Newspaper Page Text
ZKB'ff OKSXDIHJffIo
THE subscribers have, aud will keep constant
ly on hand, a large and well assorted stock ol
FANCY AND STAPLE DRY GOODS,
Hardware and Cutlery,
Among which may be found the following articles:
200 ps. fancy Prints,
50 ~ Furniture do.
50 „ assorted Cambrics,
75 „ „ Muslins of every variety,
100 ~ 3-4 brown Shirtings,
75 ~ 4-4 Sheetings,
25 „ 4-4 do. fine article,
25 „ 4-4 bleached do do
25 ~ superior English Cloths, assorted
colors,
15 „ 4-4 Merinos, assorted,
2 ~ do. double width,
5,, Circassian,
,• Carpetting,
~ fine do
10 ~ Sacking,
20 doz. Napkins,
ALSO, A LARGE AMD ELEGANT ASSORTMENT OF
Hats, Caps, Boots and Shoes,
Domestics, Sattinets, Cassitners,
Bro linen Drillifcjrs, white do. bro. Holland,
Vestings, Diap-r^,
Russia Sheeting. Osnaburgs,
Ladies and gents, kid Gloves, gents buck do.
Silk and cotton Hosiery, Suspenders,
A splendid assort Bonnets ft Bonnet Ribbons,
Thread and bolt I,aces, do. lusertings, Bob
inet, Greeinet,
AN ELEGANT SUPPLY OF
-SILKS. SATINS, FRENCH MUSLIN, CHALLY,CHAILIETTE,
Silk, Bombazine and Satin Stocks,
Black Satin Bosoms, Collars, Ac. &c.
Together with a complete and splendid assort
ment of
SUMMER CLOTHING,
Among which arc a few THIBET VESTS, a
new and superior article for wear.
LIKEWISE, A GOOD SUPPLY OF
Bridle*, Saddle*, ISarlinifuls,
HOUSINGS, STIRRUPS,
RIDING WHIPS, DRIVER’S WHIPS, Arc.
All of which will be sold on such terms as will
suit purchasers, who are respectfully invited to
call.
JERNIGAN, LAURENCE A'Co.
April 9 2
CHEAP CASH STORE.
rpilE subscriber has brought on from New
X York, a supply of
Cheap and fashionable floods,
suitable both to the times and season, consisting
of the following articles, viz.
Bleached and brown Domestics,
White and brown, striped and plain Drilling,
Plain do Linen,
Furniture, dress and aporn Checks,
Plain, fancy and figured Silks, >
Black, Italian and Gro de Nap do.
Printed Muslins and Cambrics,
tPlaiu and printed Lawns,
Figured, plain, Swiss and Mull Muslins,
do do Bobbinetv,
Bobbinett Lace and Edging,
Worked Muslin Capes and Collars,
do Cuffs and infants bodies,
do Chil. Lace and Muslin Caps,
Irish Linen and Lawns,
A good assortment of French and Eng. Prints,
Scotch and French Ginghams,
Ladies work Baskets, ,
Bead Bags and Money Purses,
Silk and satin Reticules,
White and brown Cotton Hose,
Gents, do do half Hose,
Boots, Shoes and Pumps,
Bonnets and Hats,
TOGETHER WITH AN ASSORTMENT OF
READYMADE CLOTHING.
Resides various other articles too tedious to men
tion. A. G. MARSHALL.
Florence, .Tune 9 11
NEW GOODS.
rpilF, subscribers, in addition to their former
JL stock have received a fresh supply of
IB\v Good* and Cutlery,
from Charleston aud Augusta, making tlieit as
sortment tolerably good. They are now offering
articles suitable to the season, on as good terms as
any in the market; in their stock may be teuud
Challys, Challietts, Silks, Muslins,
Grass, Brown and Irish Linens,
'Fancy Prints, French Oallico,
French Muslins, a splendid article,
. Diaper, Nankeen, Domestics, Checks,
A variety of gentlemen and ladies Hose and
half Ilose,
Shoes, Hat*, Cotton Cassimcre,
With a variety of other articles not enumerated,
(fur customers and the public generally arc invi
ted to call and examine for themselves.
June 9 11 GARDNER Ar HARVEY.
DBS. R.W.&Z. C. WILLIAM S,
ITAVING associated themselves in the PRAC-
X TICF OF MEDICINE, respectfully ten
der their professional services to the citizens of
FLORENCE and the surrounding country.
From their extensive acquaintance with diseas
es appertaining to a Southerr clime, they flatter
themselves that they will be enabled to give com
plete satisfaction to their employers.
One, or both may bo found at their office at all
times, when not professionally engaged, conse
quently those who will honor us with a call, may
always expect prompt and immediate attention.
Florence, April 9 2
LAST NOTICE.
A LL persons indebted to A. R. Hill Ac Cos.
11. W. Jernigan Ac Cos. Hill, Jernigan
& Cos. Hill, Laurence Ac Cos. Jernigan Lau
rence Ac Cos. Jernigan, Gachet Cos. and W.
D. Hill, are requested to make immediate pay
ment as longer indulgence cannot be given.
May 25, 1838. 9 IL W. JERNIGAN,
for all Concerned.
FOR'SALE,
BY the subscribers 100 sacks SALT, for
CASH, only.
JERNIGAN, LAURENCE A: Cos.
April 9. 1838.
Attorney at Law,
FLORENCE, STEWART, COUNTY, GA.
4nrdif ts
TO CONTRACTORS.
MTlie Trustees of the Independent
Church aDd Female AcaJeiny, will re
ceive scaled proposals uutil the 4th day
of August, for building a house 50 feet
long aud 30 wide, based upon 17 brick pillars, 5
feet long, 18inches above the surface, aud 6 below,
18 inches thick at bottom and 12 inches at top;
the sills to be 12 inches square ; sleepers 12 by 3,
to be placed 2 feet Ironi centre to centre; joists
of second floor to be 3 by 12, supported by a gir
der in the centre of the building; iaterties lo be
4 by 12; plates 4 by 8; comer posts to face 12 in.
and guttered; the studs of the lower story to be
4 by G; the window and door post of the up]M?r
story to be 4by 6 and studs 3by 4; rafters 3by 4>
at bottom, 3 inches square at top; rafter joists 3
by 8 inches 2 feet from centre to centre. The
whole building to be strong and substantially
braced. The floors will be laid with 10 inch plank,
li thick, tongued and grooved ; the lower story,
ceiled chair board high, having 62 seats plain, with
solid inclined backs; there will be a partition a
cross the back end for stair way and Library, leav
ing a recess for the puipit~4he pulpit will be plain
with panueled desk and the libraiy furnished with
a suitable number of shelves. There will be 10
windows in the lower story, 36 lights 10 by 12, and
15 do. iti the upper 15 lights 10 by 12; 2 large fol
ding pannel doors, and two small do. witli transom
lights; plain newel stairs will be run to second sto
ry landing in passage above.
The upper story will be divided into 3 rooms—
one 30 feet square, another 20 bylß and the third
20 by 12; the partition, and rafter joist to be ceil
ed: there will be a deceut cornice around the
building and a pediment front finished with a
suitable Irieze at/d bed cornice; the weather board
ing will show 5 inches and the shingles s^.
The whole of the materials to be of good mer
chantable lumber and the work executed in a neat
workmanlike manner by the first day of Decem
ber next. Intending it not only as a convenience
but as an ornament to our town the Trustees are
opposed to having it botched.
It will be required of persons making proposals
to give the names of two good and substantial se
curities fortlie faithful performance of the work.
11. W. JERNIGAN, Secretary.
July 13, 16
(£/** Enquirer and Sentinel, Columbus will
publish the above till the day of letting, and for
ward their accounts to the Secretary.
ADM INISTRATORS’ SALE.
UNDER an order from the Inferior Court of
Lee county, when sitting for ordinary pur
poses, will be sold the following Lots of Land be
longing to the estate of Lewis Bond, deceased,
before the Court House door of the respective
counties herein named, to wit:
At Starksville, on the first Tuesday in SEP
TEMBER next, Lots of Land, No. 217, north
half, in the first district; 56, 141, 168, 184, 185,
186, 199, 200, 201,202,203, 214, 215, 216, 217,
and 230, in the second district of Lee, comprising
the Fowl town plantation, and Lot 203 in the third
district.
And on the same day, before the Court House
door of Randolph county, Lot 106 in the fourth,
214, 35 and 34 in the fifth, 6 in the sixth, 23*1 in
the sixth, and 107 in the 10th district of Randolph
county. All sold for the benefit of the heirs and
creditors of said deceased 'Perms on the day and
sale positive. H. JONES, l , , ,
J. BOND, 5 Adm TS '
June 23 13
“ADMINI>STARTOR 8 ALE.
\XTLL be sold at the Court House door in the
v v Town of Talbolton. Talbot Countv, Ga.
on the first Tuesday in August next, lot No 90,
in the sth District of said County, as the pro
perty of Chauncey Bralley, deceased sold for the
benefit of the heirs and creditors of said deceased.
WILLIAM BELL. Adin’r.
May 25. 1838, 9
WILL be soli! on tae first Tuesday in DE
CEMBER next, before the Court House
door iu the town of Auiericus, Sumter county,
within the lawful hours of sale, Lot of Land, No.
two hundred and forty seven, in the 28th district
formerly Lee, now Sumter county, the same be
longing to the estate of Philip Troy, deceased—
to be sold for the benefit of the heirs and credit
ors oi said deceased. Terms made known on the
day. NANCY TROY, Adm'x.
JOHN PENNINGTON, Adm’r.
J illy 4, 1738. 16
mouths after date application will be
. made to the honorable the Inferior court oi
the county of Sumter, whilst sitting for ordinary
purposes, lor leave to sell all the real estate of
Philip Troy, late of said countv, deceased.
NANCY TROY, Adm’x.
JOHN PENNINGTON, Adm’r.
July 4, 1838. 16
FOUR months after date, abdication will be
made to the honorable the Inferior Court of
Stewart county, wh- n sitting as a court of ordina
ry, for leave to sell the real estate of James Gilles
pie, late of the State of Mississippi, deceased.
July 2, 1838. 15 RICH’D KIDD.
MONTHS after date, application will
L be made to the Inferior Court of Stewart
county, when sitting for ordinary purposes, for
leave to sell the lands belonging lo the estate of
George Shaw, deceased.
JOHN BLACKSHEAR, Adin’r.
June 9, 1838. n
FOUR months tiller date application will lie
made to the honorable Inferior Court of
Stewart county, when sitting for ordinary purpo
ses for leave to sell the Land and Negroes belong
ing to the estate of Bluford Spence, late of said
county deceased, for the benefit of the heirs and
creditors.
JAMES HILLIARD, AJm'r.
April 16,1838. 3
FOUR months after date application will be
made to the honorable Inferior court of
Stewart county, when sitting for ordinary pumos
es, for leave to sell the Land and Negroes belong
ing to the estate of Timothy Carrington, deceas
ed, for the benefit of the heirs and creditors.
JAMES HILLIARD, AJih'k
April 16, 1838.
FOUR months after date, application will be
made to the honorable luferior Court of
Stewart county when sitting forordinary purposes,
for leave to sell all the property belonging to the
estate of Lewis Dupree, sen. late of Stewart
county, deceased, both real and persona.l.
LEWIS DUPREE, jr. Adm’r.
June 25.1838. 13
jo ir imdatino,
NEATLY EXECUTED
AT THIS OFFICE.
THE GEORGIA MIRROR.
Stewart Sheriff Sales.
XT7TLL be sold before the court house door iu
! I the town of Lumpkin, Stewart county, on
the first Tuesday iu AUGUST next, within the
legal hours of sale, the following property, to wit:
Lots of Land, numbers one hundred and twen
ty-two and one hundred aud twenty-three, in the
twenty-fuh district of originally Lee now Stewart
county, well improved, taken as the property ol
Jeptha Pickett, to satisfy two Fi Fas from Stewart
Inferior Court, in favor of Abraham Prim vs said
Pickett—property pointed out by the defendant.
Also, one negro man by the name of \V inzer,
25 years old, taken as the property of William A.
Wethington, to satisfy sundry small Fi Fas from
a Justice’s court of Stewart county, in favor ol H.
M. Haws vs said Wethiugton—levy made aud re
turned to me by a constable.
Also, one negro man by the name of Randoll,
taken as the property of Robert Reynolds, to sat
isfy sundry Fi Fas. issued from Stewart Superior
Court, iu favor of William D. Ethrige, and one in
favor of Larkin Reynolds, executor ol Benjamin
R<* nolds, vs Robert Reynolds.
Also, Lot of Land No. 44, in the 24th district
ol originally Lee now Stewart county, taken as
the property ol P. L. Gunnells, to satisfy sundry
Fi Fas from a Justices court of Stewart county,
in favor of William Cooper and others, vs. said
Gunnells—levy made and returned to me by a con
siable.
Also, Rose a woman, 21 years oil, Dinarah a
woman 22 years old, Arthur a man 22 years old,
and Sampson a man 35 years old, all taken us the
property of Robert Hatcher, to satisfy sundry Fi
Fas issued from Stewart Superior court, one in
favor of John W. Sutton, two m favor of Samuel
Quarles, and other Fi Fas vs said Hatcher.
LEONIDAS W. HILL,
Dep. Sheriff.
POSTPONED SALE.
Also, will be sold as above,
One negro woman named Alley, taken as the
property of Byrd Hudson, to satisfy one Fi Fa,
troin Stewart Superior court, in favor of Stewart
A Fountain, vs said Hudson.
LEONIDAS W. HILL,
July 3, 1838. De
Ft:WALE SCIIOOE.
MISS MARGARET HARVEY, of Ma
con will open a FEMALE SCHOOL in
this place on Monday next, 9th inst. in the new
house built by A. DeLaunay, Esq. in the North
ern part of town.
Jujy 7, 1838.
VALUABLE PROPERTY - "
i on 5.11. E.
IP OR the purpose of closing the estate of Asaph
R. Hill, late of Stewart County deceased.
I he subsriber will sell at private sale, one third or
the whole of the following property, viz.
ONE COMMODIOUS MEW STORE HOUSE AND LOTS,
Lhe well known stand of liill Laurence At Cos.
Lumpkin Ga. Also 34 acres Land adjoining
said Town, handsomely situated for private resi
dence. Also the well known,
Plucnii Efoici, Fdi’iulure
And Lots, in the Town of Florence, at present
occupied by Mr. A. Burnett. Also the
framed, b
WARE HOUSE AND FIXTURES,
In the Town ol Florence, at present occupied by
Jernigan -Laurence &Cos Also two unimproved
Lots, in said Town, Nos. 108 and 109 in square
H- high elevated ground for building. Also about
820,000 worth of
*ls sorted Jflerchandixe•
Also two settlements ol' valuable pine Lands, con
taining 710 acres, 3 miles from Florence. Also
8 Lots in the city of St. Josephs, amongst which
are Lots to suit the merchant or the settler. Also
27 shares of the Capital Stock in the St. Josephs
Kail Road <YCanal Company. Also one fine Sad
dle 11 orse.
Any of the above property will be sold on ac
commodating terms, by application to the sub
scriber at Florence Georgia
HENRY W. JERNIGAN F.x’tr.
r and partner of A. R. Hill deceaed
The Subscriber will sell several valuable settle
ments of Land, from 202d to 1000 acres.
May 25, 1838 9 11. W. JERNIGAN.
Columbus Enquirer and Southern Re
corder will please give the above three insertions
and forward tlieir accounts for payment.
II. W. JERNIGAN.
NOTICE.
A FTER the expiration of Thirty days I shall
j-A- proceed to collect the Tax for the Town of
Florence. J. I*. HARVEY As’r. & Col.
June 30, 1838.
7~NOTTCE7“
CAME tojthe subscriber’s plantation, near
Florence, a black mare INDIAN PONEY.
about C years old, one glass eye, switch tail, bran
ded on the right shoulder with I M. The owner
is requested to come forward, prove property and
take her away. 11. \V. JERNIGAN.
July 2 15
NOTICE.
\ LL those indebted to the estate of Uewis Du
I. A. pree, sen. late of Stewart county, deceased,
aie requested to make immediate payment, and
those having demands against said estate, will
please present them in terms of the law.
LEWIS DUPREE.jr. Ad mV
Tn nr 23 13 Cr
HEREBY give notice that I ivill makeappli
-Yl cation to the next Superior Court of'Baker
comity, to be held on the 4th Monday in August
next, ! ir right ol dower to all the lands belong
ing to the estate of Jacob Suttou, late of said
■County deceased.
JUDITH SUTTON, lUdow.
May 25,1838. 9td.
GEORGIA—Steyva rt C oun ty.
PE RSONALLY came before me, VV. A. May
a Justice of the Peace in said county, James
R. Pickett, and being duly sworn, saitii, that four
promissory notes of thirty dollars each, siven
sometime in the fore part 0f1837, and due the 25th
December or Ist of January thereafter, payable
to Samuel Adams, Administrator of the estate of
John G. V hite, deceased, signed by William
Stafford and Moses Ramsay, have to the best of
his knowledge, been washed to pieces and destroy
ed while in the possession of him the said Pickett.
JAMES R. PICKETT.
Sworn to, and subscribed before me. this stli
July, 1838. 1C 3t W. A. MAY, J, P
\LL those indebted to the subscriber are re
spectfully invited to call in and settle, as I
am going to remove from the old stand where I
now occupy. THOS. C. PRIDGEN.
June 14 16 3t
GEORGIA —Stewart County.
PERSONALLY came before me, Charles
Riley a J .stice of the Peace in and fur said
county, Elijah Waters, aud afterbeing duly sworn
deposeth aid saith, on oath, that the following
notes ate lost or mislaid so that the giver oi the
same refuse to pay them, to wit: One on Reuben
Roach for Twenty Dollars, payable 25th Decern
ber, 1837, with 20 percent interest from the date
of said note ; also, one on James M. Milner for
Sixty Dollars, made payable to Malcolm A. Chish
olm, due the first day of January, 1838, with a
credit on the same to lhe amount of $lO. but does
not recollect the date of said credit, the said noie
was endorsed to Elijah Waters by M, A. Chisholm,
the date of the endorsement not recollected.
Sworn to and subscribed befoie me, this the
7tli day of July 1838. his
ELIJAH X WATERS.
Cnarkbs Riley, j. r. mark.
Also, one on Drury Murrray, of Sumter coun
ty, Ga. for Twenty Dollars, made payable to Eli
jah Waters, aud due the 25th day of December.
1837.
Sworn, to and subscribed before me this the 7th
dav'of July, 1838. his
ELIJAH X WATERS.
Charles Riley, j. f. mark.
Also, one note on James Beard, to the amount
of One Hundred and seventy Doll us and 50 cents,
due the first day of January, 1837, with interest
from the date; also tour notes on Malcolm A
Chisholm, that 1, the said Waters loaned the said
Beard to make a settlement with the said Chish
olm all due the 25th day of Decomber, 1836, with
interest from the date.
Sworn to, this the 7th day of July, 1833.
his
ELIJAH X WATERS.
Chakles Rtley, j. p. mark.
Also, one note on Calemon Tucker, for Twenty
Dollars made payable to Elijah Waters, due the
25th day of December, 1837, with 20 per centin
terst from date.
Sworn to before me this 7th day of July, 183 c.
his
ELIJAH X WATERS
Charles Riley, j. p. mark.
July 21, 1838 17 3t
TOWN COUNCIL'
BE it Ordained, That no person or person
shall bathe in-the Chattahoochee river, willi
n' the incorporated limits ofthe town of Florence,
above Centre street—any person or persons so ol
fending, shall be subject -to a fine of One Dollar.
And be it further Ordained, That if any per
son or persons shall fire guns or pistols within the
corporate limits of the town of Florence, he or
they shall be subject to a fine of Two Dollars.
And be it further Ordained, That if any white
person or persons shall run horses, mares, geld
ings or mules, through the streets of Florence, he
or they shall be fined in the sum of One Dollar;
and if any slave or slaves shall violate this Ordin
ance, he or they shall receive twenty lashes on the
bare back. R. W. WILLIAMS, lutend’t.
Tno, Gardner,4Bec .
June 18 13
JOB PRINTING.
(CONNECTED with the office ofthe MIR-
J ROR, is a splendid assortment of
And we are enabled to excute all kind of Job work,
in the neatest manner and at the shortest notice.
of every description will constantly be kept on
hand, such as
INDICTMENTS,
DECLARATIONS,
SUBPOENAS,
JURY SUMMONSES,
EXECUTIONS.
COST EXECUTIONS.
SHERIFF’S BILLS OF SALE,
do DEEDS,
LAND DEEDS,
JUS. SUMMONSES,
do EXECUTIONS,
MORTGAGES,
LET. ADMINISTRATION,
do TESTAMENTARY,
do GUARDIANSHIP,
And a great many others for Justices, of lhe
Peace, Administrators, Executors,tYc.
PKOSPETTUS
TO THE THIRD VOLUME OF THE
Containing Quarterly Fashion Plates, Illustrated
Articles, tyc.
THE CHEAPEST PERIODICAL IN' TllE WORLD.
I N commencing anew Volume, the publisher
- would t ike occasion to observe, that not only
will the same exertions be continued, which have
secured to his subscription list an unexampled in
crease, but his claims upon the public favor will
be enhanced by every means w hich unceasing en
deavor, enlarged facilities, and liberal expendi
ture can command. 1
The subjoined is a brief plan of the work :
las Original Papers will be so varied as to
form a combination of the useful with the enter
taining and agreeable. These will embrace the
departments of useful science, essays, tales,
and poetry which may deserve toe name.
It is the publishers design to make the Visiter
agreeable to the old and tne young—to the sedat
aim the gay—to mingle the valuable with the n
n,using—and to pursue the tenor of his wav with
the entertainment of good feelings toward ail par
TERMS.—The Visiter is tmblished every oth
er »aturday, on line white paper, each number
will contain 24 large super-royal octavo pages
enveloped in a fine printed cove‘r, forming at "the
end ol the year a volume of nearly GOO pages at
the very low price of $1 25 cents per annum’ ir
advance, or 6i cents per number payable on de
livery.
1 ost 'lasters, cind others who will procure our
subscribers and enclose l ive Dollars to the pro
prien r shall receive the sth copy gratis.
Ah Oiders addressed to the jHiblisher, 49 Ches
nut •street, post paid, will receive immediate at
tendon.
Editors, by copying this prospectus and • nd«
ing a paper of the same to the office, shall re
ceive the Visiter lor one year.
Blank Note*,
NEATLY riUNTED AND
FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE
PROSPECTUS*
OF THE
Southern Lites ary .llessengei*.
rrHIIS is a monthly Magazine, devoted chiefly
Jl to Literature, but occasionally findjj ’
room also lor articles that fall within the scope of
Science ; and not professing an entire disdain of
tasteful selections, though its matter has been, as
it will continue to be. in the main, original .
Party Politics, and controversial theology t M
far as possible, are jealously excluded. They are
sometimes so blended with discussions in litera
ture or in moral science, otherwise unobjection
able, as to gain admittance ftr the sake of the
more valuable matter to which they adhere: but
whenever that happens they are incidental, onlv j
not primary. They are dross, tolerate and only b’J
cause it cannot well be severed from the sterljil .
ore wherewith it is incorporated.
Reviews and Critical Notices, occupy their
due space in the work: and it is the Editor’s aim
that they should have a threefold tendency— to
convey, in a condensed form, such valuable truths
or interesting incidents as are embodied in the
works reviewed, — to direct the readers attention
to books that -deserve to be read—and to warn
him against wasting time and money upon that
large number, which merit only to be burned. l a
lids age of publications that by their variety and
multitude, distract and overwheliun every undis
criminating student, impartial criticism, gov
erned bytlie views just mentioned, is one of the
most inestimable and indispensable of auxiliaries
to him who does wish to discriminate.
Essays and Tales, having in view utility or a
musement, or both— Historical sketches— and
Rejiinisences of events too minute for History
yet elucidating it, and heightning its interest—
may be regarded as funning Xlio staple of the
work. And of indigenous Poetry, enough is
published—sometimes of no mean strain—to man
ifest and to cultivate the growing poetical taste
and talents of our country.
The times appear, for several reasons, to de
mand such a work—and not one alone, but many.
The public mind is feverish and irritated stiff
from recent political strifes: The soft, assuasive
influence of Literature is needed, to allay that
fever, and soothe that irritation. Vice and folly
are rioting abroad:—They should be driven by
indignant rebuke, or lashed by ridicule, into their
fitting haunts. Ignorance ion’s it over an im
mense proportion of our people :—Every spring,
should be set in motion, to arouse the enlighten
ed, and to increase their number; so that the
great enemy of popular government may no lon
ger brood, like a portentous cloud, over the des
tinies of our country. Vud to accomplish all
these ends, what more powerful agent can be em
ployed, than a periodical on the plan of the Mes
senger; if that iflan be but carried out k: n>ir
tice? 1
The South peculiarly requires such an agent.
In all the Union, south of Y> ashiugton, there are
but two Literary periodicals! Northward of that
city, there are probably at least twenty-five cr
thirty! Is this contrast justified by the wealth,
the leisure, die native talent, or the actual literary
taste of the .Southern people, compared with
those of the Northern? 2No: for in wealth, tal
ents and taste, wc may justly claim, at least, an
equality with our brethren md a domestic insti
tution exclusively-our own, beyond all .doubt, af
fords us, if we choose, twice the leisure for read
ing and writing which they enjoy.
It was from a deep sense ol ibis local want, that
the word Southern was 'engrafted on this ’peri
odieal: and not with any design to nourish local
prejudices, or to advocate supposed local inter
ests. Far from any such thought, it is the Edi
tor’s fervent wish, to see tne North and South
bound endearingly together, forever, in the silken
bands of mutual kindness and affection. Far
Rom meditating Iwstility to the north, he has al
leailv drawn, and he hopes hereafter to draw,
much of his choicest matter thence; and happy
indeed w ill lie deem himself, should his pages, by
making each region know the other better contn
bate in any essential degree to dispel the lowering
cloiuls that now threaten the peace of’ both, and
to brighten and strengthen the sacred ties of fra
ternal love.
CONDITIONS
1. The Southern Literary Messenger is pub
lished iu monthly numbers, of 64 large super
loval octavo pages each, on the best of paper, and
neatly covered, at $5 a year—payable in advance
2. Or live new subscribers, by sending theh
names and S2O at one time to the editor, will re
ceive their copies for one year, for that sum, or
at $4 for each.
3. 1 lie risk of loss of payments for subscrip
tions, which have been properly committed to the
mail, c«i to the hands ol a post master, is assum
ed by the editor.
4. If a subscription is not directed to be dis
continued before the first number of the next vol
uine has been published, ii will betaken as a con
tinuance for another year. .Subscriptions must
commence with the beginning of the volume,
and will not be taken lor less than a yeai s pub
lication.
5. l’he mutual obligations of the pubic her nnd
subscriber, for the year, are fully incurrec. as soon
as the first number of the volume is issued: and
•ihes that,time, no discontinuance of a subscrip
tion wiilbe permitted. Nor will a siibscriptior.
be discontinued for any earlier notice, while any
thing thereon remains due, unles t the option
of the Lchtor.
CARD.
To the patrons ofthe Southern Titerary Messenger.
!he startling cost at which this work has been
established, and -is sustained, anti the ba.kwaid
ness oi many subscribers in fulfilling their part of
our mutual comp act, tall indispensably for an <tp
peal, not lo their liberality—but to their justice.
11 punctual payments are ever necessary, they are
pre-eminently so in the case of such a publica
tion, —purely literary—almost wholly original—
and destitute of the vital aid which newspapers
derive from advertisements.
My all is at stake, in this enterprise.—lt is a
venture, stimulated indeed by some hope of e
molument; but founded largely, also upon the
well warranted expectation of rallying southern
talents and Southern public spirit, around the
drooping and well nigh prostrate banner of South
ern Literature. Since it has now acquired claims
upon Southern justice —cun it be, that thes are
urged in vain ?
Subscribers then, who are in arrears—and let
them remember, that payment is due in advance,
will, I trust, without delay, transmit the mounts
they owe to me, at Richmond, by mail, at my
risk and cost; taking proper evidence of the fact
and date of mailing; and retaining a memoran
dum of each note sent.
THOMAS W. WHITE-
Richmond, Nov. 24, 1837.