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meeting of the State Rights par
u ill he held in Lumpkin on Monday next
lur the purpose of acting on matters of im
portance ; an attendance of the party goner
ally, is requested.
OURSELVES—AGAIN.
Agreeably to a promise previously ma*.e
through a prospectus, we. this w ok. ap
pear in a different garb and enlargt and dimen
sions. Iu this effort we have an eye single
to the interest and pleasure of our patrons,
aQ d the promotion oi the cause tor which
we have so earnestly and laboriously conten
ded. As to our future course we have no
thing. in this time to pro mi.-e', hoping that
o ir past course will he a • utfic cm guaran
tee for our future conduct.
We trust our friends will stand hy ns it
this undertaking, and sustain us ,ts then in*
mest will enable them and so far as out cx
lions will warrant.
We would say to those who have our la
bor, and for which we have, as yet, received
„o remuneration, that they would greatly
oblige us by setiliii" their respective ac
counts immediately. Their individual ac
counts are hut small and there is not a man
indebted to us, who is not able, at any time,
to pay tire small demands we hold against
him; and though each amount is small, vet
we assure them, that in the aggregate, they
constitute a large sum ; aud if every one
would square the mark with us, we are sure
we would feel quite comfortable ; but, as it
is, we are scarcely able to pay for our “hog
and hominouy.”
Foruur own convenience we have left the
word "Georgia," out of the head of ourpa
j,..r but tire nevertheless still Georgian in
feeling ami iuterest. The name, however,
of “Gkokuia Mirror,” is still retained.
SOUTHERN LITERARY MES
SENG Kit.
This delightful periodical has at length
won for itself the enviable distinction of be
ing declared "the very best magazine printed
in the English languag* .” The expression
oi this belief, coming as it does, from a Nor
thern critic, and one too, whose opinions in
matters of this sort are entitled to so much
weight, would-seem to render further com
mendation entirely useless: but it is at a'!
times a pleasure to award praise where praise
is due. In jtronouncing our opinion theie
fore, in relation to the merits of the Mes'*n
ger, we need only to remark, that we fully cot,
cur in the declaration tha “it is without a ri
val in the field of English literature.” Its
commencement was unusually promising,
and having been sustained hy the g niu* "•(!
t dcit, not only of the “Old Dominion," but
ofthc union, without having one* u ;.xt:
in its efforts to elevate the character o'
Southern Ittetature, it has gone on, gather
ing laurel after laurel, until it has wrought
out for itself a name, that in a short tune
will, wc predict, stand first on the long list
of periodicals both on this side ol the Allan
tic and the other ; if it does not already oc
cupy that station : Nor do we cousider the
assertion at all extravagant, for any one who
'willtake up tho three last numbers and give
them an attentive perusal, will be convinced,
either, that anew era in American iderature
lias been commenced, or, that this periodi
cal has so tar outstripped all ol its competi
tors, that it is alone the organ of correct tartc
and sound literary discussion.
The March No. which is now before ns,
contains a number of excellent articles, <n
has certainly afforded us a rich tr at. \\ <
wish it could be in the hands ot every read
ing man in the community ; and we would
take this opportunity earnestly to recom
mend the work to the patronage ol the pub
lie.
Major J. L. Bull, of this place, is Agent
for the Messenger, and would be pleased to
forward the names ol such as wish to sub
scribe.
TIIE STATE RIGHTS PART V, CLAY
and van buren.
There appears to be an apprehension res'
ing upon the minds of many of our friend
tha: the State Righto party is in danger ■.
being divided on the .agitating question c
the next Presidency, by some of its mpin
bers yielding their support to Henry Clay
and others advocating and supporting do
pretensions of the present corrupt .and c< >
tupting Chief Magician, the Prince o.' Kin
derhook. And, from what we have, \v>' i
mortification, perceived, wc are inclined to
the opinion, that this belief is well founded
had we, however, not seen with otir own
eyes, wc could not have believed, though
one "arose from the dead and proclaimed it
unto us.”
It does seem to us to be the most suicidal
policy of w hich we have ever heard ; and to
us it is a matter of astonishment that any se
of men will hazard their principles and mta
suves, in support of men who hold not a sin
gle point of doctrine with them ; nr have
any interest in common with our domestic
or political welfare.
We would calmly and dispassionately ask
those w’ o claim to he State Rights men,
but who arc always ready to split and divide
the party on every fiivilous.tind unimportant
Vucstidß, v Lat benefit £o they suppose w ifi ;
result to the country by splitting the State
Rights party between Clay and Van Bure-,
neither of which, as we before remarked,
have any part or lot with us! There seems
to be an op-nion afloat that either the one or
the other of these men must be the nex
President, and those of the State Ri-jhis
party who prefer Martin Van Buren to Her
ry flay, think they are in duty bouiid, to
lend their aid to defeat Clay, because they
believe Van Buren thr lesser of the two <
vils; and visa versa.
Now, for our own parts, we do not think
the country will be benefited by the electi, ■
of the one or the other; but, on the conti
ry, think they are two political devils, !>■
tween winch the State Rights parly slum
have no choice ; and if the country i>. to b
liurlhericd with Clay, or cursed again wn
Van Burtu, our opinion is, that the S:
Rights party should wash their hands oi tin
sin in ihe elevation of either, and keep then
skirts clear of a transaction in which they
have every tiling to lose, and nothing to gaii
Our objections to Mr. Clay are many, aim
to us quite satisfactory, at least, so far as to
urge us on i, opposition to his elevation.--
He is. (to say nothing oi i.is being the fath> .
of tiie American system, whicti has drained
the South of its just rights, and which, oi
itself, should be sufficient to damn him
iu the estimation of every State Rights matt,)
on oven and avowed Federalist and Consol
-htliouist, holding doctrines altogether at v.
nance with the .St.it* Ri tits party, and all
iu 11, entirely opposed to the fundamental
principles of our faitn from A to antpe.se •
elieviug that a State lias no right to exer
cise her sovefeigu power in opposition to Fie
laws of Congress under any circumstances,
iii-i that the I’iesideut has the right to send
an armed force into one of these States 'o
coerce her into submission, should she dare
io exert her rights of sovereignty iu oppo
siiiou to the decrees of a President aud the
will of Congress, no matter what that de
cree or will mav be.
To Mr. Van Buren our objections rest on
the same ground in part, proven by his sup
port of Mr. Clay's American system, and
iris uutiria; and persevering adherence to.
ami support of ihe Proclamation and Force
bill; but, apart fioin these there arc other
objections that may be urged against Van
Buren, which we have often presented to our
readers at various times, but which it may
not be amiss again to recapitulate. We will
pass over his Missouri restriction ami Free
Negro suffrage principles, and present his
conduct during his Administration to justify
our position, and at the reflection of which
every State Rights in,m that has indulged
the thought of supporting him should
feel indignant towards himself, and tlio
crimson blush of shame should mantle his
cheek, that he is about to perpetrate an act
which will annihilate his principles, and
heap corruption ami disgrace upou the noun
iry - Look to the wanton aud known tieg
lect of duty that has marked the character
of this man during his whole Administra
tion —see the money of tiie people that has
beer) egeketed by fraudulent and corrupt
hands undp hi* V? l 'y nose * and suffered it
toe, to be practises with pnrunity, for party
purposes; mark the dark and revdl'nig lor
i uptiotis which have followed his every .Step,
whether in the appointment of officers to
transact the duties ot the nation, or in his
neglect to remove those who are incompe
tent to discharge their duties, or who were
so corrupt at heart, as to violate the public
faith, and trample with impunity upon the
laws of the land—we say look at these
things, and ask yourself. State Rights men.
how you can reconcile it to your consciences*
or your principles, to support such conduct
aud eoruption. Our opinion is, that the
the greatest curse that could be inflicted
upon the country, would be the re-clection
of Martin Van Buren to that office which
lie has so signally disgraced and so feebly
and corruptly fills.
Be it then, distinctly understood that nei
ther Harry of the West nor the Mousing
Grimalkin of Kinderhook, can receive our
support for the next Presidency; nor will
posterity hold hiru guiltless, who shall aitl in
the overthrow of th*- State Rights party and
he elevation of either of these corrupt and
designing men.
TEXAS.
The Agents of the Texas Land Company,
(Maj. T. J. Stell and John Harvey, Esq.)
returned a lew days since from Texas, bring
ing with them cheering accounts from
‘•This land of corn and wine and oil,
Favor'd by God's peculiar smile,
With every blessing blest.”
daj Steli has favored us with several Nos.
■i the Texas Telegraph, in which we find
much interesting information in relation to
that country ; and, as there is considerable
inquiry about Texas, aud matters w hich con
'«*rii mat country, particularly in relation to
me Indians which infest her borders, we cx
iract from the columns of the Telegraph an
rticlo showing the strength of the savages
,>i that quarter and the danger to bo appre
hended from them.
We Also perceive that Gen, James Ham
ilton a.'ttl Gov. Butler, ol South Carolina,
and Gen. Foi'te of Mississippi, have paid a
vi it to Texas, .'nd were there during the
stay of the Agents. A public diuner was
uven to Gen. Hamilton, by the citizens of
Houston, on the 21st ult. upon which occa
sion Gen. 11. delivered a speech in reply to
a complementary toast given by the compa
ny, which is published in the columns of the
Telegraph.
Gen. Hamilton, Gov. Butler and Gen.
Foote, hare filed their declarations making
known their intentions of becoming citterns
of Tex as The latter of these gentlemen
Contemplates writing the history of this
flourishing republic.
ELECTION RETURNS.
FOR THK COftVKNTIOH.
Baldwin : Renan, Haynes, Claytou.
Bibb, Bulloch, Baldwiu, Lamar, Bivins,
Bulloch; Denmark, P. Coue,
Burke : Bemeu. Lawson, Harris, Marrti
Butts: B nicy. Stark. Lindsay.
Carroll: Beal, Chandler. Springer.
Clars : Hali, Mitchell, Moore, Lowe,
Chatham : Charlton, Pooler, Jackson.
Wayne, Berrien.
Crawford : Crutchfield, Fowler, lluuter.
Columbia: Ramsey, Crawlord, Dawson,
Harris.
Coweta: Long, JB. Sims, sr. Echols.
Beal.
Decatur: Crawford. lime--, Gauldeu.
DeKalb: Ballenger, Diamond, Murpbey,
i* diner.
Dooly : Cobb, Graham. Hannon.
Early: Wilson, Pattersou, Speight.
Effingham: C. Powers, John Charlton.
Elbert: Allen, White, Heard, Oliver.
Greene: Slocks, Dawson, Daniel, Ter
rell.
Hail: Law, Rives, Gill. Brown,
.Hancock: Smith, Baxter, G waybill,
Haynes.
Harris: Crawford, Redding, f ato, Jones.
Henrv : Murray, Johnson, Beck, Ward-
Jasper, Buruey, .lonian, Wright, Shrop
shire.
Jefferson: Gamble, Connelly, Brinson
.Junes: Dav. Gray, Flewellen, Northern
L-berty: Walthour, H ues, Spencer.
Malison: Groves, Strickland, Hart is.
'lcliitosh. Jas. Troup, LeFiles, Hop
ins.
Meriwether: Render, Seutell, Fletcher.
Perdue.
Monroe : C il>inc*s, Banks, Harman,
. 1 .It, Johnson.
Morgan: Port eg Swift, Floyd, Evans.
Muscogee: Calhoun, Williams, Jones,
McKenzie, Watson.
Newton : Bass, Perry, Colley, Crawford
Oglethorpe: Hardeman, Situs, Taylor,
jr. Thomas,
Paulding: Walthall, Brisou, Hubbard.
Pike : Adams, .Martin, Neal, Pope.
Pulaski: Bostwick, White field, Brace
well.
Putnam; Branham, Hudson, Meriweth
er, Andrews..
Randolph: Couyers, McLendon, Brook.
Richmond : King, Schley, Jenkins, Mcal-
Scriven: Perry, Humphrey, Wade.
Stewart: Boyuton, Gardner, Gresham,
Wood.
Sumter: Cowart, McMatli, Pegg.
Talbot: Riley, Davis, Searcy, Malone.
Taliaf rio: Chaffin,Stephens, Dickerson.
l'ellair : M’Call, Mooney.
Troup: Dougherty, Ilaralson, Fears,
Beasley, Phillips.
Twiggs : Smith. Durham, Reidford
Upson : Holloway Cobb, Gibson, Davis
v* arren : Butt, Wilson. Roberts. Den
nis.
Washington: Hust, Hodges, Smith,
Lung.
Wißes. Wootten, Talbot, Callaway
Willis
Wilkinson :. S. Real!, A¥. C Beall, Mur
phy.
STATE RIGHTS MEETING.
At a iiieetiii„ of the State Rights party ol
Stewart county, held on Saturday the 13tl
mst. tor the purpose of nominating Dele
gates to the Convention, to be held iu Mil
ieu oville on the 2d Monday in May, t
muiiuat!- a Candidate of the State Right
p..rty tor the next Governor of Georgia.
Loverd P.rvau was called to the chair,
and Daniel Mathisou appointed Secretary.
The object o! the meeting having been
sited, C. S. GauldiugEsqr. offered the foI
lowing resolution which was unanimously
adopted.
That W. Boynton. M. Gresham. T
Gardner aud J. Wood be and they are here
by requested and empowered, to represent
the State Rights party of S'tewart county,
tf.“* Convention to beheld at Milledzeville
oil the *iu' Monday in May nexr. for the pur
pose Denominating .1 Candidate of the State
Rights party, for the next GoVfik orol Wvr
gia.
Resolved , That the Secretary be reques
ted to furnish each af our delegates with a
copy ol these proceedings.
Resolved, That the minutes of the pro
ceedings, be signed hy the Chairman, and
.■ountersgtied by the Secretary, and tha' a
copy be furnished the Editors or the Geor
gia Mirror for publication.
L. BRYAN Chairman.
D. Matuibok, Secretary.
FOK THK GKOXC.JA MIRROR.
Messis. Rditors---The names of several
distinguished gentlemen ol the State Rights
Party of Georgia have been proposed to
their fellow citizens for the office of Govern
or. If the choice of a candidate were to be
directed solely by merit and political integ
rity, a proper selection could be made of
any of the names proposed ; but where there
ai<3 so in-sury eminent men of our party
whose merits and talentseqnally entitle them
to support for that responsible office, and
where the opposing parties in the State are
so uearly balanced, the proper guide to the
selection of a candidate should be his grea
ter probability of success in the election. I
am no'prepared to speak so confidently of
other portions of the State, but my acquain
tance in the AVestern part enables me to say ,
with certainty, that the nomination of Col.
Thomas F. Fostkr, of Muscogee, would
he t u more acceptable to the people of that
section than that of any other individual iu
the State. Ilis eminent services in Con
gress, and his popularity during the period
of his ineniSership in thnt b«dy as well as
since he retired to private life, combined
with his undoubted integrity, his comman
ding talents and his manly independence of
character, render his nomination prudent
and his success, in the election, almost cer
tain.
In addition to these consideration?,Messrs.
Kditnrs, 1 would suggest that the claims of
Western Georgia in this important question
should b" no longer disregarded. With a
large majority in point of numerical popu
lation, and holding the balance of power in
our hands, so far as regards the election for
Chief Magistrate, we have heretofore mo
destly retired from the contest, and gven our
hearty support to an Eastern Candidate.-
The time lias now arrived however for tis to
insist upon our rights itt justice only to our
selves, and we hope that our,claims will lie
acquesced in, foronce at least, without being
contested by those to whom we have so long
yielded without a murmer. The West
must have a candidate, and Col. Thomas F.
Foster is the man upon whom it is to be
hoped the West will nnile.
ONE OF THE PEOPLE.
FOR THE fir.ORG A MIRROR.
TO UNDERTAKERS.
Messrs. Editors—Permit me, throngh
your columns, to address a few words to
those who undertake work in the tow nos
Florence. The tim has arrived when
something should he done to ifgulate the
prices df work j for, as things are, it is a
bonnnable aud disgusting. Every man who
contracts lor building has a price of bis own,
did when a man has a house to erect, he
finds it to his interest to go the rounds to se
who will work the cheapest; this sbeu
not be so, and the time was when it was no-
Ah there are new workman moving in con
tiuually, and every one briugs with him his
own price, thereby increasing the irregular
ity oi prices, and as it is essentially ueccs
sary that a stop should be put to such a state ,
of thin-is, 1 would recomuieud that a meet
iug ot the mechanics of thetiwu be calle.
to regulate the prices, aud bind theniselve
to abide the rules established, if this pro
positiou meets the approbation of tiie roe
ehanics, 1 trust a meeting will be callet;
forthwith, and the business saved from th
ruin that inevitably awaits it unless soiu<
such step be takeu. A WORKMAN.
From the Texas Telegraph.
HOSTILE INDIANS.
Avery erroneous opinion has prevailed
this country relative to the force of the ho
tile ludiaus ou our uurth-easteru frontier.—
A year or two ago it was generally supposed
that these savages could muster two or three
thousand warriors: aud even withiu a few
mouths, it w as currently reported by intel',.
gent meu that the hostile lndiaus eni,o<lied
agaiusl us in that quarter-, uuiy.oered from
one thousand to fifteen hundred men.—Tin
recent expedition of Gen. Rusk into the
Indian co’-.utry, aud the statements of pris
oner-, who have escaped from the enemy's
: camp, h ive dispehed the illu-ion and corn
nitteiy revealed the weakness of our savage
adveisaries. From the evidence thus fur
uishcd it appears, the force of the liostih
ludiaus has uot, at auy time, exceeded lorn
hundred warriors, aud that a large portion
of these were only armed with bows and ar
rows. The ludian force opposed to Geu.
Rusk iu the skirmish near Fort Houston,
according to the statement of a prisoner wbc
was iu the Indian camp at the time, did not
exceed three hundred aud sixty lighting
men. The force receutly defeated by Gen
Burleson, near the Brushy, did uot uum
her more than two hundred; and the In
diaus who were engaged in the skirmish at
the Falls of the Brassos. numbered only
: bout seventy warriors. These are the only
large panics of hostile Indians who have
committed depredations on our uorth-eas
lern lion tier withiu the last year. It is pro
liable, from the descriptions given of these
several parties by those who were engaged
in the various skirmishes, that those two par
ties last mentiouej are but portions of the
party defeated at Fort Houston, who, driven
westward by the forces uuder General Rusk,
have sought refuge iu the cottons of the
Brasses and Colorado. If this bo the case,
their forces, now weakened by desertiou aud
he losses sustained in related conflicts,
cannot exceed three bundled warriors.
The sufferings which they have eudured,
while fleeing from place to place before the
troops of the eastern counties, taust have
been very great, as they were driveu with
their families several hundred miles across
tho bleak prairies between the Neelies and
Brassos, duriug the most inclement winter
months. Young Vaoaickle. who was with
them a short time during their flight after
the battle near Fort Houston, states ihat
several of their women and children suf
fered extremely from privation and expos
ure; one old man who had become blind
from age was forsaken and left to perish in
the woods; and two or three children who
had wondered on one occasion a short dis
tance from the encampment, were left in the
hur.y of the retreat aud never heard of af
terwards. Their condition therefore must
be now pitiable in the extreme, and they
will be easily kept in check by the forces
that will be soon stationed between them
and ourfroutier settlements.
The hostile Indians on oar north-westeru
frontier ore still less formidable than this
mere handful of fugitives. They however
are far more numerous. The Comman
clies, according to the accounts of various
prisoners who have escaped from them, num
ber about ten thousand warriors, but they
are scattered ofer so large an c XtttUl ter
litory and, tuovcover, oi» ?9 ibbSU diYiyw
by private feuds, that they are seldom able
to assemble a force exceeding six or seven
hundred warriers. Judge Burnet, who was
with them iu the summer of 1835, when
there had beeu a general draft upon the
tribe to carry on the war against die Mexi
cans, has informed us that, although extra
ordinary exertions had been made by their
chiefs to concentrate the whole disposable
force of the uation, only about thirteen hun
dred warriors could be assembled, and most
of these were only armed with bows aud
arrows or paltry spears. Two hundred good
riflemen would have easily put the whole
army to flight. In the skirmishes which
liavo taken place with these Indians, duriug
the last year, they have never ventured to
oppose a force exteediug twenty-five of our
citizeus. They huve never been seen in
parties numbering more thau three or four
hundred men. The party that committed
the depredations near Bexar iu October last,
consisted of only two or three hundred; the
party which committed the depredations
near Gonzales numbered about one hun
dred and fifty. These are the only large
bodies of Comtnanches who have appeared
on the frontier since the commencement of
hostilities. These Indians are probably the
most cowardly of all (ho tribes of North
America. In the recent engagement on the
Saba, one of their largest villages was almost
completely destroyed and many horses diiv
en away, by a force of only about sixty of
our citizens and forty Lipaus, although not
less than lour hundred warriors were iu tho
village at tho time. On this occasion they
made only one sally against our troops, in
which about fifty of their warriors were shot
down; after this disaster they fled precipi
tately to a neighboring eminence completely
disheartened, and instead of rallying tlieir
broken forces and offering a manly resis
tance, resigned themselves at once to dis
pair, and collecting in groups, uttered tho
most pjtious cries and lamentations. Sev
eral persons w ho have been long acquainted
with this tribe, have informed us that they
have often known the Cotnrnauehcs wheu
engaged in contests with neighboring tribos,
to it anceuvre during whole days in the sight
of an enemy’s force, amounting to only half
their own. without venturing to make an
attack ; and often, wiien at length they have
joined in hattie, the loss of only fourorfive
warriors has so dispirited them, that they
have relinquished the contest, and retired to
howl and lament over their dead compan
ions.
Such are the enemies, with which we
have now to contend—and it is pleasing to
reflect, that the judicious measures which
have been adopted by the government, to
prevent their incursions upon our frontier
settlements, will soon enable us to regard
them with as little apprehension and dread,
as we now regard the Aricauians of Chili.
The third yearofour National Indepen
dence, althongh far more eventful than the
one which preceded it, will afford to the his
torian hut few interesting details. The Re
public has been constantly advancing in pros-,
perity, but by slow aud imperrepibledegrees.
Ode only cause has tended to reiatd its
•a sources. The Indian war which has been
raging ou our frontiers, has occasioned much
ippreheusion, amljrrobaifly indirectly ciieck
efi the current ot emigration. The direct
njury from this source, however, has been
tr'fliiig, and coufined to a lew small frontier
amiets. The hostile bands have never
-iu formidable ,iom their uumbeis, o.
uieir prowess. They have met w itli repeat
’d reverses, aud have become pusilammous
and disheartened. Their brokeu bands in
dee.i, still hi ver on our frontiers, but they
are now driven line timid ueer to aud iro,
between the forces of tbe eastern sections ol
tie Republic, distitute ami almost unarmed
-objects rather ot pity thau ol tear. .*it-x
co—our principal enemy has been com
■letely humtled by a lo‘eigu 100 , i.er uSvy
has been auoiiulateu -h r commerce almost
destroyed hei provinces torn b) Ui'cruai*
' sensions, aud tier ar. y distracted a*,i '
eakeued by treacnerv, compelled ,o cci,
ud wit a lore ig u a:.'; duin**..,u* cui inns
The very forces winch, s’.*- nad concentrated
on our fronuo’s Iv-rO li-.-eu driven away by
fier own ii. 9 aFgcnt citizens, iu the uieai>
-ituOi Obr commerce lias beeu rapidly ex
tending, and lias not experienced even a
lomeuiarv iutcrruj lion. Agriculture has
flourished throughout almost every section
•it the Republic, with unprecedented vigor,
i’he current of emigration lias been con
stantly beariuz new accessions of hardy end
•nterprisirig piuueers, towards our frontier
- itlements, and lias added new stimulants
to industry. The national wealth haa bet n
proportionately increased, for. Here popu
Uttoii and wualtii go.haud io hand. The po
ntical chances which have takeu place re
lative to the government, have hut furnish
ed renewed evidences of the stabilny of "nr
ivil inatitntious, and tbe int-Jligeuce of otir
citizens- One administration ins retired
from the political arena, and another lias
succeeded, yet no civil commotions or
turmoil has resulted, but the chaoge ha
beeu effected with as much quietude and
tranquiluy as one generation succeeds an
other.
To the patriot and Christian, who is ac
customed to trace in human events the di
reetiug huud of a superintending Ptovi
deuce, these events, with the accompanying
details, will afford a few interesting subject
ot reflection, when he cor,templates the
' means bv which tbe machinations ot the
savag" Iron tier bands sud their traiforou
allies were discovered, and the impending
danger of a ruinous civil war av ited, when
he considers the manner in which the ar
imes of our principal enemy havt been con.
pull-ad to turu tboir weapons upon their own
country men, anti tier navy rendered incapu
bleof doiogus injury at the very moment
when it hed tccor o most formidable, and
ours most weak ; ho will necessarily lift his
aspirations with gratitude aud thanksgiving
to that Belli;.'who, notwithstanding tturuti
worthiucss, has protected aud sustained li
as a “CHOSK.x na riE."— ib.
Froi% the tVood tock Va. Sentin/l.
RUKPNER AGAINST CROCKET.
On Thursday night last, Mr. John RufT
ner living just a? the foot ofthc Fort Moun
tain, outhe baLa cl the Shenandoah river
heard his dogs in pursuit of what he sup
posed to be a deer. lie followed them to a
point, not far from the river, where he sup
posed tho game, whatever it was would cross
a small ridge ou its way back to the Moun
tain. The dogs however, continued running
along the river bank and at last uttered a
loud sounding bark at 10 o’clock at night
Mr. Rufluer, supposed that the deer had t.i
ken to the water, and that the dogs were
bayiug it He immediately cut for tiie rtv
er—but had no gun, nor other weapon of
feusiteor defensive When he got to ti e
river, he saw by the broad full moon, a large
dark looking animal, standing in the edge ol
the water, tiie dogs just beyond it iu the wa
ter, and two others on the beach withiu a
few feet of ii. Without stopping a moment,
down to the bank he went, when the animal
and dogs immediately struck for the other
shore.—They happened to be iust opposite
lire Ol'eMili Run. and for that point he
seemed to aim- Zr. ® “finer plunged inu,
the river aftgr the tig"*, and withs- m*
culty reached the opposite bank fl’.’fl enure
up to them, where, as the animal made re
pealed efforts to climb the steep bank just
under a high cliff of rocks, the dogs would
catch hold of it and they would both tumble
back into the river. Ho now for the first
tune was warned of his danger, anil perceiv
ed what sort of a critter he had to do wish
The terrible snap ol'his enotntous jaws and
the havoc that ho was making with the dogs
showed him that it was a ferocious l.c wolf
the largest ol his tribe.
Here then was a case. The dogs though
.brave as hous and the idols of their masters
affections, were manifestly getting the worst
of it; and must ere long yield to the terrible
gashes, which at every crash of his iron jaws,
the wolf was making in thei- bodies. Hr
however with a steady eye, watched tin mo
ment when the wolf and dogs tumbled down
the bank into the river, near where he was
standing, and reached his hand i; to the wa
ter. caught the wolf by the hind legs, and
raised him up at arms !en< th. r l his was a
moment of imminent peul For the woll
doubly aroused by Ins now enemy. and the
dogs stimulated by the assistance of their
now ally, a fight took place in the water, that
utterly defies all description. As the wolf
would raise to snap Mr. Ruffner, he would,
by raising his hiue legs plunge his head un
der water—the wolf raised himself to seize
his arms, his -faithful nogs would lay hold tor
n moment to prevent t. Thus the. terrible
tight went on for some minutes, till at last
Mr. Rufluer perceived the point of a rock
near the water’s edge, and within a few feet
of him ; he then watching the favorable mo
ment,by ono powerful muscular effott swung
the wolf entirely over, and thrashed its head
aud back against the rock, with such force as
to stun, if not to kill it. But to render the
work complete, he held on with one hand,
whilst with the otherMe broke his skull.
Mr. Ruffner then threw the wolf over his
shoulder, aud returned home with his bioedy I
victim aud wounded dogs, but without him
self receiving a single scratch in this uuheaid
of naked to tectl, snap and stiiach wolf
fight.
Music am! punster, asked by a
musician, whether he was not a lover of har
mony, replied "Yes, but 1 prefer it when it
is abridged, for then it, is money; and that,
my friend, is the better half of it, 1 have
no objection to your notes, but I like those
of the Bank of England much better: you
may make goal tunes, but those make "in
finitely the best tunes.” "How go? That
Bnnk notes, are good tilings I allow ; but
troy, what rune w ill they make T ’ "The
best tune in the woild; fortune- -Musical
Review.
Evils of Temperance..—The Lynn Free
man says, ” Tlnve.ause of Temperance has
had an unfavorable effect upon the receipts
of our alms house, A few years ;tjjo ggg fitlfl
Bncn ertongh to nuke in shOfmMTvtg and
repairs of roads, over t2OOO, beside* carry ing
!on the farm. Now 't>**re aie not enough to
carry on the tarn.'.'
c action.
V rp HE citizens ot Florence
"** * re hereby informed
H that an imlitiuuai of a uoto
nously dishonest chancie/.
is prowling about our streets;
and it is believed that he w fii agt.in give
way to ills propei -i':t-8 to st< al 3rd pilfer,
unless a close watch is kept upon his move
ments. The public would do well to keep
a strict lookout, lest he should hereafter
leave Florence as he once bit Uawkit.M lie,
on a fine liorse, with six or seven hundred
oliars in Ins j ocl.ct, all the property of an
ott*er i*-,j .
Tins allusion is sufficient to identify bint
the ot u t i t vi ;ug his name.
JUSTICE.
March LI 1539, \ £1
Poe A .\i .kcl*
MAt'ON, t,A.
ITT ; ILL regidarly aitet.d il e u rtns of tha
vv Circuit four’ cf ti e U nited States,
in . V avai nah, ,i. May, :n.d at Millet geville in
Ni ven her. A!! i arses con u.itted io thiir
• aievr life purr mails attended to.
April 10 4t 1
NOTICE.
IN conformity to a Tcsoiutiun of the Flcr
euce company, will be sold ou tho Ist
Monday iu July, too wharf lots.
'1 erms made known on the day of sale.
H. \V. JERNIGAN, Agent
April 15 1839. 1
LOST OK MISLAID.
TUVO promissory t otes ot hand, given
by Absalom Spradlin, to the subscri
be!*, <u.e lor thirty dollars, the other for
twelve dolla.s eiglireen aud three fourth
cents, both dated February C-lth 1838, and
due one day alter date, with interest from
lie Ist January preceding. The public nr»
cautioned aganst trading for said notes,
aud the maker tl.i-ieof is for warned not to
pay them («> ai y j er-on but ourselves, or
Charles 11. \Y;*,r. r, J. p.
JERNIGAN, LAURENCE t Cos.
April 15, i«;;y i it
NC/iICE
S* FOKW AI ." a i jeisous from trading
for a certain |ioiiu oiy note given ono
day after date, and tuadv payable to T. N.
Star ham nr bearer, tor twenty dollars, said
note was fraudulently obtained, aud 1 am de
termined not to pay the same, untilcutnncl
ril bv law. W. AV. EILANDS.
Aptril 15, 1839 1 3t
CAUTION. ’
A LL persons are hereby cuutioncd a*
T\ gainst trading for u uote given by my
sclt to Isaac Gullion and Lucinda Furger
sou. Administrators on the estate of VY.
Furgerson, deceased, dated ou tho first
Tuesday in January, 1837, and due Ist of
January, 1838, 'or one thousand dollars.—
Said note having been paid in full, and sto
len on the night of the 6th insr. Endorsed
by G. G. h urd and H. T. Gooden.
MORGAN CHASTAIN.
April 1G 1 3t
"~L(7ok mlaiip -
Anti take g«iOd Aoiict.
ALL persons are iic-reby Cautioner}
against trading lor a certain promissory
note made payable to the administrators of
Wm. 11. Furguson deceased, ol Baker coun
ty, said note was given on the first Tuesday
in January 1837, and amount one thousand
dollars it my recollection is correct, aEcl
due the first day of January 1838, made
by Morgan Chastain principle and G. G.
Ford security, which is the subscriber here
bt-luw, said note has beeu paid by Morgan,
Chastain principle, or his authority. 1 un
derstand said non has beeu in the hands of
John Pollock ol Baker county, who paid
said note for said Chastain and I seeing an
advertisement stating that said note was
stolen together with others which induced
me to believe that said note was detained lor
the purpose ol con ing against me as se
euritv asaloresaid. The consideration of said
a etc was two Lots or < ne Lot aud fraction
of Land lying in the Htii district ot Baker
county, sold as the property of the aforesaid
Wm. H. Furgerson deceased, which the said
adminis'rators sold to Morgan Chastain and
took his promissory note and myself for his
>rctirity,nml gave the said Chastain a hondfor
tide*- staring in tl e conditions that he would
make titles w! rn said note was paid, and the
/aid John Pollocf ’ook said bond, aud paid
ssid note and got title*, to the aforementioned
sold Land, by wliih ne. ns the considera
tion is rotri| lied with, therefore all persons
are hereby notified that if they trade lor said
note I will n< vi r pay tie same until com
pelled by Law, yes, and tl at alt sorts olLaw.
G. G. FORD.
Pinderlawn, Lee county Ga. April 6,
1833 1 2t
STOCK I OR SALE.
IN consequence ol otiier engagements, re
quiring my p-eisoi nl attention, J ofler
for sale my stork ii trade at Boxarkie, the
stand t equal to thr best in the county.—
The stock consists ot such articles as are
usHalh ke; tn a c orn.try stern,
Lh ij (jccg.s, Jiatfittare,
IlA'l >, LOt 'lb aM< SIiOEB,
and th mat y article s it* (oi in an assortment.
The above stand is n the 24th district of
Stewart county, connected with rite Rost
Office known as Cliishoitn s U. O. For
terms apply to the subscriber on tho prem
ises. JAMES M. -MILNER.
The Lands are now tented for the fHrd
of their productions—Cotton, torn end lad
der-
Feb 0 44
GIN A!AKING.
rrtHE subscriber i especially itSfcm.g his
-I- friends and the public generally tha
he is prepared to manufacture.
i OTTGJS' GAVS,
on the most approved plan, and w ith the brsj
materials.
He will warrant his work to pcrfoitu sts
well any done iu the Staie, aud'sHoutd tr
ey Gin fail toVork well, put up by him,
h<> will obligate himself to take it down anti
put another in its plate free ol charge.—-
From hts Ins experience, lie is confident he
will be able to give general satisfaction to
those who may favor him wtih their patroo
age. Repairing dona at the shot test notice,
and in a ucyt and workmanlike manner.
Will. SHIELDS.
Lumpkin, Ga. March 15, 49 4t
NOTICE.
ALL persons indebted to tLo estate of
Jolm J. Sims, late of Suuiter eountv,
deceased, arc requested to t ouie forward and
make payment; ami those having demands
a jurist said estate, v. ill prceentiaeui terms iu
r» the la*.