Brunswick advocate. (Brunswick, Ga.) 1837-1839, June 08, 1837, Image 3
MIRIAM, A DRAMATIC POEM.
This is the title of a beautifully printed vol
i ume of 124 pages duodecimo, which has just
l been published by Messrs. Hilliard, Gray &,
■Co. The appearance of an original dramatic
J>ocm is quite an event in our literary history,
■nd of course is sure to attract attention and
Kwakcn curiosity. The work before us is cal
culated not only to excite but to gratify those
Hidings, and will recommend itself to every
as a valuable contribution to our natinn
■ literature, whicli as yet, is but meagerly
in the departments of poetry and the
oi' a lady, who, with the timidity natur-
H|a:id becoming in her sex, lias for twelve
Hears shrunk from meeting the gaze of the
Bmblic oyc* and suffered this beautiful product
■of her genius and taste to slumber for that long
■ period in the obscurity of manuscript We
I rejoice, for the sake of the public, that she has
f at last been prevailed upon to permit it to ap
pear in print, and we heartily thank her for the
' high and pure gratification which, in common
with many others, we have derived from its pe
rusal.
The subject and the scene of this Poem ase
among the most interesting that could have
been chosen, and are admirably adapted for
dramatic effect. The scene is laid at one of
the great revolutionary epochs of our race, in
one of the most stirring periods of the world’s
history, “when Christianity,” to use the words
of the Author’s preface, “was struggling al
most for life under the persecution of trium
phant Heathenism.” The design of the poem
Is to illustrate the state of things which then
existed, and by the introduction of imaginary
scenes and characters, to pmirtray the inward
as well as the outward conflicts of the Chris
tian and the Pagan worlds. Wc here actual
ly see the two religions Struggling for the
1 misery over gifted mind?, and the strongest
principles and feelings of our nature brought
f >rth and embodied in the words and actions
of the personages in the drama. It is a noble
theme, boldly imagined, and ably and success
fully handled. The interest is kept up to the
close, through more than a hundred pages, en
livened bv many passages of touching beauty
•and intense passion. The language is alto
gether worthy of the subject, and rises at times
Com the dignified inarch of well-studied verse
to tiie full note of harmony and the lofty strain
of impassioned poetry.
There will be an involuntary disposition, we
are aware, to compare this American poem
with Serjeant Talfourd’s splendid drama,
which lias recently attracted so much atten
tion in this country as well as in England.—
Now, although it may be hardly right to insti
tute a comparison between works so essentially
•unlike, and manifestly unfair to contrast our
unpretending authoress with that accomplished
•s molar, yet we hesitate not to sav, that to the
mass of intelligent readers, unacquainted with
the canons and indifferent to the fables and j
mysteries of the Greek threatre, the Christim j
Miriam will have far more interest than the |
Pagan Inn. For the former touches a chord .
in the common mind; it reaches the religious
sentiment, as it now actually exists in the j
breasts of living men. It is built not upon the
obsolete and repulsive notion of a stern and
unbending Fate, blind to all tears and deaf to
to all cries, hut upon the welcome and sus
taining doctrine of an universal Providence,
encircling nil in its wide embrace and over
shadowing all with its love. On this ground
n’ui.e, au a poem based upon Christian princi- j
pies, and embodying Christian sentiments, we j
anticipate fur Miriam a warm reception and a |
wide diffusion among all the lovers of pure re- |
ligi niftaniedtoimmorlalvcr.se. [Bos. A«ih£>
Extract srom a i.r.rrt:?. or L.\nv Mary!
Montauik. Lo.ndo.v, May, iTfH — There is!
no news to be sent to you from this place, j
v. Inch lias been for this fortnight and continues
overwhelmed with politics, and which arc oi"j
so mysterious a nature one ought, to have some !
ot'lhe the gilds of Lilly o- Patridgc to be able j
to write about them ; an l I leave all these dis- j
sort itions to those distinguished mortals who |
arc endowed by the spirit of divination; though !
I am at present the only onoof mysex who seems t
to be of that opinion, the ladies having shown !
their zeal and appetite for knowledge in a
most glorious manner. At the last warm de
bate in the House of Lords, it was unanimous- j
ly resolved there should be no crowd of un
necessary auditors, consequently the fair sex j
v. excluded, and the gallery destined to the j
sole use of the House of Commons. Notwith-!
standing which determination, «tribe of dames
resolved to show, on this occasion, that neither i
men nor laws could resist them. These hero- j
ines were Lady Huntingtdon, the Duchess of I
Qm'onbury, the Duchess of Ancastcr, Lady '
Westmoreland, Lady Cohham, Lady Charlotte j
Edwin, Lady Archibald Hamilton and herj
daughter, Mrs. Ke.ott, and Mrs. Pendavis, and <
Lady Fiances Saundersoil.—T am thus partic- j
idar in their names, since 1 look upon them to !
be the boldest assertors, and most resigned ;
sufferers for liberty, I ever read of. They pre- 1
seated themselves at the dftor at P o’clock in
the morning, w here Fir William Saunderson
respectfully informed them the Chancellor .had
made an order against their admittance. The
Duchess of Queensbury, as head of the squad
ron, pished at the iilbreeding of a mere law
yer, and desired him to let them up stairs pri
vately. After some modest refusal, he swore
by G—lie would not let them in.—Her grace
with a noble warmth, answered by G—they
would come in, in spite of the Chancellor
and the whole House. This being reported,
the peers resolved to shame them out; an or
der was made that the doors should not be o
ipened till they had raised their siege.
These Amazons now showed themselves
•qualified for the duty oven of foot-soldiers;
’■.hey stood there till five in the afternoon, with
out sustenance, every now and then playing!
voikos ot thumps, kicks, and raps against the
dqor, with so much violence that the speakers
in the House were seafee heard. When the
Lords were not to be conquered by this,the two
Detchesses. (very well apprized of the use of
stratagems in war) commanded a dead silence
of half an hour; and the Cinncellor, who
thought it a certain proof of their absence,
< 'oinmoiwalso being very impatient to en
•-***-} gave orders for the opening of the door ;
up n winch they all rushed in, pushed aside!
t ne: ;• competitors, and placed themselves in the
t >nt rows of the gallery. They stayed there
till aft er eleven, when the House rose, and du
ring the donate gave applause, and showed
marks o! dislike, not only by smile:; and winks
i which have always been allowed In the cases,)
but by noisy laughs an-I apparent contempts:
which is suppose I til “ tree* reas.,a vhv poor
Lord llervey .-poke i:o' , ;-;iMv. 1 beg vour;
pard >n, dear madam, l’«*r tins h>ng relation : but
t's :p.pos ..he t • be short on so copious a aub
jce’ ; ;.n 1 you must own tins action very well'
worto. of record, and 1 think not lobe parallel- I
ed in any h.story, ancient.or modern. 1 look
w. little iii niv own eyes, (who was at that time [
I ingloriously sitting over a tea-table,) —I hardly
dare subscribe myself even Yours.”
The Statue of Washington'. A few
days ago we w ere walking Avitii an English
friend, and proudly took him to the State
House, where we showed him that monument
of our State liberality, the Statue of Washing
ton. This is the same gentleman, whom
we introduced to our friends some weeks
ago, and whom we call Mr. Craigclfie.
‘ Cos you really admire this Statue ?’ said he;
wc nodded. ‘lain surprised!’ ho continued.
‘Doyou not see the inconsistency of that Ro
man mantle, w hich is thrown over this Gener
al’s uniform ? Fancy, now, a beardless Ro
man senator, with small clothes and buckled
shoes.’ ( our head gravely.) ‘ Nav
then imagine a field officer, holding a'court
martial, with a Roman senator’s mantle
thrown over his full dress! (We smiled half
sneeringly, undecided whether to approve of
our friend’s remarks or not We did not like
to hoar such a reflection cast on our national
taste. But Mr. Craigelfie is not to be inter
rupted when he once begins, so he w ent on,
evidently inclined to offend our personal vani
ty as little as possible.) I know that Chantrey
wasJiaid for it; but I very much question
whether it was ever touched by that great
master s chisel. Besides the bad taste origin
ated in Europe. Massachusetts nobly did her
duty (our countenance brightened) by employ
ing Chantrey, but Chantrey did not do his du
ty, when he fathered the statue. (We were
soothed; he noticed it.) No, Sir, it is a dis
grace to the great Sculptor, to have turned out
such a piece ot work. Washington was, a
character worthy of his best effort. To the
marble he ought to have given everything but
breath. It is true that he did not receive as
much for it as ho receives for sculpturing a
monument, in memory of some nobleman, who
perhaps,never having done a good action in life,
has left a wish to he honored in death ; know
idg that by no other means than marble, his
memory can lie kept alive. But even to be
entrusted to make a Statue of Washington,
would have beer, honor enough, without bar
tering lor pay, and 1 blush for human nature,
when I remember that Chantrey modelled so
paltry a statue, to commemorate so great a
man. Even kings w ould have applauded his
generosity, had he made the State of Massa
chusetts a present of his greatest, and best
effort, w hich ought to have been made, in em
bodying the character of the ‘Cincinnati’s of
the West.’ Our friend now stopped. This
[speech had awakened in us a train of patriot
it reflections ;• we were too absorbed in them
to make a reply. lie stood near us in silence,
and we both felt a reverence for the Statue,
-which has nothing to recommend it but that
the State intended it to have been a likeness
of the Father of his country. The tear of
generous sympathy rolled down Mr. Craigcl
fie’s check, he lifted up his venerable form,
and stepping forward with dignity, he thus,
pathetically addressed the object of our mu
tual veneration,
‘?*lajestic marble, Avrapped up in a sheet,
No hat upon thy head, though shoes are on
thy feet,
That handkerchief too tight, thy patriot neck
doth gripe.
As now, while living, was thy scroll rolled up
like well wash’d tripe!’
Whether this w ere original, or not, we can
not affirm, but the time, the manner, and the
circumstances, conspired to render it effect
ive. We turned our head, and with a sigh,
we said, ‘how just!’ Mr. Craigelfie preserved
his gravity, and we sullenly left the columned
hall. [ Boston Galaxy.
LADY MARY WOIITLEY MONTAGUE.
Those who feel an interest in the literary
history of the last century, are much indebted
to (/arev, Lea &■ Blanchard of Philadelphia,
for the publication of the late edition of her
letters, and other writings, by her descendant,
LordYVharncliffe. The memory of this lady
has been piously embalmed for the instruction
of posterity, by the keen sarcasm of Pope, tiie
unmitigated and not very scrupulous hatred of
Horace Walpole, aid the solemn sneers of Dr.
Johnson ; to say nothing of a host of others,
eacli of w hom in his own way, lias avenged,
either in prose or verse, his real or imagined
injuries. Fite appears to have gained the ill
will of Walpole by her portraits, which are
any tiling but flattering, of his mother and oth
er relatives. In what way she displeased
Johnson, does-not precisely appear, though her
private letters betray very liule regard for his
writings: but the history of her intimacy and
subsequent wrangling w ith the “wicked wasp
of Twickenham,” is abundantly well known.—
Fhe was evidently a woman oi’ admirable tal
ent, united with a reasonable portion of infirm
ity. In early life, she was equally remarkable
for her beauty, and literary attainments, but
appears to have attached rather too much im
portune? to the one, and to have converted the
other into a formidable engine of wrath and
satire. Her affections were never w arm ; her
love-letters have the air of a correspondence
relating to a mercantile speculation ; and by
this coldness of heart, her wit and carcosm,
were let! to display themselves without icserve,
to the infinite annoyance of all those who were
exposed to them.
There is a moral in her history worthy the
notice of all, and they are many, who pique
themselves upon a turn for ridicule; those
who smile at the wit, abominate tiie jester; and
as they are apt to constitute a decided majori
ty, will eventually doom the satirist to the fate
of a personage of antiquity, who was put to
death with pins. She left England to reside in
Italy, for many years before her death, having
arranged an amicable separation from her hus
band. It would seem as if the loss of her
beauty induced her to this step ; as if was her
usage there, to receive her English friends in
a mask and domino, and in one of her later
letters she declares that she has not looked into
• a mirror for-eleven year-, and never shall
again. The letters, w ritten during’ this jierloiT,
though less spirited than those relating to tiie
Turkish embassy, are superior in style, and
better in point of sqntiment. Upon the w hole,
she leaves upon the reader the impression ol a
person of masculine understanding, not over
burdened with amiable qualities, with too
much wit for her own jknuc, or the comfort of
her neighbors. Her character deserves to be
studied in her writings, by those who are cu
rious to understand the literary history of her
time, iri which she occupies, in almost solitary
state, the post of “ohat dangerous tiling, a fe
male wit and there is abundant amusement
in tiie study, to recompense one for tiie labor,
jilod Mer. Jour.
A pret'y woman, who was tediously loquac
ious, complained one day to Madame do
Sevigne that she was sadly tormented by her
lovers. K)h, Madame’ said Madame de
Sevigne to her, with a smile, ‘it is very easy to
get rid of them: you luiaujidy to speak.’
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
The Broken Flower.—l walked out in
'he morning, when the mild spring had spread
j her verdant mantle upon the fields and called
forth the blossoms and the bud—when; fee
I green shrub was expanding its leaves like the
, wings of the newly fledged bird, and the rills
1 leaping gladly along in the sunlight and I
marked and enjoyed the freshness and beauty
j of the scene ; but a little flowret that bloomed
, lonely by the pathway arrested my attention,
| and 1 turned inside to contemplate its hues and
: admire the delicacy of its form. It was lovely
vet meek, and rich with fragrance, whicli it
i thing upon the light wings of the passing
j w ind ; and I thought it an emblem of a young
j and guilless heart, it stood so unprotected
lin its innocence. I would not plume it, at
i though it looked so fair and inviting, but lot'
llt blodsn upon its .slender stern, to meet -rite
: sight of the next passer by, and charm him
| with its sweetness.
I returned in the evening and sought for
the gentle flower; but the cruel tread oi’ the
heedless stranger had been upon it and crush
ed it, and it lay on the ground broken and
bleeding, unnoticed and alone. And I thought
it, as it lay thus before me, an emblem of the
human heart, when its delicate pride had been
wounded by the thoughtless or the designing,
who pass on their way and leave the stricken
one to morn in the silent desolation of the
breast.
I moralized on the fate of the dying flower,
and received from it a lesson that sunk deep
into my mind. It taught me that only the
great, tiie wealthy are secure from aggression
iike this ; and that their claims and preten
sions are acknowledged and respected, whilst
the innocent, and the unpretending, are slight
ed and despised, and their merits unseen and
unrewarded. Yet let not the proud one exult
in the ascendancy which fictitious advantages
may have given him, nor the child of indigence
lament the lowness of his lot; for peace and
contentment may visit the cottage, when they
shun the lordly mansion, and the cares and
discontents of the rich are excluded from the
quiet hearth-sides of the poor—while even a
midst his bitterest repiniftgs, the oppressed
may find a consolation ; lie knows that the J
wave of time is sweeping onward forever ; man
may wish to stay its course, when the heaven j
above him is unclouded and that all the myri- i
ad barks which crowd its bosom will alike * he j
dashed upon the shore of oblivion, and their
shattered wrecks sink beneath the sacrifice
of its waters.
A crier of a neighboring county court was, j
upon a certain occasion, required to go to the
court house door, and, as is usual in the ab- i
seiicc of a witness, cull out for Philip Logue, j
one of the sons of Erin, avlio rvas summoned in
a certain case then pending. The man of the
button, accordingly stepping to the door, sung
out at the top of his voice, “Philip Logue!”
AAvag of a lawyer, happening, to be passing
the door at the time,whispered in his ear, “Ep
ilogue, also.” “Epi Logue,” sung out the cri
er. “Decalogue,” said the lawyer in an tinder
tone. “Deca Logue,” again sung out the cri
er at the top of his voice. “Apologue,” w his
pered the lawyer. “Apo Logue,” reiterated
the crier, atthe same time expostulating with
tire lawyer, “yen certainly want the whole
family of the Logucs.,’ Prologue,” said the
persevering lawyer. “Pro Logue,” rung a
gain through the halls of the court house, from
the stentorian lungs of the public erier.attvact
ing the attention of every body, and shocking
even the tympnmin of the dignitaries on the
bench themselves, who not understanding the
cause of his vociferousness, despatched the
sheriff, with all haste, to stop the constable
from his further summonses of the family of
the Logues.
A Running Gypsy.— Avery singular char
acter is existing at present in the neighbor
hood of Leatherhead, in the person of a boy
known commonly as Jack the gipsy, he is a
bout fifteen years of ago, and his activity, is
surprising; he will commonly follow the
hounds on foot, and I!) times out of 20 comes
in at the death ; he leaps fences and hedges
actually as high as himself, never wears shoes
or stockings,and has several times run upwards
of forty miles right cut. lie frequently amu
ses himself by running (barefooted of course)
for miles on the turnpike-road, beside the
coaches or mail.
He has lately been backed to run against
the Leatherhead coach from that place to !>on
don, to rest until the afternoon, and run back ;
the odds are in favor of the boy. Home gen
tlemen in the vicinity of Epsom have taken
notice of this lad ; hut he is a w anderer by na
ture, and cartnot be tamed down to regular
hours, regular diet, or tiie decency of shoes
and stockings ; his greatest luxury is in roving
where and wdien he pleases, and his epicurism
extends only to boiling hedgehogs in milk—
a dish lie prefers to all others. The above
statement can be verified in every particular.
[Leeds Times.
Curious. —-The New York Mercantile says;
“A person exhibit ’d at our office yesterday,
the skis of the right side ofa human face. The
ear, cheeks, eyes, nos*, mouth, and chin w ere
perfect. It appeared as if it had undergone
some eheinic.il preparation ; for it was net of
fensive to the smell. We understand that ft was
washed up on the Battery—that the heart,
great part of the lungs, and some fingers were
jalso left liv the tide—but that the boys picked
them up and ran array with them. The heart
was said to be firm, and the lungs sound.—
We presume some of the young disciples of
Esculapius can account for it—and that is
1 part of the remains of some convict delivered
1 over to their knives, and when done with
j thrown into the sea, which she has again dis
j gorged ; for even the fishes would not eat
| them.”
A Yankee in Charleston, some tori years ago,
, advertised a .theatrical i ntertainment, consist
! ing of a three in one act entitled‘The cat let
! out of the bag.’ A large audience assembled,
and waited in anxious expectation ; at last,. in
| walked the actor with a bag in hi* hand. He
laid down the bag, untied it, and clapping-his
! hands cried scut, and out jumped a cut. Ho.no
uproar ensued. He made a speech—‘Hue!
not,’ said ho, ‘fulfilled the promise of the ad
vertisement? Is not this a farce—is it no! in
one act—is not the cat let out of tiie bag ?’ Ho
saving, lie marched off with the cash in his
pocket.
When Dr. Johnson courted Mrs. Porter,
whom lie afterwards married, he told her’that
he wan; of mean extinction; that iie had no
iiion •;.-, and tint he had an un-h h inged !’—
The lady, by wav of reuiic.ug herself to nil
equality witn the Doctor, replied, that she had
no more money than himselt: and that, th nigh
she had not a re! it ion hanged, she liaJ J'.jly rho
deters t ‘I htiiigutg.'
j Captain Jones. A writer in a late number
1 of the Richmond Enquirer, thus revives the ree
| ollection of one of the most gallant actions,
| which w ere fought during the last Avar with
j Great Britain.
“The exploring and surveying expedition to
! tiie Pacific Ocean and South seas, authorized
|by an act of Congress of the last session, will
j be interesting to the cause of Literature, coin-
I inerec and science throughout the world. You
tare aware that the President has selected to
■ command this expedition Capt T. Ap. Cates
by Jones, of the American Navy. Jones was
with Gen. Jackson, as you will recollect, when
a very young officer at New Orleans, in 1814,
and acted a most distinguished part upon Lake
Borgue, as commander of our gunboats upon
that station. lie kept the British squardron at
bay for two weeks, upon that lake, with liis.live
gun-boats arid 180 men, at a most important
crisis, immediately preceding the landing of
the British army, on the 2&1 December, 1814.
lie could not be approached by the British in
their frigates, and they hesitated to attack him
in open bunts.
The attack was hoAvever, finally made, in
boats manned by 1200 men whom Jones fought
for t\A'o hours. With his 180 men he killed and
Avoundcd 400 of the British. The boat he com
manded Alois HO minutes engaged in nearly
close quarters, and maintained her quarters, un
til he was shot doAvn himself, arid nearly every
man on board was either killed or wounded,
lie was put under the hatches w hen taken,where
he Avas nearly suffocated with smoke, and after
wards suffered greatly with his wounds on
board the enemy’s squardron. Such is the
man the President has selected, avitii a full
knowledge of his character, to conujiand this
important expedition. You know Capt. Jones
and his whole race in Virginia. lie is the neph
ew of Meriwether and Skelton Jones, formerly
of Richmond, Virginia—so well known for
their chivalry of character and superior intel
lectual endowment—Ot’the first the celebra
ted John Randolph said that‘lie was at once
the spear and the shield of the republican part v,
in the darkest hour of the American Govern
ment’
May success and fame attend the exploring
expedition of Capt. Jones. lie is really a most
gallant and meritorious officer—full of chival
ry and enterprise,and will do honor to his coun
try and friends, iu Avhatevor quarter of the globe
he may carry the American flag.”
The Empress of Germany asked a French
officer if the Princess Royal of France was, as
the Aiorld'rcported her, the most beautiful wo
man in Europe: ‘I thought so yesterday,’ repli
ed the polite Frenchman.
•YOTIC JS.
A MEETING of the State Rights Party of
Glynn County, Avill take place at Bethel,
on SATURDAY, the twenty-fourth instant,
for the purpose of nominating candidates to
represent said County, in the next Legislature.
June 8, 1837.
Fes* £*alc.
ffAD ACRES of PINE LAND on Col
lege Creek. For particulars enquire
at this office. June 8.
h»S© Svcwnrri.
JOST from the piazza of Mrs Lamb's house,
J a russet leather VALISE, containing a
few articles of clothing, a dressing ease and a
file of papers and three memorandum books, of
no use to any person but the oAvner. Whoev
er will return the papers and books either with
or without the other articles, shall receive the
above reward of ten dollars and no questions
asked, on application to this otlice. \
Brunswick, June 8, 1837.
’P'o <he oi'lhc C’liy
of i\c«’ York.
( A ENTLEMEN : — 11 The Aquatic Club of
5 Georgia,” having froqontly heard of the
fleetness of your Boa Is and skill of your Oars
men, are desirous of comparing the speed ot
one of their Boats, with the speed of one of
yours, on the following terms:
Tiiey propose to run tlu-ir four Cared Canoe
Boat "Lizard,” one straight mile opposite tiie
City of Savannah, in fair and calm weather, a
gainstnny four Oared Plank Boat built in the
City of New York, not over 27 feet 3 in dies on
the k•■el, (which is the length of the Lizard’s)
for Ten Thousand Dollars a side—Two thous
and forfeit.
The race to ta’-.e place in the month of No
vember next. Should the day' that mav be a
greed not he fair and calm, the race to take
place on the first fair rud cairn day thereafter.
The stakes to be deposited in one of tiie
Banks in Savannah, on or before the Ist day of
October next.
Should the terms proposed, be acceptable,
address Chas. K. Floyd, Jeffi-rsonton. Camden
Cos, (<a. and particulars can be arranged by cor
respondence.
CH AS. It. FLOYD. ? Secretaries
HENRY DUBIGNON, j A C. G.
June 8.
THE HERALD AND STAR.
IT cannot be denied that the present state of
our country demands peculiar and well di
rected activity on,the part of tiie press to make
known tlev features of the various topics which
are now agitating the various portions of the
national confederacy. To supply, at a low
price. the inland towns with information, tit a
little delay only, after it has been received in
the Atlantic cities, is praiseworthy, and should
in the end reward such persons as exert, their
ability for the successful furtherance of this ob
jec.g
The Editors and Proprietors of the Boston
Daily Herald, convinced of tiie importance of
a careful!}• conducted press to disseminate in
formation throughout the country, some weeks
since issued the first number of tiie Semi-
Weekly Herald and Star, which they have
found to be suitable to the wants of tiie inland
community, as it furnishes over one hundred
1 newspapers in a year, at the very low price of
two dollars. This paper is made up from the
Daily Herald with such additional matter, in
the shape of stories, legends, poetry, statement.:
tis the- markets,anrlsuch information respecting
sales as may he deemed advantageous to the
yeomanry of the land.
The peculiarity of the Herald and Star will
be found to be in the fact that w hile it is not
engaged in party politics, it. reserves to its* ls
the liberty of speaking boldly and openly on
every subject which concerns ihe aveal of the
whole country—Snd summons to aid, besides
the constant supervision of the Editors, valua
ble assistants. who are industriously and hour
ly exerting themselves to give strength and a
bility to their various departments.
The i I .r ild aad lilar is published every Tues
day and Friday morning, and mailed on the
night pr. A'ious in order to ensuie its speedy
transmission by the marls.
Tiie price is Two Dollars a year payable in
advance ; $2.25 in three mouths; $2.50 in six
months; $3 at the end of the year. The best
method to ensure the r e qitioji of tn ■ p iper is
toehclose $2 in a lett-r id ir <• -I to !i; ■ Pro
prietors. ' UARRINGTLN & CO.
Boston, 1837.
NEW PRINTING
Dvunstuirk, ffieovgfa.
THE subscribers Avould inform the public
that they are prepared to receive orders
for PRINTING, such as—
BOOKS,
PAMPHLETS,
BLANKS,
HANDBILLS,
CIRCULARS,
CARDS,
and the various kinds'of Ornamental, Fancy
and Letter Press
PRXSfTSJJG.
The materials being new they flatter them
selves they Avill be able to give satisfaction to
those who may favor them with their patron
age. DAVIS & SHORT.
Brunswick, June S, 1837.
*o<Sii i7kt lao k fiSTsc t *iv
BRUNSWICK, GA.
a Til IS new and elegant estab
lishment having been fitted and
furnished in a superb style, is now
open for the reception of company
under the direction of the subscriber. The sit
uation of the House is airy and the prospect de
lightful. The rooms will be found extremely
coel and comfortable during the heat of the
summer, and board for families or single gen
tlemen may be taken by the week or single
j day, and no pains nor expense will be spared to
I make the hoqse an agreeable retreat for all.
j those who may honor the subscriber with their
! patronage.
! The Bar Avill be stocked with the choicest
Wines. Liquors, &c. and the Larder filled with
the best the market affords, and the subscriber
flatters himself that he shall be able to place
his establishment under such rules and regula
tions as Avill meet the approbation of the com
munity. His acquaintance witli the duties of
a Public House and his entire devotion to those
duties he hopes will secure liiin the favor of
the public. JOHN DA V IS.
Brunswick. June 8, 1537.
Variety Store.
GEORG E HARRINGTON Si CO.
HAVE commenced business in this place,
and intend keeping as general an assort
ment.of goods as can be found in any store in
this section of the tiiato, and they respectfully,
solicit the patronage of the Planters and others,
so far as they may deserve it.
They have iusl received from Boston a good
assortment of
English and American Piece GOODS,
Crockery, Glass and Hard Ware,
Groceries,
Boots and Shoes, and
Ready made Clothing,
and they wilt constantly be receiving addition
al supplies.
TllfV HAVE NOW FOR SALE.
Brown and bleached Shirtings and Sheetings,
Ticking, Calicoes and Cambrics,
Ginghams. Flannels, Sattinet,
Merinos. Negro Cloths,
Silk and Cotton Handkerchiefs,
Ribbons, Gloves, Hosiery,
Thread. Sewing Silk. Pins, Bindings,
Buttons, Table Cloths. Shawls, Umbrellas,
Blankets, J.latti'asses, ivc. Ar.
f. EOC ERIKS.
Brown anil Lor.f Sugar, Tea, Coffee,
Chocolate. Shells, Molasses,
Brandy, Gin and Wines,
Raisins, Cassia, Nutmegs. Cloves, Cocoa,
Ginger, Mustard,Sweet Oil,
Pepper, Cayenne, Candles. S> ap,
Spermaceti Oil, Tobacco, Cigars,
Butter. Cheese. Pepper Sauce,
Starch, Pimento, Suit Petre, Salt.
Pickled Salmon. Mackerel, Codfish,
Pollock. Herrings,
Tongues and Sounds, &e. &c.
AVOODr.N WARE,
Siieli as Tubs, Pails. Dippers, Axe Handles.
X Corn Brooms, &c. Ac.
HARD WARE.
Axes. Adzes. Frying Pans, Window Glass,
'Steel. Nails, Fowling Pieces,
Si-ass Kettles. Knives and Forks,
enknives, Scissors. Brushes,
wilk almost every article wauled in building,
or fik family use.
\ —also.—
Mays, Boots, Shoes, Ready made Clothing.
Ac. Me.
' I ROCKF.UV AND GLASS AVAKE,
A complete assortment for family use.
G. if. A CO. Avill receive orders for any ar
ticles <jf Foreign or Domestic growth or iiiaiiu
faciiirf tint can be procured in Boston, —con-
tidi nlftliat their advantages of obtaining such
articles will enable them to give satisfaction to
those who may employ them.
Brunswick, Ga. June 8, IGS7.
To JSStaiSder* 4 onlrectors
THROUGHOUT GEORGIA.
HAVING received a number of communi
cations from individuals, making enquir
ies respect i,mr my Brick Machine, invented bv
Calvin Waterman, and now in successful ope
ration in this place. I take this method of an
swering them—l invite all who feel disposed
to purchase rights, to come and see the opera- 1
lion of the machine, and if there be any one
who says he is disappointed in hie expectations,
i bind my be If to pay the expenses of liis trip.—
I do not expect to sell a right to any one with
out their first having seen the machine; but in
order to afford an idea of its value, I annex the
following certificates, one of them signed by
two of the most experienced brick masons in
the Southern States. In my absence from
Macon, the editors of the Messenger will act
as my authorized agents.
T. L. SMITH.
We having witnessed the performance of Mr
T. L. Smith’s new Brick Machine, invented by
-1 Calvin Waterman, now in operation in this
I place, take pleasure in recommending it to the
j tnublic. The fact of its performance is its best
i recommendation. We timed it, and find that
I with new moulds anil inexperienced hands, it
made at the rate of two thousand three hund
red and sixty-eight brick per hour. By mould-
I ing ten hours iu a day, it would therefore turn
I out twenty-three thousand six hundred per day.
I It requires six boys to bear off. and four to sand
j the moulds, Ac.—together with four grown
; men. Thus fourteen hands are sufficient to
intake the above named quantity of the most
I beautiful brick per d.av.
JOHN SPRINGER.
DAVID F. WILSON,
j Macon, April 14. 1837.
| I have witnessed the performance of Mr T. |
L. Smith's new Brick-making Machine, just
| put into operation in this place: and have no
j hesitation in pronouncing it a great and useful
j improvement on any other nietr.od of brick
, making I have ever seen, both a* to the quality
lof the brick and expedition in ranking. By re
j quest 1 timed the machine for half an hour;
j the result of that trial shoiv6 that with 14 hands
I the machine will turn out of beautiful and ivcll
tempered brii k, 2,308 in one bour, or about 40
to the minute. JNO. RUTHERFORD.
M aeon, April 14. June 8. ly
To fciiirc,
rpwo first rate NegrP Carpenters For fur
f thor information enquire at th s Office,
j June 8.
Runaway,
■ FROM Gowin Swamp, on
taLfC Monday night, two negro fel
l«ws—DlCK, a atout black fel
traSP low, aboutsix feet high, 45 years
(irtP NED, stout yellow
complected, about five feet ten
inches high, 27 year* of age.—
As they both have relatives on
the Brunswick Canal it is very likely they may
be in that vicinity. Ten Dollars will be given
for the apprehension of each, on application to
the subscriber. F. M. SCARLETT.
Oak Grove, Glynn Cos. June 5,1837.
THE subscriber would inform the inhabi
tants of Brunswick and those of Glynn
and the adjoining counties, that he will bo
in readiness the coming’Autumn to execute any
orders in Kts line, eneb as
House, Sign, Coach, Chaise, Chair and
ORNAMENTAL PAINTING.
Also, Gilding, varnishing Furniture, &c.
done at the shortest notice anif on satisfactory
terms.
ILF A supply of Paints, Oils. Glass, Ac. con
stantly on hand.
FRANCIS H. TUFTS.
June 8. fim.
School.
THE subscriber lias opened a School at the
Court Home in Brunswick, Glynn Cos.
where youth ot both sexes arc instructed in all
the branches of an English education,.viz;
Reading and Spelling, Writing, English Gram
mar, Geography and Common Arithmetic.—
He will also give instruction in Natural Philos
ophy. Chemistry and Rhetoric.
ÜBoard can be obtained on very reasonable
terms in the immediate vicinity, and the sub
scriber pledges himself that no exertion will
be wanting on his port to give perfect satisfac
tion to all who may entrust their children to
his care. Terms: Common branches, $4 per
quarter; Philosophy, Chemistry, Ac. s(j.
AARON JONES, Jr,
Refer to J. W. Frost.
June 8.
Notice.
MW. WILSON will contract to erect
• buildings of wood or brick in Brunswick
during the coming Autumn and Winter on the
mi st reasonable terms and in workmanlike
manner.
Leltcrs directed to hint at Lynn, Mass, dur
ing tho summer will meet with prompt atten
tion. For a specimen of his work he refers to
the Public House built under his direction in
this city.
For more particular information apply to Mr,
J. Davis, of the ‘Oglethorpe House.’
Brunswick, Juneß,lß37;'
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