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THE ADVOCATE.
BRUNSWICK, (Ga.> MARCH 29, 1838.
State Rights Ticket for Congress.
ELECTION FIBST MONDAY IN OCTOBER.
THOMAS BUTLER KINO, 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 Screven.
MARK A. COOPER, of Hall.
EUGENIUS A. NESBIT, of Bibb.
LOT WARREN, of Sumpter.
We commend to the attention of our readers
an excellent communication on the subject of
duelling on our second page.
THE SABBATH.
It is, in every point of view, most important
to our place that we should use every endeav
or to establish the regular observance of this
«acred day. We are led to enforce this remark
not so much, from any observed neglect of its
sanctity, as from a conviction of the supreme
importance of its regular celebration; though,
true it is, that we cannot boast of being, even
with our present advantages, particularly ex
emplary in this respect
It is a matter of deep concern to all of us to
establish Jjere a church and clergyman. The
good order of a place depends much upon
those divisions of time, those seasons of rest
and holy refreshing incident to regular Sab
bath keeping, to say nothing of the food provi
ded for moral and religious reflection. To
the well regulated mind, a plan of life with
out the Sabbath, is as gloomy as existence
without the sun.
We propose then that a subscription be im
mediately opened for the support of a clergy
man in this place. No matter of what denom
ination he be, so he be intelligent and faith
ful and a hearty and sincere disciple of his
Master. Should this be done and a sufficient
subscription be raised, as we doubt not there
would, then let application be made to the Di
rectors of the Brunswick Companies to build a
church. A proper disposition on the part of
the inhabitants being shown to take advantage
of their Sabbath privileges, we cannot doubt,
but that both feeling and interest would unite,
on the part of the stockholders, to render the
most liberal assistance to so laudable an ob
ject The same motives which induced them
to drain the swamps, and to build an excellent
Hotel at immense expense for the bodily health
and convenience of the inhabitants, should
still further prompt them, at an expense com
paratively trifling, to provide for their wants in
a point still more essential and important.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Latest dates 20th March. The Sub Treas
ury bill still drags along—but slowly, for the
fight is a hard one, and the Opposition are now
too strong to be gagged by the previous ques
tion on any of the arbitrary measures of the
majority of the last Congress. Mr. Webster
has made a most powerful speech upon it; of
which Mr. Legarc of S. C., a political oppon
ent, is said to have remarked, that he certainly
was the most eloquent orator of this or any oth
er country. In the House, many petitions up
on various subjects have come up. The fol
lowing are the only ones we note as of inter
est. A petition from Philadelphia to expunge
the Declaration of Independence from the
Journal. the booksellers of Philadelphia
against permitting foreign authors to take out
copy rights id this country. And to enable
Dr. Perrin, late U. S. Consul at Campeachy,
to experiment in the cultivation of tropical
plants. This matter is said to have an im
portant practical effect in relation to Southern
interests, as there are plants of the finest and
most delicate fibre not yet introduced into this
country, which will grow with the least manu
al labor and on the poorest soils.
The bill for running the North Eastern
Boundary still occupies attention, but lias not
passed. The claim of our merchants upon
Congress for French spoliations prior to 1800,
which were settled with France at the pur
chase of Louisiana, has again come up, but it
will be passed over with contempt, no doubt.
The merchants must wait They can hardly
expect satisfaction for their just claims from a
“perish credit, perish commerce” Administra
tion. The funeral of Mr. Carter of Maine,
took place on the 16th.
REMOVAL OF THE CHEROKEES.
From the Southern Recorder we extract the
correspondence which will be found on the
se.cond page, and learn that the mo6t effective
measures have been taken to secure against
disturbance in the removal of the Cherokees.—
Nine Companies from Georgia are already or
ganized with this view, and two more are soon
to be added; besides the requisitions which
may be made under the authority of the War
Department from Tennessee and North Caro
lina. In all, these will constitute a force, wc
should suppose of fifteen hundred men under
the command of Col. Lindsay. With these
troops, commanded by an officer of the approv
ed judgment and conduct of Col. Lindsay, no
apprehensions of any difficulty in the removal
need fie entertained.
A duel was fought in N. Orleans, I4th insL
between a French gentleman and a merchant
of that city, with rifles at 30 paces. The lat-
Wr fell at the first fire.
The following is an extract of a letter
from an intelligent correspondent of ours in
Pennsylvania, who, living on one of the lines
of her magnificent public works, has had an
opportunity of observing and appreciating
their effects. It-is within the knowledge of
the writer, that immense sections of mountain
land in that part of the country, which were
again and again abandoned for taxes, is now
selling for from fifteen to twenty dollars per
acre:
tt l liave often wondered why Georgia did not
commence a system of Internal Improvements.
From what little knowledge I possess of its
Geography and resources, there is no State in
the Union where Rail Roads and Canals could
be made with less expense, or produce greater
benefits to the community. Our Pennsylva
nia Improvements last season, notwithstanding
their unfinished state, and die pressure of the
times, paid nearly interest on their cost, and
some of our chartered Company Canals paid
30 per cent I have no doubt when the Penn
sylvania Improvements are completed, and be
come permanent, they will pay 20 per cent on
the cost, and die tolls be extremely low. The
Revenue accruing to a State from tolls, I hold
but a minor consideration when compared with
the value such improvements give to property
in their neighborhood, and the great facility
business receives. I think I am within the
mark, when I say diat the value of Real Es
tate in Pennsylvania has increased in conse
quence of her Improvements, five times the
amount of all die expenditures for said Im
provements. Therefore, a State will be gain
er in the aggregate, without any revenue for
her works.”
NEW HAMPSHIRE ELECTION.
The Boston Atlas of die 16th inst gives re
turns from 162 towns, out of 231 in the State.
The result is, for
Isaac Hill, (V. B.) 21,877
Wilson, (W.) 21,634
V. B. majority thus far, 234
Jackson inaj. in same towns in ’32, 3946
Whig gain, 3712
It is said the whigs will have a majority in
the House of Representatives. Senate doubt
ful. Probably Isaac Hill is reelected by a
small majority, but die change of the times is
easily seen in die fact that in the Granite State
where THE PARTY had an overwhelming
and commanding majority, diey have now to
struggle for existence.
THE COTTON MARKET
is again reviving at the West We quote N.
Orleans, March I>, IGallc. Sales of the
week previous, 14000 bales.
In Sea Island, in the Atlantic ports, almost
nothing is doing.
At Charleston, the Upland Cotton marketis
represented as unsettled, and extreme prices
7allc.
The same is true of Savannah and Augusta.
But we look confidently to the effect which the
improved opinion of American affairs in the
English markets will have in advancing the
prices of our staple.
From the annexed interesting extract from
the London Morning Chronicle, it will be per
ceived how exact is the appreciation in Eng
land of the state of affairs in this country.—
Our true position and just credit could not be
more correctly stated than in the following:
AMERICAN DEBT TO ENGLAND.
The accounts from New York in which the
banks of that and die other principal states are
represented in so favorable a position, have
given a very considerable impetus to the trans
actions in the stocks and shares of that country,
and revived also the expectations of the mer
chants and manufacturers as to the prospects
of the export trade. Not only has specie been
already accumulated to an extent which would
render possible an almost immediate resumption
of cash payments in America, but the exchange
on diis country has now fallen to a rate which
would already prove that very little or no bal
ance is now remaining due to this country, and
that no obstacle remains to the re-establislunent
of a fair amount of export and import trade.
However improbable so early a recovery from
the panic of 1837 might have appeared some
few months since, it is yet capable of the most
perfect demonstration that the profits upon the
cotton crop of even a single year might cause
the whole balance to have been paid off, and
thus to have brought round in so short a penod
the present re-establishment of mercantile af
fairs. Supposing the debt due to England to
have been £6,000,000 in 1837, and the cotton
crop to be the principal or even the only means
of paying off this balance,it must be remember
ed that the crop of this plant for the year 1837,
has been fully 1,100,000 bales, and the value
full £20,000,000 sterling,before shipment from
the United States.
The profit upon this at the prices which have
ruled since the late panic, has been at least 100
per cent, for the average price has been, and is
now, about 12 cents per lb. in the various ports
of the United States, and the best authorities
agree that cotton, on the best soils, can be
profitably grown at the rate of6 1-4 cents per
lb. which is also clearly shown by the evidence
ofJVfr. Joshua Bates before the committee of
the House of Commons in 1833. Here, there
fore, is a profit of £10,000,000 on the cotton
produced in the single year of 1837, and sup
posing only a little more than one half that
amount to have been appropriated to the pay
ment of the balances due in England, even
this would be sufficient for the liquidation of
the whole of this, to many persons and several
of our contemporaries, once hopeless mass of
American debt
To the profits of the cotton orop must also
bo added the crops of tobacco, rice, and other
commodities; but these being very much low
er than the advantages of the cotton, may he
excluded from the estimate, as also may be the
profits upon American mercantile marine,
which has been considerably reduced by the
| general stagnation of the shipping interests
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
throughout the whole of last year. Depending, j
therefore, upon the cotton planting states alone, 1
the Union has—accumulated profit sufficient j
for the clearing of all possible incumbrances '
when the cotton of 1837 may have been brought
to market in the European states and there is,
upon these calculations, the most reasonable
prospect of a very early revival of the English
and American trade.
GEN. JESUP’S LETTER.
The public who eighteen months since were
entertained by reading Gen. Jesup’s letters to
“Dear Blair,” editor of the Globe, will be now
we imagine not a little astounded at the pub
lication of the present What a complete mor- >
tification must it be to that officer thus to ac- j
knowledge himself beaten, after finding fault
with his senior officer, and obtaining the com
mand.
Head Quarter's, Army of the South,
Fort Jupiter, Feb. 11, 1838.
Sir: I reported to die Adjutant General
on the 9th inst the operations of this division
of the Army, south of this post to that date,and
the arrangement w hich I had entered into with
the chiefs Tuskeegee andllallek Hago. The
arrangement is, that they are to come in witli
their families and people, and are to await the
decision of the President whether they shall;
remain in the country or not I promised to
recommend that they r>e permitted to remain,
and that a portion of this territory be assigned
to them as their residence.
# # * #
In regard to the Scminoles, we have com
mitted the error of attempting to remove them
when their lands were not required for agri
cultural purposes; when they were not in the
way of the white inhabitants ; and when the
greater portion of their country was an unex
plored wilderness, of the interior of which we !
were as ignorant as of the interior of China. — i
Weexhibit, in our present contest, the first in- j
stance, perhaps, since the commencement of j
authentic history, of a nation employing an ar-1
my to explqre a country, {for we can do little |
more than explore it,) or attempting to remove 1
a band of savages from one unexplored wilder
ness to another.
Asa soldier, it is iny duty, lam aware, not
to comment upon the policy of the Govern
ment, but to carry it out in accordance with
my instructions. I have endeavored faithfully
to do so ; but the prospect of terminating the
war in any reasonable time is any thing but j
flattering. My decided opinion is, that unless }
immediate emigration be abandoned, the war
will continue for years to come, and at con
stantly accumulating expense.
# # « *
If I were permitted, and it is with great dis- i
fidence 1 venture to make the suggestion, I
would allow them to remain, and would assign
them the country west of the Kissimmee, Okee,
Chobee, and Panai Okee, and east of Pease
creek, south, to the extreme of Florida. That
would satisfy them.
* # # #
I respectfully recommend the measure to
your consideration and that of the President,
as the only means of terminating, immediate
ly, a most disasterous war, and leaving the
troops disposable for other service. I desire
a decision as soon as your convenience will
permit, as, by the middle of April, at farthest,
the troops must be withdrawn from all the posts
in the interior, to preserve their lives.
* ♦ * #
This commnnication will be delivered to
you by my aid-de-camp, Lieut. Linnard,a high
ly valuable officer, whom I earnestly recom
mend to your favorable consideration and at
tention.
I have the honor to be, most respectfully,
your obedient servant,
Til. S. JESUP,
Ma jor General commanding.
The Hon. J. R. Poinsett,
Secretary of War, Washington city.
ANSWER TO THE ABOVE.
Since the above was in type we have receiv
ed the following answer, the terms and spirit
of which cannot be too highly commended.
The Secretary of JVar , to Major General Jcsup ,
dated,
Department of War,
March 1, 18*38.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your communication of the 11th of
February, which was delivered to me by your
aid-de-camp, Lieutenant Linnard. The sub
ject of it is one of deep interest, and I have
given to it the most diligent and respectful con
sideration.
In the present stage of our relations with
the Indians residing within the state and terri
tories east of the Mississippi, including the
Scminoles, it is useless to recur to the princi
ples and motives which induced the govern
ment to determine their removal to the west.
The acts of the executive and the laws of
Congress, evince a determination to carry out
the measure, and it is to be regarded as the set
tled policy of the country. In pursuance of
this policy, the treaty of Payne’s Landing was
made with the Seminoles, and the character of
the officer employed on the part of ‘me govern
ment, is a guarantee of the perfectly fair man
ner in which that negociatffin was conducted
and concluded. Whether the government
ought not to have waited until the Seminoles
where pressed upou by the white population,
and their lands become necessary to the agri
cultural wants of the community, is not a ques
tion for the executive now to consider. The
treaty has been ratified and is the law of the
land, and the constitutional duty of the Presi
dent requires that he should cause it to be ex
ecuted. I cannot, therefore, authorize any ar
rangement with the Seminoles by which they
will be permitted to remain, or assign them anv
portion of the territory of Florida, as their fu
ture residence.
The department indulged the hope, that with
the extensive means placed at your disposal,
the warjiiy a vigorous effort, might be brought
to a close this campaign. If, ho wever, you are
of opinion that from the nature of the country,
and the character of the enemy, such a result is
impracticable, and that it is advisable to make
a temporary arrangement with the Seminoles,
by which the safety of the settlements and the
posts will be secured throughout the summer,
you are at liberty to do so. In that event, you
will establish posts at Tampa, and on the East
ern Shore, and wlierever else they are, in your
opinion, necessary to preserve the peace of the
country: and I would suggest the propriety of
leaving Coloael ZadoCk Taylor, of the First
Infantry, in command of them. In moving
north with your forces, you may make similar
arrangements with the other bands. I deem
it, however, of great importance that every ex-
ertion should be made to chastise the maraud-1
ing Indians, who have committed depredations j
upon the inhabitants of the people of Middle
Florida. I beg yon will address yourself to
Colonel James Gadsden for information on this
subject; and you may, If you think proper,
yield to his suggestion of leaving a bat
talion for the protection of the people in that
neighborhood. It is hoped, however, that you
will be able to put it out of the power of these
Indiana to do any fuither mischief. They
ought to be captured or destroyed. As soon j
as, in your opinion, it can be done with safety, j
yon will reduce your force of mounted men
from Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee.
Very respectfully,
Your most obedient servant,
J. R. POINSETT,
Maj.Gen.THos. S. Jesup,
ConuTg .4rmy of the South, Fort Jupiter, Fa. 1
Canada. We believe all our “patriotic'
campaigns,” of which the few last appear to
have been the mere riots of the intemperate and
degraded, have been drawn to a close. The
correspondent of the New York Express, thus
speaks of the Michigan patriots:
“I have never seen among the Lazzaroni of
Naples, or the starved wretches of Ireland, a
more miserable, poverty-stricken, wretched set
of human beings than the “Patriots.” I doubt
if *2OO men could be selected from all our Pen
itentiaries, bearing more strongly the marks of
a long life of wretchedness than these inva
ders of Canada. Not more than a third part
had overcoats, and the few garments they had
hung in threads and patches about their starv
ed persons.”
The duties of Gen. Scott on the frontier, be
ing thus concluded, Im has returned to Wash
ington.
The Darien Telegraph of the 20th inst. is
jas full of affidavits,as Gen. Jackson’s pocket—
The editor, however, does us no more than
justice in supposing that our only object in
reporting the rumor thus contradicted, was to
bring out the truth, and we therefore copy them
below.
GEORGIA, ) Before me, Samuel Palmer,
Mclntosh Cos. $ Justice of the Inferior Court
of said County, personally came, Joseph S.
Page, who being duly sworn, deposeth and
| saith that he heard Capt. Rankin, of the Brig
i Rupert, which lay in the river some time
since, drawing 12 feet of water, distinctly say,
that there was no obstruction to the passage of
his vessel; that he met with no obstacle, but
: what was caused by the neglect of the oilot,
who did not remain on board; and the brig
went down to Doboy in two days from the
w'harf. Further, deponent swears that Capt.
Rankin made this statement before deponent,
who attended, at the request of Mr. Mac Ardell,
to hear what the Captain would say. Depo
| nent further believes tiiat there was no other
I brig drawing 12 feet in the river at the time
in question. J. S. PAGE.
Sworn to before me, March 19, 1838.
Samuel Palmer, j. i. c. m. c.
| GEORGIA, } Before me, Samuel Palmer,
Mclntosh Cos. Judge of the Inferior Court,
j of said county, personally came Nathaniel M.
j Caldet, who being sworn, deposeth and saith,
! that he heard Capt, Rankin, of the Brig Ru
pert, bound to Havana, from this port, draw
ing 12 1-2 feet, when last here, declare that
he met no obstruction or obstacle in the river;
that the delay was caused by the negligence
of the pilot, and that his brig went down to
Doboy in two days—that deponent and every
resident of Darien knows that the brig could
meet no obstruction on the bar, as several
vessels drawing many more feci of water
have crossed it at various times to deponent’s
| certain knowledge. N. M. CALDER.
t Sworn to before me this I9tli March, 1838.
t Samuel Palmer, j. i. c. m. c.
j Mr. MacArdell—
i Dear Sir, —In reply to vour enquiries re
jspecting the Brig Rupert, Capt. Rankin, we
1 need only say, that she was loaded with Lurn
i ber; she drew, at least, twelve feet water. We
| believe she met with no obstruction, or diffi-
I culty in passing down the River, and to sea,
; and Captain Rankin expressed quite a favora
ble opinion of Doboy Bar. He of course
made no allusion to the Rupert, as he knew
its capabilities were much beyond what she
required. Yours, &c.
HAWES, MITCH EL A COLLIN'S.
Darien, March 19, 1838.
Statistics for thf. Laborer. Tilt* I
number of buildings erected in the city of.
New York during the year 18135, were as fol- ■
1 lows: —
! Dwellings, - . . 865 !
, Stores, - . 315 j
Manufactories and Work Shops, - 26 j
1 Other buildings, - - 53 j
Total, 1259
In 1826,
■ Dwellings, ... g(jg
Stores, - - - 805
Manufactories and Work shops, - (i!) j
j Other buildings - - 84
Total, - - - 1826
lu 1837,
Dwellings, r - - 549
Stores, - - - H 7
Stores with Dwellings attached, - 84
' Manufactories and Work Shops, - 30
j Other buildings, - - oo
Total, - - - 840
j By this falling off in building alone from
1 1830 to 1837, over 15,000 Workingmen have
j been turned out of employ in this city. In
the mean time, we have been rapidly approach
ing the condition of the sub-treasury hard
i nwney governments of the old world, where
thousands of people live on rye, chesnuts, and
a few potatoes.
; New Orlf.ans, March 15. The weath
er is again clear and pleasant, and steam
ers begin to arrive from the up country,
where the ice is said to have disappeared.
We hear of nothing new in the city, ex
cept that a man was stabbed and had his
head cut open at an early hour in Girod
street, last evening.
Absence of Mind. A hen instead of
setting on her eggs, got upon a heap of
pig iron from which* she hatched out a
large number of spikes.
U. S. Attorney. John E. Ward, Esq.
Solicitor General of the Eastern District, ,
liar, it will be noticed, been appointed by j
the President, by and with the advice and
consent of the attorney of the
United States for the District of Georgia,
vice Win. 11. Stiles, Esq. resigned.
Rail Road. The Golumbia (S. C.) I
Times of Friday says, that the brat
ground was broken on the day previous
in the great enterprise of the Louisville,
Cincinnati and Charleston Rail Road,
A large number assembled to witness the
ceremony and to hear the address of Gen.
Hayne, president of the company.
Ciif.ss. The last moves in the New
York and Washington City Chess match,
are as follows:
First game. Fourth move, W. Queen's l
pawn one square.
Second game. Fourth move, W. King
castles with his rook.
Association fok the Pros ecu Pry of
Darien. The weekly meeting of the as
sociation took place on Tuesday evening
last. The President, Thomas Spalding, j
Esq., in file Chair.
Mr. Proudfoot, the Secretary, read the
minutes of the last meeting.
Some inquiry having been made by the .
President, as to the probable time when j
Lieut. Wilkes, would reach our harbor j
for the purpose of surveying, &c.
Doctor Holmes said, as Mayor of this;
city, he would feel it his duty when that!
gentleman arrived, to give him the most:
cordial reception; and lie was sure his j
fellow citizens would not he wanting in |
extending their courtesies to that officer,!
and those who were under his command. ;
I C. Mac Ardell proposed that a commit-!
I fee of Five he appointed to remark on j
| that portion of Gen. Daniel Newnan’s!
I communication to the Legislature of
; Tennessee, which passes over the just
I claims of Darien in silence, and gives a
fictitious and unreal importance to Bruns
wick. Having made some remarks in
exposition of his views, he submitted a
resolution on the subject, which was sec
onded by
' Dr. Holmes, who stated that lie was
| most anxious to see such a Committee ap
| pointed, as it was necessary that the pub
lic mind should be disabused on this sub
ject;
The resolution passed unanimously,;
and- j
Geo. T. Rogers moved that the Chair
man appoint said Committee.
Samuel Palmer seconded the motion.
This resolution also passed unanimously.
The Chairman named—James Troup,,
James Holmes, C. MacArdell, Charles!
West, and Allen 11. Powell, Esqrs, as
the Committee.
A good deal of interesting conversa
tion took place on various’subjects con
nected with the improvement of this
place, and the Association adjourned at
nine o'clock, until this Evening.—[Da
rien Telegraph, 20th inst.
THEORIES OF THE AGE OF THE
GLOBE.
[Quoted by Dr. Buckland in his Bridgewater
Treatise.}
I “The earth’’ says Burnet, “was first in
vested with an uniform light crust, which
covered the abyss of tlie sea, and which
being broken up for the production of
the deluge, formed the mountains fry its |
fragments.”—[Theoria Sacra.
“The deluge,” says Woodward, “was
! occasioned by a momentary suspension of
; cohesion among the particles* of miueral
J bodies. The whole of the Globe was
dissolved, and the paetc thus formed bc
' came penetrated with shells.”—[Essay.
“God raised up,” says Schcnckzer,
“the mountains, for the purpose of ailow
' ing the waters which had produced the
| deluge to rnn off, And selected .those pla
ces in which were the greatest quantity of
; rocks, without which the mountains could
not have supported themselves.”—[Mem.
i do l’ Academ.
I- “The earth was formed from the nt
! mospherc of one comet, and deluged bv
the rain of another. The heat which it
| retained from its origin was the cause of
1 exciting its . inhabitants to sin, for which
they were all drowned except the fishes,
; which, having . been fortunately exempt
j from the heat, remained innocent.”
[Whiston, New Theory.
) “The earth is an extinguished sun, a
vitrified globe, on which the vapors fall
ing down again after it had cooled formed
seas, which afterwards deposited the
limestone formations.”[Lebnitz Protogiea.
“The whole globe was covered with
water many thousand years. The water
gradually retired. All the land animals
i were originally inhabitants of the sea.
j Man was originally a fish; and there are
! still fish to be met with in the ocean
which are half men, on their progress to
' the perfect human shape, and whose &e
--i sceudants will in process of time become
; men.”—[Demaiilet.
, “The earth was a fragment of the sun,
struck off red-hot by the blow of a eom
! et, together with all the other planets,
which were also red-hot fragments. The
age of the world, then, can be calculated
from the number, of years which it would
take to cool so large a mass from a red
hot down to its present temperature. But
it is of course growing colder every year,
and, as well as the other planets, must fi
nally be a globe of ice.”—[Bufion Theo
rie. - •
“All thing* were originally fluid. The
waters gave birth to microscopic insects;
the insects, in the course of ages, "mag
; uified themselves into larger animals; the
animals hi the course, of ages qjQDvert
ed a portion of (he water into calcareous
earth, tlie vegetables converted anptbCr
portion into clay! These two substances
in the course of ages converted themself es
into silex, and thus the siliceous moun
tains are the oldest of all. AH the solid
parts of the earth, therefore, owe tlmir
existence to life, and without life the
globe would still be entirely liquid.” *
. [Lanark:
This, too, is the favorite mode, among
the German philosophers, of accounting
for the formation and filling of the world.
“The earth is a great animal—-it is
alive; a vital -fluid’circulates in it; every
particle of it is ip'ivr; it has instiuct and
volition, even to the most elementary
molecules, which attract and repel each
other according to sympathies and antipa
thies. Every miner;:! has. the power of
converting immense masses into its. own
nature, r.s wc convert food into flesh and
blood. The mountains arc thfe respirato
ry organs of the globe! The schist* are
the organs of secretion, the mineral veins
are abscesses, and the metaly are pro
! ducts of disease, for which reasdit most
of them have .a repulsive srnfclf.” „>/.
[l’atrin. Diet, d' Ilisloirc Natuvelle,
j A Failure. A Yankee who recently start
' ed the manufacture of red flannel and brown
j ;iaper seissettgersat Cincinnati has failed—-gone
i all to smash, the makers of the real, no mistake
!pork article, affording to sell tbeir genuine
j sausages cheaper than he could' the cquiiWr-'
i leits. «
The whole number of sqn:it;ers on the
(public lands of the United States 'ls esti
j mated at not much short of .>3,000 souls!
; About 20.000 are squatted in the Terri
tory of Wisconsin.
PUBLIC MEETING.
The citizens of Brunswick auti vicinity, as
j semblod at the Court House, on Saturday eve
-1 ning, 24th inst. pursuant to public notice pre
viously given, to appoint Delegates to attend
the Convention tir be held at Augusta, on the
first Monday in April next,in accordance witli
a*recommendfftk)ii of the Convention field in
. October last.
! The rnectiri-r was called to order by A. L.
! King, Esq. Maj. I T . Dart wasfippointed Chair
j man, and Charles Davis, Secretary,
j The following gentlemen were appointed a
I Committee to nomin ite threa suitable candi
j dates to be balluttod for as Delegates to at-
I tend the Convention, viz: Lieut. J. L. Locke,
Dr. Frank Gage, John Franklin, Jr., John H.
j Short and 11. A. Breed, Esq’rs., who reported
tho names of
! Hon. THOMAS BUTLER KING, 5
Hon. JAMES HAMILTON COUPER,
ANDREW \m KING, Esq.
j and they were severally elected.
Tho following Resolution, offered by J. Ly
man, Esq. was unanimously adopted: "
Reso've i, That the best thanks of the. citi
zens of Brunswick, be presented to the Hop.
TIIOMAS BUTLER KING, for his able
representation of Bruns wick and of its Com
mercial interests at the Augusta Convention of
October last.
The meeting then adjourned, *
U. DART, Chairman.
! Chari.e3.Davisv Secretary. , * *
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
PORT OF BRUNSWICK;
- ...
a ur.u in.
Sclir Mohawk, Parker, Baltimore, with 3000
bushels corn and lid bundles hay to Nighliagolc
it Couper. • -
Sloop Bolivar, Richardson, Savannah, rndze.
t-> Joseph Bancroft ami hay to Nightingale .A-
Couper. _ r ■:
Sloops America, Burr, and Argo, Taylor,
Savannah, rudze, ' - j . -
j BRUNSWICK ANI) DARIEN ‘STAGE.
THE subscriber would intbrinthe public that
h-‘ lias commenced running a TlVjp
1 HORSE COACH*, from Brunswick to Grant's
jj’etr/. leaving the Ogl ■thorpejlofa*, every
| day, (Sunday's excepted.) ah? oTclock, A' r ~,M-,
| and Grant’s Ferry, at 4 o'clock, P. M.
Fare. Two dollar? each wTiy—haggage ci
i«% J. G U TFFITI), Agent.
March 21). 1
j WATCHES, JEWELRY, &,<?• &,c.
; THHE subscriber begs leave to inform his
AL tr ends and the public general! v, that Lu
: continues the WATCH AND JEWlsLftf BU
! SINESS, at the old stand next door west of M i
j Prcndorgrast's Dry Goods Store, and opposite
1 N. B. & it. Weed’s Hard-ware store, SAYAN
i NAIL where he is prepared to execute alf or
j ders in his line; and thankful for past savers
j would solieit a continuance of their patronage.
! An assortment of first rate gold aad silver
Englis.i a ml, French Y/ATOlJfES—Leverswitli
and without chronometer balances—-London
Duplex, tli:s is an article that surpasses »ny
! thing in point of finish and correctness of time
to any tiling that is in use—CtOCTTS—JEW
: El,RY—Silver and Plated WARE. &c. fte.
An assortment of Indie/ and gentlemens’fan
- cy Writing Desks or Dressing Cases, rose wood
| and mahogany, inlaid with German silver and
brass, and made of the best materials and of dif
ferent sizes.
Most particular, attention paid to cleaning
j and repairing WATCHES, CLOCKS, &c. by
1 an experien. ed workman. _
i N. B. Ad orders from Vhecountry.attKaded
' to with correctness and despatch.
R. A. MeCREDIE,
! of the late firm of Anderson & McCreilc
.March 22. Savannah.
SHERIFF'S S4JL&&
A T \y AVNE Ca V tit HO V
be sold on the first Tuesday ia May
1838„ before tlif Coort. House dpor J#»
' Wayne County, TW O TRAUTy O?” L AND
lying iu Wayne County.m tho seconddisfccC
known as number 84 Slid 85, iathe oaid
district of Wayne, by virtue of an exe«Stt«n
granted to James R. Sparks/for the cx&n
granted against Absoloft Casev, in
Sparks. jIATGN-GbHl»^*
March 22. shcMJE^HE??
•BpptmUicf
AN industrious lad will
courageihenlas an app&ntice WWprint-
I ing business,'on application at this offlt
; March 8.