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COLUMBUS SENTINEL AND HERALD.
VOL. IX.]
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J. H. CAMPBELL & J- H. WILSON,
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the law.
All Sales regulated by taw, 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
ike county where it is situate; those of Personal
Property, where the letters testamentary, of admin
istration or of guardianship were obtained—and are
required to be previously advertised in some public
Gazette, as .fellows:
Sheriff's’ Sales under regular executions for thir
ty days, under mortgage fi fas sixty days, before
the day of sale.
Salem es Land and Neoroem, by Executors, Ad
ministrators or Guardians, for sixty day’s before
the day of sale.
Sales of Personal Property (except Negroes) forty
DAYS.
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application for letters of administration, must
be published for thirty days.
Citation* upon application for dismission, by
Executors, Administrators or Guardians, monthly
for six norths.
Orders of Courts of Ordinary, (accompanied with a
copy o( the bond or agreement) to m ake titles
to land, most be published thbef. months.
Notices by Executors, Administrators or Guardians,
of application to tke Cou>t of Ordinary for leave
to sell the Land or Negroes of an Estate, four
MONTHS.
Notices bv Executors or Administrators, to the Debt
ors and Credi.ors ul an Estate, for six wvf.ks.
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tbe usual deduction.
|l3* Letters on business, must be host 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, Efii-.ighatn county.
Rev. Reuben E. Brown, Perry P. O. Houston co.
Tuns. H. Key, Esq., Drayton, Dooly county.
Cot. Tiros. J. Holmes, Concord, Baker co.
Stepen D. Crane, Esq., Dahlotiega,Lumpkin co.
Col. John Dill. Fort Gaines, Ga.
John C.M trail vm, Greenville, Ga.
E. J. Wood & Go . St. Joseph, Flor.
Nourse, Brooks & Cos., Apalachicola.
J. S. Yarbrough, Lumpkin. Stewart county.
Jam. Buchanan, Cuthb rt, Randolph county.
J. VV. BACHELDER,La Fayette,Chambers co. Ala.
Charles Murphey, Decatur. DeKalbcounty.
WARE HOUSE
AND COMMISSION BUSINESS.
THE undersigned takes leave to inform his friends
an 1 the pu-ilic generally, that he will continue
the Ware-House an-J Commission Business, to which
his atention will be exclusively confined ; and by strict
attention thereto he hopes to merit a continuance of
patron tge which has 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
the purchasers, and true situation of the market, he be
lieves that he can. g-nerally, more than save the com
mission m the sale of Cotton.
Lib -ral advances will be made on produce or mer
chandise in store. WM. P. YONGK.
Columbus. Sept. 13, IS3B. 33y
lUMPI’d.V CJUUSE—SWEEP S FAKES
AS it is, and iias been, isual of late years, with
the proprietors of the different Race Tracks of
our country, to advertise their Slakes, and, in my opin
ion. they close at too early a period, to give the own
ers of colts a fair opportunity of testing then racing
qualities, I communicate, therefore, to the sporting
world, niv present plan, rules and terms.
There will be kept open stakes for two and three
year olds, to be run for every successi e year, and not
to he closed until one month previous to the race
Declaration fifteen days before the coining off of the
race.
Stakes of one thousand dollars entrance, will be two
cnile heats. Forfeit, {>soo ; declaration, §IOO. Three
entries to farm a stake.
Stakes of five hundred dollars entrance will be mile
beats. 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. Wm.G. Nimmo,
Secretary of the Hampton Jockey Club, Augusta, Ga.
Sept. 27. 1833. 35n6m F W. LACY.
ALABAMA LANDS Putt SALE.
N. half 3 14 30
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 1.8 28
S. half 31 19 28
N. half 38 19 29
S. half 36 19 29
W. half 29 16 26
N half 6 16 30
E. half 21 22 26
K. half 22 13 28
N. half 33 20 26
S. half 32 18 28
W. half 26 15 24
S. half 29 16 25
E. half 2 18 25
Any of the above lands will be sold on terms to suit
purchasers, by application to John D. Pitts, Esq. f lo-
Tence, Ga. or the subscriber, at Macon.
July 26. 26tf J. COWLES.
PhJUKTAriON AND LANDS FOR SaLE.
Ttlli subscriber otfers tor sale his Plantation on
the Uchee .creek, near Sand Fort, in Kusaell
county, Ala.,consisting of 1120 acres,the greater part
of which is first rate lime lands, 200 acres under a good
•ence and in a fair state of cultivation. There is a
small never-failing stream of water running through it; j
also a good spring near the centre of the improved
lands, and good dwellings and all necessary out build
ings. A • Fin House and Screw are now being erect
ed 3 on the premises. Persons wishing to purchase
would do well to call.
Also 3 or 4000 acres of first rate lands, on the Cow
, giecreek, in Barbour, near the line ot Russell.
JNO. CROWELL, Jr.
August 27,1838. 30 ts
VALUABLE PLAN rATIO.V POH SALE.
f ■ tIE subscriber otfers for sale, on easy terms, ilie
JL fodowmg rich and valuable PLANTATION,
in Stewart county, to wit : In the 24th district of
Stewart, 6 inties east of Lumpkin, containing 1,700
acres. 1,000 of which are cleared and in first rate or
der, and all the open land fresh.
The village to which this plantation is contiguous,
js pleasant and remarkably healthful, affording good
society, and excellent water, and Female Schools,
&e. The surrounding country is also pleasant and
settled bv intelligent and worthy people. Corn, Fod
der, and Stock of every kind, may be had on the Plan
ish m. Terms easy. Apply to the proprietor in Co
lumbus, or to John D. Pitts, of Florence, Stewart
countv, Ga. WILEY E. JONES.
NoV. 8, IB3S. _4OT
VALUABLE PLANTATION POK SALE,
CON PAINING Two Hundred Two and a Half ;
Acres of Land, mixed with oak and pine. There
are eighty acres cleared. Also, a comfortable dwel
ling, with all necessary out offices, a good gin house
and packinz screw, a peach and apple orchard. The
entire under good fence. It is situated within 4 miles
of Columbus, joining the plantation formerly owned
by Thomas C. Evans, Esq. Persons wishing to pur
chase cannot find a more desirable location than the
one offered for sale by the subscribers.
JOHN CODE,
Dec. 6. 44tf JOHN QUIN.
C A KKIAUF.S HO p.
arson & PattcsiTT,
Oglethorpe Street , Worth of Calhoun'% Hotel,
HAVE just received anew assortment of good
CARRIAGES selected from some ofthe best
manufactories at the North. They having taken par
ticular pains to have them made to suit this country,
and to insure satisfaction to purchasers, they will war
rant them for one year with, fair usage. AH 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.
>eb. I. 7y
WHO WANTS A FORTUNE 1
$30,000 for $lO.
GEORGIA STATE
LOTTERY.
D. S. GREGORY hi CO. MANAGERS.
CAPITAL PRIZE:
$30,0001!
GRAND SCHEME.
1 Prize of §30,000 is §30,000
1 “ 10,000 “ 10,000
1 “ 5.000 “ 5 000
1 “ 3.317 “ 3.317
2 Prizes of 2 500 “ 5.000
4 “ 2,000 “ 6 000
10 “ 1,500 “ 15,000
200 “ 500 “ 100,000
63 “ 80 “ 5,040
63 “ 60 “ 3,780
126 “ 50 “ 6,300
SiC Si C SiC*
27,814* Prizes is’ §306,437.
Tickets only §10 —shares in proportion.
Tickets Cor sale by J. H. ANDRE VVS, Columbus,
Ga. Orders from the country, enclosing cash or prize
tickets, post paid,will be promp-’ly attended to. and the
drawing forwarded as soon as received by mail.
March 14, 1839.- 6ly
COLUMBUS WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
SADoiasair ivahs-ho j3E,
At the sign of the Golden Saddle, a few doors be
low D. Hungerford & Go’s, and nearly
opposite Urquhart & Ware.
W. WADE & CD.
HAVE now on hand a complete assortment of
articles appertaining to their line of business :
—-AMONG WHICH ARE—
Spanish, Quilted, Overlaid and Shafted Saddles,
Plain, Boys’, Race, Attakapas, and Planters’do.
Laige and Extra Large do
Ladies’ Saddles, of every quality and size.
BRIDLES OF ALL KINDS.
Some good for fifty cents; Saddle Bags, Carpet Bags;
Valices; Stirrup Leathers; Sircingles 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
lhand,
ENGLISH SADDLES, BRIDLES AND MARTINGALES.
Coach, Gig, Tandem, Sportsmen, and Waggon
Whips; Stirrups, Bits, Spurs, Buckles, Haines, Col
lars, Cut Tacks, Trunk Locks, Horse Brushes and
Curry Combs, Trace and Haller Chains.
ALSO—A good assortment of Coach and Qig Har
ness Trimmings; Piated,Brass and JapanM do.
ALSO—A gool a-isortiii-nt ot Skirling, Harness,
and Br idle Leather ; black, blue, red, yellow green,
and cochineal Morocco Skins; Bulfalo 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.
ICJ 3 * REPAIRING done on the most reasonable
terms.
April 29, 1837 Sly
CABINET AND UPHOLSTERY WARE
HOUSE.
CONZE&T7XAN & AWDERSON
MOS T respectfully infoi in the citizens of Colum
bus, ami its vicinity that they have removed
from their former stand, to the store lately occupied by
.VlcArii, 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, Ornaments, and other materials for Cur
tains, &c.
Adverse to puffing, they would only solicit a call
which would enable Ladies an i Gem lenten to judge for
themselves by examining llu- 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 SAI.E Os THE
INDIAN’S PANACEA,
HAVE just received afresh supply ol this valuable
remedy for the cure of Rheumatism, Scrofula or
King’s Evil, Gout, Sciatica or Hip Gout, Incipient
Cancers, Salt Rheum, Sipliilitic and Mercurial dis
eases, particularly Ulcers aud painful affections of the
bones. Ulcerated Throat and Nostrils, Ulcers of
every description, Fever Sores, and lu.ernal Abscess
es, Fistulas, Piles, Sea and Head, Scurvy, Biles. Chro
nic Sore Eyes, Erysipelis Blotches, and every variety
of Cutaneous Affection, Chronic Ca arrii, Headaci.e,
proceeding from vitiation; Affections of the Liver;
Chronic iiillammation of the Kidneys and General De
bility, caused by a torpid action of the vessels of the
skin. It is singularly elfieacious 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
rotor to remove the cause, T he 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’s Panacea, in the various complaints
therein mentioned ; and also to exhibit in lie most sa
tisfactory manner 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 hv exposure in bad weather. 1 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, Kingst.
Charleston, July 12, 1831.
T was afflicted four years with an ulcer in the leg,
occasionally accompanied with erysipelatous inflama
tion and an excessive pain in the leg and ancle joint.
Several eminent Physicians exerted their skill upon it,
but 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, 1837. slv
PACKETS PROM ST. JOSEPH TO
NEW YORK.
THE following substantial and fast sailing
vessel- will run as regular Packets between
; St. Joseph and New Y'ork, and will take freight
and passengers low.
Brig HXRTLEY, Ryder, master.
“ CUMBERLAND, Darling, master.
“ SADI, Vincent, “
Also, the new and splendid ship SPRING.
For Freight or Passage apply to
£. J. WOOD A - CO, Agents,
St. Joseph, Flor.
Nov. 1. 1837 *24 v
LAW NOTICE.
THE subscriber lias resumed the practice of tne
LAW at Columbus, Ga. He will be prepared |
to make advances on Notes placed in Ins 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.
Mav 23d. 1838 lfiif
LAST NOTICE.
THE notes and accounts of Calhoun & Bass have
been placed in my hands for collection. Persons
indebted will do well to call immediately, and make
satisfactory arrangements, o herwise they will be sued
on immediately. JObIAH MORRIS
Nov 29. 43if
YONG£ & ELLIS
CONTINUE to receive and otf'ei for sale ail kinds
of Staple and fancy Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes,
Hats,Saddlery. Hardware. &c. together with a good
supply of Groceries.all of which will he sold on the most
favorable terms .
Feb. Ist, 1838. 52 v
D. GOLSTEINE & CO.,
COMMISSION AND forwarding merchants,
APALACHICOLA. FLORIDA.
Will advance on Cotton shipped to Havre, Liverpool
and New York.
D. Golsteine,
H. D. Darden. Apalachicola. Oct. 25. 3Stf
7 BBLS. pickeled SHEEP HEAD.
20 boxes fine Scotch Herring,
4 bbls. Cranberries,
20.000 best Spanish Cigars,
Just received and for sale by
Feb. I 1838. 521f Y'ONGE & ELLIS.
• STRAYED OR STOLEN,
ABOUT the 10th May last, a large bay HORSE,
long tail, ratherswav back, racks easy but short,
. a few marks of the saddle and harness. Information
1 or delivery of the horse thankfully received and libe
rally rewarded. Y'ONGE & ELLIS.
June 7. 18tf
‘WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE BORN EQUAL.’
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 18, 1839.
LIST OF LETTERS
REMAINING in the Post Office at Columbus,
Apni 1,1859.
Algears, Thomas D 2 Kingsbury, Mrs Indida
Afiums, John Kendall, William
Alexander, William sr. Lewis, Augustus
Ayres, Wm 2 Lindsey, J vV 2
Alexander, Wm J Lamar, Philip
Anderson, George W 2 Lane, Albert
Adams, R Lester, Chesley A
Bartlett, Thomas Lyon, Joseph M
Brassington, J P Luckey, Wm A
Barker, W m Lockabay, J M
Baker, Win H Lindsey, CH 2
Branham, Martha Leggt-n, John
Barry, R C 2 Lowery, Samuel T
Barber, David Lyons, John
Baker, Charles 2 L’aureb, Wm A B
Barron, M L Lewis, Stephen
Burner, James H Love, John H 2
Bass, Hartwell Esq. Love, M s L L
Barron, John W Moore, Chesiy
Badger, F H Miles, Thomas
Baicn, Thos & Alonzo Meads, Miss Eliza
Bian, Aaron B Mills, Miss Hester
Brewer, John Mumford, Zadoc
Beasley, Buckner Mygatt, Alston
Beall, Eliza Mitchell, Miss Catharine
Benett, John Mills. Rev Wm
Beard, J A Moreland, Mrs M A W
Brenan, E Madden, David
Benner, Wm G Martin Henrv
Betiion, Col Sami C Massey. John VV
Biggins, Ma issaA Martin Wm
Sooth, A M Morris, F M
Broom, Francis M S Moore, Frederick
Booth, Frederick T Madden, D B
Boykin, Frances Miller ‘I 1 J
Bro.vn, Benj F Massey, Kimbrell
Brown, Thomas J Mitchell, Catharine E
Brown, Wm B Morrell, Jordan
Bond, L A Moran, Michael
Bowdre, Thomas J Moore, Miss Sirene
Browning, R M Moore, F S
Brown, Alex J Mealin. Mrs Martha
Busby, Jacob 3 Murphy, M W
Buckingham, J S Moss,Miss Ann
Bruce, Angus Mears, Mrs M A
Burr, Allen 2 Murphey, Mrs M A
Bussey, N J Moore, Abram
Butts, R Moore, Jacob W
Butt Jno H&RS Morgan, John W
Birt, Mary Moore, James S
Byrne, Col Alex J Mcßeuth, Robt
Byrne. John Mcßride, Wm
Byne, J McClendon,AF
Cary, Isaac S McCleskey, Margaret
Clanton, E McCoy, Thomas°
•aliaway, James S McCall, Louis
Chambers, Edward M McCall, Mary
Cartlidge, Jeremiah AlcDonald.Hugh
Clark, Eli McFarlane, John R
Crawford R B McGhee, Isaac
Ca lioun, Henry McGritT, Richard
Campbell, Thomas J McLeskey, John
Caniuon, James McLeary, Thos E
Chat field, George McLane, Albert
Champion, Henry McMillan. Win
Carr, John J McMurphy, Pickens
Chapman, E W Mcßae, Hugh J 2
Clelantl, Gilbert Oakford, Charles 4
Cerrean, Firmin Owens, Mrs Natlcy
Christian, Thomas Osborn, James II
Oonneliy, Thomas Proctor, Wm
Collins, Timothy Price, Joseph
Collins, Abraham Pool, I.abon
Cozart, W M Person, Wm
Corley, Elijah Powell, Henry T
Collins, Linda 2 Presley, Marion
Grossman, Benj N 2 Porter, Jane A
Cook, M Parkan, Robert
Compton GW ‘2 Persons, John
Cone, Sophronia E Porter, Uriah
Cooper,lsaac Pace, Win jr
Coleman, Lewis Perry, Lucinda
Coglnll, I P Palmer, Rev B M
Cobbs, Chas R Joseph 2
Cashrin, Warren Parkman, John
Cunningham, Hutson B Perry,Prior
Churchhill, Chauncey Pace, John
Churclihili, David D Philips, Mrs Jannet
Driggars, Mrs Ann Pool, Worthom
Day, John 2 Russell, Mrs Jane B
Dyer, Moses S Rhtnd, Mrs James
Doles, Francis Runalds, Prudence
Dill, Augustus A 2 Ross, Geo W
Delgardo, Martin Richter, Frederick
Devane, J C Reeves, Prvor
Dunphe, Nathan H Richardson. Richard
Dummer, Subnet 2 Ramso, M Iton D
Dobson. Wm Riley, VVm H
Dew, Charles Rede, Sterling
Dawson, Charles Robison. George
Dole, John Randolph, G J
Day, David Right, David
Davis, Rev James Ralston, Alexander
Duke, David Smith, Sanders J
Evans. George W Smith, Nimrod
Elkin, John Sanders. Jesse
English, Jonathan Sims, Wm 2
Ful er, William Steedman, John 2
Field, Henry H Sears, John Esq
Forlson, Miss E D Stakes, Win B
Freeman, H J Sims, David
Firbanks, John Shivers, Thomas
Fagan, John Strong, Joshua S 2
Fuller, Miss Mary Jane Smith Benjamin
Field & Morgan, Messrs Stoker, Matthew, or Jno
Garner, John Hines
Gardner, Janies jr Stallings, Jesse
Grant, Joshua Shultdz, Rhoda
Gardner, C Sturdevant, Edwin
Garrett, VVm L Stilish, Miss Mary
Gartez, H Stewart, Robert L .
Graham, James Stephens Dr
Grantland, Eliza Smith, Larry
Garland, Wm Shepherd, Lucinda
Gardiner, S E Stanford, Thomas
Gardner, Dr J M 2 Stephens, Dr John L
Green, Robert H Simpson & Wakefield, care
Gregory, Ann of A Levingston
Griggs, R S 3 Salusbury, John
Grissatn, James Spicer, John P
Grimes, Franklin 3 Skinner Mrs Pcnehope
Gibson, Wm Smith, Shelby 2
Godfrey. Laura M 2 Simms, Thomas
Geuco, Lewis Turner, John W
Guerry, \V Turk,Wrn
Gunn, Rily Thornton, Mrs Nancy A
Granberv, Thomas Tankersly, Joseph S
Hall, George 2 Thomason, Micajah F
Harris, Joseph Thompson, Mi s Cornelia
Hazleton, Pinckney Thrihkeld. Tally
Hayes, James A Thomas, Elijah
Hamilton, John Thomas, Nathan jr
Haughtner, B Turner, Thomas
Hartness. Robt Turner, Matthew Esq
Harris, Ilezekiah W Tailor, Greilly
Haygood. James Thompson, Noah H
Harp, John L Tarver, Benj P
Hall, Thomas S 2 Thrift, Wm
Hawes, Thomas Vanhorn, Hubbard
Hawes, Louisa White, James 3
Herron Z, bron S Wells, S G
Hill, Dr Abraham S Wilson, Ebenezer
Hill. James H Williams, S K 2
Hicks. B Wilkinson, James
Hill Hamil Willis, CancyC
Hill. Hardy 2 Williams, John P
Hicks. H H XV int rs. Mrs Emily F
HoiUiu 1. Jos XX'oolf Ik. F D
Hood, Daniel 2 Wimberly Mrs Narcissa
Hodges, Rev Mr Wadkins, Zachariah
Holland. David Wright, Watt
Howell, James S Wards, Jane
Hood. E D Wittich, Lovick L
Horn, Whitmill Wright, J M 3
Holland, Alex YVilson, Joel
Hutchinson, John C Walter. J
Huddleston, C F Ward, Thos A
Hutchins, Rev James Wiiev.GeoD 2
HufTell, D B Ward, John
Huddleston, Willis 4 Wright. J H
Hurt. Henry Walker. Clement
Hunt Robert \X r hbfield. James
Hutchinson. C YV 7 il!iamson, Mrs N
Hun-on, H B Whrmond. Wm S D
HutF. Daniel XVynire,Clement
Ivey, M Whitaker. Mrs S H
Isle'r. Mrs Matilda Ware, Robert
Ingersoi, Ester Wallbohtn D
Jeffries, Dr XVm S Williams. Mrs Stephen
Jones, J H White. Henrv
Johnston, Wm Wamick, Wiley
Jones, Erorie Willis, Anderson
Jones. Mrs Martha Williams, Alford
Jackson. John A Williams, R T
J one , Dixon Wilson, A A
Johnston. T 3 White, Abner
Johnston. Mrs. Ann Watkins. A L
Johnston. James Wallace. Benj
Jones, Mrs. Emeline E White, Miss Lusan
J .oes, Marcus Worthy, Alford N
Jefferson. Samuel A Way. Geo XV
Jackson. Burwell M ilcox. P B
J .urdan. John Woodruff, Wm
Johnson. Frances Ann, Younges. Mrs Andrett
cure of Mrs Robertson Young, George C
Kernor, H J M Young, Henry A
King, Amos \ oung, XX r B
Knight. Susan K Yarbear, George
Kendal. Wiley J Yarborough. Robert H
King,Harris Youngblood, Erasmus J
King, Thomas Butter 2
Persons calling for any of the above letters
will please say thev are advertised.
93t ’ JAMES VAN NESS, P. M.
R. L. MOORE,
Auction and commission mer
chant, Columbus Auction Room, two doors
below the Bank of Columbus.
March 7,1839. stf
THE NEW YORK WEEKLY WHIG.
THE Second Annual Volume of The New
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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
DRETR’S VEGETABLE UNIVERSAL
PILLS, and has his CERTIFICATE of Agency
and a fresh supply of the Pills from the General Agency
ill Columbus.
And they are further cautioned against purchasing
Pills, for BRANDRETH’S PILLS, of Mr. John
Neal, of that place, as he is otfering for sale the basest
counterfeits. Purchase only of the known and autho
tised 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 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, anti perhaps their lives,
I would give them timely caution riot 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
STOLEN OR RUN AW AY
FROM the subscriber, un the 30ih of October,
1838, ar 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 hve leet eight inches high,
with a smalt scar on his left cheek ; he lias 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 icet
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 rite in Gwinnett county, on the road lead
ing from Covington to Lawrenceville, will receive a
reward of Fifty Dollars, and ail reasonable expenses
paid, and One Hundred Dollars for ihe prosecution to
conviction of the thief. SAMUEL RAWLINS.
Gwinnet co. Nov. 17. 42if
HEADY MAUIi CIiOTHING,
CHEAP FOR CASH,
IVcxt 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 Cotton Umbrellas; Fine Boots, Shoes and Pumps;
Silk, Woollen and Cotton Shirts and Drawers; Cot
ton Quirts with Linen Bosoms and Collars; Colored
do.; Linen Ruffled do.; Silk, Cotton, and Merino
haif Hose ; Gloves; Suspenders; Linen Collars and
Bosoms; Stoc sos every variety; Cloth and Hair
Brushes; Cologne: Fur and Seal Caps; Hats 1 ;
Travelling Trunks and Bags, &c.
The above ariicles have just been received, arid will
be sold as low as they can be had lor casli in this mar
ket.
Columbus. Nov. 29. 43tf
TO SELL OR RENT
THAT well known House sittialt don Broad street,
in the city of Columbus, formerly occupied by
James H. Reynolds, as a Jeweller’s and Watchma
ker’s store. The lot is eighteen and an half feet in
front by one hundred and forty eight deep. The store
is eighteen feet front and fifty-two feet deep, a well
finished dwelling over the same, a good kitchen and
other outhouses which are now tinder i ent for one year
from the 18:h of November at s'-50. The whole
will be sold at a great bargain, or the store rented on
good terms. For further particulars enquire of James
Kivlin.
N. B. All the watches which were left with J. H.
Reynolds for repair, are left in the hands of J. Kivlin.
The owners thereof are requested to call and take
them away. JAMES B. REYNOLDS,
452 Grand street, New Y'ork.
Columbus, Feb. 27, 1839. 4 3m
COLUMBUS COTTON FAC TORY.
iTBNHE owners of the Columbus Factory respect-
JL 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 optration,
and any thing in that line will be done at the shortest
notice. ,
i. ff 3 A number of boys and girls wanted to work
at the Factory, for which the most liberal prices will be
driven by the week or month. Apply to
° STF. WART & FONTAINE, or
S. K. HODGES & CO.
Columbus, Feb. 8 6if
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 Kivlin’s Sans Souct.
June2B 2lv STATES LEWIS.
OKS. HOLT AND PERSONS
ARE united in the practice of Medicino. 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 ofthe 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.
Maroh 23. ]2v
GROCERIES.
1 S’ 4~Y BBLS old Rectified Whiskey
X OXP 30 bbls. Monongahela 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 br
ALLEN & Y'OUNG,
Sept. 12.183 5 . 32tf No. I Mclntosh row.
RACES,
THE Races over the Western Course of Colum
bus. will commence on Tuesday, the 30’h of
April next, and will continue five davs. The purses
and order of the Races will apnear in next week’s
paper. THE PROPRIETORS.
March 26. 1833. std
POETRY.
WORDS!
BY FREDERICK BROWS.
The author being asked to write something in a
Lady’s Album, requested to know the subject sin
would desire, and received no answer but ‘ O, writ
any thing' —• words , words.’ Thus confined to ‘words,’
he remarked that he should have some difficulty to
find them.
Words! they are the common passport of the thoughts
The mean of intercourse ’twixt man and man ;
Were no thoughts false, no words would be untrue
But nature’s seif would pour hem froi i the heart,
As living streams of Faith, devoid of Art.
Were all hearts true, the tongues of men would not
So oft be doubted, —not should we tremble
When we see the beauteous smile that plays
On woman’s lip—for fear that it is false!
IVords! though they may be, at times, the echoes
Ot the thoughts, will not, cannot always speak
W hat the heart feels.—May there not be a jry
That burns within the soul, and glistens in the eye,
That words can never tell! May not Friendship,
Affection, and all the endearing ties
That man can have for man—or dearer still,
That man may feel for woman — may not these
Be far beyond the powjr of words t’express?
No tongue was ever formed to fully speak
The volume of the Heart! Can words portray
The buoyant gladness of the mind, when Friends
After long absence meet ? No! smiles do more !
And there is one sad feeling, rvords cannot,
However eloquent, give breathing to—
To part with those we love, esteem, respect;
Words could never yet, nor ever will do this !
The tear that is suppress’d within the eye
The sigh that’s smother’d in the aching heart,
The trembling pressure of the hand, that clasps
For the last time, the object of our love —
These may speak, but the tongue is silent !
Words
Could never say, as the heart feels
FAREWELL !
A SUNDAY AT MOSCOW.
By MR. STEPHENS.
To one who had for a long lime been a
stranger to the sound of the church-going
hell, few things could he more interesting
than a Sunday at Moscow. Any one who
has rambled along the Maritime Alps, and
has heard from some lofty eminence the con
vent bell ringing the matins, vespers, and
midnight prayers, will long remember the
not unpleasing sounds. To me there is al
ways something touching in the sound of
the church bell; in itself pleasing by its ef
fect upon the sense, but far more so in its as
sociations. And these feellings were exceed
ingly fresh when 1 awoke on Sunday in the
holy city of Moscow. In Greece and Tur
key there are no bells; in Russia they are
. almost innumerable, but this was the first
time I had happened to pass the Sabbath in
the city. I lay and listened, almost fearing to
move lest I should lose the sounds; thoughts
of home came over me; of the day of rest,
of the gathering for church, and the greeting
of friends at the church door. But he who
has never heard the ringing of bells at Mos
cow does not know its music. Imagine a
city containing more than six hundred church
es and innumerable convents, all with hells,
these all sounding together, from the sharp,
quick hammer note, to ihe loudest, deepest
peels, that ever broke and lingered on the
ear, struck at long intervals, and swelling on
the air as if unwilling to die away. I arose
and threw open my window, dressed myself,
and, after breakfast, joined the throng called
to their respective churches by their well
known bells. I went to what is called the
English chapel, where, for the first time in
many months, I joined in a regular church
service, and listened to an orlhodojc sermon.
I was surprised to see so large a congrega
tion, though I remarked among them many
English governesses with children, the Eng
lish language being at that moment the rage
among the Russians, and multitudes of cast
off chambermaids being employed to teach
the rising Russian nobility the beauties of the
English tongue.
All over the continent, Sunday is the great
day for observing national manners and cus
toms. I dined at an early hour with mv
friend the Marquis, and under his escort,
mounting a droskv, rode to a great prome
nade of the people called L’alleedes Peuples.
It lies outside the barrier, and beyond the
state prisons, where the exiles for Siberia are
confined, on the land of Count Schremetovv,
Ihe richest nobleman in Russia, having one
hundred and thirty thousand slaves on his
estates; the chateau js about eight versts
from the city, and a noble road through his
own land leads fromlhe barrier to his door.
This promenade is the great rendezvous
of the people; that is, of the merchants and
shopkeepers of Moscow. The promenade is
simply a large piece of ground ornamented
with noble trees, and provided with every
thing necessary for the enjoyment of all the
national amusements, among which the Rus
sian mountain is the favorite; and refresh
ments were distributed in great abundance.
Soldiers were stationed at different points to
preserve order, and the people seemed all
cheerful and happy ; hut the life and the soul
of the place were the Bohemian Gipsy girls.
Wherever they moved, a crowd gathered
round them. They were the first I had seen
of this extraordinary people, coming no one
knows whence, and living no one knows how,
wanderers from their birth, and with a histo
ry enveloped in doubt. It was impossible to
mistakethedark complexion and piercing coal
hlack eyes of the gipsy women. The men
were nowhere to he seen, nor were there any
old women with them; and these girls, well
dressed, though, in general, with nothing pe
culiar in their costume, moved about in par
ties of five or six, singing, playing, and danc
ing to crowds. One of them, with a red silk
cloak trimmed with gold, and a gold hand
round her hair, struck me as the very beau
ideal of a gipsy queen. Recognising me as
a stranger, she stopped just in front of me,
struck her castinets and danced, at the same
time directing the movements of her compan
ions, who formed a circle around me. There
was a beauty in her face, combined with in
telligence and spirit, that rivetted my atten
tion, and when she spoke her eyes seemed to
read me through. I ought, perhaps, to be
ashamed of it, but in alf my wanderings I
never regretted so much mv ignorance of the
language as when it denied me the pleasure
of conversing with that gipsy girl. I would
fain have known whether her soul did not
soar above the scene and the employment
in which I (bund her; whether she was not
formed for better thirgs than to disp'av Iter
beautiful person before crowds of boors ; but
I am sorry to add, that the character of mv
queen was not above reproach; and, as I
had nothing but my character to stand upon
in Moscow, I was obliged to withdraw from
the observation which her attention fixed up
on me.
JOHN SMITH.
Never was a poor mortal so hunted down
bv the blood hounds of the press as the per
sonage whose name heads this article. If the
newspapers of this county, yea and all Eu
rope, are to be belived, there never was a
more consummate villain than he is nr ha
been. There is nothing too base that lie will
not do. He has been charged with innumer-
able murders, robberies, and a thousand other
crimes ; by this time, be must be perfectly ac
quainted with all the lawyers, judges, juries,
and persons in the Union. Aljeast such is
the character given him by our editorial breth
ren. We cannot believe fie is quite so bad
as he has been represented to be. inasmuch
as lie has been charged with the perpetration
ol numerous offences in various sections ol
count rt, at the same time; all of which it
appeared to us, it would be utterly impossi
hie lor him to do—and hence, we are led to
conclude that whole press has conspired n
gainst Inm, to injure Ins reputation, and in
many instances to do him personal injury,
when fie is in no wise deserving of it. His
character, within a few weeks past, in the
papers, has however, undergone an entire
change, and he was acquiring a very respec
table name. It was said that becoming dis
gusted with the Christian religion, (no doubt
in consequence of had reputation he had so
long borne, among Christians.) he had gone
to the east, and turned JWahcmedan. We
next find his name announced in the Phila
delphia papers, as a candidate for the office
ol Constable, and a large meeting of his
friends called to adopt measures calculated to
secure his election. As we have a better
opinion of the people of the city of ‘ brother
ly love’ than to believe they would attempt to
place him in so high and respectable an office,
unless a very great reformation in his former
vicious habits had taken place, we took it fir
granted that such was the fact. But before
the election had been field, we learn the poor
fellow lias at last got rid of tins troublesome
world, having accidently fell between the ship
Oronoco and tow-boat Pacific, at New Or
leans, on the evening ol the 18lh ult. We
are happy to say that the last assertion is not
correct, but we are compelled to add :hat he
has again fallen into had habits, having no
longer ago than last Wednesday, been ar
rested in this city, charged with attemping
to pick the pockets ol several gentlemen, who
happened to be in his way. He was taken
before Thomas McDowell, Esq , and on the
oath of one of onr citizens, whose pocket it
is said, lie had among others attached, was
committed to prison to await his trial before
the next City Court.—Delaware Gazette.
THE POETRY OP BILLIARDS.
Though there are a thousand billiard play
ers in New-Orleans, we doubt if one of them
ever thought an article like the following
could be written about the science, and the
practice of it. We advise every one to read
it, for the descriptions are graphic to an as
tonishing degree. We find it in the New
York Albion, where it is copied from a fine
work, called 1 Parisian Cafes.’ The writer
is describing the different persons assembled
at a certain case.—JV. O. Times.
1 That Eugene does nothing hut play bil
liards. He is autocrat of the queue. Pro
fessor of his art he will tell you that he has
just come from giving lessons to the Mar
quis of A. or the Baron B. For such as
take any interest in.this elegant game, the
play of Eugene is a source of much delight.
Indeed parties and engagements are frequent
ly made for the express purpose of witness
ing his style. He plays the French game of
three halls, counting carnnis, arid doubled
pocketing?. Mark his elegant and easy po
sition. With what graceful freedom does lie
manage his queue; and as its elastic point
salutes the ball, the sound is half musical!
How complicated are his combinations, and
with what swiftness are they conceived!—
He has unquestionably n genius for the
game; some natural capacities that way, to
himself mysterious, and for which he claims
no praise. You deem those balls in an un
accountable position. Eugene hardly surveys
the table. Swiftly hi3 thought passes nut
through his queue into the white; the white
takes the red, and cushioned, spins for an
instant, and then starts off in a miraculous
curve towards the left tapping gently the
blue. The red has been doubled into the
middle pocket. Thpre is from every obser
ver an exclamation of delight. Eugene no
tices it not. What to them was mysrerv is
to him the simplest intellectual combination.
He has moreover left the halls in the host
possible position, fie almost, always leaves
them so. Hence, when he gets ilip run, he
<s a very dangerous competitor. With him
the question is not so much how he shall
count, as how, after counting, he shall leave
the balls. Nothing I know of in its wav is
more charming than to watch the various de
velopements of Eugene’s design. There is
not a single direction of the balls, whereof,
previously to his stroke, Eugene is not aware.
Os course Eugene never scratches.
Those providential interferences which
aimless players call far seeing of their own,
are not within his scope. The idea of be
ing in luck is an abstraction whereof he nev
er dreams. Fortune is never for him nor
against him. Pocketing himself would he a
phenomenon. He never makes a misquene.
There is, moreover, n kissing in his play.—
His strokes are firm and gentle, and grace
ful, and full of thought. His spread is the
most magnificent thing I have ever seen, and i
his straight hazards are, beyond all expres-;
sion, marvellous. The slyb of Eugene is
far beyond all other stvies. Not that Eugene
never misses. But Eugene’s miss is finerj
than the count of any other plaver, and a? I
Boswell prefered the being cut hv Johnson to
the heartiest recognition by any othor En- 1
glishman, so might, you more plume yourself:
on a miss like that of Eugene than on the
hest count of the best individual who is yon
der playing with him. Until this evening I
had had no just conception of how intensely j
intellectual is the genuine game of billiards.--
Until now I have been accustomed to derive’
my pleasure therein, chiefly from the sight of
polished balls noiselessly coursing over n plain
of green, or darting off in angles of mathe
matical regularity, from listening so ihe
sharp, quick click of their hit, or the tinkle
of bells announcing them pocketed ; and
more than all, from that extremely agreeable ;
nervous sensation along the arm, which at-j
tends the contact of queue with ball. I now;
felt that I was all wrong, and that this game,!
like chess was to be appreciated in propor
tion as it embodied thought, and that random
shots in the one, should he he held in the same
degration as random moves in the other.
Education and crime. —A fact stated in j
the Manchester (England) Guardian, tends ;
strongly to illustrate the moral and political
advantages of education, and the relations;
that every where exist between ignorance j
and crime. The Guardian states that of 200;
persons charged with felony, noted for trial’
at the sessions in that city, 97 can fieitht rl
read nor write; 51 can read perfectly; 41 I
can read and write per.ecily; (bur can read I
and write well; and hut one has received a :
superior education. Os 19 petsons charged’
with various misdemeanors, seven could uei- ’
ther read nor write ; and only four could re3ii
and write well. In our western world, where j
elementary education is cheap, and where, in
most states, there are plans in existence for;
securing to those who need such a‘d. com
mon sc ; 00l education, either in whole nr in
nart, at the public, expense, why should any
be allowed to grow up without this great
bhfssirg. and safeguard in after life ?
A MONSTER OF THE FIRST WATER.
The Boston Post has a marvel almost as
wonderful as the Moon Hoax, though we
would by no means say that there is as little
reality in it. The Times says Robert Lin
coln, Esq., Agent of the New Y"ork Western
Lumber Company, has just returned.’ from
the Saint Peters river, near the head of
steamboat navigation, on the upper Missis
sippi, bringing with hint a living .American
Qurang Outang, or Wild Man of the Woods,
with two small cubs, supposed to he about
three months old. The following is the de
scription of the Times :
‘ By invitation oT Mr. Lincoln, who is err
old acquaintance, we went down to his rooms
to examine this monster. He is a horrid
looking creature, and reminds lis very strong
ly of the fabieil satyrs, as we have.pictured
them to our own mind, He is about eight
feet three inches high, when standing erect,
and his frame is of giant proportions in every
part. His legs are not straight, but like those
ot the dog and other four footed animals, and
his whole body is covered with a hide very
much like that of a cow. His arms re very
large and long, and ill proportioned. It does
not appear from his manner that he has ever
walked upon ‘all fours.’ The fingers and
toes are mere bunches, armed with stout
claws. His head is covered with thick, coarse,,
black hair, like the mane of a horse. The
appearance of bis countnnce, if such it may
be called, is very disgusting—nay, almost
horrible. It is covered with a thinner and
lighter coat of hair titan the rest of the body;
there is no appearance of eyebrows or nose ;
the mouth is very large and wide.and simi
hr to that of a baboon. His eyes are quite
an d and heavy, and there is no indication of
cunning or activity about them. Mr. Lin
coln says be is beyond doubt carnivorous, as
be universally rejects bread and vegetables,
and eats flesh with great avidity. He thinks
he is of the ourang outang specie3; but from
what little we have seen, we are inclined to
consider him a wild animal, somewhat re
sembling a man. He is, to say the least, one
of ihe n/ost extraordinary creatures that has
ever been brought before the public, from
any part of the earth, and we believe will
prove a difficult puzzle to the scientific. Ho
lies down like a brute, and does not appear
to possess more instinct than common do
mestic animals. He is now quite tame and
quiet, and is only confined by a stout chain
attached to his legs.
This is the first creature of the kind, we
believe, ever fonnd on this continent. It was
to he expected, however, that in penetrating
the remote recesses of the new world, mon
slers would be found, and great natural cu
riosities brought to light ; and it has been a
matter of surprise to many that so little of
the marvellous has ever been discovered.—
But we cannot tell what the wilds of the far
northwest, the shores of Lake Superior, the
regions of the Rocky Mountains, and the vast
territory of the Oregon, may yet bring forth.’
The Printer's fame. —While strolling along
the wharl yesterday afternoon, looking for a
character on which to pounce, we overhauled
an intelligent looking, while headed Ethiopi
an patriarch, silting on a curb sione. We
asked him the story of his life, when be open
ed bis mouth to (lie following effect:
‘ I’m gitten old now, and will soon be help
less, and will give myself up to any honest
man, and forty dollars to hoot, who will agree
to take me as his slave for life.’
‘ Well, can’t you trust U3 old uncle?’
‘ What do you follow, master?’
‘ We have been a printer, sir, for ten years ;
ever since we were a little hoy.’
* No, master, I can’t trust you. I h’ve
seen grei. t wonders in my time of day, I can’t
tell you. I’ve seen the hypocrite pass off af
ter a life of mischief and deception, into the
land of rest, if wa are to believe the minister’s
w >rd—and the name of a good man, after
his journey of unti, ing benevolence, die at
his death. I’ve seen married peop'e happy -
and bachelors fretting with the hyj o •ondriac-
I’ve seen a miser drop a cent, with a tear,
into the shrivelled hand of the mendicant, and
a noisy church member pray in secret l . I
have known water to run up stream, and
stones to cry out, but I have never known a
printer of ten years standing who- was sound
at the core—his subscribers are sure to make
him a rogue.’
‘Oh! my good man, you need not he
afraid. All our subscribers pay in advance/
said we, as we left him ‘•alone in his glory.’—
Cincinnati JYews.
Weed prairies.—We have hitherto neg
lected to notice the singular prairies which
are found in the counties of Milam and Ro
bertson. These prairies, unlike those which
are found mother sections of the country, are
covered with a dense growth of weeds in
stead of <zrass. ‘I hese weeds are generally
ten or fifteen feet high, and so dense that
they are almost impenetrable to man or horse.
The resemble in some respects, the cane
breaks of the Mississippi. The settlers of
those counties consider ihese ‘ weed prairies’
the most valuable portions of the country.
The* soil is generally of a light mulatto color,
and remitk-iblv fertile. fr> order to prepare
this soil fur cultivation, the planters have only
to beat down the weeds, and then by ap
plying fire and burning them over, the soil is
left in a condition to receive the seed, being
almost as loose and friable as a bed of ashes'.
Iu planting these prairies, the plough is sel
dom use;), hut instead of it the settlers use a
large spiked roller, generally firmed of a lng r
with harrow teeth, set at intervals, so as To
form rows of shallow holes, when dragged
over the ground ; into these holes the corn is
dropped, and then covered with a slight layer
ot earth, which is generally kicked upon it,
i’lie seed thus earetesslv planted, soon throws*
up stout, rank blades of corn, which require
no further attention, until harvest, except one
‘ trifling hoeing.’ The crop of corn thus
raised, jrenerally vie Ids forty bushels to the
acre. — Houston TJegraph.
Heath rs the ‘ Wandering Piper.’ —This
singular individual died on Sunday nio-ht, in
Meicer’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, where be
bad bees for three weeks previously, ft in
stated in an advertisement in the papers that
‘ Graham Stuart, commonly called the Wan
dering Fper, died in the hospital, having
previous.y made his will, and thereby be
queathed all his property for the uses and
purposes of the said hospital.— Dublin paper,
February 20.
Daughter. —Physiologists and physicians
have demonstrated that laughter, in proper
quantities, improves digestion, and regulates
the (unctions of various viscera. In this way
it promotes health, cheerfulness and viva
city; inspires benevolence and all the kind
feelings of tbe heart. In itself of a pleasure,
it adds to that es others hv sympathy, and
drives away the wrinkles of care and the
sullen frown of habitual moroseness. Shaker
p are, who seemed to know all sciences by
intu tion, in Juiius Caspar, makes the great
Captain distrustful of the lean Cassius, who
never laughed.
‘ Stick no biils,’ as the leafier said to the
lnusqmtd.
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