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the democr at.
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C7” vv c have seen a letter from a ,
meniher of Congress from this State, to a
citizen of this place, which
etates, that “the Secretaries of State,
Treasury, War and Navy Departments,
have resigned !”
We give the information without com
tnent.
The Rural Cabinet, speaking of the
]nte meeting of the Trustees of Franklin;
University at Athens, gives the following!
report: —
“It was understood that the lion WIL
SON LUMPKIN, would be pressed into
service —and be uitiin itely prevailed upon
to give his consent to occupy the Execu
tive Chair, for the next two years.”
The Savannah Republican notices the
Same as follows: —
“We understand that at the late mee
tingofthe Trustees of Franklin College,
Wilson Lumpkin, Esq. was at that time
positively understood as a candidate for
the Gubernatorial Chair of tins State.”
Now certainly this is a mistake; Mr.
Lumpkin’s “ prudence ” would interfere
w th any such arrangement: besides, what
tnurht '> v *- think of his own advice to cease
from all opposition to the present dynasty?
It can’t be so! The Republican and Cabi
net have only been let into half the secrets
of King Caucus.
From the. thieon I'clegraph.
•‘John M. Berrien, attorney general of
the U. States, has lately visited Milledge
▼ille and some places in the up country.
The Hancock Advertiser says, “it is sur
mised that he is charged with a mission to
the Cherokee Indians of our own State,
the object of which is an endeavor to pro
mote their best interests by a further use of
the cruel weapons of argument and persu
asion.”
Now this is all nonsense. Mr. Berrien
is too polite a man to have any tiling to
do with the Indians. lie is entrusted w ith
a mission of a different kind. His busi
ness is with the Nullificrs, the State
Ri gilts folks, and the Anti-Tariff men.—
If this State can he depended on for Van
Rnren, it may be of consequence to settle
the preliminaries; if not, he wishes to
know it, that fair weather may be made
"With Calhoun, Clay or any other man
who may have the appointment of a Judge
ship at his disposal. How inconsiderate
is the Hancock Advertiser, to send Mr.
Berrien, the politest man in the nation, a
mong the savages!
The first and second numbers of The
Slacon Advertiser and Ag ricultural and
mercantile Intelligence?, has come to
Band. It is published on a large sheet,
oemi-weekly, at $5 per annum, and its
typography is in the best style. The ed-
and selections, evince talents and
industry, and will soon place The Macon
Advertiser and Agricultural and Commer
cial Intelligencer [we object to the cog
nomen— it is too long to be quoted in one
paragraph] in the rank of the first jour
nals oftiie state. We wish the Editor all
possible success.
For the Democrat.
THE GOLD DIGGER,
Or the Temptations of Wealth,
From the Portfolio of u Rambler.
Bailey Bond li3<l formed an hundred
schemes for the acquisition of wealth.
But the quick revolving wheels of time,
which rolled on season after season, and
year after year, found him and left him,
at the same point. With all his eche-
Ining he had never advanced one step
on the road to fortune. For he hail
married a woman as poor ns himself;
and the Fates, as often happens w hen
they deny other favors, had crowded a
tound his clay hearth an arrny of chil
dren. But this, Bailey Bond was of
teu inclined to consider no favor at all;
for they had all uncommonly capacious
mouths, and he was frequently at a loss
for materiel to kpep them even tolerably
filled. As be had always entertained u
decided prefeience to castle building in
tbe air, over delving in the ground, it
fr equently happened that he came to the
bottom of his corn crib long before har
dest, and bis smoke- house was as often
found emdty before hog-killing time
cainn round. So Bailey Bond fancied
himself an unfortunate man, and resor
ted to the whiskey bottle for consola
tion.
He came home one flay, and while
his patient Dorothy was boiling the pot,
he took a Ipng drought from his conso
ling bottle, anil laid himself flown on the
shady side of his cabin, to ruminate at
leisure upon the untoward prospects be
fore him, and to eon ever in his mind the
many projects which he hail formed for
overcoming his destiny. A thousand
schemes floated through his imagina
tion. He thought of speculating in
lands, of building a town, a rail road, &
a prize in the lottery. All at once he
looked up and a little man dressed in a
fusty eamhlet cloak and a broad brim
white hat, stood before him. He hail
Small twinkling gray eyes, and a re
markabty red face. And although Bai
ley Bond had never seen him liefore, yet
he knew the moment he saw him, that
he was n gold hunter, and had come to
Show him a gold mine. lie felt his
heart hound ntthc prospect; and when
the little man told him that he had the
means ol making him the richest man
in the state, Bailey Band bitSmeed upon
his feet and hugged him in an extney.
The little man opened his month from
ear to ear. and laughed most tremend
ously. Bailey Bond started back; for
the laugh of his new acquaintance seem
ed to bear a most sinister expression,
and it somehow disconcerted him. He
had heard many hinds of men laugh
both drunk and sober; but this was en
tirely different, and he did not under
stand it; it was loud and obstreperous,
but there was neither mirth nor gladness
in it, it seemed belched forth from the
bottom of the abdomen, without lending
any sympatbetib expression to the eye
or countenance; the wide mouth open
ed and shut agoin. else not a muscle of
of the face moved, Bailey Bond trem
bled in every joint, am! the perspiration
started profusely from every pore.,—
He was not detered however from en
tering into a contract with the little
man, which was of the following tenor.
The little man in the cloak engaged to
point out to Bailey Bond a Gold mine,
on the farm of the latter, on condition
that he should receive one fifth part of
all the proceeds. Bailey Bond grasped
tbe hand of his confederate in token of
iiis eager assent to the proposal: and
the little man belched forth another
laugh, more wild aud startling than the
former. Bailey Bond could'nt under
stand why his knees knocked together
ned why respiration became so ditfieult.
Tiie little man however, pointed to a
matt >ck and w ashing pan, and Bailey
Bond followed him. He led him to a
remote corner of the field, where a
small creek wound round the foot of a
hold hill, covered with white and yel
I low flint rocks, “and gold blossoms.”
Bailey Bond wondered why be had
| never noticed it before. On receiveing
i a sign from the little man in the cloak,
1 lie tilled his pan with earth and took if
to the water and washed it. The grains
of gold appeared in abundance: he
gathered them up and washed again;
and the more he washed, the more a
bundunt appeared the gold, and the lar
ger the p rticles. He repeated his ex
periment. and dug deeper into the side
of the hill, and the riches ofthe mine in
creased as he went till finally he found
he could dispense altogether with wash
ing the earth, for the bosom of the hill
was tilled with masses of virgin gold as
large us hens eggs, and he had nothing
to do but pick them up and deposit them
in his sack. When Bailey Bond went
home that evening, he felt his heart re
lieved from a heavy load, although his
back bore another, which might have
sufficed for a Dromedary. But he felt
not its weight, so buoynant were his
spirits.
It is an ettsy matter to exchange gold
for current coin, and Bailey Bond
soon met with a broker who agreed to
take his gold 90 pennyweight to the dol
lar, and give him his choice of any bills
of the State. Bailey Bond had nev
er seen so much money before in his
life: he could not have believed that
there was as much in the world. For
the first hundred yards of his walk home
he gloated on his treasure with intense
delight, but then he remembered that
the little man in the rusty cloak had a
claim to a fifth part—and the idea of
parting with so large a portion, gave
him great uneasiness. Was it not, said
i he to himself, dug out of my own land,
and what right has the little man to a
firth part ofit? Besides, as he did not
see it Aveighed, how is he to ascertain
the amount of tiie fifth part? So when
Bailey Bond came to the little man in
the cloak, he offered him a roll of mon
ey which he usserted was his share.
Bailey Bond felt the blood freeze in
his veins, and his nerves shake as the
little man fixed his keen gray eyes up
on him, and when he laughed as before,
the very marrow in his bones seemed to
shrink up,
Bailey Bond continued for a longtime
to dig daily at his gold mine, and ns of
ten as he exchanged his gold for mon
ey, he continued to give a less propor
tion to his confederate—and although
the little man never refused what was
offered him, yet on every occasion he
always laughed louder than ever.
But where is the virtue of wealth, un
less it can be enjoyed? Bailey Bond
longed for an opportunity to display his
riches before the eyes of the world.
So he built a splendid house, and set tip
an establishment. But his neighbors
.who had so long known him in poverty,
did not seem to treat him with that defer
ence which he deserved. Instead of
courting his favor and paying obeisance
to his assumed dignity they sneered at
the one, and reckless cf the other. They
took frequent opportunity of mortifying
his vanity by reminding him of his for
mer situation. Baily Bond was irrita
ted and revenged himself by making
them fee! the weight of that power
which gold always places in the hands
of the wealthy. A contest between the
ricli and the poor is never protraeted,
Some were erushed to submission,
more were glad to avoid his hostility by
removing beyond his influence—and
one more stubborn than the rest, felt the
| full forcp of his anger, fly n little gold
judiciously bestowed. Baily Bond was
enabled to make the laws the ministers
of his vengeance, and get rid of his vic
tim by procuring his sentence Jto the Pen
itentiary. Baily Bond was about to feli
citate himself on the issue of this contest;
hut the little man in the rusty camlet
cloak stood before him, and laughed a
gain in his usual style. Baily Bond trem
bled from head to foot, for he knew not
what might he thought of one tvho enter
tained a friend who had so equivocal a
method of expressing his approbation of
judicial proceedings.
He went home and assumed a more
magnificent style of living than before.
But somehow he could not train his
household intoiliat genteel order he could
have wished. His wife Dorothy, though
she had been a fitting companion, and a
faithful help-mete in his low estate, yet j
she knew nothing of ton, nor had she anv j
desire to learn. Besides, what could j
dress, what could silks and laces do, for
a woman who stood six feet in her shoes,
and who bore a fist like a beetle? l’ailv
Bond despaired of her. So, although he
gave dinners and parties, yet lie knew
they were conducted in a mixed style of
ostentation and vulgarity, and he fancied
that his guests were sneering at biswaut
of taste , while they were devouring his
viands. What was to he done? The lit
tle man was at his elbow' and answered
his question. Take this liquid, said he,
and black her face, and you will find a
purchaser who will ask no questions.
Bailey Bond drew his breath easier, on
perceiving so short a wav out of a dilem
ma. It was as had been said; a slave
dealer was soon found who told down
the money. Bailey Bond’s spirits were
lifted up as he heard the money chink in
to his p icket; he would have manifested
his exultation by leaping into the air; but
the loud and horrid laugh of his friend in
the cloak, again fell on his ear, and his
knees knocked together lik<? Belshazzar’s.
But although Bailey Bond had got rid
of one wife yet it w as very far from his in
tention to lead a life of celibacy, and he
soon put himself in the way of getting
another. And where may not gold
choose? So he was soon seen standing
before the altar by the side of the fairest
in the land. Tiie ceremony was over,
the priest had pronounced them man and
wife, and Bailey Bond was about to sa
lute the bride, when he felt the hand of
the little man in the rusty cloak thrust
over his mouth, and he again heard that
unnatural laugh which never failed to
shake his nerves like a fit of the ague. It
is true he had become somewhat accus
tomed to the humor ofhis friend, and it
may he supposed he was not so much as
tonished as at an earlier period of their
acquaintance. But he felt that there was
something exceedingly mal appropos in
the present exhibition, and he brought his
mind to the determination of letting the
little man know that he was no longer to
he laughed at in that style with impunity.
What might not the bride think if he sub
mitted to such a liberty? He turned noon
him with a countenance threatening chas
tisement. But the little man opened his
mouth from ear to ear, and laughed lou
der than before.
Bailey Bond might now conduct his
establishment in a more refined style.—
But still he felt not exactly at ease in his
situation. He felt that there were sus
picious afloat, and dark hints and mur
murs against him. He fancied that he
might silence the clamors of the world,
by assuming the garb of religion. He
feigned a life of great sanctity, and went
to church in a pretended spirit of devo
tion. He joined his voice in the hymn
of praise; hut the little man in the cloak
stood before him, and his loud and dis
sonant laugh was h card high above the
choir of singers. Tbe heart of Baily
Bond quaked in terror, and his voice
died away in a quaver of consternation.
Bailey Bond had now got rid of his
old wife, his old neighbors, and many of
his old mortifications; Yet he had still
an old mother, wiio was as poor as ever
lie had been. While he had remained
in poverty, she had left him to himself;
but now she had come to share his pros
perity. Bailey Bond was extremely dis
satisfied at this. He felt no disposition
to acknowledge her claims on his gen
erosity ; and lie knew not how to avoid
her importunities. He pretended not to
know her; but this only made matters
worse. She appeared to consider his ig
norance as real, and beset him at every
turn with evidence of her identity. Bailey
Bond was exasperated, and he looked to
the little man for adrice in the dilemma.
The little man had no occasion for
words, for he was understood without.—
The next morning they came and told
Bailey Bond that the old woman was
dead ; she had died in a fit. He knew
it perfectly well, yet lie went with others
to look at the body. It was quite black
in the face, yethis curiosity was some how
interested in examining some livid
marks about the throat and neck ; to his
imagination they assumed the shape of
finger prints ; he stooped down to exam
ine lliem a little closer. He would have
satisfied himself on that point, but he
felt the hand of the little man on his shoul
der, & he heard hun laugh ten times low
der than ever. Baily Bond was electrified.
He had never thought the soiled half so
disagreeable; it seemed perfectly diaboli
cal. He bolted upright; he w ould have
run, hut lie felt the hand still on his
shoulder, the infernal sound still rung in
his ears. Everv nerve in liis body shook
like the leaves of the aspen. He looked
round and he expected to have met the
sharp peering eves ofthe little man in the
rusty camlet cloak. But no, it was only
Dorothy who stood before biin, it was her
hnn4 that grasped him by the collar. Tie
still gazed around for the little man ; he
expected every moment to hear his loud
and diabolical laugh. But lie heard no
thing hut the high thrill tones of Doro
thy, he saw only her tall, rigid figure be
fore him; not in the fantastic garniture
ol silks and laces of every hue ; nor as he
had last seen her, disguised bv the dark
unguent of the sorcerer; hut as she had
appeared in the earlier days of their
intercourse, mantled in draggled home
spun, and reeking with the fumes of her
culinary toils.
Bailey Bond was amazed; he was
more bewildered than ever. Nor did the
salutation of “ I Vake up and eat itnur
dinner , you drunken brute,** bring him
hack to a perfect understanding of the
scene around him. Bv degrees however,
he recognized his humble cabin, the half
start ed pigs that grunted around the door,
and he sat down to Ins coarse fare in si
lence and deep humiliation.
M hen he arose he broke his whiskey
bo'tle and went to liis work, an altered
man. From that day he pursued his la
bor with a patient and unrepiaing spirit;
and although he never became wealthy,
nor ever after coveted wealth, yet he was
never known to have encountered an
empty corn crib.
F .R THE DEMOCRAT
Mr. Editor,
Your renders wore entertained and probably
some of them amused by an article in your last
number, purporting to Le toe effusion of a
“Steiun Boat ” No doubt every citizen of Co
lumbus will duly appreciate the zeal which it
manit'e»tß for the prosperity and commercial im
portance of the place. But it is equally probable
that some may question the measures proposed
for securing such desirable ends And were we
not all acquainted with the fact that steam
boats are subject to shearing and bursting their
boi'trs, we might be -omewhat alarmed by such
productions But as “charity thinketh no evil”
we attribute this to one of those unavoi able oc
cur ences to which the securest and best man
aged boat is liable.
We may at least suppose it a happy thing
that the town officers were not near or on boa-d
the boat under such circumstances, when this
disaster befel her.
But as steam boats “undor any circumstances
are ticklish things to meddle with,” we snail
.etreat to a safe distance with the Marsha! and
Board,and con over the cargo recently landed
by this celebrated boat; although it may have
been landed on the sabbath day or at night
It is gravely asserted that the ‘ art hi rities
elected by the people ” have tianscended their
proper limits, and enacted blue laws, and Turk
ish laws, “to interrupt free trade and steam
boat rights,” to gratify their own “self interest,
malice and bigotry.” The drittofthe commu
nication is dirocted against hat section in the
by-laws of Columbus which forbids loading or
unloading a boat on the sabbath day. Aud is it
possible that the writer of the article under con
sideration is so ignorant as to call this unconsti
tutional and illegal? His eves may be opened
by turning to Prince’s Digest, p. 510, and to
some other sections in the same volume. Lint
al’o (hose round assertions of unconstitutional
ity and illegality, the writer appears to grow
convinced >f the fallacy of his own declara
tions and admits that “the right to make saluta
v regulations tor the promotion of good order
and respect for the .-abbath day, is not question
ed ” What in the legal sense of the term,
g ves a right, except the constitution and laws
of the state 01 of the United [states? Hero
♦ lien he admits both the constitutionality and
legality of that part of 1h« 13th sec of ihe town
iaws which he had already denounced, and in
!ho very next sentence denounces as being uei
ter onnstitiitiunal nor legal What shall be
said of such contradictory jargon? But due al
lowance must be made for shearing and burst
ing.
Let ns briefly review the eases of conscience,
or rather of urgent necessity, landed with the
far famed cargo “What may be necessary’’
says he, at Apalachicola or Savannah, is no cri
terion for Columbus;” and why? because so
many boats arri e at the former places on the
sabbath, that the interruption would be seri.
oils. Whereas, the arrivals on that day at the
latter place are so few, that scarce any inter
ruption or disorder would be produced; espe
cially as the landing is at so great a distai cu
from town. But it iti certain that the fewer ar
rivals the greater the excitement as every oc
currence becomes less impressive by its Ire
queney. Facts, however, speak louder than
speculations; and should we appeal to the tune
when a boat was landed and unloaded on the
sabbath, what testimony shall we gain? The
whole town was in an uproar by the running of
people and drays, and the chinches themselves
wore interrupted by the searching fir dray own
ers Even admit that boats arrive on that day
but seldom; it may be asked, does crime cease
to be crime, because it is seldom committed? or
shall we disgrace those tow times by turning
them into days of uproar and sabbath breaking,
because a steam boat ha* arrived? Especially
since the writer admits that such a course
would “be a se-ious interruption to the tranquil
it\ and good order that,arc every where particu
larly observed on that day in all well regulated
communities? This to say the least, is but a
shallow compliment to Columbus. And it may
be asked, admitting (?) that Columbus is not a
well regulated community, (an.l that for this
reason sabbath breaking may be pleaded for) by
what means is it to become sueh? The answer
is plain; by the enactment and strict enforce
ment of .“salutary regulations,” and that by the
persecuted Board and marshal, whose authority
is repugnant onL to steam boats, tippUrs, Ac.
Tne reasoning of the article under discussion
is as irreconcilable as the moving elements of
every other steam boat, fire and water. By
Fuo.h reasoning it appears that Columbus is an
exception to every general rule, as it respects
moral obligation, and that things in themselves
criminal cease to be criminal, because they are
perpetrated hete It is easy for a man, when
his own selfish interests are touched, to claim
unavoidable or urgent necessity in every case,
e.-.nepl in the payment of his just debts. But
the necessity which is pleaded by this writer for
steam boats landing at the wharf of Columbus,
might be urged with equal validity by every
waggoner and farmer in the land The faimer
might plead that the ground was fast drying,
and unless he pursued his plough every day,
Sunday not excepted, his crop must, peahaps.
remain without culture. And so he might plead
thot his fodder was fast dying, and unles h.e
should gather incessantly, Saturday and S'jn
da' ,he might lose his fodder The name n <Ces
sit.y might he pleaded by every man for '.n* llWn
occupation, and so the Sabbath would tie entire
ly obliterated. And we will riot stop here ; if
obligations are to be done S'.vay vith upon every
man’s whimsical idea of the laws of
God and the laws of the (and will vanish to
gether like the uiorr iug tlnw Happy for our
world that it is iir.'t g overned by such dull in
struments as Strain iloatg.
Tiie Board hav<j made ample provision for all
casus ofrs-il ncje'sitv; which only are recogni
sed hy the lava of God and the laws of the land
And 'jus community has sufficient confidence in
the, Boast) to hi fevt* that they will not purpose
ly exercise any arbitrary power of unnecessary
severity in any Cass Bit in thtvte ?tvs, if is
very common for officers who are unbending is
principles of uprightness and fut'liful in the die
charge of their duty, to be abused by tha’ ciase
ofthe community who value filthy inert above
the authority of heaven and ear h.
But ifanv man it disposed to tramok) on tire
commandment of God, on the laws of tins Stale
and of this town, let him pay the price ot'fciu ob
stinate iniquity by a b avy fine at least
No part ofthe duto-e devolving on the ; toar<J
hinds so sacredly asthat es guarding the morality
of tie p'ace Better that trees and bricks and
anchors should lie in the streets—better that
the uridralned ponds should spread pro.'rating
miasmata through the town, th in the inhabitant*
should be sunk in immnralitv. and eomequ mly
in temporal and etornal wretchedness. But it
is possible to imorove the p ace in both respects,
and we icjoice iliat the improvement is pr< grou
sing a-fast s the limited means of llie Booid
will allow; A unless they should be blown up by
some St trim Hunt, under the influence of more
than ordinary steam, Columbus will soon be
come a “well regulated community.”
Sft’ DECIMUSOMNEST.
FOR THE DEMOCRAT.
Messrs Editors —From your last paper 1 dis
cover that a writer over ihe imposing name of
Sleain-Boat. ha* dedicated two coining tu the
edification of the Commissioners, and lo sec that
justice bedmeiothe citizens; and in don g so
he has thought proper to oeal Urgely in iow
wit and vuigai abuse; teal! of which Ido not
object. It would lie cruel to do so. No Gentle
men, 1 have no dispotmu to throw obstacles in
the way of rising greatness; but to cherieh and
suppoit it, has always been my constant care.
Nothing can afford me greater plea, ure tliar to
know that I have contributed to itk advance
ment A-to tnn correctness of h>s style there
can he no improvement; but it is to be regie ted
that he did not hotter examine his pre nl-es, as
to their truth, which is at i.ecessar a» fine com
positiou, and sound and marierly argument.
■Mich talents should not he hid under a busbcß
and that ihe cultivate.: of them will tend to
onr country's good, there can be no doubt: and
who can say that they will n >l, « ilh proper dis
cretion place their possessor in the highest offi
ce within the gift of a tree and g a'.eful pe pie.
<4-
FOR THE DEMOCRAT.
TO H.
Far distant from my native shore,
I wander quito alone,
And nothing would delight me more,
Than have thee as my own.
Memory could no longer then,
All melancholy make,
With youthful scenes she now will pen;
Oh! thee then let me take.
Draw off fro n thee that modesty,
Which me so oft repels,
And with great perspicuity,
Relieve the heart that swells.
Or else the place, which me now knows,
Shall me no longer know;
My heart borne down, now by its woes,
And oh! thy love bestow
“All that of love can be express’d,”
In these soft numbers see;
And if you will but know the rest,
It must be read in me X
In this town on the 22d inst Mr JAMES
KEMPTON JENNY, formerly of Fair Haven,
Mass.
< )n the same day, Mrs. SARAH PRIDE, con
sort of John Pride, esq. of this place
M
P» RT OF CtlU'MllDi.
arrivell
April 26—Steam Boat Baltimore, Capt Jen
kins from Appalachian, with Groceries and
Merchandise for R. P Guyard At J. M'Millan.
DEPARTED.
27—Steam Boat Baltimore, for Appalachico-
The Baltimore left Appalachicola on Satur
day evening, about sun down the 23d inst.
and arrived at this place about 8 o'clock on the
evening of 26th— performing the voyage in three
davs, which ia the shortest yet known to be
made.
TAX NOTICE.
AM/ T E will attend at the Poet Office in
™ * Captain Ball’s district, on Mon
day the 2d, and at the Columbus Hotel it; apt.
Flynn’s district on Tuesday the 3d days->f May
next, to collect the Taxes due for ; he year
Also to receive Returns of taxable Property for
the present year This will be the ihtrd and
last time of meeting.
We will also attend at the Oolumnts Hotel on
the dayaoftht drill and inspection ofthe militia,
and daring th.-sitting of the Inferior conrt, on
the first Monday in June next
GERARD BURCH, T C
WM HITCHCOCK, R T. R
Columbus, April 29 It
EXECIJTOR’S HALE.
WILL BE SOLD on the first Tuesday in
June next agreeable to an order of the In
ferior court of Muscogee county, all the real
estate of Elijah Jewett, deceased, in raid coun
ty, consisting of a lot in tne town of Columbus,
on the comer of Randolph ard Rrond streets, on
which is a large two story framed house with
other out houses. Ternu, a credit until the 25th
December next, the purchaser giving bond with
approved security.
JOHN LOOMIS, F.x’r.
March 15th 1831 23 tds
ADM INIBT RATO U’HHALkI
WILL BF. SOLD to tbe highest bidder, on
P’jblick Square in the town of Talbotton,
in Tal.’oot countv. on the 20th day of April next,
(Wr.dncsdavJ the following property to wit: -
4,800 feet hewed ttmbei, 15.877 feet joist
sleepers and scantling 2.t25 feet d-essea dt».
112 feet small scantling. 6505 feet of plank, 288
feet of sheeting, a lot of shingles to be 7000, 3
work benches 13 window frames, 13 partly fin
ished, 8 saw benches, 5 poles and a few loads
sand, some stone and stone work, constituting
the foundation of the court-house and a perch
or two ofthe Jail. 4 Iron grates,u small quan
tity of bar iron, and about thirty bushels lime—
All tbe property of the deceased, constituting a
part ofthe materials and preparations for the
court house and Jail id said county —Terms
at sal*. JOHN N. BIRCH, Adin’r.
ofC. C Birch deceased.
March 7,1831 25 and
M ATH EMATICAL INSTRUMENTS
For sale by
L. J. DAVIES 6l Cos.
March 19. 23 ts
