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VOL. 11. THE CABINET Is published every Saturday by P. L RUBINSOJV j War rent on Qeo. at three dollars per annum , which may be discharged by two dollars and fifty cents i f paid within sixty days es the time of subscribing. Georgia, Campbell County TO all arid singular the Heirs and Distributees, their Attorneys, Pa rents, Guardians or Agents of the iestate of John Gibson, formerly of the county of Warren but late of the county of Campbell deceased, You will take notite, that 1 Clary Gibson, the widow and relick of the said John Gibson deceased will apply to the su perior Courts in the following coun ties and at the following Terms of said courts, for commissioners to he appointed to lay off & assign my dower out of the real estate, (hat the said Jrtb. Gibson died seized and possessed off to wit; in the county of W arren, at October Term 1829. in the county of Houston, at O tober TePin 1829, in the county of Coweta, at October Term 1829, and in the county *f Campbell, at October Term 1829. And *f which all persons interested are required to tnke notice. CLARY GIBSON. June 27th 1829. 4m—4. ~MONAGHAN ACADEMt. A public examination of the Stu dents of this Institution, will com mence the 25th of August; and close the 27th. By order of the Board of Trustees. J \ :viES M. BLOUNT, Secretary. July 11, 1829. .. -..1.-” - .1 ALL persons indebted to the estate of Abraham Gneson late of War ren c unly dec. are requested to come for ard and make immediate payment. And all those having demands against the said estate, must render them in accord ing to law. N SUSANNAH GRIESON, Adm‘rx. June 11, 1829. 40d—5, ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE. X\T ILL be sold at the Court House ** in the town of Warrenton War ren county, on the first Tuesday in September next— 490 acres of land, lying in said County on the waters o, Little Brier creek and stamp Branch. ALSO, ON the first Tuesday in Novem ber next at the Court House of Hah et sham, Lot No* 141 and 10th dist. containing 250 acres. Sold as the property of Arthur Matthews dec. for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said dec. Terms made known uri the day of sale. EDWARD MATTHEWS Adra'r. June 27th 1829 tds—4, FOUR months afterdate, apple* lion will he made, to the Inferior Court of Warren County when sitting for ordinary purposes, for leave to sell all the estate of Reuben Rogers, dec. JOHN ROGERS, admV. May 9th, 1829. w4m--49. WILL be sold at the Court house in Warren County, on the first Tuesday in October next, a lot of land in the County of Muscogee, number 17 in the 14th District/sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of Joel Matthews deceased. Terms of sale made known on the day—And titles will be made by the Legatees. —It is said to be second quality, oak and hickory land. REBEC CA MATTHEWS, 1 ILSSIHER MAI THEWS, s Legatees. DAVID GREENE, J July 11, 1829. 4m— s Warrenton, July 18. ntoM TUB VERM -NT TELEGRAPH. ECONOMY. Mr. Editor. —l send you the fol lowing dialogue, which is Said to have taken place between a Quaker aiid a certain Judge of otic of the courts in this State. The Judge being on a journey fell in company with a Quaker. Sir. said the Judge, how is it that you quakers always have fat horsed and money in your pockets? Q Bye and byt> I will tell thee. Shortly after arrived at a ta vern. The J udge called for a glass of hitters, and urged the quaker to drink, hut lie refused, saying, ( 1 have no need.’ The Judge then called for tw ? o quarts of oats for his horse, and the quaker for four quarts for his. Q. Now l will tell thee. We drink no spirits at taverns. How much didst tiioh pay for the bitters. J. Six pence. Q. How much for the oats? J. Six pence. Q. My oats cost me nine pence; and what good did the bitters do thee? J. They procured me an appetite. Q. Abstinence gives me an appe tite. Thus thou seest that we can have nine pence per day in our pock ets more than thou; and our horses fat also—But I have not done with the yet; l see silver bin kies in thy shoes. How much did they cost? J. Nine dollars* Q. HoW long hast thou had them? J. Eight years. Q. Do they answer any better ser vice (ban my strings? J. No. Q. With the nine dollars we should have bought live stock: and at the ex piration of five years we should have had fifteen head of cattle. Here a gain thou seest we can have money in our pockets. Instead of wearing sil ver on our slides, we have leather strings. J. But you wear the best of cloth. Q. Yes hut not so much as thou dost. Thou hast so many thickness ess about thy shoulders, we should think they toust be lame. MORGAN! MORGAN! If the following statement irom the Hallowell (Me ) Advocate be true, Da vid C. Miller ought to be compelled to live on raw potatoes for the rest of his lisp. [JY. Y Enquirer Monsieur Tonson come again. —A stranger called a few days since, and re quested the publication of the following. He has been a traveller, we are informed, and is well known in Livermore and Jay. [f u the advocate.] Morgan actually found. —Nothing but the most sacred regard to truth, and well being of the public in general, prompts me at this time to contradict the fabri cated account of the murder of the late Captain William Morgan, of Batavia, N. Y, Respecting this wonderful person age much anxiety has been felt. r i he nu merous accounts of his being seen alife in Turkey, at the foot of the falls of Niagara, and many other places, are a mere farce and perhaps to satisfy idle cut iosity. But I, having known said Moigan in the state of New York; previous to his abduction, have since been able to recognise him, I saw him at the Yankee Hotel in the city, i'll Oct. 1325. He was a mason of the first rank. He told me he had ta ken seven degrees, that money was hard to be obtained; that he should publish the three first degrees of masonry, and knew not but he should go further. Ihe mere outlines, he said would satisfy the long existing curiosity of the public; and he would then pass through a sham abduc tion, and thereby render his book salea ble. In April last, I being at Mount De sert Island, a suVal! craft appeared oft the bachour, and shortly put in* She had on board iu all nine men; they came on shore. The third man 1 saw was Capt. Morgan: lie had on a cambtet cloak, glazed hat, thick boots, and mixed under clothes. He approached tne, aod on pre senting my hand seemed reldctfnt in be ing discovered;—He weht by the name of Herrington od board the schooner* I then called him aside. He told me he hid been at Newfoundland, that he was then a British subject; that he was con yeyeJadwD the St. Lawrence from fori Erie [?]; that he should return to the U nited States, and Miller had in his hands money of his to the amount of that he had been in the Bay fishery. By his request I have promised to publish this on my arrival in this town; let this put all further speculation at rest, as 1 have had ocular demonstration of the fore going facts. EZRASTURGESANDERSON. FROM THE C IIIOLIMAN. TltE EDGEFIELD GHOST. The following statement of facts in re- I lotion to a matter which has produced 1 | much inquiry and speculation in this dis trict, may be depended upon by the public, i as having been carefully compiled by a gentleman of piety and well cultivated mind. We are not disposed to believe that a breach has been made in the laws of nature, without any useful purpose, hut we have not yet heard any satisfactory, explanation of the circumstances upon ra i tional principles. Messrs. Editors: As public curiosity has been greatly excited, and many tales j more or less true, have gone out, concern- j ing the mysterious and invisible being,; that has been heard at Mr. Isaac Bur- ; uett s, in this District for some time, it I seems proper that the Public should be in ‘ possesion of the facts relative to this ex- ■ traordinary circumstance. The voice! was first heard in October last, imitating various noises, such as that of the spin- { ning -wheel, reel, ducks, hens, &c. It was first heard by Mr. Burnett, about j twenty yards froth the house, which led him to suppo3e it was some of the neigh bors’ children, hiding in the weeds and rying to frighten his children. It was afterwards heard in the loftof the house, aud Mr. B. supposing it to be a bird, sent a boy up to drive it out, but nothing could be seen. It thus continued to perplex (he minds of the family for some time, until, at length, one of the children said he believed that thing could talk and commenced asking questions, which it answered by whistling, pretty much like a Parrot. This circumstance getting out, many persons came to hear it. Mr. John Shepherd, a pious and worthy citizen, who lives in the neighborhood, conversed with it in presehce‘of a number of witness, es. To ascertain the extent of its know ledge, he asked it various questions about most persons in the neighborhood, and their circumstances, which it answered correctly. It told his name and the number of children he had; also, the names of most of the persons present — He asked what it came there for. It re plied, ‘Because it had no other place to go to,’ It was asked if it came to do the family any harm, it said no—it loved the family. It was asked finally if it loved Jesus Christ, to which it made no reply, nor answered any more questions which Mr. Shepherd asked. The eve ning alter, it answered others, but would not answer him. For the first three months it was heard only once a month, but afterwards itfurh oftener. It has been heard at various times, both in the day and at night, hut more frequently in ihe day. Search has been repeatedly made by the family and otheis, but noth ing found from which the voice could proceed. There is no place of conceal ment about the house. It is a email house with hut one room, a loft of boards laid across the joists, and a piazza on one Hide. The house is Dot underpinned, so that you can see from one end to the other, underneath. For some time the voire appeared generally to pw'ceed from the further end of the house, opposite the fire-place and the upper part or I oft. If any one, except the children, woaid go to that end of the house, while it wa* talk ing, or if any one would steal round ever so softly to that end on the outside of the house when it was dark, and whilst others talked to it, it would instantly stop atid when they returned, it would com tftence again. This experiment was tried one evening when a number of persons were there, so that both the house and pi azza were full Someone from the pi at.za, without the knowledge of those in the house, who were talking to it, went round on the other side to see if they could disfcover any bne, when it instantly stopped. It has been known to whistle almost any tune, either sacred or profane, which any one would tell it. Mr. and Mrs, Burnett appear to be sim ple hearted upright and amiable persons, serious in their dispositions, and a9 far from encouraging any trick about them to make spoil as any one. No one in the neighborhood, who knoiVs them, believes that they know any thing about the mat ter. They have evidently been much disturbed and alarmed on account of it, bui having so far experienced no harm from it, they have resolutely maintained their ground. It manifests a great par tiality for a little daughter of the family who is about eleven years of age. This so alarms her that she generally gels sick whenever she talks to it, and she has been known to quit the house precipitately, when she has heard it alone in the hotifte. Not long since however, she quoted to it a passage of Scripture, which a pious friend pointed out and advised her to me morize for that purpose, (I Tim i. xv.) and it hade her hold her jaw, but she persisted in quoting the passage until it hushed, and has not spoken to her since* Since so many persons weht to hear it, it has become very shy and is seldom heard when many persons are about, or when any pet sun is in the house except the smaller children. They have never been able to ascertain who or what it is or the object of its visit. Ithas told its name repeatedly, but can not be understood.—lt will not answer any serious or religious questions. When asked whether it was a man or a woman, it said it wks the foolishest question it ever heard, and appeared to laugh. The Rev. Mr. Hedged visited the fami ly several times and held meeting, at their request, without hearing any thing. How ever, on the 25th of May, Mr. H being in the neighborhood, and calling at the house of Mr. N ; Mrs. N. informed Mr. Hodges, she had just been to Mr. Bur nett’s and heard the voice. Mr. rs. im mediately rode over in company with Mr. John Shepherd. Mr. S went up to the house first, to get the children in the house to talk to it, and after it commenced upon a signal given, Mr. H went up to the house and seated himself in the piazza. A little boy eight or nine yeaia of age, stood just inside of the door to ask any questions whieh were suggested to him by the company. It imitated various noises in a whistle, such as the crowing ot the cock, clucking of a hen, noise of a partridge, &c. and answered a variety of simple questions. There were but few answers that Mr. H. could understand, but when inturpreted by the family, who were more accustomed to hear if, he could then trace out some resemblance. Some words however were pronounced very plain, such as kitten, yes, no. goose quill, &.C.— The family says, that it generllay spoke much more distinctly and could be much better understood than on this occasion.— Mr Shepherd says the same. It wa* un derstood, however, to say it knew Mr. H. pronounced his name tolerably dis tinct, said it got acquainted with him there, and that it did not like him. When Mr. 11. spoke and said, ‘1 have come to drive you awa ,* it was understood to reply *I)o if you dare.* During the conversa tion with it, which lasted about an hour, no person was present except Mr. Bur nett's wife, Mr. Shepherd and Mr. Hodg es with the small children. The oldest was the little girl above mentioned, who No. 6.