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Bvunsmk rjt ir t> a t axel DAVIS & SHORT, PUBLISHERS VOLUME Z. The llrttHsitirk *id roc ate. Is published ev»ry Thursday Morning, in the city of Brunswick, GlynnX^oifnty, Georgia, at $3 per annum, in advance, or $4 at the end of the year. No subscriptions received for a less term than six months and no paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid except at the option of the publishers. [TTAII letters and communications to the Editor or Publishers in relation to the paper, must be POST PAID toensure attention. IET ADY EKTISEMeNTS conspicuously in serted at One Dollar per one hundred words, for the fir* insertion, and Fifty Cents for ev ery subsequent continuance—Rule and figure work always double price. Twenty-five per cent, added, if not paid in advance, or during the continuance of the advertisement. Those sent without a specification of the number of insertions will be published until ordered out 1 and charged accordingly. Legal Advertisements published at the usual rates. 'fc (TTN. B. Sales of Land, by Administrators, Executors or Guardians, are by law, to be held on the first Tuesday in the month, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the Court-house in the county-in which the property is situate.— Notice of these sales must be given in a public gazette, Sixty Days previous to the day ot sale. Sales of Negroes must be at public auction, on the first Tuesday of the month, between the usual hours of sale, at the place of public sales in the county where the letters testamentary, of Administration or Guardianship, may have been granted, first giving sixty days notice thereof, in one of the public gazettes of this State, and at the door of the Court-house, where such sales are to be held. Notice for the sale of Personal Property, must be given in like manner, Forty days previous to the day of sale. Notice to the Debtors and Creditors of an Es tate must be published for Forty days. Notice that application will he made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Land, must be published for Four Months, Notice for leave to sell NeWroes, must be published for Four Months, before any order absolute shall be made thereon by the Court. J PROSPECTUS A weekly paper, PUBLISHED AT BRUNSWICK, GLYNJi COUNTY, GEORGIA. The causes which render necessary the es tablishment of this Press, and its claims? to the support of the public, can best be presented by the statement of a few facts. Brunswick possesses «, iuui<.,., —.. cessibility, spaciousness and security, is une qualled on the Southern Coast. This, of itself) would be sufficient to render its growth rapid, and its importance permanent; for the best port South of the Potomac must become the site of a great commercial city. But when to this is added the singular salubrity of the cli mate, free from those noxious exhalations gen erated by the union of salt and rives waters, and which are indeed “charnel airs” to & white population, it must be admitted that Brunswick contains all the requisites for a healthy and populous city. Thus much has been the work of Nature ; but already Art has begun to lend her aid to this favored spot, and the industry of man bids fair to increase its capacities, and add to its importance a hundred fold. In a few months, a canal will open to- the harhor-of Brunswick the vast and fertile country through which flow - the Altainaha, and its great trihu aries. A Rail Road will shortly he commenc ed, terminating at Pensacola, thus uniting the waters of the Gulf of Mexico with the Atlantic Ocean. Ollier Rail Roads intersecting the State in various directions, will make Bruns wick their depot, and a large portion of the I trade from the Valley of the Mississippi willj yet find its way to her wharves. Such, in a ! few words, are the principal causes which will operate in rendering Brunswick the principal city of the South. Bat while its advantages are so numerous jmd obvious, there have been found individuals and presses prompted by sel fish fears and interested motives, to oppose an undertaking which must add so much to the importance and prosperity of the State. Their, united powers are now applied to thwart in every possible manner, this great public bene fit. Misrepresentation and ridicule, invective and denunciation have been heaped on Bruns wick and its friends. To counteract these ef forts by the publication and wide dissemination of the facts—to present the claims of Bruns wick to the confidence and favor of the public, to furnish information relating to all the great works of Internal Improvement now go ing on through the State, and to aid in deveJ- f'pater the resources of Georgia, will be the leading objects of this Press. Such being its end and aim, any interfer ence in the party politics of the day would be improper and impolitic. Brunswick has re ceived benefits from—it has friends in all par ties, and every consideration is opposed to rendering its Press the organ of a the citizens of Georgia—and not to the iflfem bers of a party —to the friends of Brunswick— to the advocates of Internal Improvement—to the considerate and reflectiug—do we apply lor aid and support. Terms— Three dollars per annum in ad vance, or four dollars at the end of the year. J. W. FROST, JkJkor. DAVIS & SHORT, Publishers. BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1837. ! lISCELLAISY. From the National Potrait Gallery of Distin guished Americans. MRS. MARTIIA WASHINGTON. Descended troin an ancient family, which first migrated to the colony of Vir ginia, in the person of the Rev. Orlando Joftes, a clergyman of Wales : Martha Dandridge was born in the county of New Kent, colony of Virginia, in May, 1732. The education of females, io the early days of the colonial settlements, was almost exclusively of a domestic char acter, and by instructors who were enter tained in the principal families, that were too few and too “far between” to admit of the establishment of public schools;. Os the early life of Miss Dandridge, wfe are only able to record, that the young lady excelled in personal chTrms, which, with pleasing maimers, and a general amiabil ity of demeanor, caused her t<s be dis tinguished amid the fair ones who usual ly assembled at the court of Williamsburg, then held by the royal governors of Vir ginia.. At seventeen years of aue, or in 1149 M iss Dandridge was married to Colonel Daniel Parke Custis, ol the W bite House, county of New Kent. This was a match •>f affection. The father of the bride groom, the Honorable John Custis, of Arlington, a Icing’s counsellor, had ma trimonial views of a more ambitious char acter for liis only sou and heir, and was desirous of a connection with the Byrd family, of Westover, Colonel Byrd being, at that time, from bis influence and vast possessions, almost a count palatine of Virginia. The counsellor having at length given his consent, the newly married pair fettled at the White House, on the banks of,,|he Pamunlcey river, where Colonel CuStis, became an eminently successful planter. The fruits of this inarriane were, a girl, who died in infancy, and Daniel, Martha, and John. Daniel was a child of much promise, and it was generally believed, that his untimely death hasten ed his father to the grave. Martha arri ved at womanhood, and died at Mount Vernon in 1710, and John, the father of 4b biographer,* perished while in the ser vßb'of his country, in th» - ” „f V * town, 1781, aged twenty-seven. On the decease of her husband, which happened at about middle age, Mrs. Cus tis found herself at once a very young, and among the very wealthiest widows in the colony. Independently ot extensive and valuable landed estates, the colonel left thirty thousand pounds sterling in money, with halfthat amount to his only daughter, Martha. It is related ol this amiable gentleman, that, when on his death bed, he sent fora tenant, to whom, in settling an account, lie was due one shilling. The tcaut begged that the col onel, who had ever been mosFkind to this tenantry, would not trouble himself at all about such a trifle, as he, the tenant, had forgotten it long ago. “But I have not,” rejoined the just and conscientious land lord, and bidding his creditor take up the coin, which had been purposely placed oil his pillow, exclaimed, “Now my accounts are all closed with this world and short ly after expired. Mrs. Custis, as sole executrix, managed the extensive landed and pecuniary concerns of the estates with surprising ability, making loans, on j mortgage, of moneys, and, through her | stewards and agents, conducting the sales or exportation ot the crops to the best possible advantage. While on the subject of moneyed con cerns of seventy years ago, we hope to lie pardoned for a brief digression. The or chard of fine apple trees is yet standing near Bladensbiirgb, that was presented to a Mr. Ross, by the father of the late veil- 1 erable Charles Carroll of Carrolton, as a recompense for Mr. Ross’s having intro duced to Mr. Carroll a good borrower of his money. A Colonel TANARUS., one of the ancient dons of Maryland, being observ ed riding over the race course of Annap olis in a very disturbed and anxious man ner, was accosted by his friends, with a “YVhat’s the matter, colonel f Are you ; alarmed for the success of your filly, 1 about to start?” “Oh no,” replied TANARUS., j “but Ia have thousand pounds by me, to ! loan, and here l have been riding about the course lhe whole morning, and not a single borrower can I get for my money.” j We opine, that the same anxieties would not be long suffered in 1834. It was in 1758, that an officer, attired in a military undress, and attended by a. body servant, fall and miiitaifeas his chief, crossed the ferry called Williams’, over the Pamunkey, a branch of the York riv er. On the boat touching the southern, or New Kent side, the soldier’s progress was arrested by one of those personages, who give the beau ideal of the Virginia gentleman of the old regime, the very soul of kindness and hospitality. It was in vain the soldier urged his business at * George W. P. Custis, Esq. of Arlington, D. C. Williamsburgh,important communications to the Governor, &,c. Mr. Chamberlayne, on whose domain the militairc liad just landed, would hear of no excuse. Colonel Washington was a name so dear to all the Virginians, that his passing by one of the old castles ol Virginia, without calling and partaking of the hospitalities of the host, was entirely out of the question.—-• The colonel, however, did not surrender at discretion, but stoutly maintained his ground, till CHaniberlayne bringing up his reserve, in the intimation that he would introduce his ftieiul to a younar and charm ing widow, then beneath his roof, the sol dier capitulated, on condition that he should dine, only dine, and then, by press ing his charger and borrowing of the night, he would reach V illiamsburgk before his excellency could shake off his morning slainbers. Orders were accordingly issu ed to Bishop, the colonel’s body servant and foithfnl follower, who, together with the fine English charger, had been be queathed by the dying Braddock to Major Washington, on the famed and fatal lield ;of the Monongaheln. Bishop, bred in the school of European discipline, raised his hand to his cap, as much as to say, “Your honor’s orders shall he obeyed.” The colonel n#w proceeded to the j mansion, and was .introduced to various guests, (for when was a Virginian domicil of the olden time without guests?) land above all, to the charming widow.— [Tradition relates that they were mutually pleased on this their first interview, nor is 1 it remarkable ; they were of an age when impressions are strongest. The lady was fair to behold, of fascinating manners, and slendidly endowed with worldly ben efits. The hero, fresh from his early fields, redolent of fame, and with a form on which “every god did seem to set his seal, to give the world assurance of a man.” The morning passed pleasantly away, evening came, with Bishop,, true to his orders and firm at his post, holding the favorite charger with the one hand, while the other was waiting to oiler the ready stirrup. Ihe sun sunk in the horizon, and yet the colonel appeared not. And ll 'oiyMi>ld soldier marvelled at his chiefs liof wont to lie a singfe'fnomeht behind his appointments, for he was the most punctual of all punc tual men. Meantime the host enjoyed the scene of the veteran on duty at the gate, while the colonel was so agreeably em ployed in the parlour, and proclaiming that no guest ever left his house after sunset, his military visiter was, without much dilliculty, persuaded to order Bishop to put up the horses for the night. The sun rose high in the heavens the ensuing day, when the enamored soldier pressed with his spur his charger’s side, and speeded on his way to the seat of government, where, having despatched his public business, lie retraced his steps, and,.at the White House, the engagement took place, with preparations for the marriage. And much hath the biographer heard of that marriage-, from grajMiaired domes tics, who waited at the board where love j made the feast and Washington was the | guest. And rare and High was the revel-: ry, at that palmy period of Virginia’s fes-j tal age; for many were gathered to that marriage, of the good, the great, the gift- j ed, and the gay, while Virginia, with joy- ! ous acclamation, hailed in Her youthful hero a prosperous and happy bridegroom. ! “And so you remember when Colonel Washington came a courting your mis-j tress?” said the biographer to old Cully, ! in his hundredth year. “Aye, master, that | 1 do,” replied this ancient family servant, who had lived to see five generations; [“great times, sir, great times! Shall never see the like again!” “And Washington looked something like a man, a proper j man; hey, Cully?” “Never seed the like, sir; never the likes of him, though I have seen many in my day: so tall,*so straight! and then he sat a horse and rode with such an air! Ah, sir; he was like no one else ! Many of the grandest gentlemen, in their gold lace, were at the wedding, hut none looked like-the man himself!” Strong, indeed, must have been the impressions which the person and manner of Wash ington made upon the rude, “untutor’d mind” of this poor negro, since the lapse !of three quarters of a century had not isufficed to eftafie them. The precise date of the marriage, the biographer has been unable to discover, having in vain searcheitamong the records of the vestry of St. Peter’s church, New Kent,'ot which the Rev. Mr. Mossoui, a Cambridge scholar, was the rector, and performed the ceremony, it is believed, about 1759. A short time after their marriage, Colonel and Mrs. Washington i reru ove( t to Mount Vernon on the Poto mac, and permanently settled there. The mansion of Mount Vernon, more than seventy years ago, was a very small : building, compared with 4? present extent, aud the numerous out JHbiings attached to it. The mansion’ nwße consisted of four room sou a floor, forming the cen- “HEAR ME FOR MY CAUSE.’’ tre of the present building, and remained pretty much in that state up to 1774, when Col. Washington repaired to the first Con gress in Philadelphia, and from thence to the commander-in-chief of the armies of his country, assembled before Cambridge, July, 1775. The commander-in-chief re turned no more to reside at Mount Ver non till after the peace of 1783. Mrs. or Lady YV ashiugton, as we shall now call j her, such being the appellation she always bore in the army, accompanied the Gen eral to the lines before Boston, and wit nessed its seige and evacuation. She then returned to Virginia, the subsequent campaigns being of too momentous a char acter to allow of her accompanying the atmv. At the close of each campaign an aide de-camp repaired to'Mount Vernon, to escort the lady to the head quarters. The arrival ol Lady Washington at camp was an event much anticipated, and was al ways the signal for the ladies of the gen ! eral officers to repair to the bosoms of their lords. The arrival of the aide-de | camp, escorting the plain chariot, with the neat pqgtdions in their scarlet and I white liveries, was deemed an epoch in the I army, and served to diffuse a cheering in i tluence amid the gloom which hung over j our destinies at Valley Forge, Morristown, and Wegt Point. Lady Washington al ways remained at the head-quarters till the opening of the campaign, and often re marked, in after life, that it had been her fortune to hear the first cannon at the opening, and the last at the closing, of all the campaigns of the revolutionary war. During the whole of that mighty period when we struggled for independence, Lady Washington preserved her equanim-i ity, together with a degree of cheerfulness that inspired all around her with the brightest hopes for our ultimate success, j To her alone a heavy cloud of sorrow ; hung over the conclusion of the glorious campaign of lTfcj 1. Her only child, while j attending to his duties as aide-de-camp to I the general-in-chief, during the seige of Y orktown, was seized with an attack oft the camp-fever, then raging to a frigjitful extent within the enemy’s entrenchments, j Ardently attached to the .cause of his! most unpOriatu events ortoe revolutiona ry contest, from the seige of Boston, in 1775, to the virtual termination of the war in 1781, the sufferer beheld the surrender of the British army on the memorable 19th of October, and was thence remov ed to Elthatn, in New Kent, where h° was attended by Dr. Craik, chief of the medi cal staff YVashiugton, learning the ex treme danger of his step-son, to whom he was greatly attached, privately left the camp before Yorktown, while yet it rang with the shouts of victory, and, attended by a single officer, rode with all speed to Eltham. It was just day-dawn when the commander-in-chief sprung from his pant ing charger, and summoning Dr. Craik to his presence, enquired if there was any hope. Craik shook his head, when the chief, being shown into a private room, threw himself on a bed absorbed in grief. | The poor sufferer, being in his last agon- I ies, soon after expired. The general re mained for some time closeted with his | ! ladv, then remounted and ’returned to the | i- ’ | ; camp. It was after the peace of 1783, that Gqp-j j eral Washington set in earnest about the ! improvements in building and laying of! | the gardens and grounds that now adorn Mount Vernon. He continued in these i gratifying employments occasionally di versified by the pleasures of the chase, till 1787, when he was called to preside in the convention that formed the present constitution, and in 1789 left his beloved retirement to assume the chief magistracy of the Upion. During the residence of General and Mrs. Washington at Mount Vernon, after the peace of 1783, the an cient mansion, always the seat of hospi tality, was crowded with guests. The i officers of the French and American ar | niies, with many strangers of distinction, hastened to pay their respects to the vic torious General, now tnerged into the il lustrious farmer of Mount Vernon. Dur | ing these stirring times, Mrs. Washington. performed the duties of a Virginian house wife, and presided at her well-spread hoard, with that case and elegance ot manners which always distinguished her. At length the period arrived when Gener al and Mrs, Washington were to leave the delights of retirement, and to enter upon new and* elevated scenes of life. The unanimous voice of his country hailed the hero who had'So lately led her armies to victory, as the Chief Magistrate of the young empire about to dawn upon the world. The President and his lady hid adieu, with extreme regret, to the tranquil and happy shades where a few years of repose hail, in great measure, effaced the effects of the toils and anxieties of war ; where a little Eden had bloomed and flourished under their fosteriug hands; and where a numerous circle of friends and relatives would sensibly feel the privation of their departure. They departed, and hastened to where duty called the man of his country. The journeys to New York, in 1789, was a contined triumph. The august spectacle at the bridge of Trentou brought tears to the eyes of the Chief, and forms one of the most brilliant recollections of j the age of Washington, j Arrived at the seat of the federal gov ernment, the President and Mrs. Wash ington formed their establishment upon a i scale that, while it partook of all the at j tributes of our republican institutions, possessed at the same time that degree ofj dignity and regard for appearances, so! necessary to give to our infant republic j respect in the eyes of the world. The j house was handsomely furnished; the equipages neat, with horses of the first or der; the servants wore the family liveries; and, with the exception of a steward and housekeeper, the whole establishment dif fered but little from that of a private gen tleman. On Tuesdays, from three to four o’clock, tlie President received the for eign ambassadors and strangers who wish ed to he introduced to him. On these occasions, and when opening the sessions of Congfcss, the President wore q dress sword, llis personal apparel was always remarkable for its being old fashioned, 1 and exceedingly plain and neat. On Thursdays were the congressional din ners, and on Friday nights, Mrs. Washing ton’s drawing room. The company usu ally assembled about seven, and rarely staid exceeding ten o’clock. The ladies were seated, and the President passed round the circle, paying his compliments to each. At the drawing rooms, Mrs. Morris always sat at the right of the lady President, and at all the dinners, public or private, at which Robert Morris was a guest, that venerable man was placed at the right of Mrs. Washington. When ladies called at the President’s mansion, the habit was for the secretaries and gentle men of the President’s household to hand them to and from their carriages; but when the honored relicts of Greene and Montgomery came to the presidoliad, the President himself performed these com plimeutarv duties. *4lll Ui »» "- J 1 £t —_ c A. X ■■ , of the revolutionary Congress and the offi cers of the revolutionary army renewed their acquaintance w ith Mrs. Washington; many and kindly greetings took place, with many a recollection of the days of triaL The Cincinnati, after paying their respects to their Chief, were seen to file off towards the parlour, w here Lady YVash ington was in waiting to receive them, and where YVayne and Mifflin, arid Dick enson, and Stewart, and Moylan, and Hartley, and a host of veterans, were cor dially welcomed as old friends, and where many an interesting reminiscence was called up, of the head-quarters and the “times of the revolution.” On Sundays, unless the weather was un commonly severe, the President and Mrs. Washington attended divine service at Christ church ; and in the evenings, the President read to Mrs. Washington, in her chrmber, a sermon, or some portion from the sacred writings. No visiters, w ith the exception of Mr. Speaker Trum bull t were admitted to the presidoliad on Sundays. There was one description_of visiters, however, to he found about the first Presi dent’s mansion on all days. The old soldiers repaired, as they said, to head-quarters, just to enquire after the health of his ex cellency and Lady Washington. They knew his excellency was of course much ! engaged; hut they would like to see the I good lady. One had been a soldier of the life-guard; another hadffieen on duty when the British threatened to surprise the head quarters; a third had witnessed that terri -1 hie fellow, Cornwallis surrender llis sword: each one had some totalling appeal, with which to introduce himself to the peaceful 1 head-quarters of the presidoliad. All were I “kindly bid to stay,” were conducted to the steward’s apartments, and refreshments set before them; and after receiving some little token from the lady, with her best w ishes for the health and happiness of an old soldier, they went their ways, while blessings upon their revered commander and the good Lady Washington, were ut tered by many a war-worn veteran of the revolution. In the Spring of 1797, General and Mrs. Washington, biddiug adieu to public life, took their leave of the seat of Govern ment and journeyed to the South, prepar ed bvg"o4earfllWt, to. Bpend the remnant of their days*in their beloved retirement of Mount Vernon. The General reassurn ed with delight his agricultural employ ments, while the lady bustled again amid her domestic concern’s, showing that neither time nor her late elevated station had any wise impaired her qualifications for a Virginia housewife, and she tfras now verging upon threescore and ten. ,j But-for 'Washington to be retired at II Mount Vernon or any was out lof the question. Crowds which had hail- J. W. FROST, EDITOR. nvmberh. ed the victorious General as ihe deliverer of his country, and called him with accla* mation to the Chief Magistracy of the in fant empire, .now pressed to his retire ment, to offer their love and admiration to the illustrious farmer of Mount Ver non. Mrs. Washington war an uncommonly I early riser, leaving her pillow at day dawn ! at ail seasons of the year, and becoming at once actively engaged in her household duties. After breakfast she retired for ad j hour to her chamber, which hour was I spent in prayer and-reading the Holy | Scriptures, a practice that she never omit ted during half a century of a varied life. I Two years had passed happily at Mount I Vernon; for although the general, yielding to the claims of his country, had again accepted the command-in-chief of her ar mies, yet lie had stipulated with govern ment that he should not leave his retire ment, unless upon the actual invasion an enemy, ft was while engaged 4n pro jecting new and ornamental improvements in his grounds, that the fiat of the Almighty went forth, calling the being, the meas ure of whose earthly fame filled to overflowing, to his gpat reward in higher and better worlds. The illness was short and severe. Mrs. Washington left not the chamber of the sufferer, hut was seen kneeling at the bedside, her head upon her Bible, which had becnrHier so lace in the many and heavy afflictions she had undergone. Dr. Craik, the early friend and coinpaujpn in arms of the Chief, replaced the hand, which was al most pulseless, upon the pillow, while he turned away to conceal the tears that fast chased each other down hjp furrowed cheeks. The last effort of the expiring Washington was worthy of the Roman fame of his life and character. He raised himself up, and casting a look of benignity on all around him, as if to thank them for their kindly attentions, he composed his limbs, closed his eyes, and folding his arms upon his bosom, the father of his country expired, gentle as though an in fant died! The afflicted relict could with diffi 3ulty be removed from the chamber of death, to which she returned no more, but occupied ah"aVrangemcnt* l with“govejQ^^ l£r Mrs. Washington yielded the remains % the Chief to the prayer of the nation, as expressed through its in Congress, conditioning that at her deceatfe, her own remains should accompany fhose of her husband to the capital. When the hurst of grief which-followed the death of the patrix had a little subsid ed, visits of condolence to the jgereaved lady were made by the first personages of the land. The President 0f the Unit# States, with many other distinguished in dividuals, repaired to Mount Vernon, while letters, addresses, funeral orations, and all the tokens of sorrow and respect, loaded the mails from every quarter of til# country, offering the sublime tribute of a nation’s mourning for a nation’a-benefac tor. Alt hough the great sun rtf attraction had sunk in the west, still the radiance shed by his illustrious life and actions drew crowds of pilgrims to his tomb. The es tablishment of Mount Vernon >vas kept up to its former standard, and the lady presided with her wonted ease and digni ty of manner at her hospitable board ; she relaxed not in her attentions to her do mestic concerns, performing the arduous duties of the mistress of so extensive an establishment, although in the sixty-ninth year of her age, and evidently suffering in iier spirits, from the heavy bereavement she had so lately sustained. - ♦ In little more than two years from the demise of the Chief, Mrs. Washington be came very ill from an attack of bilious fever. From her advanced age, the sorrow that had preyed-upon her spirits, and the sverity of the attack, the family physician gave but little hope of a favourable issue. The lady herself was perfecly aware that her hour was nigh; she assembled her grand-children at her bedside, discoursed to them on their respective duties through life, spoke of the happy influences of re ligion upon the affairs of this world, of the consolations they had afforded her in many and trying afflictions, and of the hopes they held out of a blessed immortal ‘itjr; and then, surrounded by her relatives, friends, and doqjpstics, the s£B erable relict of Washington resigwißttir life into the hands of her seventy-first year of her age. Agreeable to her direction, her remains were placed in a leadeir coffin, and en tombed by the side of those of the Chief, to await the pleasure of the government. In person, Mrs. Washington was well formed, and somewhat below the middle size. To judge {from her portrait at Ar lington House, done by Woolaston, when she was in the bloom of life, she must have been eminently handsome. In her drew, though plain, she was so neat, th|Et ladies have ofteft how S|rs. Washington could Wear afTOOp