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POETR Y. SONG. BY MRS. HtMANS. If though hast crushed a flower, The root may not fte blighted ; If thou hast quenched a lamp. Once more it may be lighted ; But on thy harp or on thv lute, The string which thou hast broken, Shall never in sweet sound again Give to thy touch a token. If thou hast loosed a bird. Whose voice of song would cheer thee, Still, still he may be won From the skies to warble near thee ; But if upon the troubled sea, Thou hast thrown a gem unheeded, Hope not that wind or wave shall bring The treasure back when needi and. If thou hast bruised a vine, The summer's breath is healing, And its clusters yet may glow Through the leaves, their bloom reveal ing. But if thou hast a cup o'erllirown With a bright draft tilled—oh 1 never Shall earth give hack the lavished wealth To cool thy parched bps fever. The heart is like that cup, If thou waste the love it bore thee, And like that jewel gone, Which the deep will not restore thee ; And like that string of harp or lute, Whence the sweet sound is scattered, Gently, oh ! gently touch the chords So soon for ever shattered. PLEASANT CHILDREN nv THE LATE 11. KIIMOSSTOSE. Every where, —every where, — Like the butterfly's silver wings, That are seen by all in the summer air,— We meet with those beautiful things ! And the low, sweet lisp of the baby child By a thousand hills is heard, And the voice of the young heart's laughtei wild Aa the voice of a singing bird 1 The cradle rocks in the peasant s cot, As it rocks in the noble's hall, And the brightest gift in the loftiest lot Is a gift that is given to all; For the sunny light of childhood s eyes Is a boon like the common air, And like the sunshine of the skies, It fallethevery where ! They tell us this old earth no more Bv angel feet is trod, They bring not now, as they brought of yore The oracles of God. Oh ! each of these young human flowers God s own high message hears, And we are walking, all our hours, With “Angels, unawares By stifling street and breezy hill We meet their spirit mirth ; That such bright shapes should linger, till They take the stains of earth ! Oh ! play not those a blessed part To whom the boon is given To leave their errand with the heart, And straight return to heaven ! -13 fl « KSiSiA A T. Wr rrMi'KA.— Tho venue lias always sounded most inha.m e. sis in our ,«nrs, hut the fight lia pro.* u poetry Jo the eve. The first glance unpio.-sos tlio visitor that ii is the lit*- t singular as well as the most thrifty, of our now Southern towns. It’ iias sprung up a\ ithiii tlio last three years : anil already numbers upwards of three | ihousaiul inhabitants : of whom a major:-' tv appears to bo engaged in mercantile t»ur-! suits. It is located on the Coosa river, a noble stream, (navigable by Steam Boats of the largest size) about live miles above t its junction with the Tallapoosa, a stream of nearly equal magnitude. The navi gation of the Coosa ceases at the town in consequence of an extensive shoal—that of the Tallapoosa, at Tabasco, about forty miles from their junction. The navigation of the latter is somewhat difficult, and i? only attempted by boats of moderate size. Among the singularites in the Location of VVetumpka, may be mentioned, that it la situated on both sides the river, and nearly equally divided between the coun ties of Montgomery, Coosa and Autauga, and is again divided in the following dis tinct sections and interests. Wetcmka proper, in Montgomery county, the Frac tion, and “Georgia"' in Coosa county, and West Wetumpka, in Autauga “Georgia,” receives its appellation from being settled by several respectable citizens from the middle section of our State, and is a place of residences only. West Wetumpka is situated on a large and beautiful plain, rt an elevation of thirty to sixty feet above the bed of the river : is handsomely laid out, and contains a considerable number of good dwellings and stores, some of which arc of brick : anil many buildings are now going up. The Eastern side of the river presents most attractive objects to the romantic traveller. At the distance of two to three! hundred yards from the river, rises a steep and almost precipitous mountain in min iature ; probably of about three hundred feet elevation, and extending parallel with the river nearly two miles ; affording room at its base for a street ; and near the low er end ol the town two streets. Onlhe«c. the town is principally built, and contains manv good stores and dwellings: a nonr ■ ber of which are of brick and three sto ries high. This narrow plain is of about equal height with the opposite bank, and inseveral places is severed by deep ravines | which have been worn by the mountain I torrents. To connect the streets cross ing : these ravines, several bridges have been ! thrown over them of twenty to thirty feet | it) height ; and to a stranger, it would he ! a dangerous experiment to venture far j from his lodgings on a dark night. Many buddings are so situated, that you may ; walk into the front door on a level w ith i the street, and at the back door you will (find yourself looking down into a gulf of I twenty feet or more in depth. On look |mg above your head ; a most romantic | scene presents itself. You there sec at the | height of one to two hundred feet a con- I siderahle number of handsome dwellings, whose white walls are ri>ing among the ! green foliage of the mountain,from shelves j and spurs projecting from its side,affording small spots of earth comparatively level, as scites for building and gardens. From 1 the summit of the mountain a prospect ! presents itself beautiful as the eye could j wish in culm and pleasing objects, and boundless as the extent of human vision. The river, with its placid bosom below, its foaming current as it is tossed and fretted along its rocky bed above, the town, the deep solitude of the tallies in the rear, the cultivated fields, and forest in the distance, and the blue summits of the mountains in the horizon, form a land scape, over which a native of Switzerland might recall the scenes of his father-land. Near the centre of the town is a bridge built after Town’s patent of five hundred feet in length, and'a similar one is soon to be built near the upper end of the town. A large shoal of rocks obstructs the nav igation above the bridge, and w ill furnish an inexhaustible quantity of substantial ma ! terials for building. On the Fast bank a raceway has been cut through them, and a set of mills are nearly completed ; and water power to an endless extent can he | obtained with little labor. In these shoals, i the finest fish found in our rivers are caught in traps, in the greatest abun dance. Wntumpka enjoys many groat and im portant advantages, which must soon ele vate it to a city of the first class for the in terior of our Southern Country. It is at the head of navigation of a noble river, surrounded by the most fertile lands to an immense extent, and must remain with out a rival in commerce. It is the first healthy location on tlie Alabama, or its tributary waters, and w ill be a great resort j for the wealthy planters and citizens of less favored regions below and in its vicinity. About ti mile from the south east part ; of the town, near the foot of the mountain, I is a watering place of considerable repute, known as the 11 arrow-gate Springs. This place lias been handsomely improved by the erection of an extensive tavern, which is kept, in good style, and is the resort of a large number of people during the sum mer. The water of the principal spring, in taste, somewhat resembles that of our | celebrated Indian (Spring, but is less ! strongly impregnated. Taken altogether, VVotumpka is a most I singular place—-highly favored by nature, j and is shortly destined to become a wealthy | and extensive city. An Inti'.iu ri*TF.n Duspatcii. Ilood s ■ Comic Annual contains an article relleet titg oil 1 hr* notorious rudeness, of what is | called t in/ war—and furnishes the follow ing intercepted letter from an ollicer. and a finished gentleman of the old school, to show that even ci\il war may he civil ized anti carried on with becoming rourt sey. —Tlje letter is presumed to be from ! an officer of rank in (Spain to the Com j mamler in Chief: 1 “Your F\oe!lency—l had the honor of describing in my last despatch a little personal rencontre with the gallant (ioner- I til on the other side ; and 1 have now the pleasure of laying before vou the agree.t hie result of another affair of the same , nature. Early on the Kith instant ottr piquets, with a becoming deference to their supe riors, retired from the presence of a large | cavalry, and intimated tit.it I might short ly expect the favor of a visit, i immedi ately sent tin* light dragoons and lancers to the front, with instructions to give the : gentlemen on horseback a hearty welcome, > j and provide as they best could for their entertainment till l should be prepared for ■, their reception, cs well as of a;i\ friends j they might bring uitli them. I flattered myself, indeed, that 1 should *;ijov the company of their whole army, and they were so good as not to disappoint me. A lively cannonade announced their approach by a which was cordial- I ly returned from the whole of our batteries; 1 and then a cloud of skirmishers pushed forward to our front, and commenced a j liberal exchange of compliments-with our tirailleurs. Our cavalry in the meantime had sought an introduction to their horse, , which was met in the handsomest man i nor, and many intimacies were formed that I only ended with life. The cavalry at length retired, but evidently with regret, and many reiterated promises of soon coin ing again.” “Their main body now appeared moving in the best disposition towards us. whilst the rid s on the flanks paid tiic most mar ked attention to our officers, who recei ved mauy substantial tokens of their re- I gard. A closer acquaintance was now sought with an impressment quite flatter ing : indeed it was difficult to replv in ad equate firms Vo the warmth tutd importu BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE. nity of their offers. Perceiving that we had some vfery heavy guns on our right, they obligingly undertook to carry them, professing at the same time a very sincere inclination to serve our hgbt artillery. They also wished to take charge of a hill oil the left that might annoy us ; but had tlie courtscy to resign it to Colonel Bow er, on a representation that the eminence was indispensable to his views. Their cavalry also endeavored gallantly to make a favorable impression on us, and in par ticular evinced a lively desire to visit some of our squares, but which, on, the plea of inconvenience, we found means to de cline. There had manifestly been a de sign of dropping in upon us unprepared, but fortunately 1 was enabled to foil the pleasantry, and even to turn the table upon themselves. The enemy finally gave up every point, and handsomely offered to accommodate us with the field of battle ; but feeling bound in politeness to return the visit,l ordered an advance of the whole line: and we were at once hospitality per mitted to enter their lines without cere mony, and make ourselves at home in their camp. In justice to their generosity 1 must not omit to state, that we found it abundantly provisioned,—the artillery en tirely placed at our command, —the whole baggage devoted to our use, and even the military chest left very much at our ser vice. “The list ofcasualties is not yet made tip, but lam in possession,of some of the j details. The 111th was politely invited to a masked battery, and a succession of balls, j kept up with a spirit that the regiment, j and Major Smith in particular, will long remember. Cornet Bower is deeply in debted to a lancer, who helped him off bis horse; and Captain Curtis is lying un-i 1 tier tt similar obligation in the hospital, j Captain Flint owes the cure of his wound j to the skill of a carbineer; and Licuten j ant Bower was favored with as specific a j remedy for extermination of blood to the head. Colonel Boult was handsomely pre sented with the freedom of the field, in closed in a shell ; and Major Brooke is absent, having received a pressing in ! citation that he could not well resist—to i visit the enemy’s quarters, j “I have the honor to be, tScc. &c. &.c. (Signed) Ma writs. ( Countersigned) Cn estek field.” Northamton. The extensive Mead ows spread out contiguous to the Coiinec j ticut river, have been overflowed during ! the past week to a great extent. The far- j j tners are sulfering severely, as the crops ! already planted tire destroyed and the ground now overflowed will require to be J newly worked over. The danger is, the season is so far advanced, they will never iconic to maturity. The uncertainty of j floods at tdl seasons and the repeated loss lof crops by late spring freshets, render ; Meadow lands of very questionable value. The rain has been almost incessant ibr aj week past and the w hole country lias been ; deluged with cold water. Not only are I the crops destroyed, but vegetation is I ; checked and the prospects of a harvest oft i great bounty is made doubly dubious.! j The floods occasioned great annoyance: tutd loss to the farmers, but they adorn the landscape. The Meadows inundated, j present, in some spots, extensive sheets of; water, and in other places, slender linesol'i glittering beauty, running across the grass lands, like broad threads of silver. The! boundary of these waters on the east and i ■ -Youth are Holyoke and Mount Tom. Thej exact line of the River i> lost and the im mense area betu re,i this village and the < mountains is much of it covered into a beautiful, but transient lake. At such a 1 season n>this, when the green foliage is just opening and the blossoms are whiten ing the vail v and Kill side with their fragrant . flowers and trees, and shrubs are seen shooting up, as it w ere from the bottom of the “great deep the landscape possesses singular richness and beauty. It should be seen from tin elevation such as Round Hill or Holyoke. It is worth vears of heartless and dull looking at brick and mor tar and paving stones which make up“citv sights.” [Northampton Courier. Ct NNiNu. . It has often been said that where nature denies talent, she gives cun ning ns a substitute. An Irish gentleman had a son who was deemed an idiot; the little fellow, when nine or ten years of a or, was fiend of drumming and once dropped his drumstick into the draw-well. He knew that his carelessness would he pun ished by its not being searched for, and therefore did not mention his loss, but pri vate!} took a large silver punch ladle and dropped it into the same place. The but ler was blamed, but the draw-well was not 1 thought of. lie then got a silver pint cup | and tumbled that in alter it. The servants | were blamed, and in a short time it was! forgotten. llp tit last got a silver salvor, ami! th rew that down also. Tins was a matter! t<> be investigated, and a very strict inqui-i ry took place. 'l'lieservants all pleaded; ignorance, and looked \v! it suspicion on j ; each other, when tlso voting gentleman,} who had thrust himself into the circle, said lie had observed something shining at the bottom oi’the draw-well. A boy was j dropped down in a bucket, and soon bawl ed out from the bottom, “I have found the punch-ladle, and salver,and here's the hall pint cup, so wind up.” “Stop,” roared out the lad, “stop; now your band's in, \ou may as well bring up my drum-stick!” j American National .Mei.odies. We remember, olte morning, visiting the rooms °t a distinguished (Jcrmfln who recent!". visited this country for scientific objects ;! 1 and found, among a mass of statistical j tracts and learned documents of one kind j or another, an assortment of music, which j , seemed singularly out of place in such a j collection : nor was our w onder diminish ed when, upon turning over the pieces! which had been selected by our grave and philosophic friend, to find that they con sisted wholly of negro airs, such as Jim (’row, Clar de Kitchen, Ohio Bluff, and ' other such choice tnorceau —each orna -1 mciited, or rather disfigured, with the cus tomary lithograph of a thick lipped Ethi-j | opian. Upon inquiring of Dr what lie; intended to do w ith such stuff, he gravely j informed us that he collected them to take! back to Europe, .as specimens of the mu sical genius of the Americans. [New York Mirror. Some w r eeks since, at the moment when one of the actors at the theatre of the Porte St Martin, Paris, said to another in the piece, “Now, y.ou have nothing more to do than to recommend yourself to God,’’some one amongst the audience cried out, “There is no such Beifig.” A violent tu -1 mult arose—cries of “Turn out the Ath } eist,” “Turn out the impious wretch,” j were heard from all sides. The whole house was in an uproar until the author of the confusion had been removed from the ! box. Anew process has been discovered at' Strasburg by means of w'hich a white crys tallised sugar is produced in twelve hours from beet-root, and which does not re quire any further refining. This inven tion is the more curious, as neither rmy acids or chemical agency is employed in this remarkable operation, and the use of I animal black is entirely dispensed with, j It has also the advantage of saving 2d per j cent, in the consumption of fuel. The ; new process is applicable in all the pres ent manufactories of sugar, with the ex i (-option of those upon the principle of des ! sir at ion of the beet-root. The inventor jis M. Edward Stolle, who, though not ! more than twenty four years of age, is al ready highly distinguished for his experi ments in chemistry, and his works in po lite literature. PROSPECTL S OF THE A WEEKLY PAPER, PUBLISHED AT BRUNSWICK, GLYNN COUNTY, GEORGIA. The causes which render necessary the es tablishment of this Press, and its claims to the support of the public, can best be presented by the statement of a few facts. Brunswick possesses a harbor, which for ac cessibility, spaciousness and security, is une qualled on the Southern Coast. This, of itself, would be sufficient to render its growth rapid, and its importance permanent; for the best port South of the Potomac must become the site of a great commercial city. But when to this is added the singular .salubrity of the cli mate, free front those noxious exhalations gen erated by the union of salt and river waters, and which are indeed “charnel airs” to a while population, it must be admitted that Brunswick contains all the requisites for a healthy and populous city. Thus much lias been the work of Nature ; but already Art lias begun to lend her aid to this favored spot, and the industry of man bids fair to increase its capacities, and | i add to its importance a hundred fold. In a ! few months, a canal will open to the harbor of Brunswick the vast and fertile country through | which (low the Altamaha, and its great tribu tiricr.. A Rail Road will shortly be comniene- J ed, terminating at Pensacola, tints uniting the j waters of the Gulf of Mexico with the Atlantic j Ocean. Other Rail Roads intersecting the I State in various directions, will make Bruns wick their depot, and a large portion of the j trade from the Valley of the Mississippi will ; yet find its way to her wharves. Such, in a ! few words, arc the principal causes which will j operate in rendering Brunswick the principal I city of the South. But while its advantages i are so numerous and obvious, there have been found individuals and presses prompted by sel j fish fears and interested motives, to oppose an j undertaking which must add so much to the i importance and prosperity of the State. Their united powers arc now applied to thwart in | every possible manner, this great public bene ; fit Misrepresentation and ridicule, invective i and denunciation have been heaped on Bruns i wick and its friends. To counteract these cf i forts by the publication and wide dissemination i of the facts—to present the claims of Bruns wick to the confidence and favor of the public, to furnish information relating to all the great works of Internal Improvement now go ing on through the State, and to aid in devel oping the resources of Georgia, will be the leading objects of this Press. Such being its end and aim, any interfer ence in the party (wlitics of the day would be improper and impolitic. Brunswick lias re ceived benefits from—it has friends in all par ties, an.l every consideration is opposed to rendering its Press tiie organ of a party. To the citizens of Georgia—and not to the mem bers of a party —to the friends of Brunsw ick— to the advocates of Internal Improvement— to the considerate and rcllcctiug—do we apply 1 tor aid »nd support. Terms—Three dollars per annum in ad-! vance, or four dollars at the end of the year. J. \V. FROST. Editor. DA\ IS & SHORT, Publishers. 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IT cannot be denied that the present state of our country demands peculiar and well di rected activity on the part of the press to make known the 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, at a little delay only, after it has been received in | the Atlantic cities, is praiseworthy, and should i in the end reward such persons as exert their ability for the successful furtherance of this ob ! ject. The Editors and Proprietors of the Boston Daily Herald, convinced of the importance ol i '1 ( arefiiily conducted press to disseminate in : formation throughout tho country, some weeks since issued the first number of the Semi Weekly Herald and Star, which they have found to be suitable to the wants of the inland community, as it lurnishos over one hundred newspapers in a year, at the very low price ol two dollars. This paper is made up from the Daily 1 let aid with such additional matter, in the shape of stories, legends, poetry, statements of the markets, and such information rcspcctinT sales as may be deemed advantageous to the yeomanry of the land. The peculiarity of the Herald and Star will be found to be in the fact that while it is not cn S a S e< l ' n party politics, it reserves to itselr the liberty ot speaking boldly and openly on-? every subject which concerns the weal of the w hole country—and summons to aid, besidcs the constant supervision of the Editors, valua ble assistants, who are industriously and hour lv exerting themselves to give strength and a ; bilitv to tlieir various departments. ! Ihe Herald and Star is published every Tucs ; day and Friday morning, and mailed on the J ffiglit previous in order to ensure its speedy '•transmission by the mails. ! The price is Two Dollars a year payable in advance ; $2.25 in throe months ; s2,;">o in six | months; $5 at the end of the yeap. The best ! method to ensure the reception'of the paper is to enclose $2 in a letter addressed to the Pro prietors. HARRINGTON <fc CO. Boston, 18S7. 810 LOST from the piazza of Mrs Lamb's house,. a russet leather VALISE, containing a few articles.of clothing, a dressing case and a file of papers and three memorandum books, of' no use to any person but tho owner. Whoev er will return the papers and books either with or without the other articles, shall recoive the above reward of ten dollars and no questions asked, on application to this office Brunswick. June?. 1837