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From the Charleston Mercury, May 1 *>th, 183li.
DIRECT INTERCOURSE WITH EU
ROPE.
We take great pleasure in publishing,
from the Edgefield Advertiser, the follow
ing very interesting article in relation to
the consummation of the Enterprise of
our energetic follow-citizen, Mr. Sin i.tz,
for establishing a direct trade between
Hamburg in this State, and the most im
portant commercial points ot the Europe
an Continent. In the present midnight
of commerce, such intelligence a- ihi
is like a ray from the morning star, telling
of the coming dawn :
“We have received the following most
interesting letter in relation to the arrival
of Mr. Delius in Hamburg, and let 1 as
sured that our readers will rejoice with
us, that the laudable enterpri/.e of Mr.
Shultz, to e f iblish anew and most im
portant commercial intercourse, is now
about to l»e consummated. All doubts
must now be dispelled ; and Mr. S. in
the accomplishment of his purpose, lias
vindicated anew that reputation lbr pub
lic spirit, for which ho is so distinguished.
We have not taken our pen with the v it u
of passing a fulsome eulogy upon him
or his town ; but on an occasion so appro
priate, we cannot hut congratulate the
State on the bright prospect which now
open before me.
Mr. Editor —Edward Delius, the bear
er of despatches ironi the Gmarnu.' nt ol
Hamburg, Germany, to .Mr. Shultz, mid
pcrliininary Consul of the government ol
Prussia, to the Town ot II burg, A
nicrica, reached Hamburg, on I liursday
the 4th inst. at 10 o'clock. lie was met
by Mr. Shultz, and Other citizens at the
Bridge, and by them ascorted, tinder t.i l j
tiring of camion from the ramparts, and
the inspiring influence of .Mr. Shultzs
fine band of music, to Ins private man
sion, where he was cheered l»y all that j
■generous hospitality, so characteristic ol .
the founder of this new town. A I irgei
concourse of citizen- ironi the town an !
country had collected lor the purpose ot
testifying their consideration for the high-!
ly respectable gentleman, who appeared
before them in a somewhat public capa
city, and who was received w ith gn at cor
diality. It is proper to remind the rcu-!
der that Mr. Delius is also one of the
Directors of “The American and Ger
man Trading Insurance Company,’’ ap-;
pointed in the Act of Incorporation oil
the Legislature of S. Carolina in l>dti. ,
“After an introduction to the company,!
Mr. D. read a communication of a public j
nature from the Senate oi Hamburg, in
Europe, which acknowledged the receipt
of certain documents forwarded by Mr.
Shultz to that city in relation to the in
troduction of n commercial intercourse
between the two places, and congratula
ted Mr. S. upon the growing prosperity
ami opening prospects of his new Town.
“The communication also contained a
suggestion to Mr. S. to make some pre
fix to the name, “Hamburg,” iy which il
could be distinguished Ironi Hamburg, in
Germany. To this suggestion, Mr. I),
added some suitable and appropriate re
marks of his own. Mr. Shultz wishing
to give an opportunity to the citizens
present to express the ir opinions, propo
sed that the meeting be organized by the
appointment of a Chairman and the ques
tion freely discussed. Col. Brooks, of
Edgefield", was called to the Chair, where
upon Mr. Shultz, submits I a Resolution
fertile appointment ot a Committee ol
live, to consider and report, at some iu
ture meeting, upon the propriety of it.
The Chair appointed Mr. Shultz, Mr.
Gray, Mr. Oliver, Mr. Sullivan, ami .Mr.
Hubbard, a committee, to which, upon
motion, was addwd the Chairman, and
Col. Pemberton, from Georgia."
“The whole ceremony of reception
was an interesting one. It was a proud
dav for Mr. Shultz. A highly respc ta
bic? and intelligent g aitle mum bad recei
ved in charge from the Senate of the ei
tv of Hamburg, the duty of congratula
ting him upon the growing pro-peritv of
bis yet infant town, and of expre's-ing ;i
Battering solicitude for the ostahli-ament
of a commercial intercourse bc'c.een the
two places, mutually beuefici 'l to each,
thus realizing the preuide-t hopes ot Mr
S. and the confident promise < which lie
bad holdout to the* public. 'Plus Public
Agent was before bon, and in the prr-ouce
of the citizens of thistown, officially per
formed the important elutv assigned him
by his Government, with the greater t dig
nity and ability.
In conclusion let me sav, that not the
least interesting incident of ;!u* ocea ion
was the cordial welcome, gwe n Mr Del
ius apd Lady, by the German readout < nf
Hamburg, And if 1 may be pudmVd'
for speaking thus publicly of a l, uly, I
v.'.U add, that Mrs. D. by her very i. iaf
fected kindness and conrtsey. made a most
favorable impression on all present.
An Eve Witness.
Specie gone from New-York to Eu
ropean 1557, •i~ i ,3o'»,ol’'
“London May 15. —The exportation
of the precious metal* from the ports of
the United States, is conducted v ith much
secrecy y in fact, so desirous were certain
parties in America to retain the gold, that
little less than Lynch lawwouldbe indict
ed on parties who were known to be en
gaged in shipping it. Most of the gold
which has already reached England from
the other side of the Atlantic, has been
smuggled on board. We can state that
of the Mint arrivals, /10,000, in Sover
eigns, were put on board at New York,
in old wine baskets as stores : /IfMKJO in
an old hair trunk : and in another instance,
nearly an equal amount was sent on board
in an old tub.”
Nkvv York, Juno 9.—Yesterday it was
'calculated by the bullion brokers, that
;>1 "0,000, in specie, went out by the
packets. Not a tenth part of this sum
l is entered at the Custom House, and ol
course it will be misrepresented by the
Wall-street prints. On Thursdny night,
after sundown, about twelve kegs of spe
cie, £.*,000 each, were removed from the
vaults of the Manhatteu Bank, and car
ried aboard tin? packets.”
j The above is an exhibit of the enor
mous amount of specie, and in what man
ner it went from New York to Europe, m
the short space of live months ; and what
is the result of these extraordinary tilings ?
Wliv, Europe lias got all the specie—the
New N ork hanks, the empty v aults—and
j the people hold the worthless paper,
i Thus, according to common custom,
{when a man’s purse is empty, his credit
i heroines low : ami even the trimmings
of his name leaves him. And, in com
pliance with this custom, I suppose we
i will have to call that once great city, Old
York hereafter.
i The general pretext that has been held
i out by the Batiks, in suspending specie
payments, was to keep the specie from
I going out of the country. Does the a
i hove look like keeping tiie precious me
tals from going out ol’'the country ? The
j secret is this, th» 15 inks sold their specie
I for a large premium, in preference to
I paving their debts ; for their bills were
lout, and they are willing lor them to stay
; out even to the end of time.
Hut, how have these Banks deluded
thcmselve-, and not only themselves, but
nearly all the Banks in Ihe whole nation;
and more than this, spurned from them
the high trust of this great nation itself.
Circumstances were so favorable, and the
temptation so great, too strong for the
money lovers to resist.
The Board of Commerce regulated the
price : the ships, as it were, almost at the
Banks doors, so that a lew midnight hours
would he sufficient to transfer the whole
contents of the vaults on hoard of the
ships.
As to the extraordinary convulsion of
the times, and lamentation, where is the
loss so much line and erv is raised about?
It is a mere change of the affairs of man
kind, and the imaginary value of different
species of articles or properly.; and in
lull accordance ot' nature these things are
brought about, when .Nation.-, Slat' s Cit
ies, Banks, and individuals op iate beyond
t heir ability to perform I heir undertakings.
| So, when a man wades beyond the sound
ing of bottom, he should know that he
; may get drowned. And moreover, it is
! reasonable and in accordance with nature,
that tho-o imaginary great men, who act
i the nabob and fancy themselves masters
j of hundreds of thousands and millions, ol
i wealth, and a host over mankind, should
! come down, and little ones to rise, as it
lis for old men to die and voting ones to
! take their place.
As to t lie commerce between America:
and Europe, the South has the same seas I
and uses the same ship as that of the |
North. W hat articles does the North
produce for market that Europe needs ?
Wheat—all Europe produces that article*
lor market herself: beef and pork—all
Europe has the same*. To be sure, the
North produces onions and potatoes in a-!
bimelauce, if Europe* wants them. She
bad some specie, but Europe* lias got that
already.
Tradesmen of all Europe, England,
France, Ru.-sia, Prussia. Denmark, Swe
den, Holland, Hanover* Belgium, Ham
burg, Brenuai, l.ubec, & c.—There seems
to In* a great convulsion in tin* worldly
all’iiis, and as to commerce in particular,
and this commotion mav tend to direct
commerce in a more* natural channel than
what it Ins hem between those Countries
heretofore, .and which certainly will make
the expense less and may make the gain
larger. !t*\ou conn* to America with
tiie; articles of emir maimftetories,do not
jgo to the* North for the sale of litem any
more, for she is full of manufactories he*r
, self, and if they buy from it is to sell a
; gain to 11 10 South. it' von want Cotton
.•ml Rice do not go to the? North to buy
them any more', for these* articles do not
grow there ; and it they have any, they
, ita\ e hi>ught them from the Smith. Come
.direct to the South with the articles of
vour manufactories, there you can sell at
j once* tea the men who want to use them :
and vour Cotfon bugging vou can sell for
bags, to put the very Cotton in, that you
’come to bu, : ,e:td cotton and rice you
yourselves can buy from the very planter
that raises them. Going to the North to
buy Cotton and 11 ice, would be like coin
ing tu the South to bin iia*. There* is no
i. f.gbor-et in villose things—they are the
•course* ol nature, and the dictates of com
mon sense*, and now is the tune to carry
them into a successful operation.
HENRY SIH LTZ.
Hamburg,Smith Carolina,Se'pt. IS, 1"37.
Persian Anecdote. A sage was as
ked what was the most valuable piece of
information he bail ever acejuired. “I
learned from a blind man,” lie replied,
“not to lift a foot till I had previously,
with my stick ascertained the nature of
the ground on which I was to put it down
again.’’ What a lesson to logicians and
all engaged in philosophical inquiries.
Small Debts, observes Dr. Johnson, are*
like siirall shot ; they are rattling oil every side,
I andean scarcely be escaped without a wound :
great debts are like cannon; of loud noise,
but Utile danger.
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
j [From the Peoria (Illinois)Register of Aug. 12.]
Oi.n Massachusetts Forever. An
; immigrant from Massachusetts, of middle
age, and very respectable appearance,’
stepped into our otlice, accompanied by
! his son, about nine years old, on Monday, i
| We learnt from him that he had arrived in
| our country about a month ago, after one
, of the most adv enturous overland journeys
perhaps ever undertaken. We hope to
j obtain from him a full relation of his tour,
| and in the mean time present the reader
! with the following brief outline : J
Hi s name is Isaac H. Pratt, of Middle
i borough, Plymouth County, Mass., and a
'ship-carpenter by occupation. Having a I
family of six or eight children, dependant
solely on his drily labor, and being, with
hundreds of others, thrown out of employ
'by the prostration of business
England, in May he formed the design of
taking his two eldest hoys and setting oIF
for this country on foot. With hitp toj
j design was to execute. Placing hisWite
j and y ounger children with a relation) lie j
started on the 1 Pst 1 1 of May, with his sons,
one aged nine, and the other six, without
a cent of money in his pocket, and no
! other arailubbs than a knapsack ofclothes
; and provisions, and a carpenter’s steel
' square. The first day lie entered Rhode
Island, where lie sold his square for a
quarter-dollar and four-pence-liu’peiiny,
(31 cents) which procured them some
thing to eat, anil lodging. The next day,
after reaching twenty-live miles by the
middle of the afternoon, they stopped at
a farm-house, where Mr. Pratt inquired if
; “they elid’nt want some odd jobs of car
-1 pentering done, —shelves put up, windows
tightened or loosened, doors hung or re-;
' paired, hen-coops made, roofs mended—j
any thing in his line, to pay for staying
over night?”. “Certainly,” was the reply, j
I “come in, and we’ll set you to work.” So ;
well satisfied was the farmer with his ser-j
vices, that on parting early next morning,)
he filled his knapsack with provisions to;
last through the day. The afternoon lie [
stopped iu like manner, and met with the
same reception—and thus he continued |
all the way to Buffalo oil Lake Erie.—
I Sometimes, in rainy weather, he would j
remain a day or two with his host, and on ;
two or three occasions received a lew
shillings for his work; but the whole
amount, added together, of the money that
came into his hands up to the time of his
| arrival at Chicago, did not amount to five'
dollars.
On reaching the Erie canal ho endeav-j
on and to work a passage for his hoys by i
driving the horses himself: hut finding
that this would not keep him in food, he j
left tin? canal, and resumed the pedestrian j
journey. On arriving at Buffalo, his of
fer to work his passage to Detroit, was
readily accepted ; and upon landing at
the latter place each resumed his tramp
with great cheerfulness. In passing over
the prairies of Michigan, they one day
attracted the notice of a company of
stage passengers, who insisted upon giving
the boys a lift, and accordingly took them
on ten miles to the dining house, where
they also gave them their dinner and
made up for them a contribution of (hi 1-2
cents. I'inding laborers in great demand
in this State, our accommodating pedes
trian worked one day in the praries at mow
ing, for which, lie got SI ol), and on an
otherdav, though anxious to “get on,”
he stopped to lay a barn lloor. Yet all
his receipts up to his entering Chicago,
as before stated, did not amount to So.
At Chicago lie worked a week, by which
his purse was so far replenished as to ena
ble him to reach here much richer than
lie left Massachusetts.
lie arrived at Peoria on the loth of
Julv, having walked with hishoys upwards
of lOUt) miles, without once appealing to
the sympathies of the benevolent for a
shilling, and accepting nothing, save his
[acquiescence in the stage contribution to
his hoys, without rendering what was
'deemed a lair equivalent. Like a genu
ine sou ot’ the pilgrims, he has too much
thrift to sponge, and too much indepen
dence to ask or accept a favor. On the
da\ of his arrival lie was surprised to see
in our streets .an old M iddleboroiigh towns
man, Mr. Brooks, of the firm of Brooks
A. Cogswell, merchant. The latter, on
hearing his adventures, said, “hoys who
; had traveled so well as they hail done,de
served something,” and taking them into
; his store, presented them with a suit of
| clothes each.
Soon after his arrival, Mr. Pratt said
he must go and look at the country and
take up a claim. So he started oil’, ta
king Ins bovsvvitli him, for the kidkapoo
track. Here lie ' acknowledges himself
under many obligations to Clarke, 1).
Powell, Esq., for ins kindness in show
ing him the country, and his adv ice as to
his future operations. lit 1 thinks, in pur
suance of his advice, of buying a claim
j near Charleston, 10 miles west of here,
I and another for his brother in the same
' neighborhood, lie is ottered a quarter
| section of prarie, with a quarter of timber
; half a mile from it for SIOO. He has se
ven brothers, all of whom are inclined to
come here, and only wait for his report
'of the country to make up their minds
I on the subject.
| '
A Conceited young man, adddressing
, himself, to Ur. 1) , said, ‘I ant going
to write a book on popular ignorance.’
, • I know no one,’ said the Doctor gravely,
| ‘more competent to prepare such a work.’
TIIE ADVOCATE.
BRUNSWICK, (Ga.) OCTOBER 1‘), 18-37.
Direct Intercourse between the
South and Europe. At the request of Mr.
Shultz, the entferprizing founder of the flourish
ing city of Hamburg in South Carolina, we
publish a paper in reference to a contemplated
commercial intercourse between that city and
the old Hamburg of Holland. Mr. Shultz
lias been for years endeavoring to establish a
direct trade between Europe and the ports of
the South. Aware of the obstacles existing to
the use of the present ports, he many years
since visited Brunswick, and bid off a large
number of lots sold under a statute of the State.
Owing to an informality in the proceeding, the
•sale was never completed. Had circumstances
favored his views at that time, the advantages
ot this harbor would long ere this, have creat
ed a city, and given a most favorable impulse j
to the commerce of the South. Soon after
this he founded the city of Hamburg on the
Savannah river, opposite Augusta. It will be
necessary for him to establish a shipping port,j
as the location of his city so far up the Sav- !
vannah, renders it impossible for vessels em-;
ployed in foreign voyages to ascend. His,
long and intimate knowledge of the different
harbors on the coast, must necessarily force on
his mind the conviction that Brunswick is al
together the best adapted for this purpose.
The advantages of such a trade and the
important bearing it will exert in drawing out
the slumbering energies of the South, are dai
ly becoming better understood, and are at
tracting that attention, and eliciting the dis
cussions which alone are necessary to enlist;
the entire community in its favor. The South
enjoys every facility from nature, possessed by
the North, for creating a commerce and reap
ing the wealth which attends it. It is tiie
South that raises the great staples on which
our foreign trade is based, and can by a vigo
rous exertion, control and regulate that trade.
But it need not depend entirely on Southern
capital—only demonstrate to European mer
chants that there are ports at the South, healthy j
at all seasons, and they will not only invest!
their capital here, but " ill come themselves to
live. So will it be with the Northern merchants.
A correspondent of the Georgian speaks of the
tact that Northern iPcichiints reside in the
South, only until they have acquired foitunes!
and then go home to enjoy them. This will be j
case until it shall be safe for then to spend the j
twelve months in one spot. In the seaports
now in use, there is nothing to call out those
local attachments which bind men to par
ticular spots—spending their Summers al
ways at the North—keeping alive the social
' relations and business connexions—looking on
their Southern residences merely as the place I
for labor and drudgery, it is not to be wonder- \
ed that they should never learn to look on the
South as home. But the case will be entirely
reversed when a business place shall be found 1
where the population may remain permanently
with perfect safety, and ships visit in every
month. Then will this source of just complaint
cease, and the wealth acquired here be used
for the advantage and improvement of the
South.
j The Mechanic Arts. On the first page
j will be seen an account of a recent exhibition
lof the industry and skill of the mechanics of
Massachusetts. The degree of perfection to
which they have carried their various trades is
the more surprising, when we reflect that all
this has been created since the Revolution.—
Previous to that time every thing was import
ed from the mother country. Much of this is
to be attributed to the Taritf System, so justly
, obnoxious to the South, but much more, we
j think, is to be traced to the influence of
| public sentiment exerted in favor of every de
| partment of mechanical latior. The following
! extract is from an address delivered before the
j Mechanic Association by that distinguished
! scholar, Gov. Everett.
“The high moral character of the mechanic
I arts was vindicated bv the orator in a strain ot
i great eloquence and fervor, which drew down
i deafening plaudits from every part of house.—
j ‘When I behold a telescope,’ said he, ‘I never
' fail to thing of the tube of Galileo, w hich first
I pointed to heaven, revealed the phases ot
Venus, and the moons of Jupiter, and brought
into the compass of mortal v ision, ten millions
jof suns invisible to the naked eye. When 1
j look upon the mariner’s compass, and reflect
that, in the thick darkness of the tempest,
| when his siiip is trembling upon the crested
j ridge of the mountain billow, that little bar of
steel guides him with unerring sagacity, i
! feel that there is in tiie mechanic art a holy
| philosophy, which, though I cannot compre
| liend, l yet can reverence.”
; Erruata. In the second communication of
J 'Public Rights,’ for 'wherever else,’ read 'whence
else’ —'note grants,’ read ‘ncic grants,’ —'as a
proof,’ read 'is a proof,’ —'ns merely retrospec
tive,’ read 'is merely, & c.’—% your reply,’read
'in your, Ac.’—‘of Trustees,’ read ‘of the Trus
tees,’ —‘generally reported, ’ read ‘generally re
| puted.’
Gen. Scott has applied for the command of
the forces in Florida, which request has been
refused by the War Department. Another
war of paper and ink may be shortly expected.
Errata. In the communication of Bruns
j wick, ‘for reserve,’ read ‘reasons,’ —‘parts for
1 parties,’ ‘it should read above mentioned
; parties.’ Th'ereare several other errors of omis- i
! sion and commission, but these we believe j
! alone, impair the meaning of the author.
j ‘Attila,’ a romance, bt the author of
one in a thocsanb, &c. This is the last
production of Mr. James, well known as the au
thor of several historical novels which have
; been much admired both in this country and
j England. Deeply read in European history,
he has in every instance been peculiarly fortu-
I nate, or rather, it should be said, judicious in
the selection of the times and events he has
attempted to portray; and he has done good
service to the cause of his tor)’, by the charm
his spirited delineations have thrown around
the by-gone days on which he himself dwells
with all the enthusiasm attendant on severe
application to a favorite study.
‘Attila’ presents all the characteristic excel
lencies and defects of its author. The time
chosen, is one of the most interesting epochs in
the history of the Roman people. When their
proud city for so many ages the mistress of the
world had been forced to yield up the moiety
of her dominion and be content with a preca
rious rule over the Western Empire, and Con
stantinople, once her slave, had arisen to a
formidable rival—when the Roman eagles
whose pinions had swept in triumph over con
quered continents, wearied in their flight, and
with dimmed, glazed eyes no longer dared to
face the burning sun of glory—when the
name of Roman citizen once the dread passport
of safety had become a term of reproach and
synonimous of slave ; and Imperial Rome her
self had submitted to the pollution of a barba
rian conqueror; while the vices and degener
acy of her children offered new temptations
for the fierce Huns and other remote tribes to
sweep with iron hand over the guilty land.
Such is the period Mr. James has chosen,
and with his. remarkable power of description
has he pictured the face of nature. The pal
ace of Diocletian and the Adriatic sea—Ro
man towns and armies—the march of the Iluns
and the desolation which accompanied their
path—the modes of life of these warlike na
tions, and wc arc shown the Ilunnish villages,
as w ell as their camps. All these are drawn
with a minuteness and finish,which leave on the
mind of the reader a deep impression of the
condition of tiie world at that time. But he
fails in his delineation of that remarkable
man Attila, “the scourge of God.” He does
not show us any thing of his mind—we see
only his actions, very little of the hidden
springs which prompted them—wc are never
allowed to penetrate into the secrets of his
prison house—never do w’e catch a glimpse of
the workings of )iis wonderful mind. And yet
we can scarcely conceive a character admit
ting of more analysis; or affording a wider
scope for the exercise of deep thought. This
is the great fault of all this author’s wrnrks.—
For instance examine any of his former novels
and the same remark applies with equal force.
For a moment we will refer to ‘l’hilip Augus
tus,’ which perhaps is his best. In that, he has
for his hero, one of the lew monarchs, who in
the dark ages dared to rise above the ignorance
and superstition of his times. A renowned
warrior—the leader of the crusading armies in
Palestine, and the profoundest statesman in
Europe, the interest we feel in his character, is
increased by the bold stand he took against
the arrogance of the Roman Pontiff, braving
as lie did the terrors of a papal interdict —a
stand lie was compelled to give up, only from
the cowardice and defection of his nobles.—
And yet Mr. James is content to place in the
foreground a stalwart knight, with strong arms,
thick head and generous heart, making him in
fact the principal personage,w hile the monarch,
associated as he is, with every thing great and
noble, plays an inferior part. Or refer
to ‘Bichlicu,’ who from a priest, arose to des
potic power, commanding alike sovereign and
subject, w ielding his King as a puppet, curb
ing the Nobles at home, while he controlled
the destinies of Europe. With such a fine
subject for the display of his talents, Mr. James
introduces him but in one or two chapters,
and the most interesting and best drawn char
acter in the hook, is one of the minions of the
Cardinal. The truth is Mr. James has not
tin' power to grapple with these giant minds—
he in leed calls up their spirits but they are in
distinct and without form, and he w illingly al
lows them to vanish—he cannot unravel the
tangled thread of human passions and feelings
—the deeper emotions are beyond his reach—
they lie too low for his line to fathom. Such
characters as Eugene Aram, Arbaces or
Rienzgof Bnlwer,are above his [lower. But not
withstanding this defficiency, he is an exceed
ingly fascinating writer, and his descriptions
ot scenery offon equal any to be found in the
language. He is at home in the tournament
or battle—the chateau or camp—the cliace or
dance—the city or the forest, and no one can
rise from the perusal of any of his works, with
out having clearer and more accurate acquaint
ance of the times which-it depicts. As accu
rate and finished pictures of particular eras,
his novels deserve the great popularity they
enjoy, and undoubtedly "will long retain their
hold on public favor.
Congress. The members are vet making
speeches, they will probably continue until the
Treasury gets out of funds.
Fort Gibson has been as unhealthy as usual
this season. It is said to be the sickliest post
in the United States, and anew location should
be selected for the troops.
Bottar, the Italian Historian died recently.
He w as known as the Livy of the Age.
*
“Our State.” Some weeks since we were
furnished with a letter of Air. King’s to a
y oung gentleman, about to graduate at Frank
lin College, in this State. We have received
from him an extract from his Oration, which
with a private letter referring to the same sub
ject, we lay before our readers with much
pleasure.
Sparta, Georgia, Sept 28, 1837.
M r. Frost,
Dear Sir, —I have received a number of
your paper in which was published the letter
of Air. King to myself, on the subject of the
Brunswick enterprise. The remarks which
you were pleased to make in stating the cause
of the letter being written, have induced me
to send you an extract of the speech referred
to—touching the subject upon which I asked
information of Mr. Kihg. You will accept,
Sir, my thanks for the favorable notice of me
therein expressed. Ido not send the extract
with a request of its publication, but leave you
to dispose of it as you think proper. My ob
ject is your gratification. If I shall attain
! that, I am satisfied.
The Brunswick Company have certainly un
dertaken one of the grandest enterprises of
j the age. I wish Mr. King could receive that
support from the people of Georgia, which he
so justly deserves. But as it is, there are
Georgians who are inimical to this enterprise
—w ho would heartily rejoice in its total failure.
I could expatiate on this subject There-is
none of such a nature in which I fee] so much
interest—not as an individual, but a Georgian.
I could rejoice in the success of this undertak
ing, not because of the advancement of my
own interest, but because of the advancement
of the wealth and honor of my native Georgia.
I will close lest I fatigue you.
I am Dear Sir,
Your friend and feHow citizen,
D. W. LEWIS.
OUR STATE.
Extract. —The great enterprise which
promises most to advance the commercial and
agricultural interests of our State, is that which
has been undertaken by the Brunswick Com
pany. The object of this enterprise is to con
nect the port of Brunswick with the Gulf of
Mexico. What must be the feelings of every
Georgian, when he reflects upon what may be
the result of this undertaking. A few months
ago Georgia was likely to be a tributary to the
surrounding States. The ports of Alabama
and Carolina, expected to receive the greater
pa tof our products. But how different th«
position which the State now occupies. It
been reduced to this—that Georgia has the
best port on the Atlantic coa-t, south of
Chesapeake bay. In view of this, the Bruns
wick Company, under the guidance and pat
ronage of the talented, patriotic and energetic
King, have undertaken a full developement of
the advantages of this port, by means of the
Brunswick and Florida Rail Road. Can we
calculate the effects of the completion of this
road. All communication between the North
and Southwest must then be carried on through
our State. The products of the “mighty
West,” will then be carried through this road
and shipped at the port of Brunswick vastly
cheaper, safer and sooner, than they ca n be
carried round the Cape of Florida, and Geor
gia u'ill receive the profits of commercial ex
change. Shall we not hail the author and fin
isher of this scheme, as the benefactor of Geor
gia—the benefactor of the whole South.
General Wool has been honorably acquit,
ted.
From Sumatra. —The Brig Lucilla,
Captain Silver,arrived on Friday evening,
left Muckie, the 20th of May. We learn
from Capt. S. that previous to his sail
ing, he received a letter from Capt. Ilam
mond, of the ship Maria, of this port, sta
ting that several attempts had been made,
by the natives, to cut off the Maria, and
in the last attempt, they succeeded in ta
king him and six of the crew, who were
taken up a river, and put in a Fort, and
while there, treated with great violence.
While at the Fort,the natives collected in
great numbers on the beach, with their
war prows and instruments to make an
other attempt on the ship, when three of
the head men of the Ladang interposed,
and through their influence saved their
lives and they were liberated. Capt. S.
also informs, that Pepper was scarce—the
crop short —20 per cent, all along the
Coast, in consequence of the drought
when the Pepper was in blossom. Very
few of the vessels he left on the Coast,
will he able to obtain full carges. [New
York Journal of Com.
The Exploring Squadron. —The Pi
oneer and Consort had dropped down
from the Navy Yard to the anchorage off
Town Point, having undergone an entire
metamorphosis in the hands of our skil
ful workmen, in which they were un bar
ked and reduced to the trim and hand
some condition of full-rigged brigs, with
the addition of false bows and other al
terations, which have so materially impro
ved their appearance, that it would be im
possible to recognize in them the clump,
missshapen things that floated in the same
place last spring. It is now believed by
those who ought to know, that they will
work well, and perforin all that is expec
ted of them, when they shall come to
manoeuvre among the icebergs of the po
lar regions, which it was conceded they