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Fiuiu the Aew-Vurk Morn•£ Courier. The Spy Unmasked; J. <sf J. Harper, 1 82b. This work consists of the memoirs of Enoch Crush), the Htifcy Hnvh of Mr. Cooper's Spy. It is all authen tic act <>u ll l of the secret servi rs ren lined by Crush), during the Revolu tionary H ar, t aken It om Ins ow n lips. 1 hr editor is il. L. 15 rduio, Ksq. I in a tide of eventful life ot dan* would Ur t xrotlnit ground work I’ura run.an r, but w hit h are doubly inter t*M i,*g 1 1’ <in tiieir truth. M hat a timing of stirring memories must eu livru tlir old ago of (.I'osh) —what pictures Ins dreams must present — how ‘l* light ful ii in us 1 In-, in the calm evening ot his life to look t#a k upon the perils, the changes, lie lights and the shad's of his morning. Again lie 1 aps troui Ids prison window, again lie rushes for lift, while the bullet* f II Urn k around him, and the tramp of his pursui t* strikes fearfully on Ids ear—again lie wades the swamp, and tr ids the forest—what life and warn.th there are in such recollec tions’ The volume is embellished with se veral plates Amongst them is a mi niature likeness of Mr. Crosby, taken from life. II cis what we should rail a dong headed’ man, and he certain ly stood in need of a long head during his revolutionary serv i< cs. 11 is face is grave, honest, and sensible. He is now about seventy eight years old— he is in comfortable circumstances, cultivating a small farm, and euj >y iug a hale old age. lie is universal ly esteemed, and bears a most exem plary character. From the many interesting scenes ties ritied in this book we select the f il >w mg:— Ii wh at a retired habitation, that the new!) t inned company of tones v re hi ibr h.tbii of holdi ig their ho * n i cr> ime •tings. Our In ro according , ly, omUe Ins arrangements, to have tin whole • urps. In i self hi lud< and, ta ken ioio custody. Unwilling, howe ver, to trust nimself again in the kin ds of the raug'Ms, ami aware that bis absence st the tune of the capture, v mid awaken the suspicious of Ids lesH fortunate comrades, he applied to Olonel Morehouse, who resided in the. viciuity, and requested his co-op eration. This gentleman bail no im mediate command, but promised to assemble and arm a siillh lent number id men fur this p.irth ular occasion. Accordingly, at the lime appointed, the tories being all collected at their usual rendezvous, two ot the members hastily entered, with some degree of Consternation depict* and in their faces, one of whom addressed the captain. Sir there is a company of armed nn n c ollecting at Colonel Morehous e’s. What can be their object?* ‘Are we betrayed!* exclaimed the Captain, looking sternly round the company. *Cau it he possible that we have any traitors among us?* ‘0 no,’ replied the Lieutenant. ‘The probability in, that the lower party are coming up to drive the d—d re bels oil; and that Morehouse has col- j let ted this company to oppose them.* ‘Some of you go out and reconnoi tre, said the captain; ‘and if there be any appearance of danger, give us timely notice.* Five or six immediately sallied fi l th, while tin it* comrades remained in anxious suspense for their report. This suspense, however, was not of long duration; fr the challenge of .stand! surrender!* soon saluted the ears of the whole party, and threw them into a state of consternation, dismay and confusion, whi h it would be ditihult, il not impossible to tie s’ ribi*. Sotno sprang from the win down, and attempted to conceal them** selves by plunging into snow-bunks; others ran to tin* top of the building, and started themselves under the e\t •> ot the r iof. Crosby retreated to an adjoining room, and crept im 'icr n bed; hut was suon dragged out, when he learned to his secret joy, that scarcely one of the party had succeeded in inaki g good nit escape. Seeing ins fallow captives undergoing the process of o. iug bound, our hero was Kilim diately seized with sin b a severe latm ness in one of his limbs, *ts rendered it utteny impossible for ill ill to Walk. •1 beg that you would not bind me,’ said lie to the Col-.ml; ‘for in at tempting to es ape 1 have sprained my kg in a most shocking manner, and am not able to move a step. •Go you sli dl!* exclaimed tbo Cos loud, preparing to mount nis horse, j •Lame or not lame, dead or alive, to ! prison you go with the rest. If you I cannot Walk, you shall be rained; [here’s a good hors**, that will carry double, ami you shall oe lied to the crupp i\* bo say iug the Colonel mounted, a nd ordered two of ins men to raise up Crosby and scat him, straddle on the crupper behind linn. The men in staniiy otnyed, without much tender mss for the sprained leg, of which the prisoner bitterly complained. The whole cavalcade, liore and foot now took up the line of march, with tiieir prisoners tied together in p.ms. On approachiug the place ot coniiocmeut, too Colonel dropped in the rear, and in a whisper gave Cros by the proper directions for escaping. Tne escort halted in two lines, be tween winch tne prisoners marched ioio lhe budding. While every eye Was turned upon the procession, Cro-- by slipped from the Colonel’s horse, and uis.tppeared; nor Was Ins absence nou td K.r several minutes; so that all search for me lugitive was render ed unavailing. A PARSOJWS DREAD. In a storm at sea, tin* chaplain ask. and one oi the crew, if he thought there was any danger. ♦() yes,’ re plied the sail #r; if<l blows as haul as ii and es now, we shall be in heaven be fore twelve oYlo k to-night.* ‘The ctiaplun, ter'ilia l at the expression, • ne.u out. * The Lordfor'nd. DISPOSAL Ob'A JOKE. Mr. Curran oust img, one day in court, a louse crawling on a brotiier bartisK r’s forehead, told him of it. • You joke,’ said the other. *1 you have many such jokes in your bead,’ replied Curran, *ihe sooner you crack them the better. II i . r..i. -i i mi — i —aimruißir a LA.VJjIUAL'ES ton CUAVItEbS. George If. uiluier, ol Ogietoorpe, Richard 11. Wilde, ot Richmond, t hares E. Haynes, of Haneo< k, Gen. VV dey Thompson, of Elbert, Major James Mernwether, of t lark, Cm O.iniH ii. liiailsford, of M In tosh, Jones M. Wayne, of Chatham, Thomas F. Foster, ol Greene, Charles Wdhamsou, of Baldwin, 1. U. P. Charitou, of Chatham, M ij or Win. Triplett, of V% likes J olio A. t utiibert, of Monroe. The following gentlemen were nomin ated by the l roup party, as electors of President and Vice-President The elec tion t..kes place ou the first Monday in November next, bv the people. Col. JOHN MAXWELL, of Bryan. HUBERT K. REID, Esq. ot Kichtnond. Dr. V\ ILLIAM TERRELL, of Hancock. AUGUSTIN 6. l L vY TON, ol Clark. Gen. 1). BLACK SHE A It, of Laurens SOLOMON GRAVES, Esq. ol Newton. Col- JOH N HU 1 HEKFOivI), of Baldwi u JOHN MOOKK. Kq. ol Oglethorpe. Maj. OLIVEIt POKIER, of Greene. Agreeable to an order from the llunorable the Inferior Couitof Uo. lumbia county, sitting for Ordinary purposes, will be sold, on the first Tuesday in November next, at the Const House of Columbia County. One tract of Laud, in said County, containing by estimation, Two Hun dred and Twenty-two acres, adjoining Wrightsboro* Commons, belonging to tne estate of Peter Overby, fur i the benefit of the lleirs and Credit ors.—Terms made known ou that dav, bv ROBERT WALTON Ex’r. August 9lh 1828. Il—2t. PROPOSALS For publishing by Subscription A weekly Literary Gazette, to be e n tit led The Tablet, TIJK subscribers propose to pub lish a literary Miscellany under the above title, which will be issued weekly in Quarto Nos. of eight pages each; and which it will he their ear nest endeavour to render worthy of public patronage; and a vehicle both of instruction and entertainment t* their readers- M ral and literary Essays, Criticism, Romance and Po etry, together with the latest inti Hi genre on Scientifie P ditical subjects, will form the prituipil matter ..f its p *ges. The Tablet shall be devoted to the cause of good morals, and of sound Literature and Taste. Above ill, it will be the object of the editors to encourage the efforts and do jus ’ice to the < I aims of native genius, and show that the natural products of our own soil, want blit the favouring warmth of local attention to render unnecessary much that is furnished from abroad. We invite tlie contributions of such of our friends as may be inclined to favour a work like the one we pro p sr; and while we determine t.i he rigidly scrupulous in regarding the materials offered us for publication, we promise to exercise no undue se verity to what we may reject, and to extend the utmost indulgence tu the effusions of merit. For the Ladies there shall be a de partment where as a sanctuary, noth ing but that which may properly be long to them shall be permitted to en ter. To them we shall devote much of our tiw, as the Jeweller, bestows his toil upon the richest ore and from them we shall expert that f mu* ing patronage whiHt. while it pro vides with the useful, wiN also bo ac enmpanied with so much of the sweet, and grateful as will give to exertion and diligence their most seductive re ward. The Tablet will be put to subscri bers at s>4 pep ann. payable in ad *am on in** delivery of the first number. If will lie issued as soon as a sufficient number of subscribers are obtained. J WIRS W SIMMONS. WILLIAM G. SIMMS. Jr. Charleston. June i, iror. MxCOX SALES OF TIIE RSERVE LAN LS, THE Town LOTS and the 31 11 1 31 Gr Ea ILL commence on Wednesday! ▼ T the first day of next October, and j will continue from dav to dav with the exception of the first Monday and Tues day of that month. We shall then ex pose to sale in Macon, to the highest bid der, in conformity with a late act of the General Assembly : All the town lots not heretofore dispos ed ol ; being upwards of in number; on the western side of the river ; among ♦hem are twelve adjoining the river ad a fe*v o;h. r choice lots for busine-v. The re-idue ate in more re tired situations, and generally afford good building *itesJn a pleasant and growing part of the town. Forty two gardening lots of 10 and 20 ar res each ; laid out f om one to one and a half miles distant from the town in two ranges around the V\ estern Common. Also, twenty eight lots on the Extern side ; that is to say, four of twenty, eight of ten acres, and sixteen of one acre each. I hese la*t include the place sometimes known as Newtown; and wj!| b* sold, subject to certain lea a e* from the United States, to expire next Jauuarv. The residue of the land- in the two reserves, are laid out in tracts of 100 acres, and fractional parts of such tracts. Os these, the uplands wi’l be next offer ed ; the lowest number- fit st; beginning with those on the western side. On Wednesday the 22d of October next, at 11 o’clock, A. M. will be offered at the place of the other sales, tiie Bridge at Macon, together with one acre of land on the en-t ----ern side of the Ocnulgee river, as one of the hutments ; and Mie privilege of usjrg ■so much of Fifth or H idgo stieet on th western bank as may be necessary for the other butment of tiie Bridge. On Thursday the 23J of October, vvr shall proceed to sell the Swamp & Bottom lands within the Reserves, those on the western side first; and continue from day to day until completed. The particular numbers that will be sold on eath day cannot be specified; but it is intended to put up the several kimla and descriptions in the order here men tioned. The Reserves are generally well wa tered, and contain several good mi 1 seats. The area of the whole cannot he exa< tly known unt 1 the fdatting is com pleted; but twenty-one, thousand acres is the estimated quantity contained ir both Heserves and the adjoining fractions, exclusive of the town suiveys. Perhaps no body of land of the same extent can be found, that embea es a g> ater variety in its surface, soil and timber. Situat- and just in that region where tiie pine of the lower country changes to the oak aid hi< kory of the upper; it includts both hese g*o\v hs and soils in most ot V eir varieties; in some portions entire, in oth ers interspersed ov blended. Tracts of very hdly land, *.r that which is quin If v el, or gently undulating, may be had of al'oo-t every quality; either of oak and hi kory. or pine, or river lands; and sev eral of those kinds occasionally united in tracts of 100 acres, and fractions of va rious sizes, adapted to most of the pur poses for which land is want and. From the pressure of the times, and mo-e especially from the quantity of laud and t wn lots that have been lately m the market, these mu?t unavoidably sell low. And, lying at the head of naviga tion, immediately around the third town of the state in population and trade, there is every reasonable prospect of their soon ri-ing in value. Purchasers have now an opportunity, anl apparently the last that will soon of f- r, of obtaining on cheap and very indul gent terms of payment, choice situations fur residence, for t: ade or for fai miug. TERMS Ob’ SALE. Perchaseis ot lands and lots are to pay the Commissioners cn the day of the purchase, one fifth part of the purchase money in cash or current bills of char tered Banks of this Slate, and the residue in four equal annual instalments.—JVo se cuirty will be required . The bridge will be sold on the same term-; except that the purchaser will be required to give bond with two or more approved sureties for the payment of thft four subsequent annual instalments. w. n. Harmon, j C. B. STRONG, t Comm’s O H. PRINCE, Macon July 5, 1828. P—9t. 03“ The Editors of the Charleston City Gazette the ‘Tuscaloosa M irror, and oj th*> t>eve ral public Gazettes, in this State will publish the foregoitg weekly, weeks in their respective papers, and for ward their accounts to M ARM A DUKE J SLADE, E-q. Clerk of the Commis sioners. in surh time as to reach Lirn*.y the Ist of November. Mill be sold, on the fiist Tuesday in IWember next, at the Court House, in M arren county, the real estate cf John I urner. and. c. of said county, consisting of 150 acres of land (the widows dower ex cepted ) The legatees are hereby notifi ed, that the widow intends claiming her dowre of said land, if any of the heii te said estate, has any lawful objection, are r* quested to come forward and let it be known. JAMES TURNER, Adm-r Jnlv 7 1828. 7 6od i utKimu th- aUti d..ie, ppii ai ,o will be to the Honorable Inferior Court, of \\ arren county, when sitting tor ordinary purposes for leave to sell the real estate ol Drury Pate, dec. JOSEPH LEONARD, Adm‘r. July 12th, 1828, 7-4 m