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districts the people would have ,
something better to eat, so
long as there were sheep in the
fields, rabbits in the burrows,
or pheasants in the woods.
Nothing was safe from the
hungry people, and the fanners
themselves vycre rapidly ap
proaching towards starvation.
He had read in the JSotting
ksin Review, that, near Staple
ton, men with families had
been put up for sale by public
auction, and sold, some for 4s.
others for 2s 6d. a week, and
lhaywercto be tints disposed
of to the highest bidder once
a month, or twelve times in the
year; yet England boasted of
her humanity, and complained
of the treatment of the negroes,
who lived ten thousand times
better than many of her own
laborers. In Buckinghamshire,
tne parish paupers were shut
up in the pounds like cattle,
to prevent their straggling a
bout, and to punish them for
coming to get something to eat.
In Bedfordshire, the enraged
populace had torn the Overseer
out of his house, and c xnmit
ted all sorts of violences on his
person, £5 great apprehensions
were entertained, lest the
peace could not be preserved
we hout the assistance of the
military power. In one place
men were separated from their
WiV.es. and only allowed to
speak to them once a week,
and then in the presence of the
workhouse keeper. Was this
he asked, a state of things
which could continue without
p atuemg dreadful consequen
ces? Was this England, which
1 5 pas ted of her power, her
wealth, her humanity? If the
t u?th were silent, as long as he
could open his lips, or hold a
pen, he would never rest
Wiiiist the laboring classes con
tented in such a state. He
fvoukl rather die and be like a
dog before-them, instead of be-j
ing that which he was, than be
silent. Mr. Cobbett conclud-j
ed bis address amid loud and
continued cheering.
FIRE.
The Court House of Crawford
paumy, in Knoxville, was sometime
last u*. ek, destroyed by fire, with all
the hot,ks and papers belonging to the
courts of that county. This fire is
supposed to be the act~of an incendiary
Journal.
Counterfeit Ten Dollar Bills of the
U. S. Branch at Savannah, have been
recently put in circulation. Their gen
era! appearance is calculated to de
ceive limst persons. The ink is rather
of u mddy cas f ; the engraving larger
acd heavier than the genuine; tin. vig?
neite father coarse, particularly the.
uine;-. and tho eagle, which are too
the paper is quite new, and
without the usual \va
t r.Hik-'. Those sec n, arc payable
- V He junta:. * d .1 h n Cum
. . ‘ limiter, Cashier,
.’’..'■.'aredated 0.158:r-letter D.
A short time finer, while the officers
,r i r.,t gre a 'ion ip l’ltih!lphia < iy
were making the usual collection, a
man was seen-to thrust his band Into
the purse when presented to him,- end
abstract some of the contents. He
was at once charged with the offence,;
but stated that lie was a stranger,
and that it was the practice in his
own place when a person had no
small change, to throw a piece of
money into the bag, and take from it
at random as much as might be sup
posed to he the proper change; that he
had on this occasion deposited a half
dollar, and taken a few pieces for
change. The time and place not per
mitting further investigation, ho wae
allowed to retain the money, but upon
the dismissal of the congregation no
half dollar was found in the purse.
From Hcoths Comic Annual.
THE PILLt/RY.
I never was in the Pillory but once,
which I must ever consider a misfor
tune. For looking at all things, as
I do, with a philosophical and inquir
ing eye, and courting experience tor
the sake of my fellow creatures, 1 can
not but lament the short ar.d imper
fect opportunity I enjoyed of filling
that elevated station, which so few
men are destined to occupy. It is a
sort Egg Premiership; a place above
your fellows, but a ; plaee in which
your hands are tied. Yon are not
without the established political voice,
for you arc not absolved from turn
ing
Let me give a brief description of
the short irregular glimpse 1 had of
men and things while I was in Pillory
Power. I was raised to it as many
men are to high stations, by my er
rors. I merely made a small mis
take of some sort or other, in an an
swer in Chancery, not irijtirous to my
interest, and Lo! the Recorder of
London, with a suavity of manner pe
culiar to himself, announced to me my ‘
intended promotion; and iu duo time-
I was installed into office.
It was a fine tiny for the Pillory;
that is to say, it raided in torrents.
Those only who have had boat ding
and lodging like mine, ran estimate
the comfort of having washing into the
bargain.
It was about noon when I was pla
ced, like a statue upon a wooden pe
destal; an hour probably chosen out
of consideration to the innocent little
urchins then let out of school, for they
are a race notoriously fond of shying,
pitching, jerking, pelting flinging,
slinging -in short, professors -of throw
ing in all its branches. The public
office presented me first with a north
front, and there I was—“ God save
the mark!” —like a cock at Shrotide,
or a lay figure in a Shooting Gallery.
The storm commenced, Stones be
gan to spit—mud to mizzle—cabbage
stalks thickened into a shower. Now
and then came a dead kitten—some
times a living cur; anon an egg would
hit me on the eye, an offence I was
obliged to wink at. There is a strange
appetite in human kind for pelting a
fellow creature*. A traveling China
man actually threw away two pence
to have a pitch at me with a pipkin; a
Billingsgate huxter treated me with a
few herrings, not by any means too
stale to he purchased at St. Gilt's;
while the weekly halfpence of the
schoolboys went towards the support
of a Costermonger and his Donkey,
who supplied them with eggs fit for
nothing else* I confess this last dis
cretion of missiles if so they might be
called, that never missed, annoyed me
more than ait the rest; however, there
was no remedy. There 1w as furred
to stand, taking up my livery, and a
vile livery it was; or, as the wag ex
pressed it, * being made free us the
Pel (mongers.’
It was time to appeal to my re
sources. I had read somew here of an
Italian, who by dint of mental abstrac
tion, had rendered himself uncon
scious of the rack; and breaking joints
sinews, and hones, was in fancy only
performing his diurnal Gymnastics,
ur undergoing his amicable, Sham
pooing, The pillory was a milder
instrument than the rack, and ! ha
naturally a lively imagination; it seem
ed plausible, therefore, that I raigh
make shilt to he pelted in my absence.
J o attain a scene as remote as possi
ble from pain, 1 selected one of abso
lute pleasure for the experiment; no
other, in truth, than that Persian Par
tuiisc, the Garden ofGul, at the Feast
of Hoses. Flapping the wings of Fan
ry with all my might, I was speedily
in those Powers of Bliss, and at high
romps with Houri and Peri
“ Flinging roses at each other. ”
Fait, alas for mental abstraction !
1 ‘**’ ‘ cry first bud hit ine with a stone
like vehemence; my next rose of the
cabbage kind, breathed only a rank
cahbagp fragrance; anti in another
moment the claws of a Hying cat
scratchpd me back into myself; and
there I was again, in full pelt in the
pillory.
My first fifteen minutes, the only
quarter 1 met with, had now elapsed,
and my face was turned towards the
cast.—The first object my eye fell
upon was a heap of Macadamizution;
and 1 confess I never thought of cal
culaling the number of stones in such
a Hillock, till I saw the mob preparing
to cast them up.
i expected to be lithrographed on
the spot! Instinct suggested to me
that the only way to save myself was
by dying; so dropping my head and
hands, and closing my last eye with a
terrific groan, I expired for the pres
cut. The ruse took effect. Supposing
live to he defunct, the mob refused to
kill tne. Shouts of ‘Murder! Shame!
Shame! No Pillory!’ burst from all
quarters. The Pipkin monger abused
the Fish woman who rated the School
boys; they, in turn fell foul of the
Costermonger, who was hissing and
groaning at the whole assembly; and
finally, a philanthropic Constable took
the whole group into custody. In the
mean time I was taken down, laid
with a sack over me in a cart, and
driven off to an hospital, my body
seeming a very proper present to St.
Uartholinew‘B or St. Thomas, but my
clothes fit for nothing but Guy's.
MARRIED, in Columbia county
on Tuesday eve-ning the 23d inst. by
the Rev. Patrick N. Maddux, Dr.
Thomas H. Dawson, of Warrenton
to Mies Ann Blair of Columbia
county.
C; A LIST OF
Defaulting Jurors
.f- * 0
At the Inferior Court, February
Term,, 1830, viz; Thomas Davis,
Athclstan Andrews, James Harty,
Isaac Brooks, Green Baker, Eli Ben
ton, James Cary, Stephen Granade,
Joseph Metthews, Jr. John Wright,
Sampson Wilder, Thomas Wynn, Sr.
Eli?ha Holliday, John Brooks and
James Dewberry.
It is ordered, that the foregoing de
faulting Jurors do shew cause, by af
fidavit, to be filed in the Clerks* office
w ithin thirty days from Monday last,
why they should not be fined by the
Court fur their said default, in terms
of the Law 7 , And it is further ordered
that a copy of this be posted at the
door of the court house, within two
days from the present date, and pub
lished in the Rural Cabinet, togeth
er with the names of the defaulters.
True extract from the Minutes of
the Inferior Court, Warren county,
Georgia.
THOMAS GIBSON, elk.
-February lO'.li 1830. td—34.
V’KTILL be sold, at the courthouse in
ff Warrenton, Warren County, on
’ ‘he first Tuesday in April next, two ne
groes, Fed, about thirty two or three
years of age, and London, about forty—
Sold under the last Will and testament
1 of Redoic Lass, dec. for the benefit oi his
liirs anil creditors.—Terms cash.
KENDAL M’TYEIU, f F ,
LARKIN IIASS, S
Jan 16j 31—ids
Sheriff’s sale.
WILL BE-. SOLD, on.the first, Tues
day in March next, at the court
house in Warren ton, Warren county, be
tween the usual hours of sale, tin follow
ing property, to wit:
Two hundred acres of land,
more or less, lying on the waters of Big
Brier Creek, adjoining Leonard Pratt and
other 9, taken as the property of Tubmon
A Culver and Elijah M'Math to satisfy
three executions in favor of John G. Win
ter, levied on and returned to me by a
constable.
One negro man by the name
ol Jack or Jacob, about thirty years of
age, levied on by a constable and return
ed to me as the property of Samuel Dod
son, dec. to satisfy sundry executions—
two in tavor ol J Barnes, and two in fa
vor of George W. Persons and one in fa
vor ol Henry Gibson and other execu
tions against Samuel Dodson, dec. and Da
vid Cooper administrator of Samuel Dod
son, dec.
One negro boy by the name
of Osborn about fourteen years of age,
levy made by a constable and returned to
me to satisfy two executions in favor of
John Butt and other executions, against
Richard Heeth, administrator of William
Culpepper, dec
‘/lie undivided interest in
nine hundred acres of land.inoru orllea,s a ,
lying on the waters of Middle Creek, ad
joining lands of Persons Walker and ci
thers, levy made by a constable and re
turned to me to satisfy three executions in
tavor of Jeremiah Butt against James
Wright, property pointed out t>y the pllf.
Two hundred and seventy
five acres of land, more or less, on the
waters of Long creek, whereon Samuel
Jones now lives, adjoining Brinkly and
others, taken as the property of Samuel
Jones to satisfy a fifa in favor ot George
Hargraves vs. William and Samuel Jones,
property pointed out by the defendant.
POSTPONED SVLE.
One negro man by the name
of Solomon, about twenty five or thirty
years of age, levied on as the property of
Zachariah Darden to satisfy an execution
in favor of Thomas W. Butler, property
pointed by the defendant.
HARDY PITTS, Shlf.
The Siiuhcriiikh informs the cit
izens of Warren co inty, and the pub.
lie in general, that he has established a
1 Hat Manufactory
iu the town nf Warrcnt >n, which wil
be conducted by his brother, Moses
Butler, and from his experience in the
businesss, warrants him iu saying
that the best and most fashionable
Hats, will be made at his establish
ment, at the shortest notice and ou
the most reasonable terms.
He also informs them, that ho will
repair old Hats. Dying/in general
will be carried on at the above estab
lishment. Cash will be given for Ilabr
bit, Rackoon, and such other skins as
are used in that line.
WM, BUTLER.
Feb. 13th. 3t. 34.
EXECUTOR S SALE.
Will be sold, on the first Tuesday i;i
May next, before the court house door, in
Warrenton, Warren county, all that tract
of land whereon John Gibson, dec. for
merly resided, with the exception of the
widows dower.
CHURCHILL GIBSON, ) r ,
HENRY GIBSON, \ * r? ’
Jenuary 29th 1330 32. tds
8 ALE,
WILL be sold on Tuesday the Ist o
April next, at the late residence
of James Bailey, dec in Warreo county, all
the perishable property of said dec The
negroes will be hired and the plantation
rented at the same time and place. Sale
to continue from day to day until all i>
sold —'Perms made known on the day c
sale. Pierce Bailey, Ad‘mr.
Feb 20 tds3s
BLANKS,
Neatly executed at this office