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mode of fulfilling the purpose of public im
provement therein contemplated, as. the
Commissioners are authorized t« adopt.
THOMAS SLIDELL.
August 10th, 1839.
Serious and disgraceful riot. —lt is long
since our city lias been as deeply disgraced
as it was last evening, about (i o'clock, by a
riot ami bloody fight, which took place near
the commencement of the Bowery, between
fire companies Nos. 40 and 15. How it
immediately originated we did uot learn ;
but, on arriving at iliesp>t while the tight
was at its height, we found the Bowery,
from the con nienceineut to Bayard street,
blocked up by an immense collection ol
people crowding round to witness the allray.
The two engines stood side by side in the
middle of the throng, and around them were
numerous members of the two companies,
lighting like common blackguards.
We observed the foreman of one of the
companies, we understood of No. 10, a res
pectable young man, making hi 9 way out
of the midst of the belligerents, endeavor
ing to escape an encounter, when he was
pitched upon by some of No. 15’s men.
Useless was remonstrance. His trumpet
was snatched from him, he was grappled
with, greaily against his will, blows were
showered upon him like hail stones, and
his clothes much torn before he was ctr
ried out of our sight by tbs press of as
sociates. How lie got oif we did not see.
Lacerations, bGck eyes, hruis'saiid blood,
disfigured almost every face that we saw.
Sunroof the lighters were just drunk enough
to be devils, and, indeed, t would have
been less disturb men and disgrace of the
city had they been helplessly drunk.
while (he fight was raging. No. 37 came
along in a perfectly orderly and respectable
manner, and pressed their way, with their
engine through the mob as though they
felt the disgrace the department was suffer
ing. Their passing' had t lie e licet of stop
ping the fight, and dispersing ll.e mob, and
No. 15 was dra. gcd off by her company
with shouts of victory.-— New York Sun.
Another Murrell gang route l. —The Lit
tle Rock Times and Advocate publishes the
following extract from a letter dated
Washington Cos. Ark., Aug. 3,1839.
The citizens of this county have taken
the affair of the Wright murder into their
own hands, believing it to be the only means
to rid the country of this muderous Murrell
gang of outlaws—they seem to think that
there is a gang leading from the western
put of this State to Texas; and if possible
worse than Murrell's. They have good
reasons for so thinking, from a chain of cir
cumstances brought to light on the examin
ation of liic.h.noqd, one of the three persons
who were hung on Monday las’. It uppers
that there are several others in this country,
or that live here when at home. Richmond
could in t give the names of all -concerned
i'i this gang, as he was the last man that
joined it. The names of those hung, are
John Richmond. James Barnes, and Jack
son Turn'M', Those yet at large are Ji hn
Nicholas, and one by the name of Billy, who
has gone to Texas, and there is one other
that Richmond could not name. Their
intention wis to have murdered three or
four families, had not Mrs. Wright made her
es. n -e—but the families are not yet known.
Richmond was lung it) a shroud—the
Kth.-r two were hung in their common
clothes. Mrs Wright and her little soil, the
on that had his head so badly cut with the
knife witnessed tin* execution. There were
from 1,300 to 9,090 persons to witness the
scene. The people here suspicion some
others, and bwe given some ten days to
leave, o hers three or tire mouths to leave
tlif country.
The two Indian councils are now in ses
sion, but they have done no business of any
li.iiorc. The new emigrants of the Ross
party censured General Arbnckle very much
lor Iris course ; they say he should have
told them that it was a matter bet ween them
selves, and that he would not interfere.—
Whether it would have been the lre-t poli
ce fur him, is a matter of doubt. A t Brown’s
council there are .diont 1.500 people, ;yid
about tile same number ol Ross.’ But they
can never mm tie it until they all meet freud-
Iv. Brown's council appointed a commit
tee to wait upon Ross; but its object I could
not learn.
'l’ll** case of Wood, I lie confectioner,
who iminlotetl his dam-liter because she
h,nl married against his consent while it
excites the most painful emotions ought not
to he allowed to pass without drawing from
it the important lesson which it affords, it
illustrates the force of brutal passion pros
trating the judgment anti destroying the
fittest affections of the heart. The daugh
ter was twenty-two years of age. and ought
to have been allowed some 1 ecdom of ac
tion on a subject in which she hat! a greater
stake than any otic else, but hoi father not
only withheld his assent t.i her t nion with
l'eake, biit employed her whole time in the
drill gory of his estabUslnn-nit, denying her
the privilege of exercise and of the public
services of religion. .She was of full age,
quite able and willing to decide on her lot
in life s:r:d legally entitled to the privilege
of so doing, but so rudely did her father
regard her rights and feelings, that, fns'ead
of gratifying the wishes of a dutiful daugh
ter who had devoted every hour of her
youth to his pecuniary gain, lie guarded her
more cautiously than ever, and subjected
her to actual imprisonment. As to the
character of l’eake, it is stated that he was
not a gambler, but w as an iudustii >us work
man, possessed of no other capital than a
knowledge of his trade and an independent
spirit—qualifications that not unfrcquently
lead to fortune in the most aristocrat-c
governments, as w ell as our own. His eon
duet to his daughter thus ini indicates
quite as great contempt for law and deco
rum as the bloody act with which he con
summated his crime. In both cases lie
disregarded all other consideration’s than
those prompted by an unr dy temper, and if
his last act was more violent than any pre
vious one, instead of imputing derangement
as its motive, it should be regarded as dic
tated by the same ungovernable lassion that
prompted his past conduct, and increased
in enormity ndy because its object would
soon be placed cut of the reach ot his au
thority. Ills crime is wilful and deliberate
murder, prompted by revenge. Let those,
who are wont to give way to bursts ol pas
sion, take warning hy his example, and re
member, as no one becomes very base all
at once, so there are degrees in an unruly
temper, which it is the dictate of wisdom
as well as of worldly prudence to check at
oucc and r oiever. —Norfolk Beacon.
The trial of Ilenry Jones, who, it will be
recollected, w as demanded by the Governor
of the Mate from South Caroliua, and who
was supposed to be engaged in the murder
of a Jew pedlar named Elias Isaacs, who
" as found inmdered and concealed in a hol
low log near Clinton, last November, came
on at Jones Superior Court last week, and
•after an investigation of three dnyswas found
guilty, but recommended to the mercy of the
Court. ’1 lie evidence being entirely circi m
stantial, he was sentenced to imprison! i in in
die State Penitentiary for ami duriug the
term of his natural life.
Counsel for the State—R. V. Hardeman
and N- O. Foster, Sol. General. For the
Prisoner—C. J. McDonald. F 11 Sanford
and S Rockwell, Esquires.
Federal Union.
THEIiIRROR
__ XMIjCB) 'A --:co >j
NaMrr«fay, TVcv. 2,
For President.
GEORGE M. TROUP.
So much of the Proceedings of the Ma
con Cotton Convention as were received in
time, are inserted in today’s paper, the re
mainder we have been cummpclled to lay
aside uutel next week, having been received
too late for this week’s paper.
The last Southern Recorder, says : “We
understand that orders have been received by
the Banks here (Milledgevile,) from the
New York creditors of our men of business,
that they must only receive specie in pay
ment of their notes We guess they can’ 1
draw blood out of a turnip.
The Governor has issued his Proclama
tion offering a reward of Two Hundred Dol
lars for the apprehension and delivery of
Dernpsy J Justice, who murdered John
Draper, to the Sheriff or Jailer of Sumter
county:
Cloth Making idthovt Spinning or Weav
ing.—When will American ingenuity cease
to (ill the world with its wonders? When
will it tire in its ruthless flight through the
region of undiscovered things, and pause iu
its unrivalled career of corruption? New
creations burst upon us with the rapidity of
lightning, and it requires an effort of mind
to keep pace with the improvements con
stantly taking place in mech mical or physi
cal science. Ever since the discovery of the
immortal Fulton, and fora long while be
fore, American genius has directed its la"
bors principally to the hold of invention,
how successfully,let its numerous valuable
productions bear testimony. The inven
tion of the Cotton Gin has been productive
of more extensive benefit perhaps, than al
most any other simil »r efl’oit of mind, and
has thrown an imperishable fame around the
name of its reputed author, Eli Whitney.—
It is known, however, to a few old citizens o’
Georgia, tha't Mr. Whitney was not the in
ventor of that valuable machine, in its pre
sent form. Georgia claims that honor. T ANARUS(
is true, that Mr. Whitney did invent a Cot
ton Gin, which was a very simple afiair, but
was rightfully deemed a wonderful invention
by those who had before known no other
method of separating the seed of the cotton
•rom the staple, than by the laborous work
of the fingers. His machine was in general
use, until the introduction of the Cotton
Gin in its present form, by a citizen of Geor
gia when it was and scan’edas entirely useless*
and the new one universally adopted in its
stead. It is presumed, that uot a single one
of the machines invented by Whitney is now
in use in the United States. Upon this sub
ject, we have hereafter another remark to
make; at present, however, we only design
ed to notice auother cteation of American
inventive genius, which promises a great a
b.adgement of labor both manual, and by
machinery. It is a machine for making
broad or narrow woollen cloths without spin
ning or weaving. It lias been patented in
England, and the patentees appear to have
certain prospects of realising an ample for
tune by the sale of the right. The Lced’s
Mercury, an English journal, says, “that
a company of eleven gentlemen in London
have deposited ,I*sooo with the patentees,
who have ordered a machine for them;
when finished, they tue to try it for one
month, and if, at the end of that time, they
think it will succeed, they arc to pay twenty
thousand pounds for the patent right in the
kingdom of Belgium, where it will be work
ed. it is calculated that one set of machine
ry, not costing more than six hundred pounds
will he capable of producing six hundred
yards of woollen cloth, thirty-six inches in
width, per day of twelve hours.” This is
an immense saving of labor, which, ofcour-e
is sufficient to recommend its immediate
adoption. The na me of the inventor, who
is an American, was not given. "
We take occasion to call the attention
of our readers to a otter in to-day’s paper,
taken from the Georgia Journal, giving an
account of the frauds and corruptions at
tempted to oe practised upon the people of
Sumter County, at the late election, by
certain members of the self styled Union
party. We particularly invite the atten
tion of the honest portion of the people of
Georgia ofboth parties, to the outrages up
on their rights and liberties as detailed in
that letter ; and we ask them, sincerely to
reflect upon the consequences that must
inevitably ensue to the country, while in the
power of a party, whose acts evince so
much recklessness, corruption, and disre,
gard of all moral or legal restraint. If for
the purpose of gaining an ascendency in
the state, they would thus stifle their con
sciences, aud resort to such ba-e and fraud
ulent contrivance*, what would th-y nat
do, wheD in possession of the entire power
of the country ? The question is oue of
import and deserves tire careful considera
tion ol all who desire to perpetrate the
blessings of liberty to our posterity. The
wretch who is lost to eveiy compunction
of conscience, as to disregard a solemn
oath in the presence o*’ his Maker, vio
late the laws of God and man, and trample
upon the rights jpid liberties of his fellow
citizens, iu order to lilt himself into politi
cal power, would not hesitate wheu the
summit of his ambition has been attained
to blot our the constitution of his country
establish a despotism, where hbeity once
flourished, bind t'>e galling yoke of tyran
ny upon the necks of a suffering people,
and convert the very institutions which
freedom has reared, into engines of op
pression. What may be said of au indi
vidual under such circumstances, may be
applied with equal force to a political par
ty, with this difference only, that a many
headed tyranny is infinitely the most to be
dreaded. In view, therefore, of the con
sequences with which we are threatened as
a nation, while such practices are carried on
at our popular electioi s, we are assured
,hat no honest man, whatever his political
sentiments may be, will blame us for speak
ing of them in the most unmeasured terras
of reprobation. It remains to be seen,
whether the Van Bnren men of Georgians
a party, will lend their sanc'ion to such
outreges, by permiting them to pass un
punished and unoticed. Let every good
man then come forward and assist in fer
reting out the perpetrators of such frauds
as are alluded to in this letter. The puri
ty of our elections must be preserved, or
one general ruin awaits the republic.
The writer expresses a belief that these
frauds have been practised throughout the
State, being the result of a plan concocted
anJ devised before hand by Hie leading and
subtle characters of the partv. This is a
grave charge, but upou a review of the
facts that have come within our knowledge,
we are almost ready to subscribe to the
opinion. Indeed we do not hesitate to de
clare our belief, that our late defeat is solely
attributable to lies, tricks, and strategein, and
the loud huzzas rung in our ears from every
Vau Bureu throat, would seem to indicate
that “the party’’ is prepared to eudorse the
means which led to the result. Let them re
joice, however, for it is a triumph of cun
ning and knavery over highmindedness and
patriotism. Themselves must acknowledge
that such auother victory, achieved by like
means would dishouor the annals of the
State.
From the Georgia Journal.
VILLAINOUS CON DUCT.
The facts detailed in the following letter
can be relied upon, as tire author is known
to us to be a gentleman of high standing in
Sumter. It shows a degree of corruption
that we are sorry to learn has been practised
in Georgia, and we hope the authors w ill be
brought to justice. The Vau Buren party
owe h to themselves, to aid in ferrettingout
this matter, and we hope they will not be
backward in doing so; for to sustain or at
tempt to screen such conduct, will not only
injure them as a party, but will, also, de
tract from them as honorable men.
Americus, Oct. 11,1838.
Dear Sir—l have to inform you that in all
of this section of Georgia, the basest frauds
have been practised by the Van Buren men
to carry the elections. In this county they
were detected through the vigilance of our
friends, and defeated in their object. On
the morning of the election the polls were
opened at Pond Town, (an election pre
cinct,) before it was light « uough for the
clerks to see how to keep a list of the voters’
names, and candles were actualiy required
for that purpose. Our friends, being very
active, were there before many votes bad
been taken. But they were not permitted
to look into the ha.lot box, it being clused
and the lid nailed down. It is supposed
that fifty or sixty tickets were nailed up in
tile box before tlie polls were opened. This
was no. suspected at the time, until the sub
sequent conduct of the superintendents ex
cited suspicion. But we weie determined
to watch their proceedings, and detect their
rascality, if we could. Their clan was. to
slip or destroy as many State Bights votes,
as they hid put in Van Buren votes before
the polls were opened, during the day, and
thus make the number of votes polled cor
respond with the number of voters' Haines
recorded upon ihs list. This they could
very easily have done if not vigilantly waicli
ed ; but, about seven o’clock, they found
this plan could net succeed inconsequence
of our vigilance, and it became necessary to
adopt new arrangements. At this time 64
voteswere taken and numbered as is usual.
The managers of the election and the clerks
all being Union Van Bnrenites, (and one of
the clerks had served a tour in the Peniten
tiary for stealing,) then adjourned, to con
sult upon some other mode, lor if they did
not do something, detection was certain, as
the number of votes would not correspond
with the lists. They therefore adjourned
as 1 have stated, for the purpose of consult
ing and concocting anew modus ooerundi. —
While they w ere adjourned, the Clerks were
permitted to keep, and they did carry about
in their hands, wherever they went, the list
of voters names which had been previously
kept by them. In the space of an hour ami
a half, they met again proceeded to continue
the election. About this time our suspicions
became highly excited, from the fact that
the clerks refused to number tiie voters’
names upon the list as they were written;
nor could all of our remonstrances prevail
upon the managers to have it done at all du
ring the balance of the day ; anil it is doubt
ed whether it has been done at all, but if
done it has been since they were all counted
out. By pursuing this plan they thought
that they could forge names upon the list,
so as to make the number there correspond
with the votes counted out of the box.—
They were in hopes, too, no doubt, that a
small discrepancy in this matter would pass
unuoticed; but we were determined to be on
the alert, and active, and they could not ac
complish their nefarious purposes during
our stay aiiio”g them, so they determined to
m’iinidate aud drive-ns from the ground.-
To this end they brought a number of double
barrelled guns into the room where the elec
tion was hold, and also. Some few rifles, and
threats and menaces were resorted to, but
in this, too, they fbled. They had two more
i adjournments daring the day, for the space
of an hour or an hour and a half each time,
to devise ways and menus to get out ot a dit
liculty, in which, by thtir corruption, ttiej
had placed themselves. '1 ue remst-il tepea
led leqoests made by us to permit some ut
our litends to preside with them in the elec
tion; and they i-iosedto let us inspect lac
list of voters’ names kept by the clems.---
All of these were very suspicious circum
stances, but the worst was to come. 1 hey
never commenced couutingout the votes till
after six o’clock, P. M.
Being determined to ferret out the fraud,
which, by this lime we were convinced was
practised upon us, wc set one or two of our
friends to keeping a tal'y of the votes couu
ted out —which amounted to two hundr‘o
and sixty-two precisely. We also kept
watch upon the ballot-box. so that no *ole.-
could be slipped. A circumstance which
they had not calculated for or thought oi
until too late, brought the whole ... alter to
light so plain, that they had not the hardi
hood to deny the fraud when charged upon
them. The hole or aperture, in which the
tickets were thrust into tb® box, was a small
slit near the middle of the lid, about large
enough to admit a silver dollar edgewise,
very much resembling the hole or aperture
in a miser’s strong box. The printed tick
ets to be put through this whole into the
box had to be folded small aud squeezed in.
Thus all the tickets w hich were put into this
box through this hole, would show for them
selves. But lo ! and behold!,about fifty or
six'ty tickets, when the li.l was ripped off,
aud they were counted, came from the box
unsoiled and tinrumplcd, as if just from the
press. This being noticed, and same re
mark made in cousequence of it, caused one
of the Union Van Buren!tea to call out to
the managers to stir those tickets in the box,
and the way those tickets were stirred was
curious. This was done to soil and rumple
them. The returns of the election from
this precinct was rejected by a majority of
the managers on Tuesday after the election,
when they were met to consolidate, on ac
count ol their wanting the necessary oertifi
cates and lists of voters’ names, and because
these were rejected, those from the 2Cth
and 17lh district precincts were withheld by
the different managers, and none have been
properly and legally consolidated but the
Danville and Americus precincts. I have
understood, however, that the different man
agets of the rejected precincts, deposited
their returns with William Minims, I'. M.at
this place, (V. IS ) with instructions for him
to consolidate them and sign thpir names to
the necessary certificates, and forward them
to Milledgeville. Whether this be true as
to the instructions, or whether lie has per
formed tlmm, we cannot learn. But one
thing we do know; no list of voters’ names
has been deposited with the clerk of the In
ferior Court, as by law is required to be done,
r.s yet. Our friends here firmly believe tljat
these frauds have been very generally prac
tised throughout the State. We are assur
ed that tlie plot was coolly and d< Üboratelv
planned and executed Sy them in this coun
ty. One of their leaders, more honest than
the rest, has acknowledged tli.it he had
heard that it would be attempted somejweek
or ten days before the election, but did not
let it be know’ll, as he did not think they
would be base, enough to attempt to carry it
into effect. For my own part, lam convinc
ed that if is the result of a scheme concocted
by the leaders, and that it has been exten
sively executed. Weare determined to find
out and prosecute these vile offenders
Col. Dempsey J. Justice, who was the
Van Buren candidate for Senator, murdered
a man by the name of Draper, on Tuesday
after the election, and absconds J forthwith.
Well Drilled. —The Whigs have often
charged those who seek elevation to office
on the strength of the popularity ofthe ad
ministration, with being drilled, and having
their opinions framed so as to exactly suit
the President. Van Buren candidates lor
Congress have been repeatedly charge with
being subservient, obeying the will of the
President only, in all their official actions
This position is believed,from the fact, that
every day something transpires to convince
us of its correctness. It is true in some
instance sthere are men of principle,but such
have always to come under the ban of
proscription, as in the case of White, Bell
and Rives, and others. The many politi
cal changes of the present and late adminis
trations, exhibit in those who have adhered
to them “through thick and thin,” sotortu
ous, ami inconsistent a course, as to leave
it undoubted that the will of the President
alone, governs their actions.
But of all this class of well drilled politi
cians there are only two, who have as yet
had the hold effrontery to acknowledge their
position. One of these. Boon of Indiana,
sometime since acknowledged on the floor
of Congress that die was proud lo wear i::t
collar of Gen. Jackson," and another, Gen.
A. G. Brown, a candidate f»r Congress in
Mississippi, said lately in a stump speech
“in the company in which 1 muster, t 1 e Dem
ocratic company, when the Captain orders
halt, we all stop, and if Mr. Fan Buren
were to-morrow to say that he would no longer
advise and support the Sub Treasury scheme,
1 WOULD AT ONCE DKOP IT ASP SAY NO
mohe about it.” A declaration of slavish -
ness too degraded to be even permitted in
a free Republic. Vet so it is. and so it
will ever be. until the real people take up
all those professedly consistent politicians,
who stick to the administration, and give
them n thorough and scrutinizing examin
ation. If such things are permitted, soon
the will ofthe President will he the law of
the land, and it will soon become the boast
of all who solicit public confidence, that
the President directs their actions. For
our country’s sake let such tlunes he killed
in the bud, and let Mississippi, now that she
has the power, set the example.— Ten. Tel.
prom the Georgia Constitutionalist.
HEALTH OF AUGUSTA, Ac.
The health of our city is imp oving.—
D'lrinc the last week we have luul but fonr
dtoths by fever to report, viz: Mr. Juhu
Sloan, Mr. Ganter, Mr. Trimble, (all res
dents.) and one tiegro in the country; and
the number of new cases are diminishing.
The weather has been cool and cloudy, and
we have had a light rain, but its efiects on
the earth is now scarcely perceptible. Yes
terday it cleared oft and the sun came out
as warm as ever and if we are not visit
ed shortly with a good hard frost, and such
of our citizens as have escaped so far con
tinue their precautions, we ate fearful our
list may »giiu increase. To such of our
citizens as have absented themselves, we
would continue onr former advice, to keep
away until we have a frost, which cannot be
long, as we are in hopes of being able in
our next to give the welcome iutelligeucc
that they can return in safety.
To our country friends who are in the
habit ofdealiugin thiscity. we say they can
bring in their produce without fear of dan
ger. Ttety will find our merchants pre
pared to receive them, aa the stock of
gooils now on hand is good, and daily ac
ceisions are being made.
Cotton beauts to come in pretty frooly,
and is selling at from 11 to lli for new,
ut'# iu one or two instances sales have been
made at ll| for choice lots in square bales.
The market, however, may be considered
dull, as there is very little iudutemeut to
buy uiiiil things become mi.re sellle«J. W e
learn from all quartets, that this ye-r s ciup,
as regards staple and quality; will be he
good as any ever grown.
For the Mirror.
Tlic Album, .\o. 1.
And faith, that a thousand ills can brave;
Speaks iu thy blue leaves ’Forget me-not.’
Perceval.
Mills, in his work on chivalry, mentions
that the beautiful little flower called “For
•et-Me-Not,” was known in Knglaud as ear
ly as the nine of Edward Fourth; and in a
note, he gives the following pretty incident
in explanation of its name.
“Two lovers were loitering on the margin
<>f a lake on a fine summer pvening, when
the maiden discoveied some flowers of the
. lyosotis. growing on the water close to (he
hank of an isiaud, at seme distance from the
shore. She expressed a desire to possess
them, when her knight, in the true spi
rit of chivalry, plunged into the water, and
swimming to the spot, cropped the wished
for plant,—but his strength was unable to
fulfil the object of his achievement; and.
feeling that he could not regain the shore,
although very near it, ha threw the flowers
upon the bank, and casting an affectionate
look upon his lady love, he said “Forget Me
Not," and was buried iu the water.’’
The following is more beautiful still. 1
hive forgotten where I culled it:
“When the heavens and the earth had
been summoned into being, and man had
bee” called to taste the joys and glories ot
the celestial Eden, every little thing was
brought unto Adam, that it might inherit
from him its befitting name. And flowers of
every varied hue, were among the lovely oh
j.’cts that his eye did rest unon; anil as he
Allied each of them, according to its own
pecu.iar form, or fragrancy or color, he ad
ded, ‘Be ye mindful of the name bv w lire * i
the irnnee of your maker hath called you."
And it was jet but a short time afterwards
that a floweret, arravt and iu the meek azure of
the firmament, spake ento Adam, saying,
“Lonl, by what name didst thou call me;
of a truth itshameth me, that 1 did not heed
it.” And the first man answered, saying.
“Forget Me Not !" Then the flower droop
ed its head, and went and hid itself, in the
lonely shade, beneath the bough that vnv
ethover the murmuring brook; and there it
bidetli mourning. Aud when the gentle
hand of friendship, or the eager finger of
love, stoopeth to pick it in its lowliness, it
still doth whisper softly, “ Knrget-me-Not!"
The modest little iluwer hath found an
admirer in one of America’s sweetest bards,
and beautifully hath he sung of it. Listen
to the music of HallecVs lyre.
Where flows the fountain silently,
li blooms a lovely flower,
Blue as the beauty of the. sky;
Jl speaks like kind fidelity,
Through fortune's sun and shover,
. ’Forget-me-not.’
'Tiv like thy starry eyes, more bright
Than evening’s pioudest star;
Like purity's own halo light
Jt seems to smile upon thy sight.
And says to thee from afar,
‘Forget me-not.’
Each dew drop on its morning leaves
Is eloquent as tears,
That whisptr, wh-n young passion
grieves
For one beloved afar, and weaves
His drcain of hopes and fears—
‘Forget me-not.’
A thousand harps have been strung in its
praise, but none have discoursed more sweet
ly, than the builder and architect of Alnwick
Castle. In the langu geof flowers, it is the
emblem of ‘true love, ’ its very name being
always last upon the lips of patting lovers.
But not alone, to friends and lovers, does its
sighing voice teach the language of benevo
lence ami faith; to the moralist, and he who
delights to linger in the midst of nature’s
scenery it breathes a Aelody, soft as the
murmuring of the silver brook, yet swelling
upon the gale, w'.icli wafts it op to the | or
tals ol heaven. It 6peak6 the language of
universal love.
‘Forget-me-not’! what magic sounds!
Nature, throughout her mighty bounds,
Disowns thee not.
Each voe.il tenant of the grove,
Seems warbling to a god of lovs,
‘Forget-me-not’!
The flowery gems that deck the plain,
Or harvest yield of golden grain.
In some lone spot,
With piety secin bending there
Aud fancy well might deem the pr ly’r
Os each, ‘Forget-me-not’!
When tempests roar midst winter's cold,
Each trembling tenant of the Ibid,
By man forgot,
Crouches and bleats in bitter tone,
Aud seetns to sny in every inoan,
‘Forget-me-not.’
And stall not man, in whom we find
God’s image is the Godlike mind.
In court or cot,
Join nature in her general cry.
And let oocchorus fill (liesky.
While this shall be its ntiustrelsy,
‘Forget-me-not.”
Kind reader, can you tell to what part of
the garden ol poesy you are indebted for
this last offering to the muses? Botanical
skill will alone enable you to determiue its
origin and its character, whether native or
erotic. If you are a lover of flowers, and
feel disposed to walk with me into the “wil
derness of sweets” whence this bauquet
was extracted, be ready to accompany n>e
through the succeeding numbers of “the
Album,” and while, by way of preperation,
you ate inducting yoursHf into the mysto
ries of classification and analysis, think of
my coming, and ‘Furort-mr-Rot.’
LAURIE.
RETURNS FO it MUM BE R S TO THE
LEGISLATURE.
Baker. Holmes; Collier.
B ryan. Sinith ; Linder.
Bullock. Cone; Denmark.
Baldwin. Williams ; Beecher, Kenan-
Bibb. Tracy; Campbell, Bennett, Chap
pcU.
Burke. Law son. Evans, Mu! key. Benien.
But’s. McDaniel; Darden, Berrien.
Camden. Brown, Cone, Clark.
Columbia. liobtrtson ; Burt, Scott, Darden
Coweta- Smith; Grier, Calhoun, Jester.
Cass. Baker; Mayes, Woolley.
Carroll. Springer; Cobb. Ep*y.
Cobh. Guess; Auderson, Mayes.
Cherokee. Camden; Ford, Iluoter.
Chattooga. Cammeron; Ellis.
Clarke. Pincent; Moore, Stress/, Rickard
son.
Crawford Bad ford; Ilancorh. IJuntcr.
Chatham. Gordon; Milled* Arnold, Ward
Stonb.
Dade, Tatum; Tanner.
Deeatur. WAeai ; Chester, Arnett.
Dooly. Graham ; Cobb, Faioall.
Dhalb. Wilson; Bwrphey, Palmer, Col
lier.
Elbert. Chriilian ; Craft, Jones, Hurrcn.
Emanuel; McGar; Suuiuer.
Effing hard. Morgan ; Heilman.
Early* Scarborough; Wilson. Frierson.
Franklin. Mortis; Knox, Camp, Ntai.
Forsyth. Foster; Green, lrwi U .
Fayette. W hitaker , Robinson, W are.
Floyd. Waters; Khiopsture, Liuuell.
Greene. Porter; Aiewsom, King, Darnel.
Gwinnett. Loveless; Hamilton, Site! l, Ba
ker.
Glynn; Scarlett; Dart:
Gilmer. Is lington, (contested); Jones.
11 all. Dunuagau; Roberts, Peeves, Har>
dage.
Hancock, Brows; Butts, Gander, Hudson:
Habersham. Stanford; Sanford, Cleveland
Barclay.
Harris. Kennon ; Carter, Pratt, Watiey.
Houston. Kelly; Rudd, Dennard, Sykes.
Henry. Johnson; Malone. Coker, Hand.
Heard. Awtrej; Ghent, Johnson.
Irwin. Slone; McDuffie.
Jefferson. Smith ; Berrien, Boyd.
Jasper. Jordan; Waters, Wyatt, RobinsoD;
Jones. Gordon; Day, Gray, MoLbud.
Jackson. Mays; Chandler, McMullett
Delap-rrisre.
Lee. Jones; Ingram.
Lumpkin. Crane; Chastain. Gatrell.
Lincoln. Henley; Winn, Hagerman.
Liberty. Walthour ; Spenger, Caste\s.
Lowndes. Knight; Sherman, Graham.
Laurens. Wright; Robinson, Ashtey.
Meriwether. AUxander ; Me Math, Philip*
Bailey.
Montgomery. Creerh; McArthur.
Murray, Bates; Carson, Holcomb.
Madison. Polk ; Bui och, Pittman.
Macon. Bryant ; Whigham, Greene.
Marion. Bivins ; Minter, IFallace.
Morgan. Porter; Reese, Peeples, Martian
Madison. Polk; Pittman, Bullock.
Mclntosh. Hopkins; Lefts, O'Real.
Muscogee. Lewis; Watson, MeDougaltl,
Livingston, Guerry.
Monroe. Phillips; O'Beal, Parker, Larey,
Dunn.
Now ton. Williamson; Harris, Reynolds,
Lay all.
Oglethorpe. Billups; Thermae, Halbard,
Willingham.
Putnam. Burnham; Whiff eld, Turner,
Lynch.
Pulaski. Boot Wick ; Whitfield, Collier.
Pau'ding. Pay os; Ledbetter.
Pike. Pryor; Neal, McDmielt.
Randolph. A Tie; Hsir:son, Smith.
Richmond. Miller ; Jenkins, Cranford,
Glascock.
Rabun. B«ck, Caanon.
Scriven. Green ; Preseotf, Perry
Stewart. Bryan; West, Sfatkitm, Stolf.
Sumter. Tomlinson; McGoldrick, PiiketU
Telfair. Fryer; McKinnon.
Tho: as. I'lceth ; Refill, Seward.
Tattnall. Collins; M arm
Talbot. Drane ; Dixon. Riley, Burk*.
Troup. Jenkins; Darden, I'uylen, Ilso*
don, Hall.
Taliaferro. Harris; Stephens, Laurents.
Twiggs Smith; Tarver, Daniel.
Upson. Holloway; Goode, Meadows, Wal
ker.
Union. Rutherford, Bryson.
Walker. Huff; Dixon, Smith-
Wayne. Raulersoti; O'Bryan.
Ware. Maddox; Hilliaid.
Walton. Echols; Stroud, Bryant, Haral
son.
Wilkes, Anderson; Toombs, Wingfield ,•
Kilgore.
Warren. Harris; Darden, Weleher, Blount
Wilkinson. Beall; Rivera, King.
Washington'. Warthen; Dong, Flournoy,
liet hea.
HI arr lt*d*
In Richmond Va. on the 12th instant, by
the Kev. Dr. Etnpie the Hon. CHARLES
J. McDONALD, of Macon, Ga. to Mrs.
ELIZA RUFFIN, youngest daughter of
the late Judge Spencer Roane.
Stciwrf Sheriff Hales.
WILL oes bi before the Court House
door ia the town of Lumpkin, St«.w
>rt county, on the Ist Tuesday ;n DE
CEMBER next, between the usual hours
ol sale, the following property, to ,v.t:
Oue sorrel horse and odc two irorse wag
on, taken as the property of Simeon B.
Lesler, to ratisly one Fi Fa. issued out of
Stewart Superior Court, in favor of Edward
Smith, vs. George D. Lester and Simeon B.
Lester.
Also, Lot of Land No. IG3, in the 24th
district of Stewart county, taken as the pro
perty of James M. Milner, tosatisfy sundry
Ft Fas issued out of a justice's court of
Stewart county, \a lavor of Henry W.
Spears and others, vs said Milner'.
Also. No. 167, in the 24ili district of Stew
art county, taken as the property of H. Kel
ley, to satisfy suudry Fi Fas issued out of s
justice’s court of Stewart county, in favor of
D* G. Rodgers and others, vs said Kelley.
Also, Nog. 87, 249, 93, 189. 143, in the
18th district. No '3O, in the 22d district.
No IGI, iu the ‘24th district, and Nos. 32
and 146 in the 3’2d district of Stewart coun
ty, ail takeu as the property of P. J. Mur
ray, to satisfy a Fi Fa. issued out of the
Superior Court of Hall county, iu favor of
Henry H, Field, vs said Murray.
Also, one road wagon, oue feather bed and
furniture, seven chairs, oue lot of crockery
ware, one looking glass, three pair of stirrup
irons, one lot of school books, one lot of
medical books, two pine tables, one pot. one
oven and one frying pau, one lot of knives
and forks, one cow and calf, 110 bushels of
corn, more or less, oue brick kiln, one sad
dle. one lot of medicines, five or six acres
of standing corn, three stacks of fodder, one
roan horse, and one negro woman named
Ttldy, 45 orso years old, ail taken as the
property of George D. Lester,»t« satisfy a
Fi Fa issued out of Stewart Superior Court
in favor of Miller, Ripley Ac Co- and others,
vs said Lester.
M. M. FLEMING, Sheriff.
Oct. 31, 1839.
. V■ l
TO THE PUBLIC.
WHILST 1 was at church on last eve
ning, one Hiram I’. Jones a*saulti*J
my house with a crowd of Ruffians and a+-
'emt ted to take my daughter against h*r
consent. One of the villains holding nr*
urifis; whilst lookh seized niv daughter av i
tried to take her off. She »labouring un
der &• vwre affliction at this time, id
consequence of the rude approach of the
villains she *•** thrown in o a fit of racui.il
derangement, i waujd therefor* fore wsifa
all parents and omntrrleJ’ f»mlas fram
having any thing; to do whoever, with
said Hiram t. Jones. H-e is a nilaia m>»»-
ery sense of the word. Said Janes is thouc
ofeet 8 or ten mcnes high, set, fiir
skin. dark' san Jy nair, thick lips and
spoken, sod to tM i native ot New s enie
■■mil a B»*ulley hy nroffessMMi aigd ab6ut A*
of Ad ye u-*of V, ..
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