislature has to he obtained for the loan,
and it may turn out, so rapid are the changes
in our public opinion in relation to raiiroad im
provement, that the State itself may be induced
to extend aid to the work. Independently,
however, of any aid of this sort, the people of
this city have exhibited a disposition for im
provement that will go far to enlarge the muni
cipal credit. The works she is engaged in are
discreet works, and it will require no great sa
gacity to see that the loans she seeks in behalf
ol them are based on the soundest securities.
The Montgomery Journal, in relation to this
subject,says; “We publish in another column,
the report of the meeting in Mobile, recoin- i
mending the subscription of one million dollars
to the Girard and Mobile Railroad, to which
we refer the reader. We are glad to see that
Mobile is at iast looking to its own interest in
East Alabama. It cannot preserve that trade
without stretching out its hand for it. This
will aid to furnish a rapid communication of
eastern interior Alabama with the gulf at two
points, Mobile and Pensacola, as both those
cities will connect with the main stem from this
place. There are some restrictions, however,
in the resolutions which may materially hamper
the progress of the enterprise. Among them,
the determination that the Mobile city bonds
should not be sold under par. And again ; that
they should not hear above seven per cent, in
terest ; and further, that tiie avails of the bonds
should not be applied above Greenville. These
are restrictions which will tend to make the ac
tion of Mobile, in a great degree, unavailable
and inoperative. We trust tliat a reconside
ration and modification of the terms ofthe grant
ed bonds may be adopted so as to make them
of practical value.’’
[From the Mobile Tribune.]
Girard aud Mobile Kailroad.
The official report of tiie proceedings of tho
late Mobile and Girard Railroad meeting, repre
sent that an “amendment to tiie fifth resolution
was offered by Mr. Foster, and repulsed.’’ The
use of so unusual and strong a term of refusal,
has very naturally excited frequent inquiries as
to the character and design ofthe resolution to
which it refers, i am constrained to ask its
publication as the only means of acquitting my
self of the inference of having made au obnox
ious offering to the meeting. It is as follows:
Resolved, “That a Committee of seven he ap
pointed by the Chair, to take into consideration
all matters appertaining to the Girard and Mo
bile Railroad, and report to an adjourned meet
ing ofthe citizens of Mobile.’’
My object in proposing this as a substitute
for Col. Phillips’s fifth resolution, was to invest
the committee with more plenary [towers, that
the subject, in all its bearings, might be mature
ly considered, and some practical line of action
determined upon. I did not then consider the
plan put forth in Col. Phillips’s second resolu
tion as practicable, and subsequent reflection
has but served to strengthen my opposition
to it.
Its object is to induce the corporate authori
ties of Mobile to aid the work of the Girard
and Mobile Railroad Company to the extent
of One Million Dollars, by sale of city bonds
bearing not more than 7 per cent, interest, to
be soid at par or not at all; and, if negotiated,
the company to pay the interest. All this would
do very well if it were practicable, but my fear
is that it will fail of success, and thereby retard
the progress of the work. Is it probable that
our bonds, under the present embarrassed pecu
niary condition of the city, would sell on such
terms at par ? 1 think not. if, however, the
sale could be effected, would it bo politic to tax
the company with the payment of the interest l
ft occurs to me it would not, for the reason
that before it would be possible to render the
road available, the annual drain of interest
would exhaust a large portion ofthe “material
aid’’ we propose to furnish.
It js not probable that the road could be
[TERMS, $2 00 IN ADVANCE.
completed, equipped and rendered profitable un
der five years. Its payments of interest, there
fore, being seventy thousand dollars per annum,
would amount to three hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars: the practical result of which
would be to put one million dollars in one pocket
of the directory, and extract from the other fifty
thousaud dollars, more than one quarter of that
sum. A fraction of this, however, might be
saved, if the bonds could be negotiated from
: time to time to suit the wants of the company,
; which might not be the case.
With due deference to the scheme proposed,
! and its projections, it seems to me the better
policy would be for the city, with the consent
ofthe Legislature, and approval of its sovereigns,
; to sell its own bonds for eight hundred thousand
dollars, with inteiest at six per cent., say forty
eight thousand dollars per annum, to be paid by
special tax for the purpose ; and as security for
the payment of the bonds, the stock ofthe city,
thus procured, bo hypothecated as collateral,
j We cannot reasonably expect to share the ad
! vantages of this great enterprise, and aid it ma
! terially without money, and our only means of
raising money is by direct taxation for, at least,
the payment of interest. An additional tax of
fifteen per cent, on present assessments would
cease upon the completion of the road. These
and kindred views I thought, and still think,
worthy the consideration of the committee. I
submit them, however, with diffidence, begging
to assure all parties in interest that I am willing
to co-operate in any well matured course of ac
tion that may be adopted.
H. FOSTER.
Mobile and Ohio Bailroad.
We learn that at a meeting of the Board
held on Thursday, the necessary resolutions
i were adopted providing for the sale of six mil
lions of bonds, being in round numbers the
j sum requisite for the entire completion and
equipment of the mouth of the Ohio.
The negotiation of the bonds has been ten
dered to Col. William It. Hallett, who, for this
purpose, will proceed to Europe.
We do not anticipate any insurmountable dif
ficulty in this negotiation; for, though the
amount is a very large one, the basis upon which
it will be placed is adequate to the most trying
test.
The land donated by the Government, ex
ceeding eleven hundred thousand acres, is of
itself a security ; for it may safely be placed in
value at 85,000,000. When to this we add that
the whole road-bed and superstructure are pro
vided for by subscription, and that the money
borrowed is to be invested iu the completion of
the work, we see that there is the most ample and
full security that could be required by the most
scrupulous capitalist.— Register.
Murder.
Alfred Cremon is now confined in our jail for
tho wilful murder, on Saturday evening, of a
man name Willoughby, a resident of Coving
ton county. Willoughby was travelling in this
county peddling chairs of his own manufacture.
It.appears that Willoughby stayed at Oremon’s
bouse on Friday night. They were both seen
on Saturday, previous to the murder, lying iu
the road drunk, with a jug of whiskey between
; them. Cremon shot VVillougMiy twioo with IL
rifle, one shot scarring his left elbow, and the
other piercing his back. It is evident from the
position of the body when found, which was ly
! ing on its face, that Willoughby was in the act
lof running from Cremon when he fell. Wil
! loughby’s money is said to have been tiie incen
! live to the crime of murder.— East Alabamian.
Outrageous.— A letter from Milledgeville,
| dated 22d inst, informs us, that on the night
I previous a diabolical attempt was made to mur
der Mr. Hawkins and his family. It appears,
in the morning Mr. H. had chastised a negro
woman ofhis for impudence given to her mis
tress, who threatened to kill one of his children,
if lie repeated the whipping. In the afternoon,
Mr. 11., his wife and daughter, started for their
plantation out of town, but after proceeding
about a mile lie turned back, feeling sick. He
sent for a barber to shave him, and while under
going the operation, a negro fellow by the
name of Toby, (formerly the property of Mr.
Tinsley,) the husband of the woman whipped
in the morning, stepped to the door and said he
wished to see his master. On Mr H. going out,
Toby asked him why he whipped his wife, and
made at him with a knife, threw Mr. 11. ito the
floor, and cut his throat from ear to ear, without,
however, severing the wind pipe. He also cut
Mrs Hawkins slightly in the back, and Mrs
Hawkins sister, Mrs Baily, in the side, on the
face, andin the thigh. He would have killed
Mr. Hawkins had notone ofhis negroes run from
the stable and caughthis arm. The wounds inflic
ted by him on all are serious, but not dangerous.
Toby and his wife are both in prison, and will,
no doubt, receive speedy punishment for the of
fences committed. Great excitement was caused
in Miiledgeville as soon as the circumstances
became known. — Const. <Sp Rep.
Slabbing. —A case of extreme violence and
ruffianism occurred yesterday afternoon. A gen
tleman was walking with a lady in Water street,
near Newhouse’s store, when a man, said to
be a Spaniard, and supposed to be crazy, not
only offered some'offence to the lady, but severe
ly stabbed the gentleman. On being pursued,
he ran for shelter to the coffee shop of— Pe
tronovicb, on Government street, where, for a
time, lie held all at bay by his formidable bowie
knife, but was eventually knocked down and
secured in the guardhouse.
His Honor will elicit more particulars this
morning. Mrß. is severely injured.— Mobile
Register.
A A'etc British Protectorate —lt is stated,
that tiie question of a British Protectorate over
the Republic of Liberia, in Africa, has been
mooted in political circles in Washington, The
proposition to our government is, to consent
that Liberia shall in future he “protected” by
England, and by this plan obviate the necessity
for direct diplomatic relations between Liberia
and the United States.
E AUTimt'AKi: in Augusta.—The attentive
operators of the Telegraph office have shown
us a despatch which states that the whole city
of Augusta felt the shock of an earthquake,
this morning at 30 minutes past five, which las
ted about two minutes. The writer says : “the
house 1 was in rocked like a cradle—no dam
age done that I can hear of.”— Sav. Journal
21st. inst.
Thirty-three gentlemen of Wilmington, N. C.,
have subscribed $60,000 to be applied to deej>-
ening the bar at the entrance to Cape Fear
river.
The attempt to pay off the incumbrances on
tho estate of Daniel W ebster has been abandoned.
The examination of the Cadets at West Point
will take place on the Ist of June.
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