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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