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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. ~~ r ~ K) B~T R 1 nTiN G' B*4tit rxteuTCD at