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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.” . "•f"' *- 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.