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POET R Y. ITALY. BT It- r. WILLIS. A calm and lovely paradisa. Is Italy, for minds at ease, The sadness of its sunny skies Weighs not upSh the lives of these, -The ruin'd aisles, the crumbling sane. The broken column, vast and prone, It may be joy—it may be pain— Amid such wrecks to walk alone ! The saddest man will sadder be. The gentlest lover gentler thera, As if, whate’erthe spirit’s key, It strengthened in that solemn air. The heart soon grows to mournful things, And Italy has not a breeze But comeson melancholy wings ; And even her domestic trees Stand ghost like in the Caisar’s home As if their conscious roots were set In the old grave of giant Rome, And drew their sap all kingly yet ! And every stone your feet beneath Is broken from some mighty thought, And sculptures in the dust still breathe The fire with which their lines were wrought, And sunder’d arch, and plunder’d tomb Still thunder back the echo “Rome !” * TOO SOON. Too soon ! too soon ! how oil that word Cornea o’er the spirit like a spell ; Awakening every mournful chord That in the human heart may dwell ! Os hopes that perished in their noon— Os youth decayed too soon, too soon ! Too soon, too soon—it is a sound To dim the light with many fi tear, As bitterly we gaze around, And find how few we love are here ; Ah !—when shall we again commune With those we losttoo soon—too soon 1 Too soon, too soon—how wild that ton* Bursts on our dearest hours of bliss, And leaves us silent and alone ! To muse on such a theme as this ; No frown upon the quiet noon, Whoso parting light comes all too soon ! j Too soon, too soon—if e’er were thine The Joys, the fears, the hopes of love ; If though hast knelt before the shrine Os beauty, in some starlight grove : Whose lips, young roses, breathed of June.) Thou’st wept these words—too soon, too soon! : Too soon is stamped on every leaf, In characters of dim decay ; Too soon is writ in tears of grief! On all things fading fast away ! Oh ! is there one terrestrial boon, Our hearts lose not—too soon, too soon. MI»C E L la A A Y : Duelling Anecdote. The following an ecdote derived from a most authentic source, is highly illustrative of the sang fro id and de- j termination which characterized the French officers of the old school about the time of the lfcst Revolution. The Comte de B , a colonel in the line, distinguished for his gal-| lantry in the field, as well as for the length of) his service, was ordered to Martinique, with | his regiment, in the year 1771*. At that period the rage for duelling was every where preva lent, but in no place more so than in the West India islands, where the civilian as well as the military man alike endeavored to establish his reputation by the questionable test of “ up! affair.” Among the officers quartered in the garrison of St- i’ierre, was one, a Capt, (I j whose sole delight consisted in fighting and j fomenting duels, and who measured every | nmu’s character by the number which hetlad fought, lie was a man of brusque manners ) and arrogant bearing, but of undoubted though j misapplied courage. It happened one day j that conversing with the Coinpte de II , j the subject of duelling came on the tapis, when the Colonel observed, that although he had j seen much and various service, it had never been’his chance to be engaged in a single af fair. The words appeared to act like \\ lldtirc on the mind of his inflammable companion. “What!” he exclaimed, “ What! —Yon have 1 never had a cause for quarrel P “ Never,” re plied the Colonel calmly. “Eh bien done,” cried Capt. G , “voila um !" [well then here is one for you,] and raising his hand, while his eyes gleamed with ferocious pleas ure, he struck M. de B a violent blow on the cheek. The latter eyed him for a mo ment —nor attempted to return the blow—then pointing significantly to his sword, he left the spot- The consequence was inevitable. The preliminaries were arranged, and the same evening the parties met. It was decided to fight with small swords—indeed, duelling with pistols was rarely, if ever, practised in the French service. The Comte 11 came on the ground, wearing on his cheek a large patch of black taffeta, as if to conceal the place where he had received the injurious blow. They were both expert swordsmen, but the Colonel, though no duellist, was a perfect master of his weapon. « His antagonist was soon at his mercy, but he contented himself with inflicting a severe wound in his sword arm, and having disabled him for the time, he took out a pair of scissors from his pocket and clipping off a comer of the patch, very coolly observed, “ C'cst un peu mieur! ” [lt is a little better.] As soon as Capt. G recovered from his wound he re ceived, a second message from M. de B , and a second meeting was the consequence, at tended by a similar result Again they met and again, and on every occasion the Colonel wounded his adversary and clipped off a cor ner from the taffeta on his cheek, accompany ing the act with the same observation. For the fifth time the Comte de B invited his enemy to the field, and with a stem determin ation, equal to the perseverance which dogged him, Capt. G obeyed the summons. Their swords crossed again, but the Colonel’s aspect was changed. After a few passes he saw his j advantage, availed himself of it in a moment, 1 and in the next his sword had pierced Captain G ’s heart, who fell dead to the ground. I The Colonel sheathed his weapon, turned round to his friend and pulled off ti e remain -1 der of the patch. Then glancing at the dead ) body at his feet, he quietly observed, “ Main tenant c'est gueri." [And now-it is quite cur led-] 1 Tnr Boat Race. The race between the Whitehall boat Pioneer, and the Fulton Mar ’ ket boat Forget-Me-Not, came off from Cas tle Garden at the time appointed. The boats started at 20 minutes past four ; and rowed to a stake boat in the bay and back again. The Pioneer beat her antagonist by five lengths. Time nineteen minutes and twenty seconds in a distance of three miles. A vast assem blage of boats graced the regatta—as the word is we believe—and a very large number of persons were at Castle Garden and on the Battery to witness the race. On the whole, the aftair went off with great eclat [N. Y. Gazette. The following delightful description is from Miss Martineau’s book on America and the Americans : ‘The valley of the Connecticut is the 1 most fertile valley in New England : and j it is scarcely possible that any should be ; more beautiful. The river, full, broad and tranquil as the summer sky, winds I through meadows, green with pasture, or golden with corn. Clumps of forest trees afford a retreat for cattle in the sum mer heat, and the magnificent New Eng land elm, the most graceful of trees, is dropped singly, here and there, and casts ! its broad shadow upon the meadow. Hills of various height and declivity bound the now widening now contracting valley. To these hills the forest has retired ; the ev erlasting forest, from which, in America, we cannot fly. 1 cannot remember that, except in some parts of the prarics, I was ever out of the forest in the United States ; and lam sure I never wished to he so. It was like the ‘verdurous wall of Para* j dise,’ confronting the mighty southern [and western rivers to their channels. AVe were, as it appeared, imprisoned in it for many days together, as we traversed the south eastern States. We threaded it in Michigan ; we skirted in New York and Pennsylvania ; and throughout New Eng land it hounded every landscape. It look ed down upon us from the hill tops ; it advanced into notice from every gap and notch in the chain. To the native it must appear indispensable in the picture gallery of nature as tlie sky. To the Engl, h traveler it is an especial boon, an added charm, a newly-created grace, like the infant planet that wanders across the telescope of the astronomer. The English traveller never finds himself wea ry of prying into the forest from beneath its canopy ; or from a distance, drinking in its exquisite lutes; and his dreams for months or years, will he of the mossy roots, the black pines, aim silvery birch stems, the translucent greCn shades of the beech, and the slender creeper, climb ing like a ladder in the topmost boughs of the dark holly, a hundred feet high, lie will dream of-the march of the hours through the forest ; the deep blackness of the night, broken by the dim forest fires, and startled by the showers of sparks, sent abroad by the causual breeze from the burning stems. lie will hear again the shrill piping of the whip-po-wil, and the multitudinous din from the occasion al swamp, lie will dream of the still si lence which precedes the dawn ; of the gradual npparution of the haunting trees, coming faintly out of the darkness; of the first level rays, instantaneously pierc ing the woods to their very heart, and lighting them up into boundless ruddy col onades, garlanded with wavy verdure, and carpeted with glittering wild (lowers, or, lie will dream of the clouds of gay lmttcr : dies, and gauzy dragon (lies, that hover above the noon-day paths of the forest, ‘ or cluster about some graceful shrub, mak ing it appear to hear at once all the (lowers ol Eden, or tho golden moon will look down through his dream, making for him islands of light in an ocean of darkness, lie may not see the stars hut | by glimpses ; hut the winged stars of those regions—the gleaming fire (lies—radiate i from every sleeping hough, and keep his eye in fancy busy in following their glanc j ing; while his spirit sleeps in the deep charms of the summer night. Next to I the solemn and various beauty of the sea 1 and the sky, comes that oftlie wilderness. 1 doubt whether the sublimity oftlie vast | est mountain range, can equal that of ; the all-pervading forest, when the imag j ination becomes able to realize the con ception of what it is.’ Music.—O Music !—The theme of bards from time immemorial—who can sing of thee as thou deservest 1 The war drum beats—the clarion gives forth its piercing notes—and legions of armed men rush headlong to the tierce and de vastating battle. Again, the drum is muffled, and its deep notes heavily upon the ear, while the dead warrior is home along upon his bier and thousands mingle their tears to his memory. The tender lute sounds upon the silvery waters, and the lover throws aside his oar, and imprints a kiss upon the lips of his be loved. The bugle rings in the mountain’s recesses, and a thousand spears are uplift ed for a fierce and desperate conflict. And nofr (he organ peals, and with its swelling notes, the soul leaps into the ve ry presence of the Deity.— [Morris Matson. * A Hot Berth. The Baltimore Sun has this advertisement : “Wanted, three steady men to carry the Sun.” BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE. General Newspaper and Col lection Agency. THE undersigned, late editor and proprietor of the Augusta Chronicle, having the ex tensive business of that establishment to close, and conscious from long experience, how much such a facility is needed, at least by the l , ress. is disposed to connect with it a General Agen cy for the collection of Newspaper and other Debts, in this and the neighboring Southern States, and will travel almost continually to present them himself. Should the business of sered be sufficient, the agency 'will be made a permanent one—and while his lon g connexion with the Fress and consequent knowledge of its peculiar requisitions and benefits from such an Agency, and his extensive personal acquain tance with the localities and people of the coun try, afford peculiar facilities for the perform ancq of its duties t he trusts that suitable en quiries will leave no doubt of prompt and faith ful attention to them. A H. PEMBERTON. Mr. Pemberton will commence a trip-through Barnwell and Beaufort Districts, to Savannah, thence through "Bryan, Liberty, Mclntosh, Glynn and Camden counties, atld back through Wayne, Ac. to Savannah ; and thence through Effingham, Serivon, Burke, Jefferson, Wash ington and Warren, to Augusta. After which, he will travel through most of the neighborind districts of South Carolina, and the middle ang upper counties of Georgia; and 1 through the States of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, N. j Carolina, Virginia, &c. j | He will receive, for collection, claims of any i kind. Terms as follows : J JK urspuper accounts, fyc. (including those of Perioijica*,) when to be made out by him, from general lists, forwarded by mail, Ac. 15 per ct. .■Yew subscribers, with payment in advance, 25 j per cent; without payment in advance, 12 1-2 percent. He has been offered more in some I instances, but cannot consent to take more from 1 one than another, or than he himself would willingly pay; and now fixes on these rates as those he has jiuiJ, and as being as low as can be afforded, or as he has ever known paid— trusting for remuneration, more to the probable extent of business he may receive, than to the j rates themselves, together with the considera . tion of travelling for his health, and to collect ! for himself. Mercantile accounts, 5 per cent, more or less, according to amount, Ac. Remittances will be made according to ftistruc- j tioa, and at the risk of those to whom they arc addressed—ho furnishing the Postmaster s cer- j tificate of the amount deposited, and description ] of money, whenever a miscarriage occurs.— ; When left to his discretion, as often as circurn- ! stances, amount collected, safety, economy, Ac. may seem to justify, and checks, drafts, or I suitable notes in size, currency where sent, Ac ! can be obtained—and at the risk of those ad | dressed lo him in t htoe ity, will be immediately | forwarded to him, when absent. Reference to any one who knows him; mid there are few who do not in this city or section. ! lie is now Agent for the following Neswpa persand Periodicals, and authorized to receive subscriptions or payments therefor : Chronicle and Sentinel, Augusta. Constitutionalist, do. Southern Medical and Surgical Journal do. ■ Georgian, Savannah, Advocate, Brunswick, Ga. Mercury, Charleston. Southern Patriot, do. Southern Literary Journal do. Southern Agriculturalist, do. Western Carolinian, Salisbury, N. C. Farmers' Register, Petersburg, Va. Southern Literary Messenger, Richmond,Va. Merchant, Baltimore. Reformer, Wbshington City. Augusta, June 20. (lyPublishers ol Newspapers, Ac., who may think proper to engage his services, will please give the above two or three conspicuous inser tions weekly or monthly, and forward the No’s, containing it. To USiiilrfcr* Si Contractors TIIROUGHOUT G BORGIA. HAVING received a number of communi cations from individuals, making enquir ies respecting my Brick Machine, invented by Calvin Waterman, and now in successful ope ration in this place, I take Hi is method of an swering them—l invite all who feel disposed to purchase rights, to come and see the opera tion of the machine, and if there be anyone who says lie is disappointed in his expectations, I bind myself to pay the expenses of his trip.— I do not expect to sell a right to any one with out their first having seen the machine ; but in j 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 I the Southern States. In my absence from Macon, the editors of the Messenger will act i as mv authorized agents. T. L. SMTTIT. We having witnessed the performance of Mr I T. L. Smith’s new Brick Machine, invented by Calvin Waterman, now in operation in this place, take pleasure in recommending it to the | public. The fact of its performance is its best recommendation. We timed it, and find that 1 with new moulds and inexperienced hands, it made at the rate of two thousand three hund red and sixty-eight brick per hour. By mould ing ten hours in a day, it would therefore turn out twenty-three thousand six hundred per day. It requires six- boys to bear of!', and four to sand the mouhis, Ac.—together with four grown men. Thus fourteen hands are sufficient to make the above named quantity of the most beautiful brick per day. JOHN SPRINGER, DAVID F. WILSON. Macon, April 14. 1837. 1 have witnessed the performance of Mr T. L. Smith's new Brick-making Machine, just [ put into operation in this place : and have no ) hesitation in pronouncing it a great and useful j improvement on any other method of brick making I have ever seen, both as to the quality j oftlie brick and expedition in making. By re quest 1 timed the machine for half an hour ; I the result of that trial shows that with 14 hands the machine will turn out of beautiful and well ) tempered brick, 2,306 in one hour, or about 40 ! to the minute. JNO. RUTHERFORD. Macon, April 14. , June 6 ly. Establishment <>rilic.lom*iiul Office tor sale. /"’V WING to the intended removal of one of i the Editors and the wish of the other to ! devote himself more exclusively to the duties of his profession, the undersigned offer for sale j the establishment of the North Carolina Jour j nal Office. The office is well found in Job, newspaper ami ornamental type, the list of sub scribers is tolerably large, and they doubt not | might be greatly augmented by a little exertion, iTo any person desirous pf embarking in the business it offers inducements not inferior to ' any in the State, but to a practical printer they know of no investment he could make of his j money that would yield him a more profitable I return. IIYBART A STRANGE. Fayetteville, 30th May, 1837. 1 lO 3 Printers will confer a favor by giving the I above two or three insertions in their papers, i Juris 27. #* Ladies Companion Ibr 1837. LITERARY ENTERPRIZE!! • Devoted more especially to the interest of the Ladies ! TERMS—THREE HOLLARS A TEAR. rp H E LADIES COMPANION, a month . X ly periodical, commenced on the broad grounds of diffusing general information, far and wide—at a price, which is within the reach of all classes of the community. The plan lias i succeeded beyond the most sanguine anticipa tions of the proprietor. The first number was | issued to the public, with only seventeen names of subscribers, and at this day it boasts of a cir ! culation nearly double that of any monthly ; Magazine in America ; and is daily increasing, ,at an average of twenty subscribers. In the i pages of the Ladies Companion, every class of j readers will find that which will tend to their | enjoyment; tales, of every nature, pathetic and | humorous ; choice essays and sketches by the i best writers of the day ; literary and scientific [intelligence; copious extracts from American j and English Annuals; strictures on the drama and fine arts ; notices of all the new publications as they issue from the press ; translations from j the French, Spanish, Greek, German, Italian [ and Hebrew languages ; original and selected poetry; original music and Engravings, with ) tine wood cuts and patterns of embroidery of | every description, independent of an immense j variety of miscellaneous articles on every sub ject of the least interest to the most casual i reader, embracing passing events ; biographi- I cal sketches of noted individuals ; discoveries in the arts and sciences, Ac. Ac. Ac.; accounts j of colleges and American institutions ; sketch^ | from scenery of our own country; public as semblies, painting, popular lectures, speakers I and authors; view of olden times of the city of gotham; Broadway Analyzed; comments on , Good Society, Ac. Ac. Embellished monthly I with a splendid Steel Engraving ; popular mu J sic—original .and selected ; and Embroidery for the working oflace patterns. In short nothing ; required to insure interest, amusement, or the ! improvement of the mind in the pages of the Ladies Companion, will be wanting on the j part of the proprietor, and it will be— “With sweetest flowers enrich'd, From various gardens cull’d with care.” ! Articles from the pens oftlie first authors in I either Europe or America have appeared in the j pages of the Ladies Companion, during the two last volumes, without reference to expense, too numerous to name, which stamps it the cheap est and most diversified periodical issued in A merica Negotiations have been commenced with an additional number of popular writers, for origi nal contributions for the ensuing year, among them are— W. G. Simms Capt. Marryatt Sheridan Knowles Miss L. E. Landon Miss Gilman Hon. Mrs. Norton Lady Blessington E. Burke Fisher Edgar A.Poe M. H. F. Gould N. C. Brooks, A. M. Isaac C. Pray, Jr. H. Hastings Weld B. B. Thatcher" Mrs. Childs. E. L. Bulwer Miss Leslie James G. Percival It. Shelton Mackenzie Mrs. E. Ellett Miss Louisa H.Medina Leigh Hunt John Neal Sargent Talfourd Mrs Jamieson G P. It. Janies Grenville Mellon Professor Ingraham Mrs. L. II Sigourney Mrs. Ann S. Stevens la conjunction with those who have, hereto fore favored the Ladies Companion with origi nal contributions. It has ever been the aim of the proprietor to inculcate and promote the cause of morality.— It cannot be denied that the periodical press exercise a decided influence upon the moral and intellectual character; and where that press is untrammelled by mercenary consider ations or vicious principles, its effect must be elevating and refining to a community, like tliatof America. With these views,everything ■ operating injuriously to morals or religion have been studiously avoided and not allowed a place lin the Magazine; for, we hold those men as traitors to their country, who would seek to de stroy the pure doctrines of virtue and religion, ! either by open opposition or secret intrigue, in sustaining the literary character of the La dies Companion, the proprietor will not coniine i himself to the mere task of pleasing, without imparting vigor to the mind ; but will endeavor to present both, that which will be attractive to superficial readers, as well as that which will furnish subjects lor reflection to the stu dent. No work in America presents its sub scribers with such a nielenge of invaluable reading as the Ladies. Companion, for its ex tremely low price (three dollars a year ;) and letters are continually being received from Eu rope, inquiring how it is possible for a periodi cal to be issued at such a small rate, which 1 proves its undeniable claims to the support of the American people, particularly those of the I state of New York and adjacent ones, i It is not generally known to the public that ! each number of the Ladies Companion eon ' tains more reading than any other Magazine in 1 America; and its subscription price is two dol j lars less than those issued in New York. A j i single page contains more than two pages of the other Magazines, and some of them three. The terms are three dollars a year, payable in advance, and no subscription taken for less than one year. It is published on the 15th of i each month, stitched in a colored cover and Tor warded to subscribers out of the city by the earliest mails, strongly enveloped in double wrappers to prevent friction. Otiice, lit) Wil liam street. W.W. SNOWDEN, Proprietor. 1 ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS PREMIUMS Encouraged by the unparalleled patronage ) extended to the Ladies Companion, the pro prietor is anxious to show his gratitude for the favors of the public, by offering the largest a I 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 i more of those particularized in the following table ; Original Tale of the Early Settlers, not to ex ceed 20 pages, §2OO I “ “ Voyages in the North, 100 “ “ “ South, (00 “ “ Mexico 75 “ “ Peru, 75 “ Legend of the Rocky Mountains, 75 “ “ “ American Revolution, 75 “ Poem, not to exceed five pages, 75 “ 2d best, 25 “ Dramatic Sketch, 50 ] “ Essay on American Literature, 50 j “ “ “ Education of Females 50 j “ Piratical Sketch 25 \ ) For the best piece of Music, composition and words original, , 25 1 If is requested that candidates for the above premiums will send their productions by the first of August, 1837, post paid, addressed to jW. W. Snowden, New York. If a sufficient i number be not received by that period, the : time will be extended ; but it is confidently ex | pected by the subscriber that the writers of this country will be stimulated with a desire to ex alt the literary reputation of America, and con j sequentlv prevent an extention of time, by for i warding their articles by the first of August. : All articles not receiving a premium will be i considered the property oftlie subscriber. W. W. SNOWDEN, N. York Hew Store. GEORGE HARRINGTON A 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 State, and they respectfully solicit the patronage of the Planters and others, so far as they may deserve it. Thdy 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. I —THEY 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, Mattrasses, Ac. Ac. - GROCERIES. ■ Brown and Loaf Sugar, Tea, Coffee, Chocolate, Shells, Molasses, Brandy, Gin and Wines, Raisins, Cassia, Nutmegs, Cloves, Cocoa, Ginger, Mustard, Sweet Oil, Pepper, Cayenne, Candles, Soap, Spermaceti Oil, Tobacco, Cigars, Butter, Cheese, Pepper Sauce, Starch, Pimento SaltPetre, Salt, Pickled Salmon, Codfish, Pollock, Herrings, Tongues and Sounds, Ac. Ac. WOODEN WAKE, Such as Tubs, Pails, Dippers, Axe Handles, » Corn Brooms, Ac. Ac. HARD WARE. Axes, Adzes, Frying Pans, Window Glass, Steel, Nails, Fowling Pieces, Brass Kettles, Knives and Forks, Penknives, Scissors, Brushes, with almost every article wanted in building, or for family use. —also, — Hats, Boots, Shoes, Ready made Clothing, Ac. Ac. CROCKERY AND.GLASS WARE, A complete assortment for family use. G. H. A CO. will receive orders for any ar tides of Foreign or Domestic growth or inarm facture that can be procured in Boston, con lident that their advantages of obtaining such articles will enable them to give satisfaction to those who may employ them. Brunswick, Ga. June 8, 1637. '■* The Lions of* Philadelphia. THE architectural beauty of many of the PUBLIC BUILDINGS of this city is pro verbial. They have not only been the pride of the city, but excite the attention of all stran gers. Believing that it would be highly accep table to our numerous patrons, scattered as they are from the Lakes to the Ocean, to be present ed with Splekdid Illustrations, 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 the 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 the usual variety of our columns. Where it may be 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. On 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. ID=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, lyid present them to sucli of our country brethren, as may oblige us by an insertion of this notice. Philadelphia, June 27, 1637. To the Itoat Clubs oftlie City of Yew York. GENTLEMEN : —“ The Aquatic Club of Georgia,” having freqently 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 four 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 27 feet 3 inches on the keel, (which is the length of the Lizard’s) for Ten Thousand Dollars a side—Two thous and forfeit. The race to take place in the month of No| vember next. Should the day that may be a greed not be fair and calm, the race to take place on the first fair and calm day thereafter. The 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 Chas. R. Floyd, Jeffersonton, Camden Cos, Ga. and particulars can be arranged by cor respondence. C HAS. R. FLOYD. ) Secretaries HENRY DUBIGNON, < A C. G. June 8. Select School. NOW in operation under the superinten dence of the subscriber, about nine miles above Brunswick, in the vicinity of John Bur nett. Esq. in which youth of both sexes may I receive instruction in all the branches usually | taught in our academies. Board may be obtain ed for a few individuals in the immediate vi cinity on reasonable terms. Terms of Tuition. Common branches of English studies, six dol lars per quarter. Languages and higher branch* es of Mathematics, eight dollars. ELAM S. ASHCRAFT. June 15. Bcliool. THE subscriber has opened a School at the Court House in Brunswick, Glynn Cos. where youth of both sexes are 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 NaturalPhilo*- ophy, Chemistry and Rhetoric. EF’Board can be obtained on very reasonable terms in the immediate vicinity, and thp sub scriber pledges himself that no exertion will be wanting on his part to give perfect satisfac tion to all who may entrust their children to his care. Terms: Common branches, §4 per quarter ; Philosophy, Chemistry, Ac. §6. AARON JONES, Jr. Refer to J. W. Frost, ; June 8, Printing NEATLY EXECUTED AT THIS OFFICE. CAREY’S LIBRARY OP CHOICE LITERATURE. TO say that this is a reading age, implies a desire for instruction, and the means [to gratify that desire, on the first point, all arer&- greed ; on the Second, there is diversity both of opinion and practice. We have newspa pers, magazines, reviews, in fine, pamphlets of all sizes, on nearly all subjects, which have severally their classes of readers and support ers. And yet copious as are these means ol intellectual supply, more are still needed. J n addition to the reviews of the day and passing notices of books, the people in large numbers* in all parts of our great republic crave the pos’ session of the books themselves, and details beyond mere passing allusion, of the progress of discovery in art and science. But though it be easy to ascertain and express their wants, it is not so easy to gratify them. Expense, dis tance frojp the emporium of literature, engross ing occupations which prevent personal applj. cation of even messages to libraries and book sellers, are so many causes to keep people a way from the feast of reason and the enjoyment of the covered literary aliment. It is the ob ject of the publishers of the Library to obviate these difficulties, and to enable every individ ual, at a small cost and without any personal effort, to obtain for his 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 the comfort of the reader. The charm of variety, as far as it is compati ble with morality and good taste, will be held constantly in view in conducting the Library, to fill the pages of which the current literature of Great Britain, in all its various departments of biography, history, travels, novels and poe try, shall be freely put under contribution.— With perchance occasional exceptions, it is in tended to give entire the work which shall be selected for publication. When circumstances authorize the measure, recourse will be had to the literary stores of Continental Europe, and translations made from French, Italian or Ger man, as the case may be. Whilst the body of the work will be a reprint, or at times a translation of entire volumes, the cover will exhibit the miscellaneous character of a magazine, and consist of sketches of men and things, and notices of novelties in literature and the arts throughout the civilized world. A full and regular supply oftlie literary, month ly and hebdomadal journals of Great Britain and Ireland, in addition to home periodicals of a similar character, cannot fail to provide am ple materials for this part »f our work. The resources and extensive correspondence of the publishers are the best guarantee for the continuance of the enterprize in which they are about to embark, as well as for the abun dance of the materials to give it value in tile eyes of the public. As far as judicious selec tion and arrangement are concerned, readers will it is hoped, have reason to be fully satisfi ed, as the editor of the Library is not a stran ger to them, but has more than once obtained their favorable suffrages for his past literary efforts. . TERMS. The work will be published in weekly num bers, in stitched covers, each number contain ing twenty imperial octavo pages, with double columns, making two volumes annually, of more than 520 octavo pages, each volume ; and at the expiration of every six months, subscri bers will he furnished with a handsome title page and table of contents. The whole amount ol matter furnished in a single year, will be e qual to more than forty volumes of the com mon sized English duodecimo books. The ps per upon which the Library will be printed, will be of the finest quality used for Look work, and of a size admirably adapted for binding.— As the type will be entirely new, and of a neat appearance, each volume when bound, will furnish a handsome as well as valuable, and not cumbrous, addition to the libraries of thoae who patronize the work. The price of the Library will be Five Dollar* per annum, payable in advance. A commission of 20 per cent, will be allowed to agents; and any agent or postmaster, fur nishing five subscribers, and remitting the a mount of subsc#ption, shall be entitled to the commission of 20 per cent, or a copy of the work for one year. Editors of newspapers, to whom this pros pectus is forwarded, will please insert the a hove ns often as convenient, and send a copy of their paper containing the advertisement marked, and entitle themselves to a free ex change for one year. Address E. L. CARY A A. HART, Philadelphia. 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 the press to mak* 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 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 o( a carefully conducted press to disseminate in formation throughout the country, some weeks since issued the first number of the Semi Weekly Herald and Stajl, which they hav* found to be suitable to the wants of the inland community, as it furnishes over one hundred newspapers in a year, at the very low price ol two dollars. This paper is made up from the Daily Herald with such additional matter, in the shape of stories, legends, poetry, statements of the markets, and such information respecting 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 engaged in party politics, it reserves to itselt the liberty of speaking boldly and‘openlv or* every subject which concerns the weal of the whole country—and 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 Herald and Star is published every Tues day and Friday morning, and mailed on the night previous in order to ensure its speedy transmission by the mails. The 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. HARRINGTON A CO. Boston, 1837. Reward. LOST from the piazza of Mrs Lamb’s house, a russet leather VALISE, containing * few articles of clothing, a dressing case and a file of papers and three memorandum books, of no use to any person but the owner. Whoev er will return the papers and books either with or without the other articles, shall receive ths above reward of ten dollars and no questions asked, on application to this office, Brunswick, Jun# 8.1837