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§,f>t Sheriff sales. 'ITT 11,1, br sold on the lira! Tuesday in W MAY next at the Court House iu Starksvtlle, within the usual hours «i sale the following property to wit: Lot of land No. 31, iu the lfoh distort j •of iL.ee crttiwiv. levied on as the property ol I Fit Johii'O'i/to satisfy :t Fi Fa issued tiom \ lilt: smi .-m.r court ot Hancock county, iu I fivol t.t L'Vi.l E. Culviu, VS S.ild Kit J.. 111- j Dennis f ecciT mm! Darius Gilbert ; j j»»<»j>e.:V |>'» .ted out by Dar’ttis Gilbert. Lot No. 115, in the tlo.d district ol Etc] .county, ievied on as tin- |>ro|*eity ol I*. J. J 51 lit ray, to satisfy a Ft Fa issued lYtmi toe ! Superi") court ol ll.ill county, in tavur ol Archibald Boggs vs said I*. J. Mutiny ami John Whelcitel ecunty jiroj ei ty poiu tted out hy David Whelchel. tLot ol laud No led, in the loth district of originally .Dooly now Lee county, levied on a.s the .property of Samuel Story, to sat isl'y three Fi Fas issued from a just ce’s court of I.reco, in lavof <>t John A. l ord bearer, vs James Moore and Samuel Story. Levy iiitnle and returned by a constable. Lots "Nos. 2UB, 203, 21 ts. and 211, in the 35th district of originally Dooly now Lee county, levied on as the properly <d b. <*• Sheffield, to satisfy stnidjy Fi Fas issued from a justice’s court ol Lee county, in I ivor of William W Mao nil, Adm r ot H. Mauml. deceased vs Elias Oliver anti K, O. Sheffield. Levy made and returned to me by a constable. One negro girl named Jane, about 12 or 13 years old, levied on as the property ol William „M. Tate, to satisfy sundry I' i 1 as. one from the inferior court ol Lee comity infavorol James and George W. Huckahy v s said Wut. M, Tate , one from the supe rior court ot Lee county in favor ol George ]?. Kmg v> Win. M. Tate and Isaac Tison, and lour Fi Fas from a justice's court of Dee county in I tvor ol Fason 'l’isoti and .others vs Wm. M. Tate. One e o; nj wagon and team levied on ns lie properly of Abraham Lord, to satisfy a Fi Ka issued from t lie superior court of Lee county, in favor of John M. McLendon vs John S. .lirkms and A. Lord. Property pointed out by W. 11. May, plaintiffs at torney. ■One dark bay horse, about 12 years old, one barouche and 50 head of hogs more or less, levied on as the property of Turner Hun*, jr. to satisfy a Fi Fa from the interior court of Monroe countv, in favor of E. Hell &(’o. vs Turner Hunt jr. and Benja min Watson. 8 or 10,000 weight of seed cotton, levied on "as the property of Samuel Denton to satisfy a fi. fa. from t lie Superior court of Lee county, in favor of Samuel Lindsey, vs. said Denton. Lots of land, Nos. 280, 281, aud frac tions Nos. 282, and 283 in the Uth Dist. of Lee county, levied on as the property ol George Wyche to satisfy a fi. fa. from ihe Superior court of Lee county in favor of the Bank of llawkinsville. vs. said Wyche. Lot No. 22 iu the 14tli Dist. of Lee -couny, levied on as ttte property ol Gissin diner to satisfy a fi. fa. from the Superior court of Lee county, in favor of Alexander Daniel, vs. said Grissindiuer. ELIJAH PUTTS, March 30. 1840. Sheriff. Sumter Sheriff Sates. 'IVTILL he sold on flic first Tuesday in t MAY next, before the Court House door in the Town of Americus Sum ter couut.v, within the usual huuvs of sale the follow ing property to wit. . One lot of land No. 105, in the 29th dis trict formerly Lee now Sumter county, lev lied on as the property of Jesse Bowers, to satisfy one Fi Fa from Macon county inferi or court, in favor nf Griffin & Puree, vs said Bowers—-property pointed out by plaintiffs' •attorney. Also, G 8 acres of land, levied on as the property of Gabriel Parker, to satisfy one Fi Fa from a justice's court of Sumter county, m favor ol" Davis Smith, vs said Parker, ii being a part of Im of laud, No. 3G5, in the 28th district of originally Lee, now Sumter county, whereon Im now lives; levy made and returned to me hy a consta ble. Also, D. J. Justice’s interest in lot of land No 36, in the 17th district of Sumter comi ty, levied on to satisfy sundry Fi Fas from a justice’s court of Houston county, iu favor of Turner Coley bearer, vs H. Sutton, prin cipal, A. Sutton and D. J. Justice endorsers; property pointed out by A Sutton, levy made ,nd returned to tne by a constable. Also, two lots of land, Nos. 118 anil 141, in the 27th district formerly Lee now Sum ter county, levied on as the property of Reuben B. Pickett, to satisfy one Fi Fa from Sumter inferior court, in favor of Ed win F. Birdsong, vs said Pickett, property pointed out by defendant. Also, two lots of land No. 185, in the 27ih district, No 149, in the 17th district, one town lot No. 1, under letter F. in the town ■of Americus,all of Sumter county, levied ■on as the property of James Lynes, to sat isfy one Fi Fa from Sumter superior court in Savor of A. Wood &, Go. vs James Lynes maker, Lewis Joiner, Josiah W, Ogden and James F. Ogden endorsers, prop trty [ ont edout by W. Brady. Also, lot of land No. 102 in the 27tliDis. of Sumter county, levied on as the property of.latnes W. Baity, to satisly one ft. fa. from a Justices court of Suuitei comity, in favor of John W. Evans, vs. James W. Baity aud Green M. Wheeler. Property pointed out by Green M. Wheeler. Levy made and returned to me by a Constable. Also'own lot No. 1, under letter IT. in Ihe town of Americus, Sumter county, le vied ~n as the properly of Lewis J Kant s'v, 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, properly pointed out by plaintiff. Also, the pliovc named town lot No. L tinder letter 11. in the town of Amcricu s , Sumter county, levied on as the property of WilliamS. Ramsey, to satisfy one Fi Fa fiom Sumter Inferior court, in favor of l oaac McCrary vs said Ramsey. Property pointed out I>v plaintiff, JOHN 11. BLOUNT, Sheriff. March 30, 1840. MORTGAGE SALE. fiho trill be sold as obore, on the first Tues day in JVM' next , Fight ne"rocs. Bob, a man, 37 years-old ; p.rckv a woman 30 years old , PvrUna. a woman 25 v, ars old ; Jackson a boy 9 years old; Matiliew a boy 6 years old ; Matilda a girt ' yearn old; Seaborn a buy 3 veins oil; Harriet a girl 5 years old ; also 5 bead ol Imrses, 20 lead of stock cattle, marked as t How .- in aud split iu the right ear, swallow fork and under niek in the left year; >md also wo yo' oof oxen---all ievitnl on a* the property of William H ill, to satisfy one mortgage I", Ft from Sumter Superior youri.ii favor of L-vi Justice, attorney in • i > ■ ■> ' ' -> • ■ >rs Wut. Halt. Bkcv t',» p’-’uHoJ out In sai l Fi Fa. Also, six lotsofland, N05.215, 216. 201. in the 30th district, Nos 157, 133, 156, in the 26th district formerly Lee now Sumter county ; all levied on as the property of William Hall, to satisfy one mortgage Fi Ka from Sumter Snperinr court in favor of Dempsey J. Justice vs William Hall, prop ei»v pointed out iu said Fi Fa. ' ‘ JOHN 11. BLOUNT. Sh’ff. March 30, 1840. Ktdt Xisiiofl’tiiccloie Mortgage In S'ricarl Sujierioi Couil February Tam 184IU ft T appealing!' the court by the petition 1 o. .'•atupsori Bell, that Na. lianiel Harper of said c.ii lily, did, oil the Jglhday ol May, in the vo».rol our Lord eighteen hundred and tluriy nine, make, sign, seal and delivet to the said Sampson B< 11, a certain mortgage deed to a certain lot of land in the twenty fifth dislric. of Stewart county, and known and distinguished in the plan of said dis'ricl by lot Number one hundred and ninety six. containing two hundred two and a half acres, (.in said deed written more or le*ss) lor secu ring the payment of a cert <<ti promissory note, made, executed and delivered to tbo said Sampson Bell, by the said Nathaniel Harper, on ihe thiiteeuth day of May in the year aforesaid, his own proper band to said note being subset ilie<l, the date whereof is the day and year aforesaid, whereby the said Nathaniel premised to pay the said Samp sou or boater, the sum of two hundred and ten dollars, on or before ihe ivenlyditth lay ol December next after the date thereof, fur value received of him ; and the said Samp son Beil having petitioned l|iis court to fore close said mortgage, shewing that said note is still due and unpaid, It is mi motion of Charles S, Gaubleu attorney for said Bell, Ordered, that the said Nathaniel Harper do pay into Court, oil or befoic the first day of th" t:cxt term of this court, the principal and ii tercet due on s id mortgage and note, to wit; the sum ol two hundred find ten dol lars principal with interest on the same, fronr the twenty fifth (Jay-of December-, eighteen humhe-d aud ihirty-nine, and that in default thereof llieeuuity of redemption on the said mortgaged premises he forever burred and foreclosed; ami that service of tins rule he perfected ott the said Nathaniel Harper, ei ther by publication in one of the public Ga zette ol this State, once a month for four months, or he served personally on the said Nathaniel nr his special agent or attorney, at least three months previous to the next Superior court. CHARLES S. GUTLDEN, Petitioner's alt'y. A true extract from the minutes of the Superior court, March 24. 1841). mint M. GRESHAM, Clerk. $55 KHWAIf D. S r| RAYED or stolen from the subscri ber in Randolph (. out ty Gn. on tire 13th ultimo, a light eolored chesnut sorrel mare, with a (lax ct.'ored mane and tail one white hind foot, a blaze in Iter forehead lea ding to one nostril, also asttnk place behind her light shoulder blade, large enough to lay your thumb in. Sheas very sway back ed, is about ten years old and will either trot or pace. The above reward will be given for the apprehension of the marc and thief or thir ty dull us for the thief, aud twenty live dol lars for the mare. The Columbus Inquirer tviil |dense give this three insertions and forward their nc ount to me for payment. [I any information can ho obtained y any person, they will please to direct their letters to Summerfield Post Office Stewart Cos. JAMES COPPER. March 18th 1840 51 31* S9O REWARD. RANAWAY Irom the subscriber about the Bth March, a negro man about 21 years old, daik complexion, six feel high, •mil weighs one hundred and eighty or ninety pounds. When spoken to, usu ally smiles, and one ofliis upper front teeth small and shorter than the 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 he given for his confinement in jail so that 1 can get him. The boy may probably state, if taken up, that lie belongs to Isaac (J. Edwards, as I purchased him from said Edwards. JOSHUA C. WYCHE. March 21, 1840. 4t 51 IRWINTON & SIREN rpilE public are respectfully informed -fl- that the steamers 1 rwintos and Sirk.x will run as regular packets between FLOR ENCE and APALACHICOLA, (touching t Iola,) leaving each place alternately, eve ry Wednesday and Saturday. The patron age of the public is respectfully solicited. Freight and passage, at customary rates, for which apply to the Captainsun board, or 'o BEALL, lIILL & LAURENCE, Florence. FIELD tc MORGAN, Irwinton. DODGE, KOLB & McKAY, Apalachicola. Florence, August 20 20 Ware B3o!G:> <V C’oiiimis*ion Ii USINESS. f HHI E subscribers having r $> jg I purchased the Ware l ' ' ' riria House lately occupied by .4- ■■""■'tf'W* John I). Pifts & Cos. have as sociated themselves together for the pur pose of transacting a general COMMIS SION BUSINESS, under the name and style of BEALL, MILL & LAURENCE. As our attention will be particularly directed to the receiving and forwarding goods and cotton, we shall make every arrangement necessary, for storing and taking care of the same. The business will be conducted by Mr. A. W. I iit.r., and we pledge ourselves that nothing shall be wanting on our [tarts to give genera! satis'action. With these assuran ces, we hope to receive a litre i al share of pub lic patronage. E. T. BEALL, A. W. HILL. M. J. LAURENCE. July 20 15 Slu ueh of Keys JLast. ON Monday evening the 2nd. hist . tha subscriber lost in the road or lane near Doctor Reese's, u small hunch of keys on a steel ring. The finder will be suitahl re warded by leaving them at this office, o r at my house three miles from Florence, J L. BULL, March. 6th 1840. DISSOLUTION. ft rTlHEfirmof Gkatt.ili-ABoxxfr being J J. dissolved the subscriber continues to i practice law iu the Couuties of the ChaMa- I hoocltee Circuit. His office, atCuthbert | Raudolpb County Ga. WHITMEf L J. BONNER. April Ist 1840 51 ts DISSOLUTION” HE undersigned having dissolved co partneishipin the Mercantile business, and Robert G.Cnriihem having relinquish ed unto Edmund W. Randle si! claims to and interest in the books and papers possess ed of them in their copartnership capacity, all persons therefore who arc yet indebted to ie late firm of Caritbers <Nc Randle will in future settle with Edmund W. Randle on- I ly. But the said Robert G. Carithers is not I erelty exempted from his liability to pay 1 i lie debts created against the said firm whilst in business. R. G. CAIUTHERS. E. W. RANDLE. March 9ili 1840 51 ts "IMSSOLBI’foiT" fffJHE copartnership heretofore existing JL between A. B. C. Winfrey and J. B. Morgan has been, ibis day by mutual consent, dissolved. The business ofthe con cern will be settled by J. B. Morgan or his agent L. C. Morgan. J. B. MORGAN. A. B. C. WINERY. Feb. 7 1840 NOTICE. I HEREBY' forwaru all persons from tra ding for a promts try note given by tr my elf to George B. Perry lor Two Huudied and Sixty dollars, dated about the 15th March, 1839, and due Ist January 1840. As the consideration for which said note was given liavs failed, Ido not intend to pay the same unless compelled by Law. HENRY DAVIS. March 4. 1840 48 3t NOTICK. HE firm of W. E. WIMBERLY <fcco. A and A. B. Leoueur <N co. is this day dissolved by mutual consent. The unset tled business will be attended to. by W. E. Win.berly and A. B. Lesneur and all per sons intleb'ed to the firm are resuee'fully sokeited to come forward and make imme diate payment. W. E. WIMBERLY. A. B. LESC EUR. R. G. CARITHERS. April 2nd 1840 51 lm NOTICE. f|)HE subscriber being desirous of cmi JL grating to the west, now oli'ers forsalo hie entire possessions of land, consisting el four Ii ts, three hundred and seventy acres of which are under cultivation and well ad opted to tite production ol Corn and Cot 'on, I will also sell wit it my land, tny interest in a fust rate saiv and grist mill adjacent to an inexhaustible quantity of Pine timber, and situated in a dense neighborhood, said premises are situated on the road leading from Lumpkin to Irwinton Ala. nine miles from the former and eighteen miles from th p latterpiace. Persons who are anxious ol purchasing a valuable settlement of laud with every convenience requisite to ,'euder the place perfectly delightful would do well to call and exnmiue tny settlement. 1 will sell on such terms as n .11 suit the purchaser F- 1). W 1 MB ERL'' Feb. 5,1839. 45 2m CAUITON ~ ALL persons are cautioned against trad ing for a certain promissory note gDen by the subscriber for one hundred and sev enty seven dollars dated in January or Feb ruary 1839, and due one day after date made payable to Lewis Lee having four credits on it first $20,65, second $36.00, third $15,0 fourth $43,00 dates of credit uot recollect ed. As I have [raid said note and cannot get it in nty possession 1 tun determined not to pay the same or any part thereof unless compelled by law AVALTER LEE. March. 16 1840. 3t 50. CAUTION. ’ \ LL persons are cautioned against tra xV ding for a certain note, signed by he ultseiiber for three hundred dollars, da'te in the mouth of Deer, or Nov. last, and due 25th Deer, next, or on the Ist January 1841 (not recollected which) made payable, to A. B. C. Winfrey or bearer, —as there is a failure on the part of said Winfrey, in per fotming his obligation to me, lam deter mined not to pay said note unless compelled by law. €. A. SMITH. Feb. 00th 184(1. ts 46 ALABAMA LANDS FOR SALE. Entire 7 14 30 I N.lialf 8 14 30 S. half 4 14 30 S. half 0 14 30 S. half 11 14 29 S. half 34 19 28 W. half 29 16 26 S. half 20 18 28 K. half 21 22 26 S. half 32 18 28 N. half 33 20 26 W. half 26 15 24 S. half 29 16 25 N. half 9 14 30 E. half 2 18 26 Entile 33 15 25 Any of the above Lands will lie sold on crin* to suit purchasers, hy application to John D. Fitts, Esq. Florence, Ga. or to the subscriber, at Macon. ept 3 __ J COWLES LUMPKIN ACADEMY. HAVING beet) so fortunate as to secure the services of Mrs. Dunham a la dy cmi ently qualified, both as instructress and governess of young ladies, the various departments are now in successful opera tion, Board can be obtained with respectable families from Bto sl2 per mouth. Terms of tuition as heretofore. Second quarter of | resent session commences Wednesday 18i inst. W. FOSTER. March 14. 1840 2t 49 EOS TP ONED S A iJeT ILL be sold on the first Tuesday in H May next, Lot of Land in the 6th district of Early county. No. 263, according to the last w ill and Testament of James Spears, late of Laurens county, deceased. E. C. DUNCAN, ) ~ . LEWIS J. RAMSEY. \ Kx rs ’ In right of his wife. Feb. 22, 1840 48 JOB HUNTING EEATLIf EXECUTED AT THIS OFFICI. Felt. 20th 1840 WILLIAM R MAY Attorney at Law, STARKSVILLFf. Lee county, Ga. wil practice in all the counties ot the Chat tahoochee circuit. • March 10 48 lv __ postponed" sale. VTtTILL be sold, agreeably to an order ol Ir the inferior Court of Stewart coun ty, when sitting for ordinary purposes, on the first Tuesday In Nlay next, before tbe Court House door in the Town ol Lump kin, Stewart couitty, all the real estate of J<dw A.-Sherling, late of Stewart county, deceased, viz: one half of Lots Nos. 32 and 33, in the 33d dis'rictof originally Lee. now Stewait county. Also, eieht negroes. Ail sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said deceased. Terms made kuowu on the day of sale. WILLIAM B. SUER LING, ( . . . JAMES WEBB. J Adm rs Feb. 12, 1840 45 , POSTPONED BALE. AGREEABLE to an order olthe honor able Inferior Court of Lee County when silting for ordinary purposes, will be sold on the first Tuesday in Aprial next, be tween the usual hours of sale, before the, Court house door in the town oT Newton. Baker county, lot of land No 365 inthe Ist dist. of formerly Early now Baker County, as the property of Silas .Mercer late of Lee County, diseased, Sold for the Beuelit of 'lit hears and creditors of said diseased, terms mode known on the day of sale. ANN MERCER Adinrx. March 3rd 1840. 49 months after dale, application will be made to the honorable the in ferior court of Lee county, when sitting as a ct urtol ordinary, tor leave to sell the rca estate of Silas Mercer, late of said county deceased. ANN MERCER. Adtn’rx. No/ 1,1839. 32 171 OUR months after date application will be made to tlie Inferior Court of Lee County when setting for ordinary pur poses for leave i« sell all the lands belonging to the estate of Robert D. Respess deceas ed late of Lee County. DUDLEY SNEED adntr’- Feb 4th 18 40 46 ADNINISTRATOR’S SALE. WILL lie sold on the first Tuesday in MAY next, between the usuai hours of sale, at tile Court House door iu Starks ville Lee couitty, the following property to wit: one negro ittnti by the name of Ely, sold as tire propeity of Merri'l Williams, late ", Lee countv deceased. Sold lor the benefn of the heirs ol said deceased. Terms made known on tl e day. MARY A. WILLIAMS, Adm’rx. March 2, 1840 GEORGIA UW HERE AS Fieldug Sumter County ST. Hanson applies to me lor letters o*' Administration on tlie Es tate ol Martha Hanson, late of said countv deceased, this is, therefore, to cite and and admonish all and singular the kindred ant' creditors <> said deceased, to he and appeal at my office within the time prescribed by law, to show cause, ifbny they have, wits said letters should not he granted. Givers under nty Inndat office this 7t' day ofJan.lß4o. EDMUND NUNN, c. c. o. GEORGIA —Lee County. j \\ 11EREAS Mary Ann Williams tip ▼ » pi ts to me lot letters of Administra tion on the estate of Murrell Williams, la'e , of this county deceased. ~ These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of • the said deceased to be and appear at utv office within the time prescribed hy law, to shew cause if any they have why said let ters should not be granted. Giveu under my hand at office, this 22<l day of Jan. 1840 44 SAML.C. WYCHE, c.-c o. (i EOR (JI A —Sumter t ovn ty. YAj HERE AS Marshel Douglas applit * V to me for letters of Administration on the estate of Jesse Lee, late of Bar hour county, Alabama, this is, therefore, to cite aud admonish all and singular the kin dred and creditors of sqid deceased, to be and appear at my office within tlie term prescribed by law, to show cause, if an\ • they have, why said letters should not be granted. Given under my hand at office, this 15th dav of Jan. 1810. EDM. NUNN, c c » ALL poisons having demands against the Estate of Robert Silas are requested to present them agreeably to law, and all per sons indebted to the Estate are requested to make immediate payment SAMUEL ADAMS, Admr. Jan 15 t pgx td 42 SSO DOLLARS REWARD. RANAWAY on September last a negro hoy belonging to the estate of Robert D. Respess deceased of Lee County by the name of Fayett about 18 years of age dark complected chunkey built and speaks ve ry quick when spoketrtoo, the subscriber will pay the above reward to any person for the delivery of said negro; or iff hey will confine him in any safe Jail so that I can get him, I will pay all reasonable expences. It is thought that the said negro has been taken of by some white man and sold iu the State of Alabama or South Carolina. DUDLEY SNEED, adm,r Fein 4 1840. 46 GEORGIA, ? Before ne, David Stcuart County. JC. Sears, one of the Justices ot the peace, in and fnrsaid county, personally came Peter Richardson, and al ter being duly sworn, deposeth and saith. that a certain Deed made by John R. Brook (o Peter Richardson and William Rawls the twenty third November, 1838, to lot of land No. 23, in the 25th district of Stewar t county, is lost or mislaid, so that I caiitto find it. Sworn to and subscribed before me. PETER RICHARDSON. DAVID C. SEARS, J. P. Dec. 30th, 1839. LOST NOTE & RECEIPT. (Copy of the Note.) ON or before the twenty fifth day of Dec. next, I promise to pay to N. F. Prince or hearer twenty two dollars for value re ceived. This the 26th day of J;.n. 1839. WILLIAM WHITE. (Coptj of the Receipt.) Received of N. F. Prince two sides of sole Leather to be sold for him on commis sion. This the 26th Jan. 1839. WILLIAM WHITE. The original Note and Receipt of which the above are copies, were lost or mislaid some time about the first of January last, so that l cannot find them. 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Far from meditating hostility to the north-, he has a!- e ady drawn, and he hopes hereafter to draw, much of his choicest matter thence; and happy indeed will he deem himself, should his pages, by making each region know the other better contribute in any es "sential degree to dispel the lowering clouds that now threaten the peace of both, and to brighten and strengthen the sacred ties of fraternal love. The Southern Literary Messenger has now been inexistence four years-—the pre sent No commencing the fifth volume. How far it has acted out the ideas here ut tered, is not for the Editor to say; he be lieves, however, that it falls not further short of them, than human weakness usually makes Practice fall short of Theory. CONDITIONS. 1. The Southern Literary Messenger is published in monthly numbers, of 64 large superroyal octavo pages each, on the best ot paper, and neatly covered, at $5 a year— payable in advance. 2. 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Richmond, Virginia, SOUTHERN. LADIES, BOOK. KOITKO BY. r BY P. C. PENDLETON & GEOROE F. PIERCE To the Lavas ot Georgia and to the South Lencrally, the \allowing plan is most re spectfully submi K Ud. llit hoped that it will rectioe Uu.it serious attention, andr meet Uuirapprobation, since it is for thei especial benefit that the work is projected PROSPECTUS. In submitting the following plan, we would first call the attention of the Ladieg aud all those who feel interested (ami who' are iho*e that do not ?) in the welfare and improvement of the female sex, to the pre sent condition of tire Southern Press. Near ly all the publications which issue from it are engaged in its political discus sions, and their columns teem with accusa tions, denials, abuse, and every other form of wordy warfare—carried ou in language, frequently unfit for “ears polite,” aud seldom suited to the delicacy and gentleness which belong so peculiarly to the Female charac ter. Oftlie few literary papers published South of the Potomac, there is notone exclusive ly dedicated to the LADIES! We have lelt this as a want which ought to be sup plied; aud we propose to make an effort to do so, confident that our endeavors will |,e crowned with success, it we can only secure the hearty co-operation ol'those for whose welfare we are about to labor—The Ladies of the South. Ami we expect, further, that every intelligent mind among the, other sex, will view with approbation, and aid in sus taining, an enterprise designed to improve the minds of those, w ithout whose cheering smiles and soothing companionship, lift; would be dreary and this fair world a desert. We wish also to afford to the Ladies a field for tic exercise of their own talents, and for the developement of the resources of their minds. The list of authors lor some years past, have frequently enroled the names ol Females whose glorious success has shed an additional radiance on the nameot “Wo. mas.’’ L’lie “lords of creation” have In en forced to icknowleilge that t .c Female mind .s, hy no means, delhcient in capacity am I ntcllectual endowments, whilst, at the same tint'., it is possessedxif superior delicacy and net. Long was Woman’s mind held in thraldom, long were her jmwers underrated and forced loreitatn inactivew uuexercised hy the force of conventional arrangements ; but her chains air broken, and her lib.itv has been proclaimed. The article ol Mos lem faith, that “Women have n » souls,” an longer obtains among us Let the Ladies now assert flheir own privileges, and we oi ler them,'in our proposed work, a medium lor the expression ol their own views and sentiments, on all that in any de gree, to the welfare aud improvement ol their sex. In offering tire plan of a SOUTHERN LADIES, BOOK, we do not intend that it shall be precisely similat to a work of like name, at the North. We leave to our Nor thern cotemporary pictorial represent at tons ot la,lrion and dress, tor the embellishment of their person ; be it ours to provide a gar.t of purity, elegance, refinement and grace, tor the adornment of the mind. All that rutty contribute to form the heart-, invigorate the mind, purify the irffccii >us, and refine the manners, shall he our especi al care, that our work may be a useful aid to the yomig, and fair, and beautiful, in pre paring themselves for the discharge ot the noble and arduous duties which devolve ofi Wxim.in.dii liv i vane I cup-reity ol Daughter, Wife &*Moilier, And we icpent that in the accomplishment of this high enterprise, we confidently expect the aid and support ot en lightened and judicious of both sexes. Ar rangements tor regular aid will be m.idw w ith several Ladies, whose productions have already gained them high fa">v-iii the litera ry world-—and several gentlemen ot distin guished attainments have already been se cured as contributors, from whom scientif ic tracts, with notes, and observations eri the arts, tway be expected. This depart ment oftlie work will receive marked atten tion. In short, ’nothing will he omitted which may tend to give the publication such character as will render it worthy the atten tion of the learned, and those to whom it is dedicated —•7 he Laities oj the South and I Vest. It only remains to obtain the requis ile number of subscribers-—say two thou sand -and if the Ladies will smile upon, and aid our efforts, that number will not long be want ing. Let them urge their Eath res, Husband, Brothers, and Friends, and it is soon done. The work will contain sixty-four roy al octavo [tagrs, stitched in a neat colored cover, and will appear monthly. 'lerms: Fivt dollars per annum payable on the deliv ery of the first number. It is highly important to state, that all the the subscribers names which may obtained, should be forwfcrded by the Ist ot December next. Agents will please bear this in mind. ft/** The following are some of the con trihutors to the work : A. Church. D. D., P-es’t of Franklin College Ga. Professor J. P. Waddell. Franklin College, lion. A. B. Loagstreei, Pres’t of Emory College. Dr. A. Means, Prof Phys, Science, Emory College. Rev. 1. A. Few, Ex Pres’t of Emory Col lege. Rev. G. ti. Round, Principal of the Geor gia Conference aud Mannal Labor School. Rev. Jesse Mercer, Washington Georgia. Rev. W. H. Stokes, Washington. Georgia. Hon. vi. Andrews, Washington, Georgia. Col. J. H. Lumpkin. Lexington, Georgia. Rev. E. L. Wittich, Madison Georgia. Hon. K. M. Charlton, Savannah Georgia. A. H. Chappell, Esq. Macon Georgia. Hon. E. Nisbit, Macon Georgia. W'c shall be glad to exchange with those Southern and Southwestern papers who will publish our Prospectus. Macon, Georgia, November Ist, 1839. Coroners sale . WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in APRIL next at the Court House door in the Town of Starkville Lee county between the usual hours of sale the following propers to wit; Lot of Land No. 39, in the 12th district of Lee county, levied on as the property of Elijah Cutts to satisfy afi fa issued from Lee Inferior Court, iu favor of George Kidd, vs. said Elijah Cutts and John Lawhon, se curity on st;iy, property pointed by W. R.. May, plaintiffs Attorney. JAMES OLLIVE, Coroner. M itch 2, 1840 Agreeably to an order <>t ui« Hou orable Inferior Court of the County of Stewart, when sitting for ordinary pur poses, w ill be sold on the first Tuesday in APRIL next, before the Court House door in Lumpkin, trite Lot of Pine Land, ad [oining the Town of Florence, and others, belonging to the Estate of A. H. Shepherd, deceased. JAMES M SMYTHE, Adin’r. ANN F.. SHEPHERD, Adm’rx. Febuary 4, 1840. 44