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COLUMBUS SENTINEL AND HERALD.
VOL. IX.]
PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAY MORNING BY
3. H. CAMPBELL & J. H. WILSON,
ON BROAD STREET, OYER ALLEN AND VOUwG's,
M’INTOSH ROW.
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Zd. Yearly advertisements. —For over 24, and
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ovr 12, and not exceeding 24 lines, thirty-five dollars
per annum ; for less than 12 lines, twenty dollars
per annum.
Ad. All rule and figure work double the above p:ices.
Legal Advertisements published at the usual
rates, and with strict attention to the requisitions of
the law.
All Sales regulated by law, 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 lmirt
- 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 days, before
the day of sale.
Sales of Land and Negroes, 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 fob letters of administration, 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 application 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 wveks.
Siif.riffs, Clerks of Court, Sic., will be allowed
the usual deduction.
|L3 & Letters on business, must be post paid,
to entitle them to attention..
The following persons have km lly consented to act
is Agents for the Sentinel and Herald :
Col. C. Parker, Collodensville, Monroe county.
Peter Cone, Esq., Eden, Effingham county.
Rev. Reuben E. Brown, Perry P. O. Houston co.
Tilos. H. Key, Esq., Drayton, Dooly county.
Col. Thus. J. Holmes, Concord, Baker co.
Stepen D. Crane. Esq.,.Dahlonega,Lumpkin co.
Col. John Dill. Fort Gaines, Ga.
John C. M isgiiam, Greenville, Ga.
E. J. Wood & Cos , St. Joseph, Flor.
Nourse, Brooks & Cos., Apalachicola.
J*. S. Yarbrough, Lumpkin. Stewart county.
Jas. Buchanan, Cuthb rt, Randolph county.
J. W. BACHELDER,La Fayette,Chambers co. Ala.
Charles Murphey, Decatur, DeKalb county.
WARS HOUSE
and commission business.
THE undersigned takes leave to inform liis friends
and tho 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
plttron ige which lias been so liberally bestowed upon
him. He will attend to the sale of Cotton from wa-
gons or in store, and from a general acquaintance with
tiio 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.
Liberal advances will be made on produce or mer
chandise in store. WM. P. YONGE.
Columbus, Sept. 18, IS3B. S3y
ALABAMA LANDS JFUR SALE.
N. half 9 14 39
S. half 4 14 30
N. half 8 14 30
N. half 7 14 30
S. half 7 14 30
S. half 6 14 30 .
S. half 11 14 29
S. half 20 18 28
S. half 34 19 28
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 13 28
N. half 33 20 26
S. half 32 18 28
W. half 26 15 21
S. half 29 16 25
E. half 2 13 25
Any of the above lands will be sold on terms to suit
purchasers, by application to John D. Pitts, Esq. Flo
rence, Ga. or the subscriber, at Macon-
July 26. 26tf pi . 5-5 ./LES.
PLANTATION ASD LANDS FOR SaLE.
THE subscriber offers for sale his Plantation on
the Uchee creek, near Sand Fort, in Kussell
county, Ala.,consisting of 1120 acres, the greater part
of which is lirst 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 t lie improved
lands, and good dwellings and all necessary out build
ings. A Gin 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
. gtecreek, in Barbour, near the line of Russell.
JNO. CROWELL, Jr.
August 27,1538. 30 ts
VALUABLE PLANTATION FOR SALE.
THE subscriber offers for sale, on easy terms, the
following rich and valuable PLANTATION,
in Stewart county, to wit : In the 24th district of
Stewart, 8 miles east of Lumpkin, containing 1,700
acres, 1,000 of which are cleared and in titst rate or
der, and all the open land fresh.
The village to which this plantation is contiguous,
ftr-phtasant and remarkably healthful, affording gond
society, and excellent water, and Female Schools,
&c. The surrounding country is also pleasant, and
sc jiw tel!':.:'nt and'•‘>rthy •.••f'ple. Corn, Fod
and sos e v ” •k* id, mi- had on the Plan
:ion, Yemu easy Apply toil- proprietor in Co
<mbits, ■* 1 John I Phis, ot ‘lorence, Stewart
only, Ga L.r l E. JONES.
Nov 8 ‘ t'3B. 40tf
VA |. ‘ E PUNTO’I. < FOR SALE,
C'lON s” 4 i NING Two H mi’ . 1 Two and a Half
j A>re of Land, mixed with oak and pine. There
are eighty ..ores cleared. Also, a comfortable dwel
i . ,-itn ill P ssary ‘it unices, a good gin house
•b ->u pie orchard. The
c’ under good fence. It is situated within 4 miles
ot olnmbuS, joining the plantation formerly owned
Thom - C. Evans, Esq. Persons wishing to pur
.je cannot find a more desirable location than the
• offered for sale hv the subscribers.
JOHN CODF.,
T)ec.- 44if >HN Q.UIN.
CARRIAGE HUOP.
TVTKEB & PivICttITT,
Oglethorpe Street, V :h of Calhoun's Hotel,
just received anew assortment of good
I jIIL GA HR AGES selected tom some es the best
j manufactories at the North. They having taken par
• ticular pains to have them mad: to suit this country
andtoinsor satisfaction to ,e,-chasers, they will war
rant them for one jw wi’h fa usage. AU kind of
Carriages mu*'to order. Carnage and Harness’ re
raineg d'Mv ■ iu very neat style in good Northern work
men. Also, a g >O,l assortment of Carriage materials,
’1 ot v'■ t aey >’ ti* sell 1 w tor cash or approved
p.wer.
Veb. 16. 7y
%I: w IMURI iOODsj
TDK subscriber ha- as received, a fresh
tppl> of FANCY A Ni) STAPLE DRY
1 s OJ)S, cl the latest f. ts and importations.
R'-AI M ADE LDTi \G. HATS, BON
NL'J 8 VND SHOES.
ti* tld iji* hi •-’outers and the public
•lei :iv tocall and cs his stock before pur
cnastng elsewnere, 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 at reduced
prices. NEILL McN’AIR-
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.
My 23J,1538. I6tf
COLUMBUS WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
SAD3Z.Z3RY 1 WARE-HOUSE,
At the sign of the Golden Saddle, a few doors be
low D. Hungerford & Co’s, and nearly
opposite Ujquhart & Ware.
W. WADK & CO.
HAVE now on hand a complete assortment of
articles appertaining to their line of basiness :
AMONG WHICH ARE
Spanish, Quilted, Overlaid-and Shafted Saddles,
Plain, Soys’, Race, Attakapos, and Planters’do.
Laige and Extra Large do
Ladies’ Saddles, of every quality and size.
BRIDLES OP ALL KINDS.
Some good for fifty cents; Saddle Bags, Carpet Bags;
Valices; Stirrup Lealhers; SirciCgles and Girths.
HARNESS—Coach. Gig, and Dearborn, from the
cheapest to the best. TRUNKS, of every descrip
tion.
The above articles are of their own manufacture,
made under their own immediate inspection, of the
best materials, and by superior workmen. Also, on
hand,
ENGLISH SADDLES, BRIDLES AND MARTINGALES.
Coach, Gig, Tandem, Sportsmen, and Waggon
Whips; Stirrups, Bits, Spurs, Buckles, Harnes, 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,
aud cochineal Morocco Skins; Buffalo Robes and Bear
Skins.
N. B. Traders who may buy to sell again, will be
furnished on as good terms as can be bought either in
New York or Newark. Country merchants are re
spectfully invited to call and examine our goods and
prices, and satisfy themselves.
ICy* REPAIRING done on the most reasonable
terms.
April 29, 1837 Sly
CABINET AND UPHOLSTERY WAItE
HOUSE.
CONZEX.TVXAN & ANDERSON
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 an elegant assortment of
FURNITURE of their own manufacture.
—ALSO—
Paper Hangings of the latest patterns with suitable
Bordering, Oman sits, 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 he executed with promptitude. Cur
tains put up in the most fashionable style. Rooms
neatly papered. In short, any thing m their line will
be punctually attended to.
Aug. 25. 36y
JOHN E. BACON & Cos.
AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF THE
INDIAN’S PANACEA,
HAVE just, received a]fresh supply ol this valuable
remedy for the cure of Rheumatism, Scrofula or
King’s Evil, Gout, Sciatica or Hip Gout, Incipient
Cancers, Salt Rheum, Siphilitic and Mercurial dis
eases, particularly Ulcers and painful affections of the
hones. Ulcerated Throat and Nostrils, Ulcers of
every description, B’ever Sores, and Internal Abscess--
es, Fistulas, Piles, Scald Head, Scurvy, Biles, Chro
nic Sore Eyes, Erysipelis Blotches, and every variety
of Cutaneous Affection, Chronic Catarrh, Headache,
proceoding from vitiation; Affections of the Liver;
Chronic inflammation of the Kidneys and General De
bility, caused by a torpid action 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 ; hut 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
of the Indian'tl Panacea, in the various complaints
therein mentioned ; and also to exhibit in the most sa
tisfactory mariner its superiority over the syrups in
common use.
Charleston, 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 stating, 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 and 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. 51 v
H AMPTON COURSE—SWEEP STAKES
AS it is, and has been, usual of late 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, I communicate, therefore, to the 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 successive year, and not
to he closed until one month previous to the race.—
Declaration fifteen days before the coming oft'of the
race.
Stakes of one thousand dollars entrance, will be two
mile heats. Forfeit, $500; declaration, §IOO, 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. Niinmo,
Secretary of the Hampton Jockey Club, Augusta, Ga.
Sept. 27, 1838. 35m6m F. W. LACY.
STAGE LINE
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 Whitesville, 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
an 1 Saturday at 4 o’clock A. M., and arriving at Co
lumbus at 5 o’clock P. M. the same day.
WHITESIDE & DUNCAN.
May 28, IS3B. 17tf
N. B. A Hack will be in readiness at West Point
to convey passengers to La Grange or Lafayette.
PACKETS FROM ST. JOSEPH TO
NEW YORK.
THE following substantial and fast sailing
vessels will run as regular Packets between
St. Joseph and New York, and will take freight
and passengers low.
Brig H ARTLEY, Rvder, master.
“ CUMBERLAND, Darling, master.
“ SADI, Vincent, “
Also, the new and splendid ship SPRING.
For Freight or Passage apply to
E. J. WOOD & CO, Agents,
St. Joseph, Flor.
Nov. 1, 1837 24v
GROCERIES.
■J BBLS. old Rectified Whiskey
1 tJXr 30 bbls. Mottongahela do
20 bbls. N. E. Rum
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,
Sept. 12. 183S. 32tf No. 1 Mclntosh row.
YONTGE & EI/LIS
CONTINU E to receive and oft'et for sale all kinds
ofStaple and fancy Dry Goods. Boots, Shoes,
Hats,Saddlery, Hardware, &c. together with a good
supply of Groceries,all of which will be sold on the most
favorable terms.
Feb. Ist, 1838. 52y
I). GOLSTEINE ii CO.,
COMMISSION’ AND FORWARDING MERCHANTS,
APALACHICOLA, FLORIDA,
Will advance ou Cotton shipped to Havre, Liverpool
and New YoTk.
D. Golsteine,
H. D. Darden. Apalachicola, Oct. 25. 38tf
7 BBLS. picketed SHEEP HEAD.
20 boxes tine Scotch Herring,
4 bbls. Cranberries,
20,000 best Spanish Cigars,
Just received and for sale bv
Feb. 1,1838. 52tf YONGE & ELLIS.
ROOMS TO RENT.
FOUR ROOMS to be rented in M’lntosh Row,
well calculated for Lawyers, Docters, or Gen
tlemen’s Sleeping Rooms.
Match 8. sis M. N. CLARK, Agent.
‘ WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE BORN EQUAL.’
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 28, 1839.
MUSCOGEE FEMALE ACADE3IY IN
COLUMBUS, GA.
MRS. LEIGH having resigned her chaige of
this Institution, it has been committed to the
general superintendence and care of the Rev. WM.
D. 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 to impart to it a character equal to any
similar Institution in the State.
The Trustees have found it necessary, in order to
secure competent Instructors, to increase somewhat
the rates of Tuition—the charges hitherto 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. COOLIDGE, a lady long and
favorably knhivD'as a teacher of children in this ptace.
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 recommended as a gentleman
of fine accomplishments in h.s profession. Provision
will be made, as soon as possible, for competent in
struction in French, Drawing, Painting, and other Or
namental Branches—for which the usual 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 Academies and Colleges in the country,
with the Latin and Greek Languages, whenever desir
ed ; and the object of the Trustees has been to furnisli
to the daughters of Columbus every advantage which
has hitherto been sought for abroad, saving them the
sacrifice 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 ihein with
such instruction, every at the paternal fireside, as will
fit them for the highest relations of life, whilst it shall
unite the cultivation alike of its endearing charities, its
graceful accomplishments, and its purest hopes. The
intellectual and the moral faculties therefore will be
submitted to an equal training and sought, to be fully
improved under the discipline of their School. Asa
means to this end, monthly reports will be made to Pa
rents and Guardians of 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, to whom its doors will always be open. Pa
rents and tho 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 formation
of classes, 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.
As an adjunct to the Exercises of the 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 be appropriated to the increase
of our Philosophical and Chemical Apparatus, and
the purchase of a Library.
G. E. THOMAS, j
J. W. CAMPBELL, I -?
THOMAS HOXEY. }> f
THOMAS F. FOSTER,
E. L. deGRAFFENREID, J
N. B. All charges for tuition must be paid punc
tually in advance.
Columbus, Ga. Dec. 19,1838. 46tf
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JUST RECEIVED AND FOR SALE,
AT TAYLOR & WALKER’S DRUG STORE,
AFRESH supply of Drugs, Medicines, Paints,
Oils, Perfumery, Chemicals, &c. &c., among
which are a few hundred kegs of superior White Lead,
direct from the manufactory, of Westherell &
Cos. English and American Linseed Oil, Window
Glass, assorted sizes, Putty, and almost every other
article usually kept in similar establishments, all of
which they will sell on moderate and accommodating
terms. Orders either in the city or from the country 5 ,
will receive prompt attention.
Also, for sale as above, a match of first rate Horses,
well broke and gentle in harness.
Jan. 17,1839. 501 y
COLUMBUS COTTON FACTORY.
THE owners of the Columbus Factory respect
fully inform the public that it is now in operation.
They 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 optration,
and any thing in that line will be done at the shortest
notice.
I; .J 3 * A number of boys and girls wanted to work
at the Factory, for which the most liberal prices will be
given by the week or month. Apply to
STEWART & FONTAINE, or
S. K. HODGES & CO.
Columbus, Feb. 8 6(f
AGENCY FOR THE SALE OF CHICK
BRING & CO.’S PIANO FORTES.
SMITH, GRIMES & Cos. have been made
Agents for the sale of PIANO FORTES, from
the celebrated Manufactory of Chickermg & 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. August 2, IS3B. “ offif
HEARD AND AVELSH,
BOSTON, Mass., have for sale American Gin. of
Eagle, Anchor, and other brands; American
Brandy of all proofs, pure Spirits, Imitation Rums.
New Rum and Alcoh 4. Orders will be punctually
attended to, and the Liquors put up in good barrels o"r
hhds. at the option of the purchaser. Strict attention
will also be given to the shipping of Liquors ordered,
Boston. Mav 26. 1838, ]<bf
FOR RENT.
TWO very desirable ROOMS, over the store of
Hamilton, Hurd & Cos. For terms apply to
June 28 21 ts H. H. & GO.
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 agentjbr selling BRAN
DRETH’S VEGETABLE UNIVERSAL
PILLS, and has his CERTIFICATE of Agency
and afresh supply of the Pills from the General Agency
in Columbus.
And they are further cautioned against purchasing
Pills, for BRANDRETH’S PILLS, of Mr. John
Neat, of that place, as he is offering for sale the basest
counterfeits. Purchase only of the known and autho
lised Agents, and you are on the sure side.
AND YET ANOTHER.
The citizens of Monticelio, in Jasper county, are
hereby notified, that Messrs. KELLUM & MAX
EY, of that place, are the authorised Agents for the
sale of the BRANDRETH VEGETABLE UNI
VERSAL PILLS, 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 wish to purchase the
genuine medicine, should be deceived by the counter
feit at the peril of their health, and perhaps their lives,
I would give them timely caution not to purchase Pills
of Messrs. Hurd & Hangerford. who it seems are of
fering spurious Pills on Dr. Brajjdreth’s credit.—
Touch not the unclean thing.
JOHN B. PEABODY, General A"ent
for Georgia, Alabama and Florida.
Columbus, May 14. Istf
STOLEN OR RUNAWAY
FROM 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,
with 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 wife is about five t'eel
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. 42if
POCKET BOOK LOST.
LOST by the subscriber, on Sunday the 3d inst.
at Wacoochee Valley, or on the road leading
from that place, to my’ residence, on the West Point
road, a large yeilow Calf Skin POCKET BOOK,
containing about One Thousand atid Thirty or Thirry
five Dollars in cash, principally on the Bank of Colum
bus, in bills of various sizes, from one hundred dollars
down to fifiys, twenty's, tens and five dollar bills. Also,
titles to four hundred and fourteen acres of land, exe
cuted in the State of Soulh Carolina. One bill of
sale for a negro boy, made by Stephen Sanders, of
South Carolina, to myself. Also, a receipt from Fe
lix Stanley for §BOO, for a negro man Toney, executed
in Chambers county, Alabama. Also, one note for
nine hundred and sixty-six dollars, payable to myself
and dated Ist of Jan 1839, andduelst Jan. 1841,
signed by John T. Wise. Also, a due bill by the said
Wise, for sl6, dated 23d January, 1839; one note on
G. P. Gilder, Win. Vann and Charles McClemore,
for $ 115, due Ist Jan. IS3B, and payable to myself;
onenote to JohnlVlcCulloch,niade by myself for SIOOO,
date not recollected, marked paid on the face of the
note. Two small notesfor §35 each, payable to James
Sedulh, or bearer, and paid but not marked as I recol
lect, and sundry other notes amounting to the rise of
§SOO, payable to John Smiley, or bearer, all marked
paid on the face of the notes with red ink, and many
other notes afrd papers of various descriptions, the
amounts and particulars of which are not recollected.
Any information respecting said Pocket Book will be
thankfully received, and for the delivery of said pro
perty, the finder shall be suitably rewarded by me.
All persons are forewarned from trading for any of
the above papers, and the maker from paying any of
the said notes to any person but myself.
JAMES DAVIS.
Russell county, Ala. Feb. 3,1839. 2tf
LOOK AT THIS.
THE subscriber has removed his stock of DRY
GOODS and GROCERIES on Randolph
street, one door west of Major McNair’s store, in the
store house formerly occupied by Robt. McQueen,
Esq., where he intends selling his Slock low for cash,
comprised of Domestics, of every desc.ription, Prints
from 13 to 31 cts., and every other article low in pro
portion ; Sugars, Coffee, Whiskey, N. E. Rum, To
bacco, all of the lowest rates. A. LEVISON.
N. B. He has also for s de a splendid Sofa, Secre
tary and Bookcase, and one pair Pier Tables which he
will dispose of low for cash.
Nov. 29. 43 3m
PORTRAIT PAINTING.
“I'JLETR. PARKER respectfully informs the public
i.YjS_ that he will remain some time longer in Colum
bus, lor the purpose of painting Portraits. His rooms
are in Broad street, over the store of L. J. Davis.
Mr. Parker, from many year’s practice in this part
of the country, has found that the climate of the. South
is particularly injurious lo oil paintings. He has, afteig
much study and many experiments, discovered
od of painting and preparing his pictures so
der them less liable to be injured by time
ern atmosphere.
Dec. 6.
NEW SCHOOL.
MR. WM. J. ELLIS respectfully informs his
friends and the public that he will open a School
for Boys, in the house at present occupied by Mr.
Longnecker, directly opposite the Theatre, on the first
day of January next. His terms will be for
Spelling, Reading and Wriling, §6 00 per qr.
Grammar, Geography and Arithmetic, 800 “ “
History, Philosophy and Latin, 10 00 “ “
The School will be removed to a more private situ
ation as soon as a convenient room can be procured.
It will be his object to impart moral instruction as well
as scientific, and as a means to this the Holy Bibie
will be used"in his School as a reading book.
References are permitted to be made to Rev. Wm.
D. Cairns, Wm. P. Yonge, Esq. and Messrs. Yonge
& Ellis. Columbus, Dec. 13. 45tf
READY MADE CLOTHING,
CHEAP FOR 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, Black, Cadet mixed Cloth Pants, Cassimere do.
Kentucky Jeans Frock and Dress Coats, do. Pants ;
Black and figured Silk Velvet Vests; Woolen Vel
vets; Plain and figured Satins; Cloth & Cassimere, to
gether with some low priced ; a beautiful style of Silk
and Colton Umbrellas; Fine Boots, Shoes and Pumps;
Silk, Woollen and Cotton Shirts and Drawers; Cot
ton Shirts with Linen Bosoms and Collars; Colored
do.; Linen Ruffled do.; Silk, Cotton, and Merino
half Hose ; Gloves; Suspenders; Linen Collars and
Bosoms; Stocks of 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.
THE subscriber respectfully informs the citizens
of Columbus and the public generally, that he
has taken the Store formerly occupied by Messrs.
Smalley, Crandall & -Co., a few doors below the City
Hall, where he intends keeping on hand, and constant
ly manufacturing, a large and complete assortment of
all articles connected with the Hat and Cap Business;
to 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-oiter 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. 1,1839. 4Stf
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING.
THE subscriber respectfully informs the public
generally, that he is ready to execute all orders
in the above lirte of business, in the neatest manner
and on the most reasonable terms. He has also sot
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 Kivlin’s Sans Sown.
June 2S 21y STATES LEWIS.
DIIS. 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, &c, &c.
Marsh 23. 12v
THE POPE HE LEADS A HAPPY LIFE.
A CELEBRATED GERMAN BACCHANALIAN SONG.
The Pope he leads ? happy life
He knows no cares of marriage strife,
He drinks the best of Rhenish wine,
I would the Pope’s gay lot were mine ;
But yet all happy’s not his life,
He loves no maid nor wedded wife,
Nor child hath he to cheer Lis hope—
I would not wish to be the Pope.
The Sultan better pleases me,
He lives a life of jollify—
Has wives as many as he will,
I would the Sultan’s throne then fill;
But yet he’s not a happy man,
He must obey the Alcoran ;
And dares not taste one drop of wine,
I would not that his fate were mine.
So here I take my lowly stand,
I’ll drink my own, my native land,
I’ll kiss my maiden’s lip divine,
And drink the best of Rhenish wine ;
And when my maiden kisses me,
I’ll fancy 1 the Su'tan be,
And when my cheery glass I tope,
I’ll fancy that I am the Pope.
* EARTHQUAKE AT MARTINIQUE.
We copy the following distressing intelli
gence from the New Orleans Bee ol the 4th.
‘ The Pauline which arrived vesterday from
St. Pierre, (Island of Martinique,) which she
left on the 12th ult., brings us ihe unpleasant
intelligence, that on the 11th, a dreadful earth
quake took place in that colony. The town
of St. Pierre has suffered greatly, but the de
struction has been far greater at Fort Royal,
in which town i lie number of victims to this
dreadful calamity is not less than four hun
dred. At the departure of the Pauline, how
ever, the entire extent of devastation pro
duced by the earthquake, was by no means
accurately ascertained.
Hundreds of plantations on the Island had
been utterly destroyed, and intelligence of
new disasters was continually pouring into
the town.
The following is an extract of a private
letter from St. Pierre, under date of the 12th:
Ti:e Pauline being ready to sail, I transmit
you in great haste, a few details of the ca
tastrophe we have just experienced. Yes
terday, the 11th inst. at 6 o’clock, A. M., a
very severe shock of an earthquake was felt
in Ibis town, which lasted a bout five minutes,
with the same intensity. Many of our hous
es have been overturned or shattered to
pieces: unions others two in the street in
which we reside; two individuals have been
buried beneath the ruins of the latter. At
Fort Royal the calamity is far more frightful;
from the news received this morning, we learn
that the number f victims already withdrawn
from the ruins, amounts to more than three
hundred. Nearly all the houses in that town
are destroyed. In short, it is said that this
unfortunate city is nearly entirely overwhelm
ed and destroyed.
To augment if possible this sad calamity,
the yellow lever commits terrible ravages.—
Among its other victims is Mr. Lucette, aid
de-camp to the Governor.’
By an* arrival at Charleston from Pointl
Petre , the editors of that city have received
a paper of that port of the ‘ 18th ult. which
contains an extract of a letter published in
the Journal Commercial, of Pointe a Petre,
Gaudaloupe, 16th Jan. 1539.
‘ St. Pierre, (Mart.) Jan. 12.
You have undoubtedly heard of the dread
ful calamity which has befallen our unfortu
nate country, already to be pitied in every
respect. The disasters of yesterday are in
calculable. There is not a single house in
St. Pierre that must not be rebuilt or entirely
repaired. We have lost hut two persons,
who were crushed under the ruins, and about
20 w T ere wounded. But Fort Royal is com
pletely laid even with the ground, as vve have
heard of in the history of Herculaneum, Pom
peii, and Messina. Not one fourth, of the
city has been searched, and they have al
ready found 522 dead The hospital
at Port Royal is and all
i re i
reports
s I %
tiliralion at
the other establishments
of which no mention is
made in the letter of our correspondent; but
from the reports collected from the adjacent
country, we would infer that the sugar fac
tories had suffered considerably. Already
the known losses are estimated at more than
ten millions of francs. On the 12th a vessel
arrived at St. Pierre from St. Lucy, by which
we heard that that Island had fell but lightly
the shock of the earthquake.
How a Man feels when about getting Mar
ried.—lt is said to be a serious tiling for a
girl to leave mamma, and entrust herself to
the keeping of the man of her heart. No
doubt it is; but we propose to show that even
the sterner sex cannot surrender up their sin
gleness without some misgivings and trepi
dation.
In the first place, then, the victim of mat
rimony feels that he must surrender up the
companions with whom he had so long held
close communion ; his evenings, instead of
being spent at the club or engine house,
must be devoted to a very different entertain
ment from that to which he has been accus-
turned. But this is nut all. He knows that
after he has become bound in the silken chain
of matrimony, lie is no longer a welcome
visitant to those circles, where, while free,
wreathing smiles and glowing eyes strove to
weave a net for his feet.
He knows that while a ‘ Bachelor is wel
comed wherever he goes, 3 a married man is
regarded as one dead—crossed off the Books
and no longer an 1 available’ to the fair. In
addition to all these unhappy circumstances,;
he has become the head of a family. Then j
‘ Throng the busy scenes into his mind’
of silks and calicoes, doctor’s bilis, and duns
of many debts that he never reaped the ben
efit of. Dike the horse in the mill he has a
task to perform’ for others. He is no longer
free to embrace poverty or wealth. No
wonder that the young bachelor looks sad
when the hour of his enthralment approach
es. No wonder that, with an angel at his
side, he looks vvoful.
An ancient manuscript preserved in the
British Museum, relative to a disputed claim
to an estate, states, that 1 Mr. John Denny
did finde it meet to go to London to press his
suite on account of ye estate. On his going
Mistress Denny did throwe after him on aide
shoe for lucke , and as it was proved, so lucke
it did turn out —for his suite was gayued.’
The New York Express of the 7fb says:
There was a Specie Draft, as it is called, on
the hanks in Waif street to-day. About three
hundred thousand dollars were drawn. It is
understood the amount wanted is to go to the
Southern banks. Our banks are well provi
ded with gold, which has recently been, for
the purpose of circulation, a useless commod
ity.’
About 4.000 of the Northampton, Mass,
growth of Mulberry trees were lately sold at
auction at St. Louis, (Mo.) for $15,000.
The Constitution. —This noble frigate, it is
said, will require serious repairs in her gun
deck, in consequence of the injuries the pre
sent one sustained from the cargo of mules
which she brought with her from the Medi
terranean. It is much to be regretted that
her commander did not protect the deck by a
layer of thick plank, or what would have
been better still, 4 a pavement of asphallum.’
The latter being a non-recipient of noxious
fluids, the atmosphere, especially at night,
would have been less offensive to the seamen,
obliged as they were to swing their hum
mocks among ihe mules.
It the recent order of the Hon. Secretary
of the Navy, disallowing the commander of
a national ship the privilege of converting
her into a transport for mules, should ever be
annulled, rescinded, or ‘expunged,’ we trust
their decks will he at once paved with the
most approved asphaltum—her guns will of
course be stowed below, while each gaping
port will display the uncompromising visage
of one who makes no terms with opposition.
Should an enemy attack her, the battle bray
ot an hundred of these unyielding fellows, all
striking at once, at the top of their whistle,
would be enough of itself, to unnerve the
stoutest heart. No enemy with whom ‘ dis
cretion was the better part of valor,’ would
think of renewing his attack on a ship thus
obstinately defended. The victory would he
alike easy and bloodless; no bones would he
broken, no lives lost; every man and mule
would safely reach their destined port; and
then, to crown the whole, ‘ the agricultural
interest of the country would be promoted.’
How would
The cattle low, the lampkins skip,
The old folks t ilk, the young ones prattle,
, As homeward hound, this jackass ship
Returned triumphant from the battlo.
Christian Statesman.
IVellerisms. —‘ Don’t put yourself out on
my account,’ as the engine said to the fire.
4 Your kindness is too pressing,’ as the fel
low said to the bear that was squeezing him
to death.
4 Let us endeavor to keep cool,’ as the
devil said when St. Dunstan seized him by
the nose with a pair of red-hot tongs.
4 Let us remove temptation from the path
of youth,’ as the tortoise said when he plung
ed into the water upon seeing a boy pick up
a stone.
4 What a sweet couple we are,’ said a toad
to a water-lily.
4 My stomach is foul,’ said a glutton after
swallowing a couple of chickens.
4 One good turn deserves another,’ as the
gentleman on the tread-mill observed to his
neighbor.
4 Most haste, worse speed,’ as the omnibus
said to the express mail.
4 Home, sweet home,’ as the loafer remark
ed on entering the watch-house.
4 Too slick !’ as the jay bird said when the
hawk struck at him and missed him.
4 Short but not sweet,’ as the man said
when the clerk poked under his nose —‘your
note for SSOOO, cents, due and payable,
6—9 February.’
Horrible Atrocity. —The Kingston Herald
contains an account of a most fiendish at
tempt to poison the whole militia force on
duty at Brockville. The government baker
at that place, discovered that a puncheon of
water, with which he was about to knead his
dough, presented a singular appearance, as
if in a state of fermentation, and sent for a
medical gentleman, who, on examining the
water found that it had been poisoned so
strongly, that every man who might have
partaken of the bread must have died.
Mr. Body stated that so far as he was
aware, no man had gone into the place where
the cask stood, except a man who some time
ago came from the States, and was arrested
by the authorities, when he gave important
information respecting the ‘patriots.’ He
said that he had been a ‘ Hunter,’ but was
convinced of the evil of their proceedings,
and would make amends bv informing of their
plans, and joining in ihe defence of die coun
try. He then joined the Queen’s Borderers.
He was arrested on suspicion of having pois
oned the water, and committed to jail to await
further examination. —Buffalo Com. Adv.
Language without Oaths. —The Indians
cannot swear in their vernacular. This is a
singular and interesting fact. Why does
their language furnish no oaths? Are the
Indians so prone to truth, so averse to false
hood, that the invention of oaths was impos
sible ? Probably this was the case until they
became so corrupt from our example. Their
simple promises must have been to them as
sacred and inviolable as the most solemn ab
jurations are to us. Never resorting to seri
ous appeals to Heaven or the Great Spirit
for the confirmation of their statements, pro
fane oaths did not follow of course.— IV. C.
Advocate.
The Georgia loafer's soliloquy. —Here I
am, a beautiful rascal, low in funds, sunk in
reputation, seven hundred arid fifty miles
from home and no mule to ride. If I owe
my landlord any thing, I will stay and eat it
out with him like a gentleman, and if I owe
any person else any. thing I freely forgive the
debt.— Athens Courier.
North Carolina Silver. —We saw in pos
session of Mr. Roswell, of Davidson county,
a few days since, an ingot of silver, worth
about S4O, obtained from his mine recently
discovered, the richness of which is almost
unparalleled. Some of the ore yields 98 per
cent, of pure silver.— North Carolina paper.
Cheap enough. —An editor and printer
down south, offers to sell his whole establish
! ment for a clean shirt and a meal of victuals.
He says he lived on promises till his very
whiskers have stopped growing.
Hard Run. —A West. Tennessee merchant
advertises that he will not only take jeans,
ploughs, linseys, beeswax, feathers, tew and
tallow in payment lor goods, but if hard run
will take Mississippi Money !
Whiskers. —‘ I cannot imagine,’said an Al
derman, ‘ why my whiskers should turn grey
so much sooner than the hair on my head.’
‘ Because,’ observed a wag, ‘ you have work
ed much harder with your jaws than your
brains.’
The production of honey is made a regu
lar occupation in Egypt. The bees are car
ried in boats up ami down the river Nile, that
thev have good pasture. They wander
through ihe flowery fields all day and return
to the boats at night.
Discourse. —‘ Does you sing, marm ?’ said
Joe Faber the other day to a charming fe
male acquaintance. ‘ No,’ returned the fair
one, ‘ I never sings, but baby does, and when
ever he does I visiles him to sleep.’
Ahead of the Mummies. —They are show
ing Lot’s wife in one of the Eastern cities.
She is done up in salt, and said to be the
genuine article. 1
A Cigar. —A happy lookin’ critter, ain’t he,
with that are little short black pipe in Ins
mouth! The fact is, squire, the moment a
man takes a pipe, he becomes a philosopher;
it’s (lie poor man’s friend ; it enables the
mind, soothes the temper, and makes a man
patient under trouble. It has made more
good men, good husbands, kind masters, in
dulgent fathers, and honest fellows, than any
other blessed thing in the universal world.
Indians always buried a pipe and a skin of
tobacco with their folks,in case smokin’ should
be the fashion in the next world, that they
mightn’t go unprovided. Jist look at him;
his hat has got no crown in it, and the rim
hangs by the side, like the bail of a bucket.
His trousers and jacket are all dying in tal
ers df different colored patches. He has
had one old shoe on one loot, and one un
tanned moccasin on t’ other. He aint had
his beard cut since last shearin’, and he looks
as shaggy as a yenrlin colt. And you see
the critter has a rakeish look too. That ere
old hat is cocked on one side quite knowin,
lie has both hands in his trmvsers pockets, as
it he had somethin’ worth feelin’ there, while
one eye is shot too on the account of the
smoke, and the other standin’ out of the way
of it as far as it can, makes it like a bit of a
wag. A man that didn’t smoke couldn’t do
that now, squire. You may talk about for
titude, and patience, and Christian resigna
tion, and all that sort of thing, till you are
tired; 1 have seen it, and heard tell of it too,
but never knew an instance yet, where it
didn’t come a little grain heavy or sour out
of the oven. Philosophy is like most other
guests I’ve seed, it likes to visit them as
keep good tables, and though it has some
poor acquaintance, it aint more nor half
pleased to he seen walkin’ lock and lock with
’em without smokin’.— The Clockmaker.
Read what the Clockmaker says : Every
livin’ critter must work in this world, and a
laborer is a slave, but the laborer only gets
enough to live on from day to day, while the
slave is tended in infancy and old age, and
has spare time enough given him to earn a
good deal too. A married woman if you
come to that, is a slave, call her what you
will—wife, woman, angel, termagant or devil,
she’s a slave ; and if she. happen to get the
upper hand, the husband is a slave; and if
he don’t lead a worse life than any black
n 'gger, when he’s under petticoat govern
ment, then my name is not Sam Slick.
Conjugal pastimes. —We heard of an old
Blue Beard of a follow wh® enjoyed infiuite
sport in tickling his wife to death, in which
manner he made away with about as great
a number as that notable personage himself.
A gentleman in the upper part of this city,
though not with the same diabolical intent,
thought to have a little amusement at the ex
pense of his lady,and so proposed to give Kef
an elegant silk dress, if she would hold her
finger ten minutes in a mixture of salt and
snow. The offer was readily accepted, and
the experiment commenced. ‘lt is cold,’
6aid the lady. ‘ Take it out then,’ said the
husband. ‘But the dress?’ ‘Ah, you will
lose it,’ said the husband. ‘ I must have it,.’
said the lady, and she persevered .nost hero-
ically till the ten minutes expired, when, on
withdrawing her finger, it might have been
ns easily broken oft’ as any finger on the
hands of Lot’s wife, being completely frozen ;
and the husband had the double amusement
of paying a round hill to his doctor. This
instance of perseverance is excelled only by
that f the lady who threatened that if her
husband refused her request to attend an en
tertainment, to cut off’one of her fingers, and
on his lefusal. actually carried her threat into
execution; both abundantly proving the
truth of the old couplet concerning women,
that
‘ When she will sJie will—you may depeno on’t,
“When she won’t she won’t —and there’s an <nd cn’t/
Albany Transcript.
Forcing Midberry Trees. —The rage for
growing Mulberry trees excites the most so
ber people. A number of large green houses,
conservatories, cocooneries, and other estab
lishmenls have been fitted up in this town for
growing these costly trees during the winter,
and the culinary departments and even some
of the ladies’ parlors contain the germs of
future forests of Mulberry trees. In three or
four large establishments, there cannot he less
than two hundred thousand cuttings out,
part of which have sprouted beautifully, and
by the month of April they will amount to
something in the shape of trees. The pur
pose is to increase the shrubs in size, so that
when the spring opens they will answer to lay
down or put out in the shape of cuttings.—•
A box two feet wide and four feet long, with
a foot of earth, will contain over one hundred
cuttings, which ean be placed in any warm
corner. In three months they will have
grown sufficient to multiply, by laying them
down, into nearly a thousand trees by next
autumn . —Northampton Courier
Poor Mathews, the actor was one of ihe
most superstitious and nervous men in the
world. While in this country in 1822, his
friend and brother actor, Wallack, broke his
leg by the upsetting- of a stage coach, in
passing from Philadelphia to New York :
‘Mathews having to perform the same
journey, he inquired of the driver if he was
the man who had mutilated Mr. Wallack,
and when satisfied upon that head he insisted
upon being informed when they approached
New Brunswick, that he might get out and
walk for half a mile before they came to the
fatal place, and half a mile after it had been
passed. Every ten minutes, he popped his
liead out of the stage window, and inquired,
‘ Driver, are we approaching tiie scene of
Mr. \\ a Hack’s horrible accident? I have a
presentiment that I shall r.ot pass over that
awful spot without some frightful occurrence.
Driver, be sure you tell me when we are
within a halt’ mile of that dreadful scene.’—
The driver promised and poor Mathews sat
fidgetting in anxious expectation of a smash
ing upset* At last, after rattling over a
bi/dge and passing through a town, the stage
drew up at an inn door, and the driver pro-’
ceeded to change the horses. Mathews
made the usual inquiry—‘Driver, are we
near the place where Mr. Wallack broke his
leg r’ ‘We past over it sir, some two hun
dred yards hack.’ Mathews was vocife
rously indignant at being cheated , as he
termed it, and performed the rest of the jour
ney in sullen abstraction.’
Two interesting discoveries are said to be
made in Texas —one is a very remarkable
spring of salt water at the Mustang Prairie.
It is surrounded by a dense forest. The
Kieknpoo Indians have excavated pits or
vats there, from which they procure salt, af
ter the evaporation of the wate ,-. The office
is an extensive mine, or
conl, above the (alls of thg Brassos river.—
I he bed is said to be in many places from 8
to 10 feet thick. A valunhje discovery in ;v
country which is bare of wood..
‘ Come here, you mischievous fellow.’—
‘ Won’t you lick me, father?’ ‘ No.’ ‘ Will
you swear you won’t?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘ Then k
won’t come, father; for parson Allwood says,
he that will swear will lied — Poston Post,
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