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amiistf g myst II >w g-nh •. g the
largest of the unrip l apples winch the
drought had caused to drop in great num
bers from the trees, intending to carry
them to my two little brothers, to play
with. My'ather had li ft his occupations
in the field on account of the he.it, and
wa- then in the house. Suddenly I heard
a crackling sound to the south-west, as of
a mighty flame running among brush
wood, and blown into fury, by a strong
wind. Looking towards that quarter, I
beheld a small datk cloud, enlarging,
blackening and advancing every instant
and under it the wood agitated with a vio
lent motion, the tree tops waving and tos
sing, the trunk swaying 10 and fro, bending
low and then erecting themselves suddenly
as if wrestling with a furious gu*-t. Bird
w< rc flying in all directions from the scene
of t.e commotion, ad cattle running af
fiuh ed from the wood in which fhov had
Bought shelter from the noonday heat. —
Then I saw bn ken branches & green I >■ aves
from th‘* tree tops and withered ones from
the ground, and dust from dry earth,
lifted together into the air in a vast column,
and whirled rapidly round.and heard the
crash of fading trees, and the snapping
of shivered trunks as if the P ince of tli
Power of the Air, having received per*
mission, h,.d fallen in great w-atli op
on the f rest to destroy it. Before that
advancing whirl wind lie trees bowed to
t e ground, and tlie next moment were
raised again by the power of the gale, and
drawn into th vortex, and twisted oil b\
the roots and whirled with all their bran
ches into die nr, and tossed to the one side
and the other, upon the submits of the
surrounding wood, ltwasbu for a mo
ment, n brief moment of astontshm nt and
term. that l stood gazing on til’s specta
<de. i turned and mane f>r the house
with my utmost speed, and as I ran, I
In ard the roar oft the whirlwind behind
me and was sensible of a sudden sli ule
passing over the heavens. When I arid
veil at the house, arid opened the door. I
saw my father wh had been engaged in
leading, just rising from his ‘•eat. and go
ing towards the window, with the bo k in
his hand, to leaf n the cause *>f the tumult
without I hat book was the Bible—and
the recollection of tins single circumstance
forms > ground of consolation and hope,
to the recollection of his sudden and un
forewarned death, which 1 would not be
deprived of for worlds.
‘ Me gave a single look, the book drop
ped from his hapd, and before 1 had time
to utter a word, he called out in a strong
voic >; Run—run for \our lives—leave
the house this instant—the vvirlwind is
upon us ’
‘ As he spoke, the sound of the gust
was heard howling about the dwelling, and
the timbers cracked and groaned in the
mightv blast. My mother ad hastily ga
thered thechiidien, and wa putting us
boft'-c her to go out at the and. or, when all
at nii’ C a ter ibfe crash was heard over
our heads, the walls shook the w indows
were shivered in pieces, the fl <or h aved
ur der our feet, and the ceiling bursting
upwards in several places, showed us the
roof raised & borneoflfbv the wind. The
wall- ami partitions of the house swayed
to and fro hk acm tain. M v father ivas
a mai of gieat buddy stren th, of the
middle height, bu’ brawny and muscular
beyond any per-ou 1 have kiown. When
I *;-st -aw him, he had put his strong arm
against the wall that threatened to over
whelm us, and was bracing himself against
it to give, u- no opportunity to escape. J
saw also my mother, who had taken the
two youngest chihhen by the band, her
bin streaming upwards in disorder, mak
it:g f-r the door. I found myself I know
not bow, without tin* house, and scarcely
wis l there, when a rush f air se.uied to
draw my breath f m my v >ry lungs, and
I as lit ed from 111 g< ound amidst a whirl
ofduNt, aid broke b a. ch sand shingles
ami gards from the budding. Mow high
1 was rani and I know not, for I saw only
th* tonfudon ar■ umd me, hut shortly af
te- wards 1 felt invsoil softly deposited a
m -r,g boughs and leav es
I UM have swooned after l descend
ed, lor 1 recollect slo ly r covering m\
con ci >u* less, and finding my garments
w t and heav v, and th rain beating upon
nu*. 1 lay among he thick foliage of a
n>apio that had been tliiown ov- r by the
v. e ‘wind A man w Ims voice and mein
w re I ‘.miliar to me, and whom as my
sen-**- gradually returned, l rec gnized for
om* * f my ne ghbors, - ame and took me
oil and p a ed me b.eid* him on the
ground. Wound me tin eai’h was strewn
with splintered tmuxjhes of tiee, rails aud
board*, anti looking westward to the hill.
I oebt Id where fen es had I) en
way, and stone walla scattered, and a wide
path had broken through the wood, a
long which masses of fresh earth appeared
among the heaps of prostrate trees,& tall
shivered trunks stood overlooking their
uprooted fellows. At a little distance
from me, was a heap ot bricks ard rubbish,
and on my enquiring what it could be, I
was told that it was the ruins of my fa
ther’s house. Then flushed upon my mind
the recollection of that moment of confu
sion, haste anil aft’ig.ht which pas-ed ie
fore I left it, and m a transport of anxiety,
amounting almost t< agony, I ran to tht
spot. I found the neighbors already ga
thered about it, and busy in removing the
rubbish in order to iscertain if any of th<
family were buried beneath; and weeping
all tlii- while, I assisted them as far as my
childish streng h cvul(l allow, notvvith
standing the good natured attempts that
were made to prevent me. Let me hasten
over what followed. I said in the login
ning that I could relate my story without
any painful emotions, bu< 1 was mistaken,
for when I come to this pari of it, lam ai
ways si< kat heart. They were fund
cru hed to death by the fall of th chim
ney and the beams of the building—my
father—my dear mother, k the two love
ly rhildien still in her arms. But where
was my sistpr—h id she been so fortunate
as to escape ? Even this hope was torn
from me, for she was soon found where
the whirlwind had cast her, in the edge of
the brook now swollen by rains, the wutei
rippling against her cheek white a* -now
and i-er dishevelled hair Hooting in die
current.
Thvre are no expressions that can des
cribe the bitterness of my grief. The bn
di’ s were carried to a neighboring house;
I followed them, remained with them all
n mht I refused *o be comforted but with!
the feverish hope, which sometimes crns
sod my mind, that the dead were in a tale
of insensibility from which they would a
wak n I slep not, I ate not, till they
w* re buried. 1 struggle m idly and with
moanings of agony against, those who came
to put them info the codins I'hey were
carried to the grave thern xt day, amidst a
great concourse, of people from all the sur
rounding country, who tilled *he Imuse and
gathered in a solemn and sdenl multitude
around th- door. The hymn given out on
that solemn occasion hy the minister,-was:
one ra v mother had taught me to repeat
f* om memory ; and when they sung the
following stai si. the eyes of all were
turned upon me by reason of my passion
ate sobbing:
‘ Man's life is like the grass,
Or like the morning flower;
A sha p wind sweeps the fi, Id,
It withers in an hour ”
I was nut allowed to sec the bodies cover
ed with earth, lest my health might suffer
fr*m the exce-s of my grief; but when at
length they told me th y were buried, I
suffered myself to be undressed, and led
to my bed, from which 1 .did <*ot rise for
s ve.al day-* afterwards.
•* The neighbor to whose house the bo
dies of my family were taken, a devout
andjust man of the Baptist persuasion, ai
lowed me to remain under his roof, and
treated me with great kmduesa He
was appointed iny guardian, and prov
ed a faithful steward of the remains of
my fathers property. The terrible ca
lamity with which 1 had been visited,
bad engendered a sadness which hung upon
np'like a continual cl*>ud; but as I grew
up, mv mind was opened to receive the
consolations of the gospel. I saw that
the chastisement, though severe, was
meant for good, and that ‘the Lord, by
removing all whom I had loved, and se
parating me from the children of men,
Imd enabled me to devote myself ihe more
entirely to the work of reconciling my
fellow creatures to Him. 1 °came
therefore to this region of the west, where
| the li. Ids were white for the reaper,
win re the harvest was plenteous and the
laborers few, uod entered upon my new
calling which has not been unblessed
with achpeiful and encouraged spirit.”
Here the tiavelling preacher made an
end of his story, but I had no opportunity
of remarking on certain of its circumstan- j
| ces which seemed to me a little exnoidi
naiy, since just at that moment he found
Imnself opposite to the house ot one ofthe
brethren, a thrifty farmer, here he said
he w.ss und r an eng gement to stop
4,1 1 * < l , l ->tei| t. nit t
1 apt. Nathan Jones, up a candidate
for Sheriff, *f \\ arrencoutity.
Dec. 13th, 1828. 9 g 9
% 60 REWARD!!!
Will be given for the delive
ry, (dead or alive) of the three
following described negroes
who ran away, some time since,
from the subscriber, living with
in four miles of Wan enton
A arren couniy, Georgia.
STEP
A fellow of about twenty
years of age. live feet ten or e
leven inches high, black corn
plected and stout built.
LEM
A spare made fellow, about
live feet nine or ten inches
high, forty years of age .and
black complected. And
I,UN NUN
A stout black complected fel
low, live feet, ten or eleven in
ches high; be wee” twentv tive
and thirty years of age; has a
scar , as well as can he reeollec
ted, on one ot Iris cheeks, and
he has a remarkable large
mouth and very thick lips.
The above rewar dol sixty
dollars will be paid on the de
livery of them to me, or twenty
dollars for either of them.
Henry Peebles.
October 3. ts
COLLEC FOILS SALE.
Will be sold on the first Tuesday in
Januaiv next, within the usual hours of
sale- at the lourt house door in Warrenton,
Warren co nty, one house and lot m
Warr-n on, adjoining Lockhart, Neal <§*
others; levied on as iie proper y of Jere
miah L$ all or so m u h thereof a v will
pay his taxes due foi 1824- taxes due 10
dollar* and 00 en.s.
221 acres of land on the waters of
Williams’s Creek joining Rogets-and o
thers ; levied on ns the property ot Eii
zabedi W. Cary, to pay toe taxes on said
land with other taxable property, or so
much thereof as will make the sum of
four dollars and thirty cents which is due
for taxes for 1828.
W M . CASTLEBERRY, T. C
October 31, 1829\ 21tds.
W ILL be sold, on the first Tuesday
▼ ▼ iu January next at the Court
House, in the the town of VVarrenton,
Warren county, between the usual horn
—Ei -hty three and a thiid acres of land
in Warren county, adjoining of Harris and
others. Sold as the property of Stephen
Darden, dec. for the benefit of the heirs
and creditors.
JETHRO DARDEN, Adm r.
October 31, 1829. 21tds.
Will be sold, on the first
Tuesday in January next, a 4 the cuur
house in Warrenton, Warren county, be.
tween the usual hours—Three negiot s, to
wit: Allen, about 30 yeais of age; Edmond
about 26—and Sarah about 60. Sold for
the benefit ol the heirs and creditors of
Ann Harden, late of Warren county, dtc.
JETHRO DARDEN, Adtn'r.
October 01. 1829 21tds
Georgia, Warren county.
HIKE AS James Gray applied
▼ ▼ for letters of Distnissi on on
the estate ol Edward Kinsey dec. late
of said county:
These are therefore to cite and admon
ish, all and singular, the kindred and cre
ditors ot said deceased, to be and appear
at my office, within the time preset ibed
by law, to shew cause, if any they have
why said letters should Dot be granted,
Given under my baud this 14*h day
of February 1829..
Z. FianMiUj c* c. o. w. c*
Twenty Dollars
Reward !! ! !
LEFT my house within five miles of
Warrenton, on the 7th September I
my negro man named GEOIUiE, about
fifty years of age, G feet 2 inches high,
rather yellow complected, stout built, but
not fl shy, one tooth out befoic in th**
upperjaw. The above reward will be
paid for his delivery, or information iu
that I get him.
ELI G. SHEARMAN,
November 7th. ]2t 22.
AD\! IV IST H ATOR’S S A EE.
WILL be sold on Friday the 18th.
of December next at the lute
residence of Lewis Parlvwi, dec. in
Warren County, all the Personal prop
erty, consisting of corn, cotton, hogs,
horses, co-vs. sheep, house hold and
kitchen furniture, plantation tool--,
‘■'ale to continue f:om day to day till di
is suld —Terms made known on the day.
The negroes will be hired at the sa;i*e
time and place.
FRANCES PARHAM ad’, x.
• NATHANIEL PARHAM, ,d%;v
Nov 7. 22—tds.
NOTICE.
On Saturday 26tb December next, will
be sold or rented. before the court house
dom in Warrenton. within the Legal
hou sos sale, all the improved lands of
Ardib : d Flewellin, late of Warrei*
counf *., d< c. Iso one negro man at the.
same time and place will be hired for the
term of twelve months, if not previously
di-posed of.
JAMES FLEW ELLIN, Ex’er.
of Archibald Fl welfin, and guardian
<>f Enos sis Marion Flewelliti.
Nov. 14 td QS
Will he sold at the lat* residence of
Richard Hertb, dec. in \V ilk* s county*,
on Friday, ‘he 11th of December next, all
the personal property belonging to th 1 . es
tate of said Heeth. [dhe cotton excepted. T
Sab- to continue from da* today, till ill is
dtspnsed of. Per ms mad* known o” the
(fay of sde. The negroes will b* 1 hired
cu the same dnv
HENRY RIGHT, A dorr.
November 1829 21 1;
NOTICE.
ALL person* ind- bted to the estate of
Adam Ivy, late ot Columbia County,,
dec-are hereby requested to come for
ward and setHe the same. And those
having demands against said dec. are tie*,
sired to render ;n their accounts, proper
ly attested, within the time prescribed by
law
ELLAS WILSON, Ex‘r
October 3d, 1829 17—lOd.
EXECUTOR'S SALE.’
WILL BE at the late rear-’
Jenee of Adam Ivy, late of Co
lumbia County, dec on the 28th Dec* mher
next all the unwilled property of said dt-c
consisting of horses, cattle, hogs, plant*
tion tools, household, kitchen furniture
and other articles.—Also part of the ne
groes hi r ed. Sale from day to day until
all is sold.— Terms at sale.
ELI \S WILSON, Kx’er.
Oct 17. tdv—l9
WILL be sold, on th* first Tuesday
in February 1830 a* the C-.urt
house, in Warren County, by virtue of?
<he Will, all the negroes belonging to the
estate of John Gibson. dec. among them
a first rate Black Smith.
CHURCHILL GIBSON,
HENRY GIBSON. < s ’ en? *
Nov 21 id* 24
EXECUTORY SALE.
WILL BE SOLD, on the 30th o*
December next at the fa men
residence of John Gibson, dec. in W’a 1 eD
County, all the residue of the personal
property of said dec (negroes except ed)
consisting of horses, hogs and cattle- cot
ton, corn, fodder, oats, road wa.gon,
plantation tools, and a variet, of other
articles not mentioned. The land wll bo
rented and the negroes hired until f* ey
are -.old. The sale will continue fro n day
to day un*il all is old
CHURCHILL GIBSON, ? „
HENRY GIBSON > Er is.
Nov. 21 j 21
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Blanks, for sale.