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appointed by Governor Gilmer. But how
Uit now ? With the same directors, savs,
one, and a charter, the like of which lus
never before been heard of in any country,
what are we to expect? To Whom did the
people, did the country look, to relieve them
from the evils consequent upan|:!u action of
the lute Legislature, in reference to the
Central Bunk ! To whom could they look
but to the Governor ! ! It was alone in 'uis
power to save the State from the evils of a
currency, depreciated even now, but which
will, ere a few months shall around, he
worthless to the people, if tit*-, Veen's of iho.e
whofl amid die hill be curried into op iteration ;
and from what we knew of its origan, we
have no doubt that this will be the case.
The Governor could have prevented this.
He could have placed in me Direction, and
at the head of tire Bunk, those who
were opposed to the passage of the bill allu
ded to. and who would have saved Ike coun
try from its bad, its ruinous effects’ but he
Ins preferred to persu a different course.
He has by this act of his administration i
entitied himself with th it portion of his par
ty who care for no evil, and in doing s.i, lie
lias alinated from Irs support, those to
whom he was, in a great degree, indebted
for success in the late election. When
high public functionaries, pander to the ap
petites of political dem igogues, they certain
ly justly merit the disapprobation of the vir
tuous of their own party, and the condemna
tion of the people. Has the Governor do e
this ? Then let the consequences fall upon
his head. Wo must refrain, however, for
the present. It’not inixtukeu in our inform
ation, there are others wiio. if not to-day,
wi’l shortly present to the people exposition
of the whole subject upon which we have
written. We could have said more, bur
have no desire to anticipate what may be
placed before the public by those better
qualified th m ourselves for the task.
Georgia Journal
THE Millit()R
SasCDmjIJSJOJSg <& :-v
Witldi’.liiy, .fail. *2.5, IS SO,
Fos* Pi’Cttukin.
GEORGE M. TROUP.
Wc call the attention of our readers to
tha “Sale of Negroes*” advertised in anoth
er column, to take place in LaGrange, on
’lie first Tuesday in February. Most of the
negroes ;ue choice.
The vencnblo Senator from Triirressqe,
II rjlt L. Whit-*, has resigned his seat in
the Senate of the Unit'd States.
Our Repns 'natives in Congress, will re
••l ive tier thanks for the continuation of
their f-ivnrs from Washington.
The speech of Gen. Waddy Titonipson
of Son'll Carolina, and divered in the House
tis Representatives on tho 30th of December
luay be fount! in our piper to-day. It is a
< aim and a lucid exposition of the fallacies
contained in the President’s message, and
ought to he read wherever that specious
r? icument lias found its way.
(re,a. Thompson is about the only one of
the delegation from his once nob'e lifile ,■State
*ho i as had firmness, independence, and
ennsis'ewy enough to cleave to his princi
ples in the midst of the. din of party strife,
without regard to the degree of popularity
lie might acquire in a certain quarter, by
turning sttmerse ts Cot the diversion o! the
President.
It is stared in the New York Morning
Herald, that Mr Rivks cannot he elected to
the United States’ Senate from Virginia,
not bring able to obtain the vote of the
whole whig party in the Legislature of that
Sr'tte. Yr. John T. M ason, it is supposed
will be his successor. We are not inform,
ed as to his political station—whether Whig
or !*‘>co Foco. The latter in ist probably.
COL. A. n. KENAN AND THE
GOVERNOR.
Our readers will perceive, that in the letter
of Col. K'utan published below, that gentle
men has declined accepting the appoint
ment of Director in tiie Central Rank.—
The reasons given by Col. Kenan shows a
manliness and independence rarely found a
mong politicians of the present day—lie
speaks like a man who has more at heart
than the a lv,incement of party ends, or per
sonal aggrandisement—and wiven the Van
Buren party to which he is attached, ample
evidence that lie cannot be led by the nose
at the expense of his own honor and inde
pendence to advance their party schemes.
It appears from the letter of Col. Kenan,
that the Governor had offered the direction
to Gen. Sanford, on the condition that he
would support Dr. Fort for the Presidency
pfthe Bank—Gen. Sanford indignantly re
fusing to comply with the terms, was exclu
ded therefrom, and the Governor upon re
flection, no doubt feeling the smart of his
rush conduct, was desirous to make amends
and tendered the appointment to Col. Kenan
who, standing in the same relation to Dr.
Fort as did Gen. Sanford, pursued the
course of a high minded and honorable man,
in declining, and by so doing, has given our
Democratic Governor to understand that if
would be better for him, in future, to treat
independent men with more respect than to
attempt to buy their suppo-t for a p 4 arty
sycophant, such as Dr. Fort, with any office
within his gift.
But it seems by the letter above referred
to that the Governor has placed the direc
tion of the Central Bank into the hands of
two of the men “whose former inefficiency
and errors, (to use the language of Col. K.)
in the management of-the Cemril Bank,
were censured unanimously by the Legisla
ture of 1837.”
What are i]iep e °ple to tli-njv cf this course
on the p irt of ths Governor of Georgia ?
Does if not show a want of fidelity to the in
terests of the State—and does it not speak
trumpet-tongued, that the Executive is in
fluenced from no other nioiive, in the ap
poiutmeiit of officers, than the rewarding o*
his faithful party tools? If, as stated by
Col. Kenan, the Legislature unanimously
censored the inability of these officers in
1837, the Governor himse'l, must have join
ed in that censure, as he was that year a
member of the Senate—consequently, one
of two tilings is very certain—he either
must have had reasons to believe that the
Directors whom he censured in 1837, for
their inability to discharge their duty, have
improved in their financial knowledge ai*l
are more capable in 1840, than they were in
l k 37, or else he cares not what may become
ol tha Bank or the State. s>- that his'party
tools are rewarded for their services and
subserviency.—What reason he has to be
lieve more in their ability now than then, we
leave for him to answer if he will, and until
hedoes, the|peop!e,will believe he has been
influenced from the latter consideration.
Milledgecille, Jan. 7th, 1810.
Rollis Excellency , Charles J. McDonald.
Si a-For reasons verbally given your Excel
lency on yestarday, (and which you are at
liberty to use.,) my declensiut.nl" the profered
honor of a Directorship in Hie Central Bank,
with Tomiiso i Furl and William D. Jarratt,
Fxqrs., cannot bo unexpected to you
With little or no experience in banking,
1 should act unwisely to usuimu rcspotisi—
tde duties in a direction with men whose
former eneffieieiicv and errors in the man.
agemeiit of tire Central Bank were censured,
unanimously, by the Legislature of lt*37.
in addition. Sir. my ud-ni ation for the ma i
ly iudeoendenceol Gen. Sanford in repe'ing
Executive nictation, by a refusal to vote for
Dr. Fort forthe presidency of tbe Central
Bank, (for which I presume the General
was excluded the direction ) forbids that I,
entertainin'/ the same views, should occupy
a less enviable > osition.
Very respectfully A. H. KENAN.
CAUTION.
We take the present opportunity to in
form the voters ol Georgia that the Van
Buren party have placed upon their Con
gressional ticket the names of Campbell
and Lumpkin; we do so in order that tliev
may not be deceived at the next Congress
ional election as they were the last, by nanus.
many having voted for Campbell, no doubt
believing Jin was of the old stock ol C'amp
hells who was quite popular in the State
some years since, whereby lie received the
highest vote on the Van Buren ticket. This
man Campbell, who is now a'can lid te is
the same man who run for Congress before,
md has but lately removed to this Stat-
Tom South Carolina, having left that State
iiecitu.se he was nut disposed to de.end her
sovereign rights—and is in no manner con
necli'd wiili the other family of Campbells.
Mr. Lumpkin, we would inform those who
t'o not take ihe tionble to inform themselves,
is named John W. and not I Vdson : we
-give this information because many u av uu
thoii-Jitedly support him for old Wilson
Lumpkin, without reflecting that the la'ter
is a member of the United States’ Senate.
Lumpkin, the candidate for Congress, is a
very young man, and not more than eligi
ble to take his seat according to the Con
stitution, Let the honest and unthinking
bear this in miud, and uot be gulled by
names.
We believe it is not denied by the Gov
ernment papers, that the Sub Treasury
Bank, if established on the specie basis,
will have the effect of destroying the state
institutions, tlence it was needless for Mr.
Van Boren us recommend a “General
Bankrupt law applicable to all state managed
corporations;” their destruction is inevita
bly involved in the success of the scheme.
This will be bringing about a specie cur
rency with a vengeance, and when the crash
does take place, there will doubtless be a
hearty shaking o r hands between Benton
and the President.
Shnuhl Mr. \ an Buren be elected to an
other Presidential term, which no and mbt he
Is beginning to despair of, how long before
he iviil have the audacity to follow the pre
cedent to which lie is indebted for his office
and its spoils, xml appoint a successor to
rule over the country when his term has ex
pired ? Not, we suppose, until he can set
tle the differences net ween his old friend
Tom. Benton, and his new friend Mr. Cal
houn.
Tile three greatest and most prominent
traits ; n the political character of Martin
Van Buren. are, shameless treachery to
men and measures, artful deception, and an
inordinate love of power . Buffi do Patriot.
Is this the language of the President’s
native .State ? Such condemnation, ratified
as it has been by an overwhelming majority
of the people, speaks volumes to the freemen
of these United States, and bids them in
tones of thunder to beware of the eleva
tion of a man whom his neighbots and for
mer associates pronounce to In* a dishonest
and treacherous politician, an artful dema
gogue, an inordinate lover of power, and
therefore a dangerous foe to the executive of
tha* liberty which our institutions were sole
ly intended to preserve.
Bennett's Message to the Congress of
the United .States, is an important docu
ment, for outktriping the magician in point
of piquancy and interesting variety, and
well deserves a place among the archives of
the uation.
Proposals have been issued for the publi
cation of a newspaper at Fort Gaines in this
State, to be known as the “ Light Wood
Torch. ” It will not espouse the cause of
any political party. We apprehend, there
fore, it will be a smoky and not a “Van
Buren concern. ”
Our neighbors of the “Nepenthes,”
' consider it wonderou*strange that the “ Fool
! Killer” should have made its appearance
in Florence. Strange, indeed, would it
have been, had there been any other route
by which it could have reached lrwinton,
where Fool Lillers will always have busi
ness on hand, so long as so footisfi a flower
as the “ Nepenthes ” blooms.
ITEMS OF NEWS.
Alfred Cuthbert and Wilson Lumpkin
are the Representatives of Georgia in the
Senate of the United States
Likely negro fellows are selling in New
Orleans at six and eight hundred dollars.
In this vicinity they hire for two huudred
dollars per year.
A most terrific storm occurred in Massa
chusetts Bay on Sunday the lotliof Decem
ber, wrecking hundreds of vessels and de
stroying more than fifty lives
A Bill has passed one branch of the Indi
ana Legislature and will probably puss
the other, having provisions similar to those
of Gen. Tarver’s Alleviating Bill introduc
ed into the Georgia Legislature last session.
There are now confined in the .State Pri
son at Sing Sing, New York, 859 convicts
790 males.
Dr Ben. Brandreth, the famous pill ma
ker. lately recovered sfj 283 m the Supreme
Court of Mass, of lie. I>. B. Mussey for an
infringement in the preparation and selling
of the above compound.
A jusofliquoi “is a dangerous thing."--.
We learn rhat Mr. Athenatias Lee. of
Heard county, lost Ins life a few weeks ago,
by being stru-k oil the head with a jug full
of spirits by another individual with whom
he was in a difficulty.
Liqtior has si >in its thousands, and is the
weapon by which many a suicide's grave
has bee:i fill,-d, but never before heard we of
its killing a man before lie had swllowed it.
We commend the tragical affair to the Lec
turers on tempera nee.
We fake pleasure iii laying before our
readers the following letter from Coi. Daw
son, together with the accompanying Bill,
presented ill the .Senate of the United States
on the 30th ult. in relation to claims fur In
dian Depredations; and we have no doubt,
they will be equally gratified -at the prospect,
however faint, of remuneratiuti for even a
por ion of then extensive losses.
Washington City, Jan. 9, 1840.
To the Editors of the Mirror ;
Gkstlkmks—Knowing the deep interest
which the citizens of your section of the
State feel in <dl the proceedings of Congress
touching tire payments of damages sustained
by individuals from depredations committed
bv *ho Indians. I have thought it might be
some satisfaction to them to know, that a
Bill Iras been repotted, of a general chanc
er, in the Senate, which " ill cover a portion
of the losses sustained by the citizens of
(i.-orgia and Ainhahia. The bill I now in
close yon. In consequence of the delay of
ihe orgi.!i;z;;fl..;t, no ( > .it ions have beet, pre
sented. as yet, in the ii .use. I am one of
llie Uommittee oi Claims, and the iiiilortu
uale sufferers in Georgia and Alabama, may
rely on inv liest efforts to have justice done,
and on my peraeveio ice and industry. 1
was an eye witness to many losses and much
suffering during the days of depredation on
both sides of the Chattahoochee river.
My colleagues, whose high standing need
not be communicated by me, for disinterest
ed sources luve already made it known, will
also, give their strong aid to these cla.ms.
M \ word for it, all tha* the delegation 1 can
effect, in relation to those claims, consistent
with their duty, will be attempted. *
The New Jersey case is still before us. 1
am uow writing amidst a warm discussion.
1 am, dear sirs.
Vi ry Respectfully,
Vonr ob't serv’t.
WM. C. DAWSON.
IN SENATE OF THE’U, STATES.
December 30. 1839.
Agreeably to notice, Air. Hubbard asked
and obaine.d leate to bring in the following
bill; which was lead twice and inferred to
tiie Committee on claims.
January 7, 1640.
Beported with amendments, viz: insert
the parts printed in itahes.
A BILL to provide for the payment of dam
ages sustained by individuals by the wars
with the Indian tribes since one thousand
eight hundred and thirty.
See. I. lie it enacted by the Semite and
House of R presentntives of the United
States of Amciica in Congress assembled,
That any person who, since the .year one
thousand eight bun ded and thiity, may
iiave sustained damage by the destruction
of his or her house or building, by the ene
my, in the late wars between the United
States and the Indian tribes, or any of them,
inconsequence of the same being occupied
as a military deposite. for military or naval
stores, or as barracks for the military forces
of tiie United States, under the authority of
an officer or agent of tbe United Stales,
shall be allowed and paid tiie amount of such
damages.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That
any person who may. since the period afore
said, have sustained damage by the destruc
tion of bis or her house or building, by or
der of an officer of the United States com
manding m tiie wars as aforesaid, or in <on
scqnenee of the occupancy of the. same by the.
troops of the. United Stales, shall be allowed
and paid the amount of such damages.
Sec. 3. And belt further enacted, That
when at: y pioperlyluis been impressed or taken
i by public authority since the period aforesaid,
fiir the use subsistence of the army, dunrig
the wa r s aforesaid, and the same shall have
been di strayed, lev', or consumed, the owner
of such property shad be puid the value there
See. 4. And be it furthn enacted, That
the destruction as aforesaid, as well as the
value of such property snail be ascertained
bv the best evidence which the nature of the
ce.se will admit of, and which may be in tire
|XMV«rof the party to produce; and the a-r
mount thereof, when established and ascer
tained, shall bn pa id to the sufferers out of
any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated.
'Sec. 5- And be it further enacted, That
the 'secretary of the Treasury be, and lie
lieraby is, authorised to prescribe all the
rules and regulations necessary to carry in
to effect the provisions of this act. accord
ing to its true intent and meaning, and to
disburse all such sums of money as shall be
found justly due to the claimants under the
s ime.
Sec. 6. And h' it further enacted. That
it shall be the d%ty of Ihe Third Auditor of
he Treasury to decide on all cases arista
under this act. and who. in discharge of hi*
duties, shall be subject to such rales and reg
ulations as shall he prescribed by Ihe ktete
rury of the Treasury as aforesaid.
There is genius and feeling- - -nmch of
both in the following lines of our fair
correspondent:
FOR THE MIRROR.
To my Sister Carolina.
When I am in the. tomb laid low.
With thou n y sistur often go
To view with tearful eye,
Thai I title heap of earth tiiat will
Enshrine this form onyouuder lull
And o’er it heave a sigh ?
And wi t thou plant ihe willow trpe,
My favorite tree—and wilt thou dear
Beneath its boughs recline ?
To muse on joys that long have fled.
And there the tear ol mem’ry shed
But not for me repine ?
And wilt thou as a token wear
Os love—this braid ofglo«-y hair
That I will leave lor thee;
And when the moon is beaming bright
And o’er tliee steals tbe gray twilight
Wilt thou theu think of me ?
Think of the hours when we would stray
From our lov’d cottage far away
From bustle, care and noise—
To talk of love and happiness,
And t Ii in k rto more of sail distress.
But hope lor future joys?
And wilt thou wear tilts mourning ring
Although tin sight of it should bring
I’o mind, thy sister dear?
And wilt thou when the roses blnoin,
Scatter their leaflets o'er my tomb
Where all is dark and drear ?
ELIZA.
The reply is quite as beautiful and touch
dig =
TOR THK MIRROR.
To my sisb r Eliza.
My sister dear, when in the silent tomb
1 by form shall rest in solitude and gloom,
I olt will to that sacred spot repair.
And shed for tliee, the sympathetic tear ;
Then o’er that little heap of earth will sigh
To think that flowers must early droop
and die.
These hands shall plant the w eeping willow
there.
That tree which to thy gifted soul was
dear;
Beneath its shady boughs this form of mine
Will oft be seen at ev’ning to recline—
The>e. there, so long as feeble lifesh dl last
Will fond remembrance paint the pleasing
part.
Asa fond token of thy love I’ll wear
The beauteous braid of dark aud glossy
hair,
Which tlmii unto a tender sister gave
Ere thy lovyl form was buried in the grave ;
And cherished shall the lovely token be
Till 1 am called lo dwell above with thee,
The mourning ring on which my eye shut I
rest
Will waken love’s pure feeling in my breast ;
And 1 on that dear pledge will fondly gaze
Till lost in Heaven’s own bright affulgent
blaze;
And when the roses in my gulden bloom.
Their fragrant leaves I'll scatter o’er thy
tomb.
CAROLINA.
rIR THE MIKROR.
Thi Album—lVo. 6.
The StatesmaS, the S.sholar, the Ju
a ist and the Poet, are seldom combined in
one character m a more eminent d-gree, than
in the person of the distinguished Ge.-rgian,
Richard Hknrv Wilde. TLc grand conn
oil ol the nation has hung with rapt atten
tion upon his fervid eloquence, and many a
politic and patriotic measure oflegislaiion.
attest his statesmanlike abilities; tbe repub
lic of letters has felt the impress of his mind,
and ilie field of literature (and polite learn
ing is decked with many of the fair flowers
of his scholarship and proficiency; the halls
of justice have rang with the clamor of ap
plause attendant upon his masterly aud fin
ished efforts in behalf of injured innocence,
and which even the dignity of the Court
could not restrain, while the solidity of Ins
counsel, ami the overpowering weight ofau
thority which lie always brought to bear up
on disputed points, evinced his thorough ac
quaintance with ihe winding intricacies of
the legal science. Asa Poet he is no less
distinguished ; who ever perused those beau
tiful and touching lines commencing,
"•My life is like the Summer rose,"
without feeling that a mine had been sprung,
rich with the priceless gems of poesy and
genius? In the whole range of English
anil American poetry, there cannot he found
a pnrerjewbl. It has been translated into
several different languages in Europe, and
the dark eyed maids of Italy have sung it
with rapture in the matchless moonligh',
which gdds their own starry skies with such
enchanting beauty.
The “Captive’s Lament” is one of Mr.
Wilde's earli'St productions, and had he
neveragaiu touched his pen, or invoked tire
power of his muse, these stanzas alone would
have given him t Le stamp <d a poet. But
he lias written other and beautiful pieces, a
tnong which may be numbered “Napoletn's
Grave,” “'’’ruth and Falsehood,” “Solomon
and tbe Genius,” Arc.
With all the gilts which nature and edu
cation hasbestowed upon him, why, it may
be asked is the thunder of his eloquence and
the mild tones of his persuasive arguments
no longer heard in the Halls of our nation
al Legislature? Wiiy tire his powerful a
bilities as a statesman no longer perceivable
in the political movements of the State and
country? Why are the scenes of htsfor
mor forensic displ lys no longer animated by
Ids stirring appeals, and oi isterly expositions
of the law ! Wiiv is tire harp, to whose oc
casional outbreaks of harmony and tunc we
were wont to listen with delight, silent and
“mute,” as tli <t which,
“Once through Tara’s hulls
The soul of anisic sited?”
The answer is found in the blindness of
Party seirility, and that reckless disregard
of patriotism and qualifications which are
the distinguishing traits of a certain party,
and by which his seat in Congress was vaca
ted to be given to a partiznu whose only me
rit consisted in “following the file,” and
shouting the watchword of his party. Mr.
Wilde’s public duties being brought to a
close, his inclinations to travel led h in to
the classic shores of Italy, where he was in
duced to locate himself, from his love of 1-
talian literature to which he was always
w edded, aod the congeniality of that refined
intercourse into w hich his reputation gave
him a welcome. It has been said of him
aine.e his departure, that he would nevyr
return, but it is to be hoped tiiat his jarly
appearance will falsify the prediction. It
has been said, also, that he lias been engag
ed in a translation of the unpublished MtsS.
of Tasso, and that his work is now under
going its finishing touches. This is a task
truly worthy ot tbe genius and scholaiship
ot any poet living, and will doubtless, if
the statement sliuul prove true, weave a
chaplet of lairre around the brow of the gif
ted fiinslalor.
The following Ode, written while its au
thor was a youthful aspirant, is a pretty flow
ot ideas, and evinces the possession of such
genius as prompted the Captive's Lament:
ODE TO EASE.
I never bent at Glory’s shrine.
To Wealth 1 never bow’d the knee;
Beauty has heard no vows oi mine,
I love thee Ease, and only thee ;
Beloved oi the Gods and men,
Sister of Joy and Libeity,
\\ ll n wilt thou vi-it me again ;
Inlotie'y wood or silent gten.
By falling stream or rocky den.
Like those where once I found, tliee when,
Despite the ills of Poverty,
Aud Wisdom's warning prophecy,
I listened to thy siren voice,
Aud made thee mlstressjof my choice!
I chose thee, Ease! and Glory fled,
Forme uo more her laurels spread.
Her golden crown shall never shed
Jts beams of splendor round my head ;
And when within the narrow bed.
1 o Fame and Memory ever dead
My wretched course is thrown:
Nor stately column sculptur'd bust,
Nor urn tha* holds within its trust
The poor remains of mortal dust.
Nor monumental stone;
Nor willow wai* ing in the gale,
Noi feel le fence with whit**nV pale,
Nor rustic cross, memorial frail,
Shall mark the grave I own.
No lofty deeds in armor wrought,
No hidden truths in science taught,
No tindiscover’d regions sought.
No classic page with learning fraught.
Nor eloquence, ntir verse d.vine.
Nor daring speech, nor high design
Nor patriotic act of mine,
<>u History’s page shall ever shine;
But to all future ages lost,
Nor <*veu a wreck, tradition toss’d,
Ol what 1 was when valued most
By the few friends whose love I boast,
In alter years shall float to shore.
And serve to tell the name 1 bore.
I chose tliee Ease! and Wealth withdrew
Indignant at the choice 1 made,
And to her first resentment true,
My scum with ten-fold scorn repaid.
Now, noble palace, loflv dome,
Or cheerful, hospit ible home.
Are cotufisrts I must never know,
Mv enemies shall ne’er repine
At pomp or pageantry of mine,
Nor prove, by bowing at my shrine,
Their souls are abject, base and low;
No wondering cowil sit ill ever stand
With gazing eye aud waving hand,
To mark my train, and slump, and show :
And worst of all, I slijl not live
To taste the pleasures Wealth can give,
When used lo soothe another's wee.
The peasants of my native laud
Shall never praise inv open h.tud ;
No wandering bard shall eelebiate
His patron's hospitable gale:
No war-worn soldier, shattered tar.
Nor exile driven from afar,
Nor hapless friend of former years,
Nor w idow’s prayers nor orphan’s tears,
Nor helpless age relieved from cares,
Nor innocence preserved from snares.
Nor houseless wanderer clothed and fed,
Nor slave from bitter bondage led.
Nor youth to noli e actions bred.
Shall cull down blessings on my head.
I chose thee Ease! and yet the while.
So sweet was Beauty’s scornful smile,
So fraught with ever*' lovely w.le,
\ et seemingly so void of guile,
It did not heighten all her charms;
And,Goddess, liad I loved thee then,
But with the common love of men.
My fickle heart liuil chang’d again,
Even at the very ■lOiticnt, when
I woo'd thee to my arms;
For never may 1 hope to meet
A sin’dc so syvect, so heavenly sweet.
1 chose tliee E vsk ! and now for rne,
No heart shall ever fondly swel!,
No voice of soothing melody
Awake the music breathing shell;
Nor longue, nor rapturous harmony,
Its love in faltering accents tell;
Nor flushing check, nor lanttuid eye,
Nor sport.ve smile, nor artless sigh,
Confess a fleet ion all as welfi
No snowy bosom’s fall and rise,
Shall e'er again enchant my
No melting lips, profuse of bliss,
Shall cVer greet me with u kiss;
Nor balmy breath pour in my ear
The ti isles love delights to hear :
But living, loveless, hopeless I
Umuourued and unlov’d must die.
I chose tiree Ease ! and yet to me,
Coy and ungrateful ! thou hast proved.
Though I have sacrificed to tliee,
Much that was worthy to be lov’d.
But eotne again, and 1 will yet,
Tliv past ingratitude fotget :
Oli! come again ! thy witching powers
Shall claim my solitary hours;
With tliee to cheer me, heavenly queen,
Aml conscience clear, and health serene
Ai’J Trends and books to banish spleeu,
My life should be, as it had been,
A sweet variety of joys,
And Glory’s crown, and Beauty’s smi!e
And treasur’d hoards should seem the while
The idlest of all human toys.
’ LAURIE.
By passengers per the Hyperion, direct
Irom ral'ahassee, we have received some ot
the part culars of another bloody tragedy,
which took place in that city on Monday
evening last. As Gen. Reed, the speaker
“lect of tbe house, was approacing the sup
per table at the hotel, he was fired upon
from a pistol by Col. Willis Alston. The
shot did not take elFeut, and Gen. Reed Con
tinued to advance, when a second pistol was
fired, which pa -se t through his body, cau
sing a severe and it i. fearer], fi»ta) wound.
Gen. Reed then drew a pistol and fired at
Alston, which it is supposed w'otinded him
slightly, and sprung upon him withavrew
of closing. But Alston drew his bowie
knife, and inflicted another desperate wound,
aud succeeded in making hisfcscspe. The
Governor, it is stall'd, has caused verv active
steps to be taken for his apprehention.
Apalachicola Gazette.
Married.
In this county, on Sunday morning, 19th
ins-, by John Crocker, Esq. ..Mr. Charles
Bell, to Miss SusaA SiSger, both of
Stewart.
rill NT ING ~
AtATLT EXIOCIyt AT TO* OrfflSE
POSTSCRIPT! !
(.Ki ll IIUL
IN WILMINGTON, N. CAROLTNV
A correspondent living in Wilmi gtrfn,
nforms us that w hilst tie is wihc.g,
(17th inst.) tiie town is in flames. Tiie
squaie to the Northwest oft he (’ourl t h o*-e.
and the opposite square to the Northeast,
are entirely destroyed, except the Cape
tear Bank. ihe los-i uiusi be very gieat,
but we hope past experience lias taught tb«
whabitjot* oi that iii fateJiowo, ti.e lift.
siiy ol keeping their pruj>e.ty covered \>y
. insurance.
ITJULIC SALE
r |AIIE l’ublic is hereby notified, that I
( -1 will ofler at public outcry and tale, at
tiie < curt Hou-e in T*oi |»
county, on the first Tuesday in February
next to ihe Inchest bidder*:
1 flirty likely youug negroes, two of
whom are good Him** Cart>* nters.
The coimniiinity and the world shall
know, that this arrangement is made to pay
ofl my deb s. and are positively but respect
fully < .S3 ii red that there will be Ju< bidding
A credit will be offered until the first tiny
of January 1811, with approved security.
WILIE WOMACK.
LaGrange, .Tan. 18, 1840. 2t 42
FOUND ~
BV the snbscri. er two pieces of cloth
ing on the 19tti inst., on ihe road be
tween Florence ••ltd Dempsey H ill’s. The
owner can have tho same by giving a satis
factory description and being qualified to
the same within two months and paving for
the advertisement.
E. DASHER.
Jan.-A?, 1840 2t 42
FOUND
!N the Phoenix Hotel a sum of money
which the owner ean have by discribitig
and oaying for this advertisement.
JOHN HARVEY.
J.m. 24, 184*
GEOIIGIA—Sumter (_ aunty.
W (ILKEAS Marshal Douglas ap
* v plies to me for letters of
Administration on the estate of Jesse
Lee, late ol Barbour county. Alabama, this
is, therefore, to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors of said
deceased, to he and appear at my office
within the term prescribed by law, to show
cause, if any they have, why said letters
should not be granted. Given under tny
hand at office, this 15th dav of Jan. 1640.
42 EDM. NUNN, t c o
“GEORGIA > WiIEREAS”FWdin g
.Sumter County £T. Hanson applies t.»
me for letters o‘ Administration on the Es
tate o! .Martha Hanson, late of said countv
deceased, this is, therefore, to cite and and
admonish till and singular the kindred and
creditors o said deceased, to be and appear
at tny office within the time prescribed bv
law, to show cause, if any they have, why
said letters should not b*> granted.
Given under my hand at office this 7th
dav of Jail. 1640
EDMUND NUNN. c. c. o.
\LL pe.isotis having demands against the
Estate ol’ Robert .Silaslire requested to
present them agreeably to law, and all per
rons indebted to the Estate are requested to
make immediate payment
SAMUEL ADAMS, Adrnr.
Jan 15 181.* td 42 1
fe.iuefotpii Sheriff sale.
W ILL be sold on lire first Tuesday i rt
MARCH next, before the court hou*«
door m the n4ln of Cuthbert, Randolph
county, the following property, to wit.
One Lot of Land, known as number 279
in the eth district of formerly Le* umv
Randolph county; levied on as the property
of Reuben Slaughter, to satisfy two Ki Fas
from a justice’s coutl in favor of Benjamin
T. Emanuel, administrator on the estate of
Elijah Johnson, deceased, vs the said Reu
ben Slaughter. Levy maJe and returned
to me bv a constable.
RICHARD DAVIS, Dep SLft.
Jan 25. 1840 42
Coroner’* Sale.
WII.L lie sold on the first Tuesday in
March next before the Court House
door in the town of Lumpkin, Stewart coun
ty, within the leeal hours of sale:
One House <ind Lot in the town of
Lumpkin, where now Mark M.'Fleming,
keeps a Confectionary, taken as *he pr pertv
ot'Mark M. Fleming, to satisfy a fifa issued
out of the Inferior court of Stewart courty,
in favor of Leroy M Wiley, Thomas Parish,
John R. Marshall, Thomas Norris, and
Henry R. Banks, vs. M. M. Fleming, J.
M. Sullivan, A. B. Pope, W. 11. Cam,
and Neil Robinson. Terms cash.
JAMES JONES.
A D M IN 18 T Ft A T O R’FT S A L E.
AGREEABLE to ari order of the hon
orable tin Inferior court of Lee coi n
ty, when setting for ordinary purp -scs, will
be sold on the fust Tuesday in March next,
between the usual hours of kale, before tho
Court House door, in the town of Newton
Baker county, lot of land, No. 369 in the lit
district of formerly. Early, now Baker coun
ty, as the property of Silas Mercer, late
ol said county, deceased. Sold for the
benefit of the heirs aad creditors of said
deceased—Terms made known on the day,
ANN MERCER, Adrnrx.
Jan. 7 1840 td 4L
WILL BL SOLD, before the door
of the Court house, in Montgomery
couuty. on she first Tuesday in February
next, between tbe usual hours of sale, an J
persuaut to the last wiil of Clement Bryan,
late of Randolph county, deceased, between
3 and 5 thousand acres of land, consisting
of Swamp. Hammock and Pitre lands, and
lying on each side of the Otoiree river.
Persons engaged in the business offurnisb
ing the Datien Steam Saw Mills ni’h jt:n
ber, by railing down the river, would do
well to attend, as tin* pine lands ash id a
large quantity wf valuable timber siuijblw
lor the purpose. Tire lands vv.il be put up
in such quantities as will suit purchasers,
and the terms will be twelve months credit,
with two good securities.
L. BRYAN. > ~
D. C- BK VAN, \
November 25, 1639. “7 --td*.
mouths after date, application
-1- will be made to the honorable the i;i-»
feriorSou rt of Lee county who sis iog an
a court of otqiinarv, for leave to sell the .ea
estate ot Silas Mercer, lat** *•» s'ud louniv.
deceased. ANN MLRUER Ad,*’r V .
No? t, 1 *39. _ _ :>%
FOR SAUK OIMtENT f
7¥AHK House and Lot on which I rts: U».
-1. Possession given immediately. -uu,
will curiespopd with the times.
JUNIUS JORDAN,
Jsenary lM«4fl 3». #d