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, POtHlLL, editor.
MI1.L.ED3EVILL.E, GEORGIA, SiTURDAF, OCTOBER 16, 1830.
VOLUME 1. NUMBER 16.
ee federal guion
,'aa <.»e«y ai iHRr.K dollars per ari
ls P U idvancc, or Four, it' nut p.ud befurt the end of the
Office is oa IVaijnt-Street, opposite Me
.P 1 " Tavern. .
^\dvi:r: ikements published at the usual rotes.
/? Each Citation by tin* Clerk? of the Courts ofOr-
v tint application has been math far Letters o> Ad-
.vrati'Ui, must be published Thirty days it least-
iMice by Executors and Administrators tor Drbtory
i Credit rs to render in their accounts must be publiah-
W ; MX WEEKS.
Silaj' n.-groes by Ex cutorsand Administrators must
ic advertised Sixty Days before the day of sale.
Sales of personal property (except negroes) of (estate
and int««tute estates t»y Executors and Administrators,
niusi be advertised Foi\ty days.
Applications by Executors, Administrators and Guar
dians to he court of ordinary for leave to sell Land must
be published Foe* months.
Applications by Executors and Administrators for Let
ters Disinissory, must be published 5i v months.
Applications lor for- closure of Mortgages on real Es
tate must b advtrtised ^nc<; a month for -Six months.
Sales of real estate by Executors, Administrators and
<3 i tr dans must he published Sixty days before th~ day
of s lie. These sales must be made at the court-house
door between the hours of 10 in the morning and four in
the afternoon. N • s.iie from day to da) is valid, unless
so expressed in the adver iu ment.
Orders of C »;r*.uf Oratory, (accompanied with a copy
of the hand, or ugret ;nui ) to make tides to Land, must
be advertised Three months at least.
Sheriff’s sales under executions regularly granted by
the court?, must be advertised Thirty days.
Sheriff’s sales under mnrlgige executions must be ad
vertised Sixty days before the day of sale.
Sheriff’s sain- of perishable property under order of
Court must be advertised generally Ten days-
AH ‘rdsrs for Advertisement? will be punctually at
tended to.
%+ All Letters directed to the office, or the Editor,
must bapost-paid to entitle them to attention.
£mnin : ^T
Fourth of November, 1830 / /
SEIZE THE IVICBCE25T
A3 XT 7X.IESIU
ii^jUCtt *r, epporti ntty b is ntvtr
been offertu here before, for real-
izn.i* i<» ourselves w« alth, for a trifle,
$30,000 for Ten !
T-. s cb as are str»;gg. r.g in vain efforts
'o relieve themselves from the burdens
r|l $$*6 01 Poverty, we say come; to such as do
i- c not fe el the bitterness of poverty, but
Sire ease, wc say come; to such as
YTjf&jJdSJitCq harc wealth but vvonid nut be tinwill-
C *' g’o extend their means of et jovment,
V 0 0 U: ' sa J con*e; all who desire fortune,
we invite to come without delay to Wt-
att Foard’s Lucky Lottery Office,
where,on the FOURTH OF NEXT MONTH, he may
imve the pleasure of auditor you the. comfortable s :n i»l
10,000DOLLS.
as the result of a fortunate adrentme. m ihe Milledee-
villc Masonic Hal! Lottery. The THIRD DRAWING
of which v-. ill take ptr.ee on the
4TH OF NOVEMBER.
The following SPLENDID PRIZES will bv floating on
that day.
oonnsvNicATxoir.
2 PRIZES
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$500
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5.1*00
3
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400
2
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1,000
3
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300
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900
2
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200
3
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19
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it
100
1
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700
37
do
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50
1
do
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600
brides 20’s and 10’s.
BRANCH BANK OF DARIEN,)
VilLcd^tHlle id October, 1330. $
MR TENTH >f the principal of all accommodation
Not s due this Bunk will be required at each re
newal after the 25th inslant.
By order of tn- Board,
(It) GEORGE U. MURRAY, Cashier.
GsosLC-rA eo&o!
L. HESJBXTS
J ~E J -■ just ieturned from N.
Lil York with a RICH AS
SORTMENT ( f
rri:e jewe&rtt,
ni-no fact oral oi G r ia Gold,
nj>d under hi? i mined me ft -p. e-
tim—cone is ting of Gentlemen's
ami L parn.tlever li defi
es, lUfals and Kiyr, cable, b op
find b 'Si, et neck ClLlIJs'S;- •
JjrrnaiPiP.1. Earrings, ai.J Finite-ring”; Jjiutaturc
Ixt-uU; Jh:’a ! iors gold aud silver i<a/'; A’-so, silver pa-
l,'u; lercra : l plain W tc - is; silver, and plated table, tea,
aid an ’ soup Spools; ever pouted Pencil C.irer,
f i,tv. I CC'Midl.-stirks, C ke Baskets, Snuffers and
T'.* Silver spectacles and Thimbles Uritania Cetfee
&T jvP * Do. Spoons a-id Ladles, Shell-Coains, Pocket
li :.'fi in ' Pars s, Dirks and Knives, Rung. f’s Pocket
r». t ; r >! Knives, Razor'and Scissors. ’Ai lUrng Cunes--
MMilTARY G0 >DS—consisting of Gill and Plated En-
:o ! t-, Celts, -Suur«, flat*, Lacc, Buttons, Cord, Cotk-
ad «md Emits. Travelling anti Pocket Pistols.
Tli- abnv- added tn f.omcr s'oek will make a very
crinp e'eas'-o-iment, which arei (V-;red at wholesale and
r -tail a« lew as at any oilier establishment in the Sou’ll
era <r ->rir»?« v.
OLD ,nd NEW GOLD < r SILVER received for any
of the shove uiwicks VV.jTCHES and CLOCKS repair
ed Zi-r- l.sual.
Oftober B »•! r,t
The price of Tickets must sn->n rise.
P RE 'ENT PRICE,
Whoh s ? 10—Halves $5- Quarters §2 50.
All Orders, post-paid, will nw et «i h pro .p: attention.
WYATT rOAXiE,
Sccveiarp to the nmmissiontrs.
Mniedgcville, Oct 9 14 tf
WtWCtsu
f ❖ m
fr. V-M
AND
«- «i*L7e(U-K* iki Ml S»< t av m)
.M^ >K sub.'cnncr, I; v ng made Hrr.’-iigtmtuits t- settle
S- in Colu-tih-js this winter f>r the. purpose of trar.sact-
ifor a general 1 .Yu.e-Hiuise. and Cornmissien BiiMoee*,
trkes liiit i.pponimMy of informing hi* friends and the 1
public, that on the lust November IBs t\ AR.E-HOUbE,
( tu.'.'ed on N*is Sam! 7, and bound' d on the West bv
R it-Mroct and tint i?i.e«-, on the North by B-ddivio-
?>tr et, >n l!i»* East by Tront->*ri et, and on the Sooth by
Fe«-Slrec*,) ivil-be open f'-r i|h reception e.f
Colton cy 'Merchandize.
So and iioo to ll»e g-'<- iritv f.-•■■ni Fi-o, ” hich ihe ■■•hove fe-
cation presents, (:utiofi c«n be.; hipped without die expem-c
eff dravuge. From long rvp'-i'i.-nce in the above Imsiae.-s.
the subscriber utters himself tbnil hc» : .Mv>ee' with (and
Ytsj.ec fully solicits) a liberal shuie of public p'trcnegc.
P. A. CLAYTON.
OctB 14 2t
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AND
Ilk,
OUfXilVlISSZON EUSISIES^.
TKNHE subscribers, grateful for past favor*, renew the
5 tend, r >f ;h-ir serviC'«
public, with the assurance, th
o their friends and l
t they will as herctofurs
dc\ ite 'hnr time to •'.» interest of their employers.
Their W illE-Ht'»USC will be in good order for the rc'
O' i.o11 a.r.u safe keepiugol c untry produce and merchan-
*1./.a They diem i 1 dne to themselves to state the situa-
Itiun of tiicir W-TS'Ho'tscs—urns—They nru bounded on
4be 7<urtb, by Bay-street cn t tiie river—on ’he West, by
.an pen space of nb >n! 180 feel—on the South, by Rey
nold street, about 65 feet wide, and on the East by Ci mp-
,bell-stre. t about G5 f et wi ic. In addition to Ihe secu
rity "g'ltist fire, .ruich the ab >ve location piesenl!*, they
•Fi ne about the centre of their Lot, a Hydrant which dc-
^ivers water from ihe aqueduct lately completed in this
icvtv.
They will grant the usual facilities, by advances of mo
ney or others isc, to such ns nmv favor them with custom.
A. SLAUGHTER & c. LA BUZ KN.
Augusta, Oct 2 13 at*
Fia.GTGiiAa.iiii
JLYD
Gwiasissici? BYSinsss.
f|>HE undersign u graielully jcknowtcdge the liberal
X. patronage with which they have been favored in the
above line, and respectfully inform the public that they
continue its trunaaction in tbe City, and that their faith
ful and undivided attention will bo devoted to the busi
ness of their patrons.
* Liberal Cash advances may be expected on Produce,
! \)K. i’ORS John M. McAlce and James
' J .tkJr t. Underwood, hare associated tinm
! stives in the I RACTICE of PHY8IC, and
| its collateral branches, Surgery, Midwifery,
• t«.c. m- er Ibe firm r.f
& UKDERWOOD,
One ofwnon will 0 t . tu read;, it ,.11 tunes io aitend to
■my professional calls. Their mileage or >»‘.ber charges
wift '■ moderate, as times are bar !. They hope from
iir;rr>.it:m r .attention to the unties of (heir profrsMOn, to
merit "ml re reive a liberal share of the public patron >ge.
N. B.—Titty will Practice in tbe Cherokee Nation
when c i!hd on. McAFEE & UNDER-'* ODD.
Gsi'irsviiie, Hall county, May l, 1830 225—tt
TOWN LOTS
»*>
pv - *n '■*:
pi W a<4
SV ri c.’ •
f ^ 3 HERE w=.| be a s.ie of in remaining LOTS in the
JL tow n cf Carrol.ton,
Carroll county, on the 25tii and
2dth < f October next. Among which there is some front
It) g very suitable tor merch nilile business—Also a nmn
orr of large back lots very suitable for farm ami garden
cultivation.
Carrollton is situated on a plsce of beautiful cmi-
nence, and ia admirable
fer fat r 11 iltering prospects of
health—supposed lo he os
healthy as any of up country
villages, and is now budding to bloom in the midst cf a
gold region. Terms madeknr'wn on tbednv of sole.
AMOS HELTON, Clerk/
Oct 2
13 4t
LIST OS’ LE2TEK.S
TF~21 EMAIMAG in the Po-'-Office at nticello, Ga.
JLfe' oii the lstdctober,
1330.
.!.4)c Atkinson
Mrs. Mary Ledbetter
Mrs Barshiba Ahead
Edmond Lawt s
Putnam Adams
Walter Lumpkin
James Betts
Thomas Luckett
William Barker
Phi'lip Lewis
James brpdlw
Edward W. Lane
Thotr.es Bland 2
Daniel T. Lane
| Hartwell Bass.
James M. McClane
j John B'wff
Pu-chnl Murphey
! Miss M. Brkcr
J«rnes B. ' '-i7.c
| Jonathan B us '
Jarred Mathis
1 How 11 Rurhamn
J me- II. Morrow
j James 9. Brown
So mud M g e
i Robt. Benton
Phillip McKamie
Th. mas W. Bender
Htgli Moatg mrry
William Cnok
h r<*. ar\ Moon 2
John Cunnard
James Marks
! Thomas Crawford
VYoodv ‘.lordand
i Mrs. Eliz ihttb Compton
William Mobh-y
i Eli.-ha Crow
Mm. McEncovc4
j Thomas Cicy
V. iiiinm Mill-.
Wiley J. Cox
James B. Norris
| Charis? CairiJe
Jam s Py-,
} Mrs. Acjne>!» Crocket
Copt. Penn
j C >1. A’ficd Cutbbret
Powell & G'.^gS
loan J Itabs
William Pliii.ijts
Vb< J. Dog?ctt
Mr. Read
tehn Dillon
William R g and
stra. Hannah Dabney
Miss Elizabeth Randal
\\ iiiiaio M E ! !iott
Oiborn KuOinssn
Mrs M;>rv F.girton
Pryor Reeves
Pnslips Echols
Tbotn».s S'ffjld
Thomas Erwin
N( rs. Rachel >iagner
‘Samuel Fears
Wiili. m B. Stokes
• *iss Matilda Freeman
Novy P. Sugs
Jamt s Freeman
Thomas Smith
Mathew Ford
L. Smorton
tehn Gre«-r
Drc ry Saffold
W iliinm P Green
Joel Slurdcvant
S.itiod H. Gay
James Spurlin
tames Gwyn
James M. Spear
lc:~c Good
Willis Si-ear
Henry Hunt
\V, W. Smith
Wiley Holifield 3
Miles Stephens
Peter M. Hughes
Edwin Stordevant
(Villiem Hutcheson4
Henry Teel
Mrs. Nancy Heath
John Taylor
John Henderson
JJm Thurmond
Stint'd Henderson
John Tassmore
Jacob Hawk
Samuel Teddars
Benjamin Hnwrick
Mathew Thompson
Mccv Hart-fidd
James Thompson
IV a mac Jordon
Owen Tyton
Green B. Jackson
Phillip Tliurraond
Thus. P. Jones
Alexander Urquhart
Benjamin Jenkins
Darting Vickers
Aliab Johnson
Thomas W ilson
Thos. P. G. Johnson
Dr. A- Ward
Thomas King
Joel Wise
Sliadrick Kimbrough
P. A. West
Allen Kelly
Col. John Wilson
Corndus lvi’chens
Henry WaddUe
Thomas Loyd
Edmond Webb or
George W. Lawrence
Char lee Webb
PETER URINNELL, P. M.
Oct 9
14 3t
&c. in Store, when desired
Augusta, Aug. 7, 1830
STOVALL & SIMMONS.
l'2t
LAW X70TX93.
WILEY W. GAITHER,
H AVING located bimsalf at McDonough, Henry
county, tenders his Professional services to the
public as Attorney and Counsellor at Law. He will ul*
G?nd the Courts pf the vanoue counties in the Flint Cir-
m. Ao 5 83 -8
GEORGIA, Dooly county.
T HE kindred and creditors of Ann Fairclotb. late of
said county, deceased, are hereby notified that E l-
win Mercer and Caleb Faircloth, have applied-to me for
letters of Administration, dtbonis non, on the estate of
Gabriel P. R. FaircloUl, late of said county, dccased; and
unless objections be filed in terms of the law, said letters
wiH be grunted al the sitting of the Inferior £ourt for Or
dinary purposes the first Monday in November next.
Given under my hand 14th August, 1830.
THOMAS H. KEY, C. c. o.
Sept 18 11 5t
JOB PRINTING,
NEATLY EXECUTED AT TUIS.OFFICE.
[for TBR FEDKRai; tfilON. j
FALLS OF TELLiLA
! TO C & W .
ThoWwandVr l ti. rk woods, wbost busby tops
D'ink up the fieiy cop, which Summer pours,
From her high throne; and, playing to the winds,
Shake down rtfreshing cool—thy lonely path,
Along the Valley winds, and w hen the Sun
Looks to his rest, as does the mother wrap
Her babe to sleep so thou art closely wrapt,
And dark, Teliele, in the Mountain’s shade.
On thy green banks, rich food for flow’rs as yet,
Other than bird, no Minstrel seats himself,
tVith thy pure Stream, to pour the stream of Song.
Thyself art song,—primeval—simple—pure—
Each wave, a harp, which Moon-beams play,—tby banks
Utter a manimrto the Soul, where thought
d lows fresh and fair, of sweetest symphony.
With Harp sweet strung, ami tun’d for lofty sounds,
Up to thy niry chambers (iiountain-form’d,
The Muse would climb. Thus l*ng neglected, she,
In all thy gaiety and wildness sweat,
Would sing: and to the fair empire of song,
To decorate, iby name and gior? add.
In the dark bosom ot the Mountains, then
Thy being hast, and tby green ebamtu-rs lie
Between their tops. Tby mothers nourish’d thee
Will, <b:i>-drops fresh and aliment die till’d
From clouds—celestial food. T () gather for
Thy d imty lip tl.»* shove hr, their naked arms
They s'.retch, and feel that burning ndtieot
The ciiH.hs sting, Inuisiog wnh a stunning roar.
Uj- lo i>c clonus, thr.s j sailing man ions of
Cool winds. ti*x Orchards tin ir green glory send,
With eni’raldsTlie their dusky wings, and bear
The pleasant fruits of coolness anti of shade.
O Muse! Give me the Comeliness of ibought,
Tbt lilied loveliness cf sound fullblown,
Of ..ll E <rlh loves, tnt msclvts uioslfai'-, which thou,
In oloen *inie, gave great Lyssuder, when
He stood «t tall imams’ feet, or on
The >erdant Imnbsoi Alphcus, and sung,
in s'rains which pierce ell future times, the loves
Of Shepherds ami of Shcpbei desses f ir,
An i a'l Arcadia’s groves and blooming li Ids.
Gi»e rr • too hi? Lyre, whose tender sounds
Make sorrow’s iedd n feet outspeed, and slmme
The Iron-Mnew’d Whirlwind in his course.
Tin i) 1 would sing; and singing, gladly would
M) country’s tar icap forth to hear my song.—
Her ear, which leans to catch the distant sounds 1
Offortign Baids. scarce drinks tbe sweetness fresh
Of her own Mar^s. Harp of my Country rise!
Stvect-twangmg cum. from 'fcy Lw dwdiing daik,
i he world txj.eeis thee, and eternal Fame,
Whose periling iiroipc sh.kes the 6iarry roof ol'time!
Invites to lolly Minstrelsy arid sweet
A nett Arcadia blooming fresh and fair,
b. queslei’d in my conn'.rv’s bosom, where
1' .iuia t oils iie- jflotci r-border’d w aves;
(kit h n to.; wealth ofd wtrs, of Grottos cool.
Of trees umb ageons, and uf lip grant bow-’rs;
In voice of hir- most :icb, in lawns, which slope
Green-w avmg ’o t'.e i ye, greener than n hich
Id.dianot, r:or Dian’s ieet ec’r pressed;
in Mountains too, where sleeps that noisy dust,
Whose yellow magic does uproar tin world,
md knock the fetters off from war and sin:
But most of all, in streams whose limpid waves,
Gelid and pure, as fountains whence they come,
O’ei beds of gold, in shade, or iMonn-iight.ro!!;
For Kings’. ich couches, yet am not too rich
Nor tin- for them, children of deirs and showers,
Nor’nealh their moihet's rank, who, atlheir birth,
Placed them in cradles, made ot Gold, and rock’d
Their infancy.* But peering high above,
Iter sisti rs all in vast magnificence
And bettuty too, tlon- the Lyre must swell,
Tellula, roaring feUer of the world's eye.
llow shall 1 find those words, whose foamy sides,
Whose deaf’nmg rojr and bead-long tossings wild,
As does a glass Lite face of things unseen,
Snail idea form in fuilhluincss this stream,
As from the Mountain’s.broken (oj> it leaps.
Breathy and steep ascend with me to «Imre
Begin the Fallsf Where ev’ry thing wears to
The eye a fearful dignity, and sceias
In their own grandeur dress’d,—and where the soul,
Uaelhon’d by the Earth with all its plains
And lumber pil’d, f» els u s infinity
Start sudden forth, and in profile ei*joy3
E.crnitj, the idea vast of God,
* From evrrv geognostic consideration
the Tellula River ami the neighbonng
stream* must bt* included as lying' in and flow
mg throtrgh the gold country or region, which
is now awaking so much interest and anxiety,
and attracting so much attention from the citi
zens ol Georgia, as well as of others Slates.
Nothing can be more beautiful and pictu-
rerque than this part ol our country.
Arcadia, front Arc; s, son of Jupiter, was
celebrated lor its Oaks, anti, on this account,
was anciently called Drymodes—land of oaks,
oak beaitog. Our Arcadia, if I may so call it,
can boost almost of every species of boau ifui
and majestic tree, as weil as shrubbery. The
oak only comes in for a share ol its beauty —
lis situation is very much like that of the Gre
cmn Arcadia, the back couutrv ol Peloponn-.s-
sus, being like it Inland.
Accordiogly to the descriptions given by
recent travellers of the Peloponnesian Arca
dia. and of the Macedonian Olympus, the lat
ter, once the serene abode of Jupiter, Armipn-
tetis, Thunderer, Conservator, Statorwhere
Mood tbe b autiful Temple of Apollo and the |
Muses, in which their Court was held;—where
was celebrated the leasts of the Gods;—ven
erable and renowued seat of imperishable Ac
tors, actions, and doings—of sweet and sublime
recollections—of the mighty image of the an
cient world of man overtopping tune—cover
ed with classic glory—beaming in the full-orb
ed splendor of Song—strong, uplifted in im
mortality, accordingly to the descriptions of
travellers, I say, the Western part of Georgia,
a State unjustly despised by the North, in geo
graphical grandeur and charming scenery far
ex'el either of these countries so much boast
ed of, and admired by antiquity.
Could some of the Phoenecian Poets or Ho
mer, whose Harp is, at once, an ornament to
tho species, and continues to bo the delight
and pleasure of all ages, have visited this our
cousl^', what would they or he have said?—
In the* beautiful little stream of Tuccoah,
which falls so high, that its waters come down
in mist or like dow drops, what lovefy Cassi-
ope, fairer than fbe fairest of the Nereides
would the latter have seen bewailing her mis
fortunes, unjustly suffering from the vengeance
of some Divinity or some discarded lover,
pouring down her tears and ottering plaintive
lament atioosl What Cyprian beauty mourn
ing over the cruel and untimely death of her
Adonis'. What a beautiful poetic world he
would have created—a system of religion un
lold(edi-r$nd of Divinities.
Anil Nature’* boundlessness, on either sidr,
Sweeping it through.- On yonder side extends
A plain. Its blue fields far, the traveler sees,
And rm rksiii airy sc»t. Or if by night
He chance, pleas’d, be beholds the Moon, as she
Comes riding through, and dies with snowy beams
ft? . sure dirk. Tiansform’d it then appears
A wati.igsen of .milk, as if it were
Now supper time for those goods spirits there.
Summer in the wide fields of air below
Her sweet industry plies In purple light,
Cooldrcss’d, a zone nfsparkling em’ralds binds-
Her beauteous waist. She calls ihe clouds to meet
Around her from afar, rich food, and good
For trees and shrubs, her children of the plains,
Green-leafing pach. Below too, are the halls,
Where Boreas sits in sullen majesty,
His bushy locks all matted o’er, and stiff’
With pending iclcs and frost,—busy
Moulding the hail. In years, which foulded up
Their wings, and hid their dusky sides beyond
The pen tf History, this Lluey plain
Was then a Lake or Inland sea. Its waves
V\ ere jeivel’d like the rot>e of n’ght, for they
On theirfair bosom w ore the stars, and when
Aurora in her raj>id Chariot came,
Her rosy face aud lively form could see.
It? pure liquidity hci glowing wheels
Did seem to cut, and in it play’d along
The fiery manes of her swift-flying steeds,
Tossing as if they’d slake their burning thirst.
It was Telluls, in her infant days,
Who gather’d all her waters there, which stood
Embattled ready for the rugged war
Of Nature. High in her fury rose she,
Her waves stood bOh, and slimv’d their gliit’iing heads
Above the Mountain’s top. Threat’ning, they shook
Their stormy sides, and ever and nnou,
Loos’d from its seat srme-oughiy rock roll’d down,
Mo- mg the Oak. Q"ick from the plains in haste
Th’ aetonish’d cattle fled, a no left uncrop’d
The grass, as if in monitory voice
Nature ha chII’iI to them. They swept along,
As does the North wind sweep Norwcgia’s plains,
When Autumn first with his long yellow locks
h seen to ride in his bright golden ci>r
Aoroad. The Mountain trembling stood, and felt
The mighty pressure -trong Now open’d ail
Tbeir nm;«y throats the waves, and, in their rage
Bore heaii-long-crashtng-dowri its entrails bare,
Leaving a fissure wide. Tbe squalid form
Of ruin now appear’d, unveiling full
Her mournful visage palid, lean, the tooth
Of hon or. The sinewy tongue of thunder,
Or of Aetna now had been dum silence:
And ev’ry thing appear’d, the earth had lost
tier foot-hold, arid wns making a inistep.
Screnmingthe affrighted Eagles flea, and left
Their Aiiy torn away, and far below
ite. in the tree-tops dark, the stupid owls
l loo'ed nstomshment, as if the world
Had sudden lost a >• heel, and drogg’d along
Its .xle rough and bare; or all at or-ee,
Nature had laced another way, unknown
And strange to them. (The course her wide path leads,
Mysiy and dark, except to eye of God,
Knows he how little, AM How lit; It man!
Taking such lusty eye-sight to himself,
Presumes to be her pvopnet, chronicler!)
Onward they rush’d through the wide gap, and whirl’d
From their high stats, the mighty rocks which seem’d,
By ihe world’s Builder plac’d on Thruics to awe,
As Monarchs, all the abject world beneath.
So rush’d the Grecians on the rejnn bands,
Foremost Ajax and Achilles, and from
Tu’ Imperial seats of Ilion, whirl’d
Tire Princes down, but less in strength and noise
Than they, wielding the arm of Nature, not of man.
The Mountain shook in its whole length al mg,
From his dark den starting the Wolf; and from
Its crevices swarm’d forth Ihe bats. So from
1 he hive, the Boo*-, wbtn fipi-inj Qiibar. the gates
Oi Flora’s garden wide. Shook dreadfully
The airy houses, where those beings dwell,
W ho tu the School-toy hollow, invisible,
Thin-substanc’d, and of doubtful shape, whose tongue
One-svil,iblfd, speaks only what is told
To them—the Echoes. Out of doers run they,
Hallooing to their distant neighbors loud,
»inn voice met voice, and one vast Sea of sound
Rush’d up to drown the Stars. As woman lov’d,
In zephyrs flowers, in dew-drops, clouds, or dreams,
•VbcrevY they be. meets all her lover’s thoughts,
: r d answers them, now forming ot herself
i - is whole horizon or circunif’rence wide,
This vasty Sea of sound was form’d around
i’elinla, when she h< Id in her clench’d teeth
Nature's great giant roaring lustily.
How shah I draw the silky thread cfsong,
Tender as beam of woman’s eye, arid in
Itsgoiden wool these mighty rums weave!
the aiyful records they, the monuments
Of early times, wnich lift their heads above
The misty stream if years, and hold tiiscourse
With man’s swijt-fooled ages, ns they pass.
Two Iooguncaven rows of broken rocks,
Frightful, in wild and rugged grandeur hang,
Forming the gap. Leaning far down, the eye
Bcliolus ihe waves bigb-prccipiced, as they,
Cover’d in mis , from rock to rock toss down.
' Vide they uulolu their snowy wings, us if
To ease their dreadful full,—the wings ol foam,
Pierces the soul with chitling cold the eight,
So deep and fearful uoes the channel he.
Onw«rd they roll—and toss—and fall,—until
Far down beneaih tiny reach the basin, which,
In ages long-gone-by. they hollow’d out.
There boils the fa tun, as old Cbarybdis boils,
OrSc>l!a famed n« ancient soog, and where
The billow lays his wearied head lo resu
lt is to it the place of calm repose,
l l»e night—the grave—where its loud voie^is hush’d.
•So from the precipice of life rolls down
The stream of mortals, and forever rolls,
In noise and tumult foaming down, until,
It reach the mighty basin of the tomb.
Thus fur her weuned children. Nature has prepar’d
The. ambrosial cup, the sweet solace
Of death, ana after wards repose—for alls—
And with the tconn ami craicliitg insect shall
Comets and tSuns drink of Ibis cup, aud find
A coffin large enough to hold their dust.
As down the channel flies the Zephyr swift,
The billows catch his blue wings in their folds,
And break in mist. Then charmingly above
Their white-tops, rain-bows bend BweetraaisAmcnt.
At each wave-tall the earth vibrates beneath,
And rushes upward one eternal roar;
Which is like perfect silence shaped, like it
In ev’ry thing save the materials;
Itself no sound, because so constant beard,
But stop’ll for once, silence would be loud noise.
Its tniipode, its nadir be itself.
Yonder an aged reck of mighty weight,
Smooth on its top, hangs o’er the roiwing flood.
Lonely the Engle perches there, and feels
His safety in Ids wings. By night he sits,
And secs, as in the nether Hemisphere,
The tvjuers tWstiing oti, ^
The playful Mern. Doting ht? pecks at her,
As on tbe rising n ave toward him, she
Bounds up and rides. The place is lonely, and
So great the distance down, approaches near
No loot, sacred to fear, and wboty it.
’Twas on tliN smooth white rock Tethelmah came,
When long tbe Stars of night had burnt, and sunk
Many to rest;—A still and solemn hour;—
And those which yet r-mnineddid seem to steal,
So soft and still along their course, as if
They roll’d their brilliant wheels direcily round
The georg“ous couch, where wearied Nature had,
A moment, stop’d to takr repose. Lovely
Tcthcknah was-—a*virgin beautiful--
The supplest symmetry—her form—her heart
Was pore, and once ns gay as those wild f.ewcrs,
!’ id which her child-hood play’d:—Native’s sweet child
Born fair to please, but like Aristnclea,!
To misfortune born, the heir of sorrow,
And of Love’s empire. With her long hlark hair
The windsdid lo*e to play—the irild winds uf
The wilderness—in many-magic foid,
Wou’d curl it o’er her shoulders bare, and shade
Tlie olive beauty of her neck, madd’ning
Her lover’s eye. Tufted in it she wore
The plumes, the giycst plumes of birds, and flowers,
. 'he gifts of wooing love. She often wept,
And saw her tears mix with the stream, on who&
Green banks she sat alone. In solitudes
She fell her borne, and often wander’d there
To muse on sorrow deep. U;> to the rock
She flew in w ild despair, in other days,
‘*\ hich she had seen, and gaz’d with terror on.
Down in the waves she beam her Fathers’ voice,
Her F titers of the other world call her,
And saw there up vard reach their long, white arms.
She leap’d—and those white sheets of foam, I’ve sung,
Became alas! Tcthelmah’rfl winding sheets.
G .
t Tho fulls do not graphically begin at the
summit of tbe Mooulnm, since the waters, in
the progress of ages, have worn it away^-thc
gtip, as viewed from the highest point being
perhaps from 12 to 1500 feet deep. The falls
then must begin some distance below its sum
mit. The Poet simply makes choice of this
elevated spot, up to which he conducts his
reader, as must be perceived, on account cf
its -advantageous situation—that he might a-
vail himself of the beauty and grandeur ol
Mountain scenery, to give greater poetical ef
fect to the description of the falls. He hope??
to be excused for this little inaccuracy. The
dramatic movement of the Poem supposes tbe
reader as well as the Poet himself, to remain
there Spectators until it closes with that right
^ful suicide of Telbeluialte v
(I The traditions of the Aboriginal world are
entirely silent, as to the time when this beaut
tiful, but unfortunate female flourished. Cer
tain actions and opinions belong to certain
epochs of civilization in human society, w hich
may serve, in some sort, to fix the dates of
events But these unfortunate people, whom
wo have continned to drive back itt the wil
derness, having made no progress in this re.
-pect. have left nothing to throw any light on
the subject of the period of her existence.
Her story is simply this:—She was the most
pcriectly beautiful, and lovely woman of her
.ge; high in rank, tbe Daughter, of some
Prince Many of her country’s Doble warriors
ought her hand, and laid at her feet the troph*
ies their valor had won on the sanguine field.
Doubtful whom to accept among so many
worthy lovers contending for her possession
-he delayed to make a choice, until her coun
try was about to suffer on account of their
contention. This circumstance overwhelmed
her with grief and calamity. She considered
d as a signal manifestation of the displeasure
of the Gods of her people and country, w ho
had turned against her; and that the duty of
religion demanded of her to make a sacrifice
ol* homc-U. This iiuiiiitilo errnfure
Love sat enthroned in her bosom, hut her sa
cred duty of religion triumphed over it, and
rearing some greater evil than death if she de
layed, she rushed up to the fop of the Monn-
te.in. ran to (he fatal spot, nwt Je the hap.
Some one marked her course Seven of
her heroic Lovers esteem I it enviable and
glorious to die (he same death On the same
- ["’U and afterwards like her, mode the lovers*
leap
0 Love! thy altars, which only ought to
breathe perfumes, and he decorated wnb gay
and sweet-scented flower:-, are every where
amed with blood; the Ocean of tears and
sighs wash round them ms toad of that of plea
sure, and thy fatal leaps are famous in every
part and cornertef the Enrit-!
The Ctimaeon Sea washes by them; the
H mot is, the Orontes—and even here union-*
the simple children of the Wilderness, th 7\ L
aila Shall »be heanfj of woman forever bo
I he Empire of death as well as of happiness!—-
The garland, which untimely decks the Tomb!
The Diamond, which glitters on the pajo
cheek of mortality! When shall it hum a. ns
own pure splendor arid sacrifice no vcim?!-—
From Munetho, Hesiod. Homer, Piut. rch,
and others, might be cited many stones ex
actly resembling that ofTethelmah’s. the sub
jects ot which lived in the infancy ot Society,
but it were unnecessary.
1 “Like Aristoclea Aristodea was a
most beautilui Grecian Girl; and pious, whom
Strato siiw naked as she was devoutly offering
a sacrifice. It was the moment of his love.—
Collisthines was most ardently attached to her;
they both entertained for her the most noble
passion, and became poweritil rivals Tliev
contested her hand so severely, that she grew
melancholy, and died daring the tuns; it is.
not said how. They could neither of them af
terwards five in a world she had left, of which
she was the only ornament and solace. They
prefered the path of death she had so lately
trodden, which she had made beautiful r.ntf
perfumed by her passage and died of self-
violence.
This Grecian story most exactly resembles
that of the Indian Telhelmah’s.
GEORGIA—WALTON COUNTY.
By the Honorable the hifetior Court of said County, sit-
ting for Ordinary purposes.
I T appearing to the Court, that Benjamin Selman, late
of Morgan county, deceased, in bis lifetime, executed
nis obligation to John Selman, then of Clark county, but
late of Walton county, deceased, bearing dm:e the. 30th
lune 1821, conditi ned to make a good and lawful war
rantee Title to lot number one hundred and seventy-two,
in tbe tenth district of Habersham county:—And, it ape
pearing that both the said Benjamin Selman and his Aih
minialr&tor, and the said Jobe Selman died without exe
cuting titles in conformity wjtb said Bond.
It is therefore ordered by the Court, That William W.
Selman, Administrator- de bonis non, of said Benjamin
Selman, deceased, make titles to John H. Lowe, Admin
istrator of the said John Selman, deceased^ in conformi
ty with the conditions of said bond.
A true extract from tbe min idea this 3d Mar, 1830.
JESSE MITCHELL, c. o. cu
may 15 SSB 9m