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COLUMBUS SENTINEL AND HERALD.
YOL. IX.]
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING BY
J. H. CAMPBELL & J. H. WILSON,
„ OJ BROAD STREET, OVER ALLES AND YOUNG’S,
m’ixtosh ROW.
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3d. All rule and figure work double the above ptices.
Legal Advertisements published .at the usual
rates, anl with strict attention to the requisitions of
the law.
All Sales regulated bylaw, must be made before
the Court House door, between the hours of 10 in the
morning and 4 in the evening—those of Land in
the county where it is situate; those of Personal
Property, where the letters testamentary, of a Imin
istration or of guardianship were obtained—and are
required to be previously advertised in some public
Gazette, as follows :
Sheriffs’ Sales under regular executions for thir
ty days, under mortgage fi fas sixty o ays, before
the day of sale.
Sales of Land and Neoroes, by Executors, Ad
ministrators or Guardians, for sixty days before
the day of sale.
Sales of Personal Property (except Negroes) forty
DAYS.
Citations by Clerks of the Courts of Ordinary, upon
application for letters of aJministratitn, must
be published for thirty days.
Citations upon application for dismission, by
Executors, Administrators or Guardians, monthly
for SIX MONTHS.
Orders of Courts of Ordinary, (accompanied with a
copy ol the bond or agreement) to make titles
to land, must be published three months.
Notices by Executors, Administrators or Guardians,
of applica'ion to the Court of Ordinary for leave
to sell the Land or Negroes of an Estate, four
months.
Notices by Executors or Administrators, to the Debt
ors and Creditors ol an Estate, for six weeks.
Sheriffs, Clerks of Court, Sic., will be allowed
the usual deduction.
Letters on business, must be post paid,
to entitle them to attention.
The following persons have kindly consented to act
as Agents for the Sentinel and Herald :
Col. C. Parker, Collodensville. Monroe county.
Peter Cone, Esq., Eden, Eifi.igham county.
Rev. Reuben E. Drown, Perry P. O. Houston co.
Tuns. H. Key. Esq., Drayton, Dooly county.
Col. This. J. Holmes, Concord, Baker co.
Stepen D. Crane. Esq., Dahlonega,Lumpkin co.
Col. John Dill. Fort Gaines, Ga.
John C. M angiiam, Greenville, Ga.
K. J, Wood & Cos , St. Joseph, Flor.
Noukse, Brooks & Cos., Apalachicola.
J. S. Yarbrough, Lumpkin. Stewart county.
Jas. Buchanan, Cuthh rt, Randolph county.
J. VV. Bach elder, La Fayette, Chambers co. Ala.
Charles Murphey, Decatur. DeKalb county.
WAR'S HOUSE
and commission business.
f H V I K undersigned takes leave to inform his friends
U- and lilts puolic generally, that he will continue
the Ware-House and Commission Business, to which
his atention will be exclusively confined ; and by strict
attention thereto he hopes to merit a continuance of
patron lge which has been so liberally bestowed upon
him. He will attend to the sale of Cotton from wa
g ms or iH store, and from a general acquaintance with
the purchasers, and true situation of the market, he be
lieves that he can, generally, more than save the com
mission in the sale of Cotton.
Lib -ral advances will be made on produce or mer
chandise in store. WM. P. YONGE.
Columbus. Sept. IS, 1533. 33y
ALABAMA LANDS FOB. SALE.
N. half 9 14 30
S. half 4 14 30
N. half 8 14 30
N. half 7 11 30
S. half 7 14 30
S. half 6 14 30
S. half 11 _ 11 29
S. half 20 18 23
S. half 34 19 23
N. half 36 19 29
S. half 36 19 29
W. half 29 16 26
N half 6 16 30
E. half 21 22 26
E. half 22 U 23
N. half 33 20 26
S. half 32 18 23
W. half 26 15 24
S. half 29 16 25
K. half 2 18 25
Any of the above lands will be sold on terms to suit
purchasers, by application to John D. Pitts, Esq. Flo
rences, Ga. or the subscriber, at Macon.
July 2S. 26tf J. COWLES.
PLANTATION AND LANDS FOtt S.ihE.
P’B’gylE subscriber offers for sale bis Plantation on
JL the lichee creek, near Sant Fort, in Russell
county, Ala., con-is ting of 1120 acres, the greater part
of which is first rate lime lands, 200 acres under a good
fence and in a fair state of cultivation. There is a
small never-failing stream of water running through it;
also a good spring near the centre of the improved
lands, and good dwellings and all necessary out build
ings. A ‘ Jin House and Screw are now being erect
ed on the premises. Persons wishing to purchase
would do well to call.
Also 3 or 4000 acres of first rate lands, on the Cow
..ctccrcek. in Barbour, near the line of Russell.
JTsO. CROWELL, Jr.
August 27, IS3B. 30 ts
VALUABLE PL AS I'ATIOX PO£i S VI. E.
subscriber offers for sale, on easy terms, the
H following rich and valuable PLANTATION,
in Stewart county, to wit : In the 24ih district of
Stewart, 6 raiies east of Lumpkin, containing 1,700
acres, 1,000 of which are cleared and in hi st rate or
der, and all the open land fresh.
The village to which this plantation is contiguous,
is pleasant and remarkably healthful, atiording good
society, and excellent water, and Female Schools,
&c. The surrounding country is also pleasant and
settled by intelligent and worthy people. Corn, Fod
der, and Stock of every kind, may b ■ bad on the Plan
tation. Terms easy. Apply to the proprietor in Co
tumbus, or to John D. Pitts, of Florence, Stewart*
county, Ga. WILSA 12. JONKS. -
Nov. 8, IS3B. 40T
VALUABLE PLANTATION FOR SALE,
CONTAINING Two Hundred Two and a Had’
Acres of Land, mixed with oak anffpine. There j
are eighty acres cleared. Also, a comfortable dwel
ling, with all necessary out offices, a good gin house
and packing screw, a peach and apple orchard. The
entire under good fence. It is situated within 4 miles
of Columbus, joining the plantation formerly owned
bv Thomas C. Evans, Esq. Persons wishing to pur
chase cannot find a m >re desirable location than the
one offered for sale bv the subscribers.
JOHN CODE,
Dec. 6. 44tf JOHN Q.UIN.
CARRIAGE SHOP.
nfTisnaa
Ozlethorpe Street, Xorlhof Calhoun'* Hotel ,
HAVE just received anew assortment of good
CARRIAGES selected from some efthe best
manufactories at the North. They having taken par
ticular pains to have them made to suit tiiis country,
and no insure satisfaction to purchasers, they will war
rant them for one year with fair usige. AU kind of
Carriages made to order. Carriage and Harness’ re
pairing done in very neat style by good Northern work
men. Also, a good assortment of Carriage materials,
all of which they will sell low for cash or approved
paper.
Feb. 16. 7y
NEW SPRING GOODS.
THE subscriber lias just received, a fresh
supply of FANCY AND STAPLE DRY
GOODS, of the latest fashi >ns and importations.
ready made clothing, hats, con
nets and SHOES.
He would invite his customers and the public
generally tocall and examine his -dock before pur
chasing elsewhere, as they no doubt will be suit
ed with the quality and price. He is determined
to sell low for cash.
Country merchants will be supplied atreduced
prices. NEILL AIcNAIR*
May 21,-7-tf
LAW NOTICE.
THE subscriber has resumed the practice of the
LAW at Columbus, Ga. He will be prepared
to make advances on Notes placed in his hands for
collection, provided the parties are unquestionably sol
vent, and the terms can be agreed upon. His office is
on Broad street, directly over the Planters’ and Me
chanics’ Bank. S. ARMSTRONG BAILEY.
May 23d, 1833. lGtf
COLUMBUS WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
SADDLURIT V/AR3-HOUS3,
At the sign of the Golden Saddle, a few doors be
low D. Himgerford x Go’s, and nearly
opposite Ujquhart & Ware.
W. WADE & CO.
HAVE now on hand a complete assortment of
articles appertaining to their line ot basinets :
—among which ARF /fc"'neas r
Spanish, (iuilted, Overlaid and Sh y -utiles,
Plain, Boys’, Race, Attakapas, aljj r inters’do.
Large and Extra Large do ‘k r *
Ladies’ Saddles, of every quality -Ad size.
BRIDLES OF A LL KINDS.
Some good for fifty cents; Saddle Bags, Carpet Bags;
Valices; Stirrup Leathers; Sircingles and Girths.
HARNESS—Coach,Gig,and Dearborn,
cheapest to the best. TRUNKS, of every descrip
tion.
The above articles are of their own
made under their own immediate inspection,, | .- aV *e
best materials, and by superior workmen. A.i i,Jjn
hand,
ENGLISH SADDLES, BRIDLES AND MARTINGALES.
Coach, Gig, Tandem, Sportsmen, and Waggon
Whips; Stirrups, Bits, Spurs, Buckles, Hames, Col
lars, Cut Tacks, Trunk Locks, Horse Brushes and
Curry Combs, Trace and Halter Chains.
ALSO—A good assortment of Coach and Gig Har
ness Trimmings; Plated, Brass and Japan’d do.
ALSO—A good assortment of Skirting, Harness,
and Bridle Leather ; black, blue, red, yellow, green,
and cochineal Morocco Skins; Buffalo-Robes and Bear
Skins.
N. 13. Traders who mav buy to sell again, will be
furnished on as good terms as can be bought either in
Now York or Newark. Country merchants are re
spectfully invited to call and examine our goods and
prices, and satisfy themselves.
Iff* R EPAIRING done on the most reasonable
terms.
April 29. 1837 31y
CABINET AND UPHOLSTERY WARE
HOUSE.
CONSBiiTTIAW 6c ANDERSQ3>T
MOST respectfully inform the citizens of Colum
bus, and its vicinity that they have removed
from their former stand, to the store lately occupied by
McArn, in Broad-street, nearly opposite the Insurance
Bank.
They have now on hand a:i elegant assortment of
FURNITURE of their own manufacture.
—ALSO—
Paper Hangings of the latest patterns with suitable
Bordering, Ornaments, and other materials for Cur
tains, &c.
Adverse to puffing, they would only solicit a call
which would enable Ladies and Gentlemen to judge for
themselves by examining the articles.
All orders will be executed with promptitude. Cur
tains put up in the most fashionable style. Rooms
neatly papered. In short, any thing in their line will
be punctually attended to.
Aug. 25. 36y
JOHN E. BACON &. Cos.
agents for the sale of the
INDIAN’S PANA CE A ,
HAVE just received afresh supply ot this valuable
remedy for the cure ol Rheumatism, Scrofula or
King’s Evil, Gout, Sciatica or Hip Gout, Incipient
Cancers, Salt Rheum, Siphiiitic and Mercurial dis
eases, particularly Ulcers and painful affections of the
bones. Ulcerated Throat and Nostrils, Ulcers of
every description, Fever Sores, and Internal Abscess
es, Fistulas, Piles, Scad Head, Scurvy, Biles, Chro
nic Sore Eyes, Erysipelis Blotches, and every variety
of Cutaneous Affection, Chronic Catarrh, Headaci.e,
proceoding from vitia'iori; Affections of the Liver;
Chronic inflammation of the Kidneys and General De
bility, caused by a torpiil aetion of the vessels of the
skin. It is singularly efficacious in renovating those
constitutions which have been broken down by injudi
cious treatment, or juvenile irregularities. In general
terms, it is recommended in all those diseases which
arise from impurities of the blood, or vitiation of the’
humors, of whatever name or kind.
Some of the above complaints may require some
assistant applications, which the circumstances of the
case will dictate ; but for a general remedy or Purifi
cator to remove the cause, The Indian's Panacea will
generally be found sufficient.
The following certificates, out of hundreds similar
which might be procured, are given to show the effect
•if the In ban’s Panacea, in the various complaints
therein mentioned ; and also to exhibit in the most sa
tisfactory manner its superiority over the syrups in
common use.
Charifston, Nov. 15, 1831.
During the last winter and spring. I was afflicted
with a very severe and distressing Rheumatism, occa
sioned by exposure in bad weather. I now take great
pleasure in slating, that six bottles of Indian Pana
cea, restored me to perfect health, and I confidently
recommend it to all similarly afflicted.
JOHN FERGUSON, King st.
Charleston, July 12, 1831.
I was afflicted four years with an ulcer in the leg,
occasionally accompanied with erysipelatious inflama
tion and an excessive pain in the leg'ami ancle joint.
Several eminent Physicians exerted their skill upon it,
hut without permanent benefit. In this case, five bot
tles of the Indian Panacea made a perfect cure,
MARGARET A. WEST, Market st. 121.
July sth, 1537, sjy
HAMPTON COURSE—SWEEP S TAKES
AS it is, and lias been, .sual of iate years, with
the proprietors of the different Race Tracks of
our country, to advertise their Stakes,and, in my opin
ion. they close at too early a period, to give the own
ers of colts a fair opportunity of testing their racing
qualities, 1 com nunicate, therefore, to tho sporting
world, my present plan, rules and terms.
There will be kept open stakes for two and three
year olds, to be run for every suceesst e year, anil not
to be closed until one month previous to the race
Declaration fifteen days before the coming off of the
race.
Stakes of one thousand dollars entrance, will be two
mile heats. Forfeit, $590; declaration, SIOO. Three
entries to form a stake.
Stakes of five hundred dollars entrance will he mile
heats. Forfeit, $250; declaration, $75. Three en
tries to constitute a stake.
Dashes of two or one mile, to suit the convenience
of parties, that is, the amount to be run for.
Persons wishing to make their entries, will please
direct their letters to the subscriber, acting proprietor
of the Hampton Course, or to Capt. Win. G. Nimmo,
Secretary of the Hampton Jockey Club, Augusta, Ga.
Sept. 27, 1833. 35 nG n F. W. LACY.
SrAUE LIN E
FROM COLUMBUS TO WEST POINT.
THE public are informed that a line of STAGES
has been put on the route from Columbus to
West Point via Whitesvilie, leaving Whiteside’s
Tavern every Monday and Friday at 4 o’clock A. M.,
and arriving at West Point the same day at 5 o’clock
P. M. ; leaving West Point eve y Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday at 4 o’clock A. M., and arriving at Co
lumbus at 5 o’clock P. M. the same day.
,un WHITESIDE & DUNCAN.
• lav 2S. 1833. • 17tf
I* —I. B. A Hack will be in readiness at West Point
I to convey passengers to I.a Grange or Lafayette.
PACKETS FROM ST. JOSEPH TO
NEW YORK.
Till’, following substantial and fast sailing
vessels will run as regular Packets between
i T osepli and New York, and will take freight
a . passengers low.
Brig HARTLEY, Ryder, master.
“ CUMBERLAND, Darling, master.
“ SADI. V inceiit, “
Also, the new and splendid ship SPRING.
For Freight or Passage apply to
E. J. WOOD &, CO, Agents,
St. Joseph, Flor.
Nov. 1, 1837 *24 v
GROCERIES.
1 BBLS. old Rectified Whiskey
A 30 bbls. Monongahela do
20 bbls. N. E. Ruin
25 do Gin
20 do Peach Brandy
50 do Sugar
30 bags Coffee
25 boxes Tobacco
100 pieces Dundee Bagging. for sale bv
ALLEN & YOUNG,
Bent, 12. 1638. 32 f No. 1 Mclntosh row.
& ULXjXS
CONTINUE to receive and offei for sale ail kinds
of Staple and fancy Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes,
Hats,Saddlery, Hardware. &c. together with a good
supply of Groeeries,ail of which will be sold on the most
favorable terms.
Feb. Ist. IS3S. 52y
D. GOLSTEINK & CO.,
COMMISSION’ 151) FORWARDING MERCHANTS,
APALACHICOLA. FLORIDA.
Will advance on Cotton shipped to Havre, Liverpool
and New York.
D. Golsteine,
11. D. Darden. Apalachicola, Oct. 25. SStf
7 BBLS. picketed SHEEP HEAD.
20 boxes fine Scotch Herring,
4 bbls. Cranberrffe,
20.000 best Spanish Cigars,
Just received and for sale bv
Feb. 1.1833. 52'f YONGE & ELLIS.
ROOMS TO RENT.
FOUR ROOMS to be rented in M’Tntosh Row,
well calcula'cd for Lawyers, Docters, or Gen
tlemen’s Sleeping Rooms.
Match. S. stf M. N. CLARK. Agent.
‘WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE EORN EQUAL.’
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 7,1839.
MUSCOGEE FEMALE ACADEMY IN
COLUMBUS, GA.
RS. LEIGH having resigned her chatge of
IJL this Institution, it has been committed to the
general superintendence and care of the Rev. WM.
L). CAIRNS, A. M., Rector of Trinity Church in
this city, who will furnish Teachers for the several de
partments of Instruction ; and, by a personal supervis
ion, endeavor lo impart to it a character equai to any
similar Institution in the State.
The Trustees have found it necessary, in order to
secure competent Ins’ructors, to increase somewhat
the rates of Tuition—the charges himerto being much
below what was customary in other Schools. ° They
will henceforth be.
In the Primary Department, $8 00 per quarter
“ “ Middle “ 15 00 “ “
“ “ Senior “ 18 00 “ “
The Primary Department will be under the immedi
ate care of Miss M. J. COOLLDGE, a lady long and
favorably known as a teacher of children in this place.
Into this Department boys will be admitted, under 8
years of age.
Mr. A. IVERSEN, Professor of .Music, from
Germany, will continue to give lessons in the Acade
my—and is confidently recot intended as a gentleman
of fine accomplishments in ii.s profession. Provision
will be made, as soou as possible, for competent in- .
struction in French, Drawing, Painting, and other Or
namental Branches—for which the uuual extra charges
will be made.
The full course of Instruction will embrace all the
ordinary branches of English—even such as are taught
in the best Academics and Colleges in the country,
with the Latin and Greek Languages, whenever desir
ed ; and the object of the Trustees has been to furnish
to the daughters of Columbus every advantage which
has hitherto been sought for abroad, saving them the
sa trifice of those tender relations and that salutary dis
cipline which can be found only at home. They be
lieve a domestic education to be necessary for their
girls, and will use every exertion to furnish them with
such instruction, even at the paternal fireside, as will
fit them for the highest relations of life, whilst it shall
unite the cultivation aliki of its endearing charities, its
graceful accomplishments, and its purest hopes. The
intellectual and the moral faculties therefore will be
submitted to au equal training and sought, to be fully
mproved under the discip ine of their School. Asa
means to this end, monthlv rep rts will be made to Pa
rent'i and Guardians ol’ the Scholarship and conduct
of their children and wards.
The Reverend Clergy of the different denomina
tions are constituted, with the Trustees, visiters of the
Institution, towhnm its doors will always be open. Pa
rents and the public generally, will be invited to an in
spection of its progress at the stated times of Exami
nation, which will occur semi annually before the short
holiday at Christmas, and the Summer vacation in
August.
The School will be opened on the first Monday in
January next; on which day it is particularly desired
that all pupils intended for the School may be punctu
ally entered, as it will greatly facilitate the formation
of cl a -ses, and aid the Principal in his arrangements.
Children from a distance can always be directed to
suitable places for boarding, by application to the Prin
cipal of the School.
A- an adjunct to the Exercises of tho School, and
a means of Public Improvement, a number of gentle
men have it in contemplation to deliver a course of
Lectures on Moral, Scientific and Literary subjects,
the avails of which will he appropriated to the inctea-e
of our Philosophical and Chemical Apparatus, and
the purchase of a Library.
G. E. THOMAS. J ,
J. W. CAMPBELL, 7
THOMAS HOXEY. k S
THOMAS F. FOSTER, g
E. L. deGRAFFENRKID, J .”
N. B. All charges for tuition must be paid punc
tually in advance.
Columbus, Ga. Dec. 19, 183S. 46tf
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LCT” The price ol the Courier is only $2, including
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most popular works of the o.ay.
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with the works either of Captain Marryatt or Mr.
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ier, for a year, and the Twenty Views of Philadelphia,
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others, will place us under obligations by copying the
above. To all who do so, we shat’ not only feel grati
fied to send the Courier, but we will, on their sending
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ward them, by return mail. Two of the most beautiful
views of Fainnount and Girard College that have ever
been got up. To those editors to whom we promised
the Small Views, which we published in the Courier,
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will send those of Fainnount and Girard College,
instead, as a trifling regard for their polite compliance
with our wishes.
CITY IIALL.
THE subscriber would respectfully inform his
friends and the public that he has purchased this
well known establishment, recently kept by Mr. Thos.
James. The house has been thoroughly refitted and
cleansed, and every attention will be paid to the con
venience and comfort of travellers and boarders. The
bar will be kept constantly supplied with thchest. A
Ladies’ Ordinary, in good style, is about to be attach
ed to the Hotel. Mr. James will remain in the estab
lishment to superintend and cater for the table. A
continuation of the patronage hitherto so liberally be
stowed, is respectful!v solicited.
Nov. 22.1838. 42ff MICAJAH YOUNG.
HEARD AND WELSH,
BOSTON, Mess., have for sale American Gin. of
Eagle. Anchor, and other brands; American
Brandy of all proofs, pure >pirits. Imitation Rums,
New Rum and Alcoh 1. Orders will be punctually
attended to, and the Liquors put up in good harrels or
hhds. at t e option of the purchaser. Strict attention
will also be given to the shipping of Liquors ordered.
Boston. Ma 26. 1838. 19tf
Tcolumbijs cotton factory.
THE owners of the Columbus Factory respect
fully inform the public that it is now in operation.
Thev have on hand a general assortment of YARNS,
which may be had at all times at the most reduced
prices.
Their Wool Carding Machine is also in operation,
and any thin® in that line will be done at the shortest
notice.
f A number of bovs and girls wanted to work
at the Factory, for which the most iberalpriees will be
<nvcn by the week or month. Apply to
D STEWART &. FONTAINE, or
S. Iv. HODGES & CO.
Columbus, Feb. 8 6tf
AGENCY” FDR THE SALE OF CHICK
ERING & CO.’S PIANO FORTES.
SMITH. GRIMES & Cos. have been made
Agents for the sale of PIANO FORTES, from
the celebrated Manufactory of Chickering & Cos.,
Boston; and are prepared to furnish any description
of Piano Fortes, at the Manufacturer’s prices, deli
vered at this place, with the addition only of the charge
of transportation from Boston; and on such terms as
will suit persons desirous of purchasing.
Columbus. Aligns l 2. IS3S. 26tf
FOR RENT.
TWO very desirable ROOMS. over the store of
Hamilton. Hurd & Cos. For terms apply to
June 38 21 ts H. 11. & CO.
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
FOR THE AFFLICTED THERE IS A
BALM IN GILEAD.
THE citizens of Zebulon, in Pike county, are
hereby notified, that Mr. H. G. JOHNSON, of
that place, is the authorised agent for selling BRAN
DRKTH’S VEGETABLE UNIVERSAL
PILLS, and has his CER IIP ICATE of Agency
and a fresh supply of the Pills front the General Agency
in Columbus.
And they are further cautioned against purchasing
Pills, for BRANDRETH’S PILLS, of Air. John
Neal, of thawhace, as he is offering for sale the basest
counterfeits.* Purchase only of the known and autho
rised Agents, and you are on the sure side.
AND YET ANOTHER.
The citizens of Alomicelio, in Jasper county, are
hereby notified, that Alessrs. KELLUAI & MAX
EY, of that place, are the authorised Agents for the
sale of the BRANDRETH VEGETABLE UNI
VERSAL P LLS. and have their CERTIFI
CATE of Agency, and a fresh supply of the GENU
INE PILLS from the General Agency in Columbus.
And lest any among them, who wisti to purchase the
genuine medicine, should be deceived by the counter
feit at the peril of their health, and perhaps their lives,
[ would give them timely caution not to purchase Pills
of Messrs. Hurd & Hangerford. who it seems are of
fering spurious Pills on Dr Brandreth’s credit.—
Touch not the unclean thing.
JOHN B. PEABODY, General Agent
for Georgia, Alabama and Florida.
Columbus, May 14. 15tf
330 NEGROES FOR SALE, AT AUCTION
ON die loth day ol’ February next, in the City of
Montgomery, John Kirkpatrick. Esq., will sell
for cash so many of NEGROES, lately belonging to
Thomas and Mclver, deceased, as will be sufficient to
pay and satisfy the amount due on a Alortgage of the
same ; recorded in the Cle k’s office of Montgomery
county. The amount due is about $45,000. Titles
warranted.
After satisfying the said Mortgage, and in continua
tion, all the residue of the Negroes and other Personal
Property of said estates will be sold at the same place,
on a credit of one and two years. The sale will be
continued from day today, till all are sold. By order
of the County Court.
ANDERSON THOMAS,
WM. MONTGOMERY,
Executors of John Thomas, deceased.
On the 7th day ol January next, on the premises, all
the IMPROVED LAND belonging to the said es
tate, containing about 1.500 acres, will be rented for
one year. The land can be divided into two or more
settlements, ‘ A. T. & W. M., Ex’rs.
Dec. 13. 45ids
STOLEN OR RUNAWAY
FROAI the subscriber, on the 30th of October,
1838, at night, a negro man and his wife. The
man is about 24 years of age, and his wife is about the
same; the man is about five leet eight inches high,
widi a small scar on his left cheek; he has on his right
hand two stiff’ fingers, with a running sore on them,
rather round shouldered, rather bow-legged; when
walking his toes turn in a little, speaks fast if question
ed, else slow in speech ; his complexion is a copper
color; his name is NAT. His wile is about five leet.
high, well set, a common black, with a scar on her left
arm. about four inches from her hand joint, about the
size of a dollar, one upper tooth out next to the eye
tooth ; when walking her toes turn out ; she is quick
spoken and high minded ; her name is PRISCILLA.
Any person apprehending said Negroes and deliver
ing them to me in Gwinnett county, on the road lead
ing from Covington to Lawrenceville, will receive a
reward of Fifty Dollars, and all reasonable expenses
paid, and One Hundred Dollars for the prosecution to
conviction of the thief. SAMUEL RAWLINS.
Gwinnet co. Nov. 17. 42tf
RAN AW AY
FROM the Plantation of the undersigned, in Au
tauga county, Ala. Four Negro FELLOWS,
of the following description ; Torn, a black man, about
50 years of age, bald head, of a pleasing countenance,
between 5 and 6 feet high. Peter, a colored man,
about 52 years of age, has sore eyes and is ruptured,
upwards of sixfeethigh. B.afft Mick, a low, thick
man, about 54 years of age, has large, full eyes, be
tween 5 and 6 feet high, rather on the sailor order.
Yellow Mike, about the same height, or a little higher,
about 38 years of age. A suitable reward will be
paid for the apprehension of the above described ne
groes.
These negroes were purchased in North Carolina,
and brought out to this State in November last, and
will probably endeavor to make their way hack, with
forged passe?. ‘ JOHN GILDERSLEEVE.
Jan. 10, 1839. 49 4t
B. J. & F. 11. BADGER—DENTISTS,
ARE compelled to leave Columbus for the present
on business; but will return in the course of a
short time. They have taken a house at the corner of
St. Clair and Troup streets, where hey design at
tenuing to the duties of their profession during the
winter and summer months. They would be pleased
to direct the attention of parents to the condition of
their children’s teeth, and would suggest that between
the ages of six un i twelve years almost any irregular
ities of the teeth, or deformity of the jaws may be
corrected. Dec. 27. 47tf
READY MADE CLOTHING,
CHEAP FUR CASH,
Next door to the Bank of Columbus.
JS. SMITH has commenced receiving his
• Stock of Ready Made Clothing, consisting of
Over Coats, Cloth Cloaks, Boston Wrappers. Blanket
Coats, Frock and Dress Coats, of every description,
Blue. B.ack, Cadet mixed Cloth Pants, Cassimere do.
Kentucky Jeans Frock and Dress Coats, do. Pants;
Black and figured Silk Velvet Vests; Woolen Vel
vets; Plain an.) figured Satins; Cloth & Cassttnere, to
gether with some low priced ; a beautiful style of Silk
and Colton Umbrella-; Fine Boots, Shoes and Pumps;
Silk, Woollen and Cotton Shirts and Drawers; Cot
ton Snirts with Linen Bosoms and Collars; Colored
do.; Linen Ruffled do.; Silk, Cotton, and Merino
hail Hose; Gloves; Suspenders; Linen Collars and
Bosoms; Stoc sos every variety; Cloth and Hair
Brushes; Cologne; Fur and Seal Caps; Hats;
Travelling Trunks and Bags, &c.
The above articles have just been received, and will
be sold as low as they can be had for cash in this mar
ket.
Columbus, Nov. 29. 43tf
NEW HAT AND CAP STORE.
fjjTMIE subscriber respectfully informs the citizens
JL of Columbus and the public generally, that lie
has taken the Store formerly occupied by Messrs.
Smalley, Crandall & Cos., a few doors below the City
Halt, where he intends keeping on hand, and constant
ly manufacturing, a large and complete assortment of
all articles connected with the Hat and (Jap Business;
t which he would invite the attention of those wishing
to purchase.
Among his assortment may be found Mappied Bea
ver, Plain Beaver, Satin Beaver, and Fine Moleskin,
Silk Hats, of a superior quality.
Also, Men’s and Boy’s Medium and Broad Brim
and common napped Hats, a large assortment. Also,
Gent’s Otter. Sea-o ter and common Fur Caps, with a
good assortment of youth’s and children’s cloth and
velvet Caps, of the most fashionable patterns, all of
which are offered at the lowest prices for cash.
Wanted—Otter, Mink and Muskrat Skins.
GEORGE A. KIMBERLY.
Columbus, Jan. I, 1839. 48tf
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING.
THE subscriber respectfully informs the public
generally, that he is ready to execute all orders
in the above line of business, in the neatest manner
and on the most reasonable terms. He has also for
sale, a splendid assortment of window sashes, of vari
ous sizes, made of the best materials, which are far su
perior to any offered for sale in a Southern market.
His shop is one door below Kiviin’s Sans Souci.
June 28 21y STATES LEWIS.
ORS. HOLT AND PERSONS
ARE united in the practice of Medicine Their
Offices are on Broad street, just below the City
Hall, and on Randolph street , in the upper tenement
of Calhoun’s Granite Building.
Besides the usual branches of the practice of Medi
cine, Drs. H. and P. tender their services as Surgeons
of some experience in the higher operations—such as
operations for all diseases of the eyes, for Hernia, Li
thotomy. &e, &c.
Marsh 23. 12v
LAYV NOTICE.
THE undersigned having commenced the practice
of LAW in Columbus, Geo. will attend the
counties of ttie Chattahoochee Circuit, and the adjoin
ing counties in the State of Alabama. Office in Hep
burn’s buildings, opposite the Oglethorpe House. All
busiincss entrusted to his care will receive prompt at
tention. JAMES M. MITCHELL.
Columbus, Nov. 15. 41 1 1
PuLLCM & MOORE,
AUCTION & COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
ARE prepared to make liberal advances on all
Consignments for sale at Auction without limit.
Also the receiving and forwarding < f Goods and pur
chasing ol Cotton. Columbus, Oct. 27.1838. 33v
RAYMOND & ALLISON, wholesale Grocers
and commission Merchants,Apalachicola, Flor.
Aug. 11. IStf
BS. HAWLEY, wholesale and retail Drug-
O gist, at Apalachicola and St. Joseph, Florida
Nov. 1.1837. ’ 24tf
JB. STARR. Commission Merchant St. Jo
© seph, Florida. March 8. sff
P O E T R Y.
From the New York Mirror.
MY BROTHER.
BY JUDGE CONRAD.
He was asked whom he loved most, and he answer
ed. hi-- Brother ; the person who put the question then
asked him, whom he loved next, and again he said. Ins
Brother. • Whom in the third place?’—And still it
was, ‘ My Brother,’ and so on till tie put no more ques
tions to him about it.—Plutarch's Cato.
For ever gone! lam alone—alone!
Yet mv heart doubts; to me thou livest yet:
Love’s lingering twilight o’er my soul is thrown
E’en when theoib that lent that light is set.
‘Thou minglest with mv hopes—does Hope forget?
I think of ,hee, as thou Wert at my -ide;
I grieve, and whisper—‘ he too wi.l regret;’
I doubt, and ponder—‘ how will he decide ?
I strive, but ’tis to win thy praises and thy pride.
For T thy praise could win—thy praise sincere.
How lov’st thou me—with more than woman’s love !
And thou to me wert e’en as honor dear!
l.ike wedded vines enclasping in the
We grew. Ah ! wither’d now the fairer vine !
But from the living who llie dead can move?
Blending their sere and green leaves, there they
twine,
And will, till dust to dust shall mingle mine with thine.
The sunshine of our boyhood ! I bethink
llow we were wont to beat the briery wood ;
Or clamber, boastful, up the craggy brink,
Where the rent, mountain frowns upon the flood
That thrids the vale of beauty and of blood,
Sad Wyoming! The whispering past will tell,
How by the silver-brow’d cascade we stood,
And watch’d the su: lit waters as they fell
(So youth drops in the grate) down in the shadowy
dell.
And how we plunged in Lackawana’s wave ;
The wild-fowl started, when to echo gay.
In that, hush’d dell, glad laugh and shout we gave.
Or, on the shaded hill-side how we lay.
And watch’d the bright rack on its beamy way,
Dreaming high dreams of glory and of pride.
What heroes we, in freedom’s deadliest fray !
How pour’d we gladly forth life’s ruddy tide,
Look’d to our skyey flag, and shouted, smiled, and died!
Bright dreams—for ever past! I dream no more !
Memory is now my being : her sweet lone
Can, like a spirit-spell, the lost restore—
My tried, my true, my brave, bright thoughted one !
Few have a friend—and such a friend ! But none
Have, in this bleak world, more than one ; and he,
Ever mine own, mine only —he is gone!
He fell—as hope had promised—for the free;
Our early dream. Alas! it was no dream to thee !
We were not near thee ! Oh ! I would have given,
To pillow in my arms thy aching head,
All that I love of earth or hope of heaven!
But strangers laid thee in thy prairie bed ;
And though the drum was roll’d, and tears were shed.
’Twas not by those who loved thee first and best.
Now- waves the billowy grass above the dead,
The*prnirie herd treads on thy throbless breast,
Wo’s me ! I may riot weep above thy place of rest.
Now must I turn to stone ! Fair virtue, trulh.
Faith, love, weie living things when thou wert here ;
We shared a world, bright with the dew of youth,
And spann’d by rainbow thoughts. Our souls sincere
Knew, in their love, nor selfish tamt nor fear ;
We would have smiled, and for each other died !
All this to us how real and how dear!
But now my bosom’s welling founts are dried.
Or pour, like ice-bound streams, a chill’d mid voiceless
tide.
Must it be ercr thus ? The festive hour
Is festive now no more ; for dimpling joy
Smiles with thy smiles; and music’s melting power
Speaks to my soul of thee ! The struggling sigh
Chokes the faint laugh; and from my swimming eye,
The tear-drop tickling, turns my cup to gall.
E’en as the hour that bade thee, Brother, die,
Mingles with all tny days and poisons all,
Mantling my life with gloom, as with a dead man’s pall.
Oh, may not men. like strings that chord in tone,
Mingle their spirits, ; nd hereafter be
One in their nature, in their being one ?
And may I not he blended thus with tliee ?
Parted in body, Brother, bore not we
The self-same soul? Ah me! with restless pain,
My halved spirit ycarncth to he free.
And clasp its other self: for I would fain,
Brother, be with the dead, to be with ihee again !
From the Southern Literary Messenger.
THE PAST.— by eloka.
The glorious past ! how fondly still I turn
To the green beauty of its distant bowers ;
And oh ! now vainly does my spirit yearn
Once more to be a child amid its flowers.
It is the empire of the loved and lost!
J hear their voices ori the thrilling air ;
I see their forms, not worn and tempest-tost,
But in the mellow light, serene and fair.
Look with me—sister, brother—look and see
The gentle beaming of our mother’- eyes !
And hark ! the tones that charmed our infancy,
Faint on the breezes es the past arise.
Home of departed joys ! oh I could gaze
Ever unwearied on thy vision- bright;
Dearer to me thy evening sunset rays,
Than ail the future’s glow of morning light.
See, as in life they wandered by our side,
With pious looks that did our love engage,
With hoary hair, and steps that fe< bly glide,
Slow move the venerable forms of age.
And laughing children, in their shapes of earth,
Flinging their curls upon the sunny air,
As erst they cheered us with their winning mirth,
Lend thiJr brightest presence to that region fair.
Oh ! blest illusion ! Memory, leave me not; —
Yet, even as i speak, stiange sounds arise,
Grey shadows gather round each verdant spot,
And clouds go fleeting o’er the summer skies.
And 10, I look upon a land of graves ;
And in their midst I see my mother’s tomb :
There droops the yew, and thtre the cypress waves,
And mid the grass white roses meekly bloom.
And is it thus with all my lovely dreams?
Sadly I turn un o the future’s light—
Earth's future—and behold amid its gleams,
The lurking shadow of death’s coming night.
Alas, hoiv dark were life without the truth
That whispers to our weary hearts of Heaven ;
Telling of changeless bliss, immortal youth,
And homes of glory to the ransomed given.
There by the shining stream or sparkling fount,
Lieth no mouldering victim of disease ;
But life is in the vale, and on the mount,
Joy in the air, and health upon the breeze!
And there again the loved and lost are found —
But not as when on earth they blessed our sight:
Harjis in their hands—their brows with glory crowned,
Their raiment brighter than meridian light.
Fair clime of nightless skies, and deathless bl om, —
Land of the blessed 1 shall it ever be,
That TANARUS, escaping from a world of gloom.
Shall find .epose and happiness in thee ?
Philadelphia.
BEDOUIN ARABS.
The Bedouin Arabs in general, are small,
meagre and tawney; more so, however, in
the heart of the desert than on the frontiers
of the cultivated country ; but they are nl
wavs of a darker hue than the neighboring
peasants. They also diHer among them
selves in the same camp; and Mr. Volney
remarked, that the shaiks, that is, the rich,
atid their attendants, were always taller and
more corpulent than the common class. He
has seen some of them above five lee! five
and six inches high ; though in general they
do not (he says) exceed five feet two inches.
This difference can only be attributed to
their food, with which the former are sup
plied more abundantly than the latter; and
the edicts of this are equally evident in the
Arabian and Turkmen camels; for these lat
ter dwelling in countries rich in forage, are
become a species more robust and fleshy
than the firmer. It may likewise be affirm
ed, that the lower class of Bedouins live in a
stale of habitual wretchedness and famine.
It will appear almost incredible to us. hut it
is an undoubted fact, that the quantity of
food usually consumed bv the greatest pari
does not exceed six ounces a day. This
abstinence is most remarkahle among the
tribes of the Najd and the Hedjitz. Six or
seven dates soaked in melted butter, a l.ltle
sweet milk of curds, serve a man a whole
dav; and he esteems himself happy when
1 he can add a small quantity of coarse flour,
or a little ball of rice Meat is reserved fin
the greatest festivals; and they never kill a
kid but fur a marriage or a funeral. A lew
wealthy and generous shaiks alone can kill
young camels, and eat baked rice with their
victuals. In times of dearth the vulgar, al
ways half famished, do not disdain the most
wretched kinds of food; and eat locusts, rats,
lizards and serpents broiled on briars.—
Hence are they such plunderers of the culti
vated lands and robbers on the high roads;
licncealso their delicate constitution and their
diminutive and meagre bodies, which arc
rather active than vigorous.
The Bedouin Arabs are divided into tribes,
which constitute so many distinct nations.
Each ot these tribes appropriates to itself a
tract of land forming its domain. In this
they do not differ from cultivated nations,
except that their territory requires a greater
extent, in order to furnish subsistence for
their herds throughout the year. Each tribe
is collected in one or more camps, which are
dispersed throughout the country, and which
make a successive progress over the whole,
in proportion as it is exhausted by the cattle ;
hence it is, that within a.great extent a few
spots “only are inhabited, which vary from
one day to another; hut as the entire space
is necessary for the annual subsistence of the
Iribe, whoever encroaches on it is deemed a
violator of property; this is with them the
law of nations. If therefore a Iribe, or any
of its subjects, enter upon a foreign territory,
they are treated as enemies and robbers, and
a war breaks out. Now, as all the tribes
have affinities with each other by alliances of
blood or conventions, leagues are firmed,
which render these wars more or less general.
The manner of proceeding on such occasions j
is very simple. The offence made known
they mount their horses and seek the enemy ;
when they meet, they enter into a parley,
and the matter is frequently made up ; if not,
they attack either in smali hodies or mtin to
n an. Thev encounter each other at foil
speed, with fixed lances, which they some
times dart, notwithstanding their length, at
the flying enemy: the victory is rarely con
tested ; it is decided bv the first shock, and
the vanquished take to flight full gallop over
the naked plain of ihe desert. Night gene
rally favors their escape from the conqueror.
The tribe which has lost the battle strikes its
tents, removes to a distance by (Breed march
es, and seeks an asylum amongst its allies.
The enemy, satisfied with their success,
drive their herds farther on, and the fugitives
soon after return to their former stations.
But the slaughter made in these engage
ments frequently sows the seeds of hatred
which perpeluale ihese dissensions. The
interest of the common safety has (or ages
established a law among them, which decrees
lhat the blood of every man who is slain,
must be avenged by that of his murderer.
This vengeance is called tar. or retaliation;
and the right of exacting it devolves on the
nearest of kin to the deceased. So nice are
the Arabs on this point, of honor, that if anv
one neglects to seek his retaliation he is dis
graced forever. He therefore watches every
opportunity of revenge ; if his enemy perishes
from any other cause, still he is not satisfied,
and his vengeance is directed against lhe
nearest relation. These animosities are
transmitted as an inheritance from father to
children, and never cease hut by the extinc
tion of one of the families, unless they ntrree
to sacrifice the criminal, nr purchase the
blood for a stated price, in money or in flocks.
Without this satisfaction, there is neither
peace nor truce, nor alliances between them,
nor sometimes even between whole tribes.
‘ There is blood between U",’ say they on
every occasion; and this expression is a.,
insurmountable barrier. Such accidents
being necessarily numerous in a lung course
of time, the greater part of the tribes have
ancient quarrels, and live in an habitual slate
of war, which, added to their way of life,
renders the Bedouins a military people,though
they have made no great progress in war as
an art.
Their camps are firmed in a kind of irregular
circle, composed of a single row of tents, with
greater or less intervals. These tents, made
of goat or camel’s hair, are black or brown,
in which they differ from those of the Turk
men, which are white. They are stretched
on three or four pickets, only five or six feet
high, which gives them a very flat appear
ance ; at a distance one of these camps seems
only like a number of black spols; hut the
piercing eve of the Bedouin is not to he de
ceived. Each tent inhabited by a family is
divided by a curtain into two apartments,
one of which is appropriated to the women.
The empty space within the large circle
serves to fold their cattle eve-y evening.—
They never have anv entrenchments ; iheir
only advanced guards and patrols are dogs;
their horses remain saddled and ready to
mount on the first alarm; but as there is
neither order nor regularity, these aamps,
always easy lo surprise, afford no defence in
case of an attack; accidenls therefore verv
frequently happen, and cattle are carried off
every day; a species of marauding war in
which the Arabs are very experienced.
The tribes which live in the vicinity of the
Turks are still more accustomed to attacks
and alarms; for these strangers, arrogating
to themselves in right of conquest, the pro
perty of the whole country, treat the Arabs as
rebel vassals, or as turbulent and dangerous
enemies. On this principle they never cease
to wage secret or open war against them.
Sometimes they contest with them a territory
which they had let them, and at others de
mand a tribute which they never agreed to
pay. Should a family of shaiks be divided
bv interest or ambition, they alternately suc
cor each party, and conclude by the destruc
tion of both. Frequently too, they poison or
assassinate those chiefs whose courage or
abilities they dread, though tliev should even
be their allies. The Arabs, on their side,
regarding the Turks as usurpers and treach
erous enemies, watch every opportunity to
do them injury. Unfortunately, their ven
geance falls oftener on the innocent than the
uuilty. The harmless peasant generally suf
fers for the offences of the soldier. On the
slightest alarm, the Arabs cut their harvests,
carry off their flocks, and intercept their
communication and commerce. The peas
ants call them thieves, and with reason; hut
the Bedouins claim the right of war, and per
haps they also are not in the wrong.—
However this may be, these depredations oc
casion a misunderstanding between the Be
douins and the inhabitants of the cultivated
country, which renders them mutual enemies.
J 1 cr V cat thoroughfare. —London bridge is
probably the largest thoroughfare in London.
An English paper says that it was ascertain
ed that on the I7ih of September, the num- |
Iter of carriages which passed and repassed j
the bridge, between the hours of eight o'clock
! iu the morning and eight o’clock at night,
was 10,010 —averaging 917 an hour, or 15
} every minute, or one every four seconds.
One of the piles used in the foundation of
j the old bridge at Lnncas'er was taken out a
i short time since, and found to he ‘ as sound as
! an acorn,’ although it must have been under
1 water. ! least 900 years.— London paper.
Fi'om the Augusta Mirror.
THE SILK CULTURE.
This subject, to which vve called the atten
tion of our readers some time last summer,
is now beginning to engross the public mind
throughout the country, and we are glad to
perceive that the southern agriculturalist is
beginning to he sensible of its vast import
ance. It is only during the past two years
that anv degree of attention has been paid to
the subject; and such has been the astonish
ing success attending the efforts of the north
ern experimentalists, and so incredible have
been the accounts of the immense profits re
sulting from the culture ol the mulberry there,
that our people have regartled tlie whole
matter rather as a visionary speculation, than
as a permanent agricultural interest; and the
cautions and admonitions, which have occa
sionally issued from the southern press, have
contributed to deter our planters from em
barking in the silk culture. While we would
commend the exercise of that wary prudence
which teaches us to ‘ look before we leap,*
yet, when indulged in to excess, and allowed
to bias our better judgment, we hold it equal
ly as reprehensible as the other extreme.
Whatever fears might have been entertained
of the practicability ot the silk culture in the
South, we cannot but believe those fears in a
great measure removed, by the result of prac
tical experiments already made by southern
gentlemen. It lias been already ascertained
that the morns multicaulis grows luxuriantly
here; and that our climate is, perhaps, bet
tor adapted to the constitution of the silk
worm Ilian lhat of any other portion of the
United States. The light, sandy soil of our
1 piney woods,’ which is generally unfit for
any other agricultural purpose, grows the
mulberry, even belter than heavier and richer
soils j and in our mild climate, as many as
four crops of worms havs been raised in on*
season.
We hope to see southern enterprise em
barked in this branch of agriculture. That
silk is destined, at no distant day, to becom*
a staple product of the country, we have not
a doubt; and if its cultivation can possibly
be a source of profit to the northern agricul
turist, it certainly presents a double induce
ment to the southern. Its peculiar adaptation
to slave labor cannot be doubted, and the
slightest investigation will satisfy the most
sceptical of its immense profit. The recent
act of the Legislature of our state, at once
renders the cultivation of the cocoon a safe
and profitable business. By this act, a pre
mium of fifty cents is awarded for every
pound of cocoons, and ten cents for every
pound of good silk, which premium alone,
independent of the value of the silk, is a much
greater inducement than is offered by the cul
tivation of either corn or cotton. For ex
ample—it will be seen by the Silk Grower,
for December, that the Monmouth Silk Coi>
panv awarded to the Rev. D. V. McLean,
of Middleton, Mass., a premium of SBO for
the production of the largest amount of co
conns front the sixteenth of an acre of ground.
The amount produced was 31 lbs. 14
which, for an acre, would be 510 lbs. Thus
the premium offered by the state, on to
coons alone, would be the handsome sum of
$265. The premium of ten cents per pound
of reeled silk, and the value of the silk itself,
added to the above sum, would, we think,
amount to a net product from one acre of
ground, which could not be equalled by any
Gtlvop nrf>\L pfpmium IdW will v>uiiUUU6
in force for the period of ten years.
Those who would possess a thorough
knowledge of the silk culture, would do well
to procure the American Silk Grower, a
very comprehensive and ably conducted jour
nal, devoted almost entirely to the subject.
Price $1 per annum. Subscriptions received
ot the Mirror Office.
From tiie Philadelphia Sentinel.
EVERY HONEST EMPLOYMENT HON
ORABLE.
Dr. Beecher, in one of his lectures, says :
‘ There is but one way of securing universal
equality to man, and that is, to regard every
honest employment as honorable, and then for
every man to learn in whatsoever state he
may be, therewith to be content, and to fulfil
with strict fidelity, the duties of his station,
and to make every condition a post of honor.’
This is a pure sentiment, which should be
the only basis of respectability upon which
any man should repose. If demagogues, who
for sinister purposes, move heaven and earth,
to awaken the most deadly prejudices in the
minds of the unreflecting, against those who
have by more industry and more economy ad
vanced themselves, would preach to their ad
herents that the only road to respectability
lies in individual effort, they might save them
selves from these awful consequences of dis
organization and riot, which must sooner or
later burst upon their own guilty heads.
All mankind are interested in promoting the
peace and advancing the intelligence of the
people. None who can be interested in its
disorganization hut those who seek temporary
elevation on its prejudice and its passion.-**
That man is the worst enemy society can have
wlto seeks to array one class against another.
It matters not what his motive may be, the
consequences must lie blighting to the best
good of human society. In our land there is
no royal road to fame. The brightest intellect
tl at ever adorned an age, burst from the
shackles of abject poverty : the richest man of
our country was once a poor Welsh boy who
wandered from the green hills of his father’s
cottage, and sought employment in a mer
chant’s counting house. The poorest boy in
our republic may go up to the high places by
unweared industry, perseverence anri econo
my ; hut there is not one within the whole
length and breadth of this favored land who
will ever ascend to respectability or wealth
hv joining- in the hue-and-cry of the ‘rick
against the poor’—a partisan war-cry, ‘con
ceived in sin and brought forth in iniquity.
Self-made Men. —You may take the whole
population of Maryland, anti select from it the
fifty men who are most distinguished for tal
ents, or auy description of public usefulness,
and I will answer for it, they are all, everv
one of them, men who begun the world with
out a dollar. Look into the public councils of
the nation, who are they that take the lead
there ? They are men who made their owe
fortunes—self-made men, who began with no
tfiing. The rule is universal. It pervades
our Courts, State and Federal, from the high
est to the lowest. It is true of all the profes
sions. Ii is so now ; it has been so at any time
since I have known the public men of this
State or the nation; and it will be so while
our present institutions continue. You must
throw a m in uptm his own resources to bring
him out. The struggle which is to result ir
eminence is too arduous, and must be contin-
J ued too long to be encountered and maimahi
i ed voluntarily, or uniess as a matter of life and
death. He who has fortune to fall back upon,
will slacken from his efforis, and finally retire
from the competition. With me, it is a ques
tion whether it is desirable that a parent
slid- id he able to leave his son any property
at all. You will have a large fortune, ands
am sorrv lor it, os it will he spoiling of r g<>oil
lawyer. These are mv deliberate sentiment*,
and 1 shall he rejoiced to find, in vowr instance,
that I have been asis!akr,-F?cmrf Fakomr.
[NO. 1.