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ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS RE*
W A R D.
WHEREAS it has been reported that there
is an outer bar opposite the entrance to the
Port of Brunswick, in Georgia, some miles dis
tant from that surveyed by three Commission
ers of the Navy in 163(5, and having less water
upon it; the above reward is offered to any per
son who will discover any such bar so situated
as to cause a hindrance to ships entering the
Port.
And whereas it has been also confidently re
ported that there is a bar across the inner chan
nel of Oglethorpe Bay, opposite the city ot
Brunswick, having only the depth of six or
eight feet of water on it at low tide; a reward
of five hundred dollars will be paid to any per
son who shall discover such bar, or any bar
so situated, which has not an abundant depth ot
water upon it for the passage ot merchant ships
of the first class up to the tow n.
The inner har above alluded to is probably
the one described in the following extracts,
Ist, From the report of the State Commis
sioners, John C. Polliill, Hugh Lawson and
Moses Fort. Esquires :
‘■Between Brandv Point on this island, and
Dennis’s Folly on the Brunswick shore, there
is an inner bar. upon which there is about twelve
feet at low water, and, as the tide rises ten feet,
it gives the same depth of water that we find on
the outer bar, with this advantage, that the
bottom being soft mud creates no damage to
ships and may be very easily deepened if it
were necessary. But no such necessity exists,
ns any ship that crosses the outer har can run
over this at high water, and find the best an
chorage near the bluff along the whole extent
of the town, in from twenty \u forty foot water
at the lowest time of tide. This we ascertain
ed from careful soundings at low water, and
after having finished the soundings for our
selves, ascertained that Stockton's report anil
diagrams confirmed our own survey.”
fid. From the report of the Commissioners of
the Navy, made subsequently to the last:
‘•A shoal of soft mini, close to and below the
town, on which hut If! feet can he found at low
water, seems to indicate some other point in the
harbor as a more suitable position for a navy
yard. We believe Blythe Island, nil the op
posite shore, to he the most eligible.”
Any person making the above discoveries,
will please give information of the same to
the Resident Agent of the Brunswick Com
panies, and the reward shall he [laid in each
case to the first successful applicant.
THOMAS G. CARY,
General Agent,
Brunswick Canal &. Land Companies.
Brunswick, Feb. Ist, 1638.
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not be taken out of the office. Address
CHARLES ALEXAN I)ER,
Athenian Buildings,Franklin Place,l’hiladel’a.
For Sale
4rv ®KICKS, in lots to suit
purchasers. If required
they will be carried to any landing on Ogle
thorpe Bay. at a moderate price. Apply to
HENRY A BREED
Brunswick, Jan. 11, 1628
Georgia— Glynn County.
Mrs. Sarah H. Muller has
applied to me for Letters of Administra
tion on the Estate and Effects of Doctor F. E.
K. Miller, late of said County, deceased—
These arc therefore to cite and admonish all
! njid singular the kindred and creditors of said
j deceased to he and appear at my office in the
time prescribed by law, to shew cause if any
they have, why said Letters should not be
granted.
Witness the Honorable J. Hamilton Couper,
one of the Justices of said Court, this2olh No
vember, 1-37. JOHN BURNETT,
Clerk C. O. G. C.
Georgia— Glyn it County.
WHEREAS James Palmer, applies for
Letters of,Administration on the Es
tate and Effects of Same El, Palmer, late of
said County, deceased—
These are therefore to cite and admonish all
and singular the kindred and creditors of said
deceased to be and appear at my office in the
time prescribed by law, to shew cause if any
they have, why said Letters should not be
gra riled.
Witness the Honorable J. Hamilton Couper,
one of tlic Justices of said Court, this De
cember, |i-37. JOHN BURNETT,
Clerk C. O. G. C.
Georgia-- Glynn County.
WHEREAS Louisa Payne applies for Let
ters of Admiiiist ration on the Estate and
Effects of Thomas Caps, late of Chatham
County, deceased—
These arc therefore to cite and admonish all
and singular the kindred and creditors of said
deceased to lie and appear at my office in the
time prescribed bylaw, to shew cause if any
they have, xvliy said Letters should not lie
granted.
Witness the Honorable James C. Maugham,
one of the Justices of said Court , this 2"< 11 1 day
of November, JOHN BURNETT,
C. C. O. G. C.
4-cornin —Wavnc Countv.
WHEREAS ROBERT STAFFORD ap
plies to me for letters of dismission on
the estate of Robert Stafford, Sen. late of said
County, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish the
kindred and creditors of said deceased, to he
and appear at my office within the time pre
scribed by law, to shew cause, if any they have,
why said letters should not he granted.
Given under my hand of office at Wayne
Court House, 4t.li jail. A. 1). 1636.
ROBERT W. WILSON, Clerk,
Court of Ordinary, Wayne County.
<a«‘or£i:t —Wavne Countv.
WHEREAS ROBERT STAFFORD ap
plies In me fur letters of dismission on
jhe es'.ite of William Stafford, late of said
C mi ty, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish the
kindred and creditors of said deceased, to bo
and appear at my office within the time pre
scribed by laxv, to she w cause, if any they have,
whv said letters should not lie granted.
Given mult r mv hand of office at Wayne
Court House, dth Jan. A I). 1636.
ROBERT J( WILSON., Clerk
Court of Ordinary of Wayne County.
C ounty.
VE/lIKREAS James C. Manouaxi, applies
V V for Letters of Administration mi the Es
tate of S a ill All ON i. a 1., late of Glynn County,
deceased—
These are therefore to rite andadnioiiish all
and singular the kindred anti creditors of said
deceased to lie anti appear at my office in the
time prescribed by law, to shew cause it any
they have, why tiie said Letters should not be
granted.
Witness the Honorable F. M. Scarlett, one
of the Justices of saul Court, this iitll tlay of
January, 1638. JOHN BURNETT,
Clerk C. O. G. C.
Term* ol'tho inirricniii Jlng
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JOHN L. is I BLEY,
Publisher o f thr .hin rii nn .Magazine.
Franklin .Ireniti , Huston, .Mass.
( ( iitrnl ISotel, Tlacoii, tin.
FjHIE subscriber respectfully informs his
1 friends, and the public in general, that he
has t aken the above mentioned establishment,
which, having been recently thoroughly re
paired and enlarged at great expense, is now
open for the reception of Travelers, Boarders,
Ac. The chambers are large and airy, the
servants competent and attentive. Ills table
shall be constantly supplied with every deli
cacy the season and market xvill furnish. 11 is
bar is slocked xvitli the choicest Wmcs nud Li
quors ; and in order more effectually to make
it a first rate 15>"xee. he has called U>.lsis aid the.
services of Mr. A. Elder, of Baltimore, whose
long experience at Barnum’s City Hotel, has
justly entitled him to the reputation of a cater
er for the public. The subscriber therefore
hopes by his unremitting exertions to please, to
receive a liberal share of patronage.
HORACE E. WARD.
N. B. Good Stabling attached to the Ho
tel, with faithful and attentive Ostlers.
Dec. til.
$5 REWARD—TIIE BRUNSWICK
COMPANY
W ILL be paid the above Reward, if sufficient
| funds are placed in the Branch Bank of Da
i l ien, to pay a check drawn for Thirty-eight dol
i bus in favor of G W. March, by E. Hammond,
Resident Agent B. C. & R. R. Cos. on the l>th
day of March, 1637. Value was given for the
1 check, and the giver has since been out of his
j money.
I Apply at this office.
The Brunswick Advocate will give the above
three insertions and forward the necount to this
office for payment.
Telegraph Office. Darien, Feb G.
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
Wanted to Hire.
TH E undersigned wish to hire ONE
THOUSAND NEGROES, to work on
thej BRUNSWICK CANAL, of whom one
third may be women. $lO per month will be
paid for steady prime men and sl3 for able
women. Payments will be made monthly or
quarterly and ample security will be given.—
Those who are disposed to hire may rely upon
a most careful superintendence and they are
desired to make immediate application. The
Negroes will be abundantly provided for, well
lodged, and the sick will be placed in a com
modious Hospital, where they will receive the
daily attendance of a well educated physician.
For further particulars reference is respect
fully made to Lieet. J. L. Locke, the Resi
dent Engineer or to any of the planters of
Glynn County who have had Negroes on the
Canal the past year.
F. & A. PRATT.
P. M. NIGHTINGALE.
Brunswick, Jan. 25, 1637.
tt/“ .Vi: »»• 8 TOIt E. m Jjj
IIENRY A. BREED,
RESPECTFULLY informs the public that
he has opened anew and commodious
STORE in this city, and xvill be constantly
supplied xx-iih a full assortment of the folloxv
ing articles, viz :
W. I. GOODS AND GROCERIES,
CROCKERY AND GLASS WARE,
JIAUI) AND TIN WAKE,
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS AND CAPS,
READY MADE CLOTHING,
BED SPREADS, FANCY HDKF’S,
(•AREN SEEDS, from the New England
Seed Store, Ac. ,Yc.
Also, for sale, one covered Pleasure Wagon.
dT’ln addition to the above, he has now on
hand and intends to keep constantly, a full
supply of LUMBER AND BUILDING MA
TERIALS, of every description, which will be
sold in large or small quantities, on favorable
terms. Dec. 14.
\i:\V ROODN.
J UST received from Boston, per sclir. Colum
bia,
20 Bids. New FLOUR;
Bbls. Clear and Mess PORK ;
1-2 do. do. do. do.;
Bbls. BEEF;
I -2 do. do.;
Tubs BUTTER;
Boxes CHEESE;
Kegs LARD;
Brown and White SUGAR;
Best POVYDEB ;
SHOT;
FLANNELS;
SHOES;
Negro CLOTHS, &c. Ac.
Which xvill lie sold low for cash or approved
credit, by GEO. HARRINGTON it CO.
Brunswick, Nov. 23, 1837.
Emporium oT Fa«!iio3i.
FTUIE subscribers tender their thanks to the
A gentlemen of Glynn County for the lib
eral patronage they have received and hope by
their continued exertions and untiring attention
tu business, to merit further patronage. They
intend in the fall to open as splendid an assort
ment of GOODS in their line, as will be found
in any other establishment of the kind in the
city of Darien. They again invite the public
to call and judge for themselves.
Their establishment will remain open during
the Summer and all orders punctually attended
to. SI I FILM AN A CHURCHILL.
N. B. A case of superior white HATS, just
received.
Darien, July 27, 1637.
Increased Alt rad ions !
PHILADELPHIA SATURDAY COURIER
FMIIE vast patronage which has been axvar
_L ded the Courier is the best evidence of
its approval. It lias the largest subscription
list in this country. It is the largest and chea
pest Family Newspaper ever issued in the U
nited Slates, containing articles in Literature,
Science and the Arts ; Internal Improvement,
Agriculture, in short every variety of topics
usually introduced into a public Journal. Giv
ing full accounts of sales, markets and news
of the latest dates
Without interfering xvitli the- usual variety,
the Courier has presented ten |Volumcs of the
most popular literature of the day within the
last year. This feature puts into the hands of
its patrons the must entertaining and popular
current literature, amounting each year to six
times the price paid for subscription—in addi
tion to the immense quantity of other matters
which appear in its columns. In the contin
uation of this feature we shall endeavor to pre
sent new and popular works with such expedi
tion that the publication cannot lie anticipated
in other sources. In the future numbers we
shall draw from the pens of such writers as
Disraeli, Miss Mitford,
(’apt. Maryatt, Leitch Ritchie,
Miss Landon, J. It. Buckstoue,
Charles Dickius, Barry Cornwall,
Cornelius Webb, Douglass Jerrold,
Theodore Hook, Crolton Croker,
Thomas Campbell, Mrs. S. C. Hull,
Haynes llayly, Mrs. Gore,
Countess of Blessington.Tlie celebrated “Boz,”
And, in short, from the xx hole range of the
current literature of Europe, with which our
arrangements will supply us at as early a mo
ment as they can be received in the country.
Besides wo have the pleasure of numbering
among our contributors many of the most dis
tinguished writers of our country, from whose
pens ORIGINAL TALES, POEMS. SONGS,
NARRATIVES AND SKETCHES, will con
tinue to add interest to its columns.
The Architectural beauty of many of the
IT BLIC BUILDINGS of this city is prover
bial. Believing it will be acceptable to our
numerous patrons to be presented with EN
GRAVED ILLUSTRATIONS of those edi
fices, we are engaged in bringing out a com
plete series, which will form a collection that
may well be termed, THE LIONS OF PHIL
ADELPHIA. Where it is expedient, we ac
company the engravings xvith such descriptions
of size and tacts of history, as may be of inter
est.
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get valuable and entertaining matter each week
enough to fill a common book of txvo hundred
and fifty pages, and equal to fifty two volumes
a year, and which is estimated to be read, week
ly, by at least two hundred thousand people,
l scattered in all parts of the country, from
Maine to Florida, and from the sea board to the
lakes.
Th is approved Family Newspaper is strictly
neutral in religious and political matters, and
the uncompromising opponent of quackery of
every kind.
O’As a trifling expression of our regard,
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ved Illustrations, at their completion, upon fine
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tiful collection of Views, and present them to
such of our Country Brethren as may oblige
us by an insertion of the above advertisement.
Philadelphia, 1637.
PROPOSALS
For publishing, by subscription, a work to be
rntithd
Flora Georgien»is.
THIS will be, both a Grammar and Diction
ary of Botany ;—presenting, first, Vegeta
ble Physiology, and, second, a minute and ac
curate description of every plant yet discovered
in Georgia, together with its medicinal or nox
ious properties—its English name—its emblem,
language, <fcc. Such a work is much needed,
at this time, in our Southern Institutions. We
have no text book in Botany, calculated to
render the science attractive. Such as we
have, are nothing more than a fexv disconnected
facts in Physiology, or a dry desc lption of a
few leaves, roots, flowers, &c. all tending to
excite disgust rather than taste. Students
should, as soon as possible, he inducted into the
practical part of the science—it is that only
which can inspire them with enthusiasm in the
prosecution of their researches. We have nev
er known a profound botanist, made so, by
delving for months over pages treating of sap,
alburnum, cambium, and the like. This work
will teach pupils, first, the names of the classes
and orders in the Linnean system, the method
of analysing flowers, and, proceed next, to the
examining, collecting and arranging of them
into an herbarium. A love for the science be
ing thus implanted, it must and will increase,
and urge them on to further and further investi
gations.
We intend that our work shall be, at once, a
text book for schools—a pleasing companion
for ladies in the boudoir and saloon—a useful
friend and companion for gentlemen in their
travels, their daily rambles, &c. Finally, it
will be enriched with every species of informa
tion which can render such a work entertaining
and instructive.
We solicit the assistance of scientific gentle
men throughout the State, in furnishing us with
information concerning the names, locality and
habits of plants in their immediate vicinity.—
Such information will be gratefully and proper
ly acknowledged.
Postmasters are requested to act as agents in
receiving and forwarding us subscriber’s names,
as early as the Ist November.
The xvork will contain from 5 to 700 pages,
octavo, and be furnished to subscribers, in
boards, at $5 per copy. It will be issued dur
ing the next winter, provided the number of
subscribers warrant the expense.
All Editors throughout the Southern States,
friendly to the diffusion of scientific knowledge,
who will insert this notiee, and forward us a
copy of their paper, will be entitled to one copy
of the work. L. LATASTE,
Principal Georgia Female College.
Scottsboro’, Aug. 20. 1637.
Public JYotice.
WHEREAS, I did, on the latter part of
September, or first part of October, A.
D. 163(>,givc to Abraham Mott, senior, certain
ontes of hand,made payable tu said Mottororder
to wit—one note for the sum of one thousand
dollars, to be paid on or before the first day of
October, A. D. 1637, with interest, —Also one
for the sum of five hundred dollars, payable in
October or November, 1636, and interest, —Al-
so one note dated in October or November, 1637,
payable on or betjprc the first day of January,
1636, for the sum of five hundred dollars, not
on interest, —Also one other note same date for
the sum of five hundred dollars, payable on or
before the first day of January, 163 ft, not on
interest, —said Mott having deeded to me cer
tain land property in Camden County, Georgia.
Noxv, as I am called on by other persons who
claim said property, to give up the same; and
the matter is pending in Court, I hereby cau
tion all persons not to purchase said notes, as I
shall not pay them unless said Mott shall make
the afforesaid title or titles good and valid in
laxv, and •■ xonorate me in my title, and pay all
costs and trouble. The aforesaid notes being
all and the only notes 1 have ever given said
Mott excepting one for one thousand dollars,
which has been paid by me.
‘ DANIEL HEATH.
Cnmdert, Catndca Cos., Gn. Oct <t, 1637.
To Biiildfis A Foul rat* tors
THROUGHOUT GEORGIA.
HA\ ING received a number of conimuni
cations from individuals, making enquir
ies respecting" my Brick Machine, invented by
Calvin Waterman, and noxv in successful ope
ration in this place, I take Ibis method of an
swering them—l invite all who feel disposed
to purchase rights, to come and see the opera
tion of the machine, and if there be anyone
xvho says he is disappointed in his expectations,
I bind myself to pay the expenses of his trip.
I do not expect to sell a right to any one with
out their first having seen the machine; but in
order to afford an idea of its value, I annex the
following certificates, one of them signed by
two of the most experienced brick masons in
the Southern States. In my absence from
Macon, the editors of the Messenger xvill act
as my authorized agents.
T. L. SMITH.
We having witnessed the performance of Mr
T. L. Smith’s nexx’ Brick Machine, invented by
Calvin Waterman, now in operation in this
place, take pleasure in recommending it to the
public. The fact of its performance is its best
recommendation. We timed it, and find that
with new moulds and inexperienced hands, it
ina<|£ at the rate of two thousand three hund
red and sixty-eight brick per hour. By mould
ing ten hours in a day, it would therefore turn
out twenty-three thousand six hundred per day.
It requires six boys to bear off’, and four to sand
the moulds, &lc. — together xvith four grown
men. Thus fourteen hands are sufficient to
make the above named quantity of the most
beautiful brick per day.
JOHN SPRINGER,
DAVID F. WILSON.
I have witnessed the performance of Mr T.
L. Smith’s new Brick-making Machine, just
put into operation in this place : and have no
hesitation in pronouncing it a great and useful
improvement on any other method of brick
making 1 have ever seen, both as to the quality
of the brick and expedition in making. By re
quest I timed the machine for half an hour ;
the result of that trial shows that with 14 hands
the machine will turn out of beautiful and well
tempered brick, 2,306 in one hour, or about 40
to the minute. JNO. RUTHERFORD.
Macon, April 14. June 8 ly.
NEW PRINTING
& 3 ii ma.jl a m iii mvt a «
iJrunstofcfc, (Grovjjfa.
THE subscribers would inform the public
that they are prepared to receive orders
for PRINTING, such as—
BOOKS,
PAMPHLETS,
BLANKS,
HANDBILLS,
CIRCULARS,
CARDS,
and the various kinds of Ornamental, Fancy
and Letter Press
PRINTING.
The materials being new they flatter them
selves they will be able to give satisfaction to
those who may favor them with their patron
age DAVIS & SHORT.
Brunswick, June 8, 1637.
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER.
THIS is a monthly Magazine devoted chief
ly to Literature, but occasionally find
ing room also for articles that fall within the
scope of Science ; and not professing an en
tire disdain of tasteful selections, though its
matter has been,as it will continue to be, in
the main, original.
Party Politics and controversial Theology,
as far as possible,are zealously excluded. They
are sometimes so blended xvith discussions in
i<terature or in moral science, otherwise unob
jectionable, as to gain admittance for the sake
of the more valuable matter to which they ad
here : but whenever that happens, they are in
cidental, only ; not primary. They are dross,
tolerated only becausT it cannot well be ser
ved from the sterling ore wherewith it is incor
porated.
Reviews, and Critical Notices, occupy
their due space in the work : and it is the Ed
itor’s aim that they should have a threefold
tendency—to convey, in a condensed form,
such valuable truths or interesting incidents as
are embodied in the works reviewed, —to direct
the reader’s attention to books that deserve to
be read, —and to warn him against wasting time
and money upon that large number, which mer
it only to be burned. In this age of publica
tions that by their variety and multitude dis
tract and overwhelm every undiscriminating
student, impartial criticism, governed by
the views just mentioned, is one of the most
inestimable and indispensable of auxiliaries, to
him xvho dors wish to discriminate.
Essays, and Tales, having in view utility
or amusement, or both —Historical sketch
es—and Reminiscences of events too minute
for History, yet elucidating it, aad heighten
ing its interest, —may be regarded as forming
the staple of the xvork. And of indigenous
Poetry enough is published—sometimes of no
mean strain—to manifest and to cultivate the
growing poetical taste and talents of our coun
try.
The times appear, for several reasons, to de
mand such a work—and not one alone, but
many. The public mind is feverish and irri
tated still, from recent political strifes :—The
soft, assuasive influence of Literature is need
ed, to allay that fever, and soothe that irrita
tion. Vice and folly are rioting abroad :—They
should be driven by indignant rebuke, or lash
ed by ridicule, into their fitting haunts. Igno
rance lords it over an immense proportion of
our people : Every spring should be set in
motion, to arouse the enlightened, and to in
crease their number ; so that the great enemy
of popular government may no longer brood,
like a portentous cloud, over the destinies of
our country. And to accomplish all these ends,
what more powerful agent can he employed,
than a periodical, on the plan of the Messenger;
if that plan bo but carried out in practice ?
The South peculiarly requires such an a
gent. In all the Union, south of Washington,
there are but txvo Literary periodicals 1 North
ward of that city, there are probably at least
twenty-five or thirty ! Is this contrast justified
by the wealth, the leisure, the native talent, or
the actual literary taste, of the Southern peo
ple, compared with those of the Nothern ?
No : for in wealth, talents, and taste, xve may
justly claim at least an equality with our breth
ren ; and a domestic institution exclusively
our oxvn,beyond all doubt affords us, if we
choose, twice the leisure for reading and wri
ting, which they enjoy.
It was from deep sense of this local want,
that the word Southern was engrafted on the
name of this periodical : and not with any de
sign to nourish local prejudices, or to advocate
supposed local interests. Far from any such
thought, it is the Editor’s fervent xvisli, to see
the North and South bound endearingly togeth
er forever, in the silken bands of mutual kind
ness and affection. Far from mediating hostil
ity to the North, he lias already drawn, and he
hopes hereafter to draxv, much of his choicest
matter thence : and happy indeed will he deem
himself, should his pages, by making each re
gion know the other better, contribute in any
essential degree to dispel the lowering clouds
that now threaten the peace of both, and to
brighten and strengthen the sacred ties of fa
ternal love.
The Southern Literary Messenger has
now reached the lftth No. of its third volume.
How far it has acted out the ideas here uttered,
is not for the Editor to say. He believes, how
ever, that it falls not further short of them,
than human xveakness usually makes Practice
fall short of Theory.
No subscription will be received for less than
a Volume, and must either begin with the cur
rent one—or may commence with Vol. IV, the
first number of which will be issued on the Ist
January, I>636.—The price is $5 per Volume,
| which must he paid in all cases at the time of
subscribing. This is particularly adverted to
now, to avoid misapprehension, or future mis
understanding —as no order xvill hereafter be
attended to, unless accompanied xvitli the price
of subscription. THOMAS YV. YVIIITE.
Richmond, Y’a. Oct. 1637.
THE HERALD AND STAR.
IT cannot be denied that the present state ol
our country demands peculiar and well di
rected activity on the part of the press to make
known the features of the various topics which
are now agitating the various portions of the
national confederacy. To supply, at a low
price, the inland towns with information, at a
little delay only, after it has been received in
the Atlantic cities, is praiseworthy, and should
in the end reward such persons as exert their
ability for the successful furtherance of this ob
ject.
The Editors and Proprietors of the Boston
Daily Herald, convinced of the importance ol
a carefully conducted press to disseminate in
formation throughout the country, some weeks
since issued the first number of the Semi
Weekly Herald and Star, which they have
found to be suitable to the wants of the inland
community, as it furnishes over one hundred
newspapers in a year, at the very low price ol
txvo dollars This paper is made up from the
Daily Herald with such additional matter, in
the shape of stories, legends, poetry, statements
of the markets, and such information respecting
sales as may be deemed advantageous to the
yeomanry of the land.
The peculiarity of the Herald and Star will
be found to be in the fact that while it is not
engaged in party politics, it reserves to itgelt
the liberty of speaking boldly and openly on
every subject which concerns the weal of the
whole country—and summons to aid, besides
the constant supervision of the Editors, valua
ble assistants, who are industriously and hour
ly exerting themselves to give strength and a
bility to their various departments.
The Herald and Star is published every Tues
day and Friday morning, and mailed on the
night previous in order to ensure its speedy
transmission by the mails.
The price is Two Dollars a year payable in
advance ; $2,25 in three months; $2,50 in six
mouths ; $3 at the end of the year. The beat
method to ensure the reception of the paper is
to enclose $2 in a letter addressed to the Pro
prietors. HARRINGTON & CO.
Boston, 1837.
Notice
IS hereby given that a contract has been en
tered into for the building and fitting up of
the Light House at Cumberland Island, (Geor
gia, ) and that the same is engaged to be finish
ed by the Ist of April next, and will be lit up
probably by the 15th of that month.
ARCH. CLARK,
Collector and Sup. of Light Houses, &e.
District and Port of Saint Marvs, Geo.
JYbtice.
FOUR months after date, application will
be made to the Inferior Court of the
County of Glynn, when setting for ordinary
purposes, for leave to sell the real estate of
JACOB LINDER, late of Glynn County,
deceased.
JAMES C. MANGIIAM, Adm’r.
Oct. l‘J, 1637.
DR. DUPREE offers his professional servi
ces to the inhabitants of the city of Bruns
wick, and the surrounding country.
Dec. 7.
PROPOSALS
For publishing by Subscription, a Book to be
entitled
The Cherokee Land JLotteru.
BY JAMES F. SMITH,
From a Manuscript copy recently compiled ly
himself.
THE publisher assures the citizens of Geor
gia, who may think proper to subscribe to
the xvork, that he will use every exertion to
render it a useful vehicle of such information
as may be of importance to them.
The Cherokee Land Lottery will contain the
names of all the fortunate drawers in the Land
Lottery, and their residence, up to the first of
January, 1836, with an engraved map of each
Land District in the Cherokee Country, im
mediately preceding the names in each district.
The Cherokee Land Lottery will contain about
five hundred pages, royal actavo size, will be
printed on good paper, neatly bound, and deliv
ered to subscribers by the first of March, 1836,
at fire dollars per copy.
O’Postmasters and others, who will act as
agents for the publisher in procuring subscri
bers, and xvho shall procure and forward to the
publisher, in Milledgeville, ten responsible sub
scribers shall receive a copy of the work, gratis.
All Editors of nexvspapers in the State who
will give the above a few insertions, shall re
ceive a copy of the work. Nov. 23.
The Lions of Philadelphia.
THE architectural beauty of many of the
PUBLIC BUILDINGS of thiscity is pro
verbial. They have not only been the pride ol
the city, but excite the attention of all stran
gers. Believing that it xvould be highly accep
table to our numerous patrons, scattered as they
are from the Lakes to the Ocean, to be present
ed with Splendid Illustrations, from the
hands of first rate artists—xve have made ar
rangements to bring out a complete series.—
They will embrace a correct ani. well executed
view of all the PUBLIC EDIFICES, of our
city and vicinity, forming in the end a collec
tion, that may well be termed the LIONS OF
PHILADELPHIA, and which will be present
ed to our patrons, without trenching upon the
usual variety of our columns. YVhere it may
be expedient we will accompany the engrav
ings with such descriptions of size and facts of
history, as may be of interest.
YVe shall begin the publication as soon as xve
get several engravings from the hands of the
artists, who are now at work upon them. On
the appearance of the first view we shall espe
cially increase our edition of the Courier, to
supply those who may wish to obtain and pre
serve these views.
The views will also appear regularly in the
PHILADELPHIA MIRROR.
tETAs a trifling expression of our regard, we
shall print the whole series, at their completion,
upon fine xvliite paper, in uniform style—form
ing a beautiful collection of Views, and present
them to such of our country brethren, as inay
oblige us by an insertion of this notice.
PROSPECTUS OF
The Experiment.
IN issuing a Prospectus for the publication of
a paper, the undersigned will depart from a
usage more honored in the breach, than in the
observance, and make no promises which it is
not his design to fulfil. “Tiie Experiment,”
after a trial of almost 12 months, has not failed in
recuring for the Editor, the attention and pat
sonage desired; and it is confidently believed,
in rendering to subscribers, at least an equiva
lent for the pittance they contributed towards
its support. Gratified for the encouragement
manifested, desirous of making his little paper
worthy the patronage of an enlightened and
generous public, the subscriber has determined
to enlarge it to nearly quadruple the present
dimensions, so that it xvill contain nearly four
times as much matter as it now does. Thus
will be afforded greater space for his own lucu
brations and those of correspondents, together
with Advertisements and judicious selections.
It may not be inappropriate here to remark, that,
for want of room, some of the best communica
tions have been excluded, and occasionally in
teresting matter, difficult to condense within so
small a compass. YVith increased labor and
expenditure, he must hope for increased re
ward ; and consequently, the subscription price
or the second volume will be One Dollar in
Advance, or One Dollar and Fifty Cents, at the
e xpiration of the year. This alteration, it will
perceived, is not in proportion to the change
of size in the paper; the times being hard, we
are willing to work as low as we can, to save
ourselves from debt, to please our patrons and
ourselves also.
Advertisements, as heretofore at 50 cents per
square for the first insertion, and 25 cents per
square for each subsequent insertion.
[LfThose who can conveniently pay in ad
vance, by doing so, will not only save them
selves a heavy interest, but enable us, with
more alacrity and advantage, to prosecute the
work. F. J. ROBINSON.
YVashington, Ga., July 27, 1837.
O’Papers publishing the above, will confer
a favor.
S3OO Reward!
ESCAPED from the Jail of Anderson, S. C
on the evening of the 13th -inst. a man
calling himself ALDIS BRAINARD, a Den
tist by profession. He was convicted at the
last fall term in the court of that District, of
Bigamy, and sentenced to two years imprison
ment, and to pay a fine of SIOOO.
Brainard is about five feet six or seven inches
high, rather stout made, dark hair and eyes, a
slight inclination to baldness in front, and a
somewhat remarkable flatness on the top of his
head. He is of genteel appearance, fluent and
plausible ; wore when he escaped a black cloth
dress coat, black hat, and fashionable boots.
The above reward and all necessary expenses
will be paid for his apprehension and delivery
to me, or his lodgment in any jail, and informa
tion so that I can get him.
A. N. M FALL, Sheriff A D
Aug. 3.-
EFEditors who are disposed to bring to jus
tice the greatest villian unhung, will please
give the above a few insertions.