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KOJJTRY.
The Christian Uirgin's Address to her Apot
idte Lover.
Oh, lo't to faith, to peace, to Heaven !
Const thou a recreant be
To Hint whoie life for thine w given,
Whoie cross endured for thee I
Camt thou for earthly joys resign
A love immortal, pure, divine,
Tet fink thy plighted troth to mine,
And cleave unchanged to me ?
Thou oanst not—and ’tw urg’d in vain—
Thy sophistry of love—
Though not in pride or cold disdain
Thy fal.-ehood I reprove t
Inly my heart may bleed—but yet
Mine is no weak—no vain regret ; •-*
Thy wrongs to me I might forget,
But not to Him above.
Cease then—thy fond impassioned vow,
In happier hours 10 dear;
(No virgin pride restrains me now)
I must not turn toliear;
For still my erring heart might prove
Too weak to spurn thy proffered love |
And tears—though feigned and false—might move,
And prayers, though.insincere.
But no ! the tie so firmly bound
Is torn asunder how ;
How deep that sudden wrench may wound
It recks not to avow.
Go thou to fortune and to fame;
I sink to sorrow—suffering—Shame—
Yet think, when glory gilds thy name,
i would not be as thou.
Thofo canst not light or wavering deem
The bosom all thine own ;
Thou knov’st, in joy’s enlivening beam,
Or fortune’s adverse frown,
My pride, my bliss had been to share
t Thy hopes; to sooth Uiine hours of care;
With thee the martyr’s cross to bear,
Or win the martyr’s crown.
Th o’er; but never from my heart
Shall time thine image blot;
The dream* of other days depart;—
Tbou shall not be forgot;
And never in the suppliant sigh
Toured forth to Him who sways the iky,
Shall mine own name be breathed on high,
And thine remembered not.
Farewell! and oh ! may he whose love
Endures though man rebel,
la mercy,yet tliy guilt reprove ;
Thy darkling cloud? dispel;
Where’er thy wandering steps decline
M* fondest prayer* —nor only mine—
The aid of Israel’s God be thine;
And in his came—farewell.
Miscellany.
From the .Vissouri Intelligencer.
,THE BEAVER HUNTER.
There appears in the character ts the
inhabitants who reside immediately on a
frontier, certain doubtful features that ren
der it difficult to determine to which side of
the boundary they belong Thus it is with
our borderers of Missouri who have taken
tip their re*idence in the neighbourhood of
fhejindian lands, and in many instances have
adopted the habits, manners and costume
of the nativ%s.
Michael Shtickwell, or os he ha been
more familiarly denominated, Mike Shuck ,
may be presented as a sample of these vol
unteer barbarians. Amongst the earliest
settlers of Kentucky, Mike Shuck was
“known a white headed hardy urchin, whom
cobody claimed kin to, and who disclaimed
connexion with all mankind.
He was mured to danger in the course of
the Indian wars of that period ; and when
the celebrated Col. Boon migrated to this
country, Mike was one of hi numerous fol
lowers. Advancing as the settlements pro
gressed, for the convenience of hunting, he
has at last found himself pushed beyond the
’boundary of that tract of country to which
the Indian title has been extinguished. At
present Mike Shuck claims a portable citi
zenship, or a floating title to a residence
that he locales for the time being, wherev
er he may chance to lay himself down for
the night. His subsistence he draws from ‘
nature’s grand store house, by means of an i
old rust}’ rifle that has been his constant
companion since his first campaign under
General George Rogers Clark.
He possesses, in an eminent degree, a
knowledge of all the minutiae of trapping,
and he appropriates his autumns, the pro
per season for this branch of his business,
in exploring the small creeks that put into
the Missouri above the settlements. He is
frequently discovered “at the peep of
dawn,” bare-headed and bare footeJ, pur
suing the meanderings of these water cour
ses, bending under a load of traps, to learn
whether or not his bait ha? attracted the
cautions Victim ; or for the purpose of lo
cating his traps more advantageously.
Such is the accuracy of his skill, that he j
can make up a pack of bdaver, where an |
Indian, with all his rude knowledge of na- i
tufa I history, would esteem the prospect
licpeloss. A gentleman who was in the
pursuit of elk, about the middle of Novem
ber last, discovered this modern Crusoe at
< veiling, laden with bis effects, that by
good fortune /it this time amounted to
about a pack-horse load. He proposed to
encamp with him for the night. Mike
muttered a kind of grumbling assent, and
led the way, firsftbrough an extensive ha
le thicket, thence descending into a ravine,
he proceeded by a devious route through
a compact grove of swamp asb, and at
length arrived at a cheerful fire that bad
previously been lighted up by onrhero;
ntjt for which the pipe woriMJave been
as dreary ns purgatory is represented to
be. Tbe owls themselves, however pres
sing their necessities, cluld scarcely have
flapped their way into this dismal labyrinth.
But Mike and his plunder , as he very pro
perly termed it in this instance, (for it was
the legitimate properly of the Indians) was
safe. Mike Shuck threw down his burden,
and turned to bis follower with a malicious
smile, or rather hyterick grin, and desired
him to be seated. The hospitality of his
board, if a bearskin spread on the ground
deserves the name, was tendered with lit
tle ceremony, and consisted of a beaver
tail and an elk marrow bone, both of which
were prepared ou the coals by mine host in
his own proper person.
Mike, as i have before remarked, claims
no family connexions; and if he ever had
any, he has outlived them; he is therefore
making no provisions for legacy hunters.
But be is always, when he deigns to make
use of his tongue, grumbling about his ar
rangements for an easy independent old
age, and speaks of it as if it was yet very
far distant, although he has attained almost
fourscore. When the trapping season is
over, he betakes himself to his craft, as he
is pleased to term a cotton wood canoe, and
proceeds to market with his usual indiffer
ence towards the elements. Ou one occa
sion, when his cargo was fairly afloat on
the angry current of the Missouri, and
Mike had extended his weather-worn limbs
upon the shore, for repose, his bow-fpst (h
grape vine) parted, and his frail bark put
to sea without a pilot. On making this dis
covery in the morning, he was chagrined,
but not discouraged by the event. He lost
no time, but instantly set off in pursuit of
his fortune; on the third day he discovered
his craft, self-moored under (he lee of a raft
of drift wood, without having sustained the
smallest injury in hnll, rigging or cargo
Michael was so much rejoiced, that, by in
spiration or instinct, he was induced to offer
a hasty prayer of thanksgiving; but wheth
er it was directed to Got/, Man l or the Dev
il. 1 have not been informed. As old Mi
chael disdains to decorate his pericranium
with the beaver he may entrap, his hair
has been suffered to grow into a matted
gristly substitute, and at present very much
resembles the borrowed wig of a strolling
player. His features too are worn by time,
and the storms of nearly 80 winters, into
the inflexibility of a barber’s block. With
all thes* evidences to the contrary, he pro
fesses to be extremely happy. He insists
that he relishes his meals infloitely better
than a professed epicure ; and he contends
that Madeira can by do means bear a com
parison with spring w-afer.
I do not envy hitn his happiness, *or
would I recommend copying his pursuits;
yet I believe, most religiously, that such a
life of active exei ! ion, by giving to the blood
a vigorous circulation, will insure health
] and cheerfulness to the spirits, while an
inert sedentary life, will be fruitful only
in ennui. acrora borealis.
The First Qicareer. —AifVdd Indian being at a
tavern in New-Y ork, met with a gentleman who
pave him some liquor, and becoming lively, boast
ed that he could read and write English The
gentleman, willing to gratify him in displaying his
knowledge, begged leavt to propose a
which the old man assented. He then asked,
” w ho was the first circumcised ?” The Indian
immediately replied, “Father Abrahan,,”—and
directly asked the gentleman, “ who was the first
Qnaker ?” He said it was not quite certain, as
people differed very much in their opinions. The
Indian perceiving the gentleman unable to re
solve bis question, pot hi* finger in his mouth as
expressive of his astonishment, and lookingatead
fastly at him for some time, told hinj, that“.Wor
decai was the Jfrj/ Quaker, for he would not pull
off his hat to Human .”
“ O tempora ! O mores !”
A writer (in a Leeaburgb paper) alluding to the
“great horse race” at Washington, the other
day, makes the following contrast. He states
that he was at the sale of the late Col. Hoomes,
of Caroline co. where 15 or 20 prints of horses
(some of (be originals of which are now dead)
were sold : A single print of the Eclipse sold for
twenty-four dollars; a pair of Diomede and Ham
ilton, for thirty-five dollar;; and a print of the
New Market Race Ground in England, for thirty
five dollars!—while at the same sale he saw a
likeness of Gen. Washington, (by R. Peale,) 3
feet long, in a military dress, with a large gilt
frame, sell for two dollars and fifty tents! and
another likenessmf Thomas Jefferson for one
dollar and fifty cents. Such is the strange taste
of some people in the world.
A sailor, at the battle of Trafalgar, who was ac-1
lively employed at one of the guns on the quarUr
deck of the Britannia, had his leg shot off a little
below the knee, and observing an officer, wbe
was ordering him to be conveyed to tbe cock-pit,
said “ That’s but a shilling touch, your honour,
an inch higher, and I should have had eighteen
pence Joe it 1” alluding to the scale of pensions al
lowed for wounds, which, of course, increase ac
cording to their severity. Tbe same resolute fel
low, as they were lifting him on a brother tar’s
shoulders, said so one of his friends, “ 1 say, Bob,
lake a look for my leg, and give me the silver
buckle out of my shoe; I’ll do as much for you
another time!”
Dancing. —The Chinese have odd ideas of this
amusement. When Commodore Anson was at
Canton, the officers of the Centuriou had a bail
upon some court holiday ; while they were dan
cing, a Chinese, who very quietly surveyed the
operation, said softly, to one of the party, “ why
j don’t you let your servants do this for you
| On the 21st of May a Stork was shot on the es-
I *at of Count Von Bothraer on the coast, of the
Baltick, not far from Wisnar, in the Duchy of
Mecklenburgh. This stork bad an arrow, which
j was probably discharged at it by some African
savage, sticking perpendicularly in its neck, the
I arrow was two feet ten iuebes in length, of black
! > with an iron head of rude workmanship,
j was fastened to the wood with a string. It
I projected by nearly a third of its length above
! ’” e n* a d of the stork, and the lower part about
as much below the breast. It was observed that
several other storks vainly endeavoured to free
their companion from this troublesome ornament,
which it doubtless brought from its winter abode
in Africa. A draftsman of the name of F. Lenthe,
! >“<“* 8 ‘'Mwing of it on stone; it was afterwards
stuffed and is preserved in the museum of the
University ofEs;:sck.
i Le Jttarguit dt Bt. Cyr.—“ A man, who vrish
ed to pais the barriers of Paris in 1793, was re
quired to give bis name. Sic. to the pertous on
duty. *I am Monsieur It* Marquis de ft. Cyr.’—
* You ought to know, citizeu, that these are nei
ther nobles, .titles, nor moijuua/i.’— * In that
case, De Saint Cyr, if you please.’— i) is not
used now.’—‘Then lay simply Saint Cyr.’—‘Ah!
but all saints, you know, have been abolished.’—
* Well, if it must be so,write Cyr.’—* No, citizen,
there arc no longer any Sires,’ (the pronunciation
is the same.) Thus, piece by piece the unfortu
nate Marquis was stripped by the Revolution, till
he found himself at the barrier of Paris without a
name.
Asivedo, *Pp|Dish Jesuit, was theologian to we
forget which of the Popes, and was remarkable
for his deformity. One day he was engaged in
private in some theological discussion with his
Holiness, when the latter was so struck with his
features that lie interrupted him by exclaiming,
“ Well, Asivedo, thou art certainly the ugliest
being on the face of the earth!” “Ah !” replied
the other with great composure, “ Ah!” if your
Holiness had seen my sister!”
The Dey of Algiers (says a French paper) has
resorted to a singular mode of conquering the
love of celibacy, hy ordaining that every batebe
lor of more than 20 years of age shall receive at
least once a day in publick, a sound fogging.
The expedient is said to be highly effectual, but
it is apprehended that it may not on the whole
promote the harmony of matrimony, as the hus
bands may be inclined to deal out to their ribs
some of the sufferings by which their common fe
licity was attained.
The capture of Cornwallis prevented by an
Accident.
At the battle of Guilford, March IS, 1781, Col.
Wna. Wastington, who always led the van, per
oeired an officer surrounded by several persons,
appearing to be aids-de-camp. Believing him to
be lord Cornwallis, he rushed on with the hope of
making him prisoner, when he was arrested by
am accident. His cap fell from his head, and as
he leaped to the ground to recover it, the officer
leading his column was shot through the body and
rendered incapable of managing his horse. Tire
animal wheeled round wilh his rider, and galloped
off the fieldhe was followed by all the cavalry,
who supposed the movement bad been directed.
Corporate Learning. —The Mayor of a country
town, conceiving that the word clarute was in the
plural number, would often talk of a tlaw in an
act of Parliament.
A gentleman in Pads, superintendent of an in
stitution Cor the instruction of deaf and dumb
children, whs asked by a friend to allow him to
pot a question to one of the children, with a view
to ascertain his mental improvement. The re
quest being complied with, he was desired to write
his question, and affir it to the wall. It was
this:—“ Does God reason ?” The child instant
ly wrote underneath with a pencil, “ God knows
and sort every thing. Reasoning implies doubt
and uncertainty ; therefore, God doesnet reason.”
Colly Cibber visited (he duke of Wharton, at
Winchendon, on Bucking?hire,and taking an air
ing with his grace, the carriage oould hardly be
dragged along through the heavy clay, “It has
been said,” observed the poet, “ that your grace
ran through your estate ; but 1 defy you to run
through this.”
A married woman of the Shawanee Indians,
made this beautiful reply to a man whom she met
in the woods, and who implored her to love and
to look on him : “ Oulauen, my husband,” said
she, who is forever before viy eyes, binders use
from seeing you.”
FRENCH TRUMPETER.
In the war on the Reine, in 1784, the French
got possession of the villiage of Rbinthal by a very
curious rust ie guerre of one Joseph Werck, a
trumpeter. This village was maintained by an
Austrian party of 600 hussars. Two companies
of foot were ordered to make an attack upon it at
lOo’clock at night. The Austrians bad been ap
priked of the intended attack, and were drawn
up ready to charge on the assailing party.
On perceiving this, Werck detached himself
from his own party, and contrived by favour of
the darkness to slip into the midst of the enemy ;
when taking his trumpet,be first sounded the ral
ly in the Austrian manner, and next momeM the
retreat; the Austrians, deceived by the signal,
were oflT in an instant at full gallop, and the
French remained masters of the village without
striking a blow.
Addison aays that a dog has been the compan
ion of man for more than six thousand years, and
has learned of him only one of his vices—that is,
to worry his species when he finds them in distress.
Tie a tin canister to a dog’s tail, and another will
’ fall upon him—put a man in prison for debt, and
another will lodge a detainder against him. This
propensity to afflict the sufferer gave rise to the
vulgar, but we fear correct adage, “ When a man
is going down kill every one gives him a kick.”
It is a mortifying reflection, says Dr. Johnson,
for any man to oensider what he has done, com
pared with what he might have done.
In 1635 th General Court of Massachusetts
prohibited the currency of brass farthings, and or
dered that musket bullets should pass for farthings.
Sheriff Sales.
WILL be sold at tbe court hous? in Watfem
County, on the first Tuesday in March
next:
One negro man, named James,
about twenty-five years ojd, taken as the property
of Charles Harrell, to satisfy several executions,
one in favour of William Skivers administrator of
James Brady deceased.
Also—One negro man, Frank,
about forty-five years of age, taken as the proper
ty of Moses Darden junior, to satisfy an execu
tion in favour of Fontaine & Hargraves.
Also~-One hundred acres of land,
more or less, adjoining Bass and others en the
waters of Hart’a creek, taken as the property of
Joseph St, Benjamin Culpepper to satisfy an exe
cution in favour of Henry Peebles.
Also—Two hundred scores of
land, more or less, adjoining James Wheeler and
.others on the waters of Long creek taken as tbe
property of John Jones, to satisfy several execu
tions in favour of Joseph Paythrep,
FERDINAND NEAL, D. S.
January 24, 1823.
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WI LL be soW, on tbe first Tuesday in March
next, at the Court bouse in the town of
Sparta, Hancock county, between the usual hours
of sale, the following property, to wit:
One negro boy, about 12 years
old, by the name of Elieck, taken as the property
of Sanauel R. Andrews, to satisfy a fi. fa. in fa
vour of Peyton Baker, administrator, vs. Samuel
R.. Andrews and Henry IJ.njs. Fi. in. from
Warren 3up*iour Court, No. 30.
t T. HUmOK D, Shfi,
Jan. 27, 1823. •
AT He Court-!*)use in Warfen county, Vrfll be
sold, on the first Tuesday in March next,
Six Negroes; Charles,-forty-five,
Abram twenty-five, Hester fifteen, Judy seven,
Gilbert ten, and Patty eight years of age ; taken
as the property of Samuel Yarbroug to satisfy two
executions in favour of Sampson Duggar, issued
on the foreclosure of mortgages.
FERDINAND NEAL, D. S.
Dec. 6, 1022.
WILL be sold at the court house in the town
of Sparta, Hancock County, on the first
Tuesday in March next, within the legal hoursof
sale, Jhe following property, to wit:
100 acre 9 of land, more or less,
on the waters of Little Ogechee, adjoining John
A. Johnson and others, whereon Benjamin Smith
now lives, levied on as the property of Benjamin
Smith to satisfy a fi. fa. in favour of James John
son against Arcbelaus Averett and Benjamin Smith
his security ou the stay of execution.
220 acres of laud, more or less,
whereon Arcbelaus Averett now lives mi Wil
liams's creek adjoining Vinson and others.—Also,
124 1-2 acres of land, more or less, whereon Jane
Cook now lives, on the waters of Williams's
creek adjoining English and others all levied oil as
the property of Arcbelaus Averett to satisfy a fi.
fa. in favour of James Johnson, against Arcbelaus
Averett and Benjamin Smith, his security on stay
of execution, and two other fi. fas. in favour of
Labon Beckom administrator of Allen Beckom
deceased, against William Grantham and Arche
laus Averett his secarity on the appeal, said pro
perty pointed out by said Averett. Terms Cash.
T. COLEMAN, D. S.
January 25th, 1823.
Coroner’s Sale.
ON the first Tuesday in March next, will be
sold at the Court-house in VVarrenton, be
tween the usual hours of sale, the following arti
cles of clothing, viz:
A Broadcloth Coat, a pair of
Casimere Pantaloons, a Marseilles Vest, and a
Cravat, which articles were found in the posses
sion of a negro man, found dead by due inquisi
tion at William Simplers, some time in August last.
Also—At the same time and
place, Three hundred acres of pine land more or
less, on the waters of Briar Creek, taken as the
property of John C. Gordon, to satisfy a fi. fa. in
favour of Joel Neal.
JOHN G. POWELL, Coroner.
January 21, 1823.
AT Donielsville, in Madison county, will be
sold, on the first Tuesday in March next,
between the usual hours of sale, the following
properly, to wit:
Two feather beds and furniture,
one oven, one club-axe, one sad-iron, one check
reel, one cotton-wheel, one writing-desk, three
large chairs and three small chairs, one earthen
bowl, three earthen plates, one tiu pan, one wa
ter-pail, about five hundred and sixty pounds of
seed-cotton, and about three barrels of corn—le
vied on as the property of John Vaughn, by virtue
of an execution in favour of Joseph Albright vs.
said Vaughn. Property pointed out by plaintiff’s
attorney. The above property was advertised to
be sold on the first Tuesday of this instant;—the
sale postponed by plaintiff’s attorney until the
first Tuesday in March next.
Also—One negro boy. by the
name of Cast, about twenty-two years of age,(le
vied on as the property of the estate of Reuben
Richards, by virtue of an execution, Josiah Hop
kins vs. Nathan Bond, administrator, and Rachel
Richards, administratrix of Reuben Richards, de
ceased. and others. Property pointed out bv
plaintiff.
Also—One hundred and fifty
acre* ofland, more or less, on the waters of Shoal
Creek, adjoining George Brag and others, levied
on as the property of James H. MilJican, by vir
tue of an execution, Matthews Sc Williford and
sundry others. Levied or. and returned to me
by George Bragg, Constable. Conditions cash.
WW. L. GRIFFETH, Shff.
January 10, 1823.
WILL be sold at the Court-house in Madi
son county, on the first Tuesday in
March next, between the usualhours of sale, the
following property, to wit;
One elegant Bay Stud Horse,
about five years old, one saddle, one bridle and
one saddle-blanket, levied on as the property of
Alexander McCleskey, to satisfy an execution in
favour of Vincent B.Simmons vs. said McCleskey.
Also—Two hundred acres of
land, more or less, adjoining James Eberheart and
others, on the waters of North Broad River, well
improved, and one Jersey wagon and harness, all
taken as the property of Benjamin Witcher, sen.
to satisfy two executions, one in favour of F. &
R. Jordan against said Witcher and John Wood,
one other in favour of Elisha Strong against said
Witcher and Benjamin Witcher, jr. and John
Phipps, security on stay of executions. Property
pointed out by the defendant.
Also—Two grey Horses, one
about four years old, and one about five; three
cows and yearlings, oik large bell and collar, one
large log-chain, taken as the property of Joseph
Vineyard to satisfy, an execution in favour of
Charles W. Christian.
Also—Three thousand pounds
of seed cotton, and two large bales of ginned
cotton, taken as the property of Thomas Numi,
to satisfy an execution in favour of James Long
vs- said Nunn, property pointed out by the de
fendant.
Also—Two hundred and ten
acres of land on the road leading from Daniejs
vUle to Newtown on Broad River, well improved,
whereon Jesse Willingham now lives, levied on
by virtue of sundry executions in favour of Win.
P. Culbertson, sen. against Jesse Willingham.
Levied on and returned to me by John Russell,
constable. Property pointed out by M. T. Wil
hight.
AUo—Two hundred and forty
acres of land, well improved, on tbe South Broad
.River, wheron Daniel Orr now lives, adjoining
Lenard H. G hols ton and others, levied on by vir
tue of sundry executions iu favour of John Wal
ton against Mathew Orr ?nd Daniel Orr. Levi
ed on and returned to me by James Power, con
stable. Conditions cash.
WILLIAM L. ORIFFETH, Shjf.
Jan. 16, 1823. ’ *
WILL be sold, on Wednesday, the 12lh of
February next, at the late residence of
Stephen Parker, deceased,
All the perishable property of
saW deceased, consisting of horses, cattle, crop
of cotton, and household and kitchen furniture.
Terms made known on the day of sale.
ASA H. PARKER, Mm'r.
Dec. 30, 1822. tds3l
ALL persons indebted to the estate of llenry
Persona, deceased, will please make itnriie
diMe payment; and those who have demands
against said estate, will present them in due time,
<srig*6y E. Thomas, Adra’r.
Jxpoary 13 ; 1823. UTjamSS,
be wild ut (be Conrt-lionte in tlie tovtk
it of Sparta, Hancock mmnty, on the first
Tuesday in Marclyiext, between the, usual hours
of sale, the following property, to wit:
The interest that Winney Mayo
has in seventy acres ofland, more or less, on the.
waters of Gabriel Creek, adjoining lauds of Mrs?
Womack, Wilder and others, to satisfy a fi. fi,. jj
favour of John W. Smith vs. Winney Mayo. Le
vied on and returned to me hy a constable.
77/06’. HUDSON, D. S.
Jan. 28. 1823.
AT the court-house in Warren Comity on the
first Tuesday in March next, will bo sold be
tween ten and four o’clock, the following proper
ly to wit:
500 acres of pine land, more or *
less, on the waters of Rocky Comfort, adjoining
Stephen Jones and others, whereon Hardin Pruitt
now lives, taken as the property of Hardin Pruitt,
to satisfy an execution in favour of James Neal
jun. and others.
Also—43B acres of oak and hick
ory land, more or less, ou the waters of Williams’s
creek, adjoining Robert Edwards, James Vaughn
and others, taken as the property of John L.
Zachery and James T. Allen, to satisfy sundry
executions in favour of T. Butler.
Also—One house and lot v> Here
on Peyton Baker now lives, adjoining John Lulls
and others, two hundred acres of land ou the wa
ters of Ogeeche, adjoining Shivers and others,
whereon W. Andrews now lives, two hundn and
acres ofland more or less on the waters of Dcfp
Creek whereon Murphy Champion now lives, one
Tavern and lot in VVarrenton, adjoining Bledsoe
and others, now occupied by P. O. Paris, the
shop now occupied by Dr. Lodkbart, the horse
lot occupied by P. O. Paris, adjoining Blandford
and others, the dwelling house and lot occupied
by Chapell Heeth adjoining Bledsoe and others,
one hundred acres of oak and hickory land now
occupied by James I. Isdale, on the waters of
Rocky Comfort, adjoining Jacob Buckhalter and
others: Peter, a negro man about thirty-Gve
years old Phebe, a girl about 15—Bradford, a
boy about 10—Jerry, a man about 30—Regulus,
a roan about 35—Blister, a man about 40—David
a man about 36—Chloe, a girl about 17—Samp
son, a man about 35—Ann, a girl about 17—O. r
oline, about 7—Violet, a woman about 35,and fur
-5 children—Jim, a boy about ten—Peggy, a girl
about 12 —Mary, a girl about 11—Dan, a hoy
about 7—Henry, a boy about 6 years of age—all
taken as the property of Peyton Baker & Chap
pell Heeth,late Merchants and Co-partners, trar
ding under the style and firm of Baker & Heeth,
to satisfy an execution in favour of Slaughter &
Labuzan vs. said Baker & Heeth.
FERDINAND NEAL, D. Shff.
January 30, 1823.
Administrator’s Sale.
WILL be sold, on Saturday, the 22d Februa
ry next, at the late residence of Joseph
Henry, jr. deceased, of Haucock county,
All the personal property of said
deceased, consisting of stock of different kinds,
household and kitchen furniture, plantation and
carpenters’ tools, with sundry other articles.
Credit until the 25th December next for aH
sums over five dollars; —under five dollars, cash;-
the purchaser giving small uotes and approved se-.
curity. At the same time and place the
Negroes will be hired and the
Plantation Rented for the present year. All per
sons indebted to said estate are requested to
come forward and make payment, and those hav
ing demands, to bring them forward as the law
directs. MARY HENRY, Adfn'x.
Jan. 7, 1823. 32tds
GEORGIA.
Surveyor General’s Office, )
December 17, 1822. $
NOTICE is now given to those who claim land
iu this State under Head-Right Warrants,
that by au act passed at the present session of the
Legislature, they are forever precluded from tho
expectation of further extension, they having
draiued the cup of indulgence to its last drop;
so that i( they do not pass their lands iuto grants’
by the Bth day of November next, they will re--
vert to, and become the property of the State,
and consequently subject to be surveyed, or ta
ken up by any person who may be induced to da
so. Vou are now, I presume, in possession of the
menus of discharging the fees of ofiice, arising
rom the proceeds of jour present crops, and you
may not be so at the last pinch next fall—there;
fore, I advise you not to delay a moment. The
fortunate drawers in the 3d lottery, that is the lots
tery preceding the last, as well as those who have
drawn prizes in the 4th or last lottery, may be
pushing forward their grants uext session, lest the
Legislature should not conclude on a continued
extension of the term allowed to them. This,
you will readily perceive, must produce a great
influx aud an overwhelming pressure of business,
so that 1 could not, even with the aid of twenty
assistants, which 1 am not disposed to employ iu
any exigency, meet the applications at that time,
so as to give timely relief. If you wish to avoid
the expense of travelling to the Seat of Govern
ment, you may readily obtain your grants by en
closing to me by mail, or private conveyance,
$4 25 for all grants under 500 acres, and for all
giants over 500 and not exceeding 1000 acres, the
sum of $7 50. The grants will be promptly at
tended to, and the change, if any, will be found,
in the envelope on the receipt of your grant or
grants. For your further information, you will
remember that no money is recehed m the State
Treasury, except the bills of the State Bank,
Planters’ Bank, Merchants’ Bank of Augusta, the
Darien Bank, and the State Bank of South Caro
lina, $1 on the smallest and $2 on the largest
grants ; North Carolina State Bills will be receiv
ed by tbe state officers for their fees, and bills of
one or two uncliartered banks, say Sanford’s, Bui
lock & Wells’in small sums occasionally. Comer
ty Surveyors are requested to transmit, without
delay, all plats which remain in their offices to
this office.
DANIEL STURGES, Sur. Gen.
31—3 w
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