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property, and for combined operations by in- j
dividuals for importing directly from Europe
into Southern ports, all commodities which
may be wanted for the South and West, ami l
which have heretofore been received chiefly
thiough the Northern cities.
In furtherance of this plan, it is in contem
plation to make arrangements between the 1
Southern and European banks, for the estab
lishment of mutual commercial facilities be- i
tween merchants of both countries. Exneri
enced navigators and merchants are of
the opinion, that goods can be imported into .
Southern Atlantic ports by pursuing the j
Southern passage, and falling somewhat with
in the truck of the trade winds, as cheap, and
with as much expedition and safety as into |
the ports of New York, Philadelphia, and Bal
timore. If the plan for running steam ships,
to and from Europe, shall answer public ex-:
pectation, goods may be imported in twelve
or fifteen days into Charleston, Savannah and
Brunswick, and three more will bring them to
the Tennessee River; a shorter time than it
usually takes to bring them from the Northern
cities to the West generally. Besides, on the
Western and Atlantic Rail Road, and its!
Southern branches, you w ill meet no impedi- i
meats from high mountains, inclined planes,
avalanches, ice or snow, abrupt curvatures,'
and in no place encounter a stronger grade I
than3o feet in a mile. The cities of Charles
ton, Savannah, and Brunswick, have ad-1
vanced in health at all seasons for the
last few years; chiefly arising from the drain
ing of marshes, and the substitution of the ,
dry for the rice culture.
Brunswick little known heretofore, and re
cently brought into notice, is situated on a pe
ninsula at the mouth of Turtle river, or what
may more properly be termed an arm of the i
sea, sixteen miles in length. There is, per
haps, no town or city in North America, that
combines more advantages for the erection of
a great commercial emporium. With 24 feet
of water on its bar, it has a safe harbor and
good roadstead for shipping, which are pro
tected by the island of Jekyl lying off the
mouth of the river, from the severe easterly
gales which frequently prevail on the Atlantic
coast at certain seasons of the year. It will
shortly be connected by a canal with the Al
atamaha, which drains a large, and the finest
part of Georgia, and in a few years by a Rail
Road with the Gulf of Mexico, the Apalachi
cola, and its important branches, the Flint
and Chattahoochee. It lias a good ingress
and egress, is without shoals in its neighbor
hood, and scarcely requires any other pilotage
than that whicji is afforded by the light
house and buoys: and in three or four hours
after a vessel spreads her sail, she is over the
bar, and on the bosom of the great deep. Sit
uated in the neighborhood of almost all the
remaining live-oak in Georgia, and not far
from that in Florida, ajid accessible to im
mense forests of as fine ranging timber as is
to be found in the world, it must become a
considerable naval station and depot.
From its peculiar peninsular position, and
the features of the country in its vicinity, it is
highly adapted for the erection and construc
tion of strong military defences, both in front
and rear. In a few years it will be approached
from every direction both by land and water;
no point of the Atlantic coast is the weath
er milder in winter, or the sea-breeze more de
licious or bracing in summer, and no place in
the Union is more entitled to the appellation of
the Montpelier of America. This is Bruns
wick.
About seventy-five miles to the east is Sa
vannah, on a fine and navigable stream pos
sessing many of the advantages of Bruns
wick, and destined in a short time to reap her
full share of the import and export business.
Os Charleston, so well and so favorably
known, it does not become me to speak, even
if I were qualified, after the late residence
among you of her able and distinguished citi
zen and representative. It is understood to he
the opinion of Col. Long, our able Engineer,
under whose superintendence and direction
the late reconnoisance and survey through the
Cherokee country has been accomplished, that
in three years after the commencement of the
work on the Tennessee river, the rqad will be
completed, (120 miles) to the eastern bank of
the Chattahoochee; and I feel confident from
what has already been done, that in two years
more if not earlier, a connection will be formed
to this latter point from Brunswick, Savannah,
Charleston, West Point, and Columbus. All
those circumstances then, must necessarily
create a desire for legislative action on the
part of Tennessee and Kentucky for the con
tinuation of this road from the Tennessee riv
er to Nashville, and from lienee to the Ohio in
a direction for Lexington and Louisville, as
well as some point near the mouth of the Wa
bash, where it is understood several routes
from the Lakes and other places will concen
trate.
It will also lead to the improvement of the
navigation of the Tennessee, which, for its
length, is the finest river in America. Fed
from the highest mountains and the largest
springs in the United States, it discharges a
greater volume of water in the summer and
full than the Ohio; and the improvements that
will be made in the rocky beds of it and its
important branches, will be permanent and
lasting.
When all this is effected, and effected it
will be, what spectacle can be more grand and
imposing than the connection of the Atlantic
from three points, with the smooth and beauti
ful river of the west, by the routes of 700 miles
each, of the Charleston and Cincinnati, and
the Western and Atlantic Rail Roads, and by
these great thoroughfares themselves becom-'
ing united at three points on their way. The
first by the Charleston and Hamburg Rail
Rond at Augusta. The second by the Iliwas
rce Rail Road at or near Knoxville: and the
third at Lexington or some nearer place in
Kentucky. By this time, a, bill it is presumed,
has passed the Legislature of Georgia, author- .
ising the issue of State certificates to be loan
ed upon certain conditions, to all companies
incorporated for the construction of a turnpike,
rail road, canal, or slack vvater navigation in
any part of the State, and which certificates
:ve to bear an interest of not more than six jier
cent- and redeemable in not less than twenty
;ior more than fifty years. Upon these certi
ficates the directors of the said companies arc
to obtain loans upon the credit of the State,
rom American or European capitalists. On
lie part of Georgia therefore, with these addi
tional means there can be no failure, so far as
egards the speedy connection of her sea ports
vith the Tennessee river, nor do I now enter
*in any doubt of the progrees (pari passu) of
te other great work to which I nave alluded, j
toth of them, when completed, and passing
* lrough and reaching some of the richest re
, ions in the world will be insufficient to at-1
tend to the immense transactions, which must j
grow up between these two great and interest
ing portions of our confederacy ; and it will
not he many years before a call will be made
for a canal communication between the Ten
! nessee river and the southern streams; and
which it is believed the water of the high Chat
-1 tahoochee will chiefly afford.
If these views are correct, and I can per
i ceive no error in them, it follows, as a matter
of Course, that North and East Alabama, al
most every part of Tennessee, and a very con
.siderahle portion of the west can, and will re
| ceive two thirds, if not three fourths of their
foreign and other supplies through theso south
ern channels, as the safest, the surest, the
j nearest, the chea|>est and the most expeditious,
j There is much interesting detail that belongs
to this subject, I deem it unnecessary on the
: present occasion to enter into it, believing that
even the condensed view which is presented,
! imperfect as it is, is more than was needed to
i obtain from this government all that Georgia
desires. DANIEL NEWNAN,
Agent for the State of Georgia.
Nashville, 20th Dec. 1837.
TIIE NORTH AND THE SOUTH,
j The Constitionalist quotes with deserved
I censure the-following remarks appended by
! the Boston Courier, to a statement of the
| wealth und resources of Massachusetts :
“Let the honorable representatives in Con
i gress, who are eternally prating about the val
-1 tie of the products of the South, look at this
[ subject, and consider whether it be advisable
: to continue their taunts and reproaches against
! New England, or their vain-glorious blustering
jin favor of their cotton and tobacco—as if noth-
I ing else could be placed in competition with
! those productions.”
The Constitutionalist, however, does not
know the Editor of the Courier so w*ell as we
do, or it would not handle him so gently. He
was first brought into puWic notice by the
editorship of the New England Galaxy, a paper
which derived its interest from its abuse of pri
vate character, until the individuals thus un
cerimoniously dragged before the public sub
scribed. Os course that paper soon became
stupid when the abuse of those whose con
cerns could interest the public, was silenced
by subscription, and tlieu the Courier was es
-1 tablished. It iias also maintained a much more
respectable stand than its predecessor; but
still the radical spirit of its conductor occa
| sionally breaks out in ill-natured and injudi
cious remarks, and prevents its attaining any
considerable influence at the North. It would
j be as unjust to make an estimate of public feel
' ing at the North, from the tone of the Courier,
j as it would to consider that quarter of the coun
try one grand Abolition Society from the in
i temperate and constant ravings which a few
| desperate fanatics so industriously circulate.
! OGLETHORPE BAY ANI) BRUNSWICK
HARBOR.
j We make the following extract from the
| memorial of the citizens of Charleston to Con
j gross, petitioning that Government would lo
cate a Naval Depot at that place.
We should make no very great objection
that the prayer of that memorial should he
I granted. It is true that the consent of Con
gress to this measure, would be likqly to delay
; the interests of this place, as far as they are
j concerned in the location of a Naval Depot,
for some years. Still the advantages tint are
i presented here in depth of water —abundance
| of live oak timber —capacity and security of
| anchorage and harbor—capability of defence
i and salubrity of climate, are so great, that its
j claims cannot for many years be overlooked
;by Congress, even should they now decide to
locate a Depot at Charleston.
With the interest and influence naturally
i attached to so large and prosperous a city as
I Charleston, it would be very strange if it
. could not present claims, to secure the patron
age of Government, almost too strong to be
| resisted.
Brunswick is still in its infancy, and as yet
has neither population, influence or connexion,,
which will enable it to compete with Charles- i
! ton. It can rely simply on its own merits and 1
the great superiority of its harbor, as ascer- 1
tained by Capt Stockton in 1828, and by Com- j
modores Woolsey, Claxton and Shubrick, in
1831).
The memorialists are mistaken in their j
1 statement “ that it has never been contended |
that the depth of water at Brunswick is sufti- !
! cient for frigates.” The Commissioners above
, °
named in their report, state most distinctly that
“ the average rise on the Brunswick Bar is six
feet, which gives at high water on the bar
twenty-four feet; sufficient for a frigate .”
As to the stranding of the Porpoise, we have '
already spoken of it as an awkward affair, of ;
j which a master in the merchant service would
, have hpen ashamed.
The Porpoise on arriving here got upon one I
of the bars—we believe the south breaker, !
which runs out from Jekyl Island. That was j
not to be wondered at. Any vessel arriving
at the best harbor in the world, where there
, were no pilots, would be very likely to touch 1
the bottom. On this occasion however the!
Porpoise got off pretty easily. But after stay
ing here nearly three months and exploring
and sounding in every direction, in going out
the hay she struck again and placed herself in
the perilous condition set forth by the Me
morialists. From it she was only rescued by r
the loss of a part of her armament and by the
assistance of the steamboat Dolphin. We re- 1
peat that this was the result of gross careless
ness. Whether it be chargeable upon tho
Commander or the Sailing Master of the vessel
we know not, nor does it concern us.
We beg the attention of our readers to the
extract subjoined:
! “Os these, the most important is, that
BRUNSWICK. ADVOCATE.
the conimissioners, recently appointed to I
explore the Southern coast, with a view ;
to the locatiou of a Navy Yard, have cx- !
pressed an opinion favorable to the selec- j
tion of Brunswick, in Georgia. As an
offset to that report, on the part of thel
Commissioners, your Memorialists would (
respectfully remind your Honorable Body,!
that opinions, decidedly and warmly fa- [
vorable to Charleston, have also been ex- 1
pressed by commanders, at least as skilful'
&l well informed as those,to ifhoin we have j
just alluded in reference to Brunswick. In
the reports of Captains Elliot and Kcar-i
rtey, upon this point, as above stated, your
Memorialists understand, and believe, that
Commodore Barron, and a majority of our
naval officers, cordially concur. As far
as the opinions of naval officers, therefore,
are Calculated to affect the deliberations
of Congress upon this subject, they arc
decidedly favorable to the selection of
Charleston harbor. In addition to this,
your Memorialists beg it may be borne in
inind, that they only apply for the estab
lishment of a Navy Yard of the secondary
j class. Now it lias been abundantly prov
ed, that for an establishment of that de
scription, the Charleston Bar affords an
ample depth of water, in addition to all the
other advantages that have been enumer
ated. And a sufficient depth of water, for
I vessels of a smaller class, is all that has
1 been said in favor of Brunswick. Let it
also be remembered, even as regards the
comparative depth of water, that the ves-
sel of war, the Porpoisr, in which the
Commissioners visited Brunswick, was
stranded at the North Breaker of Bruns
wick Bar. The Porpoise, was rescueil
from her perilous condition by the Steam
Boat Dolphin, the captain of which pre
sented a petition to Congress for remu
neration for his services, accompanied by
certificates from the officers of the Por-
poise, freely admitting the extreme dan
ger in which she was involved, and that
they were indebted to the exertions of
Capt. Pennoyer, the commander of the!
Dolphin, for her preservation from de-!
struction. These facts show conclusive-1
ly, that notwithstanding all that has been
said of the depth of water at Brunswick,
a brigofwar, a vessel of the very smallest
class, may be stranded at her bar: a cir
cumstance which has never happened to
sloop or schooner, both of which are larg
er, and of greater draft than brigs, at the
bar of Charleston. But even, admitting
that there may be a superior depth of wa
ter at Brunswick bar, it has never been
contended that it is sufficient for frigates,
whilst the Charleston bar possesses all that
is requisite for sloops Or schooners. In
this point of view, then, these two bars are
on a footing of equality, whilst Charleston
possesses all the advantages over Bruns
wick, in every other point of view, which
may fairly be predicated of a large com
mercial city, in comparison with a place,
having little or no population, and on
which it may be said, without exaggera
tion, that a town or city yet remains to
be built. And, if such is the equality of
Charleston with Brunswick, in relation to
depth of water, and such the decided and
obvious superiority of the former over the
latter, in relation to every other desidera
tum connected with the selection of a nav
al site, assuredly there is no other posi
tion on the Southern coast, between the
Chesapeake and Florida, of which it is
necessary to show that it possesses no
requisite, for the purposes of a naval es
tablishment, comparable to the extent in
which the sayie is exhibited by the city of
Charleston.
To the reply of the Darien Telegraph to an
article in our last, we have a few words to re
join by way es explanation.
We really thought lie did use the word ‘re
markable’ in reference to the ‘sleeping break
ers.’ The error, which we readily acknow
ledge, occurred from the hurry and careless
ness of quoting from memory. Editors often
feel the truth of the proverb, “Needs must
when the (feint drives,” and that is cur only
excuse. If our neighbor in regard to this
forcible expression, claims the ‘poetic licence’
why we will even give it up to him with the
best grace. In ‘Bowditch’s Practical Navi
gator,’ it would not be exactly the thing, but
the nautical prose of the Telegraph shall
have an exception. \Ve have often admired
his vigorous imaginative power where Bruns
wick was his theme. It carries him on a
strong pinion quite beyond the bounds of so
ber reality into the regions of romance. We
would not on any account, detract one grain
from the interest of his articles, by making
them one scruple more prosaic and correct.
With regard to the Porpoise getting ashore,
the Telegraph w ill .find our views stated in an
other article appended to the Charleston me
morial. The clumsiness we spoke of, was
not that of striking when she first arrived at
this port, which as yet has no pilots,—but that of
getting on to a well-defined bar after she had
been here three months exploring and sounding
and by the side of which there is a deep chan
nel half a mile in width. It is true, mer
chantmen have struck the bar, but it was upon!
their first visit, and without pilots. No vessel
has, however, struck any bar more than six ,
miles from the light; and for the simple rea
son that the bar docs not extend farther. If it
did so extend to the distance of ten or twelve
miles and beyond view of the lighthouse, as
has been stated, vessels from and to ports to
the South of this, would constantly strike up- !
ou it, as they may be seen passing and re-pass
ing in clear weather, at all stages of the tide. !
The Telegraph says, our l tofl tauider' is se- i
rio-comic. The Dramatist may well be morti- j
fied to find his tragedy laughed at and mistaken I
for comedy. We assure the Telegraph that j
if we were always as serious as when (writing ;
the paragraph alluded to, onr life might be a
short one, but it w ould be any tiling but merry.
We read in the Darien Telegraph of the,
20th inst., an article relating to Brunswick
signed ‘Truth.’ We Have not room to re-i
print it, this week, but shall do so in onr next.
It contains a good deal of ‘truth’ and of good i
and correct reasoning. But we confess we j
dislike the tone of this article exceedingly.;
The strictures upou Savannah and Charleston j
meet with no sympathy in us. “Save us from!
our friends,” we may well say with the Span- J
iard. Those friends who would build up:
Brunswick by detraction of other %>uthern !
Cities take, to say the least, a very injudicious
course. Beside, they stand ou ground alto
gether false. The growth’of a large city
here, never will, in fact, injure Charleston, Sa-,
vanuah, or even Darien. TheSWest — the <
ureat West — the miuhtv WEST, is the i
mark for all of its. The southern cities are
her seaports as soon as railroads can connect
her with them. Three hundred wi.es
nearer to the West than any northern port-,
what competition shall we fear from them? Is
there not in the West ‘ample room and verge
enough’for us all. Charleston, great andj
' prosperous as she’ now is, shall rise yet higlt
i cr: Savannah shall rise, and Darien too shall
; receive its share of prosperity. The race j
j shall be to the swift, and the battle to the J
! strong, and the public may be sure that Bruns- j
! wick will not be distanced in this frityx’dy \
J competition.
In a noble emulation for our own and our
i country’s prosperity, let us go on. Jealousy
and ill-temper can only make ourselves unhap
! py, and are, w hen arising from such a conten
tion as this, as foolish as they arc superfluous.
I »
Canada. The war lias died out, sotuc
j body says, ‘like a spent They
: might have added that it began like a
I spent candle, with an occasional Hare and
: flicker, but no steady blaze and without the
| stock from whence to derive a regular and
j powerful light. From the first it did not ap
-5 pear that the old leaders of the revolutionary
! party in Canada adopted tho movement. Pa
' pineau was no where to be found and Brown
; was a man of straw —easily kindled and soon
j burnt out. It was evidently a rash and intetn
i prrate outbreak of overheated and excited en
thusiasts, made w ithout preparation or judg
ment As such it has easily been put down
! furnishing another illustration of the truth that
j “unsuccessfulrevolt is rebellion; successful—
Revolution.”
| Commerce oe Darien. We take thofol
> lowing statement from the Darien Telegraph,
i It is below the mark, as not including the
j shipments from the pl.fntations near Darien,
of which no returns could conveniently be
| procured at the Telegraph office. The ship
ment still goes on briskly, and we hope by
the first of June next to be able to exhibit a
statement of shipments from Darien of 130,-
OCO bales.
DARIEN EXPORTATION OF COT
TON,
Commencing June Ist, 1537, and ending
Fib. l*-f, 1838.
To Liverpool 3,359 bags
New York 8,069 “
Charleston 9,001 “
Savannah 33,490 “
Providence, R. I. 590 “
Total 56,100
Cotton. We regret to see the market is
! getting so dull. In most of tlie Southern mar
kets, the sellers and buyers stand aloof. The
’ Augusta paper says, they differ there from a
cent to a cent and a quarter per lb. '7 1-2 to
10 1-2, have been the going prices at that
place, but sales were small. We fear a re
, duction even in these prices will be effected.
j The Mails are perfectly and outrageously
: regular—that is, regularly behind the time.
Three mails are now due from the North. Since
our last, we have but two days later from
Washington. Nothing new. They were
i still hammering away upon tlie Sub Treasury
Bill, and if the storm of indignation, which is
arising in every quarter against it, does not
break it, we won’t prophecy again. Latest
dates from Boston, February 1st!!!
It would be doing Mr. A. L. King great in
justice to allow the insinuation of the Darien
Telegraph that he is a writer in so dull a print
as the Telegraph says this is. We therefore
beg leave to assure the readers of the Tele
graph that to our knowledge his authorship in
this paper, lias since we have resided here—a
little over two mouths —been confined to the
advertisement which bears his name on our
first page. *
„ . ~
By the way, neighbor of Darien, we have
been told by one of those good natured friends
who like to make mischief, that there are now
at Darien two brigs, loaded down only twelve
feet, which completed their lading ten days
since, and have been obliged to wait and are ;
still waiting for spring tides to get over the |
bar. Tell us it’s a lie, that wo may nail it toj
our counter.
On the 15th inst we were visited by a most
severe gale. A large cotton shed, just erected
by the Land Company, 180 by 30 feet, was
blown down. The frame being well timbered
and strong, was but very little broken, and we
understand will be restored at a small expense.
h Is a matter of regret that the beautifioi
race boat ‘Devil 5 * Darning Needle, 5 belonging
to Henry Floyd, Esq. was crushed nnder the
roof of the cotton shed. She was matched to
nm to-morrow against Col. Dubignon’s ‘ God
dess, 5 and the sport is by this accident broken
up; . ;
REMOVAL OF TIIE CIIEROKEES.
We regret very much that .the very able and
gentlemanly editors-of the National fntelligen- 1
cer, should have taken the course they have
seen fit to pursue in relation to tliis matter. —
The letter given below speaks for itself.
SENATE chamber,
Washington, Jan. 31, 1838.
Messrs. Gales & Seaton: Gentle
men: I find the columns oftho Intelligen
cer of this morning’s-date, chiefly occu
pied by the publication of the memorials,
and other writings of Mr. John Ross
Cos. remonstrating and protesting against
the justice and validity of the Cherokee
treaty of 1835. I am familiar with the
contents oftiicsc papers, and am apprized
of the plausibility of their contents, when
exhibited in an tr parte form, and to per
sons who are unacquainted with all the
circumstances and facts Connected with
the subject.
I feel it a duty which I owe to the coun
try. to my government, and to the indi
viduals who are implicated by these publi
cations, not to permit this delusive state
ment to he handed down to posterity, and
that in the columns of the Intelligencer,
without an effort to counteract what I
deem to he mischievous error, and to place
the subject in its true light before the pub
' lie.
i In order, therefore, that the readers of
j the Intelligencer, new and hereafter, ns
well as tlie historian who may collect ma
! teriah- from the preserved files of the news-
S papers of the present day, may find the
; means of making up a correct decision on
this subject, I have, therefore, respectfully
ito request of you, as faithful journalists,
| to publish in the Intelligencer, at as early
j a day,as practicable, the reply of Elias
i Boudinot, as republished by order of the
Senate, being document, No. 121. This
reply of Mr. Boudinot, although not writ
ten as a reply to the particular papers now
j published by you at the request of Mr.
Ross, will, nevertheless, be found a most
! conclusive refutation of all the most im»
| portant grounds of Mr. Ross, contained
in the memorials and papers referred to,
M rreover, Mr. Boudinot’s reply will ex
hibit Mr. Ross in his true character, and
give to the public the most clear and cor
rect view of tlie subject under considera
tion, of any publication which I have seen.
Should any cause whatever prevent your
| compliance with my request herein con
tained, 1 then have so request that you will
lat least publish this letter, in order that
; those who may read and examine the files
; of the Intelligencer after the present gener-
I ation shall have passed away, may find this
. letter as an index to point to a more correct
; history of facts than that which is coutain
!ed in tlie memorials and papers of Mr.
| Ross.
j Moreover, other and strong considera
tions tend to enlist all my sympathies in
j behalf of the Cherokee people, and to
| avert impending evils which threaten
them, and to promote their present and
permanent welfare. Therefore, I wish to
weaken the mischievous influence which
such publications as these memorials and
papers arc calculated to produce, if permit
ted to go to the world uncontradicted.
These publications tend to affect the
interest of th»Cherokee people most in
! juriously, by misleading and enlisting the
j feelings of persons of character •uni influ
| cnce, and thereby cause such persons to
encourage the Cherokee people in a cou
j tiuuance of their opposition to a treaty, up
ion the execution of which their temporal
salvation chiefly depends.
1 am, gentlemen, very respectfully your
obeieut servant,
WILSON LUMPKIN,
of Georgia.
Rail Road Accident. The ChurJcs
j ton Courier of Wednesday (received .at
Augusta) says: “We regret to learn that
I aii accident, of a serious nature, though
fortunately, not affecting tho lives or limbs
| of persons, occurred on the Rail Road on
Monday evening last. When the' down
ward train of curs arrived withjn a mile
[of Woodstock, the Locomotive ran off’ the
road, and consequently drew after it the
tender, baggage, and several of the freight
! cars, also a car containing several race
horses, belonging* to Col. Hampton and
1 others. A number of the cars were sliat-
I tered to atoms from the concussion, and
| several of the horses injured—one or two
j of them, it is reported so badly as to lead
!to the belief that they will be incapatia
jed from again appearing on the turf. A
! servant was in the car with the horses, at
[the time ihh' accident occurred, hut e.s*
caped with little or no injury. The hors
es were taken from the Rail Road, and
j arrived here yesterday forenoon. The
passengers were brought down, between
3 and 4 o’clock yesterday morning, by a|
Locomotive that was despatched from l
town to their assistance, as soon as iu- j
1 formation of the occurrence was received.
! Capt. J C. Kerr, the proprietor of Wood
(stock, hastened an express instantly to
[ town to give notice of the misfortune, and,
| with his usual urbanity and promptitude,
afforded every assistance in his power:" *
It is particularly unfortunate that the
«ireumstan«eg should havo taken pi act at
this period, as wo it nay affect, oon)0»
what, tho sports of the Turf, daring the
coming week, ’
none of Col. Hampton’s favorite mgs have
sustained such damage as to prevent bis
'engaging in the contests for the vttKNM
purses to he run for. Should he not per-"
ticipate iu the week’s amuaeflneQt, -’th#
circumstance would be a source of*hincJt
regret to the sporting community." [Sa
vannah Republican. _ A % ‘ • "S.
_T' . - - •
I From the Augujta C m il'tiiliin»rilL tost.
Habersham Iron Works. We„aro
informed that the Habersham iron works
and manufacturing company, have, just
declared a semiannual dividend or eleven
dollars per share of pne hundred dollars.
This company was chartered at the last
legislative session-, with the usual privileges
i granted to such associations, sWe are
[happy to perceive such evidence of the
value of our heretofore unexplored iutefn
[al resources, and hope that the company
w ill not only carry out their extensive dc
! sign, but also continue to realize"profits
they so justly deserve. Pioneers hi any
[undertaking must necessarily incur the
risks attendant on experiment, and should
I therefore he entitled to larger returm*
than those who are content to follow the
j footsteps of their predecessors. The
! company owns decidedly the best water
| power in the State, besides iron ore, tim
| her, limestone, and every other material
! required for carrying ou extensive maau
[ factoring operations. The works are
stiuated about three miles from Clarks-,
iville, in II ibersh ini county, and are high
| ly spoken of by all who have, visited them.
I-
- Sr. Augustine. The Savan
; nail Republican says, “We learn that the
late skirmish of Gen. Jessup with the In
jdiiins, noticed a few days since, is fully
i confirmed. ~ Gen. J,’s wound we are hap
[py to say, is slight. No further news
I from the Army.
Ciipt. Nock learned from the mate of
j sloop Splendid, which arrived at St. Au
! gustine .join Indian River, on the 9th
inst., that tlie schooner Lawrence was tt
siiore on the Bar, and the schr. Sally Mil
ler, on the North Breakers. lie suppos
ed the former would be got off*, but it was
doubtful with the latter, as she was drir
[ on well on the breakers.
; The steamer James Adams left St. Au
gustine for Indian River on the 6th inst.
and the steamer Forester was to leave for
the same place on the 9th.
The strain Dredge Boat Balize, from
Philadelphia, bound to New Orleans,
put into St. Augustine for a supply of
| wood, and was ready to leave on the 9th
! inst. e* < ‘
[ Fire in New York and Loss op Ur*-
—On 1 uesday evening about seven*
j clock, t lie large range of buildingsin Lau
rens street, near Broome, occupied as a
snuff’ and tobacco factory, by P. & G.
Loriliard, was discovered to be dn fire at
the north end. The fire engines were
quickly upon the spot and the progress
of the flames arrested? - after destroying a
bont fifty feet of the building and a large
amount of slock and -fixtures.
tlie raging of tlie fire, a detatclunent of
tlie men from No. 19, were ordered upon
I a ladder in the rear of the building on
fire, to perform some duty, when the wall
! was observed to give way. The word
was instantly passed to the men to come
down, and they were in the act of obey
ing, when the wall fell over, burying be
neath the ruins Mr. John Bucklob and
Charles Jacobs, both members of tlie fire
department mid belonging to company
| No. 19. ’Fhe former was instantly killed,
! and the latter received such serious inju
ries, that his life is despaired of. Mr.
I Bucklob was a German by birth, 28yoara
of age, and has left a wife, with an infant
jof a few days old, to lament his fate. —
; [New York Express, Bth inst.
] Gov. Gilmer has issued his Proclama
tion, offering a reward of ¥290 for tbe-ap-
I prehension of Cyrus Brumrep.low, who
! murdered one Ttios. Adams of Doolv
j County, on the 24th January last.
Said Brumbcrlovv is represented as be
; ing about (i feet high, fair complected,
I blue eves, speaks quickly, and is about 20
! years of age.
! MARRIED,
j •On tho J.'th inst. by the Rev. Joseph B. An.
drew, Mr. John Homes to Mias Amelia Palmer,
j both of this County.
| “ She is thine—the word is spoken,
II an and to baud and heart to heart—
! I hotigh all other ties are broken,
) Thine th ese bonds shall never part,
i Thou has. taken her in gladness
I From thi“ altar's holy shrine, ,
| Each the other's love possessing,
Say what care should cloud that brow;
She will be to thee a blessing— -f"'* -
j And a shield to her be thou. •& ' ,
[Communicated.
Roiirc. v-
THR Glynn and Camden Volunteer* late in
the service of the United State*, in Flori
-1 dr.j are requested to assemble ot Brunswick, •
'Glynn County, .fin. Marxist next, to IretSeiyu '
• the pay due them. -r : -
RICHARD F. FLOtD,
i Late Commander of the Volunteers from Gljna
and Camden. bk «T
Ilolice. -
rpilE FERRY BOAT will leave for Darien,
X every day at 10 o’clock, A. M., and will
leave Darien every day at 2 V. M. for this side.
DENNIS SUMMERLIN,
Jan. 4. Ferryman N
-■ s »
A Card.
DOCTOR FRANK GAGE, informs the
public that he has hhnylf fa
Brunswick and will attend strictly tc the pieo.
tice of his profession in it* rmrkrtM bfaa*W*
Oglethorpe Ileus*. Jan. 4, lint.