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,. IV1 . t' 0 s'. 1 II Land, uiuntbe published FOLK
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ed SIX MONTHS.
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,,*j i SIX I V DAYS before the day of sale —
; I..- 'made at the court house door between the
,u 1 four in the afternoon. No sale
\ tp t. uul.-'S sn expressed In the advertisement.
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ranted by the courts,
,iortgage executions
ler order of (
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Advertisements will be punctually attended to.
X 'd l etYc s (Itreded to this Office, or the Editor, must be
po*t ;
litle then
D W|;\|{ V SHERIFF'S SALE.—On the firs
SB Tuesday in November next, will, wiihiti tlio legal
hours, hr sold, heh»re the court-house door in the town of
Maedonouuli, Henry county , , ,
The north half of lot of land number one hundred and
forty in the sixth district of said county—levied on ns the
property of James 3II>en<lon, to satisfy a ft fa in favor of
Jensf Johnson: property pointed out by plaintiff: levy made
nod returned returned to me by a constable. September
23, IdJG- WILLIS FULL! LOVE, deputy sheriff.
\SPEK SHERIFF'S HALE.—On the first
J T'riJny in November next, will, within the legal
hours, he sold, before 1 he court-house door, in the town oi
Mouticello, Jasper county.
One lot of land, number twenty-five in the fifteenth dis
trict of originally Baldwin bill mnv Jasper county—levied
on to satisfv a Ii fa issued from ('hatham superior court n-
g»in*t K A J. Bolton, in favor of the Flamers' Bank of
the Stab* of Georgia: property levied on and advertised by
order of plaintiff's attorney.
The west half of lot of land, number ninety-eight in the
ninth distriet of originally Henry, then Newton hip now
Jasper county—levied on ns the property of William Jnek-
(ion, to satisfy two fi fas issued from a justices'court of Bsiltl-
win' county in favor of Aaron Searcy: property levied on
and returned to me bv a constable. Sepiemher ‘3, 1836.
WILLIAM RAMEY, sheriff.
Also, trill hr sold, fit the above time and place,
b The interest of Elisha Knight in and to lot of land ntim-
•r three hundred and eighteen, in Jasper county, whereon
Jeremiah Robinson now lives—levied on to satisfy two small
fi tts in favor of John Webh and others vs. said Knight:
levied on and returnrd to me by a constable. September 20,
1335. I. L. PARKER, drputy sheriff.
COTTON EMIrLB.'UL
H 1ST rerr ived u prime lot of renl If EM I* DTNDEE
•js warranted to he a first rnte article,
which will be disposed of oil very moderate terms.
JAMES H. SHAITAN.
Milled*nollr, September fi, 1836.—St—11
NEW FALL GOODS.
T HE subscribers have received a LARGE and general
Assortment of FANCY mid STAPLE ARTI-
C:LRS of the very LATEST STYLE, for FALL
and W I NT EH TR YDE* which are offered for sale
on such term* ns will give general satisfaction. The public
gens ally are invited to call and examine for themselves.
DENS LEU, EDWARDS A: DIXON.
Mt Hedge title, September 2^, 1S36.—15
MEDICAL NOTICE.
F'kR. ANILL1AM fa. LITTLE has removed to
U V Milledgeville. He will practice Medicine in the va
rious branches of the profession, in this and the adjoining
connti'n. January 22, 1836.—30
N. 15. Hr. J. B. GO Kill AN hns left at my
office, his Notes and Account* for collection: those in
debted will please call and make immediate payment.
March 4, 1836.-36 W. G. L.
MCTD2
.ALSI-: AND COJIJ13SSION
BU3I2J23 S.
TpLIH. subscribers, having e-lnldiahed a Hou«e fir the
.1 tninsnciion of a GENERAL FACTORAGE
and COMMISSION BUSINESS in SAVAN-
N \T!, respectfully solicit a share of the patronage of the
citizens of Uilledgeville. Liberal advances will be made
oti consignments. September 21, 1836.
HOLCOMBE, PECK & CO.
H-1t Savannah, da.
AGENCY.
r jjjplIE nndersigned will attend to the renewal of Notes
in the Central Bank, at the usual fee of One Dollar
for each renewal. They will also pass through the several
offices and forward grants at one dollar for a single grant,
and fifty cents each where more than one is requested —
Comraanieiuions addressed to them jointly or separately,
(pon.-paid) will be punctually attended to.
JOHN G. PARK,
Mdlriigrrile, April 25, 1836 -44 PETER FAIR.
.4 CARD.
MRS. HIS OX informs her friemls, lliat she
ia again the owner of tlie RAGLE HOTEL,
in Millerlgevilie—(his house was formerly kejrt by
herself, hut more recently hy Mr. M‘Comhs. Her pal rolls
are assured, that nothing, on her part, shall he unmingto
February 3, 1835.-31
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA
rgxiiE fifth course of ieelures in this Institution will he
render them comfortable.
JACKSON HALL.
The subscriber is thankful to his friends and the
public in general for past favors in his line of bu
siness, and hopes to merit a continuance hy a
strict and undevialing attention on the part of himself and
family. His Houses are very extensive and commodious,
v\ith upwards of fifty fire-places. It is the nearest tavern
to the State-House. It is well known that the best the coun
try affords he will have on his table; and lor firms try Old
Sam once more. SAMl EL BUFFINGTON.
Mil ledg viUe, da. September 19. 1836 -It-13
Therapeutics and Materia
FIRE-S’aJOOF WAREHOUSE:
Com »t i ft son Business,
STOVALL, SIMMONS A: CO* lender their sin-
Cf
cere thanks to their friends and the public, for the lib
eral Patronage conferred on them, in their IVARE-
HOC SE AND COMMISSION IH SIN ESS, for
years past, and respectfully renew the oiler of their servi
ces, promising their continued efforts, for the promotion of
the interests of their patrons. They are prepared to afford
the usual advances on COTTON, A c. consigned to their
care, as heretofore. Augusta, August 8, 1636.-9t-^ 121-7
cornnK need on tin* third Monday (17th) of October
next, and continue as usual SI X MONTHS* '1’he Col
lege edifice is completely finished. Many valuable addi
tions have been made to tin* Museum and Chemical appara
tus since the last course. The Lectures will be delivered by
L. A. Dugas, 31. 1>. on Anatomy and Physiology.
A. Cunningham, 31. D. on the Principles and Practice
of Medicine.
Joseph A. Eve, 31. D
Medica.
M. Antony, 31. D.on Obstetrics and dicascs of women
and infants.
Fal l F. Eve, 31. D. on Principles and Practice of Sur
gery.
Lewis I). Ford, 31. D. on Chemistry and Pharmacy.
l'» addi:ion to the above each Professor will, in rotation,
deliver Clinical Lectures one month.
The terms are—3Iatrieulation Ticket, to be taken once,
five dollars. Ticket for the full course one hundred dollars.
Ticket lor Practical Anatomy, to he taken at least once, ten
dollars. Diploma fee, ten dollars.
JOHN W. WILDE, President,
I. D. Ford, Secretary.
Augusta, August 29, 1336.—lt-9.
MISCELLANEOUS.
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MILLEDGEVILLE, GA.
rgMIE SUBSCRIBER respectfully informs her friends
and the public, that she has removed to that very
venient stand and commodious ESTAIJLISHMENT,
formerly known as the UNION HOTEL* and which
has been occupied for some time hy .Mr. Aaron Searcy.—
This establishment, including the out-buildings, will be put
in a state of thorough repair, and the subscriber is well nre-
pared to accommodate DO Y it 1>E US* T' f* A \SIE\ T'
CUSTOM EKS,and TRAVELLERS. Sbesolnits
a share of public patronage, of whiHi she will endeavor n
renrler herself and lier establishment worthy, bv an ampl*
stock of the best supplies, and by the most assiduous alien
tioii to the wonts ami comforts of h°r customers.
January 8. 1336.—23 NANCY J. GODWIN.
ROCKWELL A: KENAN,
A TTORNE YS A T LA W,
IYTII,LEDGEVII,L3, GECHGIA,
H aving imito<iiiiPirPi?OF;-.ssioxAL iate-
U ESTS. will attend to business entrusted l<> I Item
in the Counties of the Ocmulgee Circuit, in tin County of
Hancock of the Northern, \Ya.«hingion of the 3Iiddle,
Twiggs and Laurens of the Sontliern, anil Houston, Bihh
and Monroe of the Flint Circuits: also in the Federal Court.
Their office is on the second floor of the 3Ia»’onir I fall.—
July 19, 1836. SA3HT.L ROCKWELL,
31. J. KENAN.
S'®
iT® S'Q T F&&&*
DRUGGISTS,
MACON, GA.
HF. SCBSCRIBBRS ,i;.rrn»r partners of Fllis,
Shot well. & Co.) Iiave resnmi'd ihi’ir business
under the above firm, at their old stand opposite the Brick
Tavern, and will keep a general assortment of Drugs. .Me
dicines, Surgical and .Medical IiutruiTvnls, Faints and Oils,
of all kinds, Window Glass, assorted sizes, (.lass Ware for
shop furniture, Perfumery, Fancy Articles, Brushes of
every description, Botanic and Patent .Medicines, Car
penter's preparation, also his Essays on .Materia .Medica.—
Dye woods and Dye stuffs, and a great variety of miscellane
ous Articles, of which they have received n large supply, and
intend keeping their stock constantly replenished, so as to
he able nt all times to supply Dealers, Physicians, Planters
and others, w ho may favor them w ith their custom.
Intending to he permanently engaged in this business, the
subscribers, from their long experience, hope to render it
Worthy the patronage of old and new customers. Orders
hy letter will meet the same attention as if made in person.
HENRY SHOT WELL,
JACOB SHOT WELL.
N B G YUDEV 8KED8, assorted, warrantedJresh.
A liberal discount made to country dealers.
February 27, 1826.-eowtf-36 IT. & J. S.
and csit:si<>:is:2: laxii agkxci’.
HIE undersigned offers his services to the public as au
Agent for the transaction of bu>inc.=B in the Central
Bank, and in selling Cherokee Lands* llis fees will
be for Agency in discounting or renew ing each Note in Bank
one dollar; for effecting sales of Land, five dollars per tract
under one hundred dollars, and five per cent, for all above
that sum. His late residence in the Cherokee country and
present station in the Surveyor General’s Office, peculi arly
adapt him for this ngency.
Ail communications must come post-paid, or they will
not he taken from the post-office. 3Iilledgeville. April 26,
1836.-44 JOHN BREWSTER.
MASONIC IIALL.
rEVHF Hiili.rriliPrs hrcvo received (heir assortment of
B FANCV and STAPLE FALLond WINTER
GOOD*, consisting of figured Satins; figured Pori de
Some; Sdk Gru de Zan; plum nnd figured Chally; French
nrui English Merinos and Merino (»ros de Naps; Ladies sat
in embroidered C-r.ivats; (Moves; Hosiery; Cheneillc and »*m-
broidered .M.*nno shnwls. A great variety of FRENCH
~»rk-d CAPES and COL!. Y51S; Gentlemen and hoy's
MU and CI.OTI] C A PH? Carpetings, Rugs, dtc. la
test patterns. 'They invite planters to call and examine their
n*»ortinent of Negro cloth*. Shirtings; 8IIORS| II \TS?
A:r. o* they are tl aermined that prices and quality shall
please.
READY MADE CLOTHING,
Consisting of (iVnllemen nnd Ladie’s Cloth Cloaks; Over
C*»t*; Pants; Vests; Collars; Stocks and Bosoms.
Constantly expected 10,000 pounds CHEESE,
^ W V NT ED, 500 BAGS COTTON, fbr
wit rh, iIim highest market price will he paid.
Thankful for past patronage, they promise to merit a con
tinuance of the same. Milledgevtlle. Si piember 22, 1336.
14-tf COWLES WARD.
T 1
XEIV FALL GOODS.
^nr. subscribers have commenceil receiving a very large
n**.>rtrnpnt < >f FANE V anil STAPLE AIITI-
CLES, amtnhle for FALL AM) \\ INTER TRADE,
^iurh ih*»v inland ofl>ring on such iPrms as io give general
satisfaction. Among ih°ir assortment may he found,
Rich figured mid plain Satins and Silks. Merino Grode-
nnp, 31erino Cloths and Circassians, of fasbionahle colors;
Pirnmetta (.’loth; Black Bomhnz°t; figured and plain Pop
lin?;; Brilliants; Pongee; Rattinct; red, white, green anil
yellow Flannels, of various qualities; Salisbury do.; Green
Baize tlireo, four, nnd five nnd six-fourth Cotton Sheetings
and Shirtings; Linen Sheeting; Ladies black and white
nhhed Silk Hose; plain and open work white nnd colored
do; Lillee Thread do; white and black Merino do.; while
and black Worsted do.; Gentlmnen’s Worsted nnd Merino
Hasp; while and brown Cotton ami Merino Half Hose,
Black and While Silk do.; Ladies nnd Gentlemen’s Gloves,
el various qualities; .Misses and Bovs do.; Ladies Kid nnd
Prunella Slippers; Prunella nnd Gaither Boots; Lndi s Pru
nella and Velvet Water Proof Boots nnd Slippers; Gentle
men s Shoes of every description; Gentlemen’s Water Proof
Bom*. (■ nni Elastic do.; Opera do.; Fine Morocco and Pru
nella Dancing P imps: Misses ami Boys Shoes, of various
qualities; Gentlemen's nnd Youth’s fashionable Hats; Fur
nml Cloth Caps, of various sizes; superfine Broad Cloths and
L os* i me res, also a larg * assorlm* nl of
HEADY 31ADE CLOTHING,
Consisting of Ladies and Gemlem n's Cloth Clonks; Ladies
figured ami plain Merino and Circnssian do.; Gentlemen**
Camldei do.; .Misses* and Bovs Cloaks; Overcoats; Gentle
men and Bovs Frock and Dress Coats; Pantaloons; Vests;
‘Stocks; Linen Collars and Bosoms; Cotton, Flannel nnd Me
rino Shirts and Drawers.
SADDLER V. CROCKERY, HARDWARE
and STATION \ l{Y
Red nnd black Li
i . f vci...A ... for Negro Clothing. Abo q large
in * KO sl, OCS mi , BLANKETS, which
will l)esold «i Augusta prices. Oil hand,
10«* PIECES COTTON BAGGING-
, J r ' , ~,;«‘< il |, liy im ile tlirir friond- nml Ihc puhli
neral to call and examine
•lie in ge
, ,, l- AN 'E, LUMPKIN <t IIAMMOND.
iUUedgcrtUr, September ‘JO, 1836. 5(- ] 4
, 4 TOW N TOES SALE,
^ f.le entire dc-truction of Roanoke, in Stewart
county, the undersigned have purchoKod a beautiful
■ a.miit lhr“c inil**s above, upon which tli y propose to es
tablish a TOW \, m he called LIVERPOOL. This
place is \cry advantageously situated, upon n high nnd snn-
ny hlufl, which has proved to he h°nlihy from the first settle.
rn ° nl u * Rm* county, up to thi* present p» riod. 'The water is
very fine— its commercial advantages and facilities must he
?3 n *I r, ol superior to any intermediate place between Co-
lumbus and tlrMiulf It will command the trade of the
comity of Stewart, and parts of the counties of Marion,
* ‘Hiller nnd Randolph, in Georgia, nnd a considerable por-
lion of Barbour and Russell, in the State of Alabama. The
*iteconsists of three fractions anil one square amounting to
n^rlv four hundred acres, which will he laid off in LOTS
VJ, convenient size, and exposed to sale on the 17th OC-
■DIH:r* The Company have divided the Stock into
” n ° liamlred shares, a portion of i\ hicli mav l»e taken at one
andr«»d and fifty dollars per share, if application should he
made before the sale.
HENRY W. JERNIGAN,
ASAPH R. HILL.
JAMES E GACHET,
(ULSTAVUS DELAUNAY,
BK.NJ AMIN A. WHITE,
FRANCIS V. DELAUNAY,
THOMAS B. STUBBS,
c JOHN II. HOWARD.
oeptem!»er 20, 1836. 3t 14
• dunlin?:, Milledgevnie. Anrnsta, .Savannah,
'o-tv. Alt. papers, will publish the above until the day
I n w:ini the:r Accounts to H. W. JERNIGAN, Lump-
RROI GIIT TO JAIJL
jj 4i ,ni " U "l ‘‘ ou,lt V, Georgia, on the 2lib instant, n Negro
3Ian named JOIIN^ who says he belongs to David
Ralston of .Macon. He is about twenty-five years of ng<»,
dark.complexion, has a ►car on his right hand, five feet
four inches high and says he left 31 icon on the 18ih inslant.
1 he owner is requested to c *Vn« forward, pay all expenses
aad lake J llm away. Julv 29, 1836.
7 JOHN R. DiNIELL. Jailor.
TKSOJISOXIAX 1NFB RJS A RY.
T HE Subscribers respectfully inform lh*» public that
they have eatahlisheil an I Y El It 31A K Y * in King
street, nearly opposite the Citadel, and are now ready to re
ceive those afflicted with disease, who may f el disposed to
give a trial to Simple VEGETA BLE R EM EDI ES.
may depend on receiving every attention which experienced
Practitioners nml careful Nurses can render to make their
situation as comfortable as their cases will admit. Persons
in the City, as well as those from t lie country, ran be accom
modated with Board nt the Infirmary, on moderate terms.
Private apartments, with Female Attendants, for the La
dies, and a separate Establishment for Blacks.
It is useless to sav any thing here concerning the merits of
this system, as it bids fair to supersede every other yet known.
Infirmaries conducted upon Thomsonmn Principles
have long been established in most of the principal Cities of
the Union, and hy their unexampled success in the Remo
val of DISEASES, have succeeded in establishing their
popularity on too firm a basis to he shaken
N. H.—THOMSON’S Family Rights Robin
son’s Lectures on Medical Botany, the Thomsonian Record
er, bound: and a general assortment of Genuine 'Thomsonian
Medicines kept constantly on hand, at their old stand, oppo
site the new Guard House.
NARDIN, WOOD & SIIECUT.
Charleston, South Carolina, April 6, 1836.-45
OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY.
T HE Trustees of Oglethorpe University will hold their
annual meeting on the EOI K I f I A» ED.YLS-
DAY of November next, (23d day) at 10 o’clock A. M.
at Midway. September 23, 1836.
]5 * B. P. STUBBS, Secretary.
*.• The Charleston Observer will insert the above notice four
times
BROWN 1VOOD FEMALE INSTITUTE.
Dr. ROBERT C. BROWN, late, of Senltsharaiigh,
fMAAKES this meiliiHl nf informin'; hin frionds, nnd pn-
X rpnts and guardians gnnnrnlly, that he intends, in
JANUARY, 1837, opening nn institution two miles
west of IjiGrnnEe, Troup countv, fi»r the
INSTRUCTION OP YOUNG LADIES,
A suitable building is now being erected in a neighborhood,
embracing lieautifulscenery, a healthy atmosphere nnd good
society, and while the retired location is peculiarly adapted
to aid’students in the pursuits of literature, its vicinity to
LAGRANGE, remarkable f»r its moral and refined com
munity, offers every advantage which a parent could desire
iri educating his daughter
Board can lie obtained in the family of the Princ ipal nnd
in highly respectable families near.
A SPLENDID APPARATUS is ordered fi»r th*
„,c of the institution, and every branch of SOLID and
Ornamental Education, will be taught with the same faith
fulness by which Dr. B. obtained that reputation which ha
will he ever anxious to meet and secure.
Brownwood, near Lad range, Troup county, Ga.
September 29, 1836. 7tmi 15
VERY VALUABLE LOTS AND LANDS
THE subscriber intending to remove West-
• tsjffl wardly, offers for saletlie HOI SE and LOT
IllflL whereon lie resides, containing one and a half
•res. well improved, with a first rale Well, one of the best
•getable Gardens, and a variety of fruit trees of the best
quality, &c. &c.
ALNO, the LOT opposite, occupied at present by Air.
S. Moon, with a good comfortable DWELLING*
large Stable, and other necessary buildings, containing
acre. „ , , , ,
ALSO, the following: LANDS: four hundred and
seventy six acres of lend, two miles and a half from Alliens,
on the road to Watkinsvilh*, w itl» a S V AV 3! I LL, < O F-
TON GIN, and as good a situation fir water power works
ns any in the fetnte of Georgia, sufficient to work a large
COTTON FACTORY constantly, and upwards of
two hundred and twenty acres of ihe best kind ol Woud-
Land, heavily timbered with fine timbers for building pur
poses of every description, and plantation in good repair,
&c. &c.
Also, three hundred and nineteen acres, on the road to
Wuikiusville, one mil'* and a half from the above Saw 31 ill,
upwards of two hundred acres Wood-Land, well timbered
and watered with the best of SPRINGS.
Also, four hundred and ten acres in Carroll county, for
merly occupied |>y William B. Lumpkin, with sixty acres
good cleared Laud. 'Phis tract has considerable Gobi in
\ arious places on u, n< ar the celebrated GOLD 3! ! X ES*
Also, two hundred two and a half acres in the sixth dis
trict of Carroll county, number thirty-seven, good land, two
hundred two nnd a half acres in the tenth district of Carroll
eounfy, number one hundred and seventy-ihroe, second
quality; two hundred two and a half acres in the fourth
district of Carroll county, number ninety-eight; forty acres
in the fouith district, third section of Carroll county; gold
lot.
Any part or portion can he purchased upon reasonable
and liberal terms. Early application is desirable, ns the
subscriber intends going westwardly early the ensuing Oc
tober. Ather.s, (2a. July 30, 1836.
4toow-7 WILLIAM LUMPKIN.
SSROUGE1T TO JAIL,
I N Decatur, DeKulh county, Ga. on the 23d of^A n g
last, a Negro Man who says that his name is B l.\ • >
that he belongs to ’Thomas Ursarv, Warm Spring", Me
wether county. Ren is between forty-five atid fifty years of
ag°, had on cotton pantaloons, copperas grounded; he seem**
to have been an old offender, having his hack ranch abused,
and a sear on the left side of tlie hack bone occasioned by a*«
axe. The owner is requested to comply with the law, and
take him awav. .September 19, 1836.
3t-14 WILLIAM A. DAVID, Jailor.
MEDICAL SCS:OC2L OF FLORA.
!>R* Ik R* THOMAS has removed from Dr. L.
ijS Durham’s, in Clark county, to the city of Columbus,
w here l:e w ill prepare, in llie best manner, at his office,
on Oglethorpe street, VEGETA RLE .MEDICINE,
for ihc^cureof ALL LINGERING and CHRONIC
DISEASES# Those persons afflicted, ami desiring thf
good resuIu of Flora’s remedies, will send the symptoms
of their disease in writing.
CANCERS, FES’S and ALL KINDS ofUL-
CLHS will he undertaken, (no cure, no pay,) by the pa
tient hoarding in or n*ar Columbus.
N. B. All letters directed to him, to receive attention,
must be pjst-jiaid. Juno 10, 1836.
51-13t D R. THOMAS
CURE OF DROPSY.
P RS. FALL ELLIOTT keep constantly on hand,
with .M* E. EDWA RDS of 31illedgeville, a sup
ply ofth**ir valuable .Medicine for the cure of Drojisy.
3Iay 26, 1836.— iin-LS
TO COTTON-PLANTERS.
rflUIE subscriber, living in Houston county, Georgia,
2 and tin mil's west of Hawkinsville, offers for sale
his SETTLEMENT of LAND. 'The wttlement con
sists of between thirty-two and thirty-three hundred acres,
about six hundred acres cleared and under cultivation. Al
most the entire tract is susceptible of cultivation, and will
produce from eight to twelve hundred pounds seed cotton
per acre. There is not more w aste land than would be
necessary to be kept for timber and fire-wood. Should it
he desirable, it maybe conveniently divided into two set
tlements, each having buildings, and eligible situations for
residence; each haxinga proportion of open land and be
ing supplied with an abundance of running water.
'There are on the tract an excellent SITE fur a SAW
and GTHST-311LL and a constant STREAM. With
tli” Land, will, should it he desired, he sold twenty-five
likely young NEGROES* consisting of Men, Women.
Boys and Girls. The purchaser can he supplied on the
place with Corn nnd Fodder, stock of Hogs and Cattle,
and some Horses and .Mules. Possession can he given hy
the 1st of January next, or so soon as the growing crop is
gathered.
Terms—One fifth of the purchase money to be paid
when possession is given—the balance, in four equal pay
ments at one, two, three arid four years, with interest from
This tract is situated within ten miles of the Oakmulgy
river, which is navigable by steamboats, h is deemed un
necessary to say more, believing that those who may wish
to purchase will call and examine for themselves. Julv 26,
183f».-6t-8 HUGH LAWSON
ALYASLR LANDS FOR SALE.
snbperjber is desirous of selling a valuable SET-
H TLE.MEXT of LAND, consisting of six hun
dred seven and a half acres, with one hundred acres clear
ed, and comfortable bouses and out-houses, a good pencil
orchard nml a few apple, trees. The Crop, now standing on
the farm, will ho sold with it, consisting of corn, fodder
and cotton. This land lies in Harris county, immediately
on the State road leading from Columbus to La Grange,
thirteen miles from the former place. Any one desirous of
buying a bargain will do well to » nil and examine the pre
mises and satisfy himself August 25, 1836.
10-3t ' HUGH REESE.
FRES i: N T M E NTS
Of the Grand Jury of Forsyth County, September Superior
Court, 1636.
¥L^7E, the Grand Jury, sworn and chosen for the coun-
w w ty of Forsyth, have examined ottr county matters so
far as was in uur power in the limited time allowed us lor
such purposes, and believe from what we have been able to
ascertain, the pecuniary matters of the county confused ami
out of order in detail, and consequently appointed an exam
ining committee of three of this body, to investignteand ex
amine the books, <fcc. ol the county officers, and to report
the result of their labors to the next succeeding grand jury
of thin county.
There is one subject which this body lifts though! necos-
ary to notice, v\ Inch they believe to he of great importance,
not to this county alone, but to the people of this sec
tion of country generally, n Inch is, that portion of the pub
lic revenue ol the United Stairs w hich this State is entitled
under the recent act of congress of the United Slates,
this body do earnestly recommend to our fellow-citizens gen
erally, and to our representation in the next general assem
bly of this State, to lend their aid, in applying said money
to the use of internal improvements, which is calculated to
benefit this section of country fir above estimates now to
he made. We have in this Koction of country hut few nat
ural facilities for the transportation of our "otmnerce, nnd it
is of the highest importance that^the want of those natural
advantages should he supplied f>y rail roads and canals,
which tiie people have ample incans to accomplish. We
have heard it suggested, that the monies apportioned to
orgia from the general government should be placed in
the Central Bank, we as the grand jury of this county, pro
test against such a measure, we admit the bank was estal>-
lisdied lor valuable purposes, but it i* now of such magnitude
it is feared that like all other large monied tnonopliea, it is
alculated to w ield an influence dangerous to the interests
and liberties ol the people, and therefore, we would depre-
ate to see an increase of its powers by placing more at its
command.
The grand jury in taking leave of the court, tender their
united thanks to his honor Judge Kenan, for his able, ener
getic and impartial deliberations on the bench of this court;
and also tender our thank* to solicitor Ji L. 5Siins, Esq. for
his attentive and respectful demeanor towards this hodv; and
request the court to have these presentments published in Ihe
Federal Union and Southern Recorder.
WILEY ii. HUTCIIINS, Foreman.
Jonathan Stour, Henderson Ekes,
Antlretc F. Wooley, Jacob M. Scudder,
Joshua Ilotth n,
Henry Lrdder,
jSewburn Williams,
Samuel Holbrook,
Joseph L. Trippe,
Edward L. llaycs,
lHirislop‘ter IYhdmir
Freland Thornton,
.Vases Cantrell,
GreU Williams,
Curl’s Green,
William Humphrey,
Reuben Sams.
On moliun of II?nry I.. Sim,, solicitor central. It is or.
drml, Thai these prescmmeitta be published as desired by
the grand jury.
A true extract from the minutes. September 9, 1836.
13 \V. II. KAY, Clerk.
(I BORGIA, DcKalb county.
OSTEI), before Robert .(ones, a justice of the pence in
I for the county aforesaid, by Jesse M Red w me. of
P
the five hundred and thirty-first disiriet, Georgia militia, a
hay horse .MULE* with black legs, switch tail, some saddle
marks on his back, his shoulders much marked with the col
lar, about four feet four inches high, supposed to be thirteen
years old—appraised, by Isaac N. Johnson nnd Allen Love
less, to be worth eighty dollars on the lGrfi September, 1836.
A true extract from the estray-book. Srptember 19, 1836.
14 E. B. REYNOLDS, c. c o.
GEORGIA, Tattnall County.
laSTHEREAS, James Jlnndcock, guardian of Watts
V V llandrock.applies for letters of dismission from said
guardianship, * .
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular
the kindred and creditors of said deceased to he and appear
at my office, within the time prescribed by law, to show
cause, if any exist, why said letters should not be granted.
(>iven under my hand at office, this 4th July. 1836.
f, JOHN ii. SMITH, c. c. o.
POET SCI .
r I LLIS G. CL Alt
3Iethinks there is no lovelier sight on earth,
Than gentle woman in her earlier years;
Before one cloud has gathered o’er her mirth,
Ere her bright eye grows dim with secret tears,
When life the semblance of a dream doth wear,
l ncloiidrd hy mischances, or grief, or guile;
When rich delight breathes in the golden air,
And boundless fancy wears a joyous smile.
1 have bowed down to woman; not as one
\\ ho idly worships at a can h ss shrine;
But as the hea:lien hows unto the sun,
Whose rays beam round him—eloquent—divine.
Not like a lingerer in fashion’s train.
Who smiles and flatters a believing few;
Hollow in heart, p reliance, and cold and vain,
Whose \\ ords are fables—thoughtless and untrue.
But I am happy, when about iny way
These flowers of being ever chance to spring;
’Tis hive an hour of dreams where fairies play.
And gentle wild birds dance on glittering wing.
Care is a shadow then, and in my heart
The well-springs of deep ecstacy arise;
I feel each scale of loneliness depart,
Like storm-clouds melting from the April skijs.
Oh, if my prayers might unto heaven ascend,
’Twould be that woman might be ever blest;
That flowers nod sunlight in her path might blend,
Amt Eden’s visions lull lu r tranquil rest.
J would mat nm” might hi-er upon Ins w*mr,
t riiioiinied nrigiiiness lor each fleeting day,
And every scene which hope is picturing
Grow clearer as existence wears ft wav.
And ns a gift from Heaven to cheer ns here,
I would that woman, w hen life’s hour is don**,
Might lade like siar-lighl when the atmosphere
Is bully colored hy the approaching sun.
Passing f rom earth to a more cloudless scene,
Where brighter gems in purer skies are set—
Where chrysial fountains play in pasture* green.
Blending in fancy’s spell, with golden memories
SHERIDAN.
Extruct from WraxalFs Posthumous
moirs oj his own Time.
As Lord Surry secured bis own seat
for Carlisle, so Sheridan surmounted all
opposition at Stafford, and reappeared in
the new house of commons by Fox’s side.
He possessed a ductility and versatility
of talents which no public man in our
time has equalled; and these intellectual
endowments were sustained b} r a sauvity
of temper that seemed to set at deliaace
all attempts to ruffle or discompose it.—
Flaying with his irritable orangey antago
nist, Sheridan exposed him by sallies of
wit, or attacked him In' classic elegance
of satire; performing his arduous task in
the face of a crowded assembly, without
losing for an instant either his presence
ot mind, his facility of expression, or his
good humor. He wounded deepest, in
deed, when he smiled; and convulsed his
hearers with laughter, while the object of
liis ridicule or animadversion was twist
ing under the lash. Pitt and Dundas,
who presented the fairest marks for his
attack, found, by experience, that, though
they might repel, they could not con
found, and still less could they silence or
vanquish him. In every ultempt that
they made, by introducing personalities
or illiberal reflections on his private life
and literary and dramatic occupations, to
disconcert him, lie turned their weapons
on themselves. Nor did he, while thus
chastising his adversary, alter a muscle
of his own countenance—which, as well
as liis gestures, seemed to participate and
display the unalterable sereuity of his in
tellectual formation. Rare!}- did he ele
vate his voice, and never, except in sub
servience to the dictates of his judg
ment, with a view to produce a corres
ponding effect on his audience. Yet he
was always heard, generally listened to
with eagerness and could obtain a hear
ing at almost any hour. Burke, who
wanted Sheridan’s nice tact, and his a-
menity of manner, was continually cough
ed down; and, on these occasions, ho lost
his temper. Even Fox often tired the
house by the repetitons which he intro
duced into his speeches. Sheridan never
abused their patience. Whenever he
rose, they anticipated a rich repast of wit,
without acrimonv, seasoned by allusions
and citations the most delicate, yet obvi
ous in their application.
\t this period of his life, when be was
not more than thirty-three years of age,
his countenance arid features had in them
something peculiarly pleasing, indicative
at once of intellect, humor, and gaiety.—
All these characteristics played about his
lips when speaking, and operated with in
conceivable attraction; for they anticipat
ed as it were, to tire eye, the effect pro
duced hy his oratory on the car; thu3 o-
pening for him a sure way to the heart or
the understanding. Even the tones of
his voice, which were singularly melliflu
ous, aided the general elfoet of his elo-
buence; nor was it accompanied bv Burke’s
unpleasant Irish accent. Pitt’s enuncia
tion was unquestionably more imposing,
dignified, and sonorous. Fox displayed
more argument as well as vehemence.—
Burke possessed more fancy and enthu
siasm; but Sheridan won his way by a
sort of fascination. At thirty-three, it
might be said of his aspect, as Milton does
of the fallen angel’s form,
“ Hi* live had notyrt lost
All herorifinnl brightness.”
Excesses of wine had not vet degraded
its lineaments, eclipsed its fine expres
sion, covered hirn with disgusting erup
tions, and obtained for him the dramatic
appellation of Bardolph. At sixtv, he re
minded me of one of the companions of
Ulysses, who, having tasted of Circe’s
“charming cup,” instantlv
“ lost his upright shapo,
And doxrn^r.rd fell into a grov’liug swine.”
Those persons, and those only, who
have frequently seen Sheridan at the two
different periods to which I allude, can
form an adequate conception of the me
tamorphosis produced in his appearance
by repeated and habitual intoxication.—
It would have been fortunate for his fame,
if Horace’s invocation to the God of Verse,
to grant him
‘ tnrprm soncrlam
Drgr*re, nrc clthnra carpnvm.’
had been accomplished in Sheridan.
If we duly appreciate the impediments
with which he, no less than Burke, had to
struggle, arising from want of distinguish
ed birth, connexions, and fortune, when
entering the house of commons, we shall
admit that transcendent talents were ne
cessary to vanquish such obstacles. Pitt
and Fox had comparatively none with
which to contend on commencing their
parliamentary career. Sheridan, before
he was first elected member for Stafford
in 17S0, had indeed attained the heights
of dramatic celebrity; and already, in the
opinion of many, rivalled Congreve. I
never have, I own, so thought; nor do 1
consider him as entitled to dispute prece
dence with the author of “The Way of
the World,” and of “Love for Love.”—
Sheridan’s “Duenna,” and, still more, his
“School for Scandal,” are both unques-
tionablv charming productions; nor does
“The Critic” excite less admiration; but
they, nevertheless, fall below the come
dies of Congreve in brilliancy of wit and
strength of composition, though they may
possess more stage eilect. The plays ol
Sheridan are likewise free Trom the licen
tiousness of Congreve: that defect was,
however, the fault of the age, not of the
author. Prior, and even Pope, are liable
to the same imputation, and so are Van
brugh and Ceutlivc: hut the facts only
prove that our manners under George the
Third arc much more refined and correct
than thev were during the reigns of Anne
and George the First.
After Sheridan’s entrance on the field
of politics and parliament, he abandoned
the comic muse; a circumstance greatly
to be regretted. Perhaps, if Shakespeare
or Milton had been so unfortunate as to
attain a seat in the Legislature, we might
never have witnessed “Hamlet” and
“Othello;” nor should we have boosted ot
an *pie poem that justly ranks w.th the
“Iliad” and the “jEneid.” Lord Byron,
beyond all comparison the first poet oftlie
present age, lias purchased his “Parnas
sian laurels” by the sacrifice or derelic
tion of his legislative and parliamentary
duties. Sheridan combined in himself
the talents of Terence and Cicero, the
powers of Demosthenes and of Menander.
In the capital of Great Britain, on one and
the same day, he has spoken for several
hours in Westminster Hall, during the
course of Hasting’s trial, to a most brilliant
and highly informed audience oi both sex
es, in a manner so impressive, no less than
eloquent, as to extort admiration even
from liis greatest enemies. Then, repair
ing to the House of Commons, he has ex
hibited specimens of oratory before that
assembly, equalling those which lie had
displayed in the morning when address
ing the peers, as one of Hasting’s ac
cusers: while, on the same evening, “The
Duenna” has been performed at one thea
tre, and “The School for Scandal” at the
other, to crowded audiences, who received
them with unbounded applause. This
is a species of double triumph, of the
tongue and of the pen, to which antiquity,
Athenian, or Roman, can lay no claim,
and which has no parrallel in our own
history. Lord Bolingbroke may perhaps
form the nearest approach, as lie was
both an orator and a writer. So was
Burke. Fox himself, after a life passed
in the House of Commons, aspired to in
struct and to delight by his compositions.
But not one of the three can sustain a
comparison with Sheridan, who may be
considered, in a comprehensive view, as
the most highly endowed man whom we
have beheld in our time.
On the other hand, so defective was
Sheridan’s morality as a man, such were
his known pecuniary difficulties, and so
unjustifiable were the expedients that he
devised and put into practice for his daily
support, a? almost to incapacitate him
thereby from ever ascending to the
eminences of the State. Prior, who lived
with Lord Bolingbroke when he was
Secretary of State, and with the Earl of
Oxford at the time that he was Lord
Treasurer, in the same intimate friend
ship as Sheridan did. with Fox, was sent
by that administration to Paris, to nego
tiate, as plenipotentiary, the treaty of
Utrecht. In the following reign, Addi
son, though altogether unfit for the office,
rose to be Secretary of State. But the
King would no more have consented to
name Sheridan his minister for discussing
the conditions of the peace of Amiens, or
have appointed him Secretary for the
Home Department, than Queen Anne
could be induced to nominate Swift to a
bishopric. It was not merely Sheridan’s
want of fortune; for, in fact, neither Pitt
nor Fox had any patrimonial inheritance
when they respectively occupied the high
est employments. Dundas stood nearly
in a similar predicament. But even Fox,
though he had ruined himself at play,
yet never had recourse to dishonorable
means of raising pecuniary supplies for
his subsistence. Sheidan’s whole life
formed a tissue of inventions and subter
fuges, as manager of Drury Lane theatre,
or of the opera-house, to evade payment
of salaries to the performers, and to elude
the demands of his creditors. The tricks
of Scapin could not boast of more origin
ality or ingenuity than did those of Sheri
dan. They were current in ever}- com
pany, and would, of themselves, fill a
volume.
One of the first objects meditated by
Fox’s party, after Sheridan’s entrance
into the House of Commons, in Septem
ber, 17S9, was to procure, at all events,
his election as a member of Brooke’s
Club. But his success at Stafford met
with fewer obstacles than he had to en
counter in St. James’ street, where vari
ous individuals ol that society, impelled
cither by political or hy personal antipa
thies, were resolute in their determina
tion to exclude him. Among these, two
held him in peculiar dislike: 1 mean
George Selwvn and the late Earl of Bes-
borough. Conscious that every exertion
would be made to ensure Sheridan’s suc
cess, they agreed not to absent themselves
during the time allotted by the regula
tions of the club for ballots; and as one
black ball sufficed to extinguish the hopes
of a candidate, they repeatedly prevented
his election. In order to remove so seri
ous an impediment, Sheridan’s inends
had recourse to artifice. Having fixed on
the evening when it was resolved to put
him up, and finding his two inveterate
adversaries posted as usual, a chairman
was sent with a note, written in the name
of Lady Duncannon to her father-in-law,
acquainting him that a fire had broken out
in liis house in Cavendish square, and
entreating him immediately to return
home. Unsuspicious of any trick, as
his son nnd daughter-in-law lived under
his roof, Lord Besborough, without hesi
tating nn instant, quitted the room, and
got into a sedan chair. Selwvn, who re
sided in the vicinity of Brooke’s, in Clevc-
land row, received, nearly at the same
time, a verbal message, to request his pre
sence; Miss Fagniani (whom he had
adopted as his daughter, and who after
wards married the present Earl of Yar
mouth) being suddenly seized with an
alarming indisposition. This summons
lie obeyed; and no sooner was the room
cleared, than Sheridan being proposed as
a member, a ballot took place, when lie
was unanimously chosen. Lord Bcs-
borottgh and Selwvn returned without de
lay, on discovering the imposition that
had been practised on their credulity, but
too lute to prevent its effect.
Few men of genius, since Sir Richard
Steele’s time, have undergone greater
difficulties; and none have had recourse
to more extraordinary modes for the pur
pose of raising money, or obtaining credit,
than Sheridan. Some were so ludicrous
ns to excite mirth, and can hardly obtain
belief. He resided during several years
in Bruton street, Berkeley square, where
the house was frequently so beset with
dun« or bailiffs, that even the provisions
requisite for his family were introduced
over the iron railing down the area. In j was besieged by bailiffs; ont> of whom
the course of the vear 17SG, while living
th ere, he entertained at dinner a number
ol the opposition leaders, though he labor
ed at that time under almost insurmounta
ble pecuniary embarrassments. All his
plate, as well as his books, were lodged in
pawn. Having, nevertheless, procured
from the pawnbroker an assurance of the
liberation of his plate for the day, lie
applied to Beckett, the celebrated book
seller in Pall Mall, to fill his empty book-
eases. Beckett not only agreed to the
proposition, but promised to ornament the
vacant shelves with some of the most
expensive and splendid productions of
the British press, provided that two men,
expressly sent for the purpose hy himself,
should he present to superintend their
immediate restoration. It was settled
finally that these librarians of Beckett’s
appointment should put on liveries for the
occasion, and wait at table. The compa
ny assembled, were shown into an apart
ment, where the bookcases being opened
for the purpose, they had leisure, before
dinner was served, to admire the elegance
of Sheridan’s literary taste, and the mag
nificence of his collection. But, as all
machinery is liable to accidents, so in this
instance a failure had nearly taken place,
which must have proved fatal to the enter
tainment. When eveiy thing was ready
for serving tire dinner, it happened that,
either from the pawnbroker’s distrust, or
from some unforseen delay on his part,
the spoons and forks had not arrived. Re
peated messages were dispatched to
hasten them, and they at last made their
appearance; but so critically and so late,
that there not being time left to clean
them, they were thrown into hot water,
wiped, and instantly laid on the table.—
The evening then passed in the most joy
ous and festive manner. Beckett himself
related these circumstances to trir John
M'Pherson.
Sheridan may rather be considered as
a dazzling and seductive meteor, setting,
ultimately, in darkness, than ns a steady
luminary, dispensing an equal light, and
whose departing rays, if less brilliant
than in his meridian strength, might have
been nevertheless cheering and uncloud
ed.
This extraordinary man, as he ap
proached the confines of an old age, sunk
with every successive vear in general es
timation. Admitting that his faculties
remained perfect as I believe they did,
they nevertheless became overcast, from
the effects of intoxication, licentiousness,
and habits of dissipation. How different,
we must own, was the tenor of Fox’s life
after the period of liis retreat to St. Anne’s
Hill! Divided, during the many months
ol the year, between rustic occupations,
elegant literature, and the company of a
few friends, Fox (a green apron frequent
ly fastened round liis waist) amused and
employed himself in pruning or nailing
up liis own fruit-trees. But Fox outliv
ed his vices; those of Sheridan accom
panied him to the tornb. Such was the
characteristic and inherent difference be
tween these two illustrious men!
The last time that I was in Sheridan’s
society, we dined together at the late Duke
of Queensberry’s in 1S07. We formed
a small, select company; and he display
ed his usual convivial talents, which nev
er forsook him at the table: but the Duke,
who was above eighty, and had become
deaf, did not allow Sheridan to sit long c-
nough or to swallow sufficient wine, for
fully expanding his powers of colloquial
entertainment.
At the dissolution of Parliament, in
LS12, having failed to secure his re-elec
tion at Stafford, he ceased to sit in the
House of Commons; a circumstance most
inconvenient to him, as liis person was no
longer protected from arrest, while his
debts accumulated. I have been assur
ed, from good authority, that the prince
of Wales (or more properly to sp'euk, the
Regent,) transmitted him the sum of three
thousand pounds, in order to enable him
to procure his election for some other bo
rough; hut Sheridan, pressed by domes
tic exigencies, diverted the money to his
own private necessities. From that pe
riod, during the four or five concluding
years of his life, he, who had so long
attracted the attention of an admiring
public, insensibly became, if I may so
express myself, hall-eclipsed, and in a
manner forgotten while still alive. Inca
pable of extricating himself, by any efforts
of genius or application, (such was his ha
bitual indolence,) from his pecuniary em
barrassments, he could no longer defy a
host of importunate tradesmen who cla
morously demanded payment. Like Jaf-
fier, he might say that his doors were
“Barrefl and dammed up hy gaping creditors.’*
A friend of mine, a young man, having
been arrested in August, 1S1-3, for a debt,
and carried to a spunging-house in Letter
lane, there found himself detained in a
large appartment with Sheridan and Sir
Watkin Lewes. The latter had been
lord mayor of London, as well as one of
the members for that city in successive
Parliaments. They remained shut up
together for three days, at the end of
which lime Sheridan procured his libera
tion. He was morose, taciturn,, and
gloomv before dinner, for they till ate and
slept in the same room, but when he had
drunk nearly two bottles of wine, os lie
regularly did, after dinner, lie became
apparently cheerful and communicative.
Sir Watkin, at near fourscore, exhibited
equal good humor and equanimity of
mind.
Declining gradually under the attack
of chronic diseases aggravated by excess,
Sheridan’s hist scene holds up an affect-
in" and painful subject of contemplation.
A privy councillor, the ornament of his
age and nation, carressed by princes and
dreaded by ministers; whose orations,
and whose dramatic works, rank him a-
mong the most distinguished men of his
own or of any period; expired, though not
in a state of destitution like Spencer, like
Otway, or ’ike Chattcrton, yet under hu
miliating circumstances of pecuniary em
barrassment. His house in Saville-row
From Cohen's FhrriiPt Campaign.
Loss of General Clinch's Sword.—After
dark, a loi. of thirty very fine cattle, ta
ken in the woods during the fourth day’s
march escaped from the pen, and next
morning a party was sent lor tnem, with
orders not to remain more than an hour.
Having exceeded that time, and thereby
delayed the march, general Clinch sat
down waiting impatiently for their arrival,
and on their coming with the cattle, in his
haste to proceed, he forgot his sword and
belt, which, on sitting down, be laid ta
ken off’ and rested against a tree. He
did not discover the loss till he had pro
ceeded about four miles. One of bis
aids, major Holmes, then went hack after
it, with four or five horsemen from the
Jefferson troop, and arriving at the camp
ground, discovered six Indians there, and
one of them with the sword on, suspend
ed on the wrong side. They fired on the
Indians, who returned the lire, wounding
private Bostwick’s horse, and fled to the
hammock, pursued hy the mounted men,
who perceiving on their way another bo
dy of Indians, about twelve or twenty,
on the edge of the hammock, and attempt
ing to cut off their means of retreat,
halted, and returned to the camp.
General Scott's humane care of the Sick.
—The weather was oppressively warm,
and soon after we arrived, inai v might be
seen panting and prostrate nn th> earth.
While I was reclining under lh; canvass,-
disarming myself, and essaying to “keep
cool,” general Scott passed at the door of
my tent, and entered into conversation.—
He was still wearing liis thick cloth mili
tary frock and his sword, while I had
more luxuriously disrobed, as far as pro
priety permitted. I inquired what had
led hirn from the refuge of his marquee,
and found that, while J was lolling, he had
been visiting fort Alabama, in a broiling
sun, ovei a ground unrelieved bv a foot
of shade, all the trees having been cut
down by previous encampments. The
general had gone to see the sick, to care
for and comlort them. Discovering that
the}.' were confined in a miserable spot, he
had ordered a bower to bo erected, whith
er they should be brought out during the
day, to be revived by a breath of air.—
General Scott extended the same sooth
ing attentions to the sick at Tampa, and
this beautiful trait of his character is too
meritorious in anv commander ever to be
pretermitted in silent coldness.
Colonel Elmore's 11 histlc.— hi their pro
gress through the hammock’s, the loot
saw many evidences that the Indians had
been hotly pursued hy them, and to light
en theinsleves, had thrown down their
packs, and denuded even of their hunt
ing shirts. Among the articles so seen,
were mocasins, powder horns and pouch
es, bags, &cc. In one of these last, was
found an ivory whistle, having the name
of its owner, colonel Franklin Elmore,
cut upon it. On being shown to his
brother, captain Benj. Elmore, who, with
his Columbia volunteers, had charged the
h immook, he, I think it was, stated that
the colonel had been traveling in the Ala
bama Creek country the preceding sum
mer, and on liis return told him of the
loss of this very whistle.
The finding of this toy may seem un
worthy of mention—yet a small matter
sometimes indicates a great deal, as the
stirring of the tiniest feather will deter
mine if the vital breath vet linger in the
body of some beloved friend. The pre
sence of this w histlc confirms and throw's
light on the statement that, last summer,
several Creeks were reported to general
Thompson as being in the Seminole na
tion. He instantly despatched a party to
seize and bring them to the agency, but
the effort failed, as ihe Creeks had hurri
ed home. A brief while after, informa
tion was received at fort Kb g from fort
Mitchell, Alabama, of several Seminoles
having appeared among the Creeks, and
these Seminoles seemed to he acting as a
deputation. The inference from this
combination of little incidents, is almost
irresistable, that the Seminoles circulated
their war belt among the Creeks, as they
did even among the Winnebagoes, and
that parties of the Creeks are acting as
the allies of tire Florida Indians, in the
present war.
1 impenr-
. :i quar-
A Plant Possessing the Properties rf
Spontaneous Combustion.—A very interest-
ting paper was recently rcadbv Mr. Moj-
nay, before the London Linnrenn Society,
describing a. shrub which grows on the
rivers of Brazil, and which is called the
Euphorbia Phosphorescen. Y hen this
Euphorbia forms large entangici
trnble masses, covering pencip
ter of an acre of ground, and crowing
some twenty feet high, it will laxe fire
spontaneously, emitting for some time,
a vast column of dense black smoke and
at last, bursting out in flames. W henever
the author had an opportunity ol observ
ing the combustion ol the juice of this
plant, on its coming into contact with at
mospheric air, the temperature v-'as a
verv little raised; the combustion (with
flame) went on at a low temperature, un-
pressing to obtain entrance, and availing,
himself of the moment when the front
door was opened by a servant in order
to admit the v isit of Dr. Baillie, who at
tended Sheridan during the progress of
liis last illness, that eminent physician, as
sisted by the footmen, repulsed him, and
shut the door in liis face.
I)r. Baillie, 1 have been assured, refus
ed to accept any fee for liis advice; and
Earl Grey, who had so long acted in po
litical union with Sheridan as a member
■of opposition, supplied him with every
article of comfort, prepared from his own
kitchen. Nor, ns 1 have heard, did the
Regent forsake him in his last moments.
Ii iny information is correct, his royal
highness sent him two hundred pounds;
but .Sheridan declined its acceptance,
and returned the money.
Thus breathed his last, a man of whom
it might be justly said, as of Lord Yeru-
lum, that he was
“The greatest, wisest, meanest of mankind!”