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THE LAPSE OF TIME. BY WM. C. BRYANT. Lament who will, in fruitless tears, The speed with which our moments fly; I sigh not over vanished years— But watch the years that hasten by. Look, how they camel—a mingled crowd Os bright and dijrls,but rapid days; Beneath them, like'a summer cloud, The wide world changes as I gaje. What! grieve that time has brought so soon The sober age of manhood on ’ As idly might I weep, at noon, To soe the blush of morning gone. Could I give up the hopes that glow In prospect like Elvsian isles; And let the charming future go AVith all her promises and smiles? The Future!—cruel were the power Whose doom would tear thee from my heart; Thou sweet'ner of tin' present hour; Wc cannot —no we will not part. Oh. leave me still the rapid flight That makes the changing seasons gay, The grateful speed that brings the night, The swift and glad return of day. The months that touch with added grace, This little prattle r at my knee, In whose arch eye,and speaking face, New meaning every hour 1 see; The vears that o'er each sister land, Shall lilt the country of my birth. And nurse her strength till she shall stand, The pride and pattern of the earth; Till younger commonwealths, for aid, Shall cling about her ample robe, And from her frown shall shrink afraid The crowned oppressors of the globe. True, time will sham and blanch my brow; Well. I shall sit with aged men, And my good glass will tell me how A grizzly beard becomes me then. And should no foul dishonor lie Upon my head when l am gray, Love yet shall watch my fading eye, And smooth the patli of my decay. Then haste thee, Time, 'tis kindness all That speeds thy winged feet so fast; Thy pleasures stay not till they pall, And all thy pains’are quickly past. Thou fliest and bear’st away our woes, And as thy shadowy train depart, The memory of sorrow grows A lighter burthen on the heart. A II VI’OCKITE SERVED OUT. ‘SoEiO tiody’s a tappin’ at the door,’ said Sam. ‘Let’em tap,’replied his father, with dignity. Sam acted upon the direction : upon which there was another tap, and anoth er,and then a long row of traps; upon which Sam enquired why the tapper was not admitted. ‘Hush,’ whispcrfcd Mr. Weller, with apprehensive looks, ‘don’t take no notice on’em,Sammy, it’s vun o’ the v.idders, p'raps.’ No notice being taken of the taps, — the unseen "visitor, after a short lapse, ven tured to open the door and peep in. It was no female head that was thrust in at the partially opened door, but the long Mack locks and red face of Mr. Stiggins. Mr. Weller’s pipe fell from his hands. The reverend gentleman gradually o pened the door by almost imperceptible degrees, until the aperture was just wide enough to admit of the pass igo of his lank body, when he glided into tho room and closed it after him with great care mid gentleness. Turning towards Sam, and raising his hands and eyes in token of the unspeakable sorrow with which lie regard ed the calamity that had befallen the fam ily he carried the high-backed chair to his old corner bv the lire, and sitting himseli down on the very edge of the seat, drew forth a brown pocket handkerchief, and applied the same to his optics. While this was going forward the elder Mr. Weller sat hack in his chair with his eves wide open, his hands planted on his knees, and his whole countenance expres sive of absorbing and overwhelming as tonishment. Sam sat opposite him in per fect silence, —waiting with (Mger curiosi ty for the termination of the scene. Mr. Stiggins kept the brown pocket handkerchitd' before his eyes lor some minutes, moaning decently meanu liile and then mastering his feelings bv a strong ef fort, put it in his pocket and buttoned it up. After this he stirred the lire : after that.he rubbed his h ind and looked at Sana. ‘Oh, inv young friend,’ said Mr Stig gins, breaking the silence with a very low, voice, ‘here’s a sorrowlnl allliction.' Sam nodded very slightly. ‘For the man oi wrath, too 1 aided Mr. Stisr'dns, ‘it makes’ a vessel s heart bleed’.’ Mr. Weller was overheard by his son to murmur something relative to making a vessel’s no.-e bleed : but Mr. Stiggins heard him not. ‘Do you know, young mart,’ whispered Mr. Stiggins, drawing his chair close to Sam,‘whether he. has left Emanuel any thing ?” ‘Who’s lie ?’ enquired Sam. ‘The chapel,’ replied Mr. Stiggins,— ‘our chapel, our fold, Mr. Samuel.’ ‘She hasn’t left the fold nothin,’ nor the the shepherd nothin’! nor the animal noth in’,’ said Sain decisively ; ‘nor the dogs neither.’ Mr. Stiggins looked slyly at Sam, — I glanced at the old gentleman, who was [sitting with his eyes closed as it asleep and drawing his cliaif still nearer,said, ‘Nothing for me, Samuel V Sam shook his head. ‘I think there’s something,’ said Stig gins, turning as pale as he could turn. I‘Consider, Mr. Samuel ; no little token ? | ‘Not so much as the vurtli o’ that 'ere 1 old umbrella o' yourn,’ replied Sum. | ‘Perhaps,’ said Mr. Stiggins, hesita tingly, after a few moments of deep I thought, ‘perhaps she recommended me jto tiie care ol the man of wrath, Mr. Samuel ?’ I think that’s wery likely, from what he said,’ rejoined Sam, ‘he was a speak in’ about voujist now.’ W is lie, though !’ exclaimed Stiggins, brightening up. Ah ! He’s changed 1 dare [ say. We might live very comfortable to gether now, Mr. Samuel, eh? I could take care of bis property when you are a way—good care, you sec.’ Heaving a long drawn sigh, Mr. Stig gina paused for a response. Sitm nodded, and .Mr. Weller, the elder, gave vent to an extraordinary sound, which, being | neither a groan, nor a grunt, nor a gasp, nor a growl, seemed to partake in some degree of all four. Mr. Stiggins,—encouraged by this sound, v. hicli he understood to betoken remorse or repentance, looked about him rubbed bis hands, wept —smiled, —.wept | again; and then, walking softly across the room to a well remembered shelf in one corner, took down a tumbler, and, ! with great deliberation, put (bur lumps of sugar in it. Having got thus far, lie look led about linn again and sighed grievous jly ; with that lie walked softly into the | bar, and presently returning with the tum j bier hall lull ot pine-apple rum, advanc ed to the kettle which was singing gaily | on the nob, mixed his grog, stirred it, sip | ped it, sat down, and taking a long and | hearty pull at the rum mid water stopped • for breath. | The elder Mr. Weller, who still con- I tinned to make various uncouth attempts , to appear asleep, otic red not a single word ! during these proceedings, but when Mr { Stiggins stooped Jbr breath, lie darted up on him, and snatching the tumbler from his luAid, threw the remainder of the rum and water in his face, and the glass itself into the grate. Then, seizing the rover ■end gentleman firmly by the collar, lie sud denly fell to kicking him most ftiroinslv, accompanying every application of his tnpboot to Mr. Stiggins’s person with sun dry violent and incoherent anathemas up on his limbs, eyes and hotly. ‘Sammy,’ said .Mr. Weller, ‘put my hai on tight for me.’ Sam dutifully adjusted the hat with the | long hatband more lirmly on Ids Inibrr’s head, and the old gentleman, resuming j his kicking with greater agility than be ' fore, tumbled with Mr. Stiggins through : the bar, and through the passage, out at | the frontdoor, and so into the street —the kicking continued the whole way, and iti -1 creasing in vehemence, rather than dimin ishing every time the top-hoot was lifted I'T- It was a beautiful and exhilarating sight :to see the red-nosed mail writhing in Mr. 1 Weller’s grasp,—and his whole frame j quivering with anguish as kick followed : kick in rapid succession ;—it was a still | more exciting spectacle to behold Mr. Wel i ler, after a powerful struggle,—immersing 1 Mr. Stiggin s head in a horse trough full of | water, and holding it there till lie .. as all i hut suffocated. ‘There,’said Mr. Weller, throw ing all his energy into one complicated kick, as ihe at length permitted Mr. Stiggins to withdraw his head from the trough,‘send j any vun o’ them lazy shepherds here, — , ami I'll pound him to a jelly first, ami 1 drowned him arterwards. Sammv, help me in, and till me a glass o’ brandy. I’m out o' breath, my boy.’ [Pickwick Pa pers lbr October. The late discovery of a libre in the j leaves of the pine-apple plant renders it | probable that, independently of its con tributing to the luxuries of the table, it will soon become of eminent utility as a ; material from which fabrics of the most beautiful texture mav be formed. This iibre is said to surpass in delicacy that of tlax, cotton, wool, or even stik. The .Magazine of Popular Science institutes a j comparison between the fineness of the j silk fibre and that of the pine apple leaf, from which it appears that the former is 1 more than four times as largo as the lat ter, which is said to resemble it very much in point of smoothness and polish. , The newly discovered fibre is altogether destitute of joints or other irregularities, j and is remarkably transparent, particu larly when viewed in water. It is very elastic, of great strength, and receives readily the most delicate dyes. Tlu> j leaves of the plant when examined arc j found to consist of an assemblage of fi i bres, running parallel from one extremity.! of the leaf to the other, imbedded in the! ( soft pabulum. The process ot preparing i the article for use is very simple. The ! leaf is placed under a “tilt hammer,” by the rapid action of which it becomes j crushed in a few seconds without any in jury being done to the fibre, which rc ; mains in a large skein and requires to be rinsed in soft water to clear it of impu j rities, and is then dried in the shade. So j simple and rapid is the process that in a quarter of an hour the fibre may be made ready for the manufacturer’s use, as a glossy, white material with its strength unimpaired by putrefaction, as in the BRUNSWICK AbVOCATE. j case of flax. This discovery promises to ! be a great source of wealth to the conn i tries where, the plant grows, as it is easily I cultivated and propagated. [Balt. American. [From Blackwood s Magazine.] j The naivete of the lowcrlrish is proverbial. But English blunders are sometimes equally rich. As Mrs. M’Gibboii, a popular actress at Liverpool, was about to dress lor Jane Shore, her attendant came to inform her that a woman had called to ask for two box orders, as “she and her daughters had walked four miles to l see the play.” “Does she know me?” said the actress. “Not a bit;” was the reply, j “Very odd; has the Woman got her faculties i about her?” said Mrs. .M’Gibbon. ' “I think lie has ma’am,” said the dresser,“for I see site has got something tied up in a red j handkerchief.” ' Still the Irish blunderer sometimes mixes a degree of dexterity with his apparent mistake, winch rises to wit. A story of tins order Ims ! been lately current in Ireland, and has raised many a laugh against a noble person, celebrat ! oil for questioning his servants on their no tions, religious and political. In some parts of Ireland this would he an important inquiry, if the truth could be extracted by a cross exam ination. A groom came to be hired: I “What are your opinions?” was the first ! usual and general requisition, j “None at all, your honor,” was Put’s diplo- I matic reply. j “Puli! nonsense,” said the noble T*ord, you ! all haveyour opinions, and some of them bad ! enough. I insist upon knowing them before you come into this house.” “W by then, your Lordship,” said Pat, with a bow to the ground, "I fancy they are the ■ very same us your Lordship’s.” “Stale them then, said the Peer; “and let !me see if you are of my way'of thinking.” “I humbly beg your honor’s pardon,” said the man; “but 1 could not be so bold as to think like your Lordship, but I’m of Pat O’- Sullivan, the gardner’s way of thinking.” “Then fellow, out with it at once,” said his ! Lordship, growing impatient. “Why then, your honor,” said Pat, with the indescribable look of craft and humor indige ■ nous to the native droll, “says Mr. O’Sullivan ! to run, I’m thinking, Pat Brady, that you owe me fifteen shillings which you have not a no tion of paying! And that’s the plain truth, your honor; and that’s what 1 call being of I Pat O’Sullivan’s way of thinking. A Loafer. The Knickerbocker thus hits off the likeness of a loafer at Niagara ; Ex • ccedingly amused at the air and manner of a i decided loafer, a sentimentalist withal, mid a toper, who had come out of his way from Baf j falo to sec the Falls. “Landlord.” said he to ! the Boniface of the cataract, “and you gentle men, who stand on this porch witnessing this ;pm less rain, you see before you one who Ins j a tempest, ol sorrows beating upon his head | continually. \\ oust I vyas vvo’th twenty tliou- I sand dollars, and I driv the saddling profession. • Circumstances alter cases—now I wish to so j licit eh irity. Some of you seem benevolent, am! I am not destined to rank myself among those »ho could travel from Dan to Ifeerslic b.i, and say ail is barren. No—l scorn to brag but l am intelligent beyond my years, and my education has.been complete. I have read \ oluey’s Ruins, Marshall's Life of Washing ton, Ovid's Art of Love, and Pope’s Essay on Man, and most of the literature of the day, .as contained in the small newspapers. But the way I’m situated at present is scandalous. The fact is, my heart is broke, and I’m just Isluna cling about the globe, with a souifira brow, and a bosom laden with woe. Who w ill help me—speak singly, gentlemen—who will ‘ease my grief, and drive niv cares away ?’ as Isaac Watts says, in one of his devotional po ems.” No answe r was returned—a general latightei arose. The pride of the mendicant was excited—rage got the better of bis hu mility : and shaking his fist in the face of the bystanders, he roared out—“ You’re ail a pack of poor ornary common people. You insult honest poverty; but Ido not ‘hang my head for a’ that,’as Burns says. I will chastise any man here for two three-cent drinks ofMonon gahela w hiskey : though I have but lately es cape and shipwreck coming from Michigan to Bus -1 a!(», and am weak for the loss of strength, yet I will whip the best of you. Let any one on ve come over to the Black Rocks Itiilroud Depot, and l'!! lick him like a ” “Never mind that part of it,” said one ; “tell us about tiie sbipwieck.’’ “Ah!” he continued, “that was a scene ! —twenty miles out at sea on the lake—storm bustin’on the deck !—tiie waves like mad tailors, making breeches over us con tinually—tiie Inditing a bustin' overhead and bissuvo under water—the clouds Meeting the earth—the land just over the lee bow—every in.tst in splinters—every sail in rags—women a screeehin’—farmers’ wives, emigratin’ to the West, calling for their husbands—ami graves yawnin’ all around ! A good many was dread fully sick ; one man, after casting forth every thing beside, with a violent retch threw tip his boots. <)h ! gentlemen, it was aw fill ! at length came the last and Jestiuctive billow. It struck the ship in the 101 l side, in the neighborhood of die poop, and all at noust I felt something under us breaking a way. The vessel was part ing!—Une half of the crew was drowned — passengers were praying and commending themselves to Heaven, i alone escaped the watery doom.'’ And how did you manage to redeem yourself from destruction ?” was the general inquiry. “Why, gentlemen, the fact is, I seen how tilings was a goin,’ and 7 took ir.y hat and went ashore !" The last 1 saw of lids Munchausen was as our conch w heeled a v.ay. He had achieved a “drink,’’ and was perambulating, through tiie mud, lightened momentarily of his sorrows. A Groom and his Duties. A groom is a chap that a gentleman keeps to clean Ids horses, and be blown up when things go wrong. They are generally very conceited beggars, and as they never know nothing, why the best way is to take them so young that they can’t pretend to any know ledge. I al ways get mine from the charity schools, and you’ll find it very good economy to apply to those that give the boys leather breeches, as it will save you the trouble ot finding him a pair. Tiie tirst thing to do, is to teach him to got up early', and to hiss ut every tiling he brushes, rubs or touches. As the leather breeches should be kept for Sundays, you must get him a pair of corderovs, and mind you order them of a large size and baggy bet hind, for many ’oases have a trick of biting a chaps when they are cleaning them: and it is ; better for them to have a mouthful of corderoy than one of the lad’s bacon, to say nothing of the loss of the boy’s service during the time lie is laid up. [John Jorrock’s Sporting Lectures. The Scotch King and ms Minister. 1 Generally speaking, the Scotch enjoy persi- Jiage, and the Irish ore apt to take fire at it. After a mess-dinner of the 21st (Royal North I British Fusileers,) always a gallant and gen tlemanly very national character, there had been a good deal of proud reflection ! upon the stern faith of the North Britains, in j their treaties with other powers. A lively boy | who bad recently joined, observed to some of j the elders that he had a legend in confirmation | of the claim, and narrated it accordingly, j Few of our histories refer to a very sanguin ary war that subsisted between an .early Scot tish king and a king of the Land’s End. Scot i fish valor prevailed, and news was brought of the complete success of an expedition against the Cornish strongholds. The monarch wasi elated beyond measure, and sending his prin cipal adviser, Lord Alexander , address j ed him: j -“VY cel, Sandy, is there onv other king I can ; bring to submission the noo?” “An’ it please your majesty, there is butane king whom you canna vanquish.” j “Ane king that I canna vanquish! Ah’ wha’s he, rnon?” “I mean, vour majesty, the King of Heaven.” “Haven! Haven! wha’s that, Sandy?” Ilis Lordship pointed to the sky, and then bowed becomingly to his royal master, who did not quite comprehend what was meant, ! and feared to betray a geographical ignorance : by inquiring more particularly than he had al- I ready done. j “Nae matter, Sandy, gang and tell the King j o’Haven that gin he does not surrender his 'dominions at once, I’ll come and bang him out ,of them. And mind, rny Lord, you dinna i shew' yer face before us till you have done our ! bidding.” This was an embarrassing position for tiie noble favorite, who knew that expostulation, or i ! even explanation was.too dangerous to be at-! ! tempted at such a moment. He therefore re- j j tired submissively, and consulted a priest.; j This progenitor of Loyola consoled him by i j the assurance that, on an occasion of the kind,! j it was quite allowable to tranquili.se a mon- i | arch of weak understanding by putting an ar- j j tiiicial construction on certain passages of i j scripture. Lord Alexander appeared, accord- j iugly, in the royal presence, and was instantly I observed by his gracious master. ‘Wool, Sandy, what says the king o’ Haven?’ ] “Please vour majesty, I have na seen him- I sd’, but I hive conferred with ane o’his ac credited ministers, an’ he solemnly engages! that your majesty may hae his kingdom for j ; asking for.” i “W as he sae cecvil?” inquired the monarch’ j ! wanned to magnanimity by the assurance:,; then ccn gang yer gait there once more, and j ; tell the King o’ Haven that for his ceevility nae a Scotchman shall ever set foot in his 1 kingdom.” [Frazer’s Magazine. I Ferocity or as Eagle. A curious in stance of the ferocity of the eagle occurred lateiv in a solitary chalet, on a pasture moun tain in Switzerland. A peasant boy, eight years of age, was engaged in looking after some cattle, and lie was the sole tenant of the cottage, as the Swiss train their children very young to tiiis occupation. lie perceived two young eagles ot no great distance on the ledge of a low rock. Tempted by the prize, he drew silently close behind the rock, and suddenly grasping them in-his arms, took pos session of botli birds in spite of the most de termined resistance. lie -was yet struggling with his prey, when, hearing a great nois ?, he saw to his no little terror the parent birds flv ing rapidly towards him. He ran hastily into the clarlet and closed the door just in time to shut out his pursuers. Tiie boy afterwards sjioko of the terror lie Suffered during the day in his lonely chalet, lest the old eagles should force an entrance: as, being powerful birds, they would in their fury have ended his life. 'They kept up the most frightful cries, and strove, with all their might, to break down tiie barriers of the frail chalet, loosly built up of single logs, and find some avenue by which to rescue their offspring. But the young peas ant kept his prey, well aware of its value—a louis d’or being given by the government of Berne for every eagle killed. As night ap proached, he saw the pursuers, tired with their useless elfoits, leave the chalet, and watched their flight to the lofty,though not distant prec ipice, and as soon as tiie darkness had set in, lie again grasped the two eagles, and ran as fast as his logs would carry him down the moun tain to the nearest village, often looking back lest the parent, birds should have described him. nnd-fitlcving lie heard their cries at every interval. lie arrived in safety, however, in the hamlet, not a little proud of his prize.— [Letters from Switzerland. Salutations. —We have selected the fol lowing items for the amusement of our rea ders : The Greenlanders have no salutations, and laugh at the idea that one person is iuferior to another. The Islanders, near the Phillippines, take a person’s hand or foot, and rub it over their face. , The Laplanders apply their noses strongly again«t. the person they salute. In New Guinea they place leaves upon the head of those whom they salute. In the strait of the Sound they raise the left foot of the person saluted, pass it gently over the rfeht leg. and thence over the face. The inhabitants ot the Phillipines bend ve ry low, placing their hands on their cheeks, and raise one foot in the air w ith the knee bent. An Ethiopian takes the robe of another,and ties it about him, so as to leave his friend al most destitute of covering, The Japanese take off a slipper, and the people of Arracan their sandals, in the street, and their stocking in the house, w hen they sal ute. If the Chinese meet after a long separation they fall upon their knees, bend their face to the ground two or three times, and use many other affected modes of salutation. The Chi nese have also a kind of ritual, or a cadency of compliments, by w hich they regulate the number of bows, genuflections and words to be spoken on any occasion. Ambassadors practice these ceremonies forty days before they appear at Court. At Otaheite, they rub their noses together. I [Boston Po*t, THE AMOCIfE. BRUNSWICK, (Ga.) FEB. 22, 1838. State Rights Ticket for Congress. ELECTION FIRST MONDAY IN OCTOBER. THOMAS BUTLER KING, of Glynn. WILLIAM C. DAWSON, of Grccnc JULIUS C. ALFORD, of Troupe. WALTER T. COLQUITT, of Muscogee. RICHARD W. HABERSHAM, of Habersham EDWARD J. BLACK, of Scriven. MARK A. COOPER, of Hall. EUGENIITS A NESBIT, of Bibb. LOT WARREN, of Sumpter. TO THE PUBLIC. For the last three weeks the Brunswick Ad vocate has been under the editorial care of the j subscriber. As the contract under which the paper has thus far been published, did not ex ! pire until the 20th irst. it was not deemed prop er to make any public announcement of this j fact This contract was between three gen tlemen of tiie North and Messrs. Davis &. Short. By the terms of it Messrs. D. &, S. were induc- I ed to establish this paper in consideration of a j fixed salary. This salary has never been paid and the contract has been violated in other re j spects under such circumstances of injustice ; as may induce them at a future day to lay the | whole affair before the public. The proprie ! tors have beeq thus forced in self defence and i for the security of such rights as remained to j them to continue the business on their own J account. j As it has been supposed to the prejudice of ; the Brunswick Companies, that they establish | ed this press, it is proper here to state that it was in opposition to the expressed wish of the Directors that this print was got up; ;uid that in the preceding remarks, no allusion is in tended to them. It is now the property and dependence of the proprietors, and as such they solicit the confidence and patronage of the public. The subscriber finds no ordinary difficulty in stating the principles upon which this press will be, in future, conducted, in terms, which will not compromise his own independence. With the ordinary feelings of a young man, so much laughed at and derided by the old and liack nied politician, he is unwilling to harness him self to the car of party. The collar would set most heavily and uneasily upon lnm, and he does not anticipate that he could, should he be found straying, patiently bear being ‘ whipped into the traces,’ by the drivers or leaders of arty party. This love of independence may possi bly iirovc a chimera—a mere dream. If so, it lias been dreamed more than three times, and it it be a delusion, the undersigned most ear nestly and confidently hopes that it may not be dispelled. At the same time, while Avowing his independence of the shackles of party, lie docs not object to acknowledge that the principles of the State Rights party square with his own. “ The world is governed too much,” says the Globe. “Power is always stealing from the many to the few,” said the Tele- graph. Both are in the right. Our world— that is, our country—is ‘ governed too much’ and too badly. Power has stolen from the many and has been concentrated in the hands of one man who rules the country by the Consti tution, ‘as he understands it,' and who would break down the Judiciary to exalt his own of fice. The principles which the last eight years have developed, are indeed alarming. The man, the individual man has been elevated, while the Constitution, Principle, Office and Patronage, have to this end been degraded.— Short sighled and dangerous policy! which unites the People against the Government, and which, it may well be feared, may excite them to destroy in violent efforts to amend. Tiie adoption by the State of a liberal and extended patronage of Internal Improvements, will always find a warm if not an able support in this paper. The principle that Internal Improvements cost nothing, while they create immense wealth, will be fully set forth, and to this end an extensive correspondence has been commenced to ascertain definitively tne effect of this policy as fur as it is develop ed in other States. Having thus generally and frankly stated our views, we solicit from our editorial brethren of the South generally—as well those who differ as those who agree; the right hand of fellow ship. To our political friends is promised a cordial and hearty co-operation. To onr political oppon ents the pledge is given that no personal con troversies shall deface these columns, and that a regard for private and individual character shall ever be held sacred. With the public we rely for consideration upon its know n indulgence and the willingness it has always shown to bestow the rewards due to success upon sincere and earnest endeavors to attain it. J. LYMAN, Editor Brunswick Advocate. Sport. VV e are happy to loarn that a match 1 has been made up between a Boat Club of Sa- i vanuah and our friends and neighbors of the > Aquatic Club of Georgia. The President of the Savannah Boat Club I styled the Lower Creeks, challenges the boat Lizard, ow ned by tw o individuals of the “Aquatic Club of Georgia,” for $r»00 a side.— Tiie “Lower Creeks” have just received a boat! built in New Y'ork, precisely of the dimensions of the Lizard, each rowing four oars. The owners of the Lizard have accepted the chal lenge and the race will come off at Savannah in April. Distance one mile. Each boat to be rowed by white men, or members of each Club. Hurrah for our side. AGENT OF GEORGIA’S REPORT, Here-vitUJwe give.the whole report of the Ageit of the State of Georgia—though it ar rived so late that we found’it difficult 'to print it It is however so full of matter that it is impossible to abridge it or to take extracts from it w ithout doing it injustice. It will_commend itself to all our readers: MEMORIAL. To the Honor ablest he Senators and Representa tives of the Legislature of Tennessee in Gen eral .issembly met: The undersigned haajbeen instructed by Gov ernor Gilmer, under a resolution of the Legis lature of Georgia, to proceed to this place, and endeavor to obtain from your honorable body, the right of way and other privileges, for the extension of the Western and Atlantic Rail Road from the Georgia line to the Eastern margin of the Tennessee river, at some point hereafter to be designated, by the proper au thorities. The vast importance of this connexion to the citizens of both States, the public attentionaivi approbation which has accompanied it, and the ample means set apart for its immediate com mencement, lead me to believe tliere will be no obstacle in the way of its accomplishment; and more particularly, when it is understood’ that the State of Georgia stands ready when ever the application is made, to grant similar privileges to tiie State of Tennessee, or her in corporated companies. The physical features of the surrounding country, and other circumstances, will fix the point for the commencement iff tiiis Road, at or in the neighborhood of Ross’s Landing Placed on a fine and deep river, on the verge of the cotton and rice regions on the one Irand and the provision regions on the other, and ac cessible from existing and contemplated im ; provements and communications from every j quarter, it must give rise to a great inland city,, inferior to no other in the United States, j From this point, six routes will present them | selves to the Western traders for the transpor -1 tation of their commodities, and other supplies, j The first through the Decatur and Memphis 1 Rail Road, or by the way of the Tennessee, 1 down the Mississippi, to New Orleans, and ‘ from thence along the Inland passage to Mo bile, St. Andrews Bay, the Apalachicola, and up its branches; or across the peninsula of Florida to Brunswick, and other towns and cities on the Atlantic. The second from Gun ter’s Landing on the Tennessee, by Rail Road to Selma on the Alabama, and from thence to Mobile, falling in with the first route. The third will take its course on the main trunk of the Western and Atlantic Rail Road, until it diverges jto the right, down the beautiful val ley of the Chattooga, to the head of steam boat navigation at Wetumpka,and from thence down the Alabama to Mobile, and then tike the line of the first & second routes. This route itis pre sumed, will be accomplished by the Iliwassee, and Wotumpka Rail Road companies, and if deemed expedient and necessary, by the State ot Georgia or some company which, she may hereafter incorporate. The fourth will pass on | the main trunk through tiie Cherokee country, j until it reaches the high ground on the Eastern bank of the Chattahoochee, and then take a direction to West Point, (where it will meet ] the Rail Road on the said river from Mont i gorncry,) and to Columbus and other towns on ! the Chattahoochee and Apalachicola, reaching j the terminations of the previous routes. The j fifth from the same point near the Chatta ! lioochec, will pursue a course to Macon on the | Ociuulgee, and then meet w ith steam boat nav igation to Brunswick, Darien, Savannah and Charleston, and in a few years with Rail Road jto Savannah and Brunswick. The sixtli from the same point will take a direction for Cov | ington, Madison, Athens, Greensborotigh and ; Augusta, and then reach Savannah by asteam j boat and Charleston by a Rail Road, j The extent of the lines upon these different ; routes, (without estimating the lateral branches which will hereafter arise,)added together, will approach 4,000 miles, and confined almost en tirely to a cotton region, in which, from climate and other considerations, the price be what it may, its culture must be pursued in all time to come. Upon all these routes except the first, Ten nessee can be the soonest in the market, and will meet with a ready demand for her pork, flour, bacon, lard, beef, iron, castings, lime, gypsum, and various other smaller articles; and with charges for transportation greatly re j (luced. The transportation of lime alone, to reclaim the land impoverished and worn out by j the cotton culture in the South, and for other I purposes, will be a source of great profit to the ; citizens of Tennessee, and it is believed that the Rail Road companies can afford to carry it 100 miles for B*> per ton. Its price throughout Georgia generally, for a great many years, has ranged from a dollar to a dollar and fifty cents per bushel. Its extensive production and use, troiri these causes, and for these purposes, will have a great tendency to invigorate and im ; prove the agricultural pursuits in both States, to increase their population, and suppress in ; some measure the rage for emigration. ; Nature has, perhaps, done more, and man ! less, for Tennessee and Georgia, than any . other two States in the Union. But this state of inaction has passed away, and is giving place to a fine spirit for Internal Improvement, in every part of these two sister States, which must soon lead to a great amelioration in all their relations; and which a genial clime, great mineral wealth, immense water power, the productions of almost every climate, and and wise legislation are so capable of produc ing. The advantages to be derived by Ten nessee and other parts of the West as well as the South, by changing the routes of a great part of their foreign and other importations, are next considered. Ross’s Landing is about 400 miles from Charleston, Savannah, Bruns wick and Mobile, and about I.uO miles from Nashville ; consequently, this places the great er portion of Tennessee and a considerable part of the West,.as will appear from the other maps and other examinations, nearer to these ports than any other upon the Atlantic or tiie Gulf of Mexico; and fewer impediments will be encountered upon these routes than any other existing, or in contemplation. South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama ap pear determined hereafter to make their im portations and exportations nearly similar in amount, if easy and speedy intercourse with the West and other measures now in embryo, can produce it, and no longer submit to the withering effect which has arisen from their importing 4,000,000, and exporting about 30,- 000,000. Laws have or shortly will be passed by these States for the creation of companies with limited partnerships, which will present the opportunity for the investment of capital without risk to the remainder of the owner’s