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FROM FLORIDA.
Extract of a let!/-from at officer in the Army in
JLjriJa, dated Januaij 25, 182!), received in
Charleston ;
“After opening a road from Pilatka (now
. ailed Fori Shannon) to Payne’s landing, on the
Ocklawaha.an I building alort named Fmt Proof?
i:t a place culled (lie .Bluff of the Ocklawalia
we crossed that river and opened a road to Sil
ver opring, on Lake George, where »ve were join
ed by Col. 1< aiming's command of five cotnp.uiies
oi foot, and one of dragoons. The whole com
mand subsequently made some examinations in
the Ocklawalia swafflp in the expectation of fin
ding Indians, but found only old signs. We then
proceeded to E ort Butler, anew post "“opposite
ti» Volusia and there met orders to go to the coast
South.
“Fort Pierce, ou Indian river, is to be occu
pied by companies F aud 1 3d artillery, under
the command of Major Ciulds. Fort Lauder
on New river, is to lie rcocupied by company K,
and I'ort Ladas, at Key Biscuyne, by company
B, 3d artillery. Fort Pierce is to be kept up
permanently hereafter, and is said to be a very
pleasant location.
"This war is nix as far from termination as it
was three years ago. No one appears to have
any idea oi seeing it closed, u nil the Indians may
choose to come in. It is my own opinion that
the war will he near its close when we possess a
s £ood topographical map of the country—but of
»the. there is now litfl- prospe- r '{’he nconnois
sances now being made ;ne hardly minute en
ough to indicate its geographical features. We
want a map displaying every acre of ground—
the Indians may then be* culit. and not till Mien,’*
fVj’H the t )>lortthi>s Knnuirer.
FLOBIDA —IX ill A \ [>{•: PREDATIONS.
_ Through the politeness of Mr. Lee. just from
Tallahassee, we have received the following par
ticulars, in relation to very recent depredations,
committed hy bauds of skulking savages in that
neighborhood.
Ua Monday night, the 1 Olh instant, a family of
four persons by the mime of W ite, were killed,
twelve miles below Tallahassee near the St.
’Marks road.
On Friday night fnih» whig. Mr. Pindaric, his
wife, son 17 years old, an ! vrung child were kil
!-i l, in Richardson's neighborhood, near Magnolia
Mr. Piiidarts and his son were hur.it in the hon.-e,
and his wife, who attempted an escape, was mur
“t-ted and scalpe Ia few rods trom the house.—
fliree daughters made their e-cane, although
me of litem was wo unde. I severely.' About one
thousand dollars ji" - m r mote \ uis taken from
•'he house by the Ind’ans, ame of which v, -e
•.oiu;i ri Hte-r trail af;i : wan!
3«? on Satur lat in pursuit ol i1; !>in Jof It, fj.
ir;n, and r t> repotted tt. -r on Aj.mdav they had a
‘igm in >i h ch one white man and one' Indian were
killed. 'I he white? ha it > give ground from the
mptuor riumb-t of (he rnctnv am! Col. Rich
ardsou sent an express to the Governor asking
more rnrn to assist him in t further pursuit ol the
Indians it is st ited that the little ban
< :ui - Richardson acted bravely, particularly Mr.
Huieriitjs ami Mr. Bailey, by whom tin- "fndi-,:i
>vyi killed alle ihe 111 • ,elf b ;l d 1,0.i \v ( > tn.ie i.
On Tuesday night or Wednesday > i nil,-. ,
mur or tire persons were murdered near < amp
Wacissa, two wagons were destroyed. i on<
keg of powder ami some lead fa!
(sCDfiraißead had gone out with -i<tv or -;■ v n
tv volunteers; but if was fear ,! h~ would not t e
able to find the Indians, a-, whenever lanoerup
proaiThes, they retire into tin* s«ani-is at• " cane
!.->■. .... nr ill-tiers, in small I
.distant section of the country ■ : ,■ first n
telliijence heard from them is . • hrof s mte
unprotected fiunilv.
3werewafiotts m. to ■ • •r of }ndi
an?, am! r. n ed from *en t » ,■
quainted with their metln : f t- -
the difficulty and unwrtaiiuv o ( > i er* . r
' r correctly :it may bes .-*, ro
.to lmrrnw.
The governor has ordered a heavy draft, mid
was making every e 5 irt for the detence and pro
tection of the country.
Much confusion prevailed at Tallahassee, and
great fears were entertained for the saferv of that
price. It's believed hy many persons there that
the Indians will attempt to take it.
NE W OR LE A NS, February 5.
Duel noth Bowie-Knives —A horrid transaction
ofthisdescription took place at the town of Frank
lin, in this State, some time last wetdi. We have
received no papers, and give the following facts
as they have been detailed to us. Mr. -S. Uel
a toussaye, the gentleman killed, was clerk on
board the steamboat Ualenean, engaged in the
Aft aka pas trade. On stopping at Plaquemine,
a gentleman hy the name of Saunders came on
board, and requested a bed. lie was told bv the
clerk, Mr. i)., that there were none vacant which
he could have. Mr. S's reply was, "ifa French
man were to ask one of you, you could find it
very quick ” Upon this hard words arose, which
ended in a scuffle, wherein Mr. D. was worsted,
being struck severely with a cane or bludgeon.
Consequent upon this, was a challenge from Mr.
D-, which was accepted, and the parties fought
teitk bowie-knives. Mr. D. was killed, having
received about eight inches of his antagonist's
weapon in tiie abdomen. Both were respectable
men. Delahoussaye was much esteemed and
generally known in this city. He was formerly
cashier of the Branch Bank ol Hamilton, at Lay
layette. He has left a beautiful wife, and we
b lieve one child.
On Tuesday evening last, at about 2 o’clock, an
other daring attempt was made to 6et fire to the
warehouses in this city. The ware-house of Mr.
'A m. P. Rowland was fivst discovered to be on
fire- The fire was placed, by the incendiary, be
tw’een the wall and ceiling of the counting room.
The material used te communicate the fire was of
an extremely combustible nature, and but for the
timely discovery, must have ended in the entire
destruction of the ware-house. This fire hail
scarcely been put out, ere tue alarm was given
ill another quarter of the town, in the ware-house
of Messrs. Hardeman, Graybiil <A Cos, It was
here communicated to the cotton, as in a former
instance, but discovered in time to prevent any
material loss. AVo learn also that there were
marks discovered of an attempt to set on fire<7»-
othcr ware-house, on the same evening, which
seems to have been extinguished ofitself. Much
excitement was the consequence of these attempts,
mid the result will, n o doubt be, nn iperensed vig
ilance, which seems indeed, now to have become
neccssavy to our preservafion from the devouring
h co t. - - -JYta con Stfuthcrn Tost.
FLORENCE. GA.
T lesdajr, WarcSa «f, ~
State Right* Ticket «
FOR THE REDUCTION CONV ENTION.
I lie following gentlemen have been nominated
by the State Rights party as candidates to repre
sent Stewart county in the Reduction Convention
to assemble the first Monday iu Alav :
W. BOYNTON,
M. GRESHAM,
T. GARDNER,
J. WOOD.
To a Correspondent. —“A Yeoman,” whs re
ceived too late to appear in today’s paper; lie
is rather behind the times, but shall, nevertheless,
have a bearing next week.
We ret urn our thanks to our worthy Represen
tative, lion. A\ ni. C. Dawson, for several impor
tant public documents with which lie has been
kind enough to favor us.
We publish today, without authority, the
Presentments of the Grand Jury of this county,
b»r the gratification o( many of our subscribers
in Si a art who take no other paper. Why the
Grand Jury u:d out authorize its publication in
the Mirror we have not b 1 b >•_* to -,<ri; but
when our l'ri nils are ihforuieJ that 1 ; Jury,
(with three or four exceptions,) consisted tlrelv
of l uion cn, they can drew their own conclu
sions. i'o that part of the present me ts where
cci. sure is east u; >•. the Inferior Court, has been
»*l>‘ ?o tli ’•>•;.!, :ud their defence seems
to u s . ;.,rv.
KSS--A crnment.
Ac O. .. g , Cor otial limits , both
r ■wi to have adjourned on
i’i-t. ''on the day, the\, of
course, iu it" ns to a close some time
• liirin ■ Pur !iv -igir
■ i Ijourn I, ior and t • r
pay, {MS ter - ! :iy,) left Washington, and are
on the to lh' espective ho ■ • trust
tha' wi ' l , II he x i Imr ing the qu st on,
wo; it have y an equivalent for the a
mouiit i u one has ived For a period of
i ii' ! ‘ ■> tli- have the been ieastin.: and luxuri
itingo iihe >«■!' ’s moo , profligately wasting
'heir 'hue upon matters in which the mass of the
people have little or no <t* rest. It was not be
< au e there was uothi imp irtance to he trails
t '.tet! that they have si ati \\ aecomplishsd any
thing worthy of fee—by no • ns; — a thou
sand important subjee' - < and id a’oud for their at
ten ion, : uT t v h e passed them, unattended to
aid llmnst entirely unnoticed. And when a mat
te! of much importance m in wiiic-i the people
had a deep interest, had been pressed ujion their
consideration, by tho < who felt the i ortance
of the su je t, a eon'i al and i ess iit jower
was kept up as to tiie best way it should be ac
complished, or whet 1 er it would be best to ac
complish it at all, until so much of their time was
consumed, that very little, if any, benefit lias re
sulted from their labors. And we regret, (as
much as wc ate opposed to them,) that the bur
then of this si,: m ist r •' . t use who sup
port the present Chief Magistrate To prove
this it will b ■ only ueccssa; instance but one
case, to show how lost they were to every thing,
s th own party aggrandizement, and the hi
ding away ol the cloven foot of ishonestv which
had so openly made its appearance iu their ranks.
The case to which we allude, is, the appoint
ment oi a Committee to examine into the Defal
cation of that great Treasury Robber, Samuel
Sivartwout, who had, almost under the eye of the
past and present Administrations, pocketed up
wards of one r illion of dollars of the Govern
ment funds, and then absconded 'o England. It
was desired, on the part of those who had witness
ed the corrupt, vassallating and partial conduct
of the Speaker of the House iti the appointment
of Committees on former occasions, to have this
Committee appointed by the House itself. No
sooner was this proposition made than many of
the true and faithful menials, who delight to how
and kiss the footstool of power, and who seem to
know no other duty than to obey their master's
bidding, cried long and lond against tiie measure.
They anxiously desired that the Committee
should be appointed by the Speaker, because it
w as absolutely necessary tint the majority of that
Committee should be taken from their ranks, that
the mismanagement, dishonesty and corruption of
the Administration might be hid from the light,
and the future popularity of their Chief, if possj
sible secured. Yes, they wished such a commit
tee tppointed—a committee, composed of men,
who had no other object in view than the sustain
ing of a political party, that has, ever since it has
been in power, trampled our sacred Constitution
underfoot, violated every princip of honesty,
and by its corrupt management, bankrupt the
Treasury, and almost, if not entirely, degraded
and disgraced the country. And for this appoiut-
Wmt they labored faithfully day and night, con-
Tin: GEORGIA JUIIIftO-K.
i suoiing their time, unnecessarily aud unprofitably,
if not to them, at least to the people.
NVe rejoice, however, that there was honesty
and virtue enough in the House to defeat their
desigus, and the appointment by the House was
carried, and duly made. No sooucp was the de
cision made, than au edict was issued from the
throne of [lower, asserting that those of the Ad
ministration who should be electe upou that
Committee and consented to serve, would he de
nounced as traitors to the party \ aud hgw well they
obeyed the mandate, aud with what difficulty the
House met with in tiie appointment of a Commit
tee. we have heretofore taken occasion to notice.
i he appointment of this Committee, then, is
the only act of much importance, that they have
done since the first .Monday iu December, and the
result of their labors is the only benefit that is
likely to accrue to the country from their deliber
ations, if they have had sufficient time, after the
delay which had been thrown in the way, oflook
ing into the deu of corruption and robbery.—
They have of course, ere this, made their report
to Congress. We look for it with anxiety, aud
hope it will not present such a revolting picture as
our fears predict, and the conduct of the friends
of the Administration w ould warrant us in sup
posing. We do earnestly hope that our country
lias not been disgraced by our ri. ulers ; but if it
has, and the w orst must come, the sootier the bet
ter, that the people may apply the corrective at
once, before we become su degraded, that, in
stead of being the boast aud pride of the world,
we shall be ashamed of our owu reflection, be a
laughing -tuck of other uatious, and a tit subject
at which the finger of scorn and contempt may
with propriety, he [minted.
We do hope to seeiiie day when matters will
be more advantageou ly conducted : when our
Rulers -re virtuous, and oar Congress more hon
orable aud honest —when there will he bo fears,
on the part ot those who govern, to navp the bu
reaus of every department of Govt fn nenr, thrown
open for lawful investigation—then w ill the coun
try be benefitted, and the people remunerated for
the per diem allowance of those who represent
them in the Congress of the United States.
Push. —At the commeacsment of the last ses
sion uur Legislature, while one of tiie hungry
expectants ol an office in the slntpeof Door-keep
er or Messenger, was str i r: ling about, introduc
ing himself to the members, knocked at the door
ol a roo *1 in which several gentlemen were seat
ed. One of them rose to admit tiie applies t,
upon raising the latch, (rlie door being difficult to
open when :us. !e,) requested him to push. lu>
request 4 h ing complied with as be expected,
he opened the door himself and on looking out,
he saw the fellow pushing, sure enough, without
taking time to look around to see what progress
he had made from the room.
MISS PITTS’" ADDRESS,
On presenting the Georgia Guards, with a s'epnd
of Colors.
Gentlemen and Soileiers:
The time lias just parsed when the hostile sav
age, with a cruelty peculiar to their mode of war
fare, marked their path through our country with
blood. In that hour which tried men’s souls, un
accustomed as you were to the battle strife, your
patriotism and valor, pursued the enemy laden
with spoil, into the fastnesses of his retreat, and his
loud and deepening yell but nerved your ami for a
deadler blow, determined “to do or die.” Many
of your brave comrades fell hy your side, yet your
courage and self command did not forsake vou—
the enetny has beet) driven to the far west and we
are permitted to return to our homes in
peace and safety. The maxim, “in peace prepare
for war,” has always been considered a good one,
and believing the formation of Volunteer Com
panies calculated to stimulate to rhe knowledge
and exercise of military discipline, so necessary
to the soldier in the hour of battle, I am glad to
see your company make sach a promising ap
pearance, and favor our infant city with a visit.
Our sex, tho’ feeble, are not ungrateful sos the
protection they receive ; they have often wove the
garland that decked rhe triumphant warriors brow
and prepared the flag that waved proudly over his
lofty plume.
Accept from a feeble hand tho Standard of
your Country, and believe me when I say that I
iiave no fear of it? being disgraced or tarnished by
your possession. Should you ever he called to
carry it into rhe field of battle, may yoti always
be able to bring it out waving in triumph over
your heads.
“Ts e star spangled han»er, oh. long may it wave,
O’er the land of the free, and the home of the
brave."
CAPT. GAULDINff’S REPLY,
Respected Mis 9:
With the most delightful and glowing emotions
have we received from your fair hand, this beau
tiful banner; and your elegant and inspiring ad
dress, alluding to the services we may have ren
dered in the late Creek war. has excited within
ns, feelings too deep for utterance,
True, it is, that the savage contest has but late
ly ended and the ashes of the ruins of a neigh
boring village have yet scarcely grown cold, or
the smoke of its ruins ceased to ascend, or the
footsteps of the Indian hut recently erased from
our soil—and if we pursued them to their fast
nesses and drove them from our botders, it was
but a bare performance of our duty, and if any
peculiar meed of praise is due to any one, it is to
our mutual friend, Maj. Jernigan, and his com
panions, the Stewart Rangers, many of whom I
ain proud to acknowledge as members of the
Georgia Guards.
The maxim, to which yon have so beautifully
alluded, “ in peace prepare for war,” has been a
dopted by our company, and we discipline our
selves in the aits of war, that we may be efficient
and effective, should the country need our servi
ces.
True soldiers can never be insensible to female
influence, and if there is any one thing which can,
above the love of country, influence them to
deeds of chivalry and self-sacrifice, for the pub
lic weal, it is the prospect of receiviug garlands
; woven by a lady’s hand.
Iu tiie donation of this tasty aud elegaut fla
to our Volunteer Corps, we trace the spirit wliieli
pervaded tile bosom of our revolutionary matrons,
inthe hour of the most imminent danger and peril.
ner\mg the arm aud inspiring the courage ot
their soldiers, by the eloquence ot their sang air.l
all the persuasiveness of their natures. We feel
that you have conferred upon us the highest pos
sible euconiitim, by presenting us with our coun
try’s banner—to none would you have presented
it but those you believed would protect it or per
ish by its side, aud we pledge ourselves never to
prove vtiworthy the estimation in which you have
been pleased to regard us. .
-Should the gentle zjphvrs of peace aud pros
[>erity stiK contiue to regale our happy laud, these
colors shall be our pride aud oroameut; and should
the storm of war arise, they shall be unfurled in
Iront of the enemy's rauks, uever to be inglorious
-5y struck or deserted, while a Georgia Guard sur
vives to weild a sword iu their defence.
Accept, fair lady, fruit) myself aud my compa
ny, our best wishes for your pv.ice aud prosperity.
Theiudefatigsbl© “Spy in Washington.” give?
the following items of uetts. in reference to
the supposed visit of the Rrosulent to this plai",
during the period of tha Reduction Convention,
while, we have no doubt, he would receive from
all parties the respectful courtesies due to his ex
alted station, vit we would feign hope, that the
May Convention will have more important won.
ou its bauds, aud that which 100 deeply intere.ts
our people, to convart itself iuto any thing like
an iustrumeut for the electiouoering purposes ol
any manor party :— Recorder.
Washinuto.n, Feb. 10, 183 G.
I understand that Mr. Van Bureu purposes,
during the ensuing spring and summer, to make
agracd tour through the Southern and South
western States, the ostensible object cf which is,
to visit hi« son’s wife’s father in South Carolina,
and his illusrrious predecessor at the Hermitage.
He will set out iu April, and travel slowly through
Virginia, North-Carolina, to Augusta thence up
through Tennessee, &c. home. It is expected
that his Georgia friends here, w ill so arrange the
President’s journey, that lie will accidentally hop
pen. to reach Milleilgeville, about the time of the
great Convention, which is to meet at tiiat place
in May.
There is another little airangement that mnv
be promoted by this tour. It is now perfectly un
derstood, that the lion. E. M. Johnson is to ite
banded out of the V ice President's chair a s
ceremenie, and although the nomination of Iri
successor, by the Loco Focos. will be th-Might
but an empty compliment, as defei tis inevitah'e,
yet in certain quarters there is an anxiety that Mr.
Forsyth should be designated. Something
therefore may, and probably will he done, “in
the course of events,” on this subject. Fu !i
aro the hints that my Asmodeus gives me, and he
is i-eldom wrong
Recipe to make a Tattler. —Take, of the vine
called Ran-about, and the root called Nimhle
tongue, each six handsful, fifteen ounces of Am
bition, and ihe same quantity of Nonsense, bruise
them well together in tho mortar of Misapore
hension, then boil them over the fire of Evil Sur
mises till you perceive the. scum of Falsehood
rising on the top ; strain it through the cloth of
Misconstruction, put it inthe bottle of Malignity,
and stop it with the cork of Entfy; suck it thro’
the quill of Malevolence, and you will be qualified
to speak evil without respect to persons or char
acter.
The above was handed to us for publication
and wp cannot let the opportunity pass without
recommending the mixture to those who wisli to
bseome proficient in the art of Tattling. Tt has
beo* taken pretty freely hereabouts o; nearly a
year, and, if we should ju lg<‘ from the effect pro
duced, a large qu ity of bottles have been suck
ed dry. Tbs article, it this tmi u , owing to the im
mense quantity consumed, is in great demand, es
pecially among the Ladii s, upon whom it operate?
poweifully; the- will ivft any price for th in
gradients, or the mixture prepared.
LAW NOTICE.
TR- undersigned hnve associated themselves
iu the PRACTICE OF LAW. under the
firm of Bull A Mitchell, and will attend
promptly to all business entrusted to their care in
ihe Courts of the following counties, viz.
Stewart, Sumter.
Muscogee* Lee, and
Randolph, Barbour, Ala.
.T. L. Bull may be found at his office in Flor
ence, and J. M. Mitchell, at his office in Lump
kin, Stewart no. Ga.
JESSE L. BULI .
JAMES AL MITCHELL.
Feb!. 4T *t
Sf( icart Sheriff Safes.
WILL be sold, on the first Tuesday in
APRIL next, before the court house
door in the town of Lumpkin, Stewart county, be
tween the usual hoars of sale* the following pro
pcTty, to wit:
Lot of Land, No. 5!, in the 24th district of
Stewart county, as the property of John W. El
more, to satisfy sundry Ft Fas. issued out of a
justices court of said coua-y, m favor of Reuben
Roach and others.
M. M. FLEMING, Sheriff.
March 1,1839.
NOTICE. ~
AGREEABLY f*anOlderdfflieT(*2f'mi
cil of Florence I shall proceed to sell id the
town of Florence on Thursday 7tli day of March
one Bay horse taken up vhile running at laTge in
the incorporated limits, said to be the property
of Seth Y. Dickerson, to pay the expenses of in*
pounding and keeping., unless redeemed previous
to that time.
A. FLETCHER Marshall.
Feb. 21 183(5. 402 t
GOOD MERCHANTABLE
COW HIDES,
wanted by H W. WOODWARD.
Feb. 26. 1839 48 3f
j- A £ p| 4CO j| i ~ ~
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
STAfIKSVILLE. LEE COUNTY, GEORGIA.
TTTTLL attend the Courts of the CHATTA-
« oc !r c # toiT
PRESENTMENTS
Os the Grand Jury of Stewart Superior Coart,
t’ebraary Term, 1839.
rjIIIE Grand Jurors, selected, chosen andsworn
M lor the couuty aud btate aforesaid, at tne
present term, being about to close their duties
and to be discharged, having investigated the sev
eral subjects wbicli have been brought toourcon
sideraiion, iu tiie cheracterof a general Present
ment, beg leave to make the lollowing report
thereou :
We have examined the several offices of tho
Clerks ol the Mupeuur and Interior Courts, aud
County Treasurer, and take great pleasure in say
ing that the books in the office of tiie Clerk oi the
superior Court aie kept in a ne..t anil business
like manner, highly creditable to the officer en
gaged iu u,e same, 'l ln books ot the Inferior
Clerk, as .Iso the office, are kept in : manner
highly creditable to that officer. Upon an ox
axiiii.iliou of tne books we find a balance remain
ing iu las bands of that has nut been paid
o\er to the county i teasuier. lr relation to this
l -»t mentioned officer, tne coi.u.y Treasuiei, ue
regret to say, that we can .ot speak of him in so
ti utei iug a manner. The boos? are iu ban order.
\V'e find that officer charged with lruvii g received
the sum of 2366 6'4-lOu from t ebrnaiy ’ieiui,
1838, up to the present Term, and h .ving dis
bursed the sum of 32130 37-IUO, ieiui g a bal
ance ou hand, due by the Treasurer, oi &236,
27-100. There is also small notes iu tl; -Lands
ol this officer, belonging to tiie county,
lor tiie amount of ->72 principal, whuli
lrave been due and unpaid for nearly seveu years.
We bug leave to call the attention of our Inferior
Court to thissubject, aud recommend that some
steps be by them taken to enforce tiie collection.
Having disposed of the foregoing subjects, the
condition of our public highways we consider a
matter of serious complain. Lu sp, aking of
those engaged in the improvement of the same,
all are subjects worthy of censure. We are led
to believe tiiat tiie Court, whose duty it is to ap
point coinnussioucrs, and to see they discharge
the duties incident to their appointment, the com
missioners ol the several district and the
seers, haVfe all failed iff the discharge the ob
ligation they owe the public'in tue various station*
-hat liave been assigned, and for the truth of what
we here take occasion to sny ou this subject, we
refer to the almost impassible state of our roads
and bridges iu every section ol our county. We
regret that the laws regulating this subject, are
wholly inefficient, ami fail to subserve tire pur
poses for which ihey were intended. We think
that it will be wholly impossible to ket p good
roads until there is some legislation on this sub
ject. We are, however, in hopes that lor the
future public spirit will actuate eaclt officer, to
whom this subject is comm, ted, to discharge
t e:r duties iu betterfuitli rhun th ;y have hereto!!
lore.
Our public buildings we consider a subject wof
thv ol our most serious consideration. Ourcouu
ly .In i is now in such a condition that it is nolon
g-r considered safe for the purposes lor which
it was intended, and that we are now compelled
cil'r'r to keep our prisoners at a emit expense, oc
apply to ourmust provident neighbors, to lend us
t.;e use of theirs, so as to keep them, and bring
the violators of the law to justice. This is not
ns i: should be. We therefore take the liberty of
calling the attention of our Inferior Court to that
subject, und although we learn lhat our means
are limited, we would recommend that taxation,
•1 necessary, should be resorted to, to accomplish
this purpose. The condition of our Court
House has forced itsel! upon us, a building that
has just been completed, that we h ve not been iu
the occupancy of for the space of two years, from
neglect and other causes, is now iu a state of dil
apidation, - and will soon, if there is not some
change in relations to the same, go into ruin.—
l'his, from tlie best information tli 4we li ,ve been
enabled to get, may be attributable to the unwiso
ami imprudent policy of the Inferior Court in
preventing the purpose in a degree for which it
was built. That instead of appropriating tho
rooms to the several officers for whose use thev
were alone constructed, and for whose purpose
they alone could have been intended, they have
been rented out to persons not known as [luldio
officers, and by them appropriated to such uses
and purposes as the occupant may deetn fit
►Such a course as this we deem is not sanctioned
by law or public policy, arid whislt those who aro
advocates of this course justify it by the pitifn
sum that it may throw in our county Treasury,
they, it seems to us, are unmindful of the injury
that the edifice sustains, and (lie manifest injustice
dene to our public officers to whom tiie u?e of
those rooms properly and legitimately belongs.
We therefore respectfully recommend to the ln
terior Court to have all the necessary repairs made
to place the building in the hands of the publio
officers, aud hold them severally responsible for
its future condition. Tbe spring Term of our
Superior Court being held at this season of ttu>
year, when the effects of w inter are so scriottsty
felt, for the convenience and comfort of Coutv
that its business may be facilitated, we would re
commend our Inferior Court to procure two suita
ble stoves, and have them so constructed as tl.dfc
they may be used in winter and removed in sonj»-
meu-
In taking leave of his Honor, Judce Wellhorft*
we take great pleasure in tendering hirer our high
est respects for his able and faithful discharge elf
his arduous duty that has been imposed upon btot
during the present Term of this Court.
We *Jso tender our thanks to the Solicitor Gen
eral for his polite attention to our body during th* '
Term ; and we request that these
be published in the Columbus Sentinel aud Cn
quircr.
JOHN D. PITTS, Forenun.
John T. Warren, Juiston Smith,
ZachariahC. William*, Joseph A. Langfot%.
Erasmus T. Beall, Neison Clement**
Augustus B. C. Winfrey. John Blakey,
Silas Bush, James S. Lunsford*
Gideon H. Croxton, Whitefield U. Cait^
Robert G. Carrithers, Garland Statham
George L. Smith, John Grimes,
John R. Spann. Henry Staar.
It is ordered by the Court, that the Present
ments be published, as the Graud Jury requests,
at the cost of the county.
A true transcript from the minutes of tlio
Court, February 13th 1839.
ELIJAH PEARCE. Clerk.
NOTICE. " -
A LL merchants, shop keepers and other tra
-iV ders of Florence, are hereby requested not
to trade with any of my slaves for any article
whatever, without they have a written permit from .
their Mistress or Overseer, during mv absence
THOMAS J. STELL
Florence Feb. 18 1839. 45 3t