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VOLUME Z.
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[U’N. B. Sales of Land, by Administrators,
Executors or Guardians, are required, 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 tin- 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
('otirt of Ordinary for leave to sell Lank, must
lie published for Four Months.
Notice for leave to sell Negroes, must be
published for Four Months, before any order
absolute shall he made thereon by the Court.
I» R O S I* E C T l S
or THE
uKtttrxrinrxiKi iimsiufiafc
A WEEKLY PAPER,
PUBLISHED AT BRUNSWICK, GLYNN
COUNTY, GEORGIA.
The causes which render necessary the es
tablishment of this Press, and its claims to the
support of the public, can best be presented by
the statement of a few facts.
Brunswick possesses a harbor, which for ac
cessibility, spaciousness and security, is une
qualled on the Southern Coast. This, of itself,
would be sufficient to render its growth rapid,
and its importance permanent; for the best
port South of the Potomac must become the
site of a great c ommercial city. But when to
this is added tl 10 singular salubrity of the cli
mate, free from those noxious exhalations gen
erated by the union of salt and river waters,
and which are indeed “charnel airs” to a white
population, it must he 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 harbor of
Brunswick the vast and fertile country through
which flow the Altamahn, and its great tribu
arios. A Rail Road will shortly be commenc
ed, terminating at Pensacola, thus uniting the
waters of the Gulf of .Mexico with the Atlantic
Ocean. Other Rail Roads intersecting the
State in various directions, will make Bruns
wick their depot, and a large portion of the
trade from the \ alley of the Mississippi will
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. But while its advantages
are so numerous and obvious, there have been
found individuals and presses prompted by scl- 1
fish fears and interested motives, to oppose an !
undertaking which must add so much to the j
importance and prosperity of the State. Their
united powers are now applied to thwart in
every possible itlanner, this great public bene- j
fit. Misrepresentation and ridicule, invective !
and denunciation have been heaped on Bruns- i
wick and its friends. To counteract these es- 1
torts 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 devel
oping the resources of Georgia, will he the
leading objects of this I’ress.
Such hi ng its end and aim, any interfer
ence in the party politics of the day would be
mpruiier 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 party. To
the citizens ot Georgia—and not to the mem
bers ot a party—to the friends of Brunswick—
to the advocates of Internal Improvement—to
the considerate and reflecting—do we apply
t r aid and support.
Terms—Three dollars per annum in ad
vance, or four dollars at the end of the year.
J. \V. FROST, Editor.
DAVIS & SHORT, Publishers.
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 12, 1837.
POET R V .
A LEGEND.
BY WILLIAM c. BRYaNT.
Upon a rock that high and sheer *
ltosc from the mountain's breast,
A weary hunter of the door
Hail sat him down to rest.
And bared, to the soft summer air.
His hot red brow and sweaty hair.
All dim in haze the mountains lav.
With dimmer vales between,
And rivers glimmered on their wav.
By forests faintly seen ;
\V bile ever rose a inimminng sound
From brooks below and bees around.
He listened till he seemed to hear
A voice so soft and low.
That whether in the mind or ear,
The listener scarce might know ;
W 1 tli such a tone, so sweet and mild
The watching mother lulls her child.
“TIIOII weary huntsman," thus it said,
“Thou faint with toil and beat !
The pleasant land of rest is spread
Before thy very feet,
And those whom thou would gladly see
Are waiting there to welcome thee.’’
He looked, and ’twixt the earth and skv,
Amidst tin' noontide haze,
A shadowy region met his eye,
And grew beneath his gaze;
As if the vapours of the air
Had gathered into shapes so fair.
Groves freshened as he looked, and flowers
Showed bright on rocky bank,
And fountains welled beneath the bowers,
\\ here deer and pheasant drank,
He saw the glittering streams; he heard
The rustling bough, and twittering bird.
And friends—the dead —in boyhood clear.
There lived, and walked again ;
And there was one who many a year
Within her grave had lain,
A fair young girl, the region’s pride—
His heart was breaking when she died.
Bounding, as her wont, she came
Bight towards Ins resting-place,
And stretched her hand,and called his name,
\\ ith sweet undsmiling face.
Forward, with fixed and earn r eyes,
The hunter leaned, in act to rise.
Forward, he leaned, and headlong down
Plunged from that craggy wall ;
He saw the rock, steep, stern and brown,
An instant, in Ins lull
A fearful instant, and nomori—
The dream and life at once were o'er.
Tfi ISC E E E A A I .
CV.v.MMi of the SiMDKR. A degree
of the marvellous has characterized the
stories of t lie sagacity of this annual, that
we do not attempt to reach ; a simple ex
hibition of it, however, fell under our ob
servation some few days since, which we
will relate:
A spider of immoderate size, had for
tified himself within a very formidable ■
wel> in a corner of our office, where he 1
was allowed to remain for no other reason
than his predilection for mosquitoes. His
taste for variety, however, was very soon
developed. We observed him a morning;
or two since, making very rapid prepara
tion to attack an enormous beetle, whose
peregrinations had extended into hist
neighborhood. The web was made fast to
two of his legs at the first onset. Mr.
Beetle, apparently not altogether satisfied
with this‘fraternal hug,’ marched off, car
rying his chains with him; in doing which,
he had well nigh demolished the fortress
itself. In a lew moments, however, he {
repeated his visit, in the meantime, the j
spider had repaired damages, was prepar-■
ed for the reception of the formidable I
stranger. The web was about eighteen
inches from the floor : the spider precipi-j
tated himself from it, but stopped sudden
ly when within two inches from the floor.
As this feat was again repeated, we have
no doubt that it was an experiment to I
tr\ the strength of his cord. At length
he threw lninseit upon the hack of the
beetle, attached the web to the posteriori
extremities, and then retreated. .Mr. Bee
tle’s suspicions of the intentions of ln» 1
long legged host, were now confirmed,
and apparently with no small degree of
displeasure, he turned his back upon the
spider, the frailty of whose well, notwith
standing his precaution, not interfering in
the slightest degree with the dignity ot
Mr. Beetle s measured tread. The spider,
convinced that open attack was altogeth
er unavailing, resorted to stratagem. With
rather an eccentric tnamtuvre, he fastened
the attention of .Mr. Beetle upon himself,
and then commenced a retreat up the
surface of a somewhat rough wall. Wheth-j
er Mr. Beetle mistook this trick of the
spider for politeness, uniler the impres
sion that lie was conducting him to his
castle, or whether it was a matter of sheer
curiosity that induced him to follow his
betrayer, we are not able to decide: it is
j sufficient that the decoy was successful.
jMr. Spider was vastly civil to Sir Beetle,
court language was used on the occasion,
without doubt, until they reached a point
dircctfy over the web, when, like another
Roderick Dim, he threw oIF his disguise,
and in a trice mounted upon tin* hack of
Mr. Beetle, disengaged his feet from the
wall, and they tumbled together into the
web. With the rough legs of the beetle,
j extrication was impossible, escape hope
less. He surrendered at discretion, and
on the following evening he was found
dead in his chains.
Domestic Economy. Wo recollect
that some twenty years ago, the National
Advocate, then edited by M. M. Noah,
i contained a series of excellent essays up
on domestic economy—full of good ad
vice and practical Hints. The following
j suggestions appear to he from the same
! source. We found them in a country pa
per, credited to the New York Star. Mr.
Noah’s domestic morality has always been
■ more to our liking than his politics.—
[Courier.
To the citizens at large, we sav, di
|miiiish your expenses. Do it at once and
by a united movement.
I Diminish the quantity of meat von pur
| chase in the market, select the cheapest
piece ; in sixty days there will he an over
stock of cattle, and poulty, and prices will
come down, and butchers will escape from
! monopolizing drovers. Forego the use
of butter, except in small quantities, health
j will he improved, and prices will come
I down.
Instead of having a fire in every room
collect the family together at one cheerful
S grate, and the surplus of coal will soon
reduce it to a reasonable price. Burn
I but one light in your parlor, and a smaller
, one in your hall, and oil and candles will
I soon hear a moderate price. Sell your
j horses, or if you keep them, limit their
allowance, walk more and ride less, oats
land hay will soon he selling at the old
rates of three shillings per bushel, and
! sixty cents a hundred.
| Use rice, beans, meal and vegetables
instead ofllour, and twelve dollars a bar
rel will no longer be heard of.
By pursuing this advice, you will render
a most grateful charity to the poor; for
now, even with their present high wares
j they can scarcely live. Upon thereduc
| tion of prices, wages might he reduced,
and their employment continued. As the
j matter now stands our city will he filled
j with men out of work, and wholly desti
ute.
j Instead of laying aside your hat when
the fur is rubbed oil’from tin; corners—or
your coat when the najv is worn from the
: cuffs and shoulders—or your boots, as
| soon as the soles or uppers are broken,
keep them in use until they are instillment
to keep out the weather. In these items
1 alone, the city might save, in one year,
j two millions of dollars.
Let your wives and daughters come
down to the cambric frock and frill, and
; four shilling pocket handkerchiefs. Tlh v
1 will he just as agreeable.
Tin >se that are married will he more
i beloved by their husbands, and those that
are not will he more likely to get them.
M e conscientiously believe, that if the
foregoing suggestions arc followed for on
ly sixty days, the good effect will he made
manifest; and when meat, flour and ar
ticles of consumption, come down to their
i old prices, and yet afford a fair profit to
the seller, and the money market is easy,
and confidence i- restored, we w ill all feel
more happy and contented.
John Wilkes was once asked by a Ro
man Catholic gentlemen, in a warm dis
pute upon, “Where was your religion be
fore Luther ?” “Did you wash your face
this morning ?” inquired the facetious al
derman. “I did. sir. “Then pray where
was your face before it was washed.”
Chekueit.xess. David Hume declared
he would rather possess a cheerful dis
position, inclined always to look on the
bright side, than with a gloomy mind he
master of an estate of ten thousand a
\ ear.
!
SvtiM’v Smith, preaching a charity
sermon frequently repeated the assertion,
that ol all nations Englishmen were the
most distinguished for generosity and the
love of their sjjtciis. Ihe collection
happened to be inferior to His expecta
tions, and-he said that he had evidentlv
made a great mistake, and that his ex
pression should have been, that they were
distinguished for the love of their
[ Bl ickwood’s Mag.
N v rt.RF.. —To a mail of deep emotions,
nature is a mirror full of shifting images .
to an unmoved one only a window through
which he can see what is going on a
round him.
“HEAR ME FOR 41 Y CAUSE.”
Piiii.aoeltiiia, Nov. 2d, I'--S«J.
Sir : In your instructions directed to
me of the Mh July last, relative to the
plan fortlie construction of the naw yard
at Pensacola, you direct that “all the buil
dings and improvements should be com
prised in the plan which at any future time'
would he necessary at that yard; and
that “an enlarged view should he taken
ot all the matters connected with it as,y
dock yard, or a building and repairing
establishment.' Having completed apian
for the improvements of the yard, and
submitted it to you, I beg leave now to
submit to you, also, some ideas which oc
curred to mein taking that enlarged view
ol this establishment which your instruc
tions seemed to aim at.
In studying the position of Pensacola
with reference not only to our own ad
jacent coast, and the great outlet of the
Mississippi winch it is so favorably placed
to protect, but also to the neighboring
counlres ol Mexico and the islands of
Cuba, Jamaica, and St. Domingo, which
are all liable at some future period to he
occupied by nations at enmity with the
United States, the national importance ol
the place could not but force itself on my
mind, and excited some surprise that it
had not hitherto attracted more the atten
tion of the Government. In evidence
how little has yet been done there, I may
mention tlie fact, that the revenue schoo-
ner Dexter had to resort to Charleston to
get her sides caulked, a:nl a few oilier tri
lling repairs which she needed. Yet, at
the same time tli.it the great section of
our country, of which Pensacola must
hereafter become the naval depot, lias
been thus overlooked, we find large ap
propriations applied to the construction
of navy yards in the middle and eastern
States. Casual observers unacquainted
with the lukewarmness with which the
development of our naval energies has
been prosecuted,might naturally conclude
that this disparity had its origin in an in
dillerence to our true policy, or in sec
tional selfishness ; or how else could they
account for the extraordinary fact, that
our whole sea-board from Norfolk to the
Sabine, an extent ot' nearly two thousand
miles, does not afford the means ol even
repairing a sloop of war; whilst to the
north and east, in less than one thousand
miles of coast, tin* means not only for re
pairs, but fir construction, are so singular
ly multiplied, that in the Chesapeake
waters we have two—the navy yards
at Norfolk and Washington: and in the
hav of Massachusetts, two others —one at
Portsmouth and one at Boston. There is
great deficiency in the southern section ,
of our country, as respects preparation for j
for naval defence, where it may he most
needed,to protect the rich and exuberant
region which has its outlet in the straits
of Florida. In the event of war, every
means w.uild he wanting to alford a
permanent protection for its great and
v.unable products issuing forth through
so many arteries, and now rendering all
Europe tributary to us, and promoting the
prosperity not only oftlie States which pro
duce them,but at the same time the wealth, I
power, and aggrandizement of our whole I
! uion. Through the Florida stream *
flow all the commerce and valuable pro
ductions of South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee,!
.Mississippi, Louisiana. Missouri, Indiana, i
and Illinois. All the produce of these j
various States, except that of South Caro- 1
linaand Georgia, must pass through the
straits of Cape Florida, the only practica
ble outlet of the great Gulf of .Mexico,
which is thus constituted for egress, ;ij
close sea, as much so as the Mediterra-:
m in, owing to the northeast trade wind [
which prevails to the south, and the island j
of Cuba and the Bahamas closing it on I
the east.
All the Slates enumerated are highly
interested in the establishment of an \
ellicient naval depot within the (itilf of I
Mexico, embracing all the elements neces
sary lor the repairs, construction, and j
equipment of ships of war, and the grad
ual acclimating of troops for Southern
sen ice.
!!y means of the strong current of the'
gulf stream, naval protection could be al
forded to Georgia and South Carolina
with as much facility and despatch from
Pensacola as from any of our northern
natal stations: and on the contrary, a
naval force rendezvousing at Portsmouth,
IJoston, New York, or Norfolk, would he
as unavailable for our coast and com
merce in the Gulf of .Mexico, as a naval
force at Brest or Cherbourg would be tor;
the protection of the south of France and
her commerce in the Mediterranean. In
deed, the ships at our northern ports would
be si ill less available than the French ships
under those circumstances ; for, owing to
the circuitous navigation round the south
of Cuba, which the strong currents of the
(lulf of Florida render necessary, it would
t ike from thirty to fifty days for a tleet
to reach the Gulf of Mexico from any port
m our north Atlantic coast. The Natch
ez, sluop-of-war, in which I took my pas
sage, in the fulfilment of the orders of the I
| Sth of July last, took thirty-four days to
j get from New York to Pensacola , and
the year preceding, the same ship was
fifty-six days in conveying Commodore
Dallas from New York to the some place.
I France, situated precisely, with respect
| to the Mediterranean, as the United States
arc to the Gulf of Mexico, found it ne
cessary to establish her great naval depot
at Toulon ; and Spain, with her establish
ment at Ferrol, and another at Cadiz,
immediately by the straiU, of Gibralter,
could not protect her Mediterranean com
merce, without another formidable estab
lishment at Carthagefia. Thus must it be
■ with the United States. The Gulf of
Mexico is our Mediterranean, and Pensa
j cola will become our Toulon ; also, at no
j distant period, some port on the coast of
j South Carolina or Georgia must furnish
the same facilities as Cadiz, for the pro
jection of the exterior mouth of the straits
j ot Fiorida. -
However inclined some maybe to pass
‘over tins important question, it does ap
pear to me, that if our Government be
i triii’ to the purposes of its institution, they
will accord ample protection to every sec
tion of our Union. The period lor ac
cording this protection may he delayed,
to the inquiry of our interests, and the
.dishonor of our national character; hut
it cannot he always avoided, lor, in some
, future maritime war-i—such as, sooner or
later, must take place, and which we
; may he engaged in—the productions of
j that vast empire, which has for its only
outlet the straits of Florida, will'be effi-c
--tirilly locked up, to the fatal injury of the
country, or possibly to the dissolution of
the Union.
It is not probable that an enemy will
hereafter ever attempt to make permanent
conquest of any part of our territory ;
yet past experience has shown us with
what facility an inconsiderable military
force sustained by a naval one, could ag
itate our whole sea-hoard, harass the mil
itia, burn our towns and plantations, and
arrest entirely our commerce and coast
jug trade, torthe want of adequate means
ot defence, proportioned to the resources
1 and real power of our country. At aba
ter period, we have; seen with what facil
ity a handful of pirates, without territori
-lal protection, skulking into and out of
! the harbors of the neighboring islands,
j could pillage and destroy our vessels tra
ding to the Carribean and Mexican seas,
land sacrifice the lives of our citizens
! witii relentless barbarity.
Foreign powers, with whom we are
{liable, from conflicting interests, to he
■ brought into collision, border our terri
tory, and occupy a chain of formidable
posts, stretching along and overlooking
our whole southern coast—such as Jam
acia, Mexico, Cuba, Bermudas, and the
Bahamas ; some of which are maintained
at great expense, and. might he the ren
dezvous lor future means of annoyance
and attack of our territory and com
merce.
The Gj i 11' of Mexico and straits of Flor
ida, constituting as they do the outlet of
| so many productions of a rich and valua
ble nature, thus surrounded by various
(nations, hid fair to be the scenes of much
future contention. Our own interests in
! that quarter are of immense and rapidly
increasing value, and which being thus
open to assault, it appears to me it would
be a wise policy in our Government to
provide the arsenals and establishments
lor ships ot war, necessary to the protec
tion ol our vast interests in that sea, and
thus prevent its falling a prey to the rapa
cious grasp ol liiture he|ligerants,as well
as to avoid the necessity of our ships of
war navigating (perhaps in a crippled con
dition) a dangerous coast of such extent,
to procure the necessary repairs and refit,
from the destruction of battle, the disas
ters ot the elements, and the decay inci
dent to our vessels, and subject to great
loss ol time in going from and returning
to their stations at the south.
The new principles of European poli
cy and reform irt relation to their Ameri
can colonies, aided by the fanatics spread
over our own country, exciting an insur
rection ury spirit among a numerous class
ot our sontli-vyestern population, together
with the cupidity which the rich produc
tion* ol’ that country are calculated to
create, sqpm to admonish us not to trust
too tar our own peaceful habits and pas
sive disposition, hut to apply all the means
in the po ssession of the Government for
the permanent defence of that niterssting
portion of the I'niori.
It these impressions are just, it appears
to me ol the greatest importance that the
construction of tin* dock and navy yard
at IVnsacola should he pushed on with
all possible despatch ; and that the navy
should obtain tiiere every essential to its,
efficiency ; and the Government and coun
try should find at that place, on the first
emergency, all the means ot defence for
the coast and its commerce. The best
harbor in the Gulf of Mexico, accessible
at all seasons of the year, enjoying an ex
emption from tropical diseases, and a
mild climate, nature seems to have for-
J. W. FROST, EDITOR.
NUMBER 19.
nidi it for the great naval depot and ren
dezvous for our ships destined to protect
the Mexican seas. This harbor admits,
with facility of ingress jind egress, the
largest sloops of war and merchant ships; *
but this will not be “adequate tq the fu
ture wants of the nation in the Gnlf of
Mexico.” The deepening ot’ the bar, or
entrance, so as to admit vessels of the
largest class, is essential to ihtft port, and
is an experiment well worth trying.
Should, however, the a
new channel could he cut through the isl
and ol St. Rosa, which, I shotilff think,
would not lie a work of much difficulty,
as the island is very narrow, and has deep
water close to the shore on the sea side.
'File abundance of the finest timber
for the construction and repairing of ves
sels of war, which grows on the shore of
the Gulf of Mexico, and immediately in
the neighborhood of Pensacola, which
now has to he transported to the nothern
navy yards at great expense and labor,
added to the facilities which the internal
improvements in a state of progress, in
(hat country will afford for the transpor
tation of every material for fleets of war,
caiistituteii a strong reason for the early
estalishment of a school of workmen and
mechanics, so essential to the ends pro
posed, of meeting “any future wants at
that place,” and developing its utility as a
naval depot and rendezvous for the ships
of war.
Considering the exposed state of this
section of our Union from the causes be
fore enumerated, and that the Gulf of
Mexico and its outlet (the straits of Flor
ida) is our vulnerable point,through which
flows so large a portion of onr national
wealth, no time, ought to be lost in ren
dering Pensacola the key to, and tire de
fence of, the Mexican seas.
I have the honor to remain,
Very respectfully, Sir,
Your most ob’t servant,
CHARLES STEWART.
To (lie Hon. Mahlo.v Dickerson,*
Serntari/ of the Navy. m »
M ARIMAUE uv lottery.— Our readers
are acquainted with a singular freak of
the young man who had made a lottery of
1 1 iniseiI. The following has been the
rfaiouciiuiil of this ingenious speculation,
for the truth of which a provincial jour
nal refers us to the civil registry qf Ly
ons. Ihe drawing took place in the fair
est manner possible, in the presence of
a notary and of several witnesses. Made
moiselle Euphrasie 8., a.young lady of
fortune at Lyons, won the young man.
A singular incident occurred after the
dr awing had been decided. The young
lady was still unaware of her good for
tune, when one morning a lady waited up
on her, in a state ot iqost painful excite
ment. ‘Save my life, Mademoiselle !’—
‘How?’ ‘Cede your ticket to me. ‘What
ticket V ‘The lottery ticket—the ticket
tor the young mail.’ ‘Oh, I Had forgotten
it-’—Then know, Mademoiselle that I
love—that 1 adore him. I had taken thir
ty tickets; it was as much as my means
would allow of my doing. My tickets
are all blanks. \ ours is the only prize.
Cede it to me or you will cause my death.’
‘Madame,’ replied Mademoiselle Eu
phruise, ‘there is a written clause on the
tickets, that if the young man should not
please me, or it 1 should not please the
young man, we are to divide the
francs, and not to marry one another. This
chance remains for you ; as to my ticket
I shall keep it.’ An hour aftewards the
prize young man presented himself to Eu
phrasie; they were mutually satisfied, and
lost no time in binding the conjugal knot.
The lady who had been so anxious to ob
tain the transfer of Euphrasie’s ticket was
a widow of Carcassons and is said to
have destroyed herself. The young cou
ple, united by lottery, are spending their
honey-moon at Narbonne.—[Constitu
tionnel.
Tin. (km in: Table.— A centre table !
that universal article among the mcubles
ts utir. maston, what moral can we extract
from it, how shall it be interpreted, and
how shall its various kinds be classified ?
Asa whole they constitute no mean index
to the popular literary taste of the day ?
individually, each indicates the preferen
ces, and mauy of the peculiarities of itii..
lair owner. In Us arrangement, it nHtjtr
be studiously ni "tiger, or equally metho
dical ; the volumes circumferentially dis
posed , or in radii from the centre; in annH
piles, exhibiting their beautiful
or m often layers, garishly displaying the
richest engravings. These tables, inore
uver, are sometimes exclusively literary ;
more usually a strange melange, forming
uu petit mus re of trifles, recherche , in the
exact ratio of the taste and knowledge of
the collector. It may be anxiously nice
and polished in all of its particulars, a
very mirror of its charming protector ; at,
trom its dusty, abused, and common ma
terials, intermixed with long delivered
cards and notes, form a pretty sure erite»
rionthat it hath no true lad y, but Ji sijU.
tern, for its author. In political fag|£||)|