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POLITICAL-
From the Macon Messenger.
Tit • i ifcilatioii 'l llte YVasliington G!nhe
j, y • li.mle lin tills part of the country
i a iact iii i-»iiW cte ntable to the intelligence
a„.| ,n irat- hi'our citizens. that in :*!l prnb
-ixiSity. • <•' ivnleia aie ignorant of til l tit
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m *i e, i.i organ Ii at.A liiii.iii.r.iiiiiii -
T.i.it oar i-o.ioirv i- uie.ii wm are happily
igtl il'SMt ot tllO s a id comiplioil o
-courts mav b * iirnuiiifti iijMiii lii't matter,
ai e walll.l State, —til.it tin; election <>l l’lln
ter of the ■'.louse ot |J-ptcsetilaltves is lobe
r -garded as a re waul lor past partizan sir
vices and an ineentive to the most unremit
Tina exertions iu prospective. The rela
ttoil existing between tlre Printer and the
majority, is always so understood. The
Globe lor instance, will be tire supporter of
the Administration right or u rong. Every
true is satisfied that no enormity however
outrageous it may be, couid be committed
by the Government, but an apologist is to
be found, and expected too, iu that most
scrupulous and cooscieniiouo print. And
why ? The Globe to say nothing ot the
morals of its prime conductor, is au inte
gral part of tiie Administration, it is in fact
a hireling press,—lor its regard for interest
over principle is so predominant, that the
bonus of fifty thousand dollars, it is ready
to pledge its support for ti e year in advance.
Ilence the importance attached to the elec
tion of Printer, and as it seems it is regarded
as particularly important this Congress, as
it has been delayed some eight weeks, to
the prejudice of the country. Hence, its
being always considered as a test of politi
cal principles in the electors.
Alter a protracted trial, a printer was e
lected, ind the Globe is the successful com
petitor. This is regarded, and so hailed, as
a party .victory,
Tl e Globe has particularized two of our
delegation, to whom in the plenitude of
oftheir gratitude, they ascribe all praise.
'Whether the support from that quarter,
was as unexpected to the Globe, as it has
been to the constituents of these two gen
tlemen, or whether the election was depen
dent upon these two votes, we are not able
to say. Cettes—Two of our delegation,
Mess'rs. Black and Cooper, are made the
victims of the Globe’s commendation; a
position by no means to be envied ; for if a
good man’s opinion is desirable ( lauduri a
laudato.) a bad man’s praise is not to be
eoveted. And if we estimate these gentle
men aright, they arc not to be Haltered by
rhe incense which is emitted from such a
shrine, and which must “stink iu the nos
trils,’’of every man of any pretensions to
common decency.
We do deem it a misfortune, that any of
our friends should be made the subject of
laudation, in what Mr. Calhoun very ap
propriately once said, and no doubt now
tliiuks is, a “dirty sheet,’’ and we sympa
thise ratherthan rejoice, that these two gen
tlemen, should have been made the very
conspicuous objects ot the Globe's Eulogy.
As honest men we know “they hate the
slime that sticks to filthy things," and they
must be very sensible that Blair's panegy
rics cannot increase or in any wise add to
thejgood opinionalready entertained ol them.
But this is a mere matter of taste after all,
it may or it may not be gratifying to receive
flattery regardless of the source. We have
reason to believe that it is an unction accep
table to a certain class of-politicians at all
times, and under all circumstances, and we
should hiive been perfectly satisfied, and not
a word have escaped by us—had Blair laud
ed Cooper and Black to the skies for
the vote they gave him, and omitted even an
allusion to the rest of the delegation. But
for voting against the Globe, Messrs. Al
ford, Habersham, Dawson, Nisbct, and
Warreu have beep made the special objects
of the “reptile’s” vituperation. These
gentlemen need be under no apprehension
that they will be misjudged by their consti
tuents. They have acted iu character as
firm, consistent State Bights men, —they
opposed a print, that always has been the
most uncompromising euemy of their pe
culiar doctrines, and consistently as their
own observation must base instructed them,
with the views ol their constituency, who
never have and never can have any feeling
iu common with such an unprincipled print
as the Washington Globe.
THE YVAR UPON THE CURRENCY.
The following graphic sketch of the ef
fects of Locofocoisiti upon the country, we
copy from the New York Times. It is 'n
deed a gloomy picture, and we fear it is not
overdrawn, ilvery mail yea, almost every
breeze wafts upon us the utweleonie iutell
igftice of the utter prostration of all classes
xis business au l the continued downward
tendency of the produce ol the country.
The poor pittance of the mechanic and the
laborer is curtailed, until he n scarcely able
to afford a competency for those dependent
upon his exertious for succor, while the agu
culturist in cotnniu t with the whole com
mercial interest thoughout this vast republic
are writhing under the tuiud, cat.
this deplorable state of things be attriouted ’
The euswer is at hand : it is the unceaiiig
war made upon the country by the Loeot'o
cos, which was commenced by General Jack
son upon the National Bank, and has been
continued by the “followers in the footsteps,”
with his trained baud of plunderers, first up
on the local Bauks and finally waged against
the whole credit system of the country until
the nation from one extreme to the utliei is
groaning under the accumulated burthensof
a corrupt ad minis'ration of the government.
Let us not however, dispair, but hope that
the time of deliverance is at hand, whe
the country will lac« itself fiomthe desola
ting influence of corrupt meu, and return
to that state of prosperity iu which thev
found it.
Effects of Lecoficoism upon the farming in
terests of the. country. —The Shicago Amer
ican **v«: “Y\ T e learn from au authentic
sontce that (litretl thousand bushels of
wheat sold at Marshall, Calhoun County,
Michigan, at thirty cents per bushel.”
Tiie CMevr.iaod(Ohio) Herald states that
• ,-o.nc farmer* of Stark County who wanted
money *to pay their taxes fading due in a
tew days, recently visited Massiilou, carrying
tueir wheat fm sa e, after haw king it through
tun. c for smith time, the lu st offer th°y coil <1
- g”t was 4S ere. is a lunltel in barter sot goods
w hich would not pay l ives, but couid not
get i! cash oflfei at all. and were obliged to re
turned a* they come.”
l’ork, ii Ohio, is wotih from two and a
half t<> three'cents per pound. At Fi ts
burg, t! mr :s q toted at $3 50, and a little
t-fther V> Us: at .3,25 ami c3, per barrel*
A prupnii"n He reduction in the prices •>(
hre.i l stn.is an I >1 all agricultural produces
used as :<i >d it is t ikett tdace tiin.iighout the
country, ao ii g r tendency is still down
ward. I .. .State o; tilings to be at
tribute I ! W- ao v to the universal
. and. stress am ,•>:/ ; „ .sumng . kn- -
* Business 's-e,. , ..I thousands to which
■■■>'*:* id'V ■ j.nfort* of life,
are starving. The mechanic, who a few
years ago could maintain hisfi mily in lux
urv upon Ins ample earnings must restrict
•h» •»> and himself to the necessaries of life,.
r uc hie laborer who was content with these
tel- pangs6fabsolute want. It either
• l ive . nn ii a little property, and desire
to turn u into cash to meet present exigen
ei. At ia i O'l'tielled'lo sacrifice it at a moiety
>t t.s value, to some capitalist, who so far
run: seizing upon it as a cheap bargaiu.
ii-iili i'-i the purchase, iu the present de
ressed state of the country, a hazardous
-peculation.
Under these circumstancfs can it he a
■natter of stiprise to the farmer that he is
unable to obtain a reninnerat-ing price for
Iris produce, and that tile poverty which he
has seen overwhelm his best customers,
should be approaching his own door ! He
is as yet only tasting the first fiuits of dis
aster , he is merely in tin noviciate of
ruin.
And what has brought these calamities
u|>onthe couuuun.ty ? What has dimin
ished the demand for labor, and the prices
of all the productions nllabor ? What, but
a vindictive, long continued incessant war
faie ujion the cn rent representative oftheir
vitlue ! r i'he tr.lint'll bloodhounds which
have just been iiupor ed into Florida, caunot
follow on the track ot the savage, with a
more relentless, perseveri' g fidelity than
the Administration pack have displayed in
huniing down the i unmierce, the credit and
and the currency of this impoverished land.
[Fiom the Nat. lot.']
THE LATE ELECTION OF PRIN
TER TO'HIE HOUSE OF REPRE
SENTATIVES.
We certainly bud no design or w ish to
lecur to this subject, and we do so now oil
ly ia cvnsequetn-e of an article which we
find in the Government paper of Friday
night, iu reference to (he choice, of the firm
by wh»ch that paper is published »u be Prin
ters to (he House of Representatives.
Before proceeding to oirr main purpose in
noticing that article, we lake occasion to
slate our impression of what would have
been the result of the election for Printer
had every recoguised Member of the House
been present, and been reduced to the alter
native of choosing between the two leading
candidates We believe that in that event
the result would have been the same as it
was, but that the majority for the Executive
candidate would have been reduced to a
number not greater than that of the Re
publican members from New Jersey, who
have been unrighteously excluded from par
ticipation in the proceedings of the House
ol which they are constitutionally a constit
uent part.
We believe, further, that if those Georgia
Members, whose names the Globe has the
indelicacy to parade iu its columns as hav
ing distinguished themselves over their col
leagues by giving the it votes to the Admin
istration eandidate lor the Printing, [with
the other Georgia Members to whom it al
ludes,] had voted with the majority of their
colleagues, and every recognised member of
flic House had voted tor one ortheotherof
the candidates, the result of the election
would have been different rom what it was.
We trust it will be distinctly understood
that we make no complaint of the votes of
(hose members, or of any other member,
pi that election, it being a mutter in which it
would be unbecoming in us cither to prase
or blame the conduct ofauyoue. YVe on
ly slate what is our impression, from the
facts before us.
Nor should we ever have troubled our
readers with any further allusion to the late
vote of Ihe House, if the editor of he gov
ernment paper had not, injustification oi the
minority ol the Georgia representation (who,
we can very well imagine, would willingly
have dispensed with his eulogy) iu voting
for him. wantonly and lalsely calumniated
llie National lute ligencer, for the purpose
of disparing those gentlemen from the
South who did its publishers the honor by
their voles to show a preference for them
over the publishers sf the Globe.
The particular passage in the Globe’s ar
ticle to which we here refer is as follows :
“In the present crisis, too, when Feder
alism has allied itsell with Abolitionism, to
bring ucw and still more dangerous element
into the strife, to overthrow not only the pol
itical principles, but the domestic institu-,
lions of Georgia and the whole South, the
Globe lias been found contending against
'he rival press, for which the majority of the
Georgia delegation voted—a press which
has not liiaintaiued the cause of any party
in the South at any time within the last
ten years. In .lie course which the minori
ty of the delegation have thought fit to take
in choosing between the Globe and the iu
telligencer. we should think they could
hardly fail to meet the approbation of all par
ties iu Georgia.”
Now, if there be one thing which more
than another has ever distinguished ilie
character of the National Intelligencer, it is
its steady unwavering conscientious support
of the real rights of all the States, and of
noue more zealously than those peculiar
rights ol the South of which the Executive
organ has, in the passage which we quote,
the aflroutery to represent it as an opponent.
YVe challenge any member of the dominant
party, from Mr. \ an Buren downwards to
produce front the files of the National In
telligencer one line which can show any
disposition in tiiis press “to overthrow not
only the pohtical principles, but the domes
tic institutions of Georgia, and of the whole
South.” or any thing that can afford the
least shadow ol ground lor such an imputa
tion.
There exists, in fact, no. such “strife,”
nor has there ever existed any such “strife,”
as is referred to in this quotation. The as
sertion of its e> istenCe is a mere party trick,
still more detestable, however, than it is
contemptible, because it is a device of cun
ning knavery intended, by the aid of honest
prejudice, to deceive and mislead.
YVe repeat the defiance, to the Editor of
the Globe, or any of his allies or confeder
ates, old or new, to produce one line from
ottr pen to justify the base imputation which
lie attempts to (asteii upon the majority of
the Georgia Delegation through the -sides
ol the National Intelligencer,
\\ e oo not make tiiis challenge or defi
ance on our own account, the reader will
w i .l understand ; but we cannot pass by in
silence, this attempt to injure honorable
uni high-minded meu lor no other reason
than that they have not chosen to “let the
Administration elect their own officers, in
cluding the Printer to the House."
HOMICIDE.
YVe regret to learn tint a man a ( desper
'to character, named John YVhitecotton,
w.t* .died iu the lower part of this District,
i uesday last, by the Deputy Sheriff, Mr.
/.-Bates, while in the performance of his
-menil duty. It is said that Mr. B. had ar
rested or was in the act ofarresting him un
' r the authority of a Bench warrmt, being
ii-siMt and with a dark aud pistol, shot him
icaa with a pistol.
Houth earoliniecn, 4 4 ih inst.
From the Georgia Messenger.
That the States Right parly of Georgia,
should cooperate either with the Whigs or
Loco Focos of the North, in the election oi
their respective candidates for the Presiden
cy, is not 'o be expected. They are both
exceptionable to us, although not in the
same degree, but both sufficiently so, to
preclude iu any possible event, our support.
We can therefore impartially, and without
the apprehension of subjecting ourselves to
the imputation of favoring either, canvass
the claims ofboth respectively.
It has got to be fashionable of late with
the Administration presses, or a portion of
them, to use their own assumptions in the
place of facts, and by this means establish
conclusions, as deceptive to the public, as
they are discreditable to the authors. Thus
for instance, a disingenuous press will say ;
that the States Right papers of Georgia, be
cause they are iu opposition to Van Buren,
must of necessity be if favor of Harnson—a
conclusion in no respect warranted—for
there is not a paper of the party in the
State, as far as we are apprised, that has
even intimated a leaning towards the Harris
burge nominee—That there is an im
measurable distance between these two
competitors for what u-r.v may almost be re
garded as the democratic crown, whether
(heir past services, or their anticipations of
their indue usefulness be taken into con
sideration. we have not the least hesitation
in expressing most freely au opinion—And
to save time, and avoid circumlocution, our
estimate of the one must be taken as the
couverce of the other.
Gen. Harison Ins from the time of
Washington, from whom lie received his
first military appointment, an 1 Jeifersoii,
from whom he received his first civil office
—the responsible one of Governor of a Ter
ritory, to the days of Jackson, possessed the
confidence of every President of the United
States, He has done his country right
good service as a soldier; and filled more
fiduciary and trust-worthy offices than any
man now living-—he has been honest, and
as a most signifficaut corrollary—-he is
poor, which cannot be said of very many of
his cotemporaries. Yet still he is excep
tionable ?o us. Not 'hat we believe there
is the least particle of trutli in the charge
made against him of being an Abolitionist,
for no candid man believes it, and several
Administration presses have magnanimous
ly discredited it, but because we believe he
entertains sentiments at variauce with our
own, upon tire great and fundamental doc
trine of Slate Rights. Hence Gen. Harri
son cannot be our cadidate for the PresiUeu
cy-
But if Ac is exceptionable to the Slates
Rights paitv, how much more so, should
Mr. Van Buien he ? The nominated suc
cessors and pledged follower o (him who was
t ;e arch enemy of State Rights, the author
of the Proclamation and Force Bill, the
Denouncer of State Sovreiguty, and the
first open and bold invader of our exclusive
and heretofore intangible and constitutional
privileges. This “Bold invader,” was
President Jackson. He was the first Presi
dent that set at naught the principles em
bodied in the Virginia and Kentucky reso
lutions of 98, and which iu the administra
tion of the government, had been religious
ly observed by his predecessors. For this
contumely he obtaiaed the bitter and active
hostility of John C. Calhoun, the then
champion par excellence,, ol State Rights.
Yet Jackson never recanted his errors, and
the first act of his successor, was to picw l^ f}
an adherauce to his policy, and a servile
promise to tread in the steps of his “illus
trious predecessor.” He has kept his
pledge, and we cannot charge him with ab
ostacy. His proselytes and cuuveris can
not villi justice accuse him of changing ;
and those pseudo and quondam State Rights
men wiio have been brought to the huinila
ting and debasing position of supple kuted
suppliants, cannot extenuate tbeir servilitv
by the plea that Van Buren has become u
Sullifier. How the atch magician must
laugh at the facility with which b theal
mighty power of his wand, he c.iu convert
honest men into pliant tools !
We are well aware how potent an influ- 1
ence example may exercise—bow disposed
men are (who possessing “a little biief au
thority” and elevated by the mistaken con
fidence ol their fellow men to an unmerited
position,) to arrogate themselves the tight
of giving a tone to the opinion of others,
when in fact, if in their proper places, they
should rather be the recipients than the
dispensers of public sentiment. We have
of late had some of' these official neophytes
held up to us by our opponents as sinning
lights, ami as illustrious examples to prove
the soundness oftheir doctrines. We deny
the influence either of their p|*ecepts or ex
a tuples. Their tergiversations c! them
selves condemn them they are under a con
trol which is irresistible, and which lias
forced many an honest politician from the
strait and open way-—that influence which
Woolaey so eloquently describes when bet
teily reproaching himself for his desertiou
of his Go D---the sin by which Angels fell.
Power and office, now a days, gives no
additional claim to the incumbent— bis opin
ion is worth no more than that of another.
* The rank is but the Guinea’s stamp,
The man’s the gowd for a’ that.”
The Representative Branch of the Alaba
ma Legislature has passed what is called a
Relie'' Law, by a vote of 56 against 35, and
it is supposed that it will also pass tue .Sen
ate, and receive the sanction Governor Bag
by. Tw o thirds of the Legislature of Alu
bamaare Van Burenites, real “stamp-down.”
hard money Democrats! By this bill, it
will be seen that the banks of that State are
authorized to issue three millions five hundred
thousand dollars of Post Notes, and they are
authorized to remain in a state of suspension
until the Ist day of July, 1841. We gave
below the provisions of the bill as we find
them iu the Mobile Advertiser.— Chronicle
<!)• Sentinel.
Sr.cTiopi I- Provides that all indebtedness
to the Mother BauU and Branches, “on the
extended debt.seven per cent, lean, togeth
er with all notes, or bills of exchange, they
have in suitor in execution, or upon any
other obligation, “shs I. be collected in sums
not exceeding 20 percent, per annum and
interest, until the Legislature shall other
wise direct: conditioned on the provisroirot
ample security, and with the following ex
ceptions: Bills of exchange ruuiiiug to ma
turity and predicated on the shipment of
cotton, or upon business or transaction pa
per, except such business paper as has b„en
substituted for the extended debt or seven
percent, loan. Bills of exchange purchas
ed in the liquidation of debts due the Mo
bile Branch Bank by the Decatur Bank.
Sec. 2. Provides, that the non-specie
paying Banks of the State of Alabama, shall
be allowed until the first day of July, 1841,
to resume specie payments, any law to the
contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 3. Requires the mother Bank and
Branches at Montgomery and Huntsville,
to issue eachthesum of five hundred dollars
in Post Notes, not having a longer time than
twelve mon'hs to run; and the Branches of
the State Bank at Mobile and Decatur are
regwyed to issue a like sum of five hundred
thousand dollars each iu iheir own paper.
Sec. 4. Abolishes the Board of Control,
SeC. 5. Authorizes the two stock banks
of Mobile to issue Post Notes of any denom
ination not less than $lO, to any amount,
not exceeding $500,000, each, and not to
run more than twelve months Lorn their
date.
THE MIRROR
Saturday, Feb. 30, I 840.
For President,
GEOJIG E M. TItOUP.
We are still without our supply of paper.
Its delay is altogether unaccountable.—
When it does arrive, we shall have to issue
a Brother Jonathan to make uo for our pres
ent diminutive si2e. We will not be forced to
suspend alti gether, although we may have
to reduce our size to foolscap for a week or
two; vet it is extremely mortifying, and
our patrons must bear with us, as the cause
is beyond our control.
Our Toicn and our Bridge Bank.-—XV e
are happy to inform the public, that our
bridge is near its completion, our Ware
houses filled with fine cotton, steamboats,
and boxes are carrying it off, and the bills
of our Bridge company are Bankable in
the Columbus Bank, and Planters’ and me
chanics Bank of Columbus.
The speech of the lion. Walter T
Colquitt on the reception of abolition pe
titions, lias been on file for more than a week
but we cannot find room-for it until we re
sume our former proportions.
Those of our Representatives who ro
kindly continue ti.eir favors from Washing
ton, are entitled to our best thanks.
Covington, Feb. 15, 1810.
Messrs. Gardner & Bull—Gentlemen, I
think it would he prudent lor you to stop
Mr Wm. Manns paper as he lias Itft the
State.
Yours Respectfully.
Q. L. SMITH, Assis. P. M.
The above letter we publish for a double
purpose—first to inform our cotemporaies
that such a man as Wm. Mann has left the
State without paying his subscription, for
which he is due for nearly two years, that
they may not be defrauded out of their rights
jjin as wo have been- The other object
we have in is to infom > " ie
Post Master, at Covington, 'that j 1
have been “ prudent ," for him as he appears
to have our interest at heart, either to have
had the letter franked by the Post Master
at Covington, or addressed if to the Post
Master at this place, by which he might
have saved us 18| cents—as it is enough for
us to loose the two years subscription, (or
which this Mr. Mann is due.
WASHINGTON’S BIRTH DAY.
Tile fervid outpouring of a nations grat
liiudo which greets the annual return of a
day sacred alone as the Birth day anniver
sary of a lino ara! a patriot, is surely the
richest honor and the highest meed of fame,
that can be conferred upon the memory of
a man. A thousand monuments of sculp
tured marble, with a blazing eulogy inscri
bed upou each, would be but a poor immor
tality, compared with the veneration and
esteem which dwell like evergreens in the
grateful hearts oi more llnm Fourteen Mil
lions of intelligent frccrr.cn,for the memory of
him whom ail agree to have been the great
est man the world has ever seen. The
twenty second day of February is, and ought
forever to contiuue, so long as the name of
America exists upon the earth, a day of na
tional thanksgiving and of uational rejoicing;
for next to the fourth of July, and probably
coeval in importance even with that memor
able occasion, the day which gave birth to
the GREAT Washington, (he saviour of
his country, ougilt never to pass unobserved as
long as a spark of his exalted patriotism
continues to animate the breasts of his
countrymen. And it will be observed, and
celebrated we have no doubt for many acen.
tury yet to come. The increasing zeal be
ginning to be displayed in its celebration all
over the country is a sufficient guaranty of
the fact. The anniversary that has just pas
sed, was hailed throughout the whole extent
of our vast country with a gush of patriotism
& gratitude that cannotfaii o produce a goad
& lasting efiect upon the hearts of our people.
In Florence the day was celebrated with a
becoming spirit; not however by the citizens
at large, but by the Georgia Guards, a
beautiful troop of Cavalry under the com
mand of Capt. C. S. Gaulden. After para
ding through the Town and performing
many handsome evolutions, the company
repaired to the M. E. Church where a con
siderable audience was in attendance, and
listened to the reading of Washington's
Farewell address, by Mr, J. L. Boynton,
and au eloquent and suitable oration by
Janies M. Mitchell, Esq. We were pleased
with the sentiments conveyed in Mr. M’s. ad
dress ; they were forciby expressed and
presented a true picture of the political cott
ditiou ol the country, together with the
means of extrication.
About three o’clock the company sat down
to dinner at the Phoenix Hotel and upon
the remuv.il of the cloth a great many excel
ent toasts were drank with the highest deg/ee
of harmony aud good feeling. A few only
Have been handed in by the commit tee, for
publication.
By Capt. C. S. Gaulding. The Ladi es
of Florence: Beauty inspires the soldier
with courage, and uerves his arm for dao
gei. Who as a soldier, has not. been so
□erved and inspired to day ?
By Lieut. C. A. Smith. Walter T.
Colquitt : May he sustain the position he
has taken in Congress, and set up the light
of Southern Independence.
By Lieut. J. P. Mathews. Our State
and our Country: Friendship begins at
home ; but I love the man of soul, capaci
ous enough to grasp the whole.
By Orator J. M. Mitchell. The Georgia
Delegation iu Congress : Noble, generous,
and urave; while they represent us, we can
iiave no fear, that Northern fanatics will ever
successfully erect the tomb stone of Geor
gia.
By Ensign Eli McKeißen. The Birth
Day of Washington : Ever to be remem
bered and observed with patriotic emotions
and patriotic ceremonies. He who would
refuse to join in the glorious burst of grati
tude which this day reverberates through
out the whole extent of this free and inde
pendent laud, deserves the contempt and
desecration of every true son of freedom.
By Private Wnt. B. Harvey. Our wor
thy Representative in Congress, Eugenios
A. Nesbit: His truly eloquent displays on
the floor of the “Hall of Freedom,” are
worthy to be forever remembered by every
citizen, ot the good old State of Georgia
whose champion he Is. May his eminent
abilities and patriotic services long retain
him in the grind councils of the nation.
By Private Jas. Webb. The Slate
liiuhts Party: The main prop and s’ay ol
liberty and the Constitution. Its doctrines
are lighted up by the purest rays of truth
and intelligence.
By Col. H. W. Jernigan. The Georgia
Guards: Soldiers iu the field, Gentlemen
at hoine.
Bv Mr. B. Gardner. The Birth Day of
Washington: May its next atmuH return
find us as prosperous and happy a people,
as our forefathers were, when that patriot
and sage returned from the helm of stale to
enjoy the sweets of private life in the pleas
ures which always abounded at Mount Ver
non.
By Maj. S. L. Bull. Should our conn
try ever require the services of the gallant
corps whose display of military skill and
martial feeling has this day been a source of
so much gratification to the citizens of our
town. Ot should they be called to “step in
to the deadly imminent breach” in delence
of our rights a* freemen—may they not for
get that they are Representatives of“South
ertt chivalry,” and may the beautiful flag of
the Georgia Guards wave as free an 1 as
gracefully over a victorious field, as it lias o
ver the peaceful street of our village oil this
day of glorious recollec'ion.
By Private J. B. Brown. The Geor
gia Delegation: The stand occupied by
them in the Halls of Legislation ol this great
Confederacy, lias elected lor them the just
cotiimendation of a people who knew h<»w
to appreciate their setvices—and who will
always take pride in sustaining them when
ever oecasionsliall call them to the polls.
By Private S- McGraw. The praises
bestowed upon our delegation in Congress,
by the literati assembled at Washington, is
a ju«t commentary upon the choice made
by the State Rights Party ofOeorgia at the
last Congressional election.
iFietl.
Mrs. Colquitt*, consort of the ITmi. W. T.
Colquitt, at La Grange, Ga. r»ti„ " as * lb j
dy highly exemplary in all the relations oi
life, and esteemed, by her numerous friends
and acquaintances. Herdeath has occasion
ed a severe loss to the extended circle where
in she moved; but by nouc will it he felt
more than by her companion in life, and im
mediate famil.y
FLORENCE PRICES CURRENT.
Corrected weekly /< >/ Messrs. F. E. B> all
l Hants . lb. 14
BACON, < Sides •• i.q
( Shoulder* “ 1“^
BAGGING. \ Rcntukcy, yd. 30 to 35
( lnverntjs, “ “ *•
BALE ROPE |!>. 14
BUTTER, )^ oslieD ’ “ 40
t t onnu v, “0 to 25
CANDLES. $ Ip 1 ’* 1 ,M ’ “
( 1 allow, | •• j2S
( Java, I “- 120
COFFEE, J Pott-. Rico “ |••
( Cuba, J •• j it;
COTTON, j •• | t|„ ;
CORN. bus. 100
FLOUR. Northern, bbl. 12 to H
FRUIT, Raisons Bunch, box. 150 30:i
HIDES, \ »>•
) Dried, .. 5 to 7
IRON, Swedes, -• g
LARD. ••
LEAD, Bar, •* io
MOLASSES, gal 60
NAILS, \ wr l, . lb - 10 to 12
) Wrought, •• 25
( Lamp, ga|.
OILS, < Train, « j.oq
( Linseed, | “ 175
POTATOES, Irish, bus.
POWDER, fff, keg 750 900
SALT sack 356 400
SOAP, Bar, lfi. 10
STEEL, 5 German, •• ig
( American, “ J2j
[ St. Croix, “ 15
SUGARS, J « ew °* > , ® ans “ ls» to 12
( Porto Rico, “ 12 “ 14
I Lump, •• ig .• 05
{ Coaf. “ 25
( Brandy Cog. gal. 150 400
j Ruin Jaina. j “ 250
I New Eng I “ 70
SPIRITS, ( Gin Holland, ( •»- 200
Common, j “ 70
Wh’sky lr. | “ 400
Rye. j » GO
Sumter Sheriff Sales .
be sold 0:1 the first Tuesday in
* APRIL next, before the Court
House door iu the Town of Americus Sum
ter county, within the usual hours of 6ale
the following property to wit.
A negro girl 20 ye .rs of age by the name
of Deler takeu as the property of Talman
C. Pickett, to satisfy one ti fa isued out of
Stew art Superior Court in favour of T. W.
Pierce.
Also one ft fa levied on four Negroes Ju
da a woman about 30 years old Roaey a
girl about 18 years old'Moses a boy about
about 10 years old, Dick a Goy about 4 years
old, also one Lot of Land in the 29th dist.
Sumter County, whereon he now lives. No.
not known, taken as the property of Little
ton P. Dorman to satisfy one fi fa issued
out of Twiggs Superior Court in favor of
John T. Chapmon, property pounted out
by plauii.tf
Also one Ray Mare about ten years old
one yoke of oxen of a red color with a crej
and half crop of the right year one Cart and
nine head of cattle marked with a crop and
halfcrop of the right year all iu 30th dist.
Sumter County levied on as property of
Elisha N. \Y aldrip to satisfy one morgage
ft fa isued from Monroe Inferior Court iu
lavor ol Zellah Scott property pointed out
by plan tiff’. *
E. J. COTTLE D. S.
Feb. 2‘6'h 1840
hee Sheriff sales,
WILL be sold 011 the first Tuesday ia
APRIL next at the Court House in
Starkville, within the usual hours of sa | e
the following property to wit:
Lot of Land No. 95, in (he 12th district
of Lee county, levied on as the property u s
David Roberts to sattisfy sundry ft fas issued
from a Justice Court of Lee county m favor
of Issaac Tison, vs. D. P. Ryland Prin and
David Roberts, indorser, property pointed
out by defendant, levy made and returned
to me by a constable.
Also, 25 or 30 acres of Land, being a part
of Lot No. 259, iii the 2d district of Lee
county levied on as the property of Jesse
W. Mercer, to satisfy a .*) fa issued from a
Justice Court of Lee tounty in favor of
Benjamin Wade, vs. said Mercer, property
pointe I out by defendant, levy made and re
turned bv a constable.
A. DYSON, Dcp. Sh'ff.
Feb. 21, 1840.
POSTPONED SALE.
Will be sold as above.
Loti of Land Nos. 10, 11. and 21, in the
14tli district of Lee tounty, levied on as ib»
property of James Woodward to satisfy a
ii fa issued from the Superior Court of Jones
county iu favor of John S. Childers, is.
said Woodward, pioperty pointed out by
plaintiff.
A. DYSON, Dtp. Sh’ff.
Coroners Si;ile.
W'iLL Ge sotit, on the tiisi Tuesday in
APRIL next before the Court House
door in tlie town of Lu'npm Slewert (Jeui,-
ty, within the legal hours of sale :
A lot of land'No. 70, si'Hated in the ig j,
district, of formerly Lee, now Stewart Com.,
•y, taken as the property of Mark M. Flem
ming, to satisfy a fi fa issued, from the Su| e
rior. Court, of Stew art County in lavor of
George M. Lavender. Terms cash.
JAMES JONES, Coroner
Feb. 27, 1840
CAR I).
»-s>3Esrs«sr a£Aaita2£.<E2£»
Fourth Uisirit't
or
MARION COUNTY. 6A.
NO TIC E.
IS hereby given to the public gtnerallv,
that, no contract made eitiiet i<> mv wuo
Lucy Aotißartee or Sarah Moigan to m y
person or persons for any thu g will be pa;d
by me, and that they ate hot!) without au
thority to trade on my account. 'J hat I wi.l
myself provide nty wife Lucy Ann with M.rii
necessaries as may be tcqiiiii.,! for Ik 1 mm
lort so lung as she is disposed to te mum un
der my protection.
JOHN R BART EE.
Fell. 17 111 184 U 46
850 DOLLARS ii L W AKD.
RANAWAY on September last a ncgio
boy belonging to iktiscue of 1U» • 11
D. Kospess deceased of Lee Comity bv the
name of l’ajett about 16 veins cl api dink
complected chutikey built and speaks >•*-
ry quick when spoken tin, the splMiibrr
Mill pay the above reward to any pi trim lor
I the l ?' ,!vfi rv ul saiti negro; 01 it they wi.l
confine him ... .. r "Me Jail so that 1 t an g* t
1 him, I .will pay all reason...•sßCfites. Im
linn a,' * ' llil lbt ttegro has non.
of hy some Yvhnv ,’ vnn :Ui,J l! soUI i;; *>-iv
cf Alabama or South ('nroi...' 1
DUDLEY SNI£E'D,r t,,n » r
Ftb. 4 IP4O. 46
rrUIE subscriber being desirous c.f en:i-
X grating to the west, now offers lot s.do
his entire possessions of land, ertnsistiug es
four h ts, three liniulted and si-veiu > acres
of which are under cultivatinn ami well ad
opted to the production ol Corn end Cef
•otr, l will also soli with my land, my interest
ilia first rate saw and grist mid adjacent to
an inexhaustible quantity of Pino limber,
and situated iu a itense tieieliborhooil, said
preiiKse.s are situated on the toad leading
from Lumpkin to Lavonion Ala. nine miles
from tiie former and eighteen miles from lb' -
latter.dace. Pernios who are anxious ot
put "basing a valuable settlement of land
with every convenience requisite to render
the place perfectly delightful would do well
to call and examine my Settlement. J will
sell ou such terms a.-- wi| 1 suit the purchaser
F- I). YVIMBEKL'/
Feb. 5, 1459. 45 2:o
_ is.c
Tt ’ i 1 E suhscribi ri have this day associatr.it
-i themselves for tiie purpose of plead
ing nod practicing iaw in all the counties of
the Chattahoochee Circuit,and tit the coun
ties oi Dooly, ’I I."mas ami Decatur, under
tiie name o. Gtayidll &; Bonner. Office a
C'uihbeti, Randolph coun'v, Georgia.
GKAYBILL <Jc BONNER.
Jan. Ist, 1840. if 40
VALUABLE LAND.
rrHIE subscriber offers for sale a \ralua
n ble Settlement of Laud 011 reasonable
terms, lying ou the toad leading from
Lumpkin to lrwinton, seven and j miles
from the former and l&t'rointhe hitter place,
consisting of 1500 acres of oak atid hickory
land, with abont 350 acres cleared—with .1
good dwelling house, gin house, and all ne
cessary out buildings attached. It will ei
ther be sold in a body or in lots to suit pur
chasers. Those wishing a good location,
would do well to call and see the premises,
aud judge fur themselves.
D. M. LESEUEK.
Feb. 7, 1840. 3t 44
ALABAMA LANDS
FOR SALE.
Entire 7 14 30
N. half 8 14 30
S. half 4 14 30
S. half 6 14 30
S. half 11 14 29
S. half 34 19 28
YY’. half 29 16 26
S. half 20 18 28
K. half 21 22 26
S. half 32 18 28
N. half 33 , 20 26
YV r . half 26 24
S. half 29 ]6 25
N. half 9 14 30
E- half 2 ]8 25
Entite 33 15 2 6
Any of the above Lands will he sold on
erms tosuit purchasers, by application to
John D. Fitts, Esq. Florence, Ga. or to the
subscriber, at Maeon.
ept 3* J COYVLES