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** * AUGUSTA CONVENTION. 'VTh«*select Committee raised for the purpose of ascertaining and reporting, w h.it measures will, of their opinion, most effectually contribute to the accomplish ment of the great object of this Conven tion, ask leave to submit the following. REPORT 1 The Committee arc deeply improv'd with the importance of the duty assigned them, and have bo .-towed upon it all the attention their limited time would per mit. They regard the present derangement >of the currency and exchanges of tin* country, however we may deprecate its causes and deplore its immediate effects, as furnishing an occasion, which, if wise ly improved, will relieve the staple-grow ing States from a state of commercial dependence,, scarcely less reproachful to their industry and enterprise, than it is ■ Incompatible with their substantial pros perity. The staple-growing States, while they province two-thirds of the domestic ex-; ports of the U. States, import scarcely,) o»e4e«lh of the foreign mercandi/e i which is received in exchange for it. Al most the whoin of' the foreign commerce which is founded upon the productions of our industry, is carried on by the cit izens ol other States, causing their cities to flourish, w hile o.irs have been sinking into decay. In the -opinion of the (’oiiituitlo, 1 1 h• p*T,ioU has arrived, when our citizens are invoked by-the unit'd voice of interest and patriotism, to put an end to this vol untary tribute, amounting annually to some tiling like ten millions of dollars. It is believed that the quota of Georgia and 8, Carolina alone, amounts to not less than three millions of dollars. It may not he disguised however, that this extraordinary and unequal state of our commercial relations, lmd its origin, more in the fiscal operations of the federal gov ernment than in any supposed delicienrv in the industry and enterprise of our cit izens. The high dutes imposed by the tarhr of l>l9 upon the productions of Soul hern industy, and the- still more en ormous duties imposed by those of 1*24 and 1828, combined with the unequal system of depositing and disbursing the revenue tints collected, almost exclusively in the Nothern cities, operated as a boun ty to the commerc of those cities, which tlie most persevering industry and enter prise on our part, could not have o\ er mine. (ireat and obvious as were the natural advantages of our Southern cities, they were more than counterbalanced i>v those operation* of the government. And while we stood amidst the ruins thus produced by lms-goverm^eut,ninny of our own citizens were utterly unable to ac count for the plietiomouoii, and some of our charitable neighbors supposed it to be owing to the curse of Heaven upon our domestic institutions. Every practical man, however, will at once perceive, that the deposite of almost the whole of the government funds, in the hanks of the \othern cities, was e quivalent to a loan of a like sum fvitliouf interest, and that tlie immense sums dis bursed hy the government r.t the same points, operated even more decidedly t<> give those cities an undue ascendancy. tine ol the most obvious and salutary con sequences which we may confidently an ticipate from the reduction of the duties and the withdrawal of the government depositcs from the banks, will be the res toration of the Southern cities, to a con dition of comparative equality in the bu siness o| foreign commerce. In a fair and equal competition, it cannot he doubt ed that they will be able to exchange our domestic productions for the manufac tures ol Europe, In u direct trade, more advantageously, than the Not hern cities can do it, by a circuitous process invol ving intermediate transfers and agencies, ail increasing the risk and expense of the operation. never was presentted to the cap italists of the South West such an open ing for profitable enterprise, and they are invited by the rno-t powerful considera tions to improve it. Now that the fiscal operations of tire federal government have been so greatly reduced, and the field of competition lYnly opened, if they should still look on with listless apathy, while the mighty current of our own pe culiar commerce is flowing literally by "thenl, to nouri-h dist ant cities and fertil ize the barren lulls of distant communi ties, wc must then acquiesce in the judg ment which the world will pronounce, that we deserve our destiny. But the Committee indulge the confident belief that such a reproach will no longer rest upon us. The public spirit of our peo ple lias been roused into action ; they have been awakened to a sense of their condition, and all prepared to co-operate in their respective spheres, in the great work, of throwing off the shackles of our present colonial condition and establish ing our commercial independence upon a lasting foundation. The stiqdc growing states never can be practically independent and enjoy the full measure of the bounties which Prov idence ha* so abundantly provided for them, until th? commerce which is foun ded upon tbeir valuable productions shall be carried on by our own merchants, per manently resident amongst us, whcthei they be native or adopted/ Tim pursuits of commerce must be liberalised ; tin commercial class must be elevated ir paVr - op vt to fh.o rank in society which properly belongs to if. The av ■ ocation of the merchant requires as much , character and talent and is of as much 1 1 dignity and usefulness ns any other pur • suit or profession ; ami the senseless pre ■ judice which would assign to it an interi or rank, lias been blindly borrowed from those ancient republics and modern des potisms, whose policy it was to regard war as the only honorable pursuit. As agricultural productions which find their market principally in foreigu countries ooustitutc the almost exclusive source of our wealth, the mercantile class is as in dispensable to our prosperity as tiie agri cultural. Their interests are inseparably identified, and whatever effects the pros perity of the one, must have a correspond ing influence on the other, flow much, then does the general welfare ol' the sta ple-growing States depend upon divering ' into the pursuits of commerce, a large j portion of the cajufal, the character and I the talent which have been intlierto, di rected too exclusively to agriculture and the learned professions ? It is the delib erate opinion of the committee that no k one change could be made in our pursuits, that would so largely contribute to the public prosperity ; and that those public spirited citizens who shall take the lead in this new career of useful enterprise, w ill deserve to be regarded us public ben efactors. The prevailing habit of imesting*>al -1 most the whole proceeds of our cotton crops in land and negroes, lias produced a constant tendency to over-production in this great staple : and nothing but the j extraordinary increase of its consumption i in the great markets of the world, has! prevented us from experiencing the ruin- ; ous consequences ot our mistaken policy, j In this viewot the subject every dollar 1 that shall he diverted from the production] ol cotton, to some other profitable pur-j suit, will he so much clear gain to the! planter and to the country. It is a well established principle in po litical economy, that an excess of supply beyond the efficient demand, diminishes* the price ol an article more than in pro portion to tin; excess, and that a delicien-] <’V of supply increases the price in a cor-! responding degree. For example, it is believed that if the present cotton crop ol the United States should he only 1,-1 290,009 hales, it would produce* a larger! aggregate sum to the planters, than if it should prove to he I ~500,000 hales, the price being more enhanced than the quail- j tity would he diminished. It was upon this principle that the Dutch East India I Company, actually burnt one lull’of their! spices, that they might obtain more for the remaining half than they could have! obtained lor the whole. Let us pursue I a still wiser policy. Instead of burning our surplus, let us direct the capital and industry that produce it, to other profit a-; hie pursuits, which w ill open new sources ol wealth, and at the same time increase the value of those already in existence.— In connexion with this view oft he subject, the policy of raising every supply which the soil will produce,cannot be too strong- 1 ly recommended. By whatever specious reasons a contrary policy muv he countc- 1 nanced, experience proves them to be fallacious. If every planter would raise! his own supplies of the various produo! vions of the soil, and ofthe annuals which feed upon those productions, it would tend greatly to limit the excessive pro duction of our great staples, and increase] at the same time the independence and 1 the income of the agricultural class. The committee will now proceed to ex amine, a little in detail, the relative ad vantages of the Southern Cities for the business of foreign importation, compar ed with those <>f the Nothern cities. In the first place, house rent is much higher in the latter than in the former, a very important element in the calculation, hi the second place, freight is habitually higher from Europe to the Nothern than to the Southern Cities, for the plain rea son that ships coming to the South for cotton, would have to come in ballast if thrv were not freighted with merchandise. All 11 io oilier elements that constitute the cost of importation, are believed to lie as cheap in the Southern ns the Nothern; Cities. It is thus demonstrable that for eign merchandise can be actually impor-: led and sold in the former at cheaper rates than in the latter places. When to this we add the expenses of tranship ment at N. York or Philadelphia, the loss iof interest, the* freight and insurance to the Southern Cities, and tho expenses ]of landing ami storing there, it w ill he apparent tint the merchants of the South ami South-West will lindit greatly to tlidir advantage, to make their purchases of I foreign merchandize in our own cities in preference to New York or Philadelphia, j The same course ol reasoning will show that our cotton can be exported directly j from our own sea-ports, with similar ad vantages over the more circuitous route of the Nothern Cities, j It seems, therefore, perfectly clear .to the Committee, that our capitalists who [shall enter into the business of importing ! foreign merchandize, cannot fail t'o re il -1 ize ample profits, and yet supply the mer chants of the interior on terms more ad i vautageous than they can obtain from 1 the Nothern importers. They have eve -Iry natural advantage tin the competition, i and are invited bv every motive, public | and private, to embark in the business and reap the rich harvest that lies before them. It cannot be doubted that the merchants of the interior will give them a preference since, to the motives of in BRUNSWICK ADVOCAE. terest, those of patriotism will be super added. • Among the measures which will most effectually promote the great object which has brought this Convention together, none arc more prominent, in the cstima ( mation of the committee than the com pletion of the great works of internal im provement, by which the Southern Atlan tic cities are to be connected with the Valley of the Mississippi. In aid of the individual capital and enterprise engaged in these works, it is believed that the pat ronage of the States interested, might be wisely and beneficially bestowed. Their completion would greatly promote the system of direct importations through our own sea ports, and these importations would equally promote the completion of the works in question. They are parts of one great system, and will mutually sustain each other. If Georgia and South Carolina, with that harmony and concert ol action which the ( inseparable identity ot their interest so strongly recommends, would bring their individual energies and resources to the completion of those lines ot communication connecting their at lantic cities w ith the navigable waters ol the W est, the day would not be distant " hen our most ardent hopes and sangu ine anticipations would be realized. 1 be committee beg leave to suggest to the convention, another measure which in their opinion, would be eminently con ducive to the great object we have in v iew. One of the obstacles in the wav ot establishing a system of direct impor tations, is the want of the requisite capi tal applicable to that object. The coun try, it is believed, contains a sufficiency ot capital, it motives could be presented to give it a proper direction. To effect this, the committes can suggest no meas ure, which in their opinion would he so affectual, as a law limiting the responsi bility of co-partners to the sums which they shall put into the co-partnership. A large portion of the capital to which we must look tor carrying on the business of direct importations, is in the hands of planters, and men of fortune who have retired from business, who would he wil ling to put a portion of their surplus cap ital into importing co-partnerships under the management of men of character and capacity, but would never consent to make their w hole fortunes responsible for the success of the undertaking. If thev actually contribute a certain amount of capital, and the public is apprized that their responsibility extends no further, is is obvious that the credit of the concern will rest upon the substantial foundation <>t the capital paid in.—Nothing can he more fair as it regards the public, and nothing would so effectually direct the capital and enterprizc our citizens into channels where it is so much wanted. The commute think it would he expedi ent to memorialize the Legislatures of the Southern and South-Western States on this subject, and recommend to the Convention the appointment of commit tees for that purpose. Another measure which would greatly facilitate the establishment of a system of direct importations, would he the forma tion, of a connection and correspondence between some of our hanks and some ot those in England, hy which each should have a standing credit with the other. 'Ellis would enable the banks here to furnish the merchants who might wish t® purchase goods in England with letters of credit, upon receiving adequate security. The hearer of such a letter would have to pay interest only from the time he actually drew the money to pay for his purchases. This would prevent the loss of interest which he would incur il compelled to provide himselfwith mon ey before lie set out on his adventure. Cotton purchasers from England would derive iho same benefit bv obtaining sim ilar letters, from the hanks there; upon those of our banks, with which they should have an established credit. If in addition to these facilities, our banks would establish agencies in Eu rope, and advance a limited amount, up on Cotton consigned to them, it would greatly contribute to accomplish our com mon object, by enabling our citizens to to export their own cotton, as well as to import their own merchandize, without the intervention of any Nothern agency. In concluding their report, the Com mittee cannot but express their strong conviction that the success of this great movement towards the emancipation of the staple growing states from their com mercial trammels, will depend more upon individual enterprise, sustained and sup ported by an enlightened public opinion, than upon auv measures of legislation, however important these mav be. The business of direct importations, must he commenced at once: for if the present occasion is permitted to pass away unim proved, one equally propitious tnay never occur. The Committee recommend the Convention to adopt the following reso lutions in furtherance of the views ex pressed in the foregoing report : 1. lit sulcal, That in the opinion of | this Convention, the present conjuncture iin our commercial affairs is eminently ; propitious for the establishment of a sys tem of direct importations, through our Southern and South-western Cities, and that wc are called upon by every consid eration of interest and of patriotism, to throw off the degrading shackles of bur commercial dependence. 2. Resolved, That with a view to in duce public spirited capitalists to embark, in this business, the people of the staple- 1 growing States be recommended to give public manifestations of their determina tion to encourage and sustaia importations l through their own sea-ports. *!• Resolved, that two Committees be , appointed by the President of this Con i volition to memorialize respectively the legislatures of Georgia and South Caroli on the snbject of limited copartnerships. 4. Resolved, That a Committee be aj>- pointed to prepare an address to the peo ple of the Southern and South-western ; States, setting forth the advantages and practicability of carrying on a direct! trade with foreign nations—exhibiting in j detail the extent of their resources. o. Resolved, That said Committee, in j preparing such address, embody and con form to the views of tlie Convention as ! expressed in the Preamble and Resolu j tions adopted. Congress. Both Houses adjourned lon the 1 tit Ii inst. at 10 o’clock, A. M. We j learn (says the Baltimore Ameruan of the 17 tli inst.)Uhat the, only business trans acted in the lower House was the final i passage ot th£ Bill to adjust the balances due by the late Deposite Banks.” , From the Baltimore Merchant. List <>k Acts. Passed at the First Ses sion of the Twenty-Fifth Congress. An act to postpone the fourth instalment of deposites with the States. An act authorizing a further postpone ment of payment upon duty bonds. An act for adjusting the remaining claims upon the late deposite Banks An act to regulate the fees of District Attorneys in certain cases. An act forthe relief of Dolly P. Mad ison. A hill to authorize the issueing of Treasury notes. A hill making additional appropriations for the suppression of Indian hostilities for the year 1837 A bill making additional appropriations for the year 1837. A bill to continue in force certain laws to the close of the next session of Con gress. A bill to amend an act entitled “An act to provide for the payment of horses lost or destroyed in the military service of the United States,” approved January IS, 1837. Resolution directing the postage on let ters sent hy the Express Mail to be paid in advance. From the Charleston papers. Tiie llume. At a meeting of the Un dersigned, passengers, saved from the wreck of the Hume, held, at Shelton’s Hotel, at the request of William ‘Patton, the agent, we agree— That wc believe the boat was unsea wortliv, and that the captain became in competent from intoxication. That we bear united testimony to the good conduct of the engineers, and mate particularly, and men generally. JOHN SALTER. ANDREW A. LOVEREEN. CYRIL C. CADY. DARIUS CLOCK. B. B. HUSSEY. CHARLES DRAYTON, Jr. HENRY VANDERZEE. JAMES JOHNSON, Jr. JOHN BISHOP. ALFRED 111 iff., WM. S. READ. From the N. York Mercantile Advertiser, Nine days later from Liverpool. By the arrival of the fust sailing packet ship ludependeitre. Captain Nye, from Liverpool, whence she sailed on the 2-stli ult., the Editor of the Mercantile Adver tiser, h;is received Liverpool papers of the 2-jtli September, with corresponding dates from London. Phe Cotton Market was tolerably qui et in Liverpoll. The Money Market was easy in Lon don, ami the Directors of the Bank of England had declared a dividend of 4 per ct. for the last six months. The American M blister transacted bu siness, on the 2-sth Sept, with the Minis ter for Foreign Affairs. The news from Spain is unfavorable to the cause of the Christions. The United States frigate Indepen dence, Com. Nicholson, from St. Peters burg!) for New York, arrived at the Downes on the 13th September. From Mexico. By the arrival of schr. Lodi, from Matamoras, yesterday, (says the Louisiana Advertiser of the 17th inst.) we learned that there are nearly 3900 troops assembled there,under the command of Gen. Fii.osola, represented as being in a most wretched condition, entirely un provided with rations, clothes,&,c. ; many of them nearly in a state of nudity.— There were numerous desertions daily. The intended object of this force is not known, it being kept in the greatest se crecy ; but they are said to have a most decided aversion to being led against Texas. S6me of them go so far as to o penly state that they would not be prevail ed upon to march against her at any price. “The Government had ordered, 4,000 troops to be assembled at a place called Peznrote, about 27 leagues from Vera Cruz; for the purpose it was said, ofl at tacking Gen. Santa Anna at his palace, which is situated between Pznrote and Vera Cruz, and strongly fortified by him, he having a force of 000 men under his immediate command. “The cause of sending those troops a-. | gainst Santa Anna is said his having or ! dered or participated in the robbery of a : Conducta, and committed other acts e qually unlicensed. The Dead Monarch and his Beer. The following amusing anecdote is extract ed from a paper by Burton, in the last number of the gentleman’s Magazine : “Grant’s last engagement was at the Surry Theatre, when that establishment was managed by that glorious compound ! i°f talent and eccentricity, Elliston. j [Grant was selected hy that worthy to play ! j King Henry in his curious version ofl King Richard the Third. By the mana ger’s direction, the ghosts were not to up- j pear in the usual orthodox manner at a chasm in the back drapery of the raoii arch’s tent, but were to stud the front of ! the stage, by popping up their heads from the various traps and sliding pannels that arc scattered about the scenic floor. Grant, who knew that King Henry has long wait,as it is technically termed, from the end of the first act to the middle of the fifth, had removed his black and king ly robes for his citizen’s attire, and with a pipe of mild tobacco and a pint of por ter, sat at the back door of the Theatre, puffing sorrow away, and awaiting the 1 prompter’s call to the scene of action. 1 \\ hen he received it, his white wig was 1 hastily put on ; his coat and vest remo- ved ; and the black-Jucke of well-splash-I ed white trovvsers, because, having only | to poke liis bust above the level of the i stage, there wasyio necessity for any fur-j ther change. knew that all stage ; carpenters have a propensity for porter ; he was aware that while he was breaking ! the ghostly warning to the naughty tyrant, j the carpenter employed to turn the wind-j lass of the trap would demolish there-! maindcr of his pint; so like a prudent I and a canny Scot, he placed the pewter j vessel on the two feet square that sustain- I ed his ghostly corpus, and laid the am- i brosial pipe lengthways across the top — ■ the trap was not to come within sight of the audience, therefore his precaution could not interfere with the scenic effect ( —but the carpenter, saw his motive, and I in revenge, pretended to misunderstand his instructions, and rolled poor Grant completely up till the top of the trap at tained the level of the stage. The audi icnce burst into convulsions of laughter—- there was “the buried majesty” of Eng land, the spirit of the murdered Henry, in a black jacket, and dirty white trow sers of modern cut, gloriously splashed ] with London mnd. A pewter pot and tobacco pipe stood by the side Qf his dir- ty Wellington. The bothered actor look ed confusedly at his brother and sister ghosts, who were peeping from their ap propriate holds. To complete the joke, which, by the way, is strictly true, Ellis ton, who enacted the crooked-back ty rant, opened his eyes when he heard the shouts of the audience, and perceiving the situation of the actor, started from his couch, and ran furiously at Grant, brand ishing his drawn sword. Grant knew that it was useless to ‘chafe the lion in his mood,’ and ‘with his pipe in one hand and his pot in the the other,’ as the old song says, the royal ghost vanished at the wing. Enthusiastic peals of approbation crowned his exit—the remaining ghosts iver e rung down. Catcshy was beckoned on, but the audience clamored loudly for the reappearance of the monarch and his beer, and continued their uproar till the j Fall of the curtain.” Anew Esculent Sea-weed has been lately brought to England from Calcutta. It is said to possess nutritious properties to a much greater extent than the Ice land moss, without the principle contain ed in that weed. A jelly made from it contains wax, gum, sulphate and muriate of soda, with .54 parts of starch in the 100, and is quite equal to blanr munge. Large quantities of this fucus grow in the neighborhood of Ceylon, where it is cal led the Ceylon moss. It has been much employed hy the profession in Calcutta. [M edical Journal. The magnificent gambling club house in St. James street, London—the greatest “Hell” in that great city—took fire on the 9th of September, but was soon ex tinguished. The papers do not state whether there was any smell of brimstone about the premises during the fire.—[Bos ton Herald. Quick Work. On Sunday week, Bailie Clarkson, Selkirk, sat down to dinner in a pair of inexpressibles made of wool, which that very same morning was growing on the back of tho,sheep. In the brief space of eleven hours and a half, the fleece was shorn from the animal, scoured, dyed, carded, spun, woven, and made into a pair of breeches for a bailie! —[Glasgow paper. Whiskers. ‘I cannot imagine. ’ said an alderman, ‘why my whiskers should turn gray, so much sooner than the hair i on my head.’ ‘Because you have wor-1 ked so much more with your jaws than your brains,’ observed a wag. Anecdote. The late Dr. West hav ing married a very tall lady whose name] was Experience, was asked his opinion of matrimony ; to which he replied, ‘that by long Experience he found it a very comfortable thing.’ Love never stands upon ceremony, but vanity can never dispense with it. | THJE ADVOCATE. BRUNSWICK, (Ga.). —NOV. 2~lfjCfr7^ The Report adopted by the Augusta Con : vention is a practical paper, containing many i soun d opinions, and offering hints worthy the | consideration of the Southern Ranters. The importance of not depending too, en 1 1 rely, on a staple crop, is enforced with much ability, and the recommendation of raising the necessary subsistence in preference to crops of cotton exclusively, is such as must strike every one as correct There is a certainty that the cultivation of cotton is becomino more extended than the wants of the world demand; and unless a portion of the capital now flowing in that channel be diverted, it must soon cease to be profitable. Commercial pursuits offer the greatest inducements at pres-' ent, and while affording ample returns for the use ot capital, will also be of peculiar advan tage to the South. The ease, too, with which such a change can be made is also greater than is generally supposed. In illustration, we will allude to the effect ofthe Tariff system in New England. The people of those States had been commercial ever since the settlement of the country, and as far back ns the days of Burke, had drawn from him one of the most eloquent eulogiums pronounced in the House of Commons. The jealousy felt towards their | growing commerce by the mother country, and a determination to crush it, led to those op pressive measures which drove New England to rebellion, and brought the South to her aid. \\ ith the close of the war, freed from all shackles, Northern industry and enterprise found a richer harvest on the ocean, than the barren soil could offer. New England was known by her shipping—not her farms,—com merce and not agriculture was her staple. But the policy adopted by the Federal Govern ment in 1819, checked very materially the growth, and for a time paralyzed the business ofthe merchants. But they conformed to cir cumstances. and turned part of their capital to the erection of Factories. By a timely change and vigorous pursuit of the new business, they have derived advantage from w hat they at first considered a misfortune. The South from an over production of her staple, is in a position very similar to that of New England in 1819. By pursuing a like policy, the same results will follow. The South has, to say the least, equal facilities for becoming a commercial, that theNoith had to become a manufacturing people. We hope to see the time when Southern ships will be en gaged in transacting the business ofthe South. A portion of that wealth and industry now be stowed on the cultivation of cotton,will bo spee dily create amarine, fully capable of supplying the w ants of the Southern States. The importance of legalizing limited part nerships is another topic discussed in the re i port- Laws permitting such associations un der suitable restrictions have been enacted in : Pensylvania, New York, and Massachusetts. : The consequence has been the investment of • much capital in active business which would otherwise have been partially dormant: Indi viduals are often willing to embark a certain amount in hazardous ventures, and untried ex periments, but are prevented from a fear of becoming inextricably involved. A law per initting them to risk what sums they please and no more, would give an impulse to busi ness beneficial to the general welfare. We conceive of no injury which can possibly arise from such a law, and trust the Legislature of this State will consider tiie subject attentively. The Climate of Brunswick. In one of our earliest numbers, we spoke very decidedly on this subject and did not hesitate to predict that. Brunswick would be healthy through the Summer. This has proved to be tiie fact—the ponds being thoroughly drained, there was no stagnant water or vegetable matter to create miasma and with ordinary care, health can as well be preserved here as in any other section ot the Union. We consider the question as settled in the most satisfactory manner by the condition of those who have spent the Summer here; and this result must be gratifying to every individual who has the good of the State at heart. | We would however, call the attention of ! Northern invalids to our Winter climate. At j this season they are about seeking retreats from i the rigors of the New England Winter. Many 1 goto Charleston, Savannah and St. Augustine. The climate of the latter is undoubtedly the mildest and most agreeable, but it does not dif ] fer sensibly from that oFßruns wick. It is only about'Seventy miles distant and the very slight i advantage it has in point of latitude is lost by its exp'.sod situation, being immediately on the k- v cli and open to the full force ofthe winds. A gentleman who has spent the Win i ter at both places, gives Brunswick the decid ed preference. In addition to this, persons in delicate health will find here accommodations of the hest order and have much more society than at Augustine. Vessels will ply during the season between this port and Boston, and means will he thus afforded of going to and fro direct. The Ruling Passion Strong in Death- Scott in his Autobiography, speaks of In® school master, the famous Dr. Adam, who be came delirious a few days previous to his death and imagined himself in his school room. R* 3 last words were, “But it grows dark—the b o) s may dismiss,” and instantly expired.