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COLUMBUS SENTINEL AND HERALD.
VOL. X.]
PUBLISHED ETF.HY WEBItESDAV MORIfIKC BY
JOSEPH STURGIS.
on IMOtD STHEET, OYEH ALLEN AND YOUNG’S,
M’lNroSH ROW.
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id. Yearly advertisfments.— For over 24, and
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6d. All rule and figure work double the above p.’ices.
Legal Advertisements published at the usual
rates, and with strict attention to the requisitions ol
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 Persona!
Property, where the ietters testamentary, of admin
istration or of guardianship were obtained and are
required to be previously advertised in some public
Gazette, as follows :
Sheriffs’ Sm.es under regular executions for thir
ty days, under mortgage fi fas sixty days, before
the day of sale.
Sales of [.and and Neorof.s, bv Executors, Ad
ministrators or Guardians, for sixty days before
the day of sale.
Sales of Persona! Property (except Negroes) forty
DAYS.
’it \tion* I>V Clerks of the Courts of Ordinary, upon
application for 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 of the bond or aireeinent) to make titles
to land, must be published three months.
Notices bv Executors, Administrators or Guardians,
of application to the Court of Ordinary for leave
to sell the Laud or Negroes of an Estate, four
MONTHS.
Notices by Executors or A to the Debt
ors and Creditors .( an Estate, for six wfekr.
Sheriffs. Clerks of Court, &c., will be allowed
the usual deduction.
ti Letteus on business, must be post taid,
to en‘itlc them to attention.
WAR .HOUSE AND
COMMISSION BUSINESS.
_ THE undeisigned having asocia-
T ted themselves under the firm of Hall,
L ™ Ruse & Cos. for the purpose of trans
acting a general Commission and
vVarehouse business; would inform
their frien Is and the public, that they are now prepar
ed to attend to any b isiness entrusted to their charge
Their Wirehouse being c instructed of Brick and
detached from all oilier buildings, may be considered
in all respects as enure Fire-proof. Planters will
therefore find it for their mteiesi to store with them on
account ot the great saving in the prem uni of Insur
ance, and tilt a Iditional safety totlio.se who do not
ins ire.
They are prepared to advance liberally upon cotton
an l other luo-chau li/.e stored with them, and their
rates es storage and commissions, and all other char
ges will he as low as those charged by other houses in
the same hue of business,
.LA. DKBLOIS,
11. T. HALL,
F. N. RUSE.
THEY HAVE NOW IN STORE FOR SALE,
600 bags prime Havana Coffee,
3J ) pi hi* < best Kentucky B igging,
I 5 ) coils best IContueky Rope,
2 > I) lies domestic Go j L received direct from
the inanulaeliirers.
August 23. 1840. 28tf
WAtIW. HE MJSK
,\MA BUSINESS.
miile-rsidjiV't would inform his friends and
A. the public- geoerwHv, tixt he will continue the
business at his Old Stan i in Front street, oppo
aste live lyeiv brick building ot James H. Shorter, Esq
a,mit!i*t lw person il attention “ ill he exclusively devo
l4,l<> the s.t ne. itv strict attention thereto,he hopes
t<A h ive a c i-i'iiiu vnee of the liberal patronage hereto
iyuc- besio ved, upon him. lie will as usual attend to
live- sale ‘'ll’ Ouitou* from wagons or in store ; and Irom
a general acq taiutamn- with the purchasers arid true
ml nation of the market lie believes he can generally
in.kto- tfuwsssuve the coimaission in the sale ot cotton.
VVM. P. YONGE,
Oolamhiw, Ssepi. 19, US3A. 33y
Hte has in. store for salfe-,
L.iverpool and Blown Salt in sacks,
Chawing I’oVieco aid Segars,
C'ua n,aigne Wine, in baskets and boxes,
Hagging an I’ It'ale Rope
LOOK AT THIS.
-~m, N.'.WV.VV f/ota tlm subscribers, about the first
jLCt. Miarch. last, a negro man by name Presley,
about forty years of age, somewhat grey hair, very
thin, or perhaps ni'.liajr on the ton of the head, quiie
black, eyes s nail and deeply sunk in the head, wide
between the toeth,'broad shoulders, and stoops, he is
rather intolligeut, though unprepossessing in appear
ance, makes great profession of roligion, and prays in
public every opjior unity.. He was in the neighborhood
of Greenville, Meriwether county, some sis eeu days
after leaving this plac •; where ho left on the 29th ult.
taking his wife with him* who. belongs to Freeman
M :C?en lon. living near Greenville;, she is by the
nam • of Juiia, twenty years of age, common size, a
bright copo r ccJor, an l ver likely. It is believed
11at they were taken off by a white man, and probably
t avelling vest in a mg, as such nfdrmaiiou reached
Mr. McClendon.
A 1 litahlo r vard will be given for the apprehen
•*u of sat I negro.sS and thief who cat ried them away,
id information given to either ot the subscribers.
FREEMAN McCLENDOX,
JOHN C. MANGHAM.
\ml 16,181 ft. 9tf
Twraurr dollars reward..
RAIVAWAI f-v n the tin lersigned, living in Rus
tic) inly, Alabama, about twenty miles west of
Colli.lib IS. Ga on the 19-0 install', a M ilatto-follmv,
nam :.l C.e< ir, ab >.n thirty-five years old, in height be
tween five feet s-von and rive feet eight inches, thickly
set, light C miptectod, intelligent and rea Iv in conversa
tii.’i, pleasing an l reguar features, his hair closely
crooned very active m movement, and for a negro
w>r<s lolerib’v well with carpenter's tools. Having
form -rly resided in Talb *t county, G.. it is not impro
bable that he imv bm l his course in that direction.
The ab >ve rew irflj together with all reason ible expen
ses, will be g!ve„i fir his restoration to the undersigned
or far his being lodged iiaanv jail so that his owner gel
h , m . 3 JEREMIAH BENNETT.
Ocober 22, IS4O. 37t1.
RANAWAY.
FtOM the su iscriher, living in the Halloca settle
in jut, M iscogee county, Ga. on the 2G.li ult. a
mulattofllo v, named DICK, a out twenty-eight years
old, about five leet 6 or 7 inches high, rather round
shouldered, well built, weighing about one hundred and
fortv pounds, has a scar from the cut of a knife und-r
on t of his shoulders, light complected, with hair almost
straight, shrewd, and quick spoken, but when address
ed, has’ a down look and is apt to smile. He is well
known in Columbus, having been partly raised in that
city by the late l)r. Sullivan, from, whose estate the
undersigned bought him. Reasoaexists for supposing
(hat he his gone of with a white man. Twenty dol-
I trs together with reasonable expenses will be sriven
for the restoration of the negro, or for his being lodged
in jail so that tne undersigned get him. .on t. if stolen
two hundred dollars will be give- for proof!ocon.fiction
of the thief. CHARLES KING.
August f5, IS ID.
The Montgo nery Advertiser is requested to insert
h obove three times, and forward the account to
Charles King, Aallosa Post Ossie, Muscogee county,
Georgia.
GROCERIES.
-■ /X Q barrels St. Croix, New Orleans and
crushed loaf SUGARS
200 bas strong green Rio and liix'ana COeFEE,
of prime quality
200 kes NAILS and BRADB. all sizes
50 boxes SPERM CANDLES, best hydraulic
pressed
■0 boxes 8 bv 10 inch Pittsburg No. 1 GLASS
GINGER, COPPERAS. LOGWOOD,
SALTPETRE. POWDER, SHOT,
HOLLOW WARE,
100 barrels Western rectified old WHISKEI
100 barrels Baltimore old rye AN HISKEA
American and Holland GIN
American. French and Peach BRANDIES
Old Bav RUM, New Orleans RUM
Old Jamaica SPIRITS. nneCORIMALS
WINKS, old Monongahela SPIRf l
in store) and (or sale, low.for
Columbus, Dec. 2;-—tf —H Broal street^
SMITH’S SCHOOL BOOKS.
Published by Spalding 4~ Storrs, HartJ'o'd, Conn.,
and for sale by B toksellers generally through
out the United States.
SMITH’S School Geography, on the Productive
System, new addition revised and enlarged, il
lustrated by thirty additional cuts, put up in uniform
large type, accompanied by an entire new Atlas, con
taining eighteen very superior Maps, Chart of the
World, &c. &c. By Roswell C. Smith, author of
the Practical and Mental Arithmetic, Productive
Grammar, &c. &c.
[The population in the Book and Atlas xvill be
ailcre ! to correspond xvith the Census of 1840, as
soon as officially reported, will be kept in every re
spect fully up with the times.]
Smith’s New Arithmetic, on the Productive Sys
tem. l2mo. full bound, much larger than the Practical
and Menial, designed for scholars advanced in the
study, (accompanied by a Key and cubical blocks if
desired.)
Smith’s Practica ! and Mental Arithmetic, on anew
plan, in which Mental Arithmetic is combined with
Ihe use of the slate; containing a complete system for
all practical pm poses; being in dollars and cent3.
Stereotype edition, revised and enlarged with exer
cises fur the slate. To which is added a Pra-tical
System of Book-keeping. Bv Roswell C. Smith.
Key to do., with examples fully wrought.
Smith’s new Grammar, ■ n the Productive System,
(a method of instruction recently adopted in Germa
ny and Switzerland,), designed for Schools and Acad
emies.
lye annex the f Mowing as Specimens of Numerous
Recommendations:
1 have used Smith’s Grammar, Geography, and
Arithmetic on the Productive system, in my Acade
my for (he last three years, which is sufficient proof
that I consider them superior to any works on the
subjects of which they treat. Stm enis in Grammar,
using Smith’s work, make progress xvhich astonishes
those who have been accustomed to the old system of
class-books: The same might lie said of students in
the other branches. Os: these I‘ speak confidently,
having my knowledge from experience.
G. P B. MARTIN..
Rector of Mount Zion Institution.
From-the Common Schcol Assistant, edited by
J. Ohyii ls. Taii.oh.
Nexv York, Feb. 21,1843.
Smith’s Geography Improved.—The above stand
ard and popular work has just appeared from new
plates, the old ones having been destroyed by fire.
The entire work has been revised, and we now |vro
nounce it the most accurate work in marker. We
perceive several new maps; one of Palestine;, one of
Liberia; one of Mexico, &c. The Map and-Chart of
the World it presented on an entire new plan, and
one which adefe great value to the work, and must be
universally admitted. In all respects the work is equal
to any Geography we have, and in several important
particulars superior to the others.
N. B. The report, that an aclion ha--been commenc
ed against the Publishers of Smith’s Geography and
Atlas for an infringement of “Mitchell’s’’ is false and
wi.hout the least foundati n. S. & S.
The above Books for sale bv
NORTON & LANGDON, Booksellers.
Nov. U. 39:f Columbus Ga.
G E UMAX) INDIAN AND THOMSON IAN
OR,
PRIMITIVE, PRACTICAL, BOTANICO
MEDICAL SCHOOL,
Located seven rude* East of Marion , near Hamburg
fN uniting lliese several Medical Systems or modes
ol practice Dr. B. R. THOMAS, ihe Principal
ot ihe School, begs leave to slate, for the information
of the afflicted and public generally, that, he has been
many years engaged in the practice of Medicine, and
has devoted much of his time, labor and practice, with
many of the most intelligent and successful German
and Intixa.il Doctors, both in the United States and
Canada, to the treatment of acute and chronic dis
ea ex of every name, stage and type, and of the most
malignant character ; and has, by practicing with them,
ac pared a thorough knowledge of all their valuable
secret Recipes and manner of treatment, which is far
superior to any thing known or taught in the Medical
Schools, and which Uas been successful, by the bles
sings of the Almighty, in restoring to health, hundreds
uni thousands of persons that had. been treated for a
number of years by many of the most learned and
s lenlilie Physicians of lliedav, anil pronounced to be
entirely beyond the reach of reinedv, and given over
i die. Yet by thosimple,efficacious Vegetable Medi
icinex, not poisons, they were snatched from the jaws of
ihe gi mu monster, death, and restored to health, the
greatest of ad earthly blessings; for what is riches
: and elegant dwellings, without health to enjoy them.
H .xiJtliis the poor man’s wealth, and the rich man’s
bliss. To a man laboring under disease, the world is
little better than a dreary solitude, a cheerless waste
enlivened bv no variety, a joyless scene cheered by
n i social sweets ; for the soul in a diseased body, like
a miriyrinhis dungeon, may retain its value, but it
b is In t its usefulness..
Will be added to this mstitution, as soon as the ne
e issai v arrangements can be ma le, an infirmary—the
e >ld, hot,.te.pid, shower,sulphur and ihe German, Rus
sian and rhoinsowan Medicated Vapor Baths; arid
everything that can possibly be of anv advantage in
testoriog the sick to health, m relieving suffering hu
•iiunity , will be promptly and constantly attended to;
and where the-student will learn, by practical experi
ence, (die best kind of logic,) the true (nineiples of
ihe hen ing art. Price of tuition will be $21)0, payable
in adva -ce.
All persons afflicted;wkh lingering and chron
ic disea es, (of any name, state, stage or type, for we
have b v lied disease in a thousand forms,) who cannot
cimveni ntly apply in person, will send ihe symptoms
of iheir lis'eascs in writing to Dr. B. R. Thomas,
llambu. , Ala , where M dicines will be prepared in
the best manner to snil each case. Although they
may hav v bem of many years standing, and treated
bv ad >7. n different Doctor , it is no good reason w-liv
ibey can ot. He cured Ivy the subscriber. Persons liv
ing at a i-stancc must expect to- pav for their Medi
cines wh l they get them, as no Medicines will be
sent from ihe i (Tice on a credit.
-otters addressed to the subscriber will not
he taken* om-the office, unless post-eaid.
Nov. I 139 40lf B. R. THOMA-S.
THOMPSON’S UTERINE TRUSS.
An effectual and radical cure for polapsus
uteri.
THE subscribers have taken the agency for the
above valuable instrument, and. have now on
hand and will constantly keep a variety of patterns,
which they will sell at Manufacturers’ prices. These
Trusses are superior to any instrument of the kind
ever invented, and are now extensively employed by
sum of the most eminent practitioners in the United
States.
We annex thecertificateofthe late Professor Eberle,
who used them with great success in his own practice.
‘CtxcixxATTi., Ohio-, May 11th, 1839.
‘I have carefully examined the Uterine Truss in
vented bv Dr. Thompson of this Slate, and l can con
fidently declare, that it is unquestion bty the most
perfect and useful instrument of the kind that has evet
been offered to the public. It differs essentially in
construction from the Utero Abdeminal Supporter
constructed bv Dr. Hull, and is in all respects a for
uperior instrument.’
The subscribers have also received the agency for
Dr. Chase’s Improved Surgical Truss, which is uni
versally admitted'to be the most certain and lasting
jure ever discovered for Hernia or Rupture.
TAYLOR & WAKER, Druggists,
Sign of the Golden Mortar, Broad-st.
Columbus. June 20,1839. 26tf
PIIOENIX HOTEL,
Lumpkin., Stewart County , Georgia.
subscriber having taken the above house,
JB. situated on the North East corner ol the court
house square, formerly occupied by Mr. Beacham,
takes pleasure in informing his friends and the public
generally, that this new and commodious establish
ment is now completed, and in every wav fitted up
for the accommodation of hoarders and travellers : the
subscriber will give his personal attention to the super
vision of the house, and no pains or expense will be
spared to render all comfortable who may favor him
with a call.
N. B. His stables are excellent and will at all times
be bountifully supplied with provender, and attended
by a steady industrious and trusty ostler, who will at
afi tiin -s be in his place and subject to the commands
.f the visitor. GJDEON H. CROXTON.
Jan 25—54—1 C
FOIi SALE
THE tract of land, known as the Broken Arrow
Bend, on the Chattahoochee river, seven miles
below Columbus, on the Alabama side of the river,
containing fourteen hundred and forty-two acres, nine
hun -red of which are equal, if not superior, to any land
on the river; with five hundred acres of cleared land
under good fence and in a high state ofcultivation;
the balance of the tract is thin oak and hickory, and
pine lands, with good water and healthy situations for
residence,oo which part is a good house for an over
seer and negro houses for fifty negroes. Persons wish
ing to purchase a river plantation would do well to ex
amine it while the crop is growing.
JOHN CROWELL, Sen.
Fort Mitchell, August 12,1540 26—ts
FORT & HAMILTON,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
Lumpkin, Stewart county, Georgia
WILLIAM A. FORT,
JOHN C. HAMILTON.
September- S-, IC4O. O'Jtt
‘WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE BURN EQ.UAL.’
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 23, 1840.
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
COTTON GIN MAKER and gin
NER’S GUIDE.
BY JEMPLETON REID.
THE importance of properly preparing the Staple
of any country or section is well known, but to
no country or section is it of such importance as those
that grow and produce the Colton as their only staple.
Therefore, under this and other considerations, I pro
pose to publish by subscription my system and practice
in Cotton Gin making and Ginning.
With the advantage of many years, experience—
the sacrifice of much time and labor—and believing
that I have brought it nearer to perfection than any
other person, I submit it to the public in a concise
and correct in inner—with my late practice and with
many improvements besides the valuable one of the
application of the Friction Wheels , and new mode of
making the brush, (which I have patented in the Re
public of Texas) ; and the Brake or Agitator, my last
improvement, which much increases the speed in gin
ning, and improves the Cott'-n. (It is well represented
in the plates and explained in the work.) The work
to contain about one hundred pages octavo, in good
binding, with ten well engraved plates, illustrative of
the system; of the Gin complete, plans, elevations,
sections, and figures in detail, with references and de
scription of every part. Also plates of plan and eleva
tion of Gin House, Gear, position of the Gin, &c. cal
culations of gear in speeding the gin, with particular
description, explanation and directions to the Cotton
Planters in constructing the gm-house and gear, and
general management of the gin, cotton, &c.
With the rules and explanations given in-the pro
posed Work, any good workman may execute the
whole plan well, and the Planter be enabled to judge
for himself in constructing his House, Gear, &c., and
in selecting a Gin that is rightly made in every respect,
and of good materials; therefore being a great saving
or gain to him, first, in cleaning nis crop in-half the
time usually required; and in picking and moteing his
cotton well, so as to command the highest price in
market; in the durability of his Gin, which, if made
by the directions given, will last to p ck a thousand
bags of cotton, (this would; require three or four com
mon made Gins to do the ame.) And further, there
is no risk <>r danger of burning tne House. Cotton. &c,
by taking fire from the Gin on the new friction wheel
plan, though you wtre to g ve it double the motion
Gins running on boxing would bear. Nothing will be
set down in the proposed Work but positive facts, be
ing the result (all prejudices aside) of fair and repeat
ed experiments,, (a safe guide to mechanical know
ledge and skill.).
If I were going to continue the Colton Gin making
business in this country, I should not trouble the pub
lic with this Prospectus for 1 would much rather
work for money than write for it as in the first case,
I would do it strict justice.—in ihe latter, I must ask
allowance for its defects, and liberal patronage for its
support.
Terms—Ten Dollars, payable on delivery. Non
subscribers Twelve Dollaas.
Editots of News Papers friendly to the advance
ment of the Cotton Staple will please give the above
an insertion.
Columbus September, 1840. 33 It
NOTICE.
A GRADUATE of one of the Northern Colleges,
who has had several years experience in tho
business of teaching, both at the North and in the
South, wishes a situation inti flourishing Academy or
High School. He intends to make teaching his pro
fession, and can turnisli testimonials from an indispu
table source, as to character and qualifications. He
holds himself qualified to give instruction in all the
branches of a thcough English educalion, and pre
pare young gentlemen for any class in College.
All communications, post pai l, and addressed to
B F. MARSH, Forsyth, Monroe county, Georgia,
‘will receive prompt attention,
Novembei 4. S8 7t
COMMISSION BUSINESS.
THE undersigned have this da associated them
selves together under the firm of HOLMES &
SINCLAIR, lor the trensaciion of a FACTOR
AGE AND COMMISSION BUSINESS, at
Savannah. WILLIS HOLMES.
E. SINCLAIR.
We tender our thanks to our friends, for their former
patronage, and solicit a continuance of the same,
October 7. I*4l. 34 3m
TERMS OF THE CITY HOTEL,
COLUHE3UB, GA.
KEPT BY THOMAS JAMES.
Board and Lodging, pots day, jjfl 50
Do Do’ , Month, SO 00
Do, without Lodging, 18 00
Breakfast, 60
Dinner, 60
Supper-, 50
Lodging, 50
Horse per night, 75
Fire and lights extra charge.
Oct. 26, 184 ). 37tf
CARBONATED OR SODA WATER.
rsjAUE subscribers are now |ire|>arecl tolurm h their
J3. customers aiii the |ubtic wuli .Carboualed oi
Boda Water.
Their apparatus is constructed! in such a manner,
uul of such materials as to prevent the possibility (’
iny nietabc or deterious impregnations.
TAYLOR & WALKER,
Sign of the Golden Mortar, Broad si. Columbus.
April-21-.. lOtf
VALUABLE PLANTATION FOR SALE
CONTAINING Two Hundred Two and a Hal
Acres of Land, mixed-with oak and pine. There
ire eighty acres cleared. Also, a comfortable dwel
ing, with all necessary out offices, a good gin house
tnd packing screw, a peach and apple orchard. The
•ntire under good fence. It is situated within 4 miles
sf Columbus, joining the plantation formerly owned
jy Thomas C. Evans, Esq. Persons wishing to pur
chase cannot find a more desirable location than the
jne offered for sale by the subscribers.
JOHN CODE,
Dec. 6. 44tf JOHN QUIN
MANSION HOUSE.
JACOB BARROW,
RESPECTFULLY informs the public that hr
has opened a HOUSE in the business part of
Broad Street for the accommodation of Travellers,
and has built new stables-on his o%n lot by the solici
tation of his customers..
March 21. 5 ts
BOARDING,
fRH"RS. LUCAS having taken that large and com-
ItJI. mod ions two-story house on Frontsireet, direct
t r opposite Mr. Win. P. \ onge’s residence, would be
ui ling to accommodate a few respectable Boarders.
Noire but those of strictly moral habits need apply.—
Terms to suit the times-. June 11.1840. 17*tf
DISSOLUTION.
THE copartnership heretofore existing under firm
of Drs. CHIPLEY & SCHLEY, is this day
dissolved bv mutual consent. The books and accounts
are in the hands of Dr. Schley, who is authorized to
settle them. Persons indebted to the firm are respect
full}’ requested to call as earlv as possible and settle.
W. S. CHIPLEY.
WM. K. SCHLEY.
1 July 23, 1840 . 24 ts
NOTICE.
DR Si.-HLEY will continue tho practice of Me
dicine, Surgery. S;c. Office at the old stand of
Chipley & Schlev,on Broad Street.
July 23* 1840. 24 ts
NO TI ce7
THE partnership existing in Muscogee, was dis
solved the Ist of March, 1838. lam responsi
ble for no contracts entered into since that date.
March 14. IS4O. 4tf JOHN L. HARP.
LI BE RAJ. A BV.WcES
j*arAnF. on GOODS consigned lo SIVIITH,
IfJL BEATTIE & CO. Auction and Coni- -
m'ssion Merchants. COL CM BUS, Georgia.
Novenmer 13. IS4o—tf—39
f ff* The Commercial Advertiser, Apalachicola,
Florida, will insert the preceding three months, and
transmit the account as above.
t.AW NOTICE.
TIIE undersigned will attend to the PRACTICE
OK LAW, in the name of JONES & BEN
NING, m most of the counties of this Circuit, and a
few of the adjoining counties of Alabama. Their
Oifice will be found near the Oglethorpe House.
SEABORN JONES,
henry l. BENNING.
Sept. 16.1839. S3 ts
LAW NOTICE. ~
HENRY H. LUMPKIN will practice Law in
the Chattahoochee Circuit, including Musco
gee, Stewart, Randolph, Sumter and Early counties,
and in Houston and Dooly, in ‘he Western Circuit.
Office in Lumpkin. Stewart county, where he may
be always be found when not professionally engaged
elsewhere.
N0v.4,154L SBif
LAW.
THE subscribers- having connected themselvesi
the practice of LAW, will attend all the
County Courts of the Chattahoochee Circuit, and the
adjoining counties of Alabama. Office in Mclntosh
Row, immediately over Allen & Young’s Store.
ALFRED IVERSON.
June 14. 19tf J. M. GUERRY.
AM. HUGHES, Attorney at Law , Cuthber
• Georgia.
Jan. 25, 1549. 51 ts
AN INCIDENT OF THE REVOLUTION.
In the summer of 1779, during one of the
darkest periods of our revolutionary struggle,
in the then small village of S , (though
it now bears a more dignified title) in this
Slate, lived Judge V- , ne of the finesi
and truest patriots within the limits of the
“Old Thirteen,” and deep itt the confidence
of Washington. Like most men of his times
and substance, he had furnished himself with
arms and ammunition, sufficient to the males
of his household. They aonsisted ofhimsellj
three sons, and about twenty-five negroes.
The female part of his family consisted of his
wile and daughter, Catharine, about 18years
of age, ihe heroine of our tale, and several
slaves. In the second story of his dwelling
house, immediately over the front door, was
a small room called the “armory” in whh-h
the arms were deposited, and always kept
ready for immediate use. About the time at
which we introduce our story, the neighbor
hood was much annoyed by the no&iurnal
prowling and depredations of numerous To
ries.
U was on a calm bright Sabbath afternoon
of the said summer, when Judge Y. —and
his family, with the exception of his daugh
ter Catharine and an old indisposed slave
were attending service in a village church.
Not a breath disturbed the serenity of the
atmosphere—nosound profaned the sacred
ness of the day; the times were dangerous?
and Catharine had locked s herself and’ the old
slave in the house, until the return of the
family from church. A rap was heard at
the front door. “Surely,” said Catharine to
the slave, “the family have not Gome home;
church cannot be dismissed-” The rap was
repeated. “I will see what it is,” said Cath
arine, as she ran up stairs into the armory.
0n opening the window and looking down,
site saw six men standing at the front door
and on the opposite side of the street, three
of whom were Tpri.es, who formerly resided
in that viilage. Their names were Van
Zandt, Finley and Sheldon, the other three
were strangers, but site had reason to believe
them of the same political stamp, from the
company in which she found them.
Van Zandt was a notorious character, and
the number and enormity of his crimes had
rendered his name infamous in that vicinity
Not a murder or robbery was committed
within miles of S , that he did not gel
credit either of planning or executing. The
characters of Finley and Sheldon were also
deeply stained wi'h crime, but Van Zandt
was a master spirit in iniquity. Tfesppear
ance of such characters under such circum
stances, must have been truly alarming to a
young lady of Cailiarine’s age; if not to any
lady young or old. But Catharine V. pos
sessed her father’s spirit—the spirit of the
times. Van Zandt was standing on the step,
rapping at the door, while his companions
were talking in a whisper on the sidewalk on
the opposite side of the street.
“Is Judge V at home?” asked Van
Zandt, when he saw Catharine at the win
dow above.
“He is not,” said she
“We have business of pressing importance
with him, and if you will open the door,” said
Van Zandt, “we will walk in and remain lill
he returns.”
“No,” said Catharine, “when He went to
church lie left particular directions not to
have the doors opened until he and his fami
ly returned. You had better call when the
church is dismissed.”
“No,” retorted the villian; “we will enter
now or never.”
“Impossible,” replied she, “you cannot en
ter until he returns.”
“Open the door,” cried He, “or we’ll break
it down and hum you and the house tip to
irether.” So sayin£r r he drew himself with
all the force lie possessed, against the door,
at the same time calling-upon his companions
to assist him. The door, however, resisted
his eftorts.
“Do not attempt that agnin,’” said Catha
rine, “or you are a dead man;” at the same
time presenting from the window a heavy
horseman’s pistol, ready cocked.
At the sight of this formidable weapon,
the companions of Van Zandt, who had cross
ed the street at his call, retreated
“ What!” cried their leader,.“you cowards,
are you frightened at’ the threat of a giil?”
And again he threw himself against the door,
the weapon was discharged and Van Zandi
fell.
The report was heard atliie church, and
males and females at once rushed out to as
certain the cause. On looking towards the
residence of Judge V . they perceived
five men tunning at full speed, to whom the
Judge’s negroes and seveial others gave
chase, and from an upper window of his res
idence. a white handkerchief was waving as
if beckoning for aid-
All rushed towards the place, and trpon
their artival, Van Zandt was in the agonies
of death. He still retained strength to ac
knowledge that they had frequently been con
cealed in the neighborhood for that purpose,
hut no opportunity had otlered until that day,
when, lying concealed 5 in the woods, they
had seen the Judge and-his family going to
church.
The body of the dead Tory was taken up
and buried bv the sexton of the church, as
he had no relations in tlial vicinity.
After the absence of two hours or therea
bouts, the negroes returned having succeed
ed in capturing Fmlev and one of ihe stran
gers, who were that night confined, and the
next morning, at the earnest solicitation of
Judge V , liberated, on promise of
mending their lives.
It was in the month of October, of the
same year, that Catharine V- , was sit-1
ting by an upper back window of her father’s !
house knitting; though autumn, the weather j
was mild, and the window was hoisted about
three inches. About sixty or seventy feet
from the rear of the bouse was the barn, a
huge edifice with upper and lower doors; the
lower doors were dosed, and accidentally
casting Iter eves towards the barn, she saw 1
a small back door on a range with the front j
door and window at which she was sitting,
open, and a number of menenter.
The occurrence of the summer immediate
ly presented itself to her, and ihe fact that
her father and the other males of the family
were at w-nk in a field some distance from
the house, led her to suspect,that the opportu
nity had been improved, probably bv some of J
Van Zandt’s friends to plunder and revenge
his death. Concealing herself, therefore be j
hind the curtains, she narrowly watched iheir 1
movements. She saw a man’s head slowly!
rising above the door, and apparently recon
noitering the premises—it was Finley’s.
Their object was now evident. Going to
ihe ‘armory,’ she selected a well loaded mns- j
ket and resumed her place by the window.
Kneeling upon the floor, site laid the muzzle j
of the weapon upon the window sis bet ween ;
the curtains, and taking deliberate aim. she 1
fired. What effect she produced she knew
not, but saw several men hurrying out of ihe
barn by the same door they entered. The
report again brought her father and his work
men to the house, and <>n going into ihe
barn, the dead body of Finley lay upon the
floor.
Catharine V , afterwards married a
captain of the Continental army; and she still
lives, the honored mother of a numerous and
respectable line of descendants.. The old
house is also in the ‘land of the living’ and
has been the scene of many a prank of the
writer of this tale in the holyday of his mis
chievous boyhood.
FAREWELL ADDRESS
OF
ANDREW JACKSON,
TO THE PEOFLE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Fellow Citizens: Being about to retire final
ly from public life, I beg leave to offer you my
grateful thanks for the- many proofs of kind
ness and confidence which I have received at
your hands. It has been my fortune, in the
discharge of public duties, civil and military,
frequently to have found myself in difficult and
trying situations, where prompt decision and
energetic action were necessary,, and where
the interest of the country required that high
responsibilities should be fearlessly encoun
tered; and'it is with the deepest emotions of
gratitude that I acknowledge the continued
and unbroken confidence with which you have
sustained me in every trial. My public life
has been a long one, and I cannot hope that it
has-, at all times, been free from errors. But
I have the consolation of knowing that, if mis
takes have been committed, they have not se
riously injured the country 1 so anxiously en
deavored to serve; and, at the moment when
I surrender my last public trust, I leave this
great people prosperous and happy; in the full
enjoyment of liberty and peace; and hon
ored and respected by every nation of the
world.
If my humble efforts have, in any degree,
contributed to preserve to you these blessings,
I have been more than rewarded by tho hon
ors you have heaped upon me; and, above all,
by the generous confidence with which you
have supported me in every peril, and with
which you have continued to animate and
cheer my path to the closing hour of my po
litical life. The time has now come, when
advanced age and a broken frame warn me to
retire from public concerns; but the recollec
tion of the many favors you have bestowed
upon me is engraven upon my heart, and I
have felt that I could not part from your ser
vice without making this public acknowledg
ment of the gratitude I owe you. And if I
use the occasion to offer to you the counsels
of age and experience you will, I trust, receive
them with the same indulgent kindness which
you have so often extended to me; and will, at
least, see in them an earnest desire to per
petuate, in this favored land, the blessings of
liberty and equal laws.
We have now lived almost fifty years un
der the Constitution framed by the sages and
patriots of the Revolution. The conflicts in
which the nations of Europe were engaged
during a great part of th s period, the spirit
in which they waged war against each other,
and our intimate commercial connections with
every part of the civilized world,- rendered it
a time of much difficulty for the Government
of the United States. We have-had our sea
sons of peace and of war, with all the-evils
which precede or follow a state of hostility
with powerful nations. We encountered
these trials with our Constitution yet in its in
fancy,.and under the disadvantages which a
new and untried Government must always
feel, when it is called upon to put forth its
whole strength, without the light of experi
ence to guide it, or the weight of precedents
to justify its measures. But we huve passed
triumphantly through all these difficulties.
Our Constitution is no longer a doubtful expe
riment;, and at the end of nearly half a centu
ry,we find that it lias preserved unimpaired
the liberties of the people;, secured: the 1 rights
of property, and that our country has impro
ved, and is flourishing beyond any formac ex
ample irn the history of nations.
In our domestic concerns there is every
thing to encourage us; and if you are true to
yourselves, nothing can impede your march to
the highest point of national prosperity. The
States which had so long been retarded in
their improvement,, by the Indian tribes resi
ding in the midst of them, are- at length re
1-eved from the evil; aid this unhappy race—
the original dwellers in our land—are now
placed in a situation where-we may well hope
that they will share in the blessings of civili
zation, and be saved from that degradation
and destruction to which they were rapidly
hastening while they remained in the Statfis;
and while the safety and comfort of our own
citizens have been greatly promoted by their
removal, the philanthropist will rejoice that
the remnant off that ill-fated race has been at
length placed beyond the reach of injury or
oppression, and that the paternal care of the
General Government will hereafter watch,
over them and protect them.
If we turn to our relations with foreign
powers, we find our condition equally gratify
ing. Actuated by the sincere desire to do
justice to every nation,, and to- preserve the
blessings of peace, our intercourse with them
has been conducted on the part of this Gov
ernment in the spirit of frankness,-and-1 take
pleasure in saying, that it has been generally
met in a, corresponding temper.. Difficulties
of old standing- have- been surmounted by
friendly discussion, and th j mutual desire to
be just; and the c'aims of our citizens, which
had been, long withheld, have at length been;
acknowledged and adjus‘d, and satisfactory
arrangements made for their final payment;
and with a limited, and, I trus., a temporary
exception, our relations with every foreign
power are now of the most friendly character
—our commerce continually expanding, and
our flag is respected in every quarter of the
world.
These cheering and grateful prospects, and
these multiplied favors, we owe, under Provi
dence, to the adoption of the Federal Consti
tution. It is no longer a question whethf r
this great country can remain happily united,
and flourish under our present form of govern- j
raent. Experience, the unerring test of all j
human undertakings, has shown the wisdom ;
and foresight of those who formed it; and has
proved, that in the union of these States there ‘
is a sure foundation for the brightest hopes of
freedom, and for the happiness of the people.
At every hazard, and by every sacrifice, tills
Union must be preserved.
The necessity of watching with jealous
anxiety for the preservation of the Union,
! was earnestly impressed upon his fellow citi
zens by the Father of his country, in his Fare
-1 well Address. He has there told us, that
“while experience shall not have demonstra
ted its impracticability, there will always be
reason to distrust the patriotism of those who,
in any quarter, may endeavor to weaken its
bonds;” and he has cautioned us,.iE;the‘strong
i est terms, against the formation of parties, on
1 geographical discriminations, as one of the
i means which might disturb our union,, and to
: which designing, men would be likely to re
-1 sort.
1 The lessons contained in this invaluable le
gacy of Washington to his countrymen should
be cherished in the heart of every citizen to
the latest generation; and, perhaps, at no pe
riod of time could they be more usefully re
membered than at the present moment For
when we look upon the scenes that are pass-
ing around us, and dwell upon the pages ol
his parting address, his patemai counsels
would seem to be not merely the offspring of
wisdom and foresight, but the voice of proph
ecy foretelling events and warning as of the
evil to come. Forty years have elapsed since
this imperishable document was given to his
ountrymen. The Federal Constitution was
- hen regarded by him as an experiment, and he
so speaks of it in his address, but an experi
ment upon the success of which the best hopes
of the country depended, and we all know
that he was prepared to lay down his life, if
necessary, to secure to it a full and a fair tri
al. The trial lias been made, it has succeed
ed beyond the proudest hopes of those who
framed it. Every quarter of this widely ex
tended nation have lelt its blessings, aud sha
red in the general prosperity produced by its
adoption. But amid this general prosperity
and splendid success, the dangers of which
he warned us are becoming every day more
evident, and the signs of evil tire sufficiently
apparent to awaken the deepest anxiety in the
bosom of the patriot. We behold’ systematic
efforts publicly made to sow the seeds of dis
cord between different parts of the United
States, and to place party divisions directly
upon geographical distinctions; to excite the
South against the North, and the North against
the South, and to force into the- controversy
the most delicate and exciting topics—topics
upon which it is impossible that a large por
tion of the Union can ever speak without
strong emotion. Appeals, too, are constantly
made to sectional interests, in order to influ
ence the election of the Chief Magistrate, as
if it were desired that lie should favor a parti
cular quarter of the country, instead of fulfil
ling the duties of his station with impartial
justice to all; and the possible dissolution of
the Union has at length, become an ordinary
and familiar subject of discussion, lias the
warning voice of Washington been forgotten!
or have designs already been formed to sever
,the Union! Let it not be supposed that I im
pute to all of those who have taken an active
part in these unwise and unprofitable discus
sions, a want of patriotism or of public virtue.
The honorable feeling of State pride, and local
attachments, find a place in the bosoms ot the
most enlightened and pure. But while such
men are conscious of their own integrity and
honesty of purpose, they ought never to forget
that the citizens of other States are their po
litical brethren; and that, however mistaken
they may be in their views, the great body of
them are equally honest and upright with
themselves. Mutual suspicions and reproach
es may in time create mutual hostility, and
artful and designing men will always be found,
who are ready to foment these fatal divisions,
and to inflame the natural jealousies of differ
ent sections of the country. The history of
the world is full of sui h examples, and espe
cially the history of Republics.
What have you to gain by division and dis
sention? Delude not yourself with the belief
that a breach once made may be afterwards
repaired. If the Union is once severed, the
line of separation will grow wider and wider,
and the controversies which- are now debated
and settled in the halls of legislation,- will-then
be tried in fields of battle,- and determined by
the sword. Neither should you deceive your
self with the hope, that the first line of sep
aration wou and be the permanent one, and that
nothing but harmony and concord would be
found in the new associations formed upon
the dissolution of this-TJnion. Local interests
would still be found there,, and unchastened
ambition. And if the recollection of common
dangers, in which the people of these United
States stood side by side against the common
foe; the memory of victories won by their
united valor; the prosperity and happiness
they have enjoyed under the present Constitu
tion; the proud name they bear as citizens of
tlfis great Republic: if all these recollections
anil proofs of common ini crest are not strong
enough to bind us togelher as one people,
what tie will hold united the new divisions of
empire, when these bonds have been broken
and this Union dissevered! The first line of
separation would not last for a single genera
tion; new fragments would be torn off; new
leaders would spring up; and this great and
glorious Republic would soon be broken into
a multitude of petty States, without com
merce, without credit; jealous of one another;
armed lor mutual aggression; loaded with tax
es to pay armies and leaders; seeking aid
against each other from foreign powers; in -
sulted and trampled upon by the nations- of
Europe, until, harassed with conflicts, and
humbled and debased in spirit, they would be
ready lo submit to the absolute dominion of
any military adventurer,- and to surrender the if
liberty for the sake of repose; It is impossi
ble to look on the consequences that would in
evitably follow the destruction of this Govern
ment,, and not feel indignant when we hear
coid calculations about the value of the Union r
and have so constantly before us a line of con
duct so well calculated to weaken its ties.-
There is too mucli at stake to allow pride
or passion to influence your decision. Never
for a moment believe that thegreat body of the
citizens of any State or States can deliberate
ly intend to do wrong. They may, under the
influence of temporary excitement or misgui
ded opinions, commit mistakes; they may be
misled for a 1 ime by the suggestions of self
interest; but in a community so enlightened
and patriotic as the people of the United States,
argument will soon make them sensible of
their errors; and, when convinced, they will
be- ready to repair them. If they have no high
er or better motives to govern them, they will
at least perceive that their own interest re
quires them to be just to others as they hope
to receive justice at their hands.
But, in order to maintain the union unim
paired, it is absolutely necessary that the laws
passed by. the. constituted authorities should
be-faithfully executed in every part of the
country, and that every good citizen- should
at all times, stand ready to put down, with the
combined force of the nation, every attempt
at unlawful resistance, under whatever pre
text it may be made, or whatever shape it may
j assume. Unconstitutional or oppressive laws
j may no doubt be passed by Congress, either
j from erroneous views, or the want of due con
j sideration; if they are within the reach of ju
! dicial authority, the remedy is easy and peace
ful; and if, front the character of the law, it
is an abuse of power not within the control of
the judiciory, then free discussion and calm
appeals to reason arid to the justice of the
people will not fail to redress the wrong. But
until the law shall be declared void by the
courts, or repealed by Congress, no individual,
or combination of individuals, can be justified
in forcibly resisting its execution. It is im
possible that any Government can continue to
exist upon any o'her principles- It would
cease to be a Government, and be unworthy
of the name, if it had not the power to enforce
’the execution of its own laws within its own
sphere of action.
It is-true that cases may be imagined dis
closing such a settled purpose of usurpation
and oppression, on the part of the Govern
ment, as would justify an appeal to arms.
These, however, are extreme cases, which we
have no reason to apprehend in a Government
where the power is in the hands of a on trie.-
ic people; and no citizen who lover, his coun
try would, in any case whatever, res.rt to for
cible resistance, unless lie clearly saw that the
time ha and come when a freeman should prefer
death to submission; fori! such a struggle is
once begunl.and the citizens of one section of
tlie country arrayed in arms against those of
another iu doubtful conflict, let the battle re
sult as it may*, there will be an end of the
Union, ami with it an end to the hopes of free
dom. The victory of the injured would net
secure to them the blessings of liberty; it
would avenge their wrongs, but they would
.themselves share in the common ruin.
But the Constitution cannot be maintained,
nor the Union preserved*in opposition to pub
lic feeling, by the mere exertion of the coer
cive powers conbned to the General Govern
ment. The foundations must be laid in the
affections of the people, in the security it
gives to life, liberty, character, and property,
in every quarter af the country; and in tli*
fraternal attachment which the citizens of th*-
several States bear to one another as mein
- tiers of one political family, mutually contri
buting to promote tire happiness of each other.
Hence the citizens of every State should stu
diously avoid every thing calculated to wotwd
Hhe sensibilities or offend the jus; pride of the
people of other States; and they should frown
upon any proceedings within their own bor
ders likely to disturb the tranquilny of their
political brethren in other portions of the
Union. In a country so extensive as the Um-.
ted States, and with pursuits so varied*, thff
internal regulations of the several States must
frequently differ from one anether in important
particulars; and this difference is unavoidably
increased by the varying principles upon which
the American colonies were originally plant
ed; principles which had taken“ deep root in
their social relations before the Revolution,
and, therefore, of necessity influencing their
policy since they became free and independent
States. Hut each State lias the unquestiona
ble right to regulate its own internal concerns
according to its own pleasure; and while it
does not interfere with the rights of he peo
ple ot other States, or the rights oft tie Union,
every State must be the sole judge of the
measures proper to secure the saietyofits
citi.ens and promote their happiness; and all
efforts on the part of the people of other States
to cast odium upon their institutions, and all
measures calculated to disturb their rights of
property; or to put in jeopardy their peace, and
internal tranquility, are in disect opposition to
the spirit in which the Union was formed, and
must endanger its safety. Motives of philan
thropy may be assigned for this unwarrantable
interference; and weak men inay persuade
themselves for a moment that they are labor
ing in the cause of humanity, and asserting
the rights of the human race; but every one,,
upon sober reflection, will see that nothing
but mischief can come from these improper
assaults upon the feelings and rights of oth
ers. Rest assured, that the men found busy
in this work of discord are not worthy of your
confidence, and deserve your strongest repro
bation.
In the legislation of Congress, also, and;
in every measure of the General Government,
justice to every portion of the United States
should be faithfully observed. No free gov
ernment can stand without virtue in thepeo
* pie, and a lofty spirit of patriotism; and if the
sordid feelings of mere selfishness shall usurp
the place which ought to be filled by public
spirit, the legislation of Congress will soou
be converted into a scramble for perbonal and ;
sectional advantages. Under our free institu
tions, the citizens of every quarter of our coun
try are capable of attaining a high degree of.
prosperity and happiness, without seeking to
profit themselves at the expense of others;:
and every such attempt must in the end fail
to succeed, for th e people in every part of the
United States are too enlightened not to un
derstand their own rights and interests, and to
detect and defeat every effort to gain undue
advantages over them; and< when such design*
are discovered,, it naturally provokes resent
ments which cannot always be easily allayed.
Justice, full and ample justice, to every por
tion of the United States, should be the ru
ling principle of every freeman,, and should
guide the deliberations of every public body*
whether it be State or national.
It is well known that there have always
been those amongst us who wish to enlarge
the powers of the General Government; and
experience would seem to indicate that there
is a tendency on the part of this Government
to overstep the boundaries marked out for it
by the Constitution. Its legitimate authority
is abundantly sufficient for all the purposes for
which it was created; and its powers being ex
pressly enumerated, there can be justification;
for claiming any thing beyond them.. Every
attempt to exercise power beyond these li
mits should be promptly and firmly opposed.
For one evil example will lead to other mea
sures still more mischievious; and if the prin
ciples of constructive powers, or supposed ad
vantages, or temporary circumstances, shall
ever be permitted to justify the assumption
of a power not given by the Constitution, the
General Government will before long absorb
all the powers of legislation, and you will have*
in effect, but one consolidated Government.
From the extent of our country, its diversified
interests, dfFerent pursuits,-anddifferenthabits,
it is too obvious for argument that a single
consolidated Government would be wholly in
adequate to watch over and protect its inter
ests; and every friend of our free institutions
should be always prepared so maintain unim
paired and in full vigor, the rights and sove
reignty of the Stales, and to confine the action;
of the general Government strictly to the
sphere of its appropriate duties.
There is, perhaps, no one of the powers
conferred on the Federal Government, so lia
ble to abuse as the taxing power. The most
productive and convenient sources of revenue
were necessarily given to it, that it might be
able to perform the important duties imposed
upon it; and the taxes which it lays upon
commerce being concealed from the real
: payer in the price of the article, they do not
so readily attract the attention of the people
as smaller sums demanded from them direct
ly by the tax gatherer. But the tax imposed
on goods enhances by so much- the price of
the commodity to the consumerp and, as ma
ny of these duties are imposed on articles of
necessity,, which are daily used by the great
body of the people, the money raised by these
imposts is drawn from their pockets. Con
gress has no right, under the Constitution, to
take money from the people, unless it is re
quired to execute someone of the specific
■ powers entrusted to the Government; and if
they raise more than is necessary for such
purposes* it is an abuse of the power of tax
ation. and unjust and oppressive. It may, in
deed* happen that the revenue will sometimes
exceed the amount anticipated when the taxes
were laid. When, however, this is ascer
tained* it is easy to reduce them, and, in such
a case;- it is unquestionably the duty of the
Government to reduce them, for no circum
stances can justify it in assuming a power not
given to it by the Constitution, nor in taking
away the money of the people when it is not
needed for the legitimate wants of the Go
vernment.
Plain as these principles appear to be, you
will yet find that there is a constant effort to
. induce the General Government to go beyond
the limits of its taxing power, and to impoeo
! unnecessary burdens upon the people. Ma
; ny powerful interests are continually at work
i to procure heavy duties on commerce, and to
swell the revenue L-eynid the ret! necessities
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