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OONSTITUTIONAL yNIONT ticket.
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JOHN BELL,
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*• Ed wal'd Everett,
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t*lnyorlii of tin- I'onsfitutionnf L tiiwn Pnriv.
The ConitttAtton of the Coubl ry! the
jT'iiicm Stales !*:m(k tlie
Bnfofoemenl < if* t h<> E'lawn!
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® •• g ‘Dr. K. (Iri>ontil<l. *
Tliis gentleman has tq.:-ne"l a large stock of Drug? 1
|b one®f these® brick • |Siof E. Thomson, .lie
will Itccp constancy on han 1 also, a of well
selected Hooks. See a IftrertLotpcnt in aßother place. ♦
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. .tlcMrN, tTrUR- Harrell.
Jhcse gentlemea *tre selling off their stock of
*Jt riost and now is the time for%<y)d btrg^ns.
See new advertisement ® ®
• s Ihe < iib:ni Alessengtr.
t @We aritein receig of the first Hmbtr of a paper
• called Cuban M- szt >,g ■■■.ublishcdjbjf two Amer- (
icatis, lleasta;. J. W. Bryant and J. L. Wyman, in
the city of Hnvaßa. The M sender is printed in
yie English language, and* designed to* furnish a
• convenient source of information to those transact- !
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ing business witfirthe Dhtml. It is pevoteaqparticul*# ‘
ly to commerce, and will aAvav- “a# rd the most relia
bje information on the subject. Americans every- !
where will find it inter*-:lag, and tlj*jse win* favor
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tlie acquisition of®Cuba, should support the Mcssen
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.genuine first step towards tig annexation to thVi
Vnfen. The CaptaSi-General, it to us?as a loy
al subject, cauld not have committed a greater blun
der than tb’authorize the publication, on the Island,
a# a paper in the English language. We®are elad j
to see his liberality,"however, and the suc
cess of the*.'// v and the gradual Americanising
of the Island, lie may not regret lws course. The
Messier will be o| great seryicc, not only to the
people of the JL iuted .State*, in keeping them posted
on Gubaq affair-, and a hearty; support should be
accorded it. “The price is ,$5.00 a year, and Mr. Ff
*W. Simms of the Savannah Rcpubcitan is agent*to |
receive subscriptions.
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Our .neighbor of the Reporter has laid Bell
atftTE vergtt on the altar of sacrifice, and shown con
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datively that there is no possible chance for tlieir
election. In his last issue, under the head of “The
Harmonious,” he %>€( saforth his views, and adds .a*
clincher, by inserting a call of “ Several’A mericans,”
in Piße coisnty, for a meeting of riiose (Ppposefi to
Americans” in l‘ik r ity, say Bell and Everett
,a*c not the men and that they cannot be elected,
why, of course, it must be so. Our neighbor Re
lieves tlieir voice prophetic.,and their acts significant,
and the first thing anybody knows, these “Several
Americans in Pike County, wm nave xseii and Ev
erett completely demolish !. •
The truth is, tlie Opposition of Pike Coftnty have
some sueli member as Wnliam 11. Gaulden, who at
tempts, but never succeeds, in distracting their
councils, but who will figure in the newspapers.—
When “Several Americans” hold .their meeting in
.Pike, it will be like the meeting* of the “unterrified”
of Thomas the other day. Aftqp our neighbor liad
callijft, solicited, and Untreated, and exhausted all
his eloquence in appealing to their political integri
ty, only eight were found strong enough in the faiiii
to assemble on that memorable occasion. ®But what
they lacked in” numbers, they made up in action; “
for these eight souls, it seems, had hearts as big
as Stone Mountain, and spoke out boldly against
tlie seceders,. and deter&inedgmofe to give up tlie*
“ Littl<i*Ghint” o tamelv as some of JfceJr brethren.
They were by no titans *• skeered,”
fitment of Col. Seward on
on some resolutions® and;**with great confiJPlie*.
the wisdom of their work, requested all the Demo
cratic papers t,o copy. •I'iie,v mean to be heard®-®
they do. * . • •
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Re|>uiiinl<-<l 2i ikl ('l'UMircil.
SAt a meeting of the Dmoocratfe* party of Liberty
county held at ilincsville on the 26th ol M.-iv."among
others, the following resolutions were adopted.
I.all-sclrcd. That we do solmnly and cordiallyjruti-*
fy the pr<*eedinfs of the nit'eting held in this place
on the 17th inst., and renew our plan ges of support [<
to those faithful deleg:.- SB a the Charleston Conven
tion, who dissolved tlieir connection with that body,
rather suffer wrong and tjpmiliatiou at tlie
hands of a tyrannical majority®®
’ 2. Ife,sol ret/, .That we recommend the MilledgeviUe
Gsnventipn in tlieir seleion of delegates lo Rich?
mend, to reappoiig the seceders from the Clrarlpt nf
Convention, ®nd Jill out the number of those who
to remtfin v it!i file Ibutglas nipuntain wfth
good men and t;e, who . j m:-icpi escnt u.-ein
the hour.of trial. • • ®* ®
“ clave trade*’ propensities.* In the Charleston Con
tention Iff said “he always joked -he Northern dem
ocracy better titan,"lie did the hri fit hern I?emocracy,”
and it seems that his S’ ut ■ be :J, m have torned
him over wholly, to those lie fiked best, deform *.i and
diat tie shall act have another opportunity to ‘• nfls- T
represent thorn m the ® ®
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Srtftttor aicnf-iuiiii on Stephen A.
Senano* of 1. vu®eqa, in his sju-eci,
before thek Senate.?'!* the 22d f May, in rerlv to !
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the speech of® Ms. thf loth, madq use ,
pf tlie fallowing language*: , ®
Ep to ISSB no,on? had a higher regard or respect j
tor him thap himftlf. He*3;ad*hcUl lit up to the !
Democrats of*Louisiana in iSoti as the model of an
American statesman, but his confidence* in him was •
forfeited, an % liot be restored. He hadlrepu- i
diated lu- ® .cigations. After making his promises,
lie vA'iu .i.•me. iiis and lie gave way. :
ilr. Lmmun, ho * and firmly on principle, and was „
beaten, is the candidate® the Presidencwmf hia®
party, Douglas, who faltered, won Si prize !
he contested or, But the gliuering prize to which
he has looked lor slipping from h gran
He might conclude, as Sena tor from Illinois'had
done, by sayingythat he had tar ted only in self-de
fence, and all that he had said could only be so
considered. 9 ® , j
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A Slander td the ( oiinicr.
If will be recollected, says*vue I*mab <-
can, that we gaveftt as our opiSion thaP the r*mor
of Mr. giving in his adhesio%to the Re
publicans. was a base shin le*. 1 has sc ttrned ouf.
The editor of Jersey CiTy Standard has seen a
recent letter from es-f*resident Fillmore, in which
he says* •
“If it was inmj power 1 wouhf at onee elect
Messr? Bell and Everett, than whom *o fetter com- :
inations could have been made.” * ® @
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Rs?” Mrs* Eli*zab*‘th. Crjw ford flied *n
rountv on the 11th u’t areu So wears. .
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aiyl Florida Boundary. ®
Tliis subject has of Ihte been st> frequently before
our readers, that it is not without hesitation, we !
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agn cSll their attention *o it— this time in so ;
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1 lengthy an reticle : but having made some
; two weeks ago,® to the Report of Trotv On - ,
■ ;p-qposed, in justiab to the citizens cut off from
I Georgia by die recent survey, to notice the operation
bjfc,which Georgia was mad* illegally tc yield
her eftizens and territory, m- hope be indulged
| and pardoned 4,'nce more, upon tliß promise o af giv
ing-less considariffmn to the subject hereafter. •
The authority under which the late survey was
I made, was derived from an act of the Legislature,
‘on the -*part of Georgia,ln 1857? aqd,a concurring
one on the part of Idorida, soon after. The follow
ing: die Georgia act: ®. •
Win • is. in ofamtmversy pending in
; th>- Sup-'-me Court of the tHited State-, between tfee
State of Florida and the State of Georgia, touching ,the
boundary line of the States, wi deem it of much im- a
Mrtan®s that this protracted and expensive*litigatoa
sß"iil'| cease ; and wnereas. with a vi?w totheflbttkinent
I of the question, a nr “tint ion has been progressing be-,
hpreeu tin-Rite Exe< nhves of the aforesaid States, the ry- 1
suit of which was an ftgreeinent to adopt the terminal
points of the present recogiflzecWine, as the true terminal
point?: of the boundary liyie to be r< surveyed, corrected
nd uu®ked. jryvided.ct is shown by that
the present line is incorrect, the agreement fiforesaid be
•in a mini” subject the ratification of tile Legislatures of
, the two States. ®
if. <ttfced Ist, That we do lierebj ratffy the action bf
the late Executive of thi- State, in accepting the proposi*
tjim of the Governor of Florida to adopt the terminal
points of the present reongi#zed line, as the true terminal
points of the boundary line, and wiU regard, adopt and
j act #po#the present une as run aadutecognized
those poiißs as the settled boundary of the two States, or
will so recognize and adopt ;ftiy other line between those
points, which may be ascertained and established on £ re
survevand remarking of the boundary, provided, said
i bofiiJary cwrection is made by virttig of h*w, and the
joint action of the States aforesaid.
’ 2d. Be it further resolved fy the authority aforesaid. ■.
Tliat should it l>c deeftied essential or important by either
State, to have the boundary line between the terminal
points of tlie present boundary re surveyed and
re-marked, the Governed of this Suit* is hereby authonz* ‘
ed to appoint a competent Bmveyor, to join a*v such .-yi*
veyor ap;|)inted on the t of Florida, to* run out and
mark distinctly sftcli a line from one ty the oilier terminal
Aiint herein indicat'd, to he known *s the line and settled
nonfidaw bitween A two States, tjje surveyor, outlie
part of Georgia, to be paid sucli conqgensation as may be
determined on by the present or any future legislature.
■id And be it further resolved, ‘Shut the GoveWior of
this State shall, so soon as the same sljall have passed
both bmothmof th® present General Assembly, transmit
a certilHd copy to the Governor ojFlorida.
Approved December 24th, 1857. .
Now, while it is remembered that the survey was 1
made by authority of this aefe* we would call the at
tentiou of* our lßaders*especfally to tlie following
languageaused in it to express the full meaning of
the Legislature. In the prcamblo # we read :
“The result of which was an agreementßo adopt fbo 1
terminal points of the 4 present recognized line, as the
true terminal points of tlie boundary line, to he re-surf ey
ed, corrected%lnd marked, provided it is shown by either (
parft- that the present line is incorrect.’’
Having thus, in the preamble, set forth and ex
plained its object, the Legislature pr®ooeds to rati
fy, in first resolution above, the action of the
Sxeeutive the proposition of tht? Exec-
Florida,,“to affopt the terminal points off
the pres nt recognized line, as tlie true terminal points
of 4he boundary line,” agreeing to regard adopt
a iine run between those points, or any other line,
between the same points, that “may be ascertain*!
and established o mu re-sumey and the
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boundary, provided sai l bounaary correction is 1
tftade by va - tue of-law, and the joint action of the two !
Stars.' 9 $?o particular was the Legislature in being
properly understood fii tlie abßve act, that “ the pres- j
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ent rccojfkized line “ is used la each instruction, both
in i\in tn-ntttnM*; nucX resolutions. Tlie twferencc can
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be vary fairly drawn, then, that tlie Legislature
me. Wit to have the line then recognised by Georaia, re
surveyed, and “if found incorrect by either party,”
to jun a straight *iine between the* terminal points
of said& ine, and let that be the settlement of the
difficulty. Is this vfhat the surveyors did ? They
noted under the instructions of the Executives of
the two States, given ii® accordance will* this act,
and expressly with the view of carrying out i*.s pro
visions. The Executive could not give instructions .
A
coiitranMo the ac*. ;Wid tke survey must, therefore, I
be settled by it. We have made use of the Italics j
• above, to draw out the particular points in contro- j
versy and set them before the reader: and buying
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shown plainlw, we think, what the Legislature au
thorized in this matter, we now direct attention to
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tlie report of Pi*bf. Orr, to prove by his own admission
that the surveyors did not mnA: the boundary be- |
• tween tlie two States as contemplated by the Legis
latureiind expresse f*in tliis act.
Lite very opening of the I'eporUof Prof. Orr, is
ar; admission, that while” he understood the act of
1857 j to require the running and marking of a line
between The terminal points of the present recogni&d j
line, “the surveyors dis nojt/mftk it necessary to run j
upon the • -id line in order Jo dccidevus to its crrcctness.” i
They knew by the manner iff which it was run, he i
says, that it was incorrect, and “they, therefore,
resolved to run, by an original calculation, a straight >
Jiuc between the termini without attempting to follow
the old line.'’ Tlie surveyor’s, then, disregarded the
act of Georgia ink 1857. prescribing,!he manner ‘n „
•lyclTtlie survey should be mad. :*ud sift up ihei%
own theory instead, alleging a foreknowledge of the
incorrectness of .(hi* o'd line, founded upon a calcu
lation of their own, in which they made use of the
data tTmnd in “ EllicotPi But wfeat j
strict s us as being yerv strange in this is, thfit
while Prof. Orr confesses to have made use of*the ,
“ata derived from “Ellkott’? Journal,” lie, immedi- |
ately- after admits that “the Survey of 1854 proved
this journal be ‘incorrect, and that HllicrtPtt had
errc*l in his astronomjeal observations, in determin-
he terming points. If this be true, liow do#s
Prof. Orr know that liis “original calculation” is
correct? If EBjgott's observations xftre wroqg, his ‘
d.ia must be wroj|g, and if his data were wrong,
anoPProf. 6rt* made use o| the same datfi. Us sunyiy
must be as wide qf the mark as data.wouUi
ifidieate, drawn 4lom s.vneous astronomical observa
tions. ® *® m ®
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The surveyors ]pd no to deptyt from thf
mstructions contained the act of the Legislature,
tofio aecoh t whatever ., If they were instructed to
find the terminal foin’s of the “present recognized
kBA n and rc-suney that line, in girder to ascertain I
I e ot, it was their duty to do !
so, no mittfr what appeared upon other maps,
charts and journal's to mitigate the®’ toil. Am(fic
provision had bßen made.Ror thvipay, anebthe Le- >
gialature had maderit fffieir duty@to ascertain by ab
solut•: with the ‘lompa-s. whethe* the
“original line” correct or not. ® @
We pass ovtir, for the present the alleged causes
for the southward deflection of the several
formerly run. and tfie magnetic variations given.—
Having arrived|,at the eastern terminusflf the line,
I’i- ‘C D|r carries the question before th Supreme
1 vtirt. and after lAdy discussing the subject before
tribunal, and ascertaining what would Joe
its dtctsion, proceeds to enter up judgment against
j eOl S’ a ’ a nd admonislies lier be con-J
j u ‘ nt dark lest# greater evil befal
Jhc Court having a- elded according to the® vidence 1
| produced V ‘he Professor, tMi the prong !
- of the St. Marys river i| the main prong of Uiat i
stream, and hence the strewn to *be traced to fcs
gouvee in B rder*t arrifife at the true eastern termi- J
n*- of tlie boundary of the two State o . Prof. Get
fta driven to the conclusion that the if proper
ly run, “ would have been throicnjf'ecn miles above its
presmt location at the eastern end.’’ A pretty good
j to chisel our sister State, Florida, out of, and
how amiable she is to without a murmur!
Perhaps something may bes Sid here in vindication
* of the honor ofßhe old Empire State, and also in
justification of the seeming repose of Florida wWle
behig deprived of her rights. Let see. Ellicott
threw two mounds near the St. Marys river, one
at the fork pf the two largest branches, and the
other a Rttle oveff eight n iles, said, north of the
last„iu the palmetto flats. Now, in her act of 1859,
Georgia aJojjted KUicott’s mound as the eastern ter
i®niims of her boundary, without saying ® /, mound
she meant, the iferthern or southern mound. The
question note, therefore, is, whffh of the mound*’
dijj, she agree to aceqjot ? In 1857, she passed an
j act “adopting the® terminal points of tj** then recog
* nized lot f-,*Fh>rida concurring. Did tJeorgja, infifcs9,
mean to recede from her position in 1857, or did
# she b’fflqive thafcthe then “recognized liv o ttftmiijfilied
at Ellicott’s mound? If she did, the only question
know ip decide is, whicfP Hi* wds 4he recognized line at
that tim* flie United States and Spain, in their
tfteaty on tlie Subject, agreed upog tli 8 head waters
iff the main source of the St. Marys the
termiiial points in the east, and it is weU.known that
the soutlf prong es that stream is regarded by many
as the main source of the St? Marys “river. If this
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branch is traced ffom its source it will Itad to Elli-
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cott r s mound . ®Did Georgia mean this mq|ind het
# aet of 1859 ? If so, her loss of territory has
(•onsiderable; ffut if the source of that stream (the
south prong) ig the -terminal point agreed upon bp
tween the United Stages and Spain, if ]*is im
mense. And how has it been ascertained fliat “the
prong is not the maig soured? There is not a
particle *of conclusive evidence to support it fc r.or
(iocs the report of Prof. Oi-r afford anybut hearsay.
•He watfin*too great hasteto*get iray from those (
appallinj regfons of. musquitoes, alligators and
chillsLnd fevers, to spend mucdi time in observa
tions, mid consequently lys labors threw no more ,
light, upofi the mysteries of the eastern terminus
of our southern boundary, than die? the surveys o?
other pariies. In fact, lie relites atyiost wholly upon
* the ofi servations and “surveys of h?s predecessor®,
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Throughout kis entire survey. If this wa literally
trije, and liis predecessors were in efror, liavinc rc
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lied upon lliem*'his owri survey would be correspon
dingly erroneous, but admitting that he deviated !
from them in some instances, while we* grabt him
kess error, we deny biiat his line wax correctly sflr
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veyed in accordance the \ct bf the
Legislature of 1857 authorising the survey. ®
Lcaving(off, howevey, every otli<?r poffit, we shall
now undertake to showAhat, in disregarding the act
of 1897, Pjgif. Orr committed a blunder, unpardoft
able as she representative of in the settle
ment, and'’'which shetold upset and render totally
null Tind vqjdvyis entire survej’.
If we *ean do this from his own evidence’ we think
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we shalbliave gained the question and shall claim a j
decree against him and move to Save his survey set
jiside as a useless expenditure of the public funds.
4V*e have said |,*>at the only questioti, uniter certain
circumstances, notv to be decided in this* matter is !
which line, o* the previous surveys, shall be consider- 1
ed at ‘-thi recog nized* line ” mentioned in the gets of
and 1859? Siqpe this Language is usad in eve- j
ry instancf'by the Georgia Legislature, amt i,jr j
Florida we now maintain that it is the only ques
tion to be settled without regard lo circumstances. It
must be remembered that in his report Prof. Orr 1
says: “Tlie place of beginning (the survey) was
determined, Ry a fore and tfee, upon'* the old re
cognized boundary known ns McNeils line.” But be
fore dismissing the McNeil line, liesay “it is proper
to state that it (the McNeil line) was not rut j original
ly for a bound fry, L<*i simply as a precautionary line*
•upon which the surveys of tRe Government lands on
the south side of it might be closed.” In the tint of
tlnAe statements it wilt be noticed that be calls the
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line the “ old recognized boundary,’’ and in
the last lie admits that iLwas not “ originally ” inten
ded as the boundary?, but only a “precautionary” line. ‘
. Why this inconsistency ? If the McN il line was not
‘'*igina?ly” recognized af the boundary, by what
authority has it been so recognized latterly ? can
not be shown that Georgia ere? Recognized it as her
bourfdary, and if any have so regarded it they were
igtiorant of tLe facts connocted with its history.—
Prof. Orr does not it as,the boundary, as
we ha#* already shown, and in this lie.RO*miitted
tli£ blunder we have called* unpardonable. If the
McNeil line then was not the recognized boundary,
wti* did lie take tho terminal points of that
line as the terminal points of ltis survey? Was
Ink not going contriiry to the act sf 1857 ? Ifkhe
’ cannot showlhat the MaNeil line teas t I*e “ recognized
boundary, and he admits the contrary, then In* did*
not make the survey in i&cordanqp with the'law on
sthe silliject “and the liac he thus run ismot the legal
boundary. Prof. Orr, did not seem to know tlfilt
tbgre was any o‘her line in the neighborhood of the
Mcheil line, and with all hi- knovriedgm of the his
t*>ryo%the surveys between the two State** which
we thank Him for including in lie docs 1
not.(mention the ) which is, in fact, the
4‘ recognized hue” we have so often mentioned. The
Watson l?t*c, where it touches Thomas county is al
most uniformly about 200 yds. south of the McNeil
line, and to which the jurisdiction has
always extended, for the reasoifthnt sold
granted her lands to thatjine. Now if Georgia sold
and conveyed her lands tot Sat line and no further,
It w#s a recognition of it. Di 4 she so recogn*ize f ihe 1
’ McNeil line? y*v no means'* mid although |he Mc-
Neil line *was riift after she had,-old and conveyed
those lands, yet that line did not sever fcergurisdic
fion. Florida recognized the Watson line, fnf ajft
did not claim jurisdiction nortljof it, arfd tlie Wnitwl
States it fuff they would not suffer sections
of land touching it on the south to be#olcf lest ft
should be a trespass upon the claims p
showing*that slie anticipated ehen a more”
southerly line than either the McNeil or Watson line
as flie ultimate and permanent boundary between the
two States. The Watson line then, was “the recog
nized due,” recognized by all parties and neveisdis
i jftited J>y ar®- unlil brought into ftintrover-y by w
siriaaice offered thl Sheriff oleomas county by al
sqimttei on tli© iractionjfi lands between tlie two
lines, ti year since. And that the true *
boundary ” Prof. Orr should liave.“ re
surveyed ” it according |o<the act of 1857, and taken
llie terminal of that line instead of the Sic- *
Nejl line, for hiTnew survey. Vet he seems tg have
been in blissful ignorance ot* the existence of such a
line? and his colleague who kuew all abouteit
deftn it hiyiuty to enlighten him on tlfe subject.—
Thus Georgia madefthe sacrifice of more mil
lion dollars worth of taxable property, Does not
blame attach to Gie Exeeutivff of Georgia as well as
to under appointment, for the haste and (
Riosness of the transactfon ?
The Executive of Georgia seems to have grown j
very impatient of the subject, and determined to
sektle it in any ic§y Florida would agl-ee to, and
hence he kept it before the Legislature. What right
had Georgia, after declaring in 1857 thafcthe termi
nal points of the then line” should be
thettasis of the new survey, to pass another act Hi
1859, declaring “Ellicotl's mound’’ to be the east
crn terminus? and then, after this, what right had
she ro !>t both aside, ratify anil confirm the new sur
vey before it was made? Who was it brought abfut
suSh a complication, and then cheated lier out of
her territory? Was it the hasty impatience of her
Executive? It seems to us that wisdom and a proper
devotion to the fhterests of the State wOuld have
prompted* reflection on the subject and ’made our
Executive slow t% sacrifice so much the State.
Ono.or tWo mote qeftstion% we wish to ask and
close this article. The recently established line cuts
off a coftsiderAle strip of Gebrgiij, nearly one mile
• wide. Now, as the territory thus cutoff falls into
liands’olg the General Government, how are the
holdqps of those lands ujtder Georgia grants to be
secure in their titles? A bill # passed the present
itjongyesa, authonzing.ilie Secretary of ts.- Interi
or, avliennaer the dividing line between the tw#
States shall hae befn finally surveyed, approved,
ratified and confirmed as the permanent boundarv,
to adjudicate upon principles of equity ar.+ justice,
all claims under sales* or grants by the* State of
Georgia, lowlands may fall within the-Shite of
Floriifci but does not propose t<* quiet except
by adjudication. 9 Can it be, then, that every man who
chanced to own any portion of that territory, will
be obliged t<g carry his titles to Washington tube
| adjudicated before the SeOratary of the Interim,.
before.they can be valid* (?ould Cfag
I gress do no letter than this* Could not Congress,
Georgia and Florida, pass an act confirming the
■ titles to holders of dtlftands falling under its* juris
diction b£> the finftl soiilemant of the boundary,
without compelling each to adjudic*£ his title
at Washington? But Georgia sold these identical
lands and treasure® tli.e funds, does she now
jturn loose these citizens totally unprotected in the®
titles ’ Is she not responsible to them fur the value
! of those J*mls, in case the* General, Government
; shorld otherwise appropriate them ? Itds true that
• Florida passed an act qukyfcitfg tlfe titles to all lands
held under Georgia grants, falling uinfer her ju
risdiction by the purvey; bfit ttfose kinds and ipot
fall under the jurisdiction of Florida, and <?*)ifse
quently she has no power to quiet the title’s. Th%
tall into the hands of tlie General Government, and
‘Congress- with a<W?Representatives from both Geor
gia and seen proper ki its wisdolk to
provide that the innocent and bona fide holders of
these lands, under Georgia granfs, phall not be able
to prevent their lands from becoming again subject
4o entry, except by a journey to Washington for*
their adjudication, upon principles of “ equity and
justicP before the Secretary of the Interior. Is
there equity and justice in tlys?
Tim Pulaski Times yomes to us this week
greatly enlarged and much improved. It seems to
be in a prosperous condition and we wish its editors
© 0
abundant succc*.
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M>. Toombs abandonment of Douglas, is a
most unerring sign of the Little Giant’s ” failing
fortunes. Mr. Toombs has a certain fine and acute
•instinct *liich always prompts him to abandon a®
sinking ship. W* have fiot yet s#en Mr. Toombs’ j
speech, but it is pretty evident from the reporuof it
in the correspondent of the Charleston Courier, j
that it is Anti-Douglas. —Augusta Dispatch.
Os course, Mr. Toombs’ speech is tfo'J)ouglas •
but that ** certain fifth and acute instinct,'’ of his, wiil<
keep hipi so diligently Vn the watch, that he will get
: back about the time <k’ the Baltimore Convcmion.*’
W* nave rcatf his speech, and think’the following ‘
I truth noticed bg the New'*York Herald, shoulcTput to
I every man in Congress. ®
“ A Ni:w and Strong Point,r-The New“*f ork //,<*- 1
ala says that Mr. Toombs, in his last speech, made
• this point,pnost effectively : Both the great parties
of the country, in their platforms, have pledged the
protection of the Government to native and natimfiiatd
- citizens, in the remotest pojgtityis of tlie earth—the
; only unprotected citizens being.wthe slaveholder in the
territories !
Note it, Southerners!” ’
This policy of to the ne f Acct !
oi iiative citv.ws, is exclusively Democratic, and rc-1
mmds us very forcibly .of their resolution in the I
Charleston platforms, recommending the acquisition \
of Cuba, when they were not able to hold theif oun i<
States together. 4
The Black Republicans and Mr. Bell.
The Republican presses at the North arc down up
on Mr. Ball on the slavery question, and declare that
instead ol‘ being a “conservative,” as he lias been
Represented, lie is an out-and-out “ slavery defender
and extensiißiist.” The New York Evening Post has*
, a long article on the subject, and denounces Mr. Bell
in no measured terms, for the senfnnent uttered in*
his speech on the compromise, that “the soundness
ot the doctrine that the constitution, proprio vigore,
that the flag of the Union, protects t tup citizen in the
enjoyment of his righfte of propejOy of every des
i criptiiyp, recognized as such in |.ny of the States, on
every sea aqd in every territory of the E T nion, can
not be questioned.” •
Such is Mr. Bell among the * Here at
the there are those who are unscrupulous
•nouglUo assert that®,lie is not to be trusted on the*
slavery question. ®So for party.— Savannah
Republican. g ‘
The (Jrout Tornado. •
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Cincinati, May 28.
,#he morning pliers are filled with account# of #he !
storm. It is supposed to nave extended from Louit
•ville to Marietta, following the course of th^river.
The da#iage done is estimated at $1,000,000.
All tjie towns and i villages on the river above this
have suffered severely®} Thirty six pairs of coal
hoists are known to have sunk, and over one hundred
liveware lost. All the sfbamboats on the river *re
more or less injured. @ .
At Louisville and Jy?vr Albany the storm not
so disastrous ns in this vicinity*, but a great many
houses are sunroofed and trees and fences blown
down. ®
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® * iVote. ®
The Charleston Mercury says:—Among fife list of
Vice Pyesiikuits and Secretaries of the Black Repub
lican Convention, late.in session at Chicago,
serve the tyune of R. G. Ilazzardand R. R. Hazzard,
jAoth of Jtfiode Island. The otijeots liad in view by
the Cofivention were declared in their charming plat-* 1
j form—High T.y-iff, Internal Improvement, Abolition.
These men, if. G. Hazard and R. It. Ilazzard—
faster and son—are the “manufacturers of that ar-
I tide so extensively used throughout tl*> South—
-1 “ Hazzard'explains.’ 1 ® These men have become rich
through trade almost exclusively with the South,
; and here are progiinently enrolled her
organized ana avowed enemies. Would it not. Jae
well tl*at they should be made to fjjpl theix treachery,
by a general exclusion the Southern market
| of alWigooirs coming from tfeir manufactory, by a
1 simple refusal of ."il the phiters to buy another
yard of “ Ilazzard’s Plains?” Hand it round.®
# i) In not tliia too trnr ?
® # s gay will ifugli
When tiioif art gone, the solemn brood of care
I Plod on, and edfch one as before will chase
His Hlvorite phantom. ® ,§ Bryant.
A friend wilPgo and, burs us; affection will rear
a stone, and plant a few flowef-s over our grave; in
% brief period the kittle hillock will be smoothed
down, and the stone will fall, and neither friend nor
stranger will be concerned to ask which one of the
forgottei**nillions of the earth was buried there.
Every vestige that we ever lived upon the earth will
have vanished away. All the little memorials l sf our
remegibrar&e —the lgck of hair encased in gold, or„
the portrait that hung in our dwelling will cease to
Tiavedhe slightest interest to any living being.
<§) ■ •
Th#llouse of Representatives hasyresolved to ad
ftjjtira on the 18th June, sine die. Many important
measvtres wilt have to be laid over. The Senate will
prolong its session for a few days longer.®
Remarkable X*facnomrnon at Sea.
The New Herald, of the 7'h April, has the
following: *
Capt. Robert A. S. Pitman, of the ship James
Guthrie, has sent us thd®following interesting ex
tract, giving the particulars of an immense water
spot* which he saw on his outward passage. His
journalsavs: * ®
Sept. J,’ 1859, lat. 40 31, long. 59 31 W., at JP.
M-. took a strong breeze from the southwest, which
put us under double reefed topsails, with the mer
! curial column at 30 1 :.at 5 P. M. it ran down to -9
I5; the wind increasing, reefed # and furled all
light sails and cour-ar-. Observe in the# uthwest,
cumberous looking cloud, which approached.)
the siiip with an amazing rapidity, widle .the *vind
Continued to increase, veerinj* to ihe opposit equar
; ter. When tin cloud was within about three miles
ofjhe ship, the wind suddenly fell to a dead calm,
and the phenomenon presented a tcrrftTc appearance.
The cloud now assumed the form of an verted code,
aifd gradually descended toward^the sea, which al
so formed itself into a lofty peak, yaitil the two
Points met, completing a water spout of gigantic di
mensions. Around this moon la in of water whirl
wind tearing and scattering i
the sea i#evory uirection, detaching and carrying
in its course large masses of clouds. The appear
aiiee was like a vast horizontal wheel, turning around,
this mountain of watty, the.spout for its centre,
with*an amazing velocity; and, as the Sky near the
hofizon was perfectly clear, tin?revolution® of this
wonderful wind and vftiter were distinctly
f isible, making its revolutions complete ill. twentj*
six “JpiHuids. :ii® wi nei and
that were truly for
about twenty tiinutes, during con
nection of the clouds with the sea was sevaral times
broken off, without reducing tlie altitude of flie sea
mountain, but immediately became reunited,* until,
finally it terminated with a splash, agitatim; tlfe
ship an<%,passiug overlier, gliding in torrents of rain.
Very #oon the sky became beautifully glear, the wind
set in £resh from the soutlftvest, and alhnaturc,*as
well as myse'f, seemed rejoiced at the destiuctioiteof
so formidable a machine; the sun peeped gut .from
tne Broken clouds, sending his streaming
rays through the heavens and tinging the fleecy
flouds with col#rs far exceeding anything that my
eye ever beheld. I could *pot help cxclaitniug with
the Psalmist, “How wonderful are thy works, Lortf
God Almighty!” .According to my judgment, the
diameter ot this wonderful wheel at least half
a mile. If so, tie force of the wind in that
must have been 200 miles airuour, sufficient to have
the shin in a few momerft^
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(§) * •Reward. ®
.A dispatci*from Washington states that Before Mr.
Seward left ‘Washington, it was that lie
would not resume his sea® in she Senate, for,• if
nominated, lie intended resigning, and if not, he
proposed closing his ®poliiieal career. When his
speech wffs delivered, he indicated would be his
last in the Senate, llis friends still entertiSn the
hope, if this decision was Really taken, that it mu'#
be reconsidered. * *
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Reineqjjber that Stephen A. Douglas once voted for
the*\Vilmot Proviso. By this vote lie declared that
Congress Tiad the Constitutional power to exclude ;
slavery from the Territories; but now
that Congress Ims not the Constitutional power to ■
protect property in the Territories. His doctrine is, I
that Congress can exclude property, but can’t pro- j
tect it.— Avalanche. ®j
<8 1—
Origin of ‘* Brother onatZguu.”
. Charles L. Chaplain, Esq., the bearerof the reso- |
| lutions adopted at the Union Meeting of New llaven, ;
| Conn., in the patriotic address which lie presented
to the Virginia, Legislature, gives the following ex
planation of a familiar phrase: 0
“So great was Washington’! reliance upon him
(Gov. Jonathan Trumbull,<f Conn.,) not only foi his
unfailing zeal and resources in supplying the sinew*)
of war, but also upon his judgment and wisdom for *•
counsel, that in any new emergency, his familiar rc
] mar If was ‘we must consult brother Jonathan.’ A
1 proud liile, expressive not only of Washington’sccn
; fifSencein him, but also of his affection towards him. j
j A title which, when it no longer designate®] yr dis
i tinguished him upon whom it was conferred, was
perpetuated by being transferred to our common
country, whose name as a nation, <0 this day in
England is ‘Brother Jonathan.’”
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77 T
Flirtations of Married Women,
The innocent flirtations of married women is one
of the abominations of modern society. Even a de
sire for promiscuous admiration is wrong in a wife.
The love of one and his approval should he all that
she ought to desire. Let her be never >9 beautiful, !
it is a disgustifflg and appalling sight to sec her dec
orating that beauty for public gaze; to see her seek
ing tne attention ot lops around, and re-
joicing in the admiration of other eyes.®tb*n those
•of her husband, llej beauty shouM be for him j
alone, and not for tl4o gaze of the fools that flutter |
around her. There is always among the ami
jvise a sensation of disgust when a married lady at
tempts to ensnare or eiiftrap young men by a profuse
display charms, or an unlicensed outlay of
her.smilcs. Such charms and such smiles are loatlv*
some to the indifferent beholder; ami the trail of
1 the serpent is overjjiem.— Exchange.
The will of Mr. Lawrence Johnson, (]& Philadel
phia type-found el) lately deceased, contains the fol
lowing bequests, providing that his real and person
al .estate shall exceed $3#4,000 one fez ar after his
deafli: To th# 1 Printers’ Benevolent Association.
$1,000; American Sun lay School Union, $3,000;
Union BenevoUeift Association, $1,0(% Temporary
Home for Friendless Clubmen, $2,000 ; Pennsyliau
iaJ 11stitut ion for the Blind, $1,OOB; Deaf and'Dumb
Asyluni* SI,OOO. *
® ®: , S
* Funny I|pax in Elnrt. *
The citizens, tjf Hart county, in this Stafe,*
were thrown into considerable consternation last !
week by the summary execution of, what .he
supposed to be, a legal process, by the Sheriff.
1 hat officer received the post office a pack
age containing wTiat purported to be a®“man
®l#nias” from Uov. Brown, instructing hi*n
promptly, ajid cjuietly as possible, to arrest six
respectabfcreitizens of that®county, and’place
them in jail, to be delivered, upon requisition,
to the Sheriff of Anderson’district, South Car
flina, sos triabon sundry charges of crimes al
ledged to have been conmiifled in that State
and district. ’1 he Sheriff, who appears tt* lwive*
been none of the Irighest, rcgtftded the whole
matter as gfenugic, hunted up the supposed de-
and in spitq_. of all protestations,
’ lodged them in jail. In the couse of a day or
two, a lawyer was obtained from® the adjoining
I ’bounty of Elbert, a houeas corpus sued out and
the prisoners brought before ft coug, of Magis
trates. An examination of tlie documents,
which were awkwardly drawn up and in a ver
nacular which our Governor would no doubt
promptly repudiate, proved conclusively that
they #c*; a forgery ariH a hoax®whereupon biic
parties were discharged. e
♦♦insular Plirjioitlenon, ®
Betfveen two and three o’clock yesterday,
whilst not a cloud was visible on th®North sidft’
sos the the sun shining brightly, a sudden
report, as of ordnance, was hard # and a flash*
seen.. Mr. Stone, the .Jailor, and Captain l'arn
hangVere seated on tfie steps—the ex
claimed, his hands to his eyes, “My God, 1 am
shot. Ml. S. felt the*hpck quite sensibly 1
and another® gentferaan, seated just insfde the
door, xvifs also affected. Subsequently, upon
examination, it was discovered that two pines in
•A cluster, Noitheast, and about lUO yards dis
tant from the jail, had been struck. At the
° nC lere a bole nearly three inches
in diameter, and pieces of the tree, partly tjiar- 1
red, several feet in length, were found twenty
feet from the trees. The wiUi others,
tried to see if there were any clouds
visible; all that®could tfe seen was a greyish
cloud, about 30° above the Southern horizon.—
Savannah Express ® •
“I say, Jonas, what kind of an nmftnil do you call
tfiat crawling on the ground there?”
Jonas—stooping and eyeing itclosely—“Why, it’s
what’s gwine to bo something else .*
A Rood Medicine.—McLeffii’s Strengthening Cor
dial and Blood Purifier is one of the most useful and plea- ‘
saut beverages of the day. It is mild and agreeable to
the taste, bracing the nerves, giving a healthy tone to
the Stomach, ;uid imparting a glorious appetite. A wine
glass full taken three times a day, will be better than a
family physician, as no other medicine will be required.
For ladies it is particularly rtlcommended.as it strengthens
the ribs of the weaker vessels in an astonishing degree.
See advertisement in another column. £oy[ by ETSeixaa
Thomas ville.
The Rrcnt buck to persons emigrating to the
extn ine south and western country, is the fear they have
of the Flavor and Aguß—the most direful of all diseases.
Every day we lft-ar of persons attacked by this disease
and made helpless in a short time, without any means of
affording relief. Tn view of tli* great demand for a rem
edy, Dr.Hostetter has presented his celebrated^ I*Bitters,” 1 *Bitters,”
-whose cumtiw powers for all diseases of tne stomach
have been universally acknowledg’d. The “Bitters,”
prepared after a long experience and deep study, havo
received the encomiums of file most eminent physicians,
.as welU as alt classes, from evn|’ par* of*the country. —
‘j'o thqse their many virtues, all we can sav is
to try them, and judge for themselves, respectively.
tjpp Sold by druggists and dealers g.-neiully^every
where. See%*d?erlisement®n another column.
• PROCEEDIN.GS OP COUNCIL.
. lUX.ILAR nEETRSOi
% ;<HJN('ILjFIIAMBHR, Junk 4. 1860..
I’rcSent, lion, (i, ( Beall. Mayor —Aldermen Hubert,
Swift, and Dyson. ® • .
r® Abs Wit, Aldermen Lane, Tooke and Wright.
Received * ~* ** 1,11 ■in ii Eyj',Dr Eat oh
To the Honorable Alayi® and Council .... ‘
The petion of Robert 11. Eaton respectfully sheweth,
that his dwelling house and stables, on Jackson street,
are in a dilapidated condition, and dangerous, and that ho
respectfully asks your permission to replace the same
wooden buildings.
June 4th R. 11. Eaton.
On motion, laid over till next msetigg; and action in
regard to the Fire District extension, laid over till next
. meeting.
There being no further business Council adjourned.
P. H. REMINGTON, Clerk.
MARRIED,
At the residence of the bride's father, Jlr. D. M. Wil
liams, at 11 s’clofk, ..ii Tuesday il. ult.z’by Dr.
Jesse* T. Davis, J. I’., Mr. Robert A. Hardee to Mis*
Malbesa IJ. Williams; all*of BrOok# County.
prices ourrent.
CARKF U HECTED WEE ELY.
!V dz i.* ~.
Dried Plb 12Mz a> lo
BAGGING —Kentucky t s vd • •
India f t :> yd * ®
* Sea Island Pyd • /.
BALE ROPE— lfentcky P ‘lb * a> *•.
Northern P lb ‘a> @
BEESWAX **. IP lb * a * •
CANULES —Sperm . lb. . ©
Adautrmtme P lb’ 30 ,g ‘* 35
Wax :P lb i jui |
Tallow P lb S
<?O¥FEE —Rio .P lb 15 ® 16*4
, Java . Plb 19 ® 20
• Mocha Plb • @
Laguira lb a •
CORN P bu *2
Meal P I*l 1 25 & 1 40 .
Hominy j P bui 125 ®; 140
FEATHERS P lb 2
h’iJjll—Mackerel No. 1 P b'h 2
No. 2 p b l j
® N*. 3 P b’l |
• Salniond Plb 28 ® 30
Cod IPft I 8 ® I 10 ‘
FLOCR-vjSuperfine P bin 00 Jr) *
EAra ? p b'l a *
Family....? p 1/1 ® *
Extra Family *.... P b’l 12 00 2
GUNPOWDER ... .• *jP Ife 40 s 50
: HIDES P s>| 9 |®| 10
, IRON— Englissh • • t
Sweedes .*. P lb ®!
Sheet P lb, * a
Bands v . P lb 5 L
LIME P b’l! \S>
NAILS.. pit,’ 6 ®j 7
OlLS—Linseed ‘Pgl ! 1 1 25
Train P g'l l@
• • feerm P ®
Kerosine ?. PgT 1 200 S
PROI ISIONS,® <
Bee:f—Mess p }f, I -g;
Prime a, P Ibl ®
Bacon— Bßuns * .. p & 1214 a 15
Sides P In
Shoulders p lb 1214 ® • 14
Country Round .. Plb *191,2 a id
Pork—Mess..® P lb a
Prime P lb
® Country. Jt p if’ 8 a 10 *
J.aud P lb ; ll a j 15
Bet ter—Goshen Pin a® 37
Western Plb , 28 ®# 30
5 (gi ( i*t 11 y ,
CUKESE ®. P Iti ]f) it 20
SALT Psk 300 ‘a , 350
SHOT P Bit 2 25 j®; 2 50
SYRUP —New Orleans Pg l ”®:
Country p g'l 40 L® 50
WHlSKY—Rectified Pgl 50 %i 75
Mouongahela P g If a
Old livm® : P g’l 75 a 100
SPIRITS TURPENTINE p g l ®
SUGAR—Brown Ip lb 8 c 121s
Clariffid , plb 124 # lj
Crushed P lb 14 iii 16
TALLOW ®... PH, 1 a 10
RICE
WOOL. .rg> .... jj> lb ! 20 I® I 30
® NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
4 Apothecary’s Hkll.
rpHELKUBSCRIBEK, HAVING TAKEN A STORE
* ® •” T hompson’s >rw ISrick Builaling, •
respectfully 411 the attention of the public to his <*pm
add well selected stock <>£ .
Drugs, ® 9 ~
Medicines, • ®
D ® Chemicals,
Paints, m # .
® Oils,
® ®
® ® Perfumery,
.Spices, *
Tobac-Co, .
® ® Segars,
® . fine Brandies,
® Wines,* .
’ * ® <§>* * Sorter, #
Ale, •
® * Toilet-Soaps,
® e s Potash, ®
&C., &C- ®
ALL OF WHICH WILL BE SOLD ON REASONS
ABLE y.l;M> m
h jt Attention given personally to the preparation of
I*li>siciau’s PicMiipUmis.
*„* All MEDICINES warranted genuine. „
• n. o. McDonald, m# and. ®
Thomagville, Ga., June 6, 1860. ® ts
rtbINCII SHERIFF’S SAI.ES.—WILL BE®
V sold before the Courthouse door, in the town of Mag
nolia, Clinch County, on the first TUESDAY IN JULY
next, within gie lawful hours of sale, the following pro
perty, tu, wit: ®
East half of lot of land, number fltffi hundred and ten,
(510) lying in the 12th district of •riginallv Appling now
Clmeli county, levied on as the propert\*of .James O.
Kane to Batisi\ one ii ia issued M'om the Superior Court
2? j oun .> ’ James Darsey, for the use of
*n v ? 3 ;,n,e8 O. Kane: propertv pointed out
bv John U. Nichols, plaintiff ’s attorney. Mfav 25, 1860.
J e 6 . SHLMiy-IL p.MMLRMAN’, Sheriff.
C 1 MORTGAGE SHERIFF’S SAI.E.
” *“ he sold belore the Courthmise door in the town
ot Magnoha. Clinch County, on the FIRST TUESDAY
Al (51 ST next, withii* the lawful hours of sale, the
’following property, wit: ®
loi of land, number three hundred arfll forty-six?
lying in the seventh district of originally* Appling
now Clinch county, well improved, containing 490 acres,
more or less, levied on as the pr<lJ>erty of Gilford List®
inger to satisfy one mortgage li fa issued from the Supe-
Court of said county, in favor of Mumford & Lilc*
vs Gilford Lastinger; propertv pointed out in said li fa.
May 30, 1860. * #
je 6 SHIMUEIfriMMERMAN, Sheriff#
IV XECI’TOR’S %Al,E.—Will be sold before the
J Courthouse door in Thomasville, on the first Tuee
dav in JI L\ next, the following property, to-wit:
I'lic north half of lot of land, number 286, the east half
of lot number 279, and the south half of lot number 241,
consisting in the aggregate of 375 acres, more or less, sit
■ uated in the 18th district of Thcnias County, and known
as the old mill place of Hardy Bryan, five miles from
Thomasville on the Spring Hill road. The land lies all
body, has a mill seat capable, repairing*
of being made very valuable. • <g
Sold as the property of Hardy Bryan, Sr., late of Natch ®
uoches Dansh, Louisiana, deceased, in execution of the
w ill. Terms cash on the day of sale.
w L. C. BRYAN, Acting Executor.
May 20, 1860 9 @ td