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THfe Sad Consequences of not being
Candid, are strongly shown in the follow
ing little storv from a translation bv Miss
Gunning of the Memoirs of Madame de
BareeveMt, published at London in 1759
and now* forgotten. The anecdote has
beenjustly praised by an able critic, for i
•ithe’singularitv of its catastrophe—very I
strange, at the same time very natural
and accordant with the means which
Ijrpuglit it about, and effectingly original :”
<The wife of Vanderman, who entirely
possessed his affections, had one brother, j
bf whom she was dotingly fond. He was I
a yoang man *f gdod natural parts, but i
played his brother in law many foolish
tricks, for which, from time to time, hej
had received pardon through theVnedia-j
tion of his sister : yet he still persisted in !
giving new ofiened; till at length he!
could obtain forgiveness on no other con
dition than that of total exclusion frtnn j
the family, which terms he was forced to
accept, whilst Vanderman seemed glad of:
an opportunity to forbid him the house,
because he did not approve his conduct;
neither had he any personal liking for j
him. One evening, when Vanderman'
was from home, the unfortunate youth |
called privately to see his sister : the still
more unfortunate Vanderman returned
sooner than he intended, and all the terri
fied wife could do, that he might not per
ceive the poor prescribed visitor, was to
extinguish the candle, giving him by these
means, a moment of darkness to bide
himself under the table nearwhich he was
sitting, thinking, no doubt, that her bus-:
band would go out to rc-kindle the light,
and her brother, in the meanwhile, make
liis escape unobserved. How weak, how j
impolitic, and sometimes how fatal, are, j
what wc arc apt to call, innocent deerp-!
tions, when, in fact, nothing that is de-|
ceitful can be innocent. In this particu
lar instance, how much better would it *
have been, had the poor creature at once j
avowed to her husband an offence for
which nature itself was accountable, than s
by trying to conceal what she had done so j
authorized, instead of receiving a short |
reprimand, to subject herself, her bus-j
band and her brother, to the severest of
evils. These reflections presented them-1
selves to my mind—my mind gave them
to my pen, and my pen gives them to the
reader —that pen which would rather trace
any other subject than the dark one on
which it is about to enter.
The brothej of this ill-starred woman
having placed himself in a posture ex
tremely uneasy, gently moved to change
his position, but not so softly as to pro-!
vent a little noise from alarming her Ims-!
band, who, supposing it proceeded from !
some thief concealed with no better de
sign than to plunder his house, instantly
drew a kind of poignard, such as Finm
ands arc generally armed with, and made
several passes directed to the spot from
whence the sound had issued. The youth,
who, no doubt, felt the extremity of his
danger, jumped up, drew his sword, and
put himself in an attitude of defence ; the
wife, throwing her body between them to
break the thrust they were making at each
other, received two mortal wounds in her
own heart from the hands of her husband
and her brother, and all this was the work
ofa moment. In falling to the ground,
the scream she uttered reached the ears
of the combatants, and penetrated their
souls with horror. Vanderman raved for
lights: lights were brought, and showed
to his aching sight the wife so dear to him
pouring out her blood in the icy embrac
es of death, and her brother mad with
despair. What a frightlV. apparition for
the eyes of an affectionate husband to
contemplate ! He called upon the wretch
ed cause of bis rashness for the pmiisli-
ment of liis crime—he conjured him with
incessant cries to revenge the death of
his sister, to pierce him with the sword
yet reeking in the blood of his beloved
wife; whilst tiie frantic young man had
fallen down at his feet, and was entreating
to receive from his hand the favor he so
licited from him. At last, the dispute of
who should die first terminated bv both
at once throwing down their arms, and
running together to present themselves
before the chief magistrate, not to accuse
each other, but, as self-impeachcrs, sepa
rately pleading guilty of a crime intended
by neither. All other contest subsided
between them, except who should have
the happiness of being sentenced to par
take of that fate they had administered to
an object dearer than their own existence;
but who should attend her martyred shade
to another world, was a point for which
they still contended with all the violence
of opposition. The Judge before whom
a case so singular.was presented, happen
ed to be a man of refined understanding,
and infinite humanity—one who hoard
with attention, saw without prejudice,
weighed with precision, and decided with
equity. He listened to the pair of mis
erable penitents, who threw themselves at
his feet, not beseeching for tnercy, but
importuning for deaths He considered
their offence less a breach of the laws
than a misfortune Heaven had directed a
gainst their own peace; Fie saw the pun
ishment of the deed in the consequences
it bad produced; he adjudged it sufficient
ly Revere, grieved at the pungency of their
sufferings, and dismissed them from his
ribunaf fully pardoued.
ApeoiNnsEiet or Washington. When
the battle of Xexington was fought the
Americas artsy was commanded by Arte*
Ward, who ■— Mrjfi if Mayor Gen
erai appointed is the Wdrof rass
lion, lie wan exceedingly popular in Newfl
England.from high personal qualifications,
and family. He had been in the French
w ar, and came out laden with laurels, and
it was confidently believed by many that
the army would receive no commander
who should be placed over him. What
was to he done ! It was all important to
bring Virginia and the Southern States to
engage heartily in the war ; and nothing
was so likely to effect this as to appoint a
southern commander in whom they had
confidence. The members had talked
and debated, and consulted, but no de
cisive measures seemed likely to be taken,
and time was precious.
At length John Adams, who, in the
language of Mr. Jefferson, was the Samp
son of the House, took his resolution, and
put forth all his strength. He painted in
the most powerful language the situation
and perils of the country. Jle urged
Congress to adopt the army before Cam
bridge as a national army, and to appoint
a oomrhander-in-chief. He delineated
minutely the character of General Ward
and bestowed upon him high and just com
mendation. Jle was a soldier, a scholar
and a gentleman—but this—added be to
the surprise of the house —is not the man!
He then described such a commander as
tho peculiar circumstances of the country
required. Gentlemen, said lie, l know
these qualifications are high, but they are
needful at this momentous crisis, in a
commander-in-chief. Does any one say
that such a person cannot he found in our
country ? I answer, lie can—and in this
body. I now nominate him— “ George
Washington of Virginia !” Washington
was at that moment looking the speaker
intently in the face, watching for the name
of the extraordinary person he was about
to announce, and not once thinking it
would he his own. lie sprung from his
seat the instant he heard it, and rushed out
of the room, as though moved by an elec
tric shock. In consequence of this ap
pointment, tiie army it is true lost a val
uable officer in Gen. W ard, who in con
sequence of Washington being appointed
over his head resigned : hut the country
gained a man raised up and qualified by
providence to conduct the nation to in di
pt nth net, and glory.
Lost Island. The *ibode of Alcxan-!
dcr Selkirk is no more to be found. The j
Island of Juan Fernandez lias vanished j
from the ocean. Yet, though blotted from
our maps, it is green and beautiful in tli«*!
verses of Cowper, and the Narrative of
Defoe. The following is from an ling-;
lish Journal.—[ X. Y. livening Post.
“The Isle ot John Fernandez has re
cently disappeared from the South Sea.—
It was doubtless produced at some remote
period by a volcanic eruption, and it has 1
been destroyed by an earthquake. Be
tween the double catastrophe which mark
; ed its origin ami its disappearance, no liis
! tory in the world has so little noise as the
history of this island. If countries like
; men, have their personal glory, tho isle
jpfjuan Fernandez lias certainly had its
i share, in having afforded an asylum to
i the shipwrecked mariner to whom Dan-.
icl Defoe gave the immortal name of
Robinson Crusoe. The island took its
name from Juan Fernandez, a pilot of the
; Kith century. lie was in the habit of
sailing along the South American coast
from Peru to Chili, meeting with no ene
mies hut flic south winds. These were,
1 however, such redoubtable ones that they
! became a rude,although sufficiently severe,
school of navigation. It occurred to him
j on one occasion, whether or not, by put
[ ting out further to sea, lie might not avoid
these terrible winds. He made the trial,
and found that it was crowned with suc
! cess; Ins vessel glided ovA the so aas it'
by enchantment. During one of liis
voyages, about the year 1752, Fernandez,
discovered a coast which lie knew could
not bo that of Chili, and, happier than
Columbus himself, be immediately called
it alter liis own name. He found that it
was an island, and on liis return recount
ed the wonders of the place : but when lie !
proposed taking u colony out there, the
Spanish Government showed no disposi
tion to favor bis design. Fernandez,
however, established himself there: but
alter.some time he abandoned the island,
leaving behind him only a tew goats, which
became greatly multiplied. It is by some
dbnbted whether Spain allowed him to re
tain quiet possession of the place, but it is
| more probable, that the cause of his quit-!
! ting it was a return of his passion for the
j sea and the life to which lie had been so
: long; accustomed. To his adventurous
j life ho then returned, and it is by some
| authors asserted that he. was the first to
! discover New Zealand.”
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Glorious Sport. The Gloucester
i Telegraph gives the following official ac
i count of a tremendous battle, which was
lately louglit at Squam, in which it will
be seen the h ardy fishermen in that vicin
ity were completely triumphant:—
‘A small party of fishermen at Squam
had glorious as well as profitable sport on
Wednesday afternoon, in capturing -a
school of thirty-six Black Fish, measur
ing from twelve to twenty feet in length.
The monsters were discerned at no great
distance from tl»c shore, when twelve or
fifteen men look to their wherries, pursu
ed and hemmed them in, and then forc
ing tliem towards the beacli into shoal
water, they commenced the attack with
knives, pitchforks, spears, and other
weapons. The work of complete destruc
tion wan accomplished in about an hour,
j ..aAer a bard fought battle, Dot one having
*been left to iclate the tale ofbutchery to
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
his brother dwellers in the sea. One man, j
with the true courage and fearfnlness of
an ‘old salt,’ threw- himself upon the back
of the largest of these dangero'us mon
sters, and commenced tickling him under
the gills with a bayonet in such a manner
as to induce his aquatic majesty to believe
that he had been mounted by an ugly cus
tomer, bent on mischief. It was an amus
ing sight, we are informed, andean readi
ly believe it to be true, to see this man
sitting astride one of these enormous fish,
sailing through the water with great ve
locity, his hair streaming in the wind,with
one hand holding on, while with the other
he put in the ‘licks.’ When his victim was
fairly conquered, the conqueror stood
erect upon liis back, aqd with a loud
voice shouted to the admiring spectators,
‘l did it!’ at the same time flourishing
his oh! rusty bayonet above liis head; liis
garments were drenched with the gore of
liis foe, and his comrades by all means
should at once dub him the ‘Blood Red
Knight of the Black Fish.’
‘The oil these fish will yield may be
valued at between three and four hundred
dollars.’
Hudson’s Express, a New York paper,
adverts to the frequent use made in that
city during the last year of arrests as a
mode of enacting resident security on
claims against Southern and Western
merchants, and not from any fear of ulti
mate insolvency. Many instances of great
embarrassment have occurred where the
parties have been rich, but from the diffi
culty of procuring bail in a large city
where they were not known, have been
imprisoned or have been preserved from
it by the generosity of strangers. We
| have heard before cases of cruel oppres
sion spoken of, and have joined most
| heartily in the universal feeling of con
| demnation which they have excited. To
| seize a debtor when at a distance from
home, without friends and the. means of
defending liis cause, is an act of oppres
sive injustice which will always receive
the decided disapprobation of good men.
How to avoid conferring a power, the ex
ercise of which is productive of such
cruelty, is a question not so easily an-
swered, as in furnishing a mode try which
honest creditors may protect themselves
against unprincipled debtors, it is next to
impossible not to open the door to acts of
individual cruelty. In the absence, how
ever, of legal provisions by which the
right of arrest may be defined in its ac
tion, and narrowed down to particular
circumstances nicely and clearly pointed
out, the injustice spoken of will never fail
to work its own cure. Os this, New
York has already had ample proofs in the
i desertion of her market by the merchants
; whose feelings have been trampled on in
their own persons or those of their friends.
The paper mentioned admits that thcoc
i currcncrs referred to have kept thousands
| of .merchants during the last season from
visiting New York, a fact of which we
think there is no doubt, and it is believed
that the same feelings will continue to
i prevent commercial men from exposing
their persons to the power of such merci
less creditors. The Southern and Wes
tern merchants have been crippled and dis
abled by the times, but they are ultimately
good, and should he treated with kindness
and lenity instead of being exposed to
brutality. —[Baltimore American.
Governors. The Governors of the
several States are elected by the people in
all the States excepting New Jersey, Ma
il land, Virginia, North Carolina and
South Carolina, iri which, they are elect
ed bv the Legislature.
They are elected for one year only in
all of the New England States, in New
Jersey, Maryland and North Carolina;
for two years in N o.\v York, South Caro
lina, Georgia, Alabama.* Mississippi, Ten
nessee and Ohio ; for three years in Penn
svlvania, Delaware, Virginia, and Indi
ana ; and for four years in Louisiana,
Kentucky, Illinois and Missouri.
Their salaries are in Rhode Island
8400; Vermont 750; New Hampshire,
Indiana and Illinois 1000; Connecticut
1109; Ohio 1200; Delaware 1333,33;
Maine and Misssuri 1500; New Jersey,
North Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and
Kentucky 2000 ; Mississippi27oo; Geor
gia 3000; Virginia 3333,33; South Car
olina 3500 ; Massachusetts 3600,60 ; New
York and Pennsylvania 4000; Louisiana
7.700.
The four Governors of the British Prov
inces in North America, receive salaries
: amounting in all to $92,000 annually—a
! greater sum by far than is paid to the 26
Governors of the States comprising the
: Union.
i *
American Servants. A young man
j from Vermont was hired by a family who
: were in extreme want of a footman. He
j was a most friendly personage, as willing
tas he was free and easy ; but he knew
! nothing of life but of a small house. An
j evening or two after his arrival there was
■ a large party at the house. His mistress
! strove to impress upon him that all he had
]todo at tea-time was to follow w ith the
! sugar, and to hold his tongue. He did
! his part with an earnest face, stepping
! industriously from guest to guest. When
j he had made the circuit, and reached the
door, a doubt Struck him whether a group
in the room had had the benefit of his at
tentions. He raised himself on his toes
with ‘l’ll ask’ aud shouted over the heads
of the company, ‘say, how are y« for
sweetnin’ in that ere corner V
Late from Texas. —By the schr.
Diadem, arrived at New Orleans on the
2d inst. from Galveston, intelligence 20
days later from Texas lias been received.
The Texas Congress has declared that
the law granting C4O acres of land to all
actual settlers, shall continue in force for [
six months longer froßi the Ist of Novem
ber, 1837 ; and after that time 320 acres
will he ceded to all who settle in Texas I
within G months. The inducements held
out to immediate emigrants in Texas are
very great.
The Iron Trade in England *—The
Boston Daily Advertiser remarks that j
the iron trade in England has been.withjn
the last twelve months, subject to remar- i
kable fluctuations. Prices had during
the last season, in consequence of the ex-!
cessive demand for the use of rail roads,
risen to an extravagant height. The de
pression in mercantile affairs produced
a sudden cessation of the demand both
in England and in this country, and al
though the iron masters attempted to coun
teract the effects of this reverse, by put
ting a portion of their furnaces out of
blast, the expedient was unavailing, and
prices after a short resistance suddenly
fell. In the meantime the prosecution
of the public works in England, as well
as in this country, was resumed—the
stocks of merchants and retailers became
exhausted, and the demand for ii*bn has
recommenced with vigour which has pro
duced another rapid advance in prices.
So sudden an advance, is likely however
to he followed by another reaction. The
demand for rail road iron, for this coun
try, must be for a long time confined to
the supply of works which have been for
some time in actual progress, and the
quantity required will be much less than
in two or three years past. —[Baltimore
American.—
The Pii.i, Trade. A certain pill
manufacturer in this city has received
in the course of the past season two huu
-1 dred tierces of pill boxes, and it appears
that he has filled them; for on receiving
Ia fresh load of tierces, lie remarked to
the carman who brought them, that lie
| had on hand sixteen bushels of pills, for
which he had no boxes. [N. Y. Jour,
iof Commerce.
A short time ago, as two French ladies
were descending the Pas de I’Echclle, a
flight of steps cut in the rock between ;
Salevc and Geneva, they were stopped by!
a man, who snatched a child from the j
arms of one of them, and held it over i
the precipice, threatening to let it fall if j
they did not deliver their purses, liis de
mand was, of course, complied with, and
the ladies returned in terror to Vervier,
and gave information of what had hap
pened. Officers were sent in search of
the robber, whom they found still on the
same spot, in the act of rifling another
lady, who was going down alone. The
fellow was seized, and imprisoned.
Marine Losses. —The Boston Marine
Insurance offices have been heavy losers j
by late disasters at sea. The Daily Ad- j
rertisir says that within a period of ele
ven days, tiie following losses have been
! heard from, insured in State street, for
tiie amounts here stated, besides maul
[smaller ones, which would considerably 1
i swell the aggregate ; —Brig Toucan, ofi
! Boston, $53,000; ship Hope, ofPhila-j
delpbia, 82.7,400; ship Emerald of Ports-1
month, 8:18,000 ; ship Boston, of Salem, I
825,000; ship Boreas, ofDuxburv, 820,-
000.—Total 8188,550.
Indian Mediation. —We learn that!
the influential Cherokee Chief John Ross, •
lias offered to mediate between the Gov- ;
eminent and the Serninoles ; and a dep-!
utntion is to proceed to Florida, charged
i with a talk, from him, and with authority,
Uo convey, unharmed, any of the Setni
noles who may desire to visit the City of
Washington for the purpose of conclu
ding a treaty.
It is to be hoped that the Florida Chiefs
will give ear to the suggestions of the
; Cherokee, and save their tribe from de
jstrnction—for such must inevitably be
1 their fate, if they persist in resisting the
American arms.
Surgical Operation. Doctor Fran
j cis Moran, of Newton, on Friday last,
j extracted a cent from the throat of a child
!of Mr. Jabez Hathaway, where it had
| lain six days. The Sussex Herald re
i marks that it was lodged in the lower part
of the pharnynx, and was extracted at the
first attempt and in less than one minute
after the commencement of the opera
tion.
This is the second successful opera
tion of the kind performed by Doctor Mo
ran within a few months. [Philadelphia
Sentinel.
i
! Fudge Extraordinary. The follow
ing amusing instance of the courtly pre-
I cisiou with which everything relative to
; the Queen is recorded, appears in a Min
isterial paper. The “ceremony” of en
! tering a carriage is a rich idea :—A new
feature is observable in the ceremony of
, her Majesty’s entering the royal carriage
:on state occasions. As soon as her Ma
jesty has placed her foot on the carriage
: steps, the trumpeter of the escort-guard
j intimates the fact by the sound of the
[trumpet. This is a custom not before
observed, but the effect of it is very pleas
ing, and not without utility, as it prepares
the guards for being in immediate readi
ness to form in with the Royal cortage.”
THE ADVOCATE.
BRUNSWICK, (Ga.). NOV. 16. 1837. |
|
The Lumber Trade of Georgia. In our
last we spoke at some length on this subject |
and promised to recur to it again. The differ- j
ence in the price of timber lands in Maine and |
in Georgia, is an important item. With the
price of lands in other States we are not ac- j
quainted, but presume there can be no very
great desparity. For many* years extensive I
lumbering operations in Maine were confined !
to the Saco and Androscoggin Rivers and Se- \
bago Lake, the two last furnishing the lumber |
for Portland. And in this section of the j
State eearie tracts of the best quality have been j
sold as high as $.70 per acre. As however |
the timber diminished, and the difficulty of ob
taining it increased, many lumbermen com
menced operations on the waters of the Ken
nebec, Penobscot and St. Croix. Lands jyhich
had sold for a few cents per acre increased
gradually in price, until many townships sold j
from five to twelve dollars per acre. And at
present quotations and the constant demand for
lumber, these lands were not too dearly pur
chased. The many wealthy towns and thrifly
villages of Maine are principally indebted to
the lumber trade for their prospewus state. —
A trade conducted now to be sure, much more
expensively than in former times; but which
still insures large returns and is yearly creat
ing new towns in the heart of the forests and
carrying civilization to the frozen regions of
the Canada Frontiers. With all the natural,
; disadvantages of climate and position,the lum
| her trade has peen one of the most profitable
pursuits ever prosecuted in Maine.
What may it not be made here ? With a
supply of timber on the banks of the rivers that
cannot begin to be exhausted for a century, a
climate permitting the men to work the whole
year,—without any danger of loss of property
or life, —lands to be purchased for a few cents
per acre, covered with a most dense growth of
| trees suitable for manufacture.
We do not hesitate an instant in advising
Northern capitalists to embark in the business.
At Lumber City, high' up on the Altamaha,
where a large number of Northern laborers
have been employed for several years in con
structing dams and mills and other buildings,
there has been less sickness than among the
same number employed in milling at the North.
At Burnt Fort, on the Sutilla, the bealtli of the
men has been the same—much better than
when at home. The truth is, that heat of it- j
I self does not generate disease. Localities j
free from stagnant water and other putrifying j
matter are as free from disease here as in any
section of the Union.
We add an extract from a letter written by
a gentleman residing in the immediate neigh
borhood of Burnt Fort.ar.d who has no pecuni
ary interest in the establishment. We shall
be happy to publish an account of the Mills on
the Altamaha if any individual will furnish us
with one. Lumber from the Burnt Fort Mills
will be delivered here in any quantities and of
all dimensions to order, and a large supply will
be kept constantly on hand. The first cargo
was sold a few days since to go to the Cape of
Good Hope. The lumber from those Mills
will be brought here either in flat boats or ves
; sels, so as not to be put in the water, which is
an injury to lumber in several respects. The
| want of lumber at fair prices, has prevented the
, erection ot buildings in Brunswick, but now it
; can be had of the best quality at our wharves,
; we anticipate seeing houses and stores going
! up rapidly.
| “ Steam Saw Mill at Camden, Ga. The
; main building of this establishment is 72 by
| 90 feet, having wings at the south end, extend
ing right and left, thus presenting a front of
; 132 feet The apex of the roof is about 55
' feet above the foundation. The greatest pains
! were taken in selecting the trees for this vast
j structure : though many of the timbers are very
large and long, it is a rare thing to observe the
least sap upon any part of the frame. The
workmanship is also very perfect, every joint
being an exact fit, and when we take into view
the numerous and well arranged braces, we
may justly pronounce it a most firm and com
plete texture. Several gentlemen of experi
ence who have examined it, have spoken high
ly in its praise, and are of opinion that it is not
inferior to anything of the kind in the United
States. Mr. JPierce, the master builder, is a
gentleman wfitl qualified for such an under
taking, having had much experience in super
: intending works of solid structure ; and as a
mechanic, being extremely nice in the execu
tion of his work. Mr. Sturtevant the principal
architect and millwright, has the credit ofhav-
I ing built one of the best and most effective
| steam saw mills in the Eastern States : he is
| particularly attentive to his business and care
ful about the smaller matters as well as the
more important points in every part of his ma
chinery. Two single saws have been in ope
ration several months, and the lumber cut by
them has a peculiarly fine appearance. Or
ders to considerable extent have been already
executed, and lumber of various kinds, and of
| any length up to 60 feet, may now be obtained
; here upon short notice. One year has not yet
’ passed since the first blow was struck by the
| Company, and notwithstanding the unforeseen
f hardness of the times, and the unusual varia
; tions in the past season from wet to dry and
from severe cold to intense heat, the work has
not only progressed steadily but rapidly; for
where, but a few months ago, only a solitary
tog hid made its appearance, at this very time
may be seen several large buildings, a com
mencement for others, and the beginning of
streets, a tolerably well constructed wharf, and
one or more vessels along side discharging
merchandize, and actually to receive cargoes
of sawed lumber in return; thus may we wit
ness the demonstration of Yarikee enterprize
a solitary and lonely spot changed into a little
busy commercial town, and all in the short
space of nine or ten months.
Two engines of twenty five horse power
each, are to be worked at these mills. The
one which is now in operation besides the two
saws above mentioned, moves a very excellent
grist mill; the other, which is to be set in mo
tion in a few days, is to operate two single
saws, besides some smaller machinery for saw
ing shingles, planing boards, &c. When the
four saws are in operation, 24,000 feet of boards
can be cut per day. It* is true, one saw has
been made to cut 10 or 11,000 feet of soft lum
ber in a day, but this is too large an estimate
for an average business. Since the opening
of this enterprize, from thirty to sixty persons
have been constantly employed—these have
been mostly strangers to a Southern climate;
and although they have been subject to the
extremes of temperature, and have been some
times obliged to labor while standing in the
water, yet there has been but one solitary casa
of sickness, and that only a slight affair. But
the most pleasing trait in the whole picture is,
that this little community has all along pre
sented the appearance of a moral and industri
ous brotherhood; from the very commence
ment this character was stamped upon it bv
the gentlemanly and conciliating supervision
of Col. Cutter, the general agent of the Com
pany, and most happily the same character has
been sustained up to the present time. To
such an enterprize, under such circumstances,
who would not say “God speed.”
CONSILIUS.”
Mr. McDuffie and Mr. Ilayne of South Car
olina, differ very widely as to the policy which
their State should pursue towards Georgia.—
Mr. McDuffie is very anxio.us that the two
States should go hand in hand in works of In
ternal Improvement—which means that Geor
gia should construct rail roads to be connected
with that leading to Charleston. This act of
condecension however, does not accord with
the wishes of Mr. Ilaine, who is unwilling that
the Great Western Rail Road to Cincinnati
shall pass through Georgia. He fears that
any deviation from the route as originally pro
jected, will give offence to North Carolina and
Tennessee. Like Sancho Panza,when Gover
nor of his Island, Mr. Ilaine distributes his fa
vors with great impartiality. As only four
millions of dollars of stock was represented at
the recent Convention, only one fourth of the
entire stock, and as that (we believe) is all
which has been subscribed, there is no very
clear prospect of Charleston bearing away the
prize. In the mean time the Legislature of
this State will undoubtedly do lin their
power in aid of their own State, and not ex
haust the general coffers or pledge the public
credit for works which are to benefit other
States at the expense of Georgia. We have
a seaport superior to any in Carolina, which
by the fostering care of the State, will soon
become the most important Port on the South
Atlantic. Georgia is the 'key-stone of the
: South—her position between the Atlantic and
the Gulf must give her the command of the
trade and South Carolina will strive in vain to
take it from her.
The correspondence of Charles Lamb, edit
ed by Sargeant Talfourd, the distinguished
lawyer and poet, has just been republished in
| this country. Lamb was the author of the “Es
says of Elia,” which originally appeared in the
New Monthly Magazine, when edited by
Campbell, the poet. They were afterwards
collected and published in England and in this
: country,and have had a most wide circulation.
; Lamb drank deeply at “the wells of English
; undefiled.” lie lived and rioted in the writers
of Elizabeth’s time; Massinger and Ford, Beau
mont and Fletcher, gjiakspeare, Johnson and
Burton, were his familiars. His writings are
imbued with thoir spirit—the same quaintness
and wit —the very language too is theirs. He
was not an imitator, a copyist, but one of them.
flis letters are such as one would expect
from “Essays of Elia”—the same delicacy, qui
let and wit, breathing the same amiable spirit
j and reflecting his pure mind.
They teach too a useful lesson. This man
whose writings were so much admire?, passed
the greater portion of his life at the desk of the
accountant. Literature was to hjm a pleasure,
only to be enjoyed by snatches after the labors
of the day were over—something to be tasted
! only in the hours of recreation. The sands in
| his horologe were golden—every grain was
precious, and well did he employ them. The
| poor clerk of the India House,won the admira
! tion of the refined,and his intimates were among
■ the choice spirits of the age. Coleredge,
Sputhey, Wordsworth and others of like fame,
were his correspondents.
Those who have read his “Elia” or his poems
will seize with avidity the last which remains
of the pure spirit wHfese emenations have given
i so much delight.
Health of Macon. Macon contains 5000
inhabitants. The bill of mortality shows that
there were only forty-five deaths from Ist July
to Ist November, and of these twenty-two
were children, who died of infantile < " OIO ~
plaints.