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VOLUME VI—NUMBER 44.]
NILLEDGEVILLE, (GA.) THURSDAY, APRIU 28, 1836.
[WHOM! NUMBER 304
edited by
jOil* * A. CiTHBEUT,
State-Printer.
i-nuhllshed every Thursday at THREE DOLLARS
TW 1 ivmre or FOUR, if not paid before the end rf the
' nn Wavne Street, opposite the state Bank.
U v f. rw ,' 1 VTisEMENT.s published at the lisdal rates.
'pl ADV'hB i'■ ‘ tion |1V the Clerks of the Courts of Onlinary tha
S.B. K Ki lleen made for Letters of Administration, must he
:'• it, ? l Lv,iRTY DAYS at least.
‘.iiiisM'' 1 *:, ”rutors and Administrators for Debtors and < .redL
sntire their accounts, r.iuspbe published^SIX WEEKS,
ah
to r«i
pit 'U ' imuo* — ••••
hy Executors and Administrators must 1 e ad.
i- rY DAYS before the day of rale. -
t r “ .«nnal property (except nearoes) of testate and m»s-
a.iiesof l~\r Fxec utorsand Administrators, must he advertised
«rt>
f u 'r,TV da\3.
hv Executors, Administrators and Guardians to the
ur °j' iua .ry for leave to sell Land, must be published FOUR
v.iS rl1 '- c hv Executors and Administrators for Letters Dismis-
' Al>l ,uc S i ?,e published -SIX MONTHS.
must I/e I p nrcc |osure of Mortaaees on real estate must be
a month for FOUR MONTHS
, )V Executors, Administrators and Guardians,
Ti 1 she, S XTY DAYS before the day of sale. These
’ "“.st be made at the court house door bet ween the hours of to
s‘ ; ! " ' r mn"and l in the afternoon. No sale from day to day is
liithe |n ,I“" VI S 1 in the advertisement.
'■'•'"‘ r .-, in of Ordinary, (accompanied with a copy of the
agreement) to make titles to land, must be advertised
under executions regularly granted by the courts,
suer ff V If, .la THIRTY DAYS—under mortgage executions,
s. -st he au Mirth, perishable property under order of Court,
MX TV '*V^^*eLn«y TEN DAYS before the day of sale,
^ct he aitverti. c«, g \ >e punctually attended to.
*“*U l C ette?s r d1rectSl'to this office, or the Editors mustbe post-
-j to entitle them to attention
W OOLY SHERIFF’S SALE.-On the first
Tuesday in May neit, will, within the legal hours, be
(i(U before the court-house door in the town of Drayton,
^ in?of'lmu^'number forty-one in the third district of Dooly
v-Ievied on as the property of Isaac Motley, to satisfy
.fill issued from a justices' court of Greene county, in fa-
r I,dm \ Malden: levy made and returned to me by a
loLrahle February 13, 1836. . .
I .t of land, number one hundred seventy-three in the
«i.ihdistrict of Doolvcounty—levied on as ihe property of
I „ Mattox, ui satisfy an execution issued jrorn a.tuslices
' irt „f Clhert countv, in favor of Joshua Carpenter: pro
s’laU-d out by Clayton Brndshaw. February 29, 1836.
^■rt, pointed out y WARREN STOKES, sheriff.
Aho will he sold at the same time and place,
I >t of land number one hundred and seventy in the ninth
ii trid of said co Anty—levied on as the property of Randal
flennett, to satisfy a fi fa issued from a justice’s court of
Stewart county, in favor of Henry Coulhoon: levy made
and returned to me by a constable.
One shot-gun—levied on as the property of Henry Hous-
i ,o m sit isfv a fi fa issued from the superior court of Dooly
? m y m favor of Jo-1 C. Phillips, &r costs. March 30,
7X 5 GUILFORD KENT, deputy sheriff._
rnTvXUEL SHERIFF’S SALE.—On the first
|VTuesday in May next, will, within the legal hours, be
sdd,before the eourt-bouse door in the town of Swainsbo-
rough, Emanuel county,
Two improved tracts of land, lying on the waters ot
Cannoiiehee river, containing two hundred acres more or
i ,s. whereon John Scott formerly lived, and whereon Kinion
Drew- now lives—levied on as the property of John Scott,
to‘"ttsfy one fi fa in favor of William Bbshop and others:
pniperty pointed out by plaintiff: levy made and returned to
DP hy a constable. .......
(me tract of land containing seven hundred and fifty
acres more or less, lying on the waters of Ogeechee river,
adjoining lands of James Oglesbey—levied on ns the proper
ty of Forney Deel, to satisfy sundry fi fas in favor of Henry
jtoruen and others.
One sorrel mare—levied on as the properly of John L.
trump, to satisty a fi fa issued from the superior court for
cost. March 12, 1836.
JOHN OVERSTREET, sheriff.
H ENRY SHERIFF’S SALE. On the first
Tuesday in May next, will, within the legal hours,
he sold, before the court-house door in the town of M'Don-
oiigh, Henry county,
One carpet and nine pieces of meat—levied on ns the pro-
vrty of Isaac Harvey, to satisfy a fi fa issned from the in
ferior court of Bibb county, in favor of Armstead Richard-
un vs Isaac Harvey. March 29, 1836.
ZADOCK SAWYER, sheriff.
Abo, onill be sold at the same time and place,
One lot of land, number one hundred and twenty-two in
thr eleventh district of Henry county—levied on as the prn-
p-rty of Solomon Groce, to satisfy a fi fa in favor of Parish,
Wiley & Co. March 1, 1836.
WILLIS FULLILOVE, deputu sheriff
rglWIGUS SHERIFF’S SALE. On the first
& Tuesday in May next, will, within the legal hours, be
wld, before the court-house door in the town of Marion,
Twiggs county, _ _
Fifty acres of pine land more or less, lying in the north
pW corner of lot number one hundred and three, in the
twenty-seventh district of originnlly Wilkinson but now
Twiggs county—levied on as the property of William Stan-
fiird, to satisfy one fi fa in favor of Willinra Daniel, property
pointed out by Ephrnim Ellis: levy made and returned to
up hy a constable. March 23, 1836 , •
MO JAMES HAMMOCK, deputy sheriff.
WASHINGTON SHERIFF’S SALE.—On
the first Tuesday in May next, will, within the le
gal hours, he sold, tie fore the court-house door in the town
of Sandersville, Washington county.
Three hundred acres of pine land more or less, on the
waters of Williamson’s swamp, adjoining William Tanner
and others—levied on as the property of Jonathan Cordery,
to satisfy sundry fi fas in favor of Lewis F. Harris, hearer,
vi. John Cordery and Jonathan Cordery: levied on and re-
tamed to me by a constable. _
Two hundred acres of land more or less, adjoining E.
Crown and others—levied on ns the property ol Benjamin
Warwick, to satisfy a fi fa in favor of John Wicker, vs. said
Harwich: levied on and returned to me by a constable.—
March 18, 1836.
Three hundred acres of land more or less, adjoining Jessee
Harrell and others—levied on as ihe property of Edward
M 1 Daniel, to saltsfy sundry fi fas in favor of Lewis F. Harris
ad oth rs, vs. said M'Daniel: property pointed out by said
M‘Daniel: levy made and returned to me by a constable.
SHERROD SESSIONS, deputy sheriff.
March 30, 1836.
B YLDWIN TAX COLLECTOR’S SALE.—
Hu the first Tuesday in May next, will, within the
i-gai hours, be sold, beibre the court-house door in the town
oi MilHgeville, Baldwin county, the following property,
L ' r so much thereof as will satisfy the taxes severally due,
and -ost,
iwo hundred two and a half acres of pine land in Bald-
!) ln county, and two hundred and fifty acres ol pine land in
buly county—levied on as the property of John Fuller;
lat due one dollar and sixty-five cents.
Two hundred acres of oak and hickory land, of second
Quality, in Cherokee county—levied on as the properly of
Miles Roberson; tax due two dollars and eighteen and three
lourth cents
. Eighty acres of oak and hickory land, of second quality,
I* Tlicroktfc county—levied on as the property of William
“w; tai due one dollar and ninety-five and a half cents,
turiy acres of oak and hickory land, of third quality, in
•icrukee county—levied on as the property of Richmond
omwn; tax due one dollar and seventy.fi vc cents.
J,le huisired and sixty acres of oak and hickory land, of
*toml quality, in Cherokee county—levied on as the pro-
ierty°f Wesley Stone; tax due two dollars and five cents.
f jrty acres of oak and hickory land, of second quality,
■ jierokre county—levied on as the property of James
’H e i tax due two dollars ami forty-three and three-lburlh
frits.
f' r tv acres of oak and hickory land, of second quality,
, tfrokee county—levied onus the property of Gideon
:>un; tax dif one dollar and seventy-one cents.
'■ e hundred and twenty acres, being three separate forty
Jta, of oak and hickory land, of second quality, in
fc county—levied on as the property of Fountain
'i u !ri1 ono dollar and ninety-lhree cents.
L k hundred and sixty acres of oak and hickory land, of
iv nf“.q'laiity, in Cherokee county—levied on as the proper-
T , , r fc’ ! Jones; tax due t wo dollars and five cents.
I,. aandred two and a half acres of pine land, in Tal-
,,'J° un 'y—levir-d on as the property of Louisa Hamilton
i-m- ’ tax ^ ue 0IU> dollar and forty-one and three-lourtli
1 h r i a ' r s oa k and hickory land, of second quality, in
l j't. ^ “ wn, y—levi-d on as the property of Irwin Sear-
iw- 1 i one dollar and sev-nly-ono cents,
tiw.ii" u,n d f ed two and a half acr-s of pine land, in Mer-
ly , ler county-levied on as the property of Henry Brown;
Ftv t lree dollars and seventy-eight wnts.
1^ ul " ls °* End, each containing two hundrevl two and a
^.^..oukand hickory, of third quality, in Habersham
tv, ii, n .K lots nutnlier eightv-three, eighty-nine, and lor-
ilonj , kmrth district of said county; lot number one
un d lot an , fifty-two, in the third district of said county;
tv; n '”" >er twenty-two in the sixth district of said cottn-
luiij "''Hundred two and a half acres of oak and hicko-
i> 8 ’ ln Rabtm county, being lot number twenty-six in
I'.stfj,., n !. district; also lot ntnnhcr forty, in the seventh
'iN.’y ° , ' arr °l county, oak and hickory land, of third
’■umbe; r° nt ? ini,, e two hundred two and a half acres; also
ini) nu " u oondred nnd seventy-seven, in the sixth district,
,u, mtv ( f'* r ‘Wrty-nine, in the fourth district, of Carrol
and a li’air !? lne E"d, each lot containing two hundred two
and
l«i
r-res of oak
N |,j r ! { a, 'res; two hundred two and a half an
<Jl "umKoI y . Rn ^’ second quality, in Troup county, being
I Wo | m .' , ' Vo hundred and fifty-three in the foul lit district;
"f third a : e ' tw V an d a half acres of oak and hickory land,
hundredWt'V" Muscogee county, being lot number two
* )r '- v ad I ,t : ' rteen > n the fourteenth district; andaniro-
“ Uptown of MillodgeviUe--levied on as the pro
perty of George W. King; tax due twenty-five dollars and
fifty-nine cents.
Two hun Jr oil two and a half acres of pine land, in Lee
county, being lot number twenty-four, in the thirteenth tli*-
triet—levied on as the property of Elizabeth Hoy; tax due
one dollar and forty-eight rents.
Two hundred two and a half acres of oak and hickory
land, of second quality, in Coweta county; and four hundred
and five acres of pine land, in Irwin ami Early counties--
levied on as the properly of Matthew M. Urine; tax due
three dollars and seventy-six cents.
Three hundred acres of oak and hickory laud, of second
quality, in Jefferson couniy—levied on as the property of
Henry Raiford; tax dun nine dollars and sixty two and a
Imlf cents. February 26, 1836.
RICHARD T. LINGO, tax-collector.
1 Iip above named defaulters will have an opportunity of
paving their taxes, including costs, hy calling at the office of
the Fedkal Union.R. T. LINGO, tax-collector.
ASPER TAX COLLECTOR’S SALE.—On
the first Tuesday in May next, will, within the legal
hours, he sold, before ihe court house door in the town of
Monticello, Jasper county,the follow ing property, or so much
thereof os will satisfy the tax due thereon and cost.
Two hundred two and a half acres of third quality land
in Jasper county, adjoining Taylor, on Oakmulgee river—
levied on as the property of \Y\ Burditt, tax due twenty rents.
Three hundred and fifty-four acres of second and three
hundred and fifty four acres of third quality land in Jasper
county, adjoining Wynbush, on the Oakmulgee river—levied
on us the property of William W. Smith, tax due one dollar
anil thirty-one rents.
Forty acres of third quality land, in the twenty-first dis
trict, second section of Cherokee—levied on as the properly
of William Williams, lax due twenty-four cents.
Fifty acres of first quality land, number one hundred and
fifty two in the fifteenth district of Lee county—levied on
as the properly of William Smith, tax due thirty-seven ani
a half cents.
Ono hundred and sixty acres of third quality land in
Cherokee—levied on as the property of George Adams, tax
due for 1833 and 1834, fifty-seven cents.
Two hundred two and a half acres of second quality land
in Carroll county and two hundred and fifty acres of second
quality land in Haliers ham couniy—levied on as the proper- 1
ty of Thomas Washnm, tax due ninety-six cents.
One hundred and two acres of land in Jasper county, ad
joining Pinuell, on the Oakmulgee river—levied on as the I
property of Stephen J. Miile., tax due thirty-one cents. i
Forty acres of land in Cherokee—levied on as the proper- :
ty of Thomas P. Webb, tax due twenty-four cents.
Two hundred two and a half acres of land in Jasper
county, adjoining Chapman on the Oakmulgee river—levied ,
on as the property of Chesley Hay, tax due sixty-eight cents. 1
Two hundred two and a half acres of second quality land
in Carroll county—levied on as the property of Isaac N.
Morgan, tax due sixty-eight cents.
One hundred and one acres of land in Jasper count}', ad
joining Cheek, on Falling crec-k—levied on as the property of
John A. M'Key, tax due thirty-one cents.
One hundred and sixty acres of second and one hundred j
and sixty acres of third quality land in Cherokee—levied on
as the property of Aaron White, tax due seventy-five rents. 1
Two hundred two and a half acres of first quality land in
Jasper county, adjoining M'CIendon, on the Oakmulgee river
—levied on as the property of the estate of Solomon Wal-
drep, tax due two dollars nnd thirty cents.
Two hundred tw r o and a half acres of pine land in Lee
county—levied on as the property of John Waits, (or Wats)
tax due thirty-three cents. j
One hundred and sixty acres of second quality land in j
Cherokee—levied on as the property of George YV. Jones,
tax due fifty-five cents.
Two hundred two and a half acres of second quality land
in Jasper county, adjoining M'Michael, on YVise's creek—
levied on as the properly of Daniel Miller, tax due.sixty-three
cents.
Forty acres of land in Cherokee—levied on as the proper
ty of Putnam Adams, tax due twenty-four cents.
Forty acres of second quality land in Cherokee—levied on
as the property of Abimclech Youngblood, tax due twenty-
nine cents.
Three hundred and ten acres of second quality land in
Jasper county, adjoining Towns, on F creek, and forty acres
of (and in Cobh county—levied on as the property of Jacob
M'CIendon, tax due three dollars and fifty-four rents.
Forty acres of third quality lnnd in Cherokee, and two
hundred two and a half acres of pine lnnd in L*e county—
levied on as the property of Thomas M. Turner, tax due
one dollar and ninety-eight cents; and as agent fur Elizabeth
S. Turner, tax due one dollar and twenty cents.
One hundred and sixty acres of third quality land in ,
Walker county—levied on as the property of Alexander Gar- |
den, tax due eighty cents.
Forty acres of land in Cobb county—levied on as the
property of H. Marks, tax due twentv-lbur cents.
Forty aeres of land in Cherokee county—levied on as the j
property of James T Tucker, tax due twenty-four cents.
One hundred and forty-five acres of third quality land in ’
Early county—levied on as the properly of Walter H. Mitch
ell, tax due ninety-five cents.
One hundred and sixty acres of land in Cherokee—levied
on ns the property of YY'illtatn P. Beasley, tax due two dol
lars and sixty-eight rents.
Forty aeres of land in Cherokee—levied on os the property
of Henry Darnall, tax due twenty-four cents.
Forty acres of land in Cherokee—levied on as the proper
ty of YVilson Crockett, tax due twenty-four cents.
Eighty acres of land in Cherokee, and two hundred two
and a half acres of pine land in Pulaski countv—levied on
as the property of Enoch Trice, tax due twenty-one cents.
One hundred and sixty aeres of land in the twenty-seventh
district, third section of Cherokee—levied on as the proper
ty of Henry T. Smart, tax due thirty-seven cents.
Forty acres of land in Cherokee—levied on as the property
of James M. Gregory, tax due twenty-four cents.
Forty acres of first quality land nnd one hundred and fifty
two acres of second quality land, and two hundred two and
a half acres of third quality land in Troup and Merriwether
counties—levied on as the properly of George Jordan, tax
due ninety cents.
Two hundred two and a half acres of third quality land
in Jas|ier county,adjoining Head on W. creek—levied on as
the property of Morgan Coats, tax due forty-three cents.
Eighty acres of land in Cherokee, and two hundred two
and a half acres of land in Carroll couniy—levied on as
the property of Cullen Finley, tax due forty cents.
Two hundred two and a half acres of third quality land
in Jasper county, adjoining Robinson, on M. creek—levied on
as the property of Simeon Ilammel, tax due forty-five cents.
Forty aerps of land in Cobb county—levied on as the
property of William YY'. Gardener, tax due twenty-four cents.
One hundred and seventy-five acres of second quality
land in Coweta county—levied on as the property of Elisha
Knight, tax due fifty-five cents.
Eighty acres of land in Cherokee—levied on as the pro
perty of Joseph Wileder, tax due thirty-eight cents.
Forty acres of land in Cherokee—levied on as the pro
perty of James N Turner, tax due three dollars and thirty-
seven cents. _ .
One hundred and sixty acres of land in Cherokee—levied
on as the property of John Doby, tax due eighteen cents.-
Two hundred two and a half acres of third quality land
in Lee county—levied on as the property of T. J. Lucas,
tax due lorty-two centB. , . ,
Three hundred and sixty acres of land in Cherokee—levied
on as the property of John Averet, tnx due seventy seven cents.
Four hundred and five acres of land in Jasper county-
adjoining M'Dowal, on Shoal creek—levied on rs the pro
perty of Philemon Owen, tax due seven dollars and ninety-
seven cents. , .
Two hundred two and a halfacresof lnnd in Henry coun
ty, and eighty acres of land in Cheroki’e—levied oil as the
property of David Grant, tax due seventy cents.
Flirty acres of land in Cherokee—levied on as the proper
ty of John Colwell, tax due twenty-four cents.
Two hundred two and a half acres of land in Jasper
county, nnd two hundred two and a half acres of land in
Dooly county—levied on as the property of Riley Truit’s
orphans, tax due thirty-fivecents.
Forty acres of land in Forsyth county—levied on as the
property of William B. Millbtir, tax due twenty-four cents.
One hundred and sixty acres of land in Murray county—
levied on as the property of Jesse Goodwin, tax due thirty-
seven cents. . . .
Forty acres of land in the third district, second section of
Cherokee—levied on as the property of Thomas Koutledge,
tax due twenty-four cents.
Two hundred two and a half acres of pine land in Lee
county, on Ivintchsfoony creek—levied on as the property
of Joseph Dawson, tax due thirty-three cents.
Two hundred two nnd a half acres of third quality land
in Lee ronnty—levied on ns the property of Robert K. Hen
derson, tax due forty-one cents.
Two hundred acres of land in Floyd county—levied on as
the property of Reuben Ailowine, tax due forty-one cents.
Four hundred nnd five acres of third quality land in Jas
per couniy, adjoining Kee—levied on as I he property of James
Henry, tax due sixty-two and a half cents.
Two hundred acres of second quality land in Murray
county--levied on as (lie property of Jamc-s Steel, lax due
sixty-five cents. ,. _ ,, . , . ,
Forty acres of second quality land in Cobb county—lev icd
on as the property of Johu B. Sisson, lax due twenty-eight
Ce Onc hundred acres of second quality lnnd in Jasper comi
ty adjoining Belcher, on G. creek, and forty acres of land
in Cobb county—levied on as the properly ot Hannah Sis-
ion, tax due twenty-five cents. .
Twenty acres of land more or less in Cherokee county
levied on as the property of James H. YVethersbee, tax due
sixty-one cents. . , .
Forty acres of land in Cherokee—levied on asthepro-
nertv of Lewis Colbert, tax due twenty-four cents.
Forty acres of land in Cherokee—levied on as the properly
of Joseph Mnshburn, tax doe twenty-four cents.
Forty acres of tliinl quality land in Cherokee, and two
hundred two and a half aeres of pine land in Dooly coun
ty levied on as the property of Marcus D. V ailcc, tax title
two dollars and fifty-six and ft quarter < ' ca ‘ 3 '
Three hundred anil seventy acres of third quality land in
Jasper county, adjoining Beasley ami others, on G. creek—
levied on as the property of John Wynens, lax due two dol
lars and sixti-en cents.
Forty acres of land in Cherokee, and lour hundred and
ninety acres of pine land in Irwin county—levied on as the
properly of Henry BarnXvell, tax due fifty-six cents.
Three hundred and twenty acres uf second quality land,
and forty acres of third quality land in Union and Murray
i counties—levied on as the properly of Henry Buciianan, tax
j due ninety-three rents.
Two hundred and forty-six acres of land in Cherokee—
levied on as the property of the estate of James Buchanan,
tax due twenty-seven cents.
Forty aeres of land in Cherokee, and two hundred two
and a half aeres of land in Lee county—levied on as the pro
perty of John Y’annorden, tax due thirty-seven cents.
One hundred and sixty acres of land in Cherokee—levied
on as the property of Mary Ledbetter, tax due one dollar and
eighteen cents, and twenty cents as executor of Benjamin
Ledbetter.
Three hundred acres of second quality land in Jones
county, adjoining Gordon, on F. crock—levied on as the pro-
pert v of theestate of Silas Ledbetter, tax due three dollars.
One hundred and sixty acr** of land, in the twelvlh dis
trict, second section of Clierukee—levied on as the property
of John B. Svtanson, tax due thirty-seven cents. Fehruary
13, 1836. C. W. C. WRIGHT, tax-collector, J. C.
POETRY.
I ish bit of music out of Ilandul, u hat they sung i cipation ot musical glory, ami the hitter was sent to Fort King. The officers and men wore
' at the musical festival, culled the Hallelujah j made restless by the dread of musical absurdity, ist tine spirits, and I should judge, apprehended
! chorus: and as our choir sung it so well at the j Hood Friday came:—the whole village looked ; no danger. Captain Frazer in particular, w;m
I festival as to draw all eyes upon us, we have : more like a scene oflestvitv titan of fasting.— always riding about in the most cheerful mood,
been thinking, sir, with vour ieave, ii'you please, ' The‘'chaps from the next village,” as Martin J taking small parties with him, scouring the
nnd if you have no objection, that we should Hrubb called them, were as gay as so many woods and hammocks sometimes for a mile and
just like to sing it at church.” j huks: there was such a display of blue coats ! more off, calling to and running the dogs, die.
; and vellow buttons as never was seen before.— , Vet we always took the nrecaution to examine
hammocks carefully before marching through
them. Our negro interpreter Louis, (a grunt
scoundrel, 1 knew him well,) said all along them
was no danger, and that we should not be mo
lested by the Indians. He repeatedly went oiF
alone into the woods to hunt for signs, but ui-
TIIE BOAT-HORN.
Oh boatmen! wind that horn again!
For never did the joyous air
Upon ils lambent bosom hear
So wild, so soft, so vveeta strain.
VVhat though thy notes are sad, nnd lone,
By every simple boatman blown!
Y et couid I list from eve till morn,
Delighted, to the simplest horn!
How oft in lioyhood's cloudless day
I’ve stroll’d hy wild Ohio’s stream,
Marking liis silvery billows play,
Bright with the sun’s declining beam,
YY'liile some lone boatman from the deck,
Musing on coining storms, and wreck,
Pour’d his soft numbers to that tide
Where all his hopes, his fortunes ride,
As if to woo the fickle wave
From wreck, and storm, his boat to save!
Delighted nature,drank the sound,
Enchanted echo bore it round
In w hispers soft,and softer still,
From hill to plain, and plain to bill,
And e’en (lie reckless, frolic boy,
Elate with hope, and wild with joy,
YV ho gambol’d by the river’s side,
And sported with the fretting tide
Feels someihing new pervade his breast,
Chain his light step, cut short his jest,
Bends o’er ihe flood his eager car
To catch the sounds far off, and dear,
Drinks the sweet draught, but knows not why
The tear of rapture fills bis eye.
just
“At church?’
“Yes, sir, if vou please, at elm roll tomorrow'. ■ 1 he singing gallery washnl to sutbication, and
The Hallelujah chorus you know, sir, being part ■ t!| e church itself was crowded. _ 'Lite squire of
of the Messiah, we thought it would be purlieu, the parish was present, and Ins lamiiy also were
lar appropriate; and we are all perfect in our «>fn him, and thesingcr-t were so happy that
parts, and there’s two or three chaps'out of the > eould heardlt contain themselves. 1 hoy
next parish that are corning over to Snatclmm j hid not mind the prayers; they had heard them
to see their friends, and thev’ll help us you : befure, and did not think them half so well : ways said he could find none. On the 27th h -
know, sir, and every thing is "quite ready and 1 wol tli hearing ns the Hallelujah chorus. There j left us about eight in the morning, and I should
rehearsed and all that; and we hope, sir, you "’ns such a rustling of leaves of music books, | think did not join ns again until two or three in
won’t have no objection, because wo can never | anc l Sl, ch a buzz of whispering voices, that tlie the afternoon. On the morning of the 29th we
do it so proper as with them additional voices : wort ]». v rector could hardiy be heard. The | made an early start, all in tine spirits, expect,
what’s coming tomorrow, and there will be such j choristers had arranged that the Hallelujah | in« the next afternoon to reach Fort King.—
lots of people°come to church on purpose to hear chorus should be sung immediately before the j We had proceeded about lour miles, were inov-
us that they will be all so disappointed if we ! sermon, and they thought that the prayers | ingin double file, column of route, a litrle sirag-
■ ■ * " wouid never be over: they were as impatient as ! ling. An advanced guard of fifto.cn or twen-
1 a young horse in harness. ! ty men were ahead, major Dade and the ofH-
I At length the prayers were mushed, and the . cers cliielly between it and the head of the co!-
nterciiess choristers "let loose upon the congrega- 1 umn * t.-aptftin Gardner, Dr. Gatlin, and I
tion to inflict whatever musical torture they j think lieutenant Bassingcr, were in or near the
pleased. Away they burst with relentless and j rear *
1 resistless furv. There was such scraping, and I ^ uas next to the leading file of the right
don’t sing it.”
Here James Gripe, somewhat jealous of his
rival’s eloquence, and taking advantage or .Mar
tin’s pausing fir a moment to recover breath,
stepped forward, saying—“No, sir, we hope
you won’t refuse us your leave, because all the
people so calculate upon hearing it, that they t .
will go away in dudgeon if so be they are dis- ] blowing, and roaring, and growling, and scream- i ' v ‘ n g. (head of column.) It was 8 o’clock,
appointed, and mayhap they will never come to ! ing, ns never was heard; the powers of every Suddenly I hoard a rifle shot in the direction
MISCELLANEOUS.
From the Court Magazine.
VILLAGE CHORISTERS.
[CONCLUDED.]
There is also another mode in which the par
ties manifest their discrepancy of opinion, or
discordancy of feeling, and that is by the silence
of half the choir. Now one would think that
such an event would be a joy and a relief to the
good man, who loves quiet; and so it is physi
cally, but not morally: for though his ears are
relieved from one half of the ordinary musical
infliction, yet he is mentally conscious that evil
thoughts are cherished in the breasts of the
silent ones, that they who sing are not praising
Godin their songs, and that they who sing not
are not praising him by their silence.
But the climax of the abominations of the
Snatcham choristers I have yet to record, and I
hope that by their follies other choirs, if there
be any so absurd, will take warning. It has
been already said that this celebrated Snatclmm
choir made it a great point to obtain leave from
their rector for all the abominations and absurdi
ties which they were accustomed to inflict upon
the parish under the guise of music; but the
arrogant importunity of their solicitation was
such that they seemed to bid defiance to refusal,
so that their asking leave was after the fash
ion of the beggar in Gil Bias, who held his
musket in the direction of the donor’s head.—
At a large town in the county in which Snatch
am is situated, there had been a musical festival,
the directors of which, in order to give eclat to
their advertisements, had used all manner of
means to swell the number of the performers.—
For this purpose they had sought every hedge
and highway and bv-way in the county, to
pick up every individual who had the slightest
pretension whatever to musical talent. In such
a search, of course the Snatcham choir could
not by any possibility be overlooked. They
were accordingly retained for the choruses, in
consequence of which they underwent much
musical drilling; nor were they a little pleased
at the honor thus thrust upon them. They of
course distinguished themselves, though I must
say that the wisest chorus singers can do is not
to distinguish themselves; but the Snatcham
choir, it is said, actually did distinguish them
selves, especially in the Hallelujah chorus, and
so fascinated were they with that chorus, and
their own distinguished manner of singing it,
that they resolved unanimously to perform it at
Snatcham church. This was bad enough; but
this was not the worst, for nothing would serve
them but they would have it of all days in the
year on Good Friday!
On the evening of the day before, the whole
body of the choristers, vocal and instrumental,
went up to the rectory, and demanded an audi
ence of their worthy pastor. The good man
trembled at their approach, and his heart sank
within him at the announcement that they had
something verv particular to say to him. He
thought of harp, flute, psaltery, dulcimer, sack
but, and all kinds of music, and lysears tingled
with apprehension of some new enormity about
to be added to the choir, in shape of some
heathenish instrument. It was a ludicrous sight,
and enough to make the pastor laugh, had he
been at all disposed to merriment, to see the
whole choir seated in his parlour, and occupy
ing, after a fashion, every chair in the room;
for if they were never harmonious in any thing
else, they were perfectly harmonious as to their
mode of sitting: they were all precisely in the
same attitude, and that attitude was—sitting on
the very outward edge of the chair, with their
hats carefully held between their knees, their
mouths wide open, and their eyes fixed upon
vacancy. At the entrance of the clergyman
they all rose, bowed with simultaneous polite
ness. nnd looking towards Martin Grubb as their
mouth piece. Martin Grubb, with his broad
heavy hand, smoothed his locks over his fore
head, and said—“Hem!”
“Well, Mr. Grubb,” replied the rector, “you
and your friends, 1 understand, have something
particular to say to me.”
“Why yes, sir,” said Mr. Grubb, “we are
called upon you by way of deputation like, just
to say a word or two about singing; and for the
matter cf that, we have been practicing a pretty.
of
church again, but go among the methodishes or voice, and of every instrument, were exerted to ; the advanced guard, and this was immediately
some of them outlandish sexes; and it would the utmost of their capability—there was such! followed by a musket shot from tiuit quarter.—-
j be a pity to overthrow the established church i an infinite variety of articulation of hallclowyn,; Captain hrazer had rode by nte-a moment be-
! just for the matter of a stave or two of music.” i holleluvear, allyluger, and alimen, and aw men, j ,ul ‘ u in lh ; it direction. J never saw him alter-
i The rector sighed deeply but not audibly, and an d ainceii, that none but the initiated could •< " a| ds. I had no time to think of the meaning
replied, saving, in a tone of mild expostulation: forma guess what the singers were about. The ( 0 I those shots before a volley as if from a thou-
“But tomorrow, my friends, is Good Friday, a : patient and afflicted rector sat still in the pulpit, | s ™d rifles was poured in upen us from the Iron',
day of extraordinary solemnity, and scarcely waiting till the storm should be over: lie knew | tmcl all along our left flank. I looked around
admitting even the most solemn music in its that it could not Iasi for ever, and that they must i nie > and it, seemed as ii I was the only one left
service.” j soon sing themselves hoarse or out of breath. ! standing in the right wing. Neither could 1,
| “Exactly so,” interrupted Martin Grubb, j There is an Irish proverb which says “Single ! utU il several other vollics bad been fired at us,
j “that’s the very thing I say, sir, and therefore misfortunes never come alone:” this was verified sec an enemy and when 1 did, I could only
I the Hallelujah chorus is the most peculiar appro- j i ;1 the present case; for a misunderstanding > ~ ec their heads and arms peering out front the
priate: it’s one of the most sollumest things I i occurred, which produced a double infliction of lo* 1 ? f? ra ss far and near, and from behind the
j ever heard,—it’s quite awful andi>rand——enough ^ the music. Messrs. Grubb, Gripe, Bansr, pmc tiees. i lie ground seemed to me an open
j to make the hair of one’s head stand upright Crack, and their friends, when performing at j I )ia ® hatroti no hammock near that 1 could
! with sublimity.” ° I the cathedral, had observed that one or two sec. On our right and a little to our rear, was
“’Tis indeed, sir,” added James Gripe, “rou ' l )al ’ts of the performance had been encored by ! a l ar S e ponu ot water some distance off. Ail
may take my word for it, sir.” ' | a signal from his grace the Duke of , who | around us were heavy pine trees, very open
“Perhaps,” returned Martin Grubb,‘‘vour re- was present as patron, and this signal consisted j paiticularly towards the leit, and abounding
verence never heard it; now if it be so as you the siient waving or lilting up of a white ; w ith ionghigh glass. 1 he fust fitc of the In-
never heard it, mayhap vou don’t know nothing pocket-handkerchief. Now, unfortunately, just j dians was the most destructive, seemingly kiil-
ebout it, in which case we can, if’ you please, i as the hand was bringing its mighty perform- ; 01 disabling one half of our men. V\ a
with your permission, sing you a litfle hit of it, unco to a close, the squire ot the parish most promptly threw ourselves behind trees, and o.
just to give vou an idea of the tlnm*.” j innocently drew Ins hankerclnef out ol his 1 pened a sliaip fitc of moskctij’. I lor one,
to inflict upon him the utmost penalty of their i most graciously pleased to take it for granted Bassinger fned five or six tomuls ot canister
awful voices. In tremulous tones the worthy' ■ that it must bo a signal for a repetition of the j (torn the cannon. Pius appeared to fiighten
man exclaimed “No no no nrav don’t——nrav ' chorus, and therefore, just at the moment when j the Indians, and they retreated over a little Inf!
. . . ’ . ’ ’**•£. 1 .1 I . I : i_: W. t,.r» —
don’t—don’t trouble yourselves—I beg you will
not. I know the piece of music to which you
refer, and I think if you could perform it on any
other day than Good Friday —”
Singers are a peculiarly irritable class of per.
sons, and the slightest opposition or contradic
tion irritates and disturbs them, so that ot the j they'had finished tiie second time, he was half
very moment that the rector uttered a sentence i ufraid that they would begin again, and sing it
the good rector was pleasing himself with the i lo our left, one half or three quarters of a mile
thought that the absurd display was over, they | off, after having fired not more than twelve or
all burst forth again with renewed vigor. He j fifteen rounds. We immediately' then begun to
thought they were absolutely mad; he looked; • fell trees, and erect a little triangular breast-
he sighed; he shook his head; but be was only | work. Some of us went forward to gather the
answered by halleluyear, allyluger; and when j cartridge boxes from the dead, and to assist the
at all interfering with their will, they all sur
rounded him with clamorous and sulky impor
tunity’, and sot to work with all diligence to do-
mol ish his objections.”
“Please, sir,” said Mrlin Grubb, shaking his
big head with a dogged wilfulness, “I don’t see
how it’s to he done. The Hallelujah chorus
requires a lot of extra voices what isn’t to be got
every day; and if we tells them chaps as is com-
ing over tomorrow to help us, that we don’t
want their help, they may take tiff, and never
come over to Snatcham again.”
“But perhaps,” the pastor meekly replied,
“they may assist you in the grave and sober
singingof some serious and well-known psalms
in which all the congregation may unite.”
On hearing this, the broad-faccd butcher ex
panded his features into a contemptuous sort of
a grin, and said—“Come, now, that is a good
one, as if reg’lar scientific singers would come
all ihe
tunes!
the third time. When the service was over,
the good man took the liberty to hint to his
musical parishioners that lie thought they had
performed a work of supererogation in perform.
-wonnded. I had seen major Dade fall to the
ground by the first volley, and his horse dashed
into the midst of the enemy. Whilst gather
ing the cartridges, 1 saw lieutenant Mudge sit
ting with riis back reclining against a tree—his
head fallen, and evidently' dying. I spoke to
ing the chorus twice. " They themselves felt • him, but he did not answer. The interpreter
that they had somewhat encroached, but they i Louis, it is said, fell by the first fire. (We
laid the blame upon the squire, whose slightest j have since learned that this fellow shammed
wish they thought should bo obeyed. The • dead—that iiis life was afterwards spared
squire was verry sorry when he found what : through the intercession of the chief Jumper,
mischief he had inadvertantly done, and i an d that being an educated negro, he read all
promised that ho would take care, in future, j the despatches and letters that were found about
not to pull out his handkenchicf again in singing the dead, to the victors.)
• “We had barely raised our breastwork knee
. high when we again saw the Indians advancing
From the Portland Advertiser. iu great numbers over the hill to our left. They
The following narrative (being an extract i came on boldly until within a long musket shot,
from a letter received by a gentleman in this , when they spread themselves from tree to tree
city, who has politely permitted its publication) • to surround us. We immediately extended as
ot the deplorable massacre of major Dade and ! light infrantry, covering ourselves also by tho
„ „ companions, though in substance, not mn- trees and opening a brisk fire from cannon and
e wav to Snatcham iitst tfTsino' old nsalm ' tcr ^lly different from accounts already pub musketry. The former 1 don’t think could have
y onaicnam just iosm 0 otu psattn j |ish(J(J of , |mt disaster> is more detailed, and done much mischief, the Indians were suscat-
contains descriptions of new and affecting in- • tered.
cidents. It Yvas taken down by’ an officer of “Captain Gardner, lieutenant Bassinger, and
the army at I umpa Bay, from the mouth-of Dr. Gatlin, were the only officers left unhurt
Rawson Clark, one ot the three soldiers who by the volley which killed Dade. Lieutenant
escaped aud returned desperately wounded to Henderson had his left arm broken, but he con-
that post. tinned to load his musket and to fire it, resting
“We did not fairly get away from here (Fort i on the stump, until he was finally shutdown
Brooke) until about noon on the 23d of Decern- towards the close of the second attack, and dit
her. There were two companies, (captains ring the day he bravely kept up his spirits and
cheered the men. Lieutenant Keyes had both
Our officers were, major Dado commanding, his arms broken in the first attack; tuev were
captains Gardner and Frazer, two lieutenants bound up and slung in a handkerchief, and he
Bassinger and Keyes ol the second, and second sat for the remainder of the day, until he was
lieutenants Henderson and Mudge ot the third killed, reclining against the breastwork—bis
artillery', and assistant surgeon Gatlin. We hand often reposing upon it—regardless ofevery
were at first much retarded by our field piece, tiling that was passing around him.
which was drawn by oxen, i hey gave out, “The enemy by degrees surrounded us, and
however, and we le(t it three or four miles from who had been behind the trees, being un-
this place, and it overtook us that night with a covered, fled to the breatwork. The cannon
serviceable team of horses. We had also a vvas fired in -oil Ibriv-nine times. The last round,
little wagon. We camped the first night at the canister of which had been lost, was in the
Little Hillsboro’ R., the second night at Big j piece when she was taken. Lieutenant Bassin-
Hillsboro’, where we found a steer that had j g er first, tended the piece; when ho was disabled,
been killed a day or two beibre, and the bridge j captain G. supplied his place. Jt is not in my
mostly burnt down. It was stiil on tire, and j power to sav that we did the enetvtv much mis-
iooked as if it might have beet, set on fire two , chief. 1 know well that 1 killed three men —
days before. Ihe third night we encamped! { fired also forty or fifty rounds, and never, as I
filteen or sixteen miles on the other sideot the have said, without covering my man, and I am
river—and on the lbuith at Big Withlacoochee, j a prettv fair shot.
where the bridge was partially destroyed, seem-; “Our men were by degrees ail cut down.—
ingly having been set on ihe some time previ- We had maintained a steady fight from 8 until
ous. In the morning, hy mending it a little we ; g p. M. thereabouts, and allowing three quar-
got our waggon anu cannon over and got over j tors of an hour interval between the first and
ourselves. On the fifth night, (27lh Decern- second attack, had been pretty busily engaged
her) we encamped at a watering place which for more than five hours. Lieutenant B. was
lieutenant Mudge called the Round Clay Sink, the only officer left alive, and he severely
on tho right hand side of the road, four miles to ! wounded. Hg told me as the Indians approach-
ihe north of tho Little \\ ithlactx clu-e R. I p; ed lo lay down and feign myself dead. I look-
to this time, nothing in particular had occourcd. j ed through the logs and saw the savages ap-
We had partially entrenched ourselves every | proaching in great numbers. A heavily made
night except the first, by felling trees and ar-j Indian, of middle stature, painted down" to the
waist, (corresponding in description with Mi-
canopy) seemed to be the chief. He made them
a speech, frequently pointing to the breastwork.
Mr. Gripe also said—“lie! he! he!”
“He! he! he!” is a Y'ery conclusive kind of
argument; and so the rector of Snatcham felt it
to be, for ho could not answer it, nor refute it,
nor evade it- He looked this way and that
way, up to the ceiling and down to the floor,
towards Mr. Gripe .and towards Mr. Grubb; but
neither ceiling nor floor, nor Gripe nor Grubb,
afforded him any relief from his painful embar- . - - -
rassnient. The exulting singers saw that he|^ aK n ^! an( ^ t razet s) °t M\y men each,
was posed, and that now was the time to push
home their victory, and overwhelm the rector
bv their united importunities. So they all crowd
ed round him at once, and almost all at once be-
gan to assail him with such a torrent of reasons
and argumentation that he had not a word to say
for himself.
“Please, sir,” said Onesiphorus Bang; “I
ha’n’f got nothing else ready to play.”
“Nor I neither,” said Issachar Crack.
“Please, sir,” said Alexander Rodolpho
Crabbe, “we never like to do nothing without
your leave, and we hope you won’t coirtpel us
to now. My wife says she’ll never come to
church again, if the Hallelujah chorus is not
performed tomorrow.”
“And t declare,” said Gregory Plush,“that for
my part I never wish to touch the serpent again,
if we mayn’t do that piece of music.”
Absalom and Peter Gripe also said the same j
as touching the clarionets; and James Gripe j
then looked at the rector with a quaintly inter
rogative aspect, which, without uttering a word,
seemed to say—“There, sir, what will you do
without Absalom and Peter’s clarionets.” Now,
for his own part, the worthy pastor would have
been glad to get rid of the whole clamour of
their music, for these choristers were always at
loggerheads either with one another, or with all
the rest of the parish.
The rec f or thus overwhelmed with argument .
and eloquence, with pathos aud importunity, \ ranging them about us, so that by In\ ing be-
found himself compelled to yield, which he did ^' n< ^ them they might afford us sotne little de-
with the worst grace imaginable. Away went f uncn * ^ c had aiwajs posted six sentinels on
tho choristers, rejoicing in the triumph of music, «*■ l'ulief one hundred yards and more out and
and full of glee at the thought of the wonderful <3i’ ( >und us. Major Dade was particular in not
figure they should cut on the morrow, when, Ltting liS straggle off, or race in a disorderly j seem to suspect the wounded of being alive
assisted by the “chaps from the next village,” manner after water, (Yzc. fetiil we had until offered no indignity, but stepped about carefully,
they astonished the natives with the Hallelujah’; , * as afternoon seen no fresh signs ol Indians, quietly stripping off’ our accoutrements and car-
cltortts. a!1L ^ " as three just as we passed the last ryingaway our arms. They then retired in a
That night neither the singers nor the rector river and it was the general opinion these were body in the direction from whence they came,
slept: the former Yvcre kept awake by the anti- th r -‘ tracks of friendly runnors vvlm had been Immediately upon the retreat, for’v or fiOv ne.
At length they charged into the work—there
was none to offer resistance, and they did not