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mount, and* besides, justice should be look'
ed to rather than the amount.
Mr. Clay, ofAlabama, could not recon,
rile his mind to the idea that the amount of
claims should be a bar to the passage of a
law, where justice was on his side. Equity
should rather be the principle to guide them
in such matters. '1 he Senator from New
York seemed ro think that property destroy*
ed by a savage foe could not come within
the principles recognised in civilised wai*
lare; but was such a doctrine correct, or
could it be sustained I Shonld it ever be
said that this Government would refuse re*
numeration for property destroyed when hi
the occupancy of our troops, or by the or
ders of its own agents, without the consent
ol its owners / iieh iped u< ver to see such
|irinciples recognised. People were not
likely to run into war wiih Indians, and hate
■their wives and children toinahaw ked by mer
oiless savages, because tiieir pioperty would
be paid for; and besides, there never could
be a war agiinwith Indians, unless it was
out ot the I inks ol tliu United States. Mr.
C. insisted that the bill set forth no new
principle, and that he should endeavor to
make it stil. broader in its provisions by seek
ing to engraft on it the principle rec ignised
by the law of 180-’, which he read to the
Senate.
Mr. Grumly an d not object to tlie justice
of the claim; on the contrary, lie inti no
doubt that many ul them were so; but be
objected to the bill Inr several easons. One
was, 'bat it recognised the principle that
.property destroyed ip savage w arlare cauie as
much within the principle of tile I iw of 1817
us though it were destroyed In civilized
warfire, [if indeed there was any-it 5h thing
; s civiliz'd warfare.] when ■it was a we'.l
■fcnjwii custom ot the savage to destroy in,
vliscriniiiiate'y all within Ids reach, never as*
king wlielher it had been in the occupancy
of regular troops or not. Another olijec
lion was, tli it ttie business was to lie placed
in the hands of the Third Auditor, tliosnls
ding to his duties, when the business of his
silTice was already one or two years behind
hand,yiml could not he brought up with all
(lie force he possessed, lie had every con,
lidence in the Third Auditor, but not when
he had no time to examine m itte s fairly.
Again.’it was opening the Treasury to be
phuniereJ by ex-parte testimony. Fie was
f >r paying what was justly due. and did not
object on the score .if amount; but tl,every
magnitude of the claims oir'ht to make them
more careful, and compel them to act witli
caution and with judgment. The other lull,
which hail gone to the [loose, was general
ii: its character, and lie thought it ample in
its provisions, and a better guard on the
Treasury than the one before them.
Mr. lluboard was not tenacious of the
■second section, giving the business to the
Third Auditor: that could be stricken oil* if
the .Senator coaid gve it his support. I’ll 1 1
officer had been selected Jot his peculiar
fitness, fro ii his long and welhluiuwii assidi
uitv and care in settling claims.
Mr Lumpkin thought the argument dies
had heard from the Senators opposed to the
■bill might do very well for lawyers disposed
to make tire best case they could for a clieet
but were not suited to grave Senator* whose
nim should he strict •ml imp ilki 1 justice,
fte thought he h id at least a rigor to expect
the puwctf.tl aid ot the Senator from Ten
nessee, particularly as he had acknowledged
tli ■ justice wf the claims. He deeply re
gie.ted the mode pursued by Congress of
piiliino oli’claim,every where acknowledged
to be equitable .ord just. When claimants
pres ’Hl tjt.-ms Ivsjs at onto doors, (said Mr.
1.) and asjt for their rights, wc meet them
by telling that •‘no doubt there are others
m the same predicament with themsc'ves;
ite.catt««< therefore act pirtialiy. but must
p iss a oeacrfl law lliU. post pun ng these
claims tiro in year us ysr. Even now, when
a bill somewhat general in its nature was
presented, there were found mot%£to|>s and
eva ions, m I lui 'her pustponeniPnt soliglit.
t mil at hist the claimants, worn down w ith
anxiety, expense, and trouble, would sink
into their graves complaining of l he injustice
es thrir country. Piocrastinatioii was the
t biefof time, anil was t est working the des
truction ofihese claimants, lie would take
occasiou to express liis surprise at the dis
tinction drawn between pro))tuty destroyed
by savage and c.ivilliz r d soldiers. Os what
coiis 'i|ue nee was it *o the honest farmer
whose property.was ravaged by the loe. i:t
consequence of occupancy by our troops,
or destroyed or taken by the command of
wtr own officers, whether i< was done in a
civilized or savage war ? The effect was
the same to him, its )claimed our sympathies
and protection-.
The bill was passed over informally, and
the amendments offered by Messrs. Olay
and (lubbard were order'd to be printed.
And then tlce Senate adj turned.
“I> > yo.» Sec any thing ridiculous in this
*'•2 f" said one ol iiis brother judges to C ir
> ci, “N ithiug but the head, ' Ire answered.
“I have f<* liquor," as th'* top°r saitl, who
was in tlte h iliit of tliraslting Ins wife
'The frequency of Panins in In/in .—ln
7lt>f 8(5. a ftiuine raged on the coast of
Oorom iu iel. 1ti1770 7l‘a famine raged
in Be*gal. which -wept oil', under the admi" -
istratiou of fjird Clive, 00(1,000 of the in -
habitants. In 1781-3, another famine raced
'n Bombay and the Deccan. Jn 1820-1,
there tv is a famine in th“ southern part of
the Deccan, from Kaudiesch to Mysore.
In 1742-3. in Bombay and the Deccan. In
182 J ,4 here was famine in the Madras ter
ritory. In 1835 6, there was famine in Orissa
and on the Coromandel const. In 1837-8,
there was a famine in the Agra Presidency ;
nnd during the end of last year, famine ap
peared in the Bombay Presidency. The
amount of morla'ity caused by these fam
ines is frightfully great; in the neighbour
hood of Agra, 500,000 persons are said to
have pm idled from want-
And all this in a county where millions
of acres of the richest soil are lying waste i
■and uncultivated, and where half-a-dollar's
worth office will sustain a man's existence
h*r thirty days. Something mas; be wrong,
to produce such effects.
Insurance in Pussia. —A correspondent
of the Cincinnati (i izette ’remarks, that the
Prussian Monarchy is perhaps the best
regulated government in the world. In
proof, the writer says . -‘Every attention
which a wise and provident government can
bestow, is paid to the ivelfire of the people.
This is evidence in a remarkable degree,
by the fset. that if a farmer’s house be burnt.
govemnent restores it to the same tondi
i'On it was in previously to the burping ; a
I'ttid being provided for that purpose, by a
"oial! premium, existed in the shape of tax,
•nr each house, and this tax, though very
small, is snllicicnt to cover the amount of
losses."
I' von wish to appear wise, go among
fools—if you wish to appear a fool, go a*
■APcng wise meu.
THE MIRROR
Saturday, April 4 K 840.
For I*re*i«lci»t.
GEORGE M. TROUP.
cost fc’tTic.vr i:D
A CARD.
Incognito is hereby respectfully informed
that his liberal favor has been received,
and the recipient takes this method, as the
on'y one lelt him to make his grateful ac
knowledgement.
Our friends must excuse the meagre ap
pearance ol oirr-Editoiial department, as one
ol the Editois w.is sick and the other absent
during the week.
* '
The M aeon Messenger is disphseii to
find fault with the remarks wc published a
few weeks a;n in relation totlie course pur
sued by that piper, in condemning in such
strong terms the vote of Mr. Cooper, for
public printer. The Messenger misappre
hends us. We did not design in any evbitt
to justify the supporters of the Globe, its
character for scurrility, mendacity, aril
vulgar misrepresentation being altogether
two glaring to obtain the least countenance
from us. Nor did we mean to urge the ex
ceptionable character of the Intelligencer
as an excuse ;fur tlte course pursued by
Messrs Cooper and Black. We simply
gave it as our opinion '.hat neither tis those
papers (both being federal) were entitled to
any support from the Georgia delegation,
and that therefore, under our principle of
abstaining from till concert with our adver
saties, if any did wrong, all did wrong who
voted at nil ; but that wa had no disposition
to quarrel with any of our members fur the
parts they respectively bore in that election,
being satisfied that each of them acted
conscientiously, and without any design to
depart from the principles to which they
owed their election. Under this view of the
matter we expressed our regret that Messrs,
Cooper and Black should have been so
warmly a* sailed by the Messenger and other
.State Rights Presses in Georgia. • We
could uot intend ike slightest disrespect to
the Messenger, having always regarded that
paper ns an able co worker in tbe same glori"
ous cause in wl ich we are engaged our
selves; and we arrogate to ourselves no su
perior sagacity when wc take the liberty of
differing from it in our views of the tendency
of things.
Whilst on this subject we would take oc
ca-ion to remark that in a late letter which
we received from Mr. Cooper we are ad
monished that in characterizing the article
of the Messenger, on account of which Mr.
Cooper stopped l.is paper, os “an independ
ent expression of » pinion, ;u rnnij-nnicd by
the remark that those who voted for the
Globe had misrepresented their constituents,
and deserved rebuke,” we h ive unintention
ally done that gentleman injustice Mr. C. re
quests us to state that it was not because of
an independent expression of opinion in tbe
Messenger in relation to his course, that lie
discontinued his paper, but that he consid
ered the article in question as containing
an insinuation of an injurious motive im
peaehing his integrity
The editor of the Neper;'lies at Irwin
ton having failed, for two three weeks,
as he asserts, to receive our paper, although
it was reg tlarly mailed, has amused him*
elfby publishing what he terms an Obituary
notice, setting forth the decease of the
Mirror, and couched in the most indecent
nod vu!g ar language. In good humor, we
have heretofore passed a jest occasionally
with the Nepenthes, and caied not how se
verely the j< ke mi 6 ht be retutted on our*
selves; but this scurrlious and slanderous
attack now made by that print, is most dis
graceful and contemptible, being nothing
less than a deliberate and wicked attempt to
injure us in a pecuniary point of view.
Instead of attributing his failure to re
ceive the Mirror to its having “died without
a groan” he would probably have been nearer
the truth had he informed his distant readers
(his neighbours being no doubt sufficiently
apprised of the (act) that he was during that
space of time too drunk to get to the Post
Office. The jug of liquor at the head of
his article was not an inappropriate device
forone in his situation.
Having finally recovered in some measure
from this state of glorious stupefaction, he
has, it seems from a seperatc editorial,
manged to crawl to the Post office wher e
he found the Minor waiting to show him
his bloated features. Hence his attempt to
apologise.
Tlte Nepenthes recommends to the good
people of Irwiuton and other places, to pro
vide some “House of correction,” where
[0 'fers may be forced to work for the bene
fit of the community. If the citizens of Ir
winton wish to be profiled by the services
of the loafing Editor of the Nepenthes, we
would second the recommendation.
EXC E S SIV EMEAN NES S.
The Nepenthes tells of a man who was so
meao that ‘‘ten thousand such souls could
live in a mustard seed, anil keep furnished
room to let at that.” We would advise the
Editor of that print to make application for
the srtifflesl apnrtmetjf.
In consequence of our diminisheJsize for
the last three or four weeks we were unable
to publish Judge Col'ttitt's able iriideloquen*
speech on the abolition question, until now.
It is Worthy ol being re-read and preserved ;
hence we publish it even at this late hour.
Our respects to the Southern Advocate
and Charlotte Journal next week.
Fron the (leo gin Journal.
GOVERNOR OE FLORIDA ANDTiIE
BLOODHOUNDS.
We extract the following fro m the Mes
sage of the Governor of Florida, to the Legis
lative council ofth it Teritory. Let those
who are squeamish about the use of the
Bloodhound, read it, and profit by the views
ot Gov. Reid— HU. Journal,
No occasion has jet occurred for testing
the usefulness of the dogs brouslit from
Cu a. It is Still believed, however, that
they may be used with effect; and why
should they not be used ? If robbers and
assassins assail us. may we not defend our
property and our lives even with blood
hnundsl .Shall we look upon our ruined
dwellings- ii|H»n the mangled bodies of men,
women and children ; ami then w ekly s.iv.
“the poor Indians have done this—we must
be merciful and humane to them—we will
not set our dogs upon them --oh.no! that
would l*e more horrible than these hutcher
i. s.” ThosfiJ iho are safe from Indian alarms,
in distant cutes anil peaceful lands, may in
dulge in gentle strains of humanity and
brotherly love; were they dwellers in the
log cabins of Florida, they would attune
their notes to liaislier rtlasures. Let those
meu, in whose hearts 'heir is such a gush of
the “milk of human kindness.” consider
attentively a scene recently exhibited upon
the Ap dachicola.
.Mr. llarlau's dwelling was burned, and
his family murdered, in the afternoon of the
29th ofJanu try List. Mr. 11. was . absent,
and an eye-witness gives the following ac
count ol the return of the unhappy man,
with an armed party, on ihe day alter the
occurence : On arriving at the spot, we found
every house reduced to ashes, and at the
kitchen door (lie bones of a human being
nearly burnt up; after examining all around,
w > s.iwahe track of moccasins, making in
gress and egress Hie saute course. On the
tr til, not far off, we saw articles of clothing,
pot. Hoes and papers dropped; about twen
ty-one persons, armed, now arrived from
tola, amongst them Mr. Harlan, who in a
wretched state of feeling, proceeded to ex
amine the burnt bones, which lie believed to
he those of his wile and son, whose knife he
lomul amongst them. One of tlte company,
in sccarcliing behind the g irilen, about one
hundred yards off, called out, “Come here,
Harlan; here is your [wife !” Joy immedi
ately sprang to my bosom, and 1 ran to see
the dead come to life, where there was a
general rush ; but, lo ! I found Mrs. H. I. ty
ing prostrate on tlte ground, behind some
pine logs, with her throat'Cut, a ball shot
through Iter arm, one in her back, and a
fatal shot in the head, which must have
been very near, as the ball patch was stick
ing to her head, ller youngest son. say
eight years old, lay near iter side, with his
skull fractured by a pine thick which lav
near hint. 'Ho exhibited signs of life, and
I had him corned to t shelter, water given
him. and his feet, which were cold, put in
warm iv iter, and taint hopes are 'now enter
tained of his freovery., flail you witnessed
the heart rending sight ol Mr. H. embrac
ing his little son, ;wid calling him by his
nick-name “Buddy !” “Buddy !” “Buddy !”
with the .-o'euiii sound of parental affection,
sunk to tlie, lowest ebb of dejection ; and
t-en running to the corpse of his wife,
throwing liis arms around her, crying out,
“My Wife!” “My dear Wife!” “Oh ! my
dear Wife! ’ I know your feelings would
have given way as mine di I ; I had ahvavs
felt a sympathy for these merciless savages,
but my heart r.ow’assiime Ia stern fortitude,
foreign to its nature, at) I I tell like not leav
ing an In liao foot to make a track iu tlte
ashes of the desolation they have made.”
Who can read this extract from the letter
of a highly respectable gentleman, without
anguish ? Who can witness such atrocities
without admitting i to be lawful to use
blood hounds against such hell hounds?
The introduction of these animals is en
tirely, if i* believed, a Territorial measure.
It is creditable to the officer with whom it
originated, anJ whose ample justification is
the stern necessity which required it.
A citizen, remarkable for his piety, in
tegrity and intelligence, lately exclaimed,
in my presence, “I would use devils, if |
could, against sUcli an enemy;” and 1
ain compelled to yield assent to t.c senti
ment.
In the strait to wuich we are driven, the
severest means are the best means; and
whatever tends to the speedy, termin ition of
our protracted difficulties, will tend also lo
the preservation of human life, and to the
advancement of the cause of humanity.
It is a matter of regret to me, 'hat before
communicating these views to you, I have
not had an opportunity of personally con
ferring with the officer commanding the
United States troops in Florida. From
his experience and military skill, l had ex
pected to derive much aid, and this coin
munication has been delayed by the hope
to avail myself of them.
The opinions now exp; essed [have been
formed after some deliberation and it is my
sincere belief that the scheme proposed will,
if adopted by the General government, and
regorously enforced, put an end to our diffi
culties. It is my solemn conviction that the
only mode of conquering the Indians, is to
hunt and pursue them in every direction,
with a competent force of brave and hardy
men. devoted to the service, and generously
rewarded bv their country ‘or the peril and
privations they endure.
ROB ERT ii A YMOND REID
From the Baltimore American.
It is often a matter of surprise, in look
ing at the lives of the distinguished men,
to observe the variety and extent of their
labors, and at the same time to notice the
ease with which every thing was accom
plished. Sir Walter Scott was a noblo in
stance in point—a man nc»er wanting leisure
yet never idle. If all the actions, gr»at and
small, which were crowded into the brief
space of Napoleon's busy life, were distrib
uted according to the usual average of indi
vidual doings. there would be found enough
to give distinction to fifty ordinary people.
The great secret of accomplishing vast
results is to do what is to he (lone at once,
and then dismiss it from the mind. If a man
having an important undertaking before him
is continually thinking about the end and
the great consequences which he expets to
follow, he will either be thrown into des
pair by contrasting his present means with
the various difficulties that lie between him
and his object—or the final consummation
b'ing so remote, he will be liable to discour
agements at every step, each of which
seems to do but little in bringing him to the
completion of his aims. There is a pleas
ant story which we have seen in almanacs
and other useful books, about a clock'm a
farmer's kitchen, which was certainty an
extraordinary clock, since it could not only
keep lime but also wive an lusiructive lesson
to meu for keeping it,top, 'ldle pendulum,
it seems, iu a lit ol rethivtion one night, got
to calculating the number of vibrations
which it would be requirdd to give within
the next twelve moot us, reckoning one for
every second. The aggregate was truly
alarming; and when the amount was added
for two years, three years and so|ut, such all
immense accumulation of labor quite over
powered the pendulum’* fancy, and deter
mined to stop short a; once, in utter des
pair. Hereupon a conference ensued be
tween the dial plate and the rebellious mem
ber, which was carried on iu a very cahn,
dispat innate manner, and might serve as a
model for all such discussions here. The
pendulum in a Irauk manner stated hts rea
sons for the strike, or rather for refusing to
strike, longor. The )K>w«-rs above ac
knowledged the lores oftlie argument, but
insisted th.it fiit ud pen luluiti took a wrung
view ol the subject; and to illustrate the
matter, the di ,1 plate politely ■'eqUesled Ike
recusant to tick two or thseo times by way
of experiment. This being complied with,
in the friendliest manner possible, the dial
plate went on to ask it the exertion just made
had caused any trouble. “None in the
worl I,” was the answer, “but it is not one
or two or three motions that 1 complain of;
it is the immense aggregate, which is e
nongh to Stupify one even to think of”
Upon this the pendulum was reminded that
it such a great amount ol labor was requir
ed of linn it was oil tbe condition of having
a corresponding length of time to do it in,
“for let vhat will come,” continued the di
al plate in a tone of gravity suited to the im
portance of the subject, “you are expected
to tick only once m a second—a space of
time which you find quite sufficient lortha'
operation ; thus if-very dly brings its la
bour it brings also ample time lor doing it.”
Hie pendulum was sensible and could listen
to reason; so tlte end of the whole matter
was that *>e ticked away as usual with great
good humour, t lie hands moved on, the the
din* plate said no more, but looked asthnug
nothing had happened; and it was very like*
ly that this interesting conversation would
never have come to tne knowledge of the
public if the farmer's wile had not discover
ed at sunrise that the uloqk was just half an
honr behind the time.
Good wine needs no hush, according to
the proverb-—no.* docs' a good story need to
have the moral pointed out. We niay add,
however, that many perstnts are apt tp in
dulge in such’lalse rescuing* as those which
uislentlte pendulum in the story. Any one
who compares himself with noted charac
ters that lie has beeu acquainted with or
which he has read of; or who contrasts him
self with the standard which he has fixed in
his own mind or what lie ought to be, may
very easily find cause of discouragement il
he chose* to let imagination play the fool
with him. The top oftlie ladder is not to oe
gained by one step; blit if one is content to
begin upon the lower rounds and proceed by
a step at a time lie will lie very likely to reach
the top soo enough, \Ve live by moment* ;
each brings its duty ; iu performing that we
are tilling up the measure of our being’. The
sphere in which every ptie lives contains
the circle of his duties: he may oasily kuow
them. It is not wise to imagine that we
nilgiii do uetter or Ire more useful in some
other sphere ; the best preperative for high
er duties is to do w ell those which are at
hand. It is not so much the occupation
wlfrlt a man is engaged in that gives him
honour or gratification, as the spirit aud mo
tives which he infuses into it. In this view
the range of progression is next to infinite,
affords an unbounded field for a high mind
ed ambition- an ambition untouched by envy
or jelousy, seeking not its own elevation by
the depression of others, but contending
with the evil and unworthy passions in one’s
own bosom, which are at last the only hin
deiances to the attainment of excellence.
Pliocian once proposed iu an Athenian as
eembly that donkeys should be declared by
vote to be -and explained himself,
when questioned, try saying that certain men
had just been voted generals ; aud if a de
cree of the assembly could make able offi
cers out of such ordinary characters, he saw
no reason why a similar process might not
change the nature of other animals. It
would be a good lesson, if one might learn
it, tp know tliat chango cif'plat’O or condition
can do but little to alter either the character
or the enj oyments'of it man for the better
unless such change-comes as the natural re
sult ol self made alternations in his own in
ward nature.
Go it Bools!—-A Mrs. Boots ol Penn
sylvania has left her husband. Mr. Boots,
and strayed to parts unknown. We presume
i hat this pair of Boots are rights nnd lefts.
We cannot say, however, that Mrs. Boots
is right, but there is no mistake that Boots
hmtself is left. At the last accounts he
was pursuing her with all his might. Go it
Boots l--Picayune.
A witness in the Court of SeSsohs the
other day, being interrogated as t« bis
knowledge oftlie prisoner tit the bar said; “I
know him well-—I have supped with him,
ailed with him, and hors-whipped him !”
DANIEL DANCER.
Daniel Dancet the miser who possessed
an annual income of 3rtpol, alter wearing
his old hat-thirteen years, was prevailed upon
to purchase a more decent one from a jew
for shilling, which instead of wearing as he
intended, sold it to a servant for eighteen
pence, and was higuly gratified by clearing
sixpeuce by the transaction.
You may set it down for tv truism, that
those who raise themselvs, by some lucky
sttokeof fortune, from comparative proper
ty to alilueuce and distinction, are seldom
remarkable for feeling’or liberality. You
will find more kind hearted feeling in the
humble cottage, thin iu ill insions of the
rich ami powerful put together. The poor
and humble act; tlte rich aud po.vertul
promise.
Not Bad. —A country paper dunuing its
subscribers to fulfil their promises to pay,
says: “Wearcout of almost every tiling
except wife, ehiidren, and good nature ; but
our ohiel want is fuel, and if our debtors
have no money in their pockets, no wheat
in their barns, and no potatoes in their cel
lars, wc hope they have at least some music
iu their souls, aud will not refuse to “wood
up;”
AN EXCUSE FOR SAVING.
A sordid old fetlew when upon hi* death
bed without a shirt, was urged to consult a
physician, and remarked, ‘ why shsuld I
waste my money in counteracting the will of
ProvidedcDe,” and added, “an 1 came into
the world without a shirt, 1 am determiu
ed to go oat in the sapie manner.”
£e« Sheriff gales,
WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in
MAY next) at the Court House in
Starksville, within the usual liuttr* of sale
the lufiowing propel ty to wit;
Lot of iauu No. 31, iu the llith district
of Lee county, l-vied on as tbe property ol
i Kit Johnson, to saiisty a Ft Ea issued Irom
■ the superior court of Hancock county, in
favor of Levin E. Cuivm, vs said Eli John
son, Deunis Mercer and Darius Gilbert;
property poiuted out by Darius Gilbert.
Lot No. Jls, in the third district ,ol Lee
county, levied on as the property of P. J.
Murray, to satisfy a Ft Ea issued from tfie
{Superior court of Hall county, iu lavor ol
Archibald Boggs vs said I*. J. Munay
and John VVhe ebcl ec rI. property poiu
ted out by David Wheluuel.
Lot of land No 180, •** «he 15th district
of originally Dooly now Lee eounty, levied
on as the property of S.ffonG Utory, to sat
isfy three Ei Fas issued bwn a just ct’s
court of Lee co, in lavor **• John A. Foro
bearer, vs James Moore and Samuel Story.
Levy made and returned by -a constable.
Lots Nos. 208, 209, SPO*. and 211. in the
15th district of originally Dooly now Lee
county, levied on as the property «*f E. O.
Sheffield, to saiisty Sunday Fi E as issued
from a justice's court ol Lee c°U"ty, iu
favor of William W. Mauml, AJrn'f of H.
C. Mauml deceased vs-E lias Oliver and E,
O. Sheffield. Levy made aud returned to
TO* by a constable.
One negro girl named Jane, about 12 or
13 years old, levied on as the property of
W illiani M. Tate, to satisfy sundry Fi Fas.
one Irom the inletior court ot Lee counts
in lavor ol James and George \V. Iluckabv
vr said Wat. M, Tate , one from the snpe*
rior court ot Lee county in favor of George
B. King rs Wm. M. Tate add Isaac Tison,
and tour Fi E’as from a justice's court ol
Lee county in favor of » asou Tison and
.others vs Wm. M. Tate.
One "oafl wagon and team levied on as
I‘ e property of Abraham Lord, to satisfy a
Fi Ea issued from the superior court of Lee
county, in favor of John M. McLendon vs
John S. Jirkms and A. Lord. Property
pointed out by W. R, May, plaintiff's at
torney.
One dark bay horse, about 12 years old,
oiy* barouche and jtJ bead of bogs more or
less, levied on as the property of Turner
Hunt, jr. to satisfy a Fi Fa Irom the inferior
court of Monroe countv, in favor of E.
Bell iVCo. vs Turner Hunt jr. and Benja
min Watson.
800 or 1000 weight of seed cotton, levied
on as the property of Samuel Denton to
satisfy a fi. fa. Irom the Superior court of
Lee county, in favor of Samuel Lindsey,
vs. said Denton.
Lots of land, Nos. 280. 281, and frac
tions Nos. 282, and 283 in the 14th Dist.
ol Lee county, levied on as the properly of
George Wyche to satisfy a fi. fa. from the
Superior court of Lee county in favor of
the Bank of liawkiusville. vs. said Wychc.
Lot No. '22 in the 14th Dist. of Lee
coitny, levied on as tli« properly ol Gissiu
diner to satisfy a ti. fa. Irotn the Superior
court of Lee county, in favor of Alexander
Daniel, vs. said Grissimliner.
KLJJA il CUTTS,
March 30. 1840. Sheriff.
Sumter Sheriff Safes,
M \7 ILL be sold on the first Tuesday in
f SUV nest, Dtdorc the Court
Hobsc door in the Town of Americus Sum
ter county, within the usual hours of sale
the following properly to wit.
Cine lot of land No. 1()5, in the 29th dis
trict formerly Lee now Sumter county, lev*
ied on as the property of Jesse Bowers, to
satisfy one Fi Fa from Macon county inferi
or court, in favor of Giiffin 6i Puree, vs said
Bowers—property poiuted out by plaintiffs
attorney.
Also, G 8 acres of land, levied on as the
Property of Gabriel Parker, to satisfy one
b i b a (rom a justice's court of Sumter
county, iu favor of Davis Smith, vs said
Parker, it being a part of lot of land* No.
305, in the 28th district of originally Lee,
row Somier county, whereon he now lives;
levy made aud returned to me by a consta
ble.
Also. D. J. Justice’s interest in lot of land
No ,!C, iu the 17(1) district of Sumter coun
tv, levied on to satisfy sundry Fi Fas from a
justice's court ol Houston county, in favor
of Turner Coley bearer, vs H. Sutton, prin
cipal. A. Sutton ml D. J. Justice endorsers;
property pointed on; by A Sutton, levy
made returned to me by a constable.
Also, two lots of land,Nos. 148 and I4t,
in the 27th district formerly Lee now Suir
tef county, levied on as the properly of
Reuben B. Pickett, to satisfy one Ei Fa
from Sumter inferior couir. in favor of Ed
win F. Birdsong, vs said Pickett, property
pointed out by defendant.
Also, two lots ol land No. 186, in the 27th
district, No 149, In the 17th district, one
town lot No. 1, under letter E. in the town
of Americus, all of Sumter county, levied
on as the property of James Li nes, to sat*
isfy one Ei Ea from Sumter superior court
in f.ivor of A. Wood & Cos. vs James Lynes
maker, Lewis Joiner, Josiah W. Ogden and
James E. Ogden endorsers, prop city poni
ed out by W. Brady.
Also, lot of land No. 102 tn the 27th Dis.
of Sumter county, levied on as the property
of-lames W. Baily, to satlslv one fi. fa. front
b.Justice * court of Sumtet county, in favor
of John W. Evans, vs. James W. Baily and
Green M. Wheeler. Property pointed out
by Green M. Wheeler. Levy made and
returned to me by a Constable.
Also town lot No. I, under letter 11. in
the town of Americus, Sumter countv, le
vied on as the property of Lewis J. Ram
sey, and William S. Ramsey, to satisfy one
Fi Fa from Sumter superior court, in favor
of John J. Hudson vs Lewis J. Ramsey
and William S. Ramsey, property pointerl
out by plaintiff.
Also, the above named town lot No. 1,
under letter H. in the town of Americus,
Sumter county, levied on as the property
of William S. Ramsey, to satisfy oneFi Ea
from Sumter Inferior co’-rf, in favor of I
snac McCrary vs saitl Ramsey. Property
pointed out bv plaintiff,
JOHN H. BLOUNT, Sheriff.
March 30,1840.
MORTGAGE SALE.
Also icill be sold as abort, on thefrsi Tues
day in Jtiy F nrrt.
Eight negroes. Bob, a man. 37 years old ;
Becky a woman 30 years old , Perlinn, a
woman 25 years old ; Jackson a Imv 9 vears
old i Matthew a boy H years old ; Matilda
a girl 5 years old ; Seaborn a bov 3 Veins
old ; Harriet a girl 5 years old; also A head
of horses. 20 head of stock rattlp. marked
as fellows—crop am! splir in the right ear,
swallow fork and under nick in the left year:
and also two yoke of oxen—ill levied on ns
the property of William Hall, to satisfy one
mortgage Ei Fa from Sumter Superior
eonrt.in favor of Levi Justice, attorney in
fact, for Dempsey .1. .Tus'ice, vs Wm. Ha*’
Property pointed out in said FIF3, ' '
Al««, *ix lot* of bird. N05.215, 915. 201,
in flie 30th district. Nos 167, 133. 16b, in
ihe "titlt district feiHterly Lee now Similt r
county ; all levied on k the property of
Wiliiam Hall, to satisfy one mortgage Ei
Fa Irom Sumter Superior court in lavor of
Dempsey J. Justice v* William Ikll, prop
erty pointed out to saitl Fi Fa.
JOHN 11. BLGLNT. JM ■'&.
Marreh 3f>, 1840.
Ktile AW lo Ftimioko
-Mortgage .
In Siercart Superior Court February T'"a
1840. *
IT appearingn the court by the petition
oft Sampson Bell, that Na'hai'ie! Harper
of said county, did, ®n the 13lh day of M ay.
in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred
and thirty nine, make, sign, seal and deliver
to the said Sampson B’ 11, a certain mortgage
deed to a certain lot of land in the twenty
fifth districi of Stewart coomy. and known
and distinguished iu t he plan of said district
by lot Number one hundred and ninety six.
containing two hundred tw« and a half acres,
(in said deed written mere or less) lor secu
ring the payment ol a certain promissory
note, made, executed and delivered to tiro
said Sampson Bell, by the said Nathaniel
Harper, on the thirteenth day of May in the
year aforesaid, his own proper hand to said
note being subscribed, the date whereofis
the day and year aforesaid, whereby the said
Nathaniel promised to pay the said s*arnp*
son or bearer, the sum of two hundred and
ten dollars, on or before the iwenty-fifth day
«»f December next after the date thereof, for
value received of him ; nnd the said Samp
son Bell having petitioned this court to fore
close said mortgage, shewing that said note
is still due and unpaid, It is on motion of
Charles S, Gaulden attorney for said Bell,
Ordered, that the said Nathaniel Harper do
pay into Court, on or before the first day of
the next term of this court, the principal
and intrrest due on saitl mortgage and note,
to wit: the sum ol two hundred anti ter dol
lars pr.ncipsl with interest on the same, frem
the twenty filth day of December, eighteen
hundred and thirty-nine, and that in default
thereof theequity of redemption on the said *
mortgaged premises be forever barred and
foreclosed; and that service of this rule be
perfected on the said Nathaniel Harper, ei
ther by publication in one of the public Ga
7.ptis ol this State, once a month for four
months, or be served iiersoually on the said
Nathaniel or his special agent or attorney,
at least three months previous to the next
Superior court.
CHARLES S. GAULDEN,
Petitioner's att'y.
A t*-ue extract from the minutes of the
Superior court, March 24. 1840.
mlm M. GRESHAM, Clerk.
notice.
THE firm of W. E. WIMBERLY Ac co.
and A. B. Lrsucur hi co. is this day
dissolved by mutual consent. The unset
tled business will be attended to, by W. EL
Wimberly anti A. B. Lesueur and all per
sons indeb'ed to the firm are rcspec'fully
solicited to come forward and make imme
diate payment.
W. E. WIMBERLY.
A. B. LKSfEUR.
R. G. CAM rtIERS.
April 2nd 1849 61 lm
$55 REWARD.
S'IRAY'EDor stolen from the subscri
ber in Rando’ph C ounty Ca. on th«
13th ultimo, n light colored chrsnut sorrel
mare, with a flax colored mane and tail one
white hind foot, a blaze in her forehead lea
ding lo one nostril, also a sunk place behind
her right shoulder blade, large enough to
lay your lluunbin. .She is very 6way back
ed, is about ten years old aod will either trot
or pace.
The above reward will be given for the
apprehension of the marc aud thief nr thir
ty dollars for the thief, and twenty five dol
lars for the mare.
The Columbus Inquirer wiil please giv«
this three insertions and forward their ac
ount to me for payment.
05=* If any information can he obtained
y any person, they will please to direct
tiieir letters to Summerfield Post Offico
Stewart Cos.
JAMES COUPER.
March 18th 1810 61 3t*
S2O REWARD.
RANAWAY Irom the subscriber about
the Bth March, a negro man about
21 years old, dark complexion, six feet
high, and weighs one hundred and eighty
or ninety pounds. When spoken to, usu
ally smiles, nnd one of his upper front teeth
small ami shorter than Ihe rest. No other
marks recollected.
The above reward will be given to any
person who will deliver said negro to the
subscriber, in Lee county, or ten dollars
will be given for his Confinement in jail so
that I can get him. The boy may probably
state, if taken up, that he belongs to Isaac
O- Edwards, as I purchased him from said
Edwards.
JOSHUA C. WYCHE.
March 21, 1840.- 4t 51
DISSOLUTION.
THE firm ol GraybillA Boonrer being
dissolved the subscriber continues to
practice law in the Counties of the Chatta
hoochee Circuit, llis office, at Cuthbert
Randolph County Ga.
WHITMET.L J. BONNER.
April Ist 1840 51 ts
DISSOLUTION. ~
rpilE undersigned having dissolved co
-4 the Mercantile business,
and Rob ert G.Carithers having relinquish
ed unto Edmund W. Randle all claims to
and interest in the books and papers possess
ed of them in their copartnership rapacity,
all persons therefore who aveyet indebted to
the late firm of Carithers & Randle will in
future settle with Edmund W. Randlo on
ly-
But the said Robert G. Carithers is not
hereby exempted from his liability to pay
thedebts created against Ihe said firm whilst
in business.
R. fJ. CARITHERS.
E. W. RANDLE.
March 9th 1840 51 ts
GEORGIA t "V Belor:'u.e, David
Stewart eounty. SC. Sears, one oftlie
Justices of the peace, in and for said county,
personally came Peter Richardson, and af
ter being duly sworn, deposeth and sailh,
that a,certain Deed made bj John R. BroMl
to Peter Richardson and Wtllimn Rawls
the twenty third November, 1838, to lot
land No. in the 25th district of Stes*brt
county, is lost or mislaid, SO that I caniio
find it.
Nworo 8» and subscribed before
PETER RICH ARDSON,
DAVID C- SEARS J.
Dec. 30th, 1839.
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