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BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER Ift, 1837.
[From the Boston Courier.]
•The Americ ans in their Social,
Moral, anii Political Relations.
This is the title of a work, published in
London, some months ago, written by
Francis J. Grund. Anew edition is now
in the press and will be published soon
in Boston, by Marsh, Capon &, Lyon.
Pbe author is well known in Boston,
having resided here about ten years, and
enjoyed uninterrupted intercourse with
the people. Mr. Grund, we believe, first
made himself known among us a teacher
of mathematics. In that profession he
possessed an unrivalled talent, and in the
prosecution of it he met with admirable
success. \\ c know of no foreigner who
has made himself more acceptable to all
classes of American Society, or who is
better qualified from circumstances, or by
quickness of perception and intellectual
power, to write of the Americans, in
their social, moral and political relations.
We are indebted to the publishers for the
sheets embracing the first four chapters of
the work, from which we make a column
of extracts, without comment, —reserving
for a future occasion, when we shall have
seen the entire work, a few criticisms on
the s.yle of the composition, and the cor-,
rection of a few trifling mistakes in mat
ters of fact or description.
The attempt to create fashionable and
aristocratic distinctions, will in America,
never be crowned with success. The
reason is apparent. Every species of ar
istocracy must be based on wealth and
power, and contain, within itself, the
principle of perpetuity. Without these
requisites, their superiority will never be
acknowledged, nor will they have the
means ot enforcing it. There exist, in
the large cities of America, certain cote
ries, composed principally of wealthy
families; hut their wealth is not perma
nent, and they are perfectly powerless
when opposed to the great mass of the
people. Not more than one fourth of all
the men who possess property in the U
nited States have inherited it; the rest
have acquired it by their own industry.
Scarcely one fourth, therefore, could
have been brpught up in the elegancies of
fashionable life; the remainder are re
cruits and stragglers. But, in the total
absence of monopolies, and with the im
mense resources of the country, the road
to fortune is open to all; while those
who possess property may lose it, and
I must, at any rate, ultimately divide it
I equally amongst their children. The el
ements of American coteries arc, there
fore, constantly varying; but every new
change brings them nearer to a level with
the people.
The abrogation of primogeniture, in
America, has done more towards equal
izing conditions than the spirit of exclu
siveness will ever he able to overcome ;
aristocratic pretensions may exist; hut
they will always remain impotent, and die
with the respective pretenders. The ab
sence ol primogeniture acts as a constant
moderator in society, humbling the rich
and elevating the poor. It obliges the
sons of the wealthy to join personal ap
plication to an honest inheritance, and
elevates the hopes of the lower classes
| with the expectance of future prosperity.
It is thus the strongest pillar of democ
racy in the constitution of nearly every
State of the Union.
The man of education, or of fortune,
is respected in America as in Europe;
but the deference paid to his person is
untinged with the humiliating conscious
ness of being incapable ever to attain to
the same distinctions. There is nothing
in the institutions of America to dero
gate from the dignity of gentlemen ; they
simply prevent a certain class from en
joying that title to the prejudice and ex
clusion of all the rest. They are not un
just to the rich and learned, bcausc they
arc more just to the poor; they do not
prevent good breeding or good manners,
but, on the contrary, spread tliem amongst
a larger number of people. But there
are men who cannot enjoy wealth, unless
they know that others are poor; who val
ue knowledge only in proportion, as it
gives them power over their fellow-crea
tures; who could not relish venison, un
less they knew a half-starved population
was dying for the want of bread. Such
men have repeatedly visited the United
States, and were, of course; much annoy
ed with the vulgar plenty of the land, and
the desire of every American to be con
sidered “a gentleman ” It was this fea
ture of democracy which they described
as begetting low breeding, because it is
apt to make Americans wanting in that
outward respect, which a certain class of
men is always sure to meet with in Eu
rope. But deference for the just claims
of others need not necessarily be accom
panied by marks of humiliating self-deni
al ; and it is, perhaps, better that the
whole distinction should be dropped, than
that the inferiority should exist in the de
gree indicated by the outward forms of ci
vility. # * * *
i The most remarkable characteristic of 1
Americans is the uncommon degree of
intelligence which pervades all classes.
1 do not here speak of the higher branch
es of learning, which, in the language of
Europe, constitute scholarship; but of
the great mass of useful knowledge cal- ,
ciliated to benefit and improve the condi
tion of mankind. It is this latter knowl
edge for which the Americans arc distin
guished, and for the attainment of which
they have, perhaps, made better provision
than any other nation in the world. This
is as it should be. No democracy can ex
ist for any length of time without the
means of education being widely diffused
throughout the country; hut it is certain
ly not to be expected that republicans
should tax themselves, in order to gratify
certain elegant tastes which are of no
immediate benefit to the public. The
study of the higher branches of science,
and the cultivation of the fine arts, find
their principal reward in the pleasure
arising from the pursuit, and require sel
dom the assistance of the law to he call
ed into active existence. Wherever this,
is done, the people have to bear the ex
pense of it, without receiving the gratifi
cation. 'The Americans are yet occupi
ed with what is necessary and useful, and
arc, therefore, obliged to leave the higher j
accomplishments to the protection of in
dividual munificence. But let any one
cast his eye on the sums annually ex
pended for the establishment and support
ot common schools and colleges, and he ,
will, at once, be convinced of the liberal
ity of Americans in the cause of educa
tion ; although no allowances are, as yet,
made for professorships of heraldry, or
the discovery of a northwest passage. I
shall not, here, discuss the matter any
further, as 1 intend to recur to it in an
other place; but 1 would ask what influ
ence the higher branches of learning
have on the social intercourse of a peo
ple, or the manners of society in general?
What fashionable company in England
was ever graced or edified by the conver
sation ol Sir Isaac Newton ? Wliat se
lect circle in Germany ever enjoyed and
delighted in the philosophical researches
of Kant and Leibnitz ? Men of letters,
and more especially, proficients in science,
are rarely welcome guests at a party ; and
in Germany, they have been universally
banished to the universities.
* # * *
Society, in all countries, gains more
from the amount of floating intellect, and
the capacity of all its members to join in
conversation, than from the amount of
knowledge treasured up in the minds of
individuals. This principle applies most
happily to the social condition of the U
nited States; for it would be difficult to
find a country where information is more
generally diffused, or the people of all
classes more capable of expressing their
ideas with clearness and precision. A
certain directness of thought and expres
sion mav, indeed, he considered a nation
al peculiarity of Americans, and contrib
utes certainly much to their apparent
plainness of manners. M ere fashionable
elegance passes with them for little or
nothing; but in no country are power of
reasoning, force of argument, and acute
ness ot observation at a greater premium.
Good sense; is the ruling element of soci
ety, as it is the main-spring of all their
public actions ; and the country at large
is much a gainer in the result. Manner
ism is hardly ever cultivated to the preju
dice of the more substantial acquirements,
as the conventions of society offer but
little or no protection to the ignorance
or pretensions of impostors ; and I can
not imagine any circumstances more ca
pable of exhibiting an idiot in trouble
than an empty-headed coxcomb in com
pany with rational Americans. Fashion
ables and exquisites there are in the large
cities of the United States as in Europe;
hut they are certainly less the object of
envy or admiration, and are almost exclu
sively in favor with the young misses of
the boarding schools. Their bright ca
reer commences and finishes with the
lights of the drawing-rooms, and their
only chance of distinction is at a waltz
or a quadrille.
On entering the house of a respectable
mechanic, in any of the large cities of
the United States, one cannot but be as
tonished at the apparent neatness and
comfort of the apartments. The large
airy parlors, the nice carpets .and mahoga
ny furniture, and the tolerable good libra
ry, showing the inmates’ acquaintance'
with the standard works of English lite
rature. These are advantages which but
few individuals of the same class enjoy,
by way of distinction, in Europe; but
which, in America, are w ithin the reason
able hopes and expectations of almost all
the inferior classes.
# • • •
The customs and peculiarities of the
English are not generally liked in the U
nited States ; and a settlement of several
hundreds of them in one place would ex
cite considerably more jealousy than one j
of so many thousand German*. Therea-j
‘HEAR ME FOR MY CAUSE.”
’ son is this. The Gormans have their pe
j culiar habits, which, however, they are
'careful not to obtrude upon others. They
persevere in them, not because they think
them superior to those of other nations,
; but merely because they are accustomed
to them, and do not like to quit the early
; companions of their childhood. This is
perfectly well understood in America,
and, therefore, no fears entertained of
their ever attempting to make proselytes.
The French, too have their peculiarities;
hut their notion of good breeding forbids
their exhibiting them wherever they might
give private or public offence. Not so
with the English. They glory in the
most trifling difference between them
selves and other nations; because they
are accustomed to considetthat difference
in their furor. They obtrude it, there
i fore, constantly, on the notice of others,
or, at least, t ike no pains to soften its ap
pearance. They heed not the feelings of
others, or arc so much in the habit of
considering every other people inferior to
i themselves, that they care not, if, by
chance, they give offence. In Europe,
they pay lor this arrogance with money ;
in America, with the loss of personal con
sideration.
j * * * *
Most of the Italian and German per
formers, who, at first, gave concerts in
the United States, were finally induced to
become teachers, and, in the latter capac
i ity, have not only been able to maintain
themselves, but have laid up something
for the future. The success of the in
structors can only he ascribed to the read
iness of the pupils to improve; which, in
turn, bespeaks a prevalent taste for the
i accomplishment.
j Neither are the Americans behind hand
jin supporting operas performed in En
glish; and the names of the host Gcr
\ man, Italian, and French composers have
in this manner, become as familiar to A
merican ears as they are to any dilettanti
of Europe. “Dor Freischutz,” “The
Barber of Seville,” “The White Lady,”
: ‘Fra Diavolo,’ and ‘Gustavus,’ have all had
their run on the American stage: and it may
even he observed that Madame Malibran
was first brought into notice by the encou
raging plaudits of an American audience.
The general predilection, however, is
in favor of sacred music; and there exist
in most of the large cities of the United
■ States, societies for its cultivation and en
couragement. Among these the “ Han
del and Haydn Society” of Boston, and
the “Musical Fund Society” of Philadel
phia, are most deserving of notice, as
they are both extremely well organized,
j and directed by able and scientific lead
ers. The latter, especially, ranks among
its members not only a great number of
German and French amateurs, but also a
very respectable body of professors,
whose talents are called into active exer
cise by frequent concerts and oratorios,
; and by the liberal prizes which the socie
ty annually offers for the host composi
tions in the various departments of the
art.
i One fact, however, is most remarkable
,in the “Handel and Haydn Society” of
Boston, which consists in most of its
members being mechanics, cultivating mu
sic for no other purpose than because
they are really fond of it, and wish to in
troduce it into their churches. Vocal
music, therefore, is their principal object
and the choruses the best part of their
oratorios. The taste is certainly lauda
ble, ami the more so as it is peculiar to a
class of men which are unjustly supposed
to he incapable of refinement.
It is quite a curious spectacle to see
the sacred compositions of the old Ger
man masters revived and studied by a
company of unassuming workmen in the
New World, while, in Germany, it would
be difficult to procure a fashionable audi
ence for either, as long as Lanner and
Strauss set the whole population on waltz
ing. The much admired sensibility of
the Germans seems, by some sad perver
sion, to have betaken itself to their heels,
where it is now productive of such vehe
ment revolutions as are..scarcely equalled
|by the wheels of a locomotive. Even the
! classical operas of Mozart are gradually
withdrawing from the German stage, to
go begging in England; and I am cer
tainly hot exaggerating the case when I
state it as niv candid opinion that the
best compositions of Mozart and Beetho
ven are becoming more familiar to En
glish and American ears, than to the
• greater portion of their own countrymen.
Good Advice for a Dinner. A
gentleman, humbly clad in a curacy coat,
one day entered Wood’s hotel, Clare
Market, and ordered a sort of dinner
lunch’in the shape of unlimited mutton
i chops, and potatoes to correspond ; not
| forgetting suitable fluids, porter, brandy,
&.c. All these things disposed of, the
gentleman called the waiter, and thus ad
dressed him : “My friend, I have fared
sumptuously ! Good house, this—capital
! chops—porter admirable —brandy exquis-
I ito! Slight difficulty, however—haven’t
a shilling about me!—Awkward, rather,
’tis true; perhaps not of much conse
quence till to-morrow ?” “ Why, sir,”
quoth the waiter, with the “much more
easily conceived than expressed” exalta
tion of the eyebrows, “ why, sir, I’ll call
master.” Master was accordingly called.
He came—bowed—remonstrated —com-
plained—but never threatened. The gen
tleman, moved by such forbearance, said,
“I think that I may be of service to you.
I could tell you of a plan which, if prop
erly pursued, would be productive of the
happiest result to you,not only in the way
of general business, hut also as regards
your personal comfort. Pray, be seated;
I can’t hear to see you stand ; indeed, il
1 were not so embarrassingly situated, 1
should insist on your taking a glass of
wine with me. However, perhaps you’ll
agree with the proverb —“In for a penny,
in for a pound ;” so pray bring a bottle of
your best port, and a wine-glass for your
self, and we’ll talk over this matter. 1
don’t think you’ll see cause to regret ma
king my acquaintance.” The obliging
landlord smiled and complied ; and, after
following the course given to the conver
sation by ilia stranger for some half-hour,
all the while awaiting the promised de
velopment of the plan, lie perceived that
the stranger was, to use a familiar ex
pression, “buttoning up for a bolt,” and
making the best of his way for the door.
“But, sir,” exclaimed Wood, “you prom
ised to let me into a secret of some con
sequence, and you have not said a word
about it.” “Bless me?” said the gentle
man, with his hand on the door, “that’s
very true—so I did. Very glad you men
tioned it! The fact is, we arc all liable
to misfortune; and if ever you are sent
to the tread-mill, take the step nearest
the wall : you’ll find it by far the easiest
part of the wheel. Good evening. You’ll
hear from me in a day or so.” Strange
to say, the diner has not been heard of
since. [Eraser’s Magazine for April.
From the New York Transcript.
MOVEMENTS IN HIGH LIFE.
Interesting Movements of Captain
Marrijatt. —As the slightest movements
of illustrious men—and especially of
those who visit us from foreign countries
—are matters of very deep interest to the
American public : perhaps we cannot do
a more acceptable service, than to lay
before them the following letter, relating,
as it does to a much admired stranger,
now traveling in this country :
Saratoga Springs, July, 1837.
Captain Marryatt dined, yesterday on
roast beef, which he ate very heartily—
accompanying each mouthful with a plen
tiful coat of mustard, a sizeable piece of
potatoe, and a large bit of bread and but
ter. lie did not use any Cayenne pep
per, and lie was observed to turn up his
nose very perceptibly at a dish of butter
ed turnips that were tendered to him.
Why he should object to buttered turnips
—not being in the secrets of the gallant
Captain—l really cannot pretend to say.
But as he is known to be a man of ad
mirable taste, I dare say be has the best
reason in the world for eschewing—that
is, in other words, for refusing to chew
—buttered turnips.
Alter his beef, the Captain ate a large
slice of boiled mutton, with an accom
paniment of capers. While thus employ
ed, he was observed to make some re
marks to a portly gentleman who had the j
honor of sitting at his right hand. W hat j
was the precise nature of those remarks
—as I had the misfortune to sit at some
distance from him, and there was, more
over, a great clatter of knives and forks
I cannot really say. But it is shrewdly
suspected—and indeed there is very little
reason to doubt—that tlioy had some re
lation to the interesting subject before
him—viz. the mutton and the capers.
And this belief is rendered the more
probable by the peculiar air and manner
of the Captain, during those brief re
marks.
The mutton, with the accompanying
capers being despatched, the illustrious
author of Peter Simple next took a plate
of lobster, which he was observed to dress
in a very peculiar manner, by putting on
oil, vinegar, mustard, and Cayenne pep
per ; which he mixed up in the propor
tion of two oils to one vinegar, two vin
egars to one mustard, and two mustards
to one Cayenne pepper. Having put
these condiments fairly upon the lobster,
which he had previously hashed up with
his knife, he wrought up the ingredients
—the hashed lobster—into a uniform
mass; which he presently devoured with
the appearance of surprising relish—all
the time holding his fork in his right
hand, and a piece of bread in his left.
And here it is but justice to the gallant
Captain to observe in a very particular
manner, that, although he uses a knife,
like Americans, to cut his food he eats
with his fork alone—whether it be roast
beef, plum-pudding, hashed lobster, smash
ed potatoes, or whatever else happens to
be the interesting subjects before him.—
And this he invariably doe* by holding
J. W. FROST, EDITOR.
NUMBER 15.
his fork in his right hand ; which as sOOrt
as he has finished cutting his food; he
changes with remarkable grace and dex
terity, from his left hand; in which it
had been held during the operation ofcut
ting.
Captain Marryatt made no further addi
tion to his dinner until the arrival of the
pudding; when, being respectfully inter
rogated by the waiter whether he would
have plum or Indian pudding, he looked
the waiter in the face, with a very comical
expression—what highly becomes him—
and asked him if the Indian pudding was
real aboriginal ?
“Anan!” said the waiter.
“What is its composition?” asked the
Captain.
“Anan !” reiterated the waiter.
“Has it a little touch of the tomahawk ?”
said the Capt. looking more quizzical than
ever.
The waiter now began to perceive that
the Captain was joking. And so, as he
is a well-bred waiter for an American—he
paid the Captain the compliment oflaugh
ing heartily at his joke. It is thus that
the agreeable author of Peter Simple is
daily winning golden opinions from all
sorts of men, even from those of the hum
blest rank.
Having finished joking with the waiter,
Capt. Marryatt said he would take some
of the Indian pudding; but he should want
a tomahawk to cut it with, and ordered the
waiter, with a great appearance of gravity,
to bring him one. But as the latter as
sured him they had no such furniture
about the establishment, the gallant cap
tain, with great condescension, and again
relaxing into a smile, told him he would
despatch the pudding with a fork; which
he did, talking between mouthfuls very af
fably to the portly gentleman on his right
hand.
The Captain finally finished his dinner
with a piece of pie. And here again he
exhibited that pleasant readiness at a joke,
which renders his company so agreeable.
W lien the w aiter asked him if he would
have pie, and whether he would prefer
gooseberry or rhubarb ; the Captain stared
at him very comically, and demanded
whether he had any jalap pie, as he should
much prefer that to rhubarb.
This good-natured and very admirable
sally produced a hearty laugh from all who
were so fortunate as to hear it; and those
who were out of ear shot, we were pleas
ed to observe, seemed to enjoy the Cap
tain’s w it, as it were, by mere sympathy ;
for they laughed louder even than those
who heard it.
1 had not the honor of especially taking
wine with Captain Marryatt; because, as
I sat at some distance from him, and not
diametrically opposite, I was so unfortu
nate as to be unable directly to catch his
eye ; and as for elevating my voice so as
to be heard amid the happy din of merri
ment, and the joyful jingle of glasses, that
1 found to be quite impracticable.
But this disappointment was more than
made up, by the honor I enjoyed of sitting
within a few feet of him, after the compa
ny had left the table. I saw him distinctly,
on that occasion, put his hand into his left
breeches-pocket, take out his tooth-pick—
which was made of silver, of a semi-spiral
form—and deliberately, but with infinite
grace, go through the interesting operation
of picking his teeth. This he had, with
a delicacy which always attends on genius,
refrained from doing as long as he sat at
table.
Having finished picking his teeth, as he
sat talking, and at the same time careless
ly playing with his toothpick, he happen
pened to let it fall on the carpet. Think
ing this a fortunate opportunity to com
mence an acquaintance with the illustrious
author of Peter Simple, I immediately left
my seat, approached the place where he
sat, and lifting the fallen tooth-pick,
with as much grace of manner as I was
capable of assuming, presented it to the
gallant Captain. He put his hand in his
right breeches pocket, and pulled out half
an English crown, which he insisted upon
my accepting. Though the design ex
hibited a noble generosity, worthy of its
distinguished author—and though the ac
tion was performed with inimitable polite
ness—nevertheless, as I had no mercena
ry motives whatever in picking up the pick,
and besides, had a full half dollar (though
in shin plaster,) in my pocket at the
time—l respectfully declined the offer;
at the same time assuring the gallant
Captain, that I was a thousand times over
paid for the trifling service I had done him,
by the opportunity thus afforded me of
making his acquaintance.
I was going on to say something very
complimentary in regard to his wit, genius,
and literary reputation; .when the bell
rang for tea, and I was somehow, unfor
tunately separated from him. • I will give
you more particulars respecting his move
ments hereafter. At present adieu !
THOMAS TOADEY.
Sound. The fire of the EngKA, on
landing in Egypt, was distinctly beard 130
mile* on the *e«.