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THE ADVOCATE.
BRUNSWICK, (Ga.). MARCH 8, 1838.
State Rights Ticket for Congress.
ELECTION FIRST MONDAY IN OCTOBER.
THOMAS BUTLER KING, of Glynn.
WILLIAM C. DAWSON, of Greene.
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.
EUGENIUS A. NESBIT, of Bibb.
LOT WARREN, of Sumpter.
NATIONALITY.
Who to observe the voice of our free press—
or to hear the speeches and addresses of our
leading public men, would suppose that there
was any national feeling in our country ? And
yet, so it is, there is not another on the face of
the earth, where there is so much. Still the
North rails at the South—the West imagines
she has an interest distinct from the East; and
a casual observer may well imagine that the
several fractions of the beautiful fabric of our
Union are already parting, to leave but sight
less ruin in the place of glorious architecture.
A deeper reflection leads to more correct
conclusions, and finds in the very causes which
seem to threaten its desolation, the self pre
serving principle of our Government. Many
a hearty patriot has been depressed and dis
mayed, by the many appearances of evil.
Many a true lover of his country would find
himself relieved of a heavy burden of doubt,
could he be convinced that they were merely
appearances. To prove this in a general way
is our object.
We may fairly assume our own to be supe
rior to any other country, in the general educa
tion and intelligence of its people. We will
also take for granted the facts, so evident and
familiar, that the press is more free, and the
communication of news, political information,
and individual thought more rapid and uncon
strained than in any other. Add to these, that
our circumstances of general prosperity—
which leave none in our community enslaved
by mechanical or commercial pursuits, to the
entire exclusion of other interests, and all the
premises from which we would argue for the
present, are laid down.
As regards all matters of general and nation
al interest, our whole country is in the condi
tion often observed in villages, and even in
considerable towns, with respect to their more
private and domestic concerns. That is to
say, besides giving the proper attention to our
immediate affairs, we have leisure and means
to enquire into those relating to distant sec
tions of our country, and intelligence to com
prehend and criticise them. Then comes in
personal and local prejudice to bias the judg
ment On the great, as on the small scale,
the North end is jealous of the South end—the
cit ridicules the countryman and neighbor
hoods having but one interest, insist upon be
ing rivals. Now what is the result of all this ?
Why simply, that each of our thousand inter
ests are watched by ten thousand jealous eyes,
jaundiced perhaps, and prejudiced; but still
they are watched, and attention is attracted to
them. To say the least, these interests are
likely to be well cared for. True is it, that
“ the many are not always right.” Hence the
necessity of a ‘ States Rights’ party to protect
personal and individual rights even when in a
minority. But it is as true that ‘ the many are
not often wrong.’ The strong and prejudiced
attachment to this truth holds together the U
nion Party. Happily the occasions for col
lision with them are few, and have in this State
almost wholly ceased by the success of the
State in maintaining her Rights. It were idle
to contend longer after the battle has been
fought. Let us rather cultivate the arts of con
ciliation and peace and unite, bv a zealous co
operation in the promotion of Internal Im
provements, in extending the domestic and
foreign commerce and increasing the wealth
of the State.
Thus, even by the very conflict of interests,
has been naturally and cheaply established a
system to which all European Government is
foolishness. The myriads of standing armies
and the numerous bands of police have no
place in it, for diey could find no occupation.
Instead of meeting at every step the obstruc
tion of a government in die shape of a gendar
me or officer of customs, we range carlessly
our broad continent, secure that our life and
is safe, and that our prosperity de
pends only on ourselves.
Such reasonings, vague and general as the
limits of a newspaper article necessarily ren
ders them, arc not with at dieir good effect
From diem die patnot in his gloomiest hour
learns not to despair of die Republic. He
learns how much bad government we can
bear-—where lies the remedy—and how cer
tain it is to be applied.
From seeming evil still educing good
And better thence again and better still
In infinite progression.
We take the liberty of publishing an extract
of a letter, in the sentiments of which, we most
entirely concur. It might well have proceeded
from the pen of any intelligent Georgian of
whatever party. When, therefore, we refer its
authorship to a respected &. leading gendeman
of the Union party, we are sure, we say noth
ing to lessen the consideradon with which it
ought to be received by those of opposite polit- 1
ical sentiments. The spirit of conciliation
which it breathes is most laudable, and howev
er we may otherwise differ from the Writer,
we do not hesitate to avow our agreement with
him in the principles herein set forth. The
time has now most clearly come to abandon a
wurfare of words, and for all to unite in deeds,
which shall promote the best interests and wel
fare of our State.
“I rejoice to believe that the day has gone
by, when political opponents must necessarily
regard each other as enemies. Our institu
tions would cease to be valuable, and our love
of liberty and country, degenerate into a love
of faction, did we not cherish and promote free
and full discussion on all subjects. Whatever
may be the opinions of professed politicians, I
am fully satisfied that the great mass of the
people are benefited by these discussions.—
But whilst I admit this, I can but regret the
gross licentiousness of the party press. That
it is too much the vehicle of slander and calum
ny, every discerning man must acknowledge
and regret. Ido trust, however, that this mor
bid propensity, must give way before the spir
it of intelligence, which is seeming to be man
ifested, and which promises a more sound
and healthy state in the body politic.
I believe that the party struggle will in fu
ture be less fierce with us than it has been
heretofore. The public begin to demand from
politicians of every order, some substantial
benefit The people begin to feel that they
have been fighting shadows long enough, and
whilst they can firmly maintain these opinions
on abstract political questions, yet they can
\ and will yield them if necessary to the support
l of practical objects. A few yet I know there
are, who, behind the age in which they live,
still cling to their old opinions on subjects
connected with the general welfare.”
BRUNSWICK AND ALATAMAHA CA
NAL.
This work may now be fairly considered as
in rapid progress. The enterprising contrac
tors, Messrs. Pratt and Nightingale, have al
ready on the work upwards of five hundred
hands, and have arranged for the employment
of many more. The amount of excavation
does not much fall short of five thousand cu
bic yards per day. They are prepared to com
plete the Canal by the Ist January next, if re
quired. The season has, thus far, proved re
markably favorable to the contractors.
COAST SURVEY.
We are happy to learn from Darien, that a J
petition has been forwarded from there to the j
Secretary of the Navy for an exact and accu- j
rate survey of the harbors of the Georgia
Coast We have no doubt that a petition of
such importance and general interest will find
attention at the earliest possible convenience
of the Department. We now find occasion
to regret with the Secretary in his* report of
December last, that the Topographical force
at the disposal of the Department is so small.
We hope, however, that a detachment from
the northern coast survey, may soon be spared
for this important service. We understand that
the General Agent of the Brunswick Compa
nies, was two weeks since at Washington, so
liciting the immediate execution of the very
survey for which our neighbors at Darien have
petitioned.
BALL OF THE FIFTH INST.
The gaiety of this season in the city of
Brunswick is altogether unrivalled. In our
last we announced the Ball of the 22d ult. and
we now have to record another. On Monday
last, the Oglethorpe House was again throng
ed by a numerous and happy company. The
dance and supper went off with remarkable
spirit, doing great credit to the Managers and
to the enterprising and attentive lessees of the
House. We were happy to observe a great
improvement in the music over that of the last
ball. There were not so many instruments
and they were better played. The Alatarnaha
Ball is, we are happy to perceive, announced
for the 20th inst. at Darien.
COTTON.
The markets for this staple by die last ac
counts seem to be unusually dull. At Liver
pool, New York, Charleston, Augusta, Savan
nah, Mobile and New Orleans, the prices of
the dates received a fortnight since are quot
ed, but the transactions are so small that they
must be considered almost nominal.
We have duly received the admirable Ad
dress of the Convention to die People of the
Western and Southwestern States. We re
gret that we are unable to present it to our
readers this week. It shall appear in our next
We suppose it to hav« been prepared by the
able and accomplished Chairman of the Com
mittee appointed for that purpose, Hon. Geo.
McDuffie.
A new discovery. A Mr. John H. Pen
nington advertises in the National Intelligen
cer, that he has arrived at Washington City,
with the model of a machine for navigating the
air, which he believes is desdned to rival even
Mr. Kendall’s Express Mail. He proposes to
deliver a course of lectures demonstrative of
its utility and importance to the public.—
Whilst we‘acknowledge our incredulity as to
the practical usefulness of the invention, we
hope he may meet with sufficient encourage
ment satisfactorily to test it Something, per
haps, may be learned from it, even though it
should fail to accomplish the object proposed.
[Southern Banner.
A country lad in Boston has written to his
friends in the country diat every thing is cheap
in Boston, dollar bills being only ninety-four
cents -—-v
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
AFFAIRS AT WASHINGTON.
Latest dates from Washington, 25th ult.
The all absorbing matter was the fatal duel of
which we have given the particulars. They
are still at the Sub-Treasury Bill in the Sen
ate. We are happy to say that the defeat of
this bill even in the Senate is now almost cer
tain, from the instruction of the New York
Legislature, an account of which will be found
next below.
Correspondence of the N. Y. Daily Express.
Albany, Feb. 14, 1838.
All hail to the patriotic Assembly of the
State of New York! They have acted like
freemen, and the representatives of freemen.—
At 2 o’clock this morning, after a session of
ten consecutive horn's, the House of Assembly
passed the resolutions on the subject of the
Sub-Treasury by a vote of 8(1 to 18. What
will Mr. Wright and Mr. Grundy say to this ?
Very wisely and sagaciously did the House
act, in not allowing these resolutions to go to
the Senate and be thus detained, perhaps de
feated. They are now on their way to Wash
ington, and I have no doubt they will be un
expected visitors, much to the gratification of
the people's representatives, and greatly to the
discomfiture of those who profess to consult the
popular will. I am gratified with this move
ment, for I wish to see the opinions of our peo
ple fairly represented, and above all I have
felt that it was due to our truly noble hearted
and patriotic Senator, A. P. Talhnadge. I
unite with all our friends here in awarding him
the mead of high praise for the independent,
manly and patriotic stand he has taken and
sustained since the passage of the Distribution
Law.
The passage of that righteous law was the
occasion of his open denunciation by the Globe,
and subsequently, his warm and decided
recommendation of the suspension of the small
bill law, when our banks suspended specie
payments, called out the party organs upon
him. We are greatly indebted to the inde
pendent stand taken by this Senator for the
high courage with which the Whigs entered
the field, at the last campaign against the
hosts of the administration, and as he so
promptly abandoned party for country and
fearlessly encountered denunciation from those
who had heretofore broken down all against
whom the wrath of the party was turned, lie
excited the wonder and admiration of all. His
late effort in the United States Senate has
drawn forth from all parties here, marked ex
pressions of admiration, and I am proud to be
able to say, that this noble vindication of the
people of his own State, from the charge of
bribery and corruption brought against them
by the President, is considered worthy of the
ancient glory of the “Empire State.” Feeling
as our folks here do on this subject, you can
not wonder that an extra effort was made to
send forward the resolutions which are now
w ending their way to the Federal City. I say,
therefore again, that I am proud of the Assem
bly, gratified that they have shown a worthy
Zealand alacrity to sustain the representation
of this Assembly and of the people of the Unit
j ed States Senate.
Thus, you see the question on the Sub
| Treasury resolution ha3 been promptly dispos
! cd of by the people’s representatives.
| A rumor is mentioned in the Express that
I the Administration, appalled by the certain!/
jof defeat in this matter, are about to give up
the Sub-Treasury scheme, and adopt Mr-
Rives’s amendment. As yet this report wants
j confirmation.
Correspondence of the Charleston Mcrcuri/.
Washington, Feb. 24, 1838.
There is a duel on foot to-day, and much ag
itation prevails at the capitol, in regard to it.—
Mr. Cilley, of Maine, and Mr. Graves, of Ken
tucky, have gone out to fight, with rifles, at
the murderous distance of thirty yards. They
are both dead shots at sixty yards. Mr. Wise
has gone second to Mr. Graves, and Mr. Dun
can, of Ohio, a3 second of Mr. Cilley. The
result is waited for w ith intense anxiety.
Half-past 3 o'clock, P. .If.
The parties went out about twelve o’clock.
Eleven was the hour appointed, but Mr.
i Graves was not ready, not having completed
some writing. Mr. Clay, it is said, has follow
ed the parties as a mediator, but l fear to no
purpose. Cilley is an obstinate man, and will
listen to no accommodation, upon terms that
Mr. Clay would be likely to suggest The dis
trict attorney, Mr. Key, has taken out a process
against all the parties, and a posse has been
despatched to arrest them. We have as yet, ]
no tidings of the result
The quarrel is not between Graves and Cil
ley but between Col. Webb, of the Courier,
and Mr. Cilley. Col. Webb challenged Mr.
Cilley on account of some personal allusions
made by the latter to Webb, in the debate on
the corruption case. Mr. Graves boro the
challenge. Mr. Cilley declined the acceptance !
of Webb’s invitation, but signified his willing-1
ness to consider Mr. Graves as Webb’s repre- 1
sentative, if Mr. Graves should choose to take |
up the affair. Mr. Graves accordingly chal
lenged Mr. Cilley, and Mr. C. accepted it j
choosing the rifle as the weapon, and fixing the
time for the next morning—this morning.— I
They are well matched in regard to skill and |
practice in the use of that fatal weapon. They j
are on an equality in other respects—both be-!
ing married men, with families of children, and ;
both being young—a little rising thirty. Mr.
Graves is a very amiable and worthy man : and
it is to be regretted that he suffered himself to
be lugged into such an affair.
The Senate is not in session to-day.
The House is still engaged in the debate oh
the Canada bill, which will prdbably pass in I
some shape or other.
The committee on ways and means will soon |
make a report on the state of the fiscal affairs :
of the government, and of the currency. They j
will also report a bill somewhat similar to the j
Senate Treasury bill. Mr. Cambreleng lias ;
given notice that as soon as the appropriations j
are disposed of, he shall ask the attention of j
the House to the Treasury bill which he will!
report next Monday or Tuesday.
There is a rumor that anew Treasury bill, 1
providing for special deposites in ,he banks,!
will be brought up in the Senate as a substi- j
tute for Mr. Wright’s bill.
4 o'clock, P. M.
The House has just adjourned after again
recommitting the Canada bill to the committee
on foreign affairs.
No news from the field of battle yet I
shall keep open this letter till the last minute,
in order to communicate the result ,
Half-past 5, P. M.
I am sorry to inform you that the result of
the duel has been fatal to one of the parties.—
'ust seen the corpse of .poor Cilley tak- ‘
en from the carriage to his boarding house. — j
Mr. Graves has returned unhurt to his distress
ed family. Mr. Cilley was shot in the groin
on the third fire, and died in a few minutes.— 1
They fought at fifty paces. A general sadness
overspreads the countenance of every one.—
Deep execrations are uttered against the indi
vidual who pushed Mr. Graves into this con
flict Os the manner in which this bloody
tragedy was got up, I cannot trust myself to j
speak. Let me only add that you of the
South have lost a noble, a generous, and a
brave friend. Mr. Cilley was ranked as a firm, j
warm-hearted, and devoted champion of South
ern rights, interests and feelings. He was !
descended from one of the noblest bloods of j
the revolution. His grandfather, Col. Cilley,;
served through the whole war, and commanded f
the famous New Hampshire regiment, which
was distinguished alike for its gallantry and
its success.
Correspondence of the Southern Patriot.
Washington, Feb. 25, 1838.
Further Particulars of the Duel.
At the closing of the mail last evening, IJ
was unable to ascertain the correct ac- |
count of the unfortunate duel between
Messrs Graves and Cilley. So many ru- |
mors were afloat, that it was impossible j
to get at the true state of the affair until
after the cars came in from Baltimore, 1
bringing in tlie body of Mr. Cilley, who j
had been killed, and not Mr. Graves, as
erroneously stated.
It appears that the parties bad arranged
the matter on Friday afternoon, when Air. *
Cilley practiced with ajitie for nearly an
hour, and succeeded in putting a number |
of balls in succession, in the space of a
bout three square inches, at the distance 1
jof eighty paces. So that lie was no in
: different marksman, and this may account
I for his alledgcd presumption in choosing
that weapon to fight a Kentuckian,
i Mr. Graves also spent some time in try
ing his rifle. It is an excellent piece, and
was borrowed by Mr. Menifee, a friend of
Mr Graves, from Mr Rives, of the ‘Globe,’
who, however, was not apprised at the
time, of the use to which it was to be ap
plied. The rifle used by Mr. Cilley was
some inches shorter.
The greatest secrecy was observed, and
yesterday morning when Mr Graves left
the city, he informed his wife that lie was
going to attend a public dinner in Balti
more. But notwithstanding their cau
tion, the affair got wind, and Mr Mercer
of Virginia, was at Bladensburg, with po
lice officers, an hour before the meeting
took place. Owing to this, the parties
drove to another place about three miles
distant, and where there was no danger of
their being molested.
It appears that Messrs Wise and Meni
fee acted as seconds to Mr Graves, and
Messrs Bynum and Calhoun of Kentucky,
for Mr. Cilley. They were put up at a
bout eighty paces, and in such a position
as to fire Across the wind, which was blow
ing very keen at the time. The first and
second round was attended with no effect,
as it appears they fired too high, and was
much annoyed by the intense cold and
high wind. At the third fire Air Cilley
was shot in the kidney, and instantly fell,
breaking the stock from his rifle in the
fall. He expired in about three minutes
afterwards.
It appears that Air. Clay of Kentucky,
followed the parties with a view of attempt
ing an amicable adjustment of the mat
ter, but arrived too late.
Another account is, that an attempt was
made to adjust the affair after the first fire,
but that it was rendered ineffectual by the
refusal of Air Wise.
Air Duncan of Ohio, attended as phy
sician, and he on leaving the ground, is
reported to have said, “that it was a d—d '
cold blooded murder, and that Webb
should not leave Washington City, if he
(Duncan) could any how get him to tight.
It is also rumored, that there was much
unfairness in placing Cilley in a had posi
tion.
1 have no idea that the matter is ended;
and I predict that we sliail have three or
four more duels growing out of the affair.
It is said that Air. Cilley will he buried j
tomorrow.
In relation to the death of Mr. Cilley, the !
following proceedings took place in the Sen- j
ate on the 25th lilt. The address of Mr. Wil-:
liams contains some interesting particulars of j
Mr. Cilley’s parentage and life. Similar pro
ceedings took place at the same date in the
House of Representatives.
UNITED STATES SENATE.
After the presentation of several reports
and memorials, Air. Williams rose and
addressed the Senate as follows :
Air. President: I came into the Sen
ate this morning, exhausted and overwhel
med, to perform the melancholy duty of
announcing to you aud to the Senate of
the United Status, the sudden amt! lament
ed death of my friend and colleague, the
lion. Jonathan Cilley, a Representative
from Maine, in the Congress of the Unit
ed States.
At the last adjournment of the Senate,
Air. Cilley was in perfect health, full of
hope and expectation of making himself
useful in asserting and vindicating the vi
olated rights of his state, and distinguish
ing himself in the great questions which
now so deeply agitate the public mind;
full of zeal and ardent patriotism, and of
devotion to the great cause of human lib
erty and of human rights, he considered
that a crisis had arisen when the country
had a right to claim the services of her
sons. He obeyed the call of his constit
uents, relinquishing the enjoyments of the
domestic circle of a wife and three chil
dren. lie is now a lifeless corpse; all
his hopes are blasted and destroyed, and
his constituents are deprived of the scr
vices of an able and faithful Representa* l
tive.
Mr. Cilley was a native of New Hamp-i
shire, and belonged to one of the most an
cient and respectable families in that
State. Patriotism and Bravery were his
inheritance. His grandfather was the
distinguished patriot, and brave officer of
the Revolution, General Cilley; and his
brother, Capt. Joseph Cilley, was the gal
lant leader of the heroic charge under
Col. Aliller, at the battle of Bridgewater t
Heights in the last war.
The debased was a graduate of Bow
doin College, in Maine, and bis superior
talents and application attained for him a|
high standing at the bar in that State. —
He was a good lawyer, an able advocate,
aud a powerful debater.
From early life Air. Cilley was ardently
attached to the principles of free govern
ment ; a zealous advocate of the rights of
the whole people, and a determined oppo-1
nent of the claim of the Jew to tyranize o
ver the mam/.
In 1832, Mr. Cilley was elected to the
llou se of Representatives in Alaine, aud
in 183-5 and 183(5, was Speaker of that
body, where his powers and love of coun
try became so conspicuous, that in 1837
he was elected to Congress in a district in
which the majority was his political oppo
nents.
Os his conduct here I need not speak,
for ail who hear me, and all who
knew Mr. Cilley in the other end of the
Capitol, will bear testimony to his ability,
to liis open, frank, and determined course,
to the high order of iiis talents and powers
as a debater, and to the respect and defer
ence r. liich he paid to the rights of others.
Asa man, Air. Cilley was warm, ar
dent, generous, noble; ns a friend, true
faithful, abiding. lie was in the meridian
of his life, aged 35 : the past was the earn
est of the future.
In his death Maine has lost one of her
brightest ornaments, and the nation is be
reft of a devoted patriot, and an ardent,
zealous supporter of its free institutions.
The sun which set upon the lifeless
corpse of my late friend and colleague,
rose bright and cheering upon his dis
tant fireside circle, and the wife of his
bosom blessed its gladsome beams, and
told her innocent children that it brought
the return of their father one day nearer.
Alas! “nor wife nor children shall see
him more.” Who shall now penetrate
that bereaved mansion, and witness the
tears, the agony, the distraction of the
widow and the fatherless ? Mr. President,
1 cannot. Alay the Father of all mercies
be their comforter and their support.
Os the cause and manner of the death
of Mr. Cilley, I forbear to speak; but al
low ine to say, that it is my solemn con
viction that he entertained no ill will, and
intended no disrespect, to Air. Graves, in
any thing that occurred; and that in ac
cepting the call, he did nothing more than
lie believed indispensable, to avoid dis
grace to himself, to his family, and to his
constituents.
Mr. Williams then submitted the follow
ing resolutions, which were unanimously
adopted :
Resolved unanimously, That the Senate
will attend the funeral of the lion. Jona
than Cilley, late a member of the House of
Representatives, from the State of Maine,
at the hour of twelve o’clock to-morrow,
and as a testimony of respect for the
memory of the deceased, they will go into
mourning, by wearing crape round the
left arm for thirty days.
And, as an additional mark of respect
to the memory of the deceased,
Resolved, That the Senate do now ad
journ.
The .Senate then adjourned.
No business will be done in the House
to-morrow, and of course none in the
Senate. The Congressional proceedings
and public business will not, therefore, be
resumed before Wednesday.
j To lion. W. Lumpkin, of the Senate,
| and Hon. J. F. Cleveland, W. C. Dawson,
; Jabez Jackson, Tlios. Glascock, S. Grant
land, C. E. Haynes, 11. Ilolsey and G. W.
i Owens, of the House, we return our ac
| knovvledgments for public documents.
Among them vve find a report of the
committee on commerce to which was re
ferred the subject of regulating the com
pensation of custom house officers.
The committee siibrnit a bill in which
they “provide for a change in the designa
tion or title of the naval officers to that of
comptroller of the customs, at such ports
where such au officer is proposed to be
retained,” and also define the number,
compensation, and duties of officers of the
! customs. In this district, it will be seen
|by the subjoined extract from the bill, a
I comptroller is not allowed ; while the sal
aries of the collector and deputy bear not,
| we think, a due gradation, composed with
those of other ports. These considera
tions it behooves our representatives to
weigh; and to guard against any attempt
to place Savannah in a grade lower than
; her commercial importance demands, and
! that, toe, at a time when there is every
| prospect of an increase in her direct itn
i portations. For the present we extract
from the bill submitted, the following :
[Georgian.
Georgia. In the district of Savannah,
there shall be one collector, who shall re
ceive two thousand two hundred dollars :
one deputy collector, who shall receive
seven hundred dollars : one surveyor, who
shall receive one thousand two .hundred
dollars: two inspectors, who shall receive
one thousand and ninety-five dollars : six
inspectors, who shall each receive three
dollars for every day he shall be actually
employed, not exceeding eight hundred
dollars per annum: one weigher . and
guager, who shall receive one thtflptfnd
and thirty-five dollars: one appraiser, who
shall receive one thousand dollars; one
surveyor at Sunbury, who shall receive fire
hundred dollars: aud one surveyor at
Hardwick, who shall receive six hundred
dollars.
In the district of Brunswick, there shall
be one collector, who shall receive six
hundred dollars: one surveyor at St. Ma
rys, who shall receive four hundred dol
lars : and three inspectors, who shall each
receive three dollars for every day he shall
be actually employed, not exceeding four
hundred dollars per annum.
By the following humorous burlesque upon
the accuracy of the Prices Current of the Bal
timore Journal, our readers wHI be happy to
learn that there arc no musquitoes in Georgia*
In taking this opportunity to correct
the Baltimore Journal, which docs not
seem to understand the authority it has
derived its information from, we must re
mark that we are often amused in seeing
grave Southern Journals quote the fancy
sketches of this authority as matter of
fact. Thus, but the other day the Balti
more American employed itself in a col
umn in setting right some statistics about
the Flour Alarket. The way all, or al
most all these fancy sketches are made
out, whether of Banks, specie, flour, or
any thing else, is by the art of gtiessing,
without the least reference to the market,
thus :
Number of Mosquitos in tht Union.
Louisiana, - - 20,000,000
Florida, - - 18,300,50
Maine, - 10,349
Rhode Island, - - 016
New York, - - 1,500,12
Pennsylvania,
Delaware 1,14
and so on.—[New York Express.
[For the Brunswick Advocate.]
REGATTA.
Mr. Editor: I notice in the “Georgian” of
the Ist instant, an article headed “Neck or
Nothing,” adverting to the Boat race which is
to take place at Savannah in April. The
Georgian states that this race is between the
“ Lower Creeks ” and the “ Aquatic Club of
Georgia." The Georgian is misinformed.
This is no Club Race on the part of the latter.
The Lizard is owned by two individuals of
the Aquatic Club of Georgia, one of whom
lias closed the bet, and these individuals will
run her upon their own responsibility ; the
Aquatic Club of Georgia having nothing to
do w ith die race, but they nevertheless believe
in Ihe Lizard, to a man. The Georgian says,
the “Star” was built “expressly for this con
test.” Had this contest been between the
Clubs, the Lizard would not have been select
ed, as she has proved herself a third rater in
trials among her sisterhood.
Tdo not, Mr. Editor, intend to detract in
the least from the “Star.” She is no doubt
beautiful and fleet, and may perligp* keep the
Lizard busy, if she cannot keop her astern.
The President and members of the “Lower
Creek Club,” deserve the warm thanks of our
sporting community for bringing to trial a
boat, which, like the Lizard, has challenged
the North and South in vain. We know the
President of the “Lower Creeks,” and we
know no better man. Let die “Georgian” ap--
ply to that gentleman for correct information
on die subject of this race, and he will receive
it. A Member of the A. C. or Georgia.
Agency.
James Blue, Esq. is authorized to receive
subscriptions and collect monies for this pa
per in Darien and vicinity. Mar. 8.
Apprentice Wanted.
k N industrious lad will meet with good cn
-t\- courageinent as au apprentice to the print
ing business, on application at this oflice.
March 8.
BRUNSWICK CANAL AND RAIL
ROAD COMPANY. • '
AN assessment of Five Dollars a share, on
Slock in the Brunswick Canal ami Rail
Road Company, has been laid and payable at
the Eagle Jiank, on the 15th day of April next,
and Five Dollars a Sivare, payable on the Ist
day of May next.
Per order of tin Directors,
JDIIN J. FISK, Treasurer.
Boston, March 8, 1838.
Extract from the Acts of Incorporation. — “ln
case any stockholder should refuse to pay his
or their instalments when called on in a man
ner aforesaid, it shall be lawful fer the Board*
to declare such shares of stock forfeited to the
use and benefit of the Company— ”
Before payment by the State of Georgia of
their subscription, it ,j •■: : ‘¥BViueti;tfe*t.vlKi Com
missioners or Board of Directors of the Sldd.
Canal and Rail Road Company shall exhibit*
certificate that the individual Stockholders,_
their part, shall have firstpaid their instalments
when called for, agreeable to the terms of the
Act of Incorporation.” '
GEORGIA— GLYNN COUNTY.
URBANUS DART applies to me for letters*
dismissory as Executor of the Estate and
Effect, of N athamix. JhiL, hte of Glynn
County,deceased— i- *
These are therefore to cite and admonish the
kindred and creditors of aasd deceased, to be
and appear at my office within the time pre
scribed by law, to shew cause! If any they hive,
why said letters should not bo granted.
Given under my hand day of March.
A. D. 1838. JOHN BURNETT,
Clerk C. O. QI C.
Hotice.
THE FERRY BOAT will leave fer Darien,
every day at 10 o'clock, A. M., and will
leave Darien every day at ST. U. hr this side
DENNIS SUMMER UN, '
J an. 1. Ferryman.