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‘rom Jour 'Secretary, which I read with much ia-1
’crest, ami which 1 answered next day after 1 re
ceived it. There is a vessel from New York, now
iiere, by which’ I expect an opportunity to send
this. The most of my time continues to be occu
pied in the study of languages; though I have
some opportunities, almost daily, to distribute
tracts, and to address individuals on the subject
of religion. These efforts are principally among
the Greeks, who are very numerous in Smyrna.
Not long after I wrote last, Mr. Parsons set sail for
Jerusalem, in sl vessel which carried Pilgrims.
Since his departure, 1 have undertaken to visit
all the Greek schools I can hear of in town, in
order to converse with the children, and supply
the teacher, and such a9 can read among the pu
pils, with Tracts. 1 have visited 19 schools, in
which 1 have found about 1100 boys and 60 girls;
and have distributed among them about 800
Tracts. Now and then I meet a Greek priest,
who is afraid that 1 shall distribute books which
contain something contrary vo their peculiar sen
timents; but when I show them the books l cir
culate, are either the Holy Scripture itself, or such
Tracts as have been approved by the Patriarch of
Constantinople, they are not able to make any
farther objections. In truth, I cannot say that in
prosecuting this work, 1 meet with any obstacle at
all. From both masters and scholars I receive in
general many thanks. Considering the ignorance
and bigotry which prevail among these people, it
seems wiser and more prudent to circulate the
Scriptures and such Tracts as treat of fundamental
doctrines in Christianity which the Greeks them
selves believe, or of duties which they consider
obligatory, than to make a direct attack on those
points in which we suppose they have departed
from purity of doctrine and practice. The clear
exhibition and extensive diffusion of acknowledg
ed truths, are sometimes the surest methods of
exposing aDd eradicating errour. The Missiona
ries of Christ, especially in such a country as this,
must remember the gradual and prudent manner
in which their Divine Master unfolded the princi
ples of his Gospel, and removed the Jewish pre
judices of his disciples.
You may be ready to infer from the number
of schools, that the Greeks have something like a
competent system of education for their children ;
but you vill recollect that very few females are
found in the schools. Indeed all that belongs to
female education among the Greeks, with few
exceptions, may be included under the fashiona
ble phrase* “the art of pleasing.” Multitudes,
who dress and dance in the finest style, can nei
ther read nor write. It i9 true, that very many
Greek boy 9 are found at school, and some of
them acquire a tolerably good education. But
the books generally used in school, are in ancient
Greek, which the masters have often told me
frankly, that neither they nor their pupils under
stand. Besides, there is, in most of the schools,
an almost entire want of discipline. The masters
appear neilher competent to their task, nor zeal
ously engaged in it. I am however assured by
competent judges, that the means of instruction
among the Greeks have very much increased
within a few years. Indeed, I perceived con
stant indications that things are now rapidly ten
ding to a better state. It gives me great pleasure
to visit the<e schools, and speak to the children.
Who knows but there may be among them some
Polycarp orChrysostome ? Should sound learning
and pure Christianity revive among the Greeks,
the advantages to the literary arid religious world
must be many and great. Literature is evident
ly reviving; and this circumstance renders the
circulation of the Scriptures, and the revival of
pure religion highly important. Where the human
mind has been long enslaved by bigotry, and held
in ignorance, it too often happens that when these
chains are broken, infidelity and skepticism sue-,
ceed. Young men, on being educated, become I
disgusted with useless rites and foolish ceremo- .
nies, of fasts and feasts, of prayers to the Virgin |
Mary, and of fabulous histories of miracles and
saiuts, and supposing these to he essential parts
of Christianity, they reject the whole, and become
infidels. Hence it becomes important, as know
ledge increases, lo disseminate correct views of
Christianity, so that the enlightened mind may
be able to reject what is false and fabulous, and
to retain what is true and substantial.
I bee leave now to assure you, gentlemen, that
I am not insensible to the heavy afflictions to
which a righteous Providence has seen fit to sub
ject yon and the city in which you reside. Hap
py will it be, if the loss of temporal possessions
excite to earnest desires and pious efforts for
eternal riches. Happy will it be if the loss of
some religious privileges lead to a wiser improve
ment of such as are still enjoyed. That an in
crease of active and conscientious zeal for reli
gion may he the effect of the Divine dispensa
’ tions toward the people of Savannah, i9 my ear
nest prayer ; and while yon and the members of
the Society are contributing of your substance to
Fend the Gospel to others, may you and your
families experience its purifying influences, and
denjoy its most precious consolations. When the
-'work, in which we are now in different ways co
operating, shall be finished, may we meet to en
joy our Maker’s immediate favour forever.
Yours most truly,
PLINY FISK.
SPECIAL*NOTICE.
It is requested that ail Communications which
respect the present volume of The Missionary
be directed to N. S. S. Beman & Cos. that the
business of the two former years may not be
blended with the present.
communications.
Mammoth Cotton Stalk. — \ Cotton Stalk is
Bow in the hands ofMr. Rayfield, of Powelton,
brought from the farm of Mr. R. Burton, of Effing
ham county, in this state, measuring eight inches
in circumference, and thirteen feet in length.
i Mr. Rayfield, wliile on his way to Augusta, a
few days since, observed a Gopher , (a species of
land turtle) which curiosity led him to examine,
when to his surprise he found well engraved up
on it, the date“ 1783,” which had, together with
the animal, every mark of age. He affixed the
date of 1821, and dismissed it for a longer life.
Foreign and Domestic]*? Intelligence.
■ 2 _2
The latest foreign advices represent the affairs
of Italy as having settled into a perfect calm.—
Naples is earrisoned by thirty thousand Austrian
troops. The leaders of the revolution had fled ol
submitted. The English opposition papers speak
in the most indignant terms of the cowardly con-’
duct of the Neapolitans, and declare that they
richly deserve their chains. It is said that the
total loss of the Austrians in subduing these valiant
asserters of their country’s liberty, amounted to
7 killed and 50 wounded ! One of the first acts
of the King of Naples after his restoration, was to
shackle the press. The future publication of
journals, &c. was to be allowed only Hy special
authority.
Numerous arrests had taken place in Prussia,
and the army lias been augmented in consequence.
It is said.that if the Neapolitans had made any
stand against the Austrians, the Prussians would’
have broken out into insurrection.
There had been some disturbances at Madrid,
but they were not of a very serious nature.
The Catholid]i emancipation bill lias been re
jetted in the House of Lords, fcjr a majority of 39. !
Parliament had adjourned to meet on the first of
May. ‘ •
In a debate which took place in the House of
Commons respecting Canada, Sir John Coffin de- 1
dared that it would be better for England if that
country were sunk to the bottom of the sea. It 1
now cost 300,0001. a year, and scarcely a shilling
was paid in return.
GREEK INSURRECTION. \
An insurrection of a very formidable character
has broken out in the Provinces of Wallachia and ‘
Moldivia, and has caused great alarm to the gov
ernment of the Porte. It is said to be extending
itself through various parts of the Turkish domin
ions, by means of secret societies, and that the ‘
Greeks are about to make a great and united ef
fort to throw Off the. Mahomedan yoke. Prince
Ypsilaute, A Greek, andformerly a major general
in the Russian service, has issued a spirited proc
tarnation, declaring that he has been called by
thousands of his countrymen to undertake the ‘
work of their deliverance, and urging them by
every consideration of religion and civil liberty— ;
by the glory which their ancestors acquired at:
Thermopylae and Marathon, to break the chains
of their Mussulman tyrants, and establish a gov-J
eminent of their own. A considerable number 1
had already embodied themselves, conSecrated j
standards intheir churches, and assumed a na- j
tional cockade. In the towns of Jassy and Ga- j
laez blood had already been shed, and all the
Turks who could not save themselves by flight
were put to death, and the latter place almost
reduced to ashes. Prince Ypsilante had sent a
petition to the emperour of Russia, imploring the’
assistance and protection of that monarch in-be
half of his revolted ccuntrymen, on whom the
dreadful vengeance of the Turks would fall if
they proved unsuccessful in theirrebellion. The
emperour, however, refused to interfere, and or
dered that the Prince should be excluded from
the Russian service—declaring, at the same time,
that he considered “ the undertaking of Ypsilante
only as the. effect of the unquiet spirit of the times
and the inexperience and levity of that young
man.” He has directed his minister at Constan
tinople to assure tl>e Porte of his friendly inten
tions, and that “ his policy was alien to all. and
every intrigue which may threaten the tranquili
ty of any country whatever.” Orders had been
given to the commander of the Russian troops in
the neighbourhood of the revolted provinces, to
observe the strictest neutrality, and on no ac
count to interfere in the troubles that might en
sue. The same steps had been pursued by Au
stria, and a special declaration on the subject is
sued by the two sovereigns at Laybach.
If, as has been represented, the emperour of
Russia entertain any ambitious views towards
Turkey, these disturbances present a favourable
opportunity for carrying them into effect. With
the Greeks'in his interest, the whole Turkish
empire lies at” his mercy, and no doubt the im
mense military force which is at his disposal
would soon plant the Russian standard on the
walls of the Turkish capital. The fact that he
disclaims all intention to interfere in these new
broils, does not prove conclusively that he will
continue an idle spectator of them; since expe
rience has shewn how easy a matter it is for the
“ most magnanimous sovereign of the age” to act
in direct oppositipn to solemn professions. We
should think that his majesty's million of bayo
nets, if they must be employed, might be used to
a better purpose in liberating the oppressed Chris
tians of Turkey from the brutal tyranny of their
Mussulman lords, than in regulating, unasked,
, the governments of Western Europe. The cabi
; net of” Vienna, however, have long looked with a
jealous eye upon every thing that indicated an
’ extension of Russian power on the side of Tur-
I key, and it is probable, if the Russian monarch
. should attempt to aggrandize himself in that quar
■ ter, his august brother of Austria would consider
himse)f equally entitled to a slice of the Ottoman
I dominions ; and a9 the division of plunder often
excites difficulties and heart-burnings, consequen
ces of a serious nature might ensue. The Holy
Alliance might be dissolved, and that “ unquiet
spirit (a.very courtly nickname indeed for the
love of freedom) which is giving their majesties so
much trouble, might manifest itself in a much
more formidable shape ; and possibly furnish
them with Constitutions to digest, similar to the
one which the Spanish people have given to their
royal cousin Ferdinand.
A determination to preserve all the preroga
tives of power which they now possess, and to
crush the revolutionary spirit of the times, is man
ifestly the ruling principle of the allied sovereigns
—and whatever course of policy is pursued to
wards Turkey, will no doubt be taken with a
view to these objects. How far they will suc
ceed time must show—but we baiieve a flame is
kindling which will ere long consume to ashes the
throne of every despotick prince in Europe ; and
though a combination of kings, supported by a
hireling soldiery, may for a while impede its pro
gress, let them remember, that “ the blood of the
martyrs was the seed of the church.”
Further Accounts. —The late arrivals from Eu
rope furnish still more interesting details of the
i Greek insurrection. A Turkish castle garrisoned
by 5000 men had been attacked in a most impet
uous manner by a body of 900 Greeks; they
were, as might be expected, repulsed, and the
whole party destroyed. It was again attacked
by a more competent force, carried, and the
greater part of the Turks put to death. Prince
Ypsilante had commenced his operations with an
a r my of 30,000 men and 16 pieces of cannon, and
daily additions wer making to his numbers
The wealthy Greeks had amply supplied him with
funds. Many Russian officers had volunteered
their services; and it was believed that the Rus
sian people, who are strongly attached to the
Greek religion, will render their brethren great
assistance. Notwithstanding the neutral ground
professedly assumed by the Emperour Alexander,
passports had been readily given at the Russiau
posts on the frontiers to numerous individuals
who were repairing in arms to the head quarters
of Ypsilante.
From, ihe Savannah Republican, i
CENSUS OF GEORGIA.
To the politeness of the Deputy Marshal, John
B. Mills, Esq. we are indebted for a copy of the
census, from which we have compiled the follow
ing view of the population of the several counties
Sic. of the state of Georgia, in the years 1810 and
1820, exhibitingjin increase of about 92,340. The
enumeration 0f.1790 made the number of souls
82,548—0f 1800, 163,879; (increase 81,331)
of 1810, 252,433; (increase 88,554)—0f 1820,
344,773; (increase 92,340.) We are inclined t
think that the present census falls short of the re
al number, although the tide of emigration has for
Some time set strongly to the westward. If not
one soul had been lost in taking the census, there
.is no question but our’ increase would have been
rated ul-one hundred thousand.
In 1810. In 1820.
Camden 3,941 4,342
Glynn 3,417 3,418
Wavne 676 1,010
Mclntosh 3,739 5,129
Liberty 6,228 6,695
Bryan 2,827 3,021
Chatham 13,540 14,737
Effingham 2,586 3,018
Bulloch 2,305 2,578
Scriven’ 4,477 3,941
Burke 10,858 11,577
Jefferson 6,101 7,056
Richmond 6,189 8,608
Columbia, .J 1,242 • r -12,695
Lincoln 4,555 6,468 1
Elbert 12,156 no returns
Franklin 10,815 9,040
Jackson 10,569 8,355
Clarke 7,628 * . 8,767
Oglethorpe ‘.12,297 14,046
Wilkes ‘ 14,887 17,607
Greene 11,679 13,589
Hancock 13,330 12,734
Warren 8,725 10,630
Washington 9,940 10,627 (
Montgomery 2,954 1 1,869:
Tattnall 2,206 2,644 i
Telfair 794 \ 2,104,
Pulaski 2,093 ,1 5,283
Laurens, 2,210 5,436
Twiggs „ 3,490 10,640
Wilkinson 2,154 j 6,992
Baldwin 6,350 ‘ 7,734 1
Jones 8,597 I 16,570
Putnazn 10,029 ! 16,475’
Morgan 8,369 13,520:
Jasper 7,573 14,614!
Hall 5,086!
Gwinnett 4,589 1
Early 7681
Walton i 4,192 j
! Habersham 3,145 ‘
1 Appling 1,264
j Irwin | 411
| Emanuel 2,928
j Madison 3,735
Rabun ; • no returns
a 328,673
Afd Elbert County supposed to
contain 14,500
■f j Add Rabun supposed to con
tain 1,600 16,100
Total 252,433 Total 344,773
RECAPITULATION, &c.
Free Whitt Males.
Unde: 10 years of age 34,146
Os 10 to 16 years 14,146
Os 18 to 26 do 18,794
Os 26 to 45 do 17,374
Os 45 and upwards 10,426
Males 94,786
Free'White Females.
Under 10 years of age 31,899
Os 10 to 16 years 14,381
Os 16 to 26 do 17,892
Os 26 to 45 do 14,789
Os 45 and upwards 8,681
Females 87,642
Males 94,786
Free Coloured People.
Males 851
Females 921
.. i Slaves.
Males 73,303
Females 71,179
ir 144,482
Total 328,673
Add to this the county of
Elbert 14,500
Add also county of Rabun 1,600
Total in 1820, 344.773
Total iu 1810, 252,433
Increase, 92,340
OCCUPATION OF FLORIDA.
Extract of a letter to the Editors of the Savannah
Museum, dated
“St. Marys, Line 9, 1821.
“ A despatch has been received by the forces
here, that a Spanish Commissioner has arrived
from the Havana, empowered to deliver the pro
vince of East Florida to the United States. The
ship Meteor, lying in the stream, with troops on
board who are to occupy the fortifications in that
place, is under sailing orders; also, the armed
schooners Porpoise, Lieut. Ramage, and Tartar,
Lieut. Payne, which vessels will attend the ship
as her convoy to St. Augustine, and from thence
to Havana, at which place the Spanish troops are
to he landed, which she will exchange ours for,
when.she arrives at St. Augustine.
The delivery of the fortress of St. Marks will
take place next week it is presumed. A number
of gentlemen are going from this vicinity to St.
Augustine to witness it. It is supposed that a
good deal of blood will be spilled, as fifty poor tur
keys alone have been ordered on from ‘his quar
ter by the Spanish authorities to officiate in not
an unimportant part, of the approaching fete.
What will you poor printers do, after the Floridas
are delivered up ? Naples is .put down, Europe is
most maliciously peaceable ; poor Dr. Mitchell’s
ring, hard as it is, is nearly worn out, so many
wicked editors are constantly rubbing it.—The
Indians do not threaten us ; the Sea Serpent has
hid his head beneath’ his native waves ; and even
what is worse than all, for it'concludes the whole
chapter of the printers misfortunes, the patriots
alias the pirates, molest less and less neutral ves-1
sels—like every other kind of business, in these
dull times of peace and prosperity, your trade is
getting exceedingly dull; like physicians, you
only exist on the misery, or like lawyers on the
commotions pervading the world ; when one
takes up a newspaper now and compares it with
one which he now and then meets with acting as
the cover of an old book or in some 6uch humble
capacity, which issued from the teeming press in
the glorious years of 1812,13 or 14, and compares
the laboured essay and stupid speeches of the
present day with the accounts of battles, sieges,
victories and revolutions with which those glori
ous times for printers were so happily filled—like
Hamlet’s grave digger he can’t help exclaiming,
“ Alas, poor Yorick.”
Letters from the African Colonists.
Norfolk, Va. June 4.
Extract of a letter from Colin Teague, to a friend
in this place.
“We arrived safe at Sierra Leone the Bth of
March, and we found a very kind people, a heal
thy climate.and a fertile land. This land produces
coffee, Cotton, Sugar Cane, Tobacco,and all kinds I
of Vegetables.**'* Give my love to all inquiring |
friends. Tell them we are well, and happy that
we are in Africa.*** I hope to see the Nautilus
next fall, and should I he living, 1 hope to prepare
Dye -Wood and Spices.”
Extract of a letter from Richmond Sampson.
“ In passing through the market, I saw sheep,
pork, fowls, fish in abundance, oysters, sweet po
tatoes, and all kinds of tropical produce.*** I
know yon will waDt to know how I like Africa.
I am constrained’ to cry out like the Queen of
Sheba, “ Howbeit 1 believed not the words until
I came, and mine eyes had seen it, and behold
the half was not told unto me.” I find the land
is good. Tell my brethren and friends I have ate
of the fruit'of the land, and 1 now invite them to
come. We hope you will send us good people,
and as many as can come over.”
Richmond, May 22.
Chinch Bugs. —The most formidable enemies
to our grain crops have reappeared this spring
with an apparent increase equal to 1000 for one.
I have been told that in the state of North Caro
lina, they have continued their dreadful ravages
for upwards of 20 years. A farmer at Goochland
estimates the injury to the crops iu his neighbour
hood the present season, at seventy bustiels in
the hundred,’ o
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Jepfeßkin, N. Y. May 4.
Oreat Hunting and Sharp Shooting. —Few ex
ainples of successful hunting can be found that
will bear comparison) under similar circumstKn
ce, with the following. The tainting was done
from a single camp, and on ground Contiguous to
an old settled country. The hunters suffered
great inconvenience from crowding upon each
other, and had they not possessed skill of the high
est order, and had been animated by the most en
thusiastick zeal, their success must have been very
limited.
About the middle of November last, a select
company, consisting of Mr. Elijah Sexton, jun.
Capt. N. Hodskin, and Mr. H. Parder, of Che
que county, encamped in the woods, about 12
mHes east <br the purpose of bunt
ing ; they were joined early in Dec. by Mr. E.
G. Potter, and occasionally visited by Dr. 8.
Guthrie, who, however, hunted but little, both of
Jefferson county. The company left the wood*
the last of December, having kijled 190 Deer,
one Panther, and one Eagle, besides a large num
ber of other animals. The 5 first named hunters,
killed in 18 days, 124 deer, 1 panther, 1 eagle, 1
fisher, 15 martin, and shot one wolf through the
body.
The number of deer respectively killed by each
of these 6 hunters, were nearly equal. Mr. Sex
ton, however, had the greatest number, whilst
Mr. Potter killed a greater number than any one
else, after he joined the party. The number of
deer killed on each bunting day was from six to
thiiteen.
For the precision of shooting in this excursion,
probably a parallel cannot be found. Their shots
were almost invariably fatal. Mr. Potter made
32 shots in the whole, including 4 shots made at
a deer upon the run, and killed 28.
The following example of the ardour with
which this little band devoted themselves to the
chase, may not be uninteresting.
A panther made his appearance near camp
about the last of November. The party had no
dogs, but -.hey determined upon a chase. In a
short time he was started, but after a rapid pur
suit, through swamps and windfalls, for twelve
hours, it was found impossible to bring him to
battle, and he escaped.
The track of a small Panther had been seen in
the wilderness, east of Beaver river lake, in the
September preceding, and it wan decided that
this panther must be bunted up, and brought into
camp. On an extreme cold morning in Decem
ber, Messrs. Sexton and Simons, with two dogs,
started for this object; they travelled in a north
eastern direction about 14 miles, when they for
tunately found a track, but the panther had been
gone 4or 5 days. They had made no preparation
to lay out, and had taken no nourishment with
them ; the snow was of considerable depth, and
the travelling laborious; they had already made
great exertions, and had travelled as far as a per
son could well go in these woods in a day, and
were, most probably, five days behind the object
of their pursuit ; to lay out, from the extreme
cold of the day, would have been dangerous, and
it was impossible to say where the track might
lead them. But they came to kill a panther, and
they determined to execute their purpose; they
started upon the track, and after a number of
hours of almost incredible exertion, they found by
its appearance that they had nearly overtaken
him ; the dogs were suffered to go, and in a few
seconds they had the satisfaction of knowing that
they were up with him ; after a chase of about
100 rods he ascended a tree and took his station
upon a limb 30 feet from the ground ; our hun
ters advanced within 8 rods of the tree, when Mr.
Simons fired and shot him through the heart,
which brought him, after some most violent
struggling, dead on the ground. In the pursuit,
two places were found where he had made furi
ous efforts to catch deer, but had failed in both
instances; he had, however killed one just before
he was started. It was now sun down, and our
hunters had to return to camp, a day’s journey,
and drag a panther of nearly 100 lbs. weight,
most of the way through a trackless wilderness ;
a task, which, in the course of the night they ac
complished, one of them having been severely
frostbitten, and both nearly exhausted.
The latter part of the time the camp exhibited
a noble and interesting spectacle; the ground
around was covered by an enormous assemblage
of deer, of every size, from that of the fawn to the
nio9t majestick buck, whilst the door of the camp
was canopied by an eagle, whose wings were
spread over an extent of eight feet, and its en
trance was guarded by the tyrant of the Ameri
can forest.
Municipal Court of Boston. —At the late term
of this county an indictment was found against
a female as a common barrator and scold. On
the trial,, the charge of barratry appeared not to
be supported, but a number of witnesses testified
as to the skill and proficiency of the defendant
in the art of scolding. We call it an art , because
in some cities of Europe there are regnlar female
professors, who give lessons on volubility and vi
tuperation, in the same way that their country
men instruct us here, in keeping schools, surgery,
iand elocution. The Jury returned a verdict of :
guilty. A motion in arrest of judgment will, we
understand, be made, on the ground that the
charges being distinct in their nature, a general
verdict, of guilty ought not to be rendered.
A Mr. Ford of Georgetown, S. C. on the night
of the 97th ultimo, with several other persons, star-’
ted in search of a gang of negroes that he learned j
were killing his cattle: but the negroes bearing ofj
the circumstance advanced some distance upon •
the road, and remained in ambush until the party ;
came up when they fired and immediately killed ‘
Mr. Ford : The rest fled. The Military have since
apprehended several of the negroes.
Execution. —Jose Dima Garcia Castilano, and
Manuel Felipe Garcia, were executed at Norfolk ;
on the Ist inst. pursuant to sentence, for the mur
der of Peter Laugadette. After the prisoners had .
mounted the scaffold, Castilano addressed the !
spectators, (amounting to between 2 & 3,000,)
and concluded by declaring his innocence. Their j
arms being pinioned, the prisoners seated them-1
selves on the scaflfold while Doctor Griffith, of the
! Methodist Church, delivered a very feeling and ;
| appropriate discourse, on the progress of vice, and
the influence of bad company, which he conclu
ded with an animated exhortation to children and :
parents, and a prayer, full of compassion for the !
wretched men about to suffer the penalty of the
law.
The age of Castilano, was 49, and Garcia 37.
They have left written communications of con
siderable length, which were not to be open until
after their death.
Extraordinary. After the late continued rains,
the water rose so high at New-Castle, Del. that a’
small rigged vessel, with several other smaller ■
craft, sailed along the lower street, as far as the
post office, where she grounded, but soon floated
again. The water fell considerably on the ebb
tide.
John G. Bird, of Georgia, has been appointed,j
by the President, Attorney of the United States |
for East Florida.
Gov. King of Maine has accepted the appoint
ment of commissioner under the Spanish treaty,
and repaired to Washington. His duties as Gov
ernour devolve upon the President of the Senate.
General Wade Hampton, of South Carolina,
has taken passage in tho slip Martha, from New-
York to Liverpool
Missionary was published last week
in consequence of not receiving paper in sea
son for publication ; the conveyance on which we
relied having failed. We hope that this is the
last apology of the kind which we shall be com
pelled to make ;as arrangements have been made
for obtaining regular supplies of a better quality
and size than has been used for some weeks past,
and we expect in a short time to receive a supply
for the summer. Until then we must claim the in
dulgence of our patrons; we assure them, how
ever, that no exertions shall be spared to provide
ourselves with the best quality which can be ob
tained, and to prevent the recurrence of another
failure.
MARRIED,
Near Powelton, by the Rev. Nathan S. S. Be*
man, Dr. Richard Lewis to Miss Mary Womack.
DIED,
In Warren county, Capt. William Cofam, about
70 years of age—a soldier of the revolution, and
a worthy member of the Baptist Church.
03” The Subscriber being about to leave tbe
state for a few months, has appointed Joseph
Bryan, Esq. his attorney to transact his business
during his absence.
BENJAMIN GILDERSLEEVE.
Mount Zion, May 30.
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Powelton Academy.
THE next term in this Institntion will com
mence on the first Monday in July. Thu
Teachers will make every possible exertion fur
their pupils. Past encouragement. is gratefully
acknowledged and publick patronage L again re
spectfully solicited.
JOSEPH WOOD, Rector.
June 16 3
Masonick Anniversary.
f INHE members of Lodge Stith No. 4, are re*
-L quested to attend in their Lodge Roam at
10 o’clock in the forenoon, on Monday the 25th
of June for the purpose of celebrating (he Birth
Day of St. John the Baptist. Visiting Brethren
are respectfully invited to attend.
Bv order of the Worshipful Master,
JOHN W. SCOTT. Sec. pro. tem.
Sparta, June 1, 1821. 2td
Received,
A N assortment of Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s
SHOES and BOOTS, of various descrip
tions ; all offered on reasonable terms, wholesale
and'retail. CYPRIAN WILCOX.
Sparta, June 1, 1821. . 2tf i.
(Q 33 We are authorized to state
that James Thomas is a candidate for the office
of Sheriff of this county at the ensuing election.
May 30. f
We are authorized’ to an
nounce John W. Scott as a candidate for Sher
iff of Hancock County at the approaching elec
tion. May 30.
SheriiPs Sale.
WILL be sold at the Court house in Madi
son county, on the first Tuesday in July
next, between the usual hours of sale, the follow
ing property to wit:
Four Feather Beds and Furni
ture, 4 bedsteads and cords, 4 tables, 1 set of Chi-
Ina ware, 1 do. earthenware, 3 trunks, 4 table
I cloths, I side board, 1 house clock, patent, eight
1 sitting chairs, 1 rocking cradle, 4 large waiters, 1
| chest, 2 water pails, 1 pot, 1 brass spider, 2 doz.
earthen plates, 2 wash bowls, 1 garden hoe, 1 sad
i die bridle and surcingle, 2 coverlets, 2 cows and
i three yearlings, 6 barrels, 3 pair dog irons, 1 pair
; of tongs and shovel, 1 negro w oiuau by the name
! of Itose, about 30 years old, and her child by the
1 name ol'Rutha, about eighteen months old ; levied
on as the property of William YY'. Hand, to satis
;fy two executions in favour of E. Si T. Beale.
Property pointed out by plaintiff’s attorney.
! Also—One sorrel Mare and one
I black horse, levied on as the property of Benja
min l.okey, to satisfy an execution in favour of
J Orsborn Carrington. Property pointed out by
said Lokey.
Also—29o acres of Land, more
or less, lying on the north fork of Blue Stone
Creek, adjoining the tract the defendant now
lives on | 2 carts, 2 oxen and yoke, 3 pair of wa
gon gears, 3 blind bridles, 1 pair strick chaius, S
breast chains, taken by virtue of sundry execu
tions as the property of Peter Smith : laud point
ed out by the defendant, and the balance of the
property pointed out by Elisha Ware, one of the
plaintiffs.
Also—One Lot in the village of
Danielsvilie, known and distinguished in the plan
of said village by No. 40; levied on as the pro
perty of John H. Baugh, to satisfy an execution
in favour of John Walton. Conditions Cash.
JOHN SCOTT, Sheriff.
May 17, 1821.
j Notice.
WILL be sold at the Court House, iu the
town of Sparta, Hancock County, on the
j first Tuesday in July next, between the usual
’ hours of sale, the following property, to wit:
The interest ot Henry Langford
in two negroes; Abram, about nine years old,
and Jenny, about uine years old; said interest
being the one sixth part of said negroes after the
‘death of Mrs. Elizabeth Langford: levied on as
the property of Henry Langford, to satisfy a fi. fa.
j in favour of James Reese vs. said Henry Lang
'ford and George Langford. Property pointed
out by George Langford.
j 300 acres ot Land, more or less,
adjoining Mrs. Robertson and others, on the wa
’ ters of bhoulderbone, levied oil as the property
of William Hauies, to satisfy a fi. fa. iu favour of
John Thomas and others vs. said William Haines.
One Bay Horse, about six years
old, taken as the property of Jephtha Grace to
i satisfy a fi. ft. iu lavuurof W illiam E. Broadnax
vs. said Jephtha Grace.
ISO acres of Land on the waters
of Fu]som’s Creek, adjoining Collins and others,
taken as the property of Nathan Culver, senior,
‘to satisfy a fi- fa. in favour of William (tall, ad
ministrator °f Thonuas H. Hall deceased vs. said
1 Nathan Culver, *e n ior.
■ Terms Cash. J A MES THOMAS, D. Sh'ff.
26th May lßgl.
Land for Sale.
THE subscriber offers for sale A Pi ANTA
TION, containing 190 acres of first quality
j land, well improved, having on it a good two.
; story house, and other necessary buildings in
good order. It is situated sufficient!} near Mount
Zion to enable the purchaser to avail himself of
the privileges of the school. The present crop
upon the land will sufficiently recommend the
fertility of the soil. It will be sold on reuse --.ble
terms. For further particulars, application .nay
be made to the subscriber, or at the Missionary
Office. RICHARD GREGORY.
Mount Zion, Jnto 6, 1&S1. 2tt.