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The SJ©i®si.WL By H. HOLT, Jr. & XV. E. JONES. VOL. I. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING. Terms. —Three dollars per annum, payable within six months after the receipt of the first number, or four dol lars if not paid within the year. Subscribers living out of the state, will be expected in all cases, to pay in advance. No subscription received for less than one year, unless the money is paid in advance; and no paper will be dis continued until all arrearages are paid, except at the op t ion of the publisher. Persons requesting a discontinu ance of their Papers, are requested to bear in mind, a set t loment of their accounts. Advertisements will be inserted at the usual rates; when the number of insertions is not specified, they will be continued until ordered out. All Letters to the Editor or Proprietor, on mat ters connected with the establishment, must be pos r paid inorder to secure attention. »C7 I> Notice of the sale of Land and Negroes, bv Ad mt listrators, Executors, or Guardians, must be published sixty dats previous to the day of sale. The sale of personal Property, in like manner, must be published forty days previous to the day of sale. Notice to debtors and creditors of an estate must be published forty days. Notice that \pplication will be made to the Court of Ordinary for Leave to sell Land or Negroes,must be pub lished FOUR MONTHS. Notice that Application will be made fur Letters of Ad ministration, must be published thirty days and fur Letters of Di inrssion, nx months. A. B. & If. HOLT- CONTINUE to practice Law in Copartnership, and may be addressed or consulted on professional bu siness.eithcr at Auraria or Dahfohnega, Lumpkin county. Feb. 14.—43—ts XVI LI tM E. JO YES, Attorney at Law. HAS removed to Dahlohnega, the county Site of Lumpkin county, and will attend the Superior Courts in this and the neighboring counties. Jan. 31.—41—ts Notice, THE subscribers give notic that all Powers of Attor ncy, Letters of Credit, and all delegated authority oi every kind, to bind their firm to pay moneys, or to do other services, arc hereby revoked; and from and after the date of this notice, are null and void. ALLENS & PADDOCK. Augusta, Feb. 21st, 1831. 47 4t. PUBLIC SALE. WILL be sold on the first Tues.lay in May next, at the Court House in Gainesville, Hall county, two Negro Girls, named Grace and Charlotte, about 14, and 12 years of age, the property of Philip Johnson, late of said county deceased. Terms made known on the dav of sale. THOMAS M.JOHNSON. LEVI philips. BARTON L< IVELESS. ISAAC LEONARD. Heirs of P. Johnson deed. Feb. 14.—12—tds SAMI El. J. BEEBEE, Bullion mid Exchange Ofiicc, 31 IVALL STREET, NEW-YORK. PURCI lASES Gold in Bar or Dusk, at the highest |,rcm.uiii. Gold can be tn correctly assayed in this city, as at the .Mint. Cannester* sent to the above <>Hiec, will meet with the greatest despatch, and the pro ceeds paid by draft at sight. 1-1 per cent Commission. Nov. H.—3'2 —w6m To Gold Mine Speculators. THE Undersigned tenders his services, as an Expo ricnccd practical Miner, to examine and test any J ,ot in the Gold Region, disbelicvemg in any certain theo ry until proven by practice, he will warrant his opinion when given to be correct, his price for examining and giv ing a verbal, or written opinion, as may be required of any Lot, will bo twenty five I dollars I .otters encloseing that amount in Cush, will be strictly attended,and all necessary information given, lie may ut all times be found at Leath er’s Ford or in Auraria Lumpkin countv. I). C. GIBSON. Augnst 10. —18—tl, TO LA.YD 111 YTERS. subscriber, living in the lower part of Ellijay B Town in Gilmer county, on th<*‘direct road leading from said town to Sanders, on the Federal Road, having furnished hitnself with Maps, Lottery Registers, and other necessary information in relation to Lands in Gil mer, and the adjoining counties, t< mlers his services to all tixise who may be in search oflamds, in the above Section of country, to show lands or give such informa tion as may be desirable to owners, or others interested, ho will alio act as Agent in purchai mg lands nt Sheriff Sale,m Qilinor county, his charges will be reasonable in proportion to his trouble. JAMES B. HENSON. June 61, —15—ts. ILL be sold at G.un svilh. I iall County, on the ▼ ▼ first Tuesday in June next, under an order from the Inferior Court of said I'ouniy. sitting ns a Court of Ordinary, five Negroes, to wit: Virey a woman about twenty file years old, and her four children. Sold for the benefit of the h< irs of Adam Elrod, dec’d. Terms, one eighth of the purchase money to be paid at the sale—a credit for the ballancc, till the 25th Dec. 1835, Ulion giving the most approves! sectintv. CHRISTOPHER ELROD, Guardian. .March 1 Sth, 1834.—48td5. GEORGIA, LUMPKIN COUNTY. ¥l T| IF.RF.AS Hrxia I Clay, applies to me for w ▼ Letters of Administration, on die Estate of Mastin C Ligon, docM. late of said countv. these are therefore tacite and adiuouuh, .ill and singular the kindred and debtors ut said die .is< .1, to be and appear at my Office, within the tunc prescribed by law, to show cause if any they have, why saw! letters should not be granted. Given under mt luiiui, this 1 Ith dav ot'.Warrh 1831 43 M. B. QUll.Lt \N.c. c o. GEORGI LUMPKIN COUNTY. WKrREREAS Honey Small, and Susannah IL B > Snow, appity to <ne for Letli cs<4 Administration on the Estate of Slorgan H. Snow, late of said county deceased. Thewc are therefore to cite and admonish all and singu Ist ths kindred and creditor* of s*id deceased to be and appear at my office within die time prescribed by law, to shew cause if any they haic, why said Letters should not he •ranled. Govn under mv hand this 7th February M. !’• QUILLAIN. e. c. o. Feb 14.—43 DAHLOHNEGA. LUMPKIN COUNTY. GKOW4SI, MAROT 1834. | NOTH E. I FWIAKEN up and committed to the Jail of Lumpkin county, a Negro fellow who calls himself Adam, and states that he belongs to a Mr. Hartwell Tarvor, living in Twigs county, Georgia, and has been mining the proceeding summer with Col. Nelson, of this county. The owner is requested to come forward, prove property, pay charges, and take him away. CHARLES HALEY, Jailor. Feb 7.—42—ts. FOUR mouths aftar date application will be made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of Morgan County when sitting for ordinary purposes, for leave to sell the real estate of John Bailey deceased. MARY BAILEY Extrix. WILLIAM H. BAILEY Ex’r. March, 7—44 —w4m. Notice. All persons who arc indebted to the Magistrates and Constables of this district for costs, on Notesand Accounts, placed in their hands for collection, are reques ted to come forward and settle the same, otheTwise exe cutions will issue, indiscriminately against all who disre gard this notice, within one month. JAMES CANTRELL, J. P. JAMES PRATER, J. P. HEDGEMAN GREEN, L.C. ABEL' WINNINGHAM, L C. March 10th, 1834.—46—4 t. PROSPECTUS OF THE WESTERN HERALD, Published at Auraria, Lumpkin County Ga., BY r HOLT JONES. This Gazette having been transferred by purchase to the undersigned, will in future be conducted by them conjointly as Editors’andPropni-tors. The reasons which • have impelled them to an undertakingat once so laborious and responsible, as the conduct of a public Journal, in connection with their professional avocations,may be rea l in the pres nt lowering aspect of the political horizo i, produced by the fearful prevalence of the doctrines of the Presidents ill-starred Proclamation —doctrines at war with the genius and spirit of our Government- —in their nature, foreign to its theory —in their tendency, destruc tive to its character as a confederated republic, by over ; turning the rights and sovereignty of the states which compose it, and in their final end and effect, baleful to the liberties of the People. To contribute our feeble aid in the great work ot pro ducing a conformity in the practices of the Federal Gov ernment, to its true and original theory—in restraining its action within its original, and well defined Consti tutional limits; in one word, to dethrone the misrule of revived Federalism, and to restore the supremacy of the rejected Republicanism of’98 —to build up the true and genuine State Rights doctrine in its primitive purity, strength and beauty, untrammelled with the conditions, restrictions, limitations and refinements of the political weather-cocks of the present day—three may be num bered amongtha objects,to the accomplishment of which, our humble exertions shall be devoted, with a z al and we trust) a sincerity not unbecoming their importance. Nurtured and brought up as we have been, in the admoniton of the Republican State Rights doctrim—in a contest in which their preservation is sought on the one hand by the lovers of Constitutional Liberty, and threatened on the other by the renewed assaults of re-ani mated Federalism,it may be easily conjectured on which side wc are to bo found. We aspire to belong to the Republican State Rights Party, professing such princi ples as sustained the Fathers of that faith in ’9Band ’99 — as bore that party in Georgia triumphant, through the political conflicts of ’25 and 26, and to w liich it lias not proved recreant in ’32 and ’33. Wc claim to be disciples’ of the School of Jefferson, as taught in the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions. But professions of republic anism have become mere cant, when every party lays claim to that title, from the Union Democratic Repub lican party ofGeorgia, up to the great National Republi can party of the Union, and back to the remnant of the party which rejoiced in the subsequent election of a Se* dition law Judge, as the triumph of the Democratic Re publican party of New England ! Equally vague is the pretence to belong to the State Rights Party, since many of those who profess to be State Rights ilhcrents, deny to the States all other rights, but those of remonstrance and submission. Still more uncertain is the profession of belonging to the Jeffersonian School,since many who pretend to bo followers of that Patriot, publish to the world, the preposterous, the humiliating notion, that the labours of his whole lite were intended to prove that the States have only the right of petitioning for a ’redress of grievances—of remonstrating against unconstitutional Federal Legis hition, and finally “ whenall other remedies fail” of protesting ! ! ! To prove that our professions are not of this character, let the columns of the Herald be our witness. j The cars ofthe people have of late burn drummed al most to deafness with the continued and popular cry of Union! Union!! Union!!! We too profess, (not emptily) to love and venerate’the Union, and tobca highly sensible of its incalculable value and importance, as those who arc most loud and lioisti rous in then cla mours. But we seek to have a Union in truth and in deed; a Union of "States in its pristine beauty and sim plicity; m its original healthful vigour and purity. We would be spared the pang of viewing our own native Georgia, in wlhi* bosom we have been cherished; u;>oii the fruits of whose soil we have been reared; in whose bountiful institutions, we have been educated; a mere sjieck ti|x>n the map of a great consolhlatrd empire, stripprx! of her ancient rights, and disrobed of her primeval sovereignty, bv the agent she had hclped.to create ; pr ud as we an*, and as we have reason to be of her name and ••f her ]<eopk* ardent as it our affections for her, sooner let it be written that “she was, but is no more.” Wc would have her as of right she should be, asovcrcign member— an integral part of a great confederated Re- i public, whicn shall continue the pride ofthe world - i nope of Freedom—whose living principle shall manifest I its«lt’, not in the pomp and splendour of an immense a i all-controlli ig central power; but tn the happiness a prosperity of every one, even the least of its mt mbt x. It shall he our purpose to make th- Herald »orthv the perusal of all classes of n a lers—of those who delight in th- pl-asir s./f romance and the “ Music of Poetry”— ol’tlmse who prefer to pursue the delightful paths <t’- tone or of scientific research, —of tho- whos- b. -i. -i. is to delve in “mother earth,” in pursuit ot he ghtl nng treasures, as well as of those who are connected, eith< through choice or necessity, wit i th- agitating, political contruversb sos the day If th-increase of patronage which wc seek, witt justify the measure, the. lerald will be enlarged so soon as the materials for that purpos--, can be procured. 'rhe terms ot its publication remain unchanged, bein" S3OO per annum m advance, or $4 00, at the end ofthe year. ' for press and materials are of that description, that w ill enable us to i x<x ute w ith neatm ss and despatch, ail Job and Advertising busmess with winch w e mav be fa vored. HINES HOLT, Jun’r. william e. Junes, : February 7, —42 I itLr*Editors g-r.:ra!!v,T.2 fat'fjsbv »f« twr tons ofthe above. It co sn es, the Her aI d o f a Gol de n Wor Id. NEGROES WANTED. IIBER AL prices wil! be given for Negroes. Apply Jat this office. _ N0v23.—33- If. ADMINISTR VUOR’S SALE. WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in May next at the Court House in Paulding County, a Lot of Land containing 40 Acres more or less, as the property of A’obert Carroll deceased sold by order of the Inferior Court of Hall County, when silting for ordinary purpo ses, teims made known on the day of sale. G. .URGE IFILKIE Adm’r. March 7 46—tds. FOR SAeE. 118 NEGROES, &c. Office Superintendant oj Roads, s•<?. Eastern District, January 11, 1834. IN obedience to an Act of the Legislature ofthe State of Georgia, approved by his Excellency- the Gover nor on the 21st day of Dec. mber, 1833,1 will sell, at pub lic outcrv, to the highes bidder, at the court-house in the COUNTY of ELBERT, On Monday the 17th day of March next, ihe following named NEGROES belonging to the State of Georgia, and attached to the Lincoln station, together with the Mules, Carts, Tools,&c. connected thereto: Raslia, (Mills,) 'rich, '(Cellars,) Abram, (F. Cullens,) Lawson, ( atkins.) Armstead, (Glaze,) Tom, (i ’alias,) Moses, (Sims ) Richmond, [Barks,] > . allace, [Charlton] Isaac, (Brown.) Tom, [Rowell] and Jeff [ ingfiekl;] and . On Mondaythe 24f/i day of March next. In like manner, at the court house in the COUNTY of MORGAN, the following named NEGROES, belong ing to the State and attached to the Greensborough and Madison station, together with the Mules, one Horse, Carts, Tools, &c. connected thereto* London, Benjamin, [Bustin,] v. illis, [Crosby,] Abra ham, [ Mealing] Billy, [Kennon.] Axuin. [Cargiie.J Tom, [ i’Gur,] Ned, [Ramsay,] George. [Beastly,] Peter, [Cargile,] Dick, [Dent,] Henry, [Smith,], Joshua, [ .’Gar,] Jerry. [Runnells,] Laikm, (Porter,) Abraham, [< "ollms,] Natha iie'l, [Berry,] Joseph, [Pope,] Joseph, (General Pope,) George. ( inter,) Joe. [Rowland,] London, [Briant.] Caleb, [Rowell,] Shade [Jackson] Joe, ( .I’Gar ) Nathan, (Collins,) B rry, ( Thompson) Jerry, (Lumpkin,) Harry, (Porter,) Elhck, and Mark, (Burton) and On Friday, the 28th day of March next, In like manner, at the Court-house in the COUNTY of DEKALB, the following named MEGROES, belonging to the State and attached to the Cherokee station, togeth er with the Mules, < arts, Tools, &c.connected thereto: John, (Baptist,) Adam, Zach, Jesse, Toney, Hamp ton, Harry. Tom, (Drummer,) Tom, (Jackson,) Walker, Jim, (Rutherford,) Moses, (Akins,) Jacob, (Blount,) Guy, York, Ben Isaac, Miles, Ransom, Peter, Jim, Bea ver, and Bob; and On Tuesday, the Ist day of .April next, In like manner, at the Court house in the COUNTY of HALL, the following NEGROES, b longing to tire State, and attache d to th- Gainesville station, together with the \ ules, < "arts,'Tools, 4<e. < oiHivct. <P4a« r< to : Peter, (Bi ll,) Lewis, (Lee,) Ha:dy, Jerry, (Eidson.) Jim. (t-orbett,) Frank, ( < illis,) \braham. (Oglethorpe, Billy. (Ketchum,) ’ avy, ( alioney) Pick, (<>ilhain.) Amos, (Mahoney,) Isaac, (Hardeman.) att, (Smith,) Arthur, [Drummond,] Doctor, (Longstreet,) • ssex, [Wood,) Toney, (Toombs,) Joe, (Sorrow,) Jacob, (Free man,) Adam. (Larry,) Fr< email, ( Towns,) Sam, (Parks,) Jeff] ( alton,) Peter, ( ills,) Jeff] ( alioney,) mith, Henry, (Mahoney,) Henry, (Booker,) and Daniel, (Toombs;) and On 'londay, the 7th day of .April next, In like manner at the Court-house in the COUNTY of BALD IN, the following named NEGROES, belong ing, to the State and attached to the Milledgeville and Hawkinsville, station, together with the Mules, t arts, Tools, &c. connected thereto : Scipio, Jesse, July, Andrew, Moses, 1 .Hick, August, Sam, Philip, Sandy, Jim, (Hume,) Spanish, Town, Romeo, Gib,l uke George (Mann,) March, Joe, Antho ny, Brutus, Robert, Billy, and < lideon. For the information of those persons who may wish to purchase, the following sections ofthe before mentioned act ofthe Legislature, are hen with published: “Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Superintendents and each of them shall, and they are hereby authorized, as the agent of the State, to execute to the purchaser or purchasers of said slaves or eßher of them, good and sufficient titles [warranting the title thereof only] for and to snid slave or slaves, and de liver unto hi.n or tie in, the same, on .‘■aid purchasers pay- I ing in cash one fifth of the purchase money therefor, and the balance in thirty days thereafter, on tendering to the ! said Superintendent a certificate from the (’ashier ofthe Central Bank of Georgia, that the said purchaser's note forthe said balance had been discounted in said Bank, which the said Bank is hereby directed and authorized to do, in such manner and on such terms as are usual in dis counting on loans: Provided the same shall not exceed twenty five hundred dollars. Sec. 5. Be it further eaactcd by the authority aforesaid, That, on failure of said purchaser to pay the said one fifth of the amount of said purchase mom y. at the time of said purchase, the said Superintend nt shall proceed forthwith to resell said slaves, not crying again the hid of such de faulting purchaser during said sale, and on failuo of sai purchaser to pay the balance of said purchase mom or tender said certificate as aforesaid, within th- space of thirty days after said sale, said purchaser shall f< rfi H "he said one fifth so paid, and saw Stipe int> n<!ent shall, on thirty days notice being given th< rcof] as aforeiaid, n s* II said slave in the manner, at the place, and on the terms and conditions herein before presenb d. A ILLI A' 1 C. ’ YM \N. Supcrintcndcnl, ['.astern Division, Jan. *25, —10—w2in. PROSPECTS OF THE COLUMBUS ENQUIRER, NEW SERIE.s. Ry D. Lamar, and 11. B. Tinsley. 171 ROM the commencement ofthe ensuing year, the Columbvs Enquirer will b * published bv Mira beau B. Lamarand illiam B. Tinstev in support of the pnaciplci of the “>tale Rights partv ot ieorgia,” as an ion ccd in the Preainbh and I t solutions of th> M ite Rights meeting in Milledgeville, Nov miter 13, 1833, which a c already before tin pubhi .Ifsrolumns how> v rwil iwt fx* devoted exclusively to politics; but such att ntion shall be given to Lil ran and Mtscvllaaeous S<l»t:i< ns, Commercial and Foreign News, and Gen. Intelligence as to moke it acceptable as possible to everv class of rta decs. The Enquirer w ill be printed with entirely n w ma terials, and on the best paper used in this country,for such publications. The change of editors and the contemplated improve ment ofthe paper have been madethe occasion of issuing a prospectus for increasing its patronag- and < xt< ><img its circulation. Those friendly to to- cans- w ach it will advocate are requested to give circulation to tins notice, in tlieir respective counties. lerws—Three D liars per annum, payable jn advance or Four Dollars if not paid within the v *\r. November, 20. i.iiiiSW FROM THE MISSISSIPPI JOURNAL. STANZAS. When those we love are far away, How sweet to trace each cherished spot, Where they have roam’d, which seem’d to say, Forget me not —Forget me not! There’s not a walk, or calm retreat, By mountain stream, or wood girt rill, And not a thought, however sweet, But wears a dearer aspect still. Oh, not cnc glowing tint decays Os all the past! for memory then Delighted, o’er each prospect plays. And sweetly touches all again. And through each opening vista sees Those who have shar’d our joys or fears, And float on every wandering breeze The music notes ofother years. From the United States Telegraph. Gen. Green: The following is from the pen of a young lady, who is curious to know whether she ca” write compositio well enough to appear in the Telegraph; and she would consider it a favor to have it inserted. It would at least be iingalldnt in me to say the favor would not stand on the other side of he account, but the piece will speak for itself. You need be under uo apprehension, that if you should publish it, she will often trouble you hereafter with her effusions. < Mcecenas. IS IT I? The sacred feast Was spread for the last time on earth by Him, Who was so soon forever to resume The endurng glories of his Father.s throne. There was an untold look of secret jrrief Shading hrs princely brow- —his quiet eye Glanc’d round in sadness o’er the group he lov d: His cheek was pale with watching and with tears, The he v’nly music of his gentle voice Seem’d sadder than it wont; and y t its tones, Replete with tenderness, told that he lov’d Them al!: yes, that he lov’d them with a love Stronger than death itself! All gather’d round And list- n’d breathlessly to hear him speak. •‘Disciples, <>n- of yon. yes, one ot you, The dear associates of my toilsome days, For whom I’ve watch'd, and wept, and pray’d, shall prove Unfaithful—prove a traitor to his Lord ! This night will give me to a shameful d ath!” Amazement fill’d their hearts —mute silence seal'd Their lips; ’ill Peter spoke in rapid tom s < M’keen and lively grief. ' is face was flush’d; Glowing with love, his eye was fix’d on Him, V hose favor was his life, whose frown hisde&th. “Lord, can I ever prove so base a wretch! Ob! tell me, is it IP But then* was one Whom Jcstillov’d with a peculiar love. \\ ho now repos’d on that deal breast. He rais'd His tearful eye—a thrill of horror chill’d His frame at thought ofsuch a fearful deed! His pallid lips could scarce pronounce the words, “Dial; A.aster. is it IP Judas then rais’d his head. There was a wildness in his eye, that gleam’d If- evil glance maliciouslj around. His darken’d blow display’d ahorridfrown; His hands were firmly clench’d his lips compress’d, \\ bile timidly he mutter’d, “is it I!" The saviour fixed on him his mournful < ye. That eye could read his heart and well discern Th- blackness of a traitor's soul; and yet N> > angry look obscur’d, or frown defac'd The solemn beauty of that placid brow! “Judas, thousayest it;” He calmly said; “A wav! and what thou doest, quickly du!” Then mad’nint? thoughts, fresh from the inspired Fiend, Found easy entrance in that lost one’s brain. < >b! then he silt himself accurs’d. i.nmask’d! t nd Jesus bated with a deadly hate. Unhappy man! that night he sold his Lord! For sordid geld betray'd him to his foes! To die a death of agony and shame! o. K. M. Georgetown, March 3, 1831. ’ El Ki RAM. Says Nt 11 to Tom, mid matrimonial strfo. Cursed be the hour I fir-t became your wife. By all the pow< rs said Tom, but thats too bad , You've cursed lb <>nlv <ii 1 hour we’ve had ! A Tyrant.—Lieut. Fan well, of the British Na.vy» was induced, for the sake of carrying on a trade w ith the natives, to fix Inniselt at tin* Bav of \at.il, on the (’oast of Africa, under the sovereignty of a chief named (hake, one ofthe most inhuman ari l monstrous characters that ever existed. The account given of lam bi the Lieutenant, r.ipcars scarcely ciedible: ID puts to death men, women and children, who oppoc him; he k< eps 12U0 concubin* s; and those of whom he b< comes tired, he distributes among his officeis. He suffers no one to see him cat and drink. His Chiefs approach in a ci.iwlin, attitude; and if any body should laii< h. or smile, or cough, or sn< “zc, he is put to • aih. One tiglv person disturbedth> serenity <>f ins f< atures. He calk fl, “Take that man away, and slay him; he makes me augh!” Covnt Survilliers —Joseph Bonaparte thi.s writes under date of 14th January, from London to a correspondent in .New York: We translate the extia< t from the Courier des Etals L nis ol this morning: “You will have read in the papers, the noti ces of petitions (to the ( hamber of Deputies) for the repeal of the law for proscription. 1 know not what will b the result of them: if fav- rabl-, however, some ot the members ofmy 'aunly may, possibh, take advantagi of it. For mi iclf, my intention is n t to go back to France; and you may exi>c6‘. me in the United States in From tlic State Rights SenlineL Georgia Scenes, Characters, GEORGIA THEATRICS. - If my memory fail me not,, the 10th of June, ISO 9, found me at about 11 o’clock in the fore noon, ascending a long and gentle slope in what was called “1 he Daik Corner” of Lin coln. I believe it took its’ name from tho moral darkness, which reigned over that portion of the country, of which 1 am now speaking, If, in this point of view, it was but a shada darker than the rest of the country, it was indiscriminately dark. If any man can name a trick, or sin, which had not been committed at the time of which I am speaking, in the very focus of all the country’s illumination, (Lin colnton), he must himself be the most inventive of the tricky, and the very Judas of sinners. Since that time, however, (all humor aside) Lincoln has become a living proof “that light shineth in darkness”. Could I venture to mingle the ludicrous with the solemn, even for the pin poses ot honor, ble contrast, I could deduce from this county instances of the most numerous and wonderful transitions, from vice and folly, to virtue and holiness, which have ever perhaps been witnessed since the days of the apostolic ministry. So much, lest it should be thought by some, that the anecdote, which I am about to relate, is characteristic of the county in which it occurred. Whatever may be said of the moral condition of the Dark Corner, at the time just mentioned, its natural condition was any thing but dark. It smiled in all the charms of Spring, and Spring borrowed a new charm fiom its undulating grounds, its luxuriant woodlands, its sportive streams, its vocal birds, and its blushing flowers. H rapt with* the enchantment of the season, and the scenery around me, I was slowly rising the slope, when I was startled by loud, profane and boisterous voices, which seemed to proceed from a thick covert of undergrowth, about two hundred yards in the advance of me, apd about one hundred to the right of my road. “Foukin, kin you?” “Yes, I kin, and am able to do it. 800-00-oo! Oh, wake snakes, and walk your chalks. Brim stone and fire! Don’t hold roe, Nick Stovall The light’s made up, and let’s go at it my soul, if I don’t jump down his throat and gallop every chitlin out of him, before you can say “quit”. “Now, Nick, don’t hold him ! Jist let ths wild-cat come, and I’ll tame him. Ned ’ll see me a fair fight. Won’t you, Ned?” “Oh, yes, i’ll see you a fair fight—blast my old shoes if I don’t.” “That’s sufficient,” as Tom Haynes said when he saw the Elephant. Now let him come.” I’hus they went on, with countless oaths, interspersed, which 1 dare not even hint at, and with much that I could not even bear. In Mercy’s Name! tl ought I, what band of ruffians has selected this holy season, and this heavenly retreat, for such Pandacmonian riots! i had quickened mv gait, and had come nearly opposite to the thick grove whence the noiso proceeded, v. hen my eye caught indistinctly, and at intervals, thro’ the foliage of the dwarf oaks ano hickories which intervened, glimpses of a man, ■ r men, who seemed lobe in a violent struggk ; and I could occasionally catch those deep-dra w n, emphatic oaths,which men in conflict utter, when they deal blows,. I dismounted, and hurried to the spot with all speed. I had over come about wall the space which separated it from m<, when I saw the combatants come to the ground; and, after a short struggle, I saw the uppei most one (for 1 could not see the other) make ah< av plunge with both his thumbs, and at the sam< instant, I heard a cry in th? accent oi the keenest torture, “ Enough—my eve is out’’’ t 1 was so completely horror-struck, that 1 stood tiansfixcd for a moment to the spot where the cry met me. The accomplices in the hellish deed which had been perpetrated, had all fled at my approach—at least 1 su] posed so; for th< v were not to be seen. “Now, blast your corn-shucking soul,” said the victor, a youth about i 3 years old, as he rose from the ground, “come cutt’n’ your shines ’bout rm* agin, next time I come to the Court House, will you ? Get y< ur owl-eye in agin if you km!” \t tl' moment he saw me for the first time, tie 1,- ked excessiv* ly embarrassed, and was moving off, when 1 called to him, in a tone, emboldened by the sacredness of my office, and the iniquity of his, “Come back, you brutt' and assist me in relieving your fellow rnorta , wuoin you have mined forever!” “Why,” said he, with an expression cf c unt< nance which 1 cannot describe, but shall nevt r forget, “you need’nt kick before you’m spinr’d; there aint nobody there: 1 was jest seem’ how I could fight.” So saying, he bounded to his plough, w hich stood in the corner of n fl nee about fifty yards bey ond the battleground, from thi road. And would you believe it, gentle reader? His rep it was true. All that I had heard and seen, was nothing 'ucre nor less than a Lincolnton rehearsal; in which the youth who had just left me, had played all the parts, of ail the charac ters, at a Court House. I went to tin ground hom which he had risen: and tncre were the prints of Lis two thumbs, plunged up to the ball in the mellow earth, abo:;’. th- distance ot a man’s eyes apart; and the groimu arouou was broken up, as if two bulls had been engaged unon it Hu* 50. 40.