Newspaper Page Text
POETRY.
[From the London Court Journal.]
COME home:
The fancy and sentiment of the following
composition are alone sufficient to recommend
it to poetical readers; and such readers will
readily trace the verses to the pen of a lady.
B®l they ought to have an additional interest
in English eyes, being addressed by an Ameri
can a beloved brother who is now stay
ing in the metropolis. They may not unfairly
be taken as a specimen of the tone and charac
ter of the American poetry of the present day .
and however feebly such reflections may strike
others, to us there is something of pride and
joy in the thought of our own language being
used thousands of miles away, to produce
nuiribers so musical, and to express feelings so
characteristic of the human heart in every
clime.
Come home,
Would I could send my spirit o’er the deep,
Would I could wing it like a bird to thee,
To commune with thy thoughts, to (ill thy sleep
With these unwearying words of melody,
Brother, come home.
Rt Come home,
Come to the hearts that love thee, to the eyes
TLat beam in brightness but to gladden thine,
Come,where fond thoughts, like holiest incense
rise, *
Where cherish’d memory rears her altar s
3gg. shrine,
Brother, come home.
Come home.
Coipe to the he&rth-stone of thy earlier days,
Come to the ark like the o’er wearied dove.
Come with the sunlight ofthy heart s warm rays
Coine to the fire-side circle of thy love,
Brother, come home.
Come home,
it is not home without thee, the lone seat
Is still unclaim’d where thou were wont to be;
In every echo of returning feet,
In vuj* we list for whut’should herald thee,
~ Brot®r,come home.
* * Coine home,
We’ve nurs’d for thee the sunny lmdsof spring.
Watched every germ the full-blown flower
r ets rear;
Saw o'er their bloom the yhilly winter fling
Its icy garlands, and thou art not here,
Brother, cornu home.
Come home,
Would I could send my spirit o’er the deep,
Would I could wing it like a bird to thee—
To commune with thy thoughts, to fill thy sleep
With these unwearying words of melody,
Brother, come home.
$ C. 11. W.
FAME.
To die, and leave behind
Naught of surviving fame—
Os the divine, creating mind
No trace, no single name ;
To know no deed, no word,
Our memory to restore,
But that, when gone, there shall be heard
Os us no mention more !
Nay, mock not that thou hear’st me sigh ;
My friend ! this is indeed to die.
But to live on and on,
Among the great, the good,
Eternal station to have*won
"Mid that high brotherhood ;
Deep in the hearts of men
Enshrin'd to be;
To shine a beacon to the ken
Os far posterity :
Who would not days for ages give ?
Who would not die, seen life to live ?
What idle words are theirs,
Who bid us bound our powers
To passing pleasures, present cares,
Jpjlrief as the fleeting hours 1
Spdeein'd not they, 1 ween,
great of other days,
Whose brows still wear the living green,
Whose lamps still brightly blaze ;
So deemed not they, who struck the lyre
W ith Milton's truths, with Homer's fire.
# Iff'
No ! from a fount divine,
Tb< 'se restless longings come—
This hope in honored light to shine
Above the cold dark tomb.
Oh ! when from life 1 part,
Let me not wholly die ;
Still with sweet song to charm the heart,
Or raise with musings high,
Still live in tli6 remember'd line—
Oil! might this glorious meed be mine.
[New-York Star.
PARITY OF Euectioxs. “How much did
they give a vote in vour town ?” asked one of
the free tod independent electors of Newry,
addressing himself to one of the Downpatrick
pot wallopers.
“We were paid well when it came to the last
tug,* 5 was the reply; “I got ten pounds for my
vote.** *
“Ten pounds I" 1 said tlie Newry roan, con
temptuously—“and then put you off with thatr”
“W by, what did tyou get r” demanded the
citizen of Down great earnestness.
“We got every man of us a puncheon of
whiskey!" replied tlie elector of Newry.
“Powers of justice!" exclaimed the Down
patrick burgher, in a burst of virtuous indigna
tion—“Powersof justice! wc have bceu rob
bed out rfsur face f"—[Eng. paper.
Es'ecn.', s tljc mother of love ; but the
daughter w always older thin the mother.
lUISCEEEAY Y .
WOMAN 1 .
BY MRS. JA.VERSOX.
From the Preface to her American edition of
‘•Characteristics of Women.’’
Could wc hut, in real life, look into any
j heart as Shakspeare lias permitted us to look
! into Juliet’s and Lady Macbeth’s, —could we
follow the whole course of feeling in any fem
inine inind, —trace correctly the links that
i connect certain consequences with remote
1 causes, often rendering what we most condemn,
n dread necessity derived from foregone con
clusions—could wc, in short, see the whole, and
clearly, what we now see only in parts, anil
darkly—all that tempted to wrong, all that
! blinded to right, we should not then presume,
i from the little known, to infer the unknown ;
j to set ourselves up as accusers, judges, cxecu
i tioners, all at once : we should have more mer
|ry upon each other—as becomes '■good wo-
I men.’
Men make it a general accusation against
us as a sex, that we are ill-natured, unfair, pit
iless, in judging one another. They say that
when women get together,£t every word a
reputation dies ;” they say that as a savage
proyes.bi. heroism by displaying his grim ar
ray. the torn scalps 1 1 ids enemies, so fi wo
man thinks she proves her v irtue by exhibiting
the mangled reputation of her friends ; they
say—hut there is fto end to the witty imperti- j
nonces, and fag ends of rhymes from Simoni
des to Pope, which they fling at us on the sub
ject. I have never heard men so eloquently
satirical, as when treating with utter scorn the
idea that a woman can jiossihly elevate her
self in the eves of one of their sex by degra- j
ding, or suffering to be degraded, mil of her
own; and in their censure they are right—.
quite right; but wrong—quite wrong, in att.ri-,
huting this, our worst propensity, to ill-nature j
and jealousy. Ignorance is the main cuuse;
ignorance of ourselves and others ; and i
when I have heard any female acquaintance j
commenting with a spiteful, or a sprightly lev-;
ity, on the delinquencies and mistakes of their I
sex, 1 have only said to myself, ‘they know j
not what they do.’ Here then, 1 present to!
woman a little elementary manual or intro
duction to the knowledge of women, in which ■
they may learn to understand better theirown !
nature—to judge more gently aml more truly j
of each other.
Anil in the silent, hour of inward thought,
To still susprrt, vet still nee re. themselves
111 lowliness of heart.
A Crave I)ic;i:er bi iued ai.ive. It is •
recorded, in a recent Knglidi paper, that the
Sexton and grave digger of the church and
town of Dedham, (England) had nearly finished
digging a grave ten feet deep when a great
quantity of earth from each side of th • grav e
suddenly caved in and completely buried him.
The accident was discovered by a man who
was passing through the church yard, when
curiosity led him to go and look at the grave :
he then discovered that the earl li had fallen in,
and heard a slight groan, and in a few seconds
the groan was repeated. lie immediately sus
pected it proceeded from under the loose earth
and supposing that the grave digger, might
have been accidently buried, he called out
“Sam, arc you there?” when lie immediately
heard another groan, that satisfied his suspi
cions were not ill-founded. lie gave the
alarm, and in a very short time a considerable
number of inhabitants were at the spot, and
every exertion was used to clear th l * loose
earth out of the grave, but it was nearly twenty
minutes before the body of the unfortunate
man was extricated and he was found lifeless
in his “little kingdom of a forced grave.”—
[Transcript.
- ♦
Education ok Daioiitf.rs. —Since there
is a season when the youthful must cease to he
young, and the beautiful to excite admiration,
to learn how to g row old gracefully is perhaps,
one of the rarest and most valuable arts that
can be taught to women. And, it must he
confessed that it is a most severe trial for those
women to lay down beauty who have nothing
else to take up. It is for this sober season of
life that education should lay up its resources.
However disregarded hitherto they may have
been they will be wanted now. When admir
ers fall uwav and flatterers become mute, the
mind will be driven to retire into itself, and it'
it find no entertainment at I tome, it will be uriv
en back again upon the world with increasing
force. Yet forgetting this, do we not seem to
enducate otir daughters exclusively for the tran
sient period of youth, when it is to maturer
life we ought to advert ? Do we not educate
them for a crowd and not for themselves ?
for show and not for user—for time ;uul not
for eternity ?—[Mrs. More.
Universal love is like a glove without fin
gers, which fits all hands alike, and none close
ly, bnt true affection,is like a glove with, fin
gers, which tits one hand only, and sits close to
that one.
Maloun, physician to the Queen of France,
was so fond of drugging, that it was told of
him, that once having a most patient patient,
who diligently and punctually swallowed all
tlie Ptu3s he ordered, he was so delighted in
seeing all the phials and pill boxes cleaned
out, that he shook him cordially by tlie hand,:
exclaiming, “ My dear sir, it really atlords me
pleasure to attend you, and you desem to bo
ill." i
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
j The Command Night.
dence of the New York Star.] The “sea- 1
i son” at flie King’s Theatre nominally
commenced about a month since, but in
real ity it did not open until Saturday
night, when the Grisis, Rubini, Lablache,
j and Tainburini appeared. It was “a com
mand-night,” a term which
explanation on our side of the water,
i When the King, (iucen, or other incni
j hers of the Royal Family wish to visit any
(Theatre, an official announcement of this
intention is made to the management.
This serves the double purpose of giving
managers an opportunity to make any
needful preparations for the reception of
loyalty, and of making known to the pub- 1
ricthat, on such a night, besides the or
dinary spectacle on the stage, they may
behold, at the usual prices of admission,;
i the “illustrious” person or persons who
j are to v isit the theatre for the laudable
| purpose of seeing and being seen. 1
know not bow it is, but people in our
I theatres are uncommonly loyal. Even
when George IV, was most unpopular, j
i (on account of his wife) ihe play-goers!
i did not hiss him.
i On one occasion, when the allied sov-j
iereigns were in England, they all accoju-j
pained Gemge IV (the Regent) to Drury j
Earn: Theatre. The Princess of Wales,!
l to vex him, entered an opposite box, about]
ten minutes after the monarelis and the
Prince had taken their seats with marked
| applause. There was a momentary pause
—a dead silence—a hush of expectation,
j.while the audience were in doubt as to j
the mtflincr m which tiie Regent would j
treat his wife, whom lie had not seen for|
many years. Annoyed, as he must have !
been, by the mal-npropos visit, he was too i
1 much a man of the world to lose his scit-j
[possession. He rose and made a low j
; i>ow to the Princess, and the Allied Sov-j
i ereigns immediately did the same. Tliisj
act of common courtscy secured him the
undivided applause of the audience, and
the Princess soon quitted the theatre, hav- j
ilig “taken nothing by her motion.” The j
present King and (Ineeii have rarely j
visited the theatre of late. The last time;
they were there, the public were edified !
by seeing the Queen pour outur cup of I
tea for the King, and cream and sugar to j
his taste. The audience, applauded this,
as ll it were a virtue, and the newspapers
gravely spoke of it, as if it were an ac
tion worthy of being gazetted among!
“the noble achievements of women.” A 1
command night, when the bespeak is from
the Monarch, is really a splendid display.
All the beauty, rank and fashion of the
metropolis, or at least in it. occupy the
boxes, in as full dress as if they were at
the Queen's .drawing-room. Their ma
jesties sit in the side box next the stage,
which box is pushed a little forward to
exhibit the tjnge to them, and exhibit them
to the audience. Plain chairs of state are
placed for them, in this box, (to which a
retiring room is attached) and the com
pany invariably rise, as a mark of respect,
when the royal visitants appear. They
usually come in state, with pretty, full
suite, and on their alighting at the exclu
sive entrance,- reserved for them, the man
ager meets them at the door with two
wax candles in his hands, in silver candle
sticks. This attention is invariably ac
knowledged by some friendly words from
the royal visitants, and “compliments
having passed,” the manager walks back
wards (such is the etiquette) through the
lobby and up tiie stairs, until at last, the
retiring room is reached, lie waits out
side the door until they are ready, and
then escorts them into the box. Tlie
same ceremony takes place on their return j
and tlie sum ot si.»oo is enclosed the next j
dav for the use of the seal in the theatre, j
Thy “command/’ on Saturday, was from!
the Duchess ol Kent and Princess Yicto-j
ria. They took their seals long before!
the curtain rose, when, though the pit and '<
gallery were immediately filled, there were ‘
very few people in the boxes. When the -j
first act was concluded, the rush into the
boxes became great.
1 UK ( Os .NTIIV MAN AMI Ills SADDLE OK
\ unison. The Exeter News Letter re
lates the following excellent anecdote :
“A country man from the uotiiern part of I
the State once called upon Gov. Went
worth at Portsmouth, and begged his ac
ceptance of a saddle of venison. The;
Governor loved venison and smiled most 1
gracefully upon Jonathan as lie accepted
the present and thanked him for so ac
cep!able a mark of his respect. But the:
man hemmed and scratched his head, and j
was in no hurry to depart. The errand'
was but half done. J iis excellency in
quired of him if he could in any way be
ofserr ice to him, when Jonathan informed ,
him that there was no ensign in the mil
itia company at and lie would be!
dreadtuJly obliged to lus Governorship
for a commission. The Governor would
be very happy to oblige him if he had the
proper recommendations; and asked if
the company had elected him for their
Ensign, or sent any evidence of their wish j
for Ins appointment 1 “Why, no, may it
please your Excellency's Honor,” said
Jonathan, “there are only two other men
1 in town but mvself, and one of them is the
Captain, and the other the Lieutenant,
and they exercise and niuiueuvre me so
much that lam really afraid if I’m not
made an ensign pretty soon, they will
drill me to death.”
Shlnci.e Blessedness. There are
OCO ffrimarried females in the citv of New
\ ork , forty thousand ol whom are over
sixteen years of age !
CAREY’S LIBRARY OF CHOICE
LITERATURE.
rpO say that this is a reading age,
A desire for instruction, and the means to
gratify that desire, on the first are a
greed ; on the second, there is diversity both
of opinion and practice. We have, newspa
pers, magazines, reviews, in fine, pdlnphlets of j
all sizes, on nearly *ll subjects, winch have
severally their classes of readers and support
ers. And yet copious as are these means of
intellectual supply, more are still needed. In ,
addition to the reviews of the day and passing '
notices of books, the people in large numbers, i
in all parts of our great republic crave the pos- i
session of the books themselves, and details,!
beyond mere passing allusion, of the progress j
of discovery in art and science. But though it
tie easy to ascertain and express their wants, it
is not so easy to gratily them. Expense, dis-j
tance from the emporium of literature, engross- j
mg occupations which prevent personal appli
cation of-even messages to libraries and book
sellers, are so many causes to keep people a
vvay from the feast of reason and the enjoyment
of tile covered literary aliment. It is the ob
ject of the publishers of the 1 ibrary to obviate ,
tiiese difficulties, and to enable every individ- ]
ual, at a small cost and without any personal
effort, to obtain for iiis own use and that of his
favored friends or family, valuable works, com
plete., on all the branches of useful and popular
literature, and that in a form adapted to tile
comfort of the reader.
The charm of variety, ns far us it is compati
ble with morality and good taste, will be held
constantly in view in conducting the Library,
to fill tli.- pages of which tlxe current literature
of Great Britain, in all its various departments j
of biography, history, travels, novels and poe*
try, shall be freely put under contribution. —
With pcrchiyicc occasional exceptions, it is in
tended to give entire the work which shall be j
selected for publication. When circumstances
authorizeAho measure, recourse will be had to '
the literijjjsjores of Continental Europe, and
translations made from French, Italian or Ger j
man, as the case may be.
Whilst the body of the work will be a reprint, j
or at times a translation of entire volumes, the j
cover will exhibit the miscellaneous character j
of a magazine, un4 consist of sketches of men j
and tilings, and notices of novelties in literature
and the arts throughout the civilized world.—
A full and regular supply of the lityrary, month
ly and hebdomadal journals of Gnat Britain
a:|d Ireland, in addition "to home periodicals of
a similar character, cannot fail to provide am
ple materials for this part of our work.
The resources and extensive emrespithdcuce
of the publishers are the best guarantee for the j
continuance of the enterprize in which they j
are about to embark, as w ell as for the abun- |
dance of the materials to give it value in the j
eyes of the public. As far as judicious selec
tion and arrangement are concerned, readers j
will it is Imped, have reason to be fully sutisti- j
cd, as the editor of the Library is not a strau* |
ger to them, but Ims more than once obtained j
their favorable suffrages for his past literary j
efforts.
TERMS.
The work wilf6o published in weekly nuut
j hers, in stitched covers, each number contain
ing twenty imperial octavo pages, with di üblc
'columns, making two volumes anuuallv,. of
! more than '>•'<! octavo pages, each volume ; and
! at tin- expiration of every six months, subscri
-1 tiers will be furnished witli a handsome title
1 page and table of contents. The whole amount
of matter furnished in a single year, will be e
i,ual to more than forty volumes of the com
mon sized English duodecimo books. Tile pa
per upon which the Library will be printed,
will be of the finest ipiality Used tor book work,
and of a size admirably adapted for binding.—
! As the type will lie entirely new, and of a ut at
appearance, each volume when hound, will
I furnish a handsome as well as valuable, wild
| not cumbrous, addition to the libraries of those
j who patronize the work.
j The price of the Library will be Five Dollars
! per annum, payable in advance. J
A commission-of go per to lit. will bo allowed j
to agents; and any agent or postmaster, fur-I
lushing five subscribers, and remitting the a- \
| mount of subscription, shall be entitled tollin'
j commission of ‘JO per cent, or a copy of the!
j work for one yCar.
Editors of newspapers, to whom this pros
pectus is forwarded, will please insert the a :
j hove us ol\en as eonvenieni. and send a copy
I of their paper containing the advertisement
j marked, and entitle themselves to a free ex
j ehangf*fqfca;i;:- year. Address
* L. L. CARY »V A. HART,
l’liiladelphia.
\ Till! 11 KHALI) AND STAR.
IT cannot be denied that the present state of
l our country demands peculiar and well di-
I reeled activity on the part of the press to make
j known the features ot the various topics which
| are now agitating the various portions of the
i national confederacy. To supply, at a low
, price, the inland towns with information, at a
! tittle delay only, after it has been received in
J the Atlantic cities, is praiseworthy, and should
j ill the end reward sueh persons as exert tiieir
I ability for the successful furtherance of tiiis ob
ject-
The Editors and Proprietors of the Boston
I Daily Herald, convinced of the importance of
| a carefully conducted press to disseminate in-
J formation throughout tlie country*, some weeks
i since issued the first number ot' the Semi
M i.tKi.i lli.KAi.u and Star, which they have
: touud to be suitable to the wants of the inland
community, ns it furnishes over one hundred
newspapers in a year, at the very low price ot
; two dollars. This paper is made up 1 rout the
Daily Herald with sueh additional matter, in
Inc shape of stories, legends, poetry, statements
1 of Hi e markets, and such information respecting
| sales as may be deemed advantageous to the
yeomanry of the land.'
j The peculiarity of the Herald and Star will
! be found to be in the fact that while it is Dot
' engaged in party politics, it reserves to its< it
; the litierty of speaking boldly and openly on
every subject which concerns the weal of the
i whole country—and summons to aid, besides
j ihe constant supervision ol the Editors, vaiua
' ble assistants, who are industriously and hour
ly exerting themselves to give strength and a
bility to tiieir various departments.
"Tlie Herald and Star is published every Tiles
day iuid Friday morning, and mailed on the
night previous in order to ensure its speedy
1 transmission by the mails,
j T tie price is Two Dollars a year payable in
: advance ; $2,25 in three months; $2,50 in six
! months ; $3 at the end of the year. The best
method to ensure the reception*of the paper is
to enclose $2 in a letter addressed to the Pro
prietors. HAIIItINGTON «.Y CO.
Boston, 1837.
$lO Itcnard.
IOST from the piazza of Mrs Lamb's house,
-J a russet leather VALISE, containing a
tew articles oi clothing, a dressing case and a
file ot papers and three memorandum books, ol
no use to any person but the owner. Whoev
er return the papers and books either with
or without the other articles, shall receive the
above reward of ten dollars and no questions
asked, oil application to this office.
Brumw i»k. June and. IW7.
Ladies C ompanion tor 1837.
LITERARY ENTERPRIZE!!
I Devoted more especially to the interest of the
Ladies !
TERMS —THREE IIOII.AKS A YEAR.
TH E LADIES COMPANION, a month
ly periodical, eqapjuienccd on the broad
grounds of difl’using general information, far
and wide—at a price, which is within the reach
ol all classes of the community. The plan lias
! succeeded beyond the most sanguine anticipa
i twins of the proprietor. The first number was
| issued to the public, with only si central names
| of subscribers, and at this day it boasts of a cir
i culation nearly double that of any monthly
; Magazine in America; and is daily increasing,
at an average of twenty subscribers. In the
pages of the Ladies Companion, every class of
readers will find that which will tend to their
j enjoyment; tales, of every nature, pathetic and
"humorous ; choice essays and sketches by the
best writers of the day ; literary and scientific
intelligence; copious extracts from American
and English Annuals; strictures on the drama
and fine arts; notices of all the new publications
j as they issue from the press; translations from
! the French, Spanish, Greek, German, Italian
j and Hebrew languages; original and selected
poetry ; original nni»is and Engravings, with
fine wood cuts and patterns of embroidery ot
every description, independent of an immense
variety of miscellaneous articles on every sub
ject of the least interest to the most casual
reader, embracing passing events ; biographi
cal sketches of noted individuals ; discoveries
in the arts and sciences, Arc. Ac. Ac-.; accounts
of colleges and American institutions ; -sketches
i from scenery of our own country ; public as-
I semblies, painting, popular lectures, speakers
j and authors; view- of olden times of the city of
j gotham ; Broadway Analyzed; comments on
Good Society. Ac. Ac. Embellished monthly
j w ith a splendid Steel Engraving; popular mu
i ski—original and selected ; and Embroidery for
j the working of lace patterns. In short nothing
j required to insure interest, amusement, or the
j improvement of the mind in the pages of the
i Ladies Companion, will be wanting on the
| part of the proprietor, and it will be—
j “ Witli sweetest flowers enrich'd,
Fjrpm various gardens cull'd with-care.”
Articles from the pens of the first authors in
either Europe or America have appeared in tin
pages of the Ladies Companion, during the two
last volUines,.without reference to expense, too
numerous to name, which stamps it the cheap
est and most diversified periodical issued in A
lnerica
Negotiations have been commenced with an
| additional number of popular writers, for origi
j rial contributions for the ensuing year, among
j them are—
W. G. Simms
Capt. Marryutt
Sheridan Knowles
M ss L. E. Lamlon
Miss Gilman
1 lon. Mrs. Norton
I, Blessing-ton
E. Burke Fisher
Edgar A. Poe
Miss H. F. Gould
N. C. Brooks, A. M
Isaac C. i’rav, Jr.
11. Hustings Weld
B. B. Thatcher
Mrs. Childs.
E. L. Bulv.-er
Miss Leslie
James G. Percival
R. Shelton Mackenzie
Mrs. E. File it
Miss Louisa 11. Medina
Leigh Hunt
John Nenl
Sargent Talfourd
Mi •s Jamieson
fi I’. R. James
Grenville Mellon
Professor Ingraham
Mrs. L. II Sigourney
Mrs. Ann S. Stevens
In conjunction with those who have, hereto
fore favored the Ladies Companion with origi
mil contributions.
it lias ever been the aim of the proprietor to
inculcate and promote the cause of morality.—
It einnot lie denied that the periodical press
exercise n decided influence upon the moral
ami intellectual character; "ami where that
press is untrammelled by mercenary consider
ations nr vicious principles, its effect must be
elevating and refining to a community, like
j that of America. dli these views, every thing
j operating injuriously to morals or religion have
i been studiously avoided Mid not allowed a place
j in the Magazine; tor, we hold those men as
I traitors to their country, who, would seek to do
j stroy the pure doctrines of virtue and religion.
I either hv open opposition or secret intrigue,
i in sustaining the literary character of tin- La
; dies Con patuon, the proprietor will not confine
I himself to the mere task of pleasing, without
! imparting vgor to the mind; hut will endeavor
|to present, hull], that which will he attractive
to superficial readers, as well as that which
w-ill furnish subjects ll.r reflection to the stu
dent. No work in America presents its sub
scribers with sueh a lneleiige of invaluable
reading as the Ladies Companion, for its ex
treiu. l v low price (three dollars a year :) and
letters are continually being received from Eu
| rope, inquiring how it is possible for a periodi
i cal to lie issued at such a small rate, which
i proves its undeniable claims to the support of
the American people, particularly those of the
state ol New York and adjacent ones.
It is not generally known to the public that
each number oi the Ladies Companion con
tains more reading than any other Magazine in
America; and its subscription price is two dol
lars less than those issued in New York. A
single page contains more than two pages of
the other Magazines, and some of them three.
The terms are three dollars a year, parable
in advance, and no subscription taken for less
than one year, it is published on the l.'.th of
each month, stitched in a colored cover and for
warded to subscribers out of the city by the
earliest mails, strongly enveloped in double
wrappers to prevent friction. Office. Hi) Wil
liam street. A\ ,\\ . SNOWDEN, Proprietor.
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS PREMIUMS
Encouraged by the unparalleled patronage
extended to the Lames Companion, the pro
prietor is anxious to show his gratitude for the
favors of the public, by offering the largest a
mount for original articles, ever known” This
sum is divided in different premiums to enable
the numerous writers of America or Europe to
participate equally for the enjoyment of one or
more of those particularized in tin- lb flow mu
table
Original Tale of the Early Settlers, not to ex
ceed 20 pages, S2OO
\ oyages in tlie North, JtlO
“ South, 10b
“ Mexico 75
*• “ Peru, 75
i‘- Legend of the Rocky Mountains. 75
“ “ “ American Revolution, 75
“ Pocin. not to exceed five pages, 75
“ “and best,
“ Dramatic Sketch, oo
“ Essay on American Literature, 50
“ “ *•’ Education of Females 00
“ Piratical Sketch 05
For tlie best piece of Music, composition and ~
words original, 05
It is requested that candidates for the above
premiums will send their productions by the
August, 1-37, postpaid, addressed to
W.\Y . Snowden, New York. If a sufficient
number be not received by that period, the
time w ill be extended ; but it. is confidently ex
petted by the subscriber that the writers of this
country will be stimulated with a desire tq ex
alt the literary reputation of America, and con
sequently prevent an extention of time, by for
warding, their articles by the first of August.
All articles not receiving a premium will pc
considered the property of the subscriber.
W. W. SNOWDEN. N Y*rk
To the Boat Clubs of the City
of Aew York.
GENTLEMEN: —“The Aquatic Club of
Georgia,” having frrqently heard of the
fleetness of your Boats and skill of your Oars
men, are desirous of comparing the speed of
one of their Boats, with the speed of one of
yours, on the following terms:
They propose to run their I’oUr Oared Canoe
Boat “Lizard,” one straight mile opposite the
City of Savannah, in fair and calm weather, a
gainst any four Oared Plank Boat built in the
City of New York, not over ti 7 feet 3 inches on
the keel, (which is the length of the Lizard's)
for Ten Thousand Dollars a side—Two thous
and forfeit.
Tin- race to take place in the month of*Ho
veniber next. Should the day that may boa
greed not be fair and calm, the race to take
place on the first fair and calm day thereafter.
'She stakes to be deposited in one- of the
Banks in Savannah, on or before the Ist day of
October next.
Should the terms, proposed, be acceptable,
address Clias. 11. Floyd, Jeflersonton, Camden
Cos. Ga. and particulars can be arranged by cor
respomli-nce.
CHAS. R. FLOYD. } Secretaries
HENRY DUBIGNON, j A. C. G.
June S.
IVew
C EORG E IIARRINf • i ON A CO.
HAVE commenced bush: m this place,
and intend keeping as . al an assort
ment of goods as can be foum. , any store in
this section of the State, and they respectfully
solicit the patronage of the Planters and others,
so far as they may deserve it.
They have just 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 will constantly be receiving addition
al supplies.
THEY HAVE NOW FOR SAI.E,
Brown and bleached Shirtings and Sheetings,
Ticking, Calicoes and Cambrics,
Ginghams. Flannels, Sattinct,
Merinos. Negro Cloths,
Silk tutd Cotton Handkerchiefs,
Ribbons, Gloves, Hosiery,
Thread, Sewing Silk, Pins, Bindings.
Buttons, Table Cloths* Shawls, Umbrellas,
Blankets, Mattrasses, Ac. Ac.
orocf.ries. -
Brown and Loaf Sugar, Tea, Coffee,
Chocolate, Shells, Molasses,
Brandy-, Giu and Wines,
Raisins, Cassia, Nutmegs, Cloves, Cocoa,
Ginger, Mustard, Sweet Oil,
Pepper, Cayenne. Candli s. Soap,
Spermaceti Oil, Tobacco, Cigars,
Rutter, Cheese. Pepper Sauce.
Starch, Pimento, Sait Petre, Salt.
Pickled Salmon, Mackerel, Codfish,
Pollock. Herrings,"
Tongues and Sounds, Ac. Ac.
w non is w 11; k,
Such ns Tubs. Pails, Dippers, Axe Handles,
Corn Brooms, Ac. Ac.
Il l III) WAKE.
gfetes, Adzes, Frying Pans, Window Glass,
wteel, Nails, Fowling Pieces,
Brass Kettles, Knives and Forks,
Penknives, Scissors. Brushes,
with almost every artjele wanted in hnildinir,
or for family n^c.
—AI.SO. —
Tints, Boots. Shoes, Ready made Cl th no-
Ac. Ac.
CROCKERY ANII GRASS WARE.
A complete assortment lor family use.
G. 11. A CO. will receive orders for any ar
ticles of Foreign or Domestic growth or manu
facture that cun be procured in Boston, con
fidenrphat their advantages of obtaining such
articles will enable them to give satisfaction to
those who may employ them.
Brunswick, Ga. June S, ]G37.
Select School.
7VTOW ill operation under the superinten
ds 'I donee of the subscriber, nine miles
above Brunswick, in the vicinity of John Bur
nett, Esq. in which youth of both sexes may
receive instruction in all the branches usually
taught in our academies. Board may be obtain
ed tor a few individuals in the immediate vi
cinity on reasonable terms. Terms of Tuition.
Common {'.ranches of English studies, six dol
lars in r quarter. Languages and higher branch
es 01 Mathematics, eight dollars.
ELAM S. ASHCRAFT.
.1 une 15.
ftt'fiiooi.
rfiAHE subscriber has opened a School at the
a Court House in Brunswick, Glvnn Cos.
whore youth of both sexes are instructed in all
“a branches of an English education, viz:
Reading anil Spelling. Writing, English Grnin
-1 mir. C 1 grophy and Common Arithmetic
ile wil! als give instrueti n in Natural Philos
ophy. Chemistry and- Ri Ic.
j] i*!! • ird can he ■ !•?,- a. i <-,) very* reasonable
terms in the ianurdii.i. - -initv,' and the sMi
(fieriber pledges hili:. lif 1 ' i exertion will
be wanting on his part 1 a rfeet satisfac
tion to all who may on;re,- 1 heir children to
his rare. Terms: Common branches, jtjs-1 per
quarter; Philosophy, Chemistry. &-c. ftfi.
AARON JONES, Jr.
Refer to J. W. F ROST.
Juno 8.
TEte Liotts of PSiiinricSpliia.
P 1 111L architectural beauty of many of the
-fi- PUBLIC Bl ILDI NGS of this city is pro
verbial. I hev have not only been the pride of
the city. Imt excite the attention of all stran
gers. Believing that it woulcPbe highly accep
table to our numerous patrons, scattered as they
are from tlie Lakes to the Pecan, to be present
ed with Sri.EN-Din Lustrations, from the
hands of first rate artists—we have made ar
rangements to bring out a complete series.—
They will embrace a correct and well executed
view of all tlie PUBLIC EDIFICES, of our
city and vicinity, forming in the end a collec
tion. that may well be termed the LIONS OF
PHILADELPHIA, and which will be present
ed to our patrons, without trenching upon tlifc
usual variety of our columns. Where it may
he expedient we will accompany the engrav
ings with such descriptions of size and facts of
history, as may be of interest.
We shall begin the publication as soon as we
get several engravings from the hands of the
artists, who are now at work upon them. Oil
the appearance of the first view we shall espe
cially increase our edition of the Courier, to
supply those who may wish to obtain and pre
serve these views.
The views will also appear regularly in the
PHILADELPHIA MIRROR.
[D’As a trifling expression of our regard, we
shall print the whole series, at their completion,
upon fine white paper, in uniform style—form
ing a beautiful collection of Views, and present
th in to such of our Country brethren, as may
oblige us by an insertion of this notice.
Philadelphia, June 27, 1837.
Job Printing
KtATt.V fiX»C»TE» AT TIO* •rt*m