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MILLEOGEWLLE, (til.) BECEHBEU 1*3, 1H»G.
[WHOLE 1LWBEH 3SK.
EDITED BY
JOJI^ A. CUTIIBERT.
t . V! lS is published every Tuesday at THREE TKrLLAR*
The' <»r FOEK. if not paid before the end ”
p t r Aiii' 1 }"' , i vfc'aync street, opposite the rftatc Dank.
\c*r. 1 " I' |Mi;\ IV published at the usual rate*.
Vd M\ NI u . f<f j;,„ . k ihe Clerks uf the Courts of ordinary tl
■ • in i.-m» rs of Administration, must uu
n\ 1 , rij/i; | \ DAYS at least.
• ' . .,, r . and Administrators fer Debtors nn<l Creill-
’ N ''.'intro r i romits, must be published SIX WEEKS,
t o-1^ ' ‘ ... |‘ v |.;x<.i*otors and Administrators must be ad-
- A, ‘“l.vVV DAYS before the day of sale,
v " , i# . r> „ n property (except nceroes) of testate and intes-
. . K .u utors and Administrators, must be advertised
1 ■•liTl ,,A ^ ))V Executors, Administrators and Guardians to the
' : ,!f'orlimry for leave to sell Land, must lie published FOUR
jvi"> rH*. slv Ercrntors an ,j Administrators for Letters Dis-
• published -l\ MONTHri.
of Mo -
on real estate must
THE l i M-'N I ‘^^‘^' . utions retrularly granted by the courts,
“ ; ri I IIIU I Y DAYS—under mortgage executions
' l ' 1 p. r -n.ible Proprrly under order of Court,
, , , I'KN DA YH before the day of sale,
will In , iciually *ttended to.
pi this office, or the Editor, must be
Ail I.'
pn.l p «
die th*
We am authorized to announce Captain
JOHN IS I)VIIIt a candidate for Ihe office of Ta«-
. •ollcclor of HaJilmn County at the election it. January
ISovoni!x*r H, 1836.
D**xf. _ : —
ISIIIVOTOX BHEKIFF’S N\I,E.—On
t f the lir»t Tuesday in January tiexl, will, within the
lc."il lioitra, I ip wild, before the court-house door in the town
ofSandereville, Washington county,
l it.- hundred acres of pine land more or leas, adjoining
taml. ol R. Koliinsoii and others, in Washington county—
levied on as the property of ISenjamin Harwich, to satisfy a
fi fa III Inver of John Wicker: levy made and returned to
mo In u constahla. November 23, 1836.
JAM ES UOATRIGHT, tin riff.
lASFEK SHKHIFF’S SVI.K.-On the first
•p I'm. sday in January neit, will, within the legal hours,
lie sold, beliiro the court-house door in the town of Monti-
ccll i, Juspcr ruuiilV,
(>u • lot i>f land, mimlior not known) containingtwo liun-
drtui iao ami it Imlf acres of land, adjoining lands of Josse
JVvitcU and others, in Jasper county—levied on as tlie
property of William B. Smith, to satisfy o fi fa issued from
J.i.sper HU|H*ri<»r court in favor of Beverly Allen, administra-
i,, r ,d vS illiam 1*. Jlenry, vs William B. Smith. November
‘if, 1836. ISAAC L. I*ARKUR, deputy sheriff.
c wool, V SHERIFF’* N \I,I],—On the first
Tuesday in January next, will, within the legal hours,
before the court-house door in the town of Drayton,
lM>ly county,
Uiie lot of corn and the fourth part of two stacks of fnl-
drr—Icucil on as the property of Logan D. Ballard, to saiis-
fv a fi fa from the superior court for the cost of a suit in
m cane of Jeremiah I«atukin vs Logan D. Ballard: property
pointed out by said Ballard. November 25, 1836.
W A URE N S TO K US, sheriff.
\\t EL SHERIFF'S SALE.—On the first
Tuesday in January next, will, within legal hours,
Im sold, before the court house door in the town ol’Swains-
liorouglt, Emanuel county,
Due improved tract of land, containing <> hundred n-
rres, more or li**, w hereon Kenion Drew now lives, lying
on the waters of Big Canouehie—levied on as the property
of John Scott, to satisfy two li fas in favor of N. J. Hol
ton.
k tract of land, containing five hundred acre*, more or
!•««. well improved, whereon James Scarborough now
lives, lying on the west side of the Fifteen Mile creek—
levied on as iln* property of James Scarborough, to vyiisfv
one fi fa in favor of the Central Bank. October 11, i^J*».
One sorrel mare—levied on as the property of Furne
Ihel, to satisfy one fi fa in favor of the Central Batik -
Octoher 16, 1830.
HENRY DURDEN, deputy sheriff.
g| i:\RY SHERIFF’S SALE.—On the first
£ I Tuesday in Jauunry next, will, wiihin the leg si
hours, he sold, before the court-house door in the town of
M acdiiiiougti, Ilenrv county,
Four barrels of corn more or less, and one pair cart
wheels without tire—levied on as the property of John R.
Ingram, lo satisfy one fi fa issued from the superior court
of Henry comity in fhvor of Harris Toney vs John R. In
gram: properly pointed out by plaintiff's attorney. No
vember 8, 1*^16.
Due midiv nl«*d fourt h part of lot of land number forty-six
in the eleventh district of Henry comity—levied on to sa
tisfy a mortgage fi fa in favor of Jesse Russell, guardian of
JjUii J. M. Willis vs Joseph .Smith. November 21, 1836.
Z A DOCK SAWYER, sheriff.
A CARD.
MRS. III SOX irildrms her frient!., that she
•*fBD is attain the owner of the EAGI.U 1IOTK1,,
in Ml lift! get llle—this house was formerly kept l.y
herself, hut more recently by Mr. M'Comhs. Her patrons
are assured, that nuthing, on her part, shall he wantingto
reader them eomfortable. February 3, 1835.-31
OL023 ECT2L,
MILLEDGEVILLE* GA.
TJ1HE SUBSCRIBER respectfully informs her friends,
fl and the public, that she lias removed to that verv con
venient stand and commodious ENT ABLISIIM ENT.
formerly Known as the UNION HOTEL, and which
has been occupied for some time by Mr. Auron Searcy.—
Tins establishment, including the out-buildings, will be put
in a state of thorough repair, and the subscriber is well pre
pared to accommodate HOARDERS, TRANSIENT
CUSTOMERS,andTR AVELLERS. Shesolicits
a share of public patronage, of which she will endeavor to
render herself and her establishment worthy, by an ample
stock of the best supplies, and by the most assiduous atten
tion to the wants and comforts of her customers.
January 8, 1836.—28 NANCY J. GODWIN.
E |I'!K \ Lit SHERIFF’S SALE.—On the first
R * Tuesday m January next, will, w ithin the legal hours,
in-MiUtl, tw-tam i4m* court- house door ui the town of Decatur,
JL'Kalh county,
I/.t of land number forfv-two in the fourteenth district
of originally Henry hut now DeKalb county—levied on as
pro|*riv of Sylvnmis U'alker and Henry T. Walker, to sa-
ii*fy a fi fa ishutal from DeKalt* superior court on the fore
closure of a mortgage in favor of Nichols <k Demming:
property pojuietl out in said fi fa.
l raetiiiti uuniher tiireo hundred and sixtv-five in the sixth
<li»'»ri<*t of originally (iwinnett hut now Delvalh countv—
levietl on us the properly of John Gaddis, to satisfy a fi fa
issued from DeKalb sujierior court in favor of Grorgo Cid-
hite vh said Gaddis: property pointed out by plaintifFa at
torney.
this and a half acres of land, being part of lot number
• •lie hundred and twenty-one in the fifti^emh district ofori-
k'uallv Henry hut now DeKalb county—levied on pm the
property of E. B. Davis, deceased, to satisfy a fi fa issued
Iruni a justice's court of said county in favor of John M‘-
Haniel: levy mad** ami returned to me by a constable.
The south half of lot of land number one hundred and
filf'vn in the fifteenth district of originally Henry hut now
Dekalb county—levi«*d >n us tie* properly of W iliiam Tur
ner, i.) mtisfy M fi f a fnu i DeKalb inferior court in favor
"l SS illiam Dob ins vs said Turner: property pointed out by
j lamtitTs attornuy. Novemlier *il, 1 K3B.
S. FARMER, sheriff.
in i ** a xd u iRim iKi: at cost.
r rilh .ulwrilHTs util liispuM- (l f a large aattortment of
1 II lTlt, ami a general aat.nrtmeut »f IR A It I>-
•V A 111;, at ( OlST. Milletlgeville, October 30, lS3fi.
iy-tf COWLKS At ward
v mniDii WAITED,
tl..' vear fN37, to lake charge ut' I*LAX-
TI:Ks- in Twigga roimly. To a
g.mlleman, who can protluee sufficient teatiuioniala of
..'liiilHr.liip an,! g UUt J nioral character, a liberal remunera-
t un will he git eii. So oilier neeil apply. Muv. 3, J83fi.
R A. NASH.
J J. CHAPPELL, , ,
WILLIAM A.COWAN, *
V Slim
n i t,1.1 a .it a. nun aN, V -.
J AMES G. WALL. ?
CHAMPIN’BCTLKR, j *
XKW 1AM, GOODS.
TW. s'llwerihera have reeeivol a I, \ It G K and general
I "'.'triment of FANCY mul STAI'LH \KTI-
<'I.ES „f the very LATEST STYLE, for PALL
«"■! \M\TIJU I H V1>E, w hich are ottered for eale
mi such ii-rms a* w ill give general satisfaction. The public
generally are in\ ited to call and examine for themselves.
DENSLEK, EDWARDS At DIXON.
AfiihvigrvtUe, Ne/grmher 28, 1H3G.—15
\i;\v goods.
T'iII. suhaerilier has received pari and is now receiving
I Ins I' - V 1,1, an d AVINTEIt STOCK OF
““ \ GOODS, among which may he found the follow
ing articles, viz:
Super line broadcloths diifurcnt colors; Cassimcres do ;
v esttngs.
Ha h emhroi.lered and figured Sattiris; Silk ditto, a new
article .-aM'-d U»ps, plain and figured; plain black Isabella
1 "to: Ida. I, Silk figured and plain of the best ijualities,
»me forty i„el,.a. wide; India and Saranett ditto; Parisian
su' li ' r "a""i *huiHc, plain; sattin cheeked and figured
■ 't ^'"dyetu, a new article, the French brocade
Are i V 1 ' .(' flrfInfl ,ln d English Merino* mul .Merino
, ''' a l'* : ' J Ctreassinn Jaeeniiet and Cambricks of
S •?u ,|, T ll, “: plain, fignretl, doled, and cheek dotted
vs . minis; Irish Linens; Sheetings; 12-4 Lawns and
gnapers; s , lp e r fine Linen Canthriek; Pongee.
ll'indter | , ' nl ,ru '' ,Hr ' J Linen ( ami.rick Capes and rocket
Handkerchiefs, Musl.n Capes and t’o|| afs
I a!iie. a| r' t'dl's down, ditto,
stvlemihl [?i <>Sl f '*'l'P , 'rs. black and colored; newest
dilto-\;,T )e f Ul " ,ro " ze dmo; w hite anil black satliu
« ter lr f,," 1 ”'"?' a,ul «’ :l1 village walking Shoes;
," ,t "- “J", 1 “ n ew article of French ditto; a
C»*i«lerupt ° m i*l lL °f !" lrs ' and childrens S1hm*s;
"Ho; gentlemen's fine calfskin Boots;
h»wij».s ,I1( )rucco and prunell dancing
HARDWARE AND SAD-
I* lei I.'.,£?.* ” C ' M “' assurtment.
Hr K {| I MhltV AND NTATIOXABY.
£ i*'. 1 ' 1 Scotch CARPETING.
e ~*AD\_MADE CI.O PIIING—a large and ex-
re™ a,n<,n g’‘ t which may lie found, gentle-
r .* t * 1 ' 1 Cloaks, (.'loth Mohair an.l .Markina Over-Coats.
Jtstiu dressditto, 1’antuloons and Vests.
■ 'iris, bosoms and Collars, Merino and Cotton nett
a rta ““d Drawers, fiannel ditto. STOCKS, a good
irhaetjt. Ladies’ cloth, plain and figured Merino Cloaks.
»ould respectfully ask the nUention of PLANTERS
n -sunne his assortment of M'GKO SHOES and
„ , wETS, as he has a large assortment of each and
!i s -LL THEM AT AUGUSTA PRICES'!
,n w,l ° vuit Milletlgeville for the purpose of bity-
w *. I l> ' r fall and w inter supplies of dry goods, he would,
t, haiuds and the public, most respectfully invite them
l and eiamine. Milledgeville, Oetober 10, 1836.
jampjs ii. shahan.
SPENCER’S HOTEL.
EAST WETUMPKA—ALABAMA.
a THE subscriber (formerly of lfacf/nnougA, Geor
gia,' has taken the large establishment near the
STEAMBOAT LANDING, at which
place, he resp-rtfully solieilsa share of public patronage.
Nothing shall he wanting on his part to render the place
agreeable to permanent or transient hoarders; nnd his Tav
ern and Bar will hesupplied with the best Ihe New Orleans,
Mobile and Country markets afford.
His Staldes are spacious and w ill he attended by careful
ostlers, and w ell supplied with corn and fodder.
A. SPENCER.
East HVtum/i/m, September 1, 1936.—23-7t
MASONIC IIALL.
T HE subscribers have received their assortmenr of
FANCY and STAPLE FALL and WINTER
GOODS, consisting of figured Satins; figured Ron de
Souie; Silk Gro de Zan; plain and figured Clially; French
and English Merinos and Merino Gros de Naps; Ladies sat
in embroidered Cravats; Gloves; Hosiery; Cheneillc and em
broidered Merino shawls. A great variety of FRKNC'II
worked CAPES and COLL \RS$ Gentlemen and boy’s
FUR and CLOTH CAPS; Carpetings, Rugs, Ac. la
test patterns. They invite planters to call and examine their
assortment of Negro cloths, Shirtings; SHOES; II ATS;
aVc. as they are determined that prices and quality shall
please.
READY ]UADE CLOTHING,
Consisting of Gentlemen and Undie's Cloth Cloaks; Over
Coats; Pants; Vests; Collars, Stocks and Bosoms.
Constantly expected 10,000 pounds CHEESE*
rr WANTED, 500 DAGS COTTON, for
which, the highest market price will he paid.
Thankful for past patronage, they promise to merit a con
tinuance of the same. Milledgeville, September 22, 1836.
14-tf COWLFS <fc WARD.
ROCEHVELL & KENAN,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
3VZZLI.m)aEVILX.E, GEORGIA,
M aying uuit«i their professional inte
rests, will attend to business entrusted to them
in the Cardies of the Ocmulgee Circuit, in the County of
Haiifock of the Northern, Washington of tlie Middle,
1 wings and Laurens of the Southern, and Houston, Ihhh
and Monroe of the Flint Circuits: also in the Federal Court.
Their office is on the second door of the Masonic Hall.—
July 19, 1836. SAMUEL ROCKWELL,
5 M.J. KENAN.
»e #5 & J& © © W* © © © ,
DRUGGISTS,
MACON, GA.
nnilE SUBSCRIBERS (former partners of Eili«*
-EL Shotwell* A: Co.) have resumed their business
under the above firm, at their old stand opposite the Brirk
Tavern, nnd will keep a general assortment of Drugs, .Me
dicines, Surgical and Medical Imtruments, Paints and Oils,
of all kinds, Window Glass, assorted sizes. Glass w are 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 stuff's, nnd a great variety of miscellane
ous Articles, of which they have received a large supply, and
intend keeping their slock constantly replenished, so as to
he able at all times to supply Dealers, Physicians, Planters
Slid others, iv ho may favor them with 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
by letter w ill meet the same attention as if made in person.
HENRY SHOTWELL,
JACOB SHOTWELL.
N. B. G VII DEN SEEDS? assorted, warranted J rush.
A liberal discount made to country dealers.
February 27, 1836.-eowtf-36 II. <fe J. S.
MIDWAY SEMINARY.
53" The EXERCISES of the institution will be re
unit'd on the first Monday in JANUARY NEXT. 2t-20
Nov 4, JS36-20 B. P. STUBBS, sec’ry.
MEDICAL YOTICE.
WILLIAM G. LITTLE has removed to
Milledgeville. lie will practice Medicine in the va
rious hra nr lies of the profession, in this and the adjoining
counties. January 22,1836.—30
N. B. Dr. J. B. GORMAN has left at my
office, his Notes and Accounts for collection; those in
debted will please call and make immediate payment.
March 4, 1836.-36 W. G. L.
BROWN WOOD FEW ALE INSTITUTE.
J)r. ROBERT C. BROWS, late of Scotlsborough,
^TDAKES l hi s method of informing his friends, and pn-
rents and guardians generally, that he intends, in
J YNUARY? 1837? opening an institution two miles
west of LiGrange, Troup county, for the
INSTRUC TION OF YOUNG LADIES,
A suitable building is now being erected in a neighborhood,
embracing beautiful scenery, a healthy atmosphere and good
society, nnd while the retired location is peculiarly adapted
to aid students in the pursuits of literature, its vicinity lo
L AG RANGE? remarkable for its moral and refined com
munity, offers every advantage which a parent could desire
in educating his daughter.
Board can be obtained in the family of the Principal and
in highly respectable families near.
A SPLENDID APPARATUS is ordered f.r the
use of the institution, and every branch of SOLID and
Ornamental Education, will he taught with the same faith
fulness by which Dr. U. obtained that reputation which ho
will lie ever anxious to meet and secure. ♦
Broumv'ood. near ]sit 1 range, Troup county, Ga.
Septtmher 29, 1836. 7tmi 15
NEW WOODS.
ROOT 6i SON have just received a large and
Ms desirable assortment of DRY' GOODS adapted
to the season. Among them are best qualities Merino
Cloths, Figured Merinos, superfine Black, Blue, Green
and limey colored Broadcloths, ribbed and plain Ca*si-
incrcs, Sattineltcs, three quarters and six quarters English
Merinos.
SILKS.
Ricli Black nnd Blue Black, coloicd, figured and plain
Gros de Nap Poix Du Soie.
Black Italian Lutestrings, Sinchewes, Florence fancy
Handkerchiefs, rich Black and Blue Black and fancy color
ed Bells, Pongee Handkerchiefs.
Silk and Cotton Hosiery, French and English Prints,
plain strioe and check Cambrics, Swiss Muslins.
Thread and Bobbinctt Laces, Domestic Cottons and
Calicos.
Canton Flannels and Checks, Damask Table Covers.
Rose and Point Blankets, various sizes and prices.
Diaper and Negro Cloths.
Ladies’ and Gentlemeu’s Gloves, of various qualites.
Misses and Boy*' Do.
ladies’ Kid and Prunella Slippers.
Prunella mid Gaiter Boots.
Ladies’ Prunella and Yelvet water-proof Boots ami
Slippers.
Gentlemen's Shoes of every description.
Gentlemen's wuter-proof Boots.
Gentlemen*8 and Boy’s fashionable Hats and Fur ami
Cloth Caps.
HEADY MADE CLOTHING.
Lufies and Gentlemen’s Cloaks.
Ladies* figured Merino and Circassian do.
Gentlemen's CamhletOver Coats; frock and dress Coats;
Pantaloons, Vests, Stoc ks, Linen Collars, Bosoms, Cotton,
Flannel and Merino Shirts, Drawers, Arc.
SADLERY. CROCKERY, HARDWARE
and TIN WARE? of all descriptions.
Thankful lor past patronage, they respectfully invite their
friends and ihe public in general to call and examine.
MdledgcvilJe, October 10, 1836.-16
*,* The southern Recorder will publish the alsivo.
4 TOW* LOTS FOR SALE.
^N’l) sale of lots in Troupville, Lowndes conn- j
j| fIt Ul ^ e place on the twenty-fifth dav of January ‘
nn d vis a,*J K *‘ :i3 a * rea ^- v * ,Pen sufficiently described
“*)’anvil d m: * n y persons, it is deemed superfluous to
wtU v\ * * ,n ^ rnur,i * n relation to its locality, hntsince t!i ■ first
r ail-roa S | r** ra,,c * 1 gratified to learn, that the contemplated
1 kronor} ru,Q Brimswick to Appalarhioola river, will pass
H ku f * n vv ' 1 * 1 " 1 a ver y short distance of this place,
l )U' ' I' 1 r<M,, l er sT iB more valuable the remaining unsold
fwt** U i? en "’ e shall he placed on the immediate line be-
u Aew ^ ork and New Orleans and they within seven
davs < i 1(1 ^ ew l,rlear,s arul mR y wiinin seven
a<l\ ti Cac 1 ° l her, may we not reasonably exjiect siq»erior
unages to our surrounding country heretofore unknown?
1 lie Ultetttiivn «.c i . i - • ^ l .v — • >
we
1
U 'rii merchants, mechanics and others is hereby
Jcinarly invited. Terms, six and twelve months credit.
KAMIlEL M. CLYATT,
JARED JOHNSON,
JOHN KNIGHT
^ Commissioners.
o , u ,HENRY STRICKLAND,!
October Jl, 1836-23-8; ^
A NEW ROOK STORE.
M R. C. A. ELLS has disposed of his interest in
the Book business at Macon, and has located himself
permanently in Milledgeville, for the purpose of carrying
on the above business, nnd being truly thankful to his friends
in various parls of the State, for ihcir liberal patronage here
tofore liestowed on him. In h >pes they will not, with
the citizens of this place, forg'* to call opposite Mrs. God
win’s Hotel, at the sign of the ~rge LEGER? w here may
he found a large assortment ol t« *\ medical, miscellaneous,
• jh: school Isioks, globes, schoit apparatus, dissect(*d maps,
mi 1 ! maps of all kinds, every arl:."le in the use of ilrawing,
• hi papjr and Imrdering. perforated paper, and cards for
baskets, and a general assortment of fancy articles, musical
boxes, accordions, pianos and piano music; the best quality
of knives, steel pens, ever pointed jienrils, carmine saucers,
india and indelible ink, pocket books and purses of all kinds,
heeif hags, ladies work and dress boxes, gentlemen's shaving
cases and travelling desks, ink, quills, paper of all kinds,
blank and record books on hand and made lo order; the To
ken, Gift, Violet and Religious Souvenir for 1837, just re
ceived, and all the new publications received as soon as they
rre issued from the press. Greer’s Georgia Almanac for
1837, by the gross or dozen. Teachers w ill he allowed a
liberal discount in furnishing their schools. Gentlemen pur
chasing for their library, accommodated on the m*st reason
able terms. All orders thankfully received and punctually
attended to. The auction business in this place will be tx»w-
ducted by ihe above proprietor. October 24, 1836.
18 C. A- ELLS.
MAXSIOI HOUSE FOR SALE.
THE HOUSE anil LOT? with all its Ap
purtenances, Furniture, die. formerly occupied by-
Mrs. Jenkins, and more recently by William W.
Carnes, as a public House, in this place. The buildings
have \ery lately undergone the most thorough repairs and
alterations, and are now in good order and can accommo
date a large nuinhe" of boarders. There are several lots at
tached to the premises—also furniture of every description
necessary for the business. This property will be sold up
on a creditof one, two and three years; and unquestionable
titles made to the purchaser, and immediate possession giv
en. Any person, disposed to engage in this business, would
do well to call and examine the premises and make the pur
chase in time to open the House for the reception of mem
bers, and others tlte ensuing session of the Legislature.
ELIZA J. CARNES, adnirx.
Milledgevdie, August 3U, 1836.-10
PETIT GULF COTTON SEEIK
T HE suliscrihe-offers for sale a i- iaiitity of the above
SEED, warranted to be genuine and the first crop
front the imported seed. Prire, eightv rents per bushel.
Also, a quantity of the SAME KIM> of 8EKD,llie
second crop from the genuine seed. Prirq, forty cents per
bushel.
These Seed ran Is* had hv application at my plantation,
one mile west of tbs town of Madison, or to Thomas J.
Burnet, who resides in the village. Planters, wlm have
sustained injury in Ih":r rotten erop from rot, can obviate
this injury by planting Petit Gulf Cotton Sen!. Novem
ber 1,9, 1936. john b. walker.
*•" ' t'C Kerorrter will insert the above live tones. 23-5t
A FIXE POSEY
lOll SALE.—Inquire at the Federal Union Office.
Milledgeville, Heceinherfi, 1836.-24
SOLE, 1IAKVESS AAD XJPI»ER
F ,,„ , LEATHER.
OK sale by
G. ROOT & SON.
WANTED a quantity of HIDES, for which the
highest cash pri-« will ho paid. Milledgeville, Georgia,
December 6, 1836.
•24 G. ROOT & SON.
DRV CiOOEIS.
WILLIAM H. CRANE,
(RECENTLY ‘FROM MONTlCELLO, GEOROIA.)
IJJ AS commenced the DRY' GOODS BUSINESS
R S. in the City of AUGUSTA? and will he thankful
t«> his friends and the public for a share of their patronage.
Country merchants are particularly invited to call at No.
231 Broad street.
Augusta, Peccmher 1, 183f».-24-4t
THREE IIEVOKES) SHAKES
BANK OF AUGUSTA STOCK
AT AUCTION.
rwwi: SALE of the INC REASED CAPITAL
M. STOCK of this Bank, w ill lie resumed, in front of
the Banking House, at eleven o’clock, on the morning of
Wednesday, the 18lh January next, at which time the
Board of Directors will offer at auction the privilege of
subscribing for THREE THOUSAND additional
shares, being the balance of the increase authorized by the
act of December, 1826*
By order of the Bearl of Directors.
ROBERT POE, Cashier.
Bank of Augusta, November J5, 183G.-7t-23
LAW.
fWHIE subscribers have associate!] themselves in the
S PRACTICE of the LAW? under the firm of
J* N* *.V J* M* ilETIiUXE? and will attend the
Courts of the Chattahoochee Circuit. Their office is in
Columbus, Georgia. November 22* 1836*
JAMES N. BETHUNE,
23-4t JOHN M. BETHUNE.
l YIVEISSflTY OF GEORGIA.
O N FBI D YY, the 24th of December next, the office of
TUTOR «»f Franklin College, now vacant, will be
filled. Salary, eight hundred dollars. Athens, November
18, IS36.-3t-23 A. HULL, secretary.
rOR SALS,
AT THE FEDERAL UNION OFFICE,
A HISTORY of the Detection, Conviction, Life and
iV Designs Of JOHN A. MUKEL* the G rent West
ern Jjiirid Pirate, together willi his system of Villainy, and
plan of exciting a N-gro Rebellion: also a catalogue of the
Nunn s of four hundred and fifty-five of his Mystic Clan
Fellows and Followers; nnd a statement of their efforts for
the destruction of Virgil A. Stewart, tiic young man
who delected him
ffjr This interesting and valuable little book should be in
the hands of everv owner of slaves
SKVLXTFEY TBSOUSANO ACRB:S
O F first rale FARMING LAND for sale, in bodie
of from three hundred and twenty to two thousand
six hundred, all lying in the counties of Russell, Chambers,
and Macon, Alabama, near Columbus. These lands were
selected with a great deal of care, by ft competent judge,
w ith a special eve to the culture of corn and cotton. My
agent, John D. Pitts, will he fully authorised to sell those
lands, and may he found for the next six weeks at the Mc
Intosh Hall, in Columbus, (when not in the Creek Nation,)
prepared to show the same.
A l*o t lie well known tract of Land, lying in the Oswieh-
ce Bend, containing two thousand six hundred ncres. This
tract cannot he surpassed by any lands in the State of Ala
bama. Macon, Ga. November 9, 1836.
fit—21 J. COWLES.
;t r- cmxi"Ts&*x* sm
A»» CflEKOKEE LANS) AGENCY.
r an 11 U. undersigned offers his services to the public as an
jL AiZ'-nt tor the transaction of business in the Central
Bank* and in selling Cherokee Lund-. Ills fees will
he for Agency in discounting or renewing each Note in Bank
one dollar; for effecting sales of Laud, five dollars |>er tract
under one hundred dollars, and five }M*r cent, for all above
that sum. His I ate residence in the Cherokee country and
present station in the Survey or General's Office, pecul arly
adapt him for this agency.
All communications must come post-paid, or they will
not h<* taken from the post-office. Milledgeville, April 26,
1836.-44 JOHN BREWSTER.
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE, &C.
AT AUCTION.
r*H!E subscribers, intending to close their business, will
Ji. sell at public sale, at the lower marker-house in the
city of Augusta, o:i Tuesday morning, the 3d of January
next, all t!i**ir R E A L ESI 1 ATE in the county of Rich
mond, including valuable Houses und Lots in the city of
Augusta and village of Springfield—one lifth part of five
hundred and twenty-eight acres of Swamp Land on M*Benn
Creek and Savannah river—one half of the M 4 Bean Mills
nnd Plantation on the waters of M‘Bcau (’reek—several
valuable Houses and Lots in the villages of Sparta, Monti-
cello, und Mmion—their Rosemount Plantation in Burke
county, three thousand acres.
'1 It" toll.
.wins puscnlrrd r
, USDS
in this State, viz:
20*24 a:
[•res in Tike* county. !Hh
district, No. 139
2024
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15
“ “ J 30
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41 “
2
“ “ 13*2
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“ Upson
10
" “ 10*2
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" Fayette
13
“ “ 17*2
*20*24
Fayette
13
•• " 137
:2(>*24
“ Newton
10
•• “ 361
*20*2 4
“ Crawford
8
“ “ 133
400
14 Irwin
13
“ “ 375
150
“ Early
3
“ “ 173
150
** Early
13
“ “ *257
too
“ on Cold W
- nler Crook, Elhort county.
200
M in Putnam
county,
near Eatonton.
. ALSO,
About 20 NEGROES, chiefly field hands.
12 Shares Capital Slock of Augusta Insurance Banking
Company.
5 Shares Capital Stock of Union Wharf Company, &c.
M KENZIE BENNOCH.
Auzusfa, Ga. NoccviLer 29, 1836.-41-21
FLJIALE ACADEMY.
T HE exercise* of the FEMALE SCHOOL in LA
GRANGE closed on the 4th instant, and will be
resumed on the first Monday m January next.
The services of Mrs. Ellen Stanly will be continued
in the institution, with the assistance of the Kev. Ly>ian
C. Cor kin, a gentleman who has taught in some oft he most
respei tnhlo Schools at the North, and more recently in a
Female School of high standing in Augusta. Mr. Corbin is
prepared to teach all the branches of Female Education
taught m seminaries of distinction, as well as the Latin und
Greek Languages; in aiklitiori to which, he will deliver
Lectures on Philosophy and Chemistry, having the neeewsury
apparatus to demonstrate and explain the principles of the
same. The Board of Trustees have sent on to the North
fi»r a Philosophical und Chemical Apparatus, for the use of
the School.
Mr. JbiiN Ufl ink, an accomplished and superior teacher
of Music, is engaged to teach those who may he disposed to
attend to that elegant accomplishment. For the better im
provement of the pupils, there will he a room twenty feet
square attached to the Female Academy. Also three Pi
anos for the exclusive use of the School.
With the services of the aliove teachers and the advan
tages for improvement in mental and ornamental ae.com-
plishments, togelher with the high character of LaGrange,
for health, morality and good souiety, the Board feel fully
autlioiised in saying, that this institution offers as many fa
cilities for receiving an education ns that of any other vil
lage in the £>iate. November 17, 1836
24-3iim S. DUGGAR, secry pro iem.
JOHN ( link
T AKES tl is method to inform parents nnd guardians,
that lie intends to continue, in this place, next year,
as a TEACHER of MUSIC on the PIANO FORTE.
His peculiar method of teaching is calculated lo answer the
end desired, in the study of Music in this country as an ac
complishment and amusement, and it is at the same time in
its principles modeled after the high schools in iiis native
country, Germany, to make pupils, by degrees, independent
from instruction, being instructors to themselves. Mr. U-
iiiNK will assemble his pupils in connexion with a SING
ING SCHOOL? which he intends to have every Satur-
d» y, for the purpose of practising SACRED MUSIC.
He hps just received from New York, and intends to
keep constantly oil hand, nn extensive supply of the newest
and most improved MUSIC- %lso INSTRUCTION
BOOKS? SINGING BOOKS? Aic* These mid o-
llier arrang ‘merits, now being made, together with the expe
rience of Mr. Uhixk in teaching Music, will enable him to
offer, for the study ol that science, an opportunity not ex
celled on this side the Atlantic.
Tkrms of Tuition.—Sixty Dollars per year, ten months,
payable twenty dollars in advance, and the balance at the
eHd ol the year. Use of the Piano Fortes will he an extra
charge ol seventy-five cents per month. Twenty dollars
per quarter, eleven weeks, inclusive the use of P ano
Fortes, payable one quarter in advance*, and the balance at
the dismission of the pupiL
Pupils will be received any time-, and charged according
ly from the time of entering to tho time of llieir dismission,
but not ioi less* than one quarter.
LaGrange, Troup County,Ga. November 17, 1836.-3t-24
POETRY.
From the Southern Literary Messenger.
TO MY WIFE.
BY LINDLEY MURRAY.
When on thy bosom 1 recline,
Enraptured still lo call tha mine,
To call the mine for life;
I glory in those snered tics,
Which modern wits and fools despise,
Of husband and of wife.
One mutual flame inspires our bliss;
The tender look, the melting kiss.
E’en years have not destroyed;
Some sweet sensation, ever newr,
Springs up and proves the maxim true,
That Love cau ne'er be cloyed.
Have 1 a wish?—’tis all for thee.
Hast thou a wish?—’ii« nil for me.
So soft our moments move,
Th: t angels look with ardent gnz«.
Well pleased It) spo our happy days,
And bid us live—and love.
If cares arise—and cares will cone—
Thy bosom is my soltest home;
I’ll lull me there to rest;
And is there aught disturbs my fair?
I’ll hid her sigh out every care,
And lose it in my breast.
JInve I a wish?—’tis all her own;
All her s and mine are rolled in one—
Our hearts are so entwined,
That, like the ivy round the tree,
Bound up in closest amity,
'Tis death to be disjoined.
MISCELLANEOUS*
Rev. Orville Dewey, in his late work
entitled “the Old World and the New,”
makes the following, among other ingen
ious comparisons:
Ea/intr.—The Americans nnd the En
glish are the greatest eaters in the world
—the most voracious devourers of meats,
and the most eager for high, hot and stim
ulating wines. Meat enough is put upon
an American dinner table every day, to
keep a family of Frenchmen, Italians, or
even Germans, a full week, if not a month;
meat, too, at that very season of the year
—the hot season—when its stimulus is
too strong, .and when the system demands
the relict' of vegetable diet. In the south
of France, meat is eaten by the peasantry
only once a week; on Sunday, generally.
In England the poorer classes, who are
far the healthier for it, do not have it
more than twice a week, and often not.
even once. Tho French so mingle their
meat with sauces, vegetables, &c. that
but very little is eaten, though much-may
seem to be.
Bringing vp.—Children in the cities of
Europe, are* brought up better than ours
are. The nurses do not keep them in
their chambers, fondling over them all
day. The children are made to exercise
in the open air. There they stay all of
the day that the time from school or from
meals will permit. The consequence is,
that, they grow up with health, and with a
ruddy pi lysiogtu>my.
Exercise of Males.—Tho great cause
why the Europeans appear ruddier and
healthier than we do, it strikes us, is that
they exercise more, and live more in the
open air. Parks in England are every
thing. In Italy, and France, and Germa
ny, the people live much out of doors.—
Every (lay their Broadways are not full
but their Batteries are. Their Coffee hou
ses are out of doors. Families sit as much
as possible in gardens, and in public pla
ces. Their windows are all tenanted.—
Not only every city, but every town lias
its public park, adorned with trees, by the
water side, wherever it is possible; and
every thing is done, which can be done to
make it comfortable and refreshing, as
well as fashionable. The sons of the
first families in England are often seen in
Switzerland, with their packs upon their
backs, walking amid the mountains, at the
rate of forty miles a day.
Exercise of Females.—The English girls,
it is well known, will walk five or six
miles with ease. They are never afraid
of the air. They do not reason as our
girls do, that to be pretty and “interest
ing,” they must he livid, pale, and con
sumptive; and in order to he so, exclude
themselves from the open air, from walks
and parks—but they reason naturally,
that health is beauty, and that sickness is
otherwise. English girls, it is said, are
almost the only girls who climb up the
sides of the Alps, or struggle, ancle deep,
up the ashes ol Vesuvius.
Female Dress.—The dress of women (a-
mong us) is undoubtedly the cause of their
bad health, consumption, &c.; but as they
prefer death to wearing thick slippers and
warm stockings, and leaving off' tight cor
sets, there is no hope of reforming them.
A Fossil Bear.—M. Larrey recently pre
sented to the French Academy of Scien
ces the fossil head of a bear, called the
great cavern bear by Cuvier. It was
found in the grottoes of Mialet, depart
ment of Gard. It does not appeal that
there at present exists any species at all
resembling it; and the excellent state of
preservation in which it was discovered
induced M. Larrey to purchase it. M.
St. Hilaire was charged with its examina
tion, lor the purpose of drawing up a re
port upon it*
Unpublished Letter of Walter Scott.—
The following excellent letter of Walter
Scott hitherto unpublished, has lately ap
peared in the London journals.
“Sir—Your modest and sensible letter
would not have remained so long without
an answer had it not reached me at a
time of severe indisposition: even at pre
sent I must employ another hand than iny
own.
“I have been long under the necessity
of laying down a positive and general
rule, never to offer an opinion on the
manuscript poetry of unknown corres
pondents. Besides being a most bur-
thensome tax upon my time [for I fre
quently receive two or three large pack
ets in a week,] I had generally the very
unpleasant task of returning such an
swers as were disagreeable to my corres
pondents. In fact, sir, although nothing
can he so rare as that high degree of po
etical talent which arrests in a strong de
gree the attention of the public, yet noth
ing is more general among admirers of po
etry and men of imagination, than the art
of putting .together tolerable and even
pood verses. In some cases [and I am
disposed to reckon my own amomr the
number] either from novelty of subject or
style or peculiarity of information, even
this subordinate degree of talent leads to
considerable literary distinction; but noth
ing can be more precarious than the at
tempt to rai>e one’s self from obscurity,
and place empty and tantalizing objects
in the view, diverting the poet from those
which fairly and manfully followed out,
seldom fail to conduct worth and industry
to comfort and independence.
“I hv no means advise you to lay aside
your taste for literature; it does you credit
as a man; and very possibly as a man of
talents. But those powers which can
make verses are applicable to the more
useful and ordinary purposes ol life.—
\our situation is at present dependent;
but there is none so low from which pa
tience, industry, and perseverance, cannot
raise tho possessor of those excellent
qualities. I would only advise you to
publish in such a shape as to ensure a re
turn of profit, as some compensation for
adopting the thriftless occupation of a po
et. If you should resort to subscription,
you are at liberty to put down my name;
for I scarce think that a man, who writes
so sensible a letter can he guilty of the
folly of publishing very bad verses. I am,
sir, with sincere good will, your humble
servant,
WALTER SCOTT.
“ Abbotsford, March 31, IS 10.
“1*. S.—As you have given ine no di
rection, I can only use the general one
pointed out by your letter.”
A Foundling Declaimed. Yesterday
morning, a yuinig woman, of very de
cent appearance, perhaps twenty-one or
twenty-two years of age, presented her
self at the office of the almshouse commis
sioner, and besought that her infant might
be restored to her. She stated that she
lived at Elizabethtown, N. J., and had a
poor, dissolute husband, and that her
cousin (a female) bad endeavored to per
suade her to abandon her infant; but,
though in impoverished circumstances,
her maternal affection would not allow
her to do so. Her child suddenly disap
peared, and though her cousin vouchsaf
ed to ussure her it was in safe keeping,
she would not tell her where or with
whom. She had seen the paragraph in
the Sun, relative to the child abandoned
at Mr. Itich’s store, corner of Grand and
Centre streets, a few days since, and from
the statement, was led to believe that it
was her child, and that her cousin had de
posited, or caused it to he left where it
was picked up. The infant being pro
duced, she joyfully identified it as her
own; and the permission of proper au
thorities being granted, she bore off" her
child, with many and strong demonstra
tions of joy and affection lor it.—New
York Sun.
ENGAGEMENT WITH PIRATES.
Caxto.v, May 17.—A letter, which has
been handed to us by a friend, contains
the details of a gallant action with, and
defeat of a numerous licet of pirates, off
Manilla.
Lieutenant Elliott, holding rank in the
Spanish Colonial Marine, and in com
mand ol a boat manned bv forty-three
Tugalas, and which mounted one gun in
the bow, and a few swivels in the stern,
opened unexpectedly upon a licet of twen
ty-six Malay Pirate Ijoats. The deter
mination of the British officer was at
once made. Although he was opposed to
double banked boats of forty rowers, he
unhesitatingly advanced and used long
Tom. The result was as may be known
without a long story from us: the numer
ous fleet of the desperate Malays, who
are often stimulated to madness by opium,
retreated from the attack of Elliott, his
grape and canister shot being a dose too
strong lbr them to bear.
The gallant chivalry of Elliott’s en
gagement has not. often been equalled,
and perhaps never surpassed.
He was cruising in a government Fal-
wa (a large open boat) with a crew of
forty-three all told; armed with one large
brass gun in the bow (an eighteen or twen
ty-four pounder) four swivels on the stem,
and small arms. The boat pulled twen
ty-six oars.
Passing round a point of land between
Cape Caponnes and Corrcgidore, he sud
denly found himself almost in the mid
dle of twenty-six double banked Malay
Pirate Praos, each containing forty men.
The moment Elliott saw ihe enemy, he
with great courage and coolness gave the
word ‘ready for action,’ which was
promptly obe3'ed by his Tagalcse crew.
The long gun was quickly double shot-
ed with grape, without stooping the
boat’s way, and when within hail, the
Pirate’s chief (a renegado) who led the
van—or rather the horn of a crescent
(for they were moving to surround the
gallant boat) hailed Elliott, and said, ‘if
he was a brave man lie would fight,’
doubting what Elliott would do.
‘Then tho gallant Elliott flush’d
To anticipate the scene.
And his boat the fleeter rushed
O’er llie deadly space lielween/
And when almost in contact fired his bow-
gun: the aim was so good and the effect so
deadly that the Pirate chief’s boat with
her crew immediately sunk. Without
losing way on went Elliott over the wave
which bubbled over the sunken proa to
wards the second chief’s proa, and when
with bowsprit almost over her fired; and
"It was hui one moment of stir and commotion,
Then down she went, like a hmi of the ocean.”
The remaining twenty-four proas, seeing
the sudden and unexjjectcd destruction of
their chiefs, fled; Elliott chased, they
rather outpulling him, but not so last as
to escape about sixty-two round of shot,
mostly grape. As most of them pulled
away with single banks only, it is proba
ble the havoc amongst them had l>een
great. When Elliott’s shot could no long-
gger reach them, he repaired to a creek
and there refitted, and then returned to
Corregidore; but although he passed over
the waters where the battle had been
fought,
No vestige of the strife was there.
The fight continued about three hours.
The Ful\va had two men killed and twelve
wounded, one since dead.
In the early part of the action the four
swivels rebounded from their pivots and
were lost.
When the particulars of the action
were reported to the governor, lie imme
diately made Elliott a captain, und gave
him a cross of honor. The petty officers
and crew have been rewarded, ami tlic
families of the killed will be provided for
by the Manilla government.
The disparity of force in this action is
amazing; one bout and forty-three men
opposed to twenty-six boats and upwards
of a thousand men!—and tlxtse men were
Malays, renegadoes and pirates:—a race
and kind of men whose ferocity and des
perate determination are unequalled.—
This is an instance of what a leading, a
master-mind can do; for all the creditof
fighting the action is due to,Elliott; and
although his gallant Tagalesfc bravely se
conded him, had he fallen, can there be on
doubt of a different result?
The Oldest. Pensioner.—Eighty years ngo,
the sirong hold of the north, Fort William Hen-
ry, submitted to the fortune of war, nnd sur
rendered to the French, under the gallant Mont
calm. With Rlunroo nt the seige was David
Thompson, who lately died at Easton, N. II.,
aged about one hundred years. He is believ
ed to have been the last survivor of the two
thousand soldiers, commanded by the brave old
Col. Munroe, who so heroically withstood the
repeated attacks of eleven thousand regulais
and two thousand Indians, under the command
of Montcalm, and also the government pension
er of the longest standing on the roll. The
erect bearing of a soldier, which lie acquired
in his youthful days, and of an honest man,
which he had been from earliest manhood, he
maintained till the hour of Ftis death.
There is a curious story fold of his grandmo
ther, Mary Houghton. At the sinking of Port
Royal, in Jamaica, by an earthquake, site clung
to the sill of her house, floated away on it, and
was taken off by a vessel safe, when all but
three of the inhabitants of that ill-fated town
perished in the ruins. Several years laid c-
lapsed after the disaster, when there came to the
taven in Dorchester, where she served as a
waiting woman, a traveller, whom she instant
ly recognized as her husband. lie was at sea
when their house was sunk, nnd had no tidings
of her. She died in 1703, aged 105.—Lowell
Courier.
Russian Dwellings.—Tho casements of
the Russian log houses are double—a lux
ury which should never be dispensed with
in this country, as they save in fuel in a
lew seasons more than their original cost.
They have also two sets of'doors, closely
fitted—and when a person enters a dwell
ing, he closes one door behind him before
lie opens the other. The apartments are
all warmed with Russian stoves, which
consume a marvellous small quantity of
fuel. When at home by night or by,day,
they never suffer from the cold in any
part of their dwellings—and when they
go out, they* are closely wrapped in.furs
and suffer no inconvenience when the
thermometer is twenty degrees below ze
ro. In summer their houses are compara
tively cool, as the heat of tlte sun’s ravs
more easily penetrates the thin walls of
our houses than a mass of solid timber.—
Bv refusing to sacrifice convenience to
beauty, their comfort, and consequently
their happiness, is increased.
From the Globe.
Mr. Cochran's Manij-Chambered BiJIe.—
This rifle has just been submitted toal’air,
but strict trial, at the United States’
Arsenal in this city, and the writer has
seen the report ol’ captain Ramsey and
lieutenant Scott, under whose supervision
tlte trial was made. The rillc, it appears,
was fired one thousand and eigbthundred
times, and was in the same order at the
termination as at the commencement of
the firing. In order to test the influence
of raiti, and wet from other causes, water
was put into the chamber, and left there
an hour and ten minutes; the rillc was
then discharged, and with the same ease
and eflect as before. Tlte cylinder in the
rifle thus tested, contained nine chambers;
and ir> a comparative trial instituted be
tween it Hall’s carbine, both pieces hav
ing been loaded, the whole nine discharges
were made from the rillc, before a second
could be made from the carbine.
During the whole tri;d, not a single cap
missed fire, and at the distance of one
hundred and fifty yards, with ten grains
of powder, the hall perforated an inch
pint ljoard, and was flattened against a
brick wall behind it.
Some apprehension was entertained
that, from the contiguity of the charges,
accidental ignition might be prod need.—
To prove the entire freedom of his rifle
from this danger, Mr. Cochran placed
loose powder in the chambers, over the
balls around the caps; and so circum
stanced, it was discharged us safely as
before.
Captain Ramsay observes that, with
the closest scrutiny, he could not discover
any objection to Mr. Cochran’s invention;
and lieutenant Scott says that, for simpli
city, it surpasses any thing of the kind lie
has ever seen, and that its qualify, as a
fire-arm, can be summed up in three
words: “it is perfect.”
The foregoing is the substance of the
reports, the terms being, in general, un
changed, and not in any instance strength
ened; and, after these testimonials, the
writer would deem it impertinent to add
his own favorable impressions or con
victions. Tlte thing has l>een examined
and estimated in the right quarter.
lEas/tington, November 21,1S3G.
Overwhelming argument.-*-Dr. Lathrop,
in one of his sermons, says, “If it were
true that there is no God, what evidence
can the atlieist have that lie shall not ex
ist and be miserable alter death? How
came he to exist at. all? Whatever was
the cause ot his existence lie re, may be t he
cause of his existence hereafter. Or, if
there is no cause, he may exist without a
cause in another stale, as well as in this.—
And if his corrupt heart and abominable
works make him so unhappy here, that lie
had rather lie annihilated, than run the
hazard of a future existence, what hinders
but he may be unhappy forever? The
man, then, is a fool, who wishes there
were no God, hoping thus to be secure
from future, misery; lot ad milling the r c
was no God, still he may exist hereafter as
well as here; if he does exist, his corrup
tions and vices may render him miserable
eternally, as well as for the present.”
GENERAL GAINES.
llephj of General Gaines to the invitation Or
partake of a public dinner with the citizens
<>J Mobile.
Mobile, October 25, IS30.
Gentlemen— L should sooner have at
tended to the kind and cordial welcome
with which you have honored my return
to tins place, had not the dangerous ill
ness of my beloved wife required my con
stant attention near her. The distressing
malady with which her life has been
threatened during the last two weeks,
though now apparently yielding in some
degree, to the judicious treatment of her
physician, aided by the' present season of
health, with the mild and meliorating
climate of Mobile, still requires my con
stant attention; inaomnch as to oblige me
to deny myself the pleasure which I foul
so fondly anticipated,-of meeting my icL
low-citizens of Mobile at a public dinner
to which they were pleased, through vou,
to invite me on tin* return from Florida*-
and to renew the invitation on the ISth
instant.
I owe to the citizens of Mobile n debt
of gratitude which no time or nnv change
of eircuinstances can ever cancel, for the
honors they have conferred on me, in the
“freedom of the city,” its well as in the
prompt and efficient measures which thev
lravc taken to rejrel the lawless efforts of
a band of political gladiators, influenced
by the spirit of parly, to misrepresent tnv
conduct, because, owing as 1 do, allegi
ance to the United States, I disdain to pay
homage to an intolerant parti;.
Hundreds of irresponsible and anony
mous pens have been employed against
me to misrepresent my conduct: First,
in my campaign to East Florida; and
secondly, in my recent measures to main
tain tlte neutrality of our country, and
protect it from the perils of an extermina
ting tear among our ferocious red and
white neighbors ot tlte west, the most
vital, and the most vulnerable section of
our national frontier*
I was first charged with disobedience of
orders and neglect of duty, in not having
shut my eyes against the outbreak of waU
and the desolation upon the frontier of
East Florida, within the known limits of'
my department; and in having attempted
to afford protection to the exposed and
bleeding citizens of that frontier, who had
been authorised to look to me as iheir pro
tector; and in not abandoning tnv com
mand to an officer f ar distant f rom me.—
I was thus charged by persons supposed
to have some claim to military knowledge,
notwithstanding they knew full well that
very official act of mine in East Florida
took place before the officer appointed to
relieve had found his way to the theatre of
wal- in Florida, within rfhe limits of tnv
department; the only place at which *1
could upon any sound principle of mili
tary law, or without dishonor to mvself
and the army, having abandoned” mv
command, or suffered myself to be re
lieved by a junior, or any other officer,
until after I had subdued tlte enemy
which J had the happiness to accomplish
—thanks to the officers and men, Louisi
ana volunteers and. regulars who accom
panied me. This is sober truth, the full ex
tent of my offending in Florida; if indeed
1 committed offence. In this view of the
subject, I feel convinced that 1 have said
nothing more than I will, whenever re
quired by the proper authorities, establish
by the concurrent testimony of everv in
telligent officer and soldier who served
with me in Florida, and who had the
means of knowing the facts connected
with my measures and conduct
My calumniators have principally, so’
fir as 1 can learn, abandoned their first
charges, mortified and ashamed that thev
ever h;ul the weakness to array them
against me; as no intelligent soldier or
citizen can he found base enough to assert
that it was not as much my foiumlcn duty
promptly to collect force, mid Hv to the
rescue of the suffering pioneers of the’
wilderness, authorized to relv on me as
their protector, though residing out of the'
reach of iny eye, as if they had been'the
most fashionable of tnv calumniators, and
living within my sight; even if it batl ex
posed me and iny young warriors to the
sad dilemma of being a little h/rngrt;, or
even of being quite without rations for a
few days. He wlio enters the military
•service of his country, must have spent
his time at school most tmproliirrblV if lie
has not learned that occasional privation
of food and comfort, can seldom foil to-
attend the labors ot an active eampaign^
and more especially when in conflict with
a savage fi >c.
The degrading and afflictive scenes-
which iallowed my campaign in- East
Florida, need no comment from trie.—
They cannot foil to receive the it-ftenlion
of the people of the United States, i hronglr
their public functionaries, whenever tlte
turmoil of party struggle shall sulxlne.
I take great pleasure in the belief that
that Tennessee and Florida volunteers,,
aided by the few regulars now iw Florida,
will speedily terminate the war; and that
no vaioor visionary votary of European
plans, w ill again be found lo renew its
horrors.
li in tnv humble efforts to preserve the
southwestern frontier from the hearl-rcnd-
mg scenes of savage war and desolation,
such as have covered Florida with deep
mourning—and such as must penetrate
tlte heart and awaken the sensibilites arid
sympathies of every patriot of our coun
try, I have incurred the censure of a high
public functionary placed over me, 1 have
the satisfaction to know that I have acted
in striet obedience to the law of tire land,
prescribing the oath which I have taken,
and irt obedience to which I have proba
bly seen as much hard sendee as any man
in the United -ritales now living—an oath
which requires me to bear true faith and
allegiance to the. United States of America,
and to serve them honestly and faithfully