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strength. In the present plenitude of our suc
cess, tlit fact is hardly credible, and yet the
documents of the day testify, that previously
to the commencement of the canals, the Leg
islature, by a deliberate act, directed commis
sioners to solicit pecuniary donations in aid of
the enterprise, not only from Connecticut and
Vermont, but even the States, then in their in
fancy, beyond the Alleghanies: and so far jvas
this timid and discreditable policy pursued,
that the very preamble to the law of 1817,
which finally directed the canals to be com
menced, took care to express the humble
hope, that the States interested in the work,
“would contribute their full proportion of the
expense.”
“The torrent of ridicule and obloquy which
the canals encountered, during the first few
years of their progress, as well as the more
solemn doubts of some of our ablest states
men, will long be remembered. Without ad
verting to names less distinguished, it needs
but to state the memorable fact that Mr, Jef
ferson pronounced the undertaking to be utter
ly visionary and chimerical, and that it was “at
least a century in advance of the age.” Nor
did the more decided friends of the canals ap
preciate in any just degree, their pecuniary
value. In the year 1821, four years after the
canals had been commenced, the Comptroller
of the State, in obedience to a resolution of
the Legislature, prepared an estimate of their
prospective revenues, in which he stated, that
for the ten years next succeeding their coin-
Eletion, the tolls would amount annually to one
undred and fifty thousand dollars! The
amount which was actually received during
that period of ten years, exceeded ten mil
lions of dollars. Among the names truly il
lustrious in the history of our canals, few are
more exalted than that pf Gouverneur Morris.
His comprehensive intellect and ardent tem
perament, enabled him to look far beyond
most of his contemporaries into the rapidly ex
panding future, and yet even he fell short of
the realities which the Erie canal has brought
within our view. In the singularly eloquent
and animated memorial by which his fame is
forever connected with that great work, and in
which he endeavored to enforce upon the Leg
islature the importance in all future time of
connecting the Hudson with the western wa
ters, after depicting the wide spread region
around our inland seas, and its capacity to
supply the means of a great and profitable
commerce, he asked whether it would be
deemed extravagant to predict that the canal,
within twenty years, “would annually bring
down 250,000 tons?” The actual amount
which reached the tide in 1836, was 696,347
tons, or nearly.three-fold the quantity estimat
ed by Mr. Morris, and the total tonnage of
that year, ascending and descending, exceed
ed thirteen hundred thousand tons.”
FROM WASHINGTON.
Latest dates April 2d. Petitions for the
abolition of duelling in the District seem to
have taken the place of the swarms of Aboli
tion petitions. The bill reported in the House
to prevent Duelling, or the sending of chal
lenges in the District, is still under discussion.
A Retrenchment resolution has been offered
in the House. Heaven preserve us from its
passage! if it is to be followed by the waste
ful extravagance that has followed the famous
Retrenchment Resolutions, which were pass
ed by the Hero party, during Mr. Adams’ ad
ministration. Mr. Wise has moved that the
Exploring Expedition, so long delayed, shall
be converted into a Coast Squadron, to cruise
on the Coast, succor distressed vessels and an
swer for a school of practice for the young of
ficers of the Navy. His motion, probably,
will not prevail. A bill making appropriations
for the army, and another for reducing and
graduating the prices of public lands; are be
fore Congress, but not yet passed upon. The
report on Senator Ruggles’ bribery case was
to be made on the 2d inst.
To relieve Congress from a great burthen,
and to do justice to government claimants, it
is proposed to establish a board of commission
ers of claims. We hope this will be done.—
Now a person having a claim against the gov
ernment cannot bring a suit of course ; for that
would be to sue the Supreme power which es
tablishes the Court and executes its decision.
liis only remedy is to petition Congress, and
hence the immense amount of private business
that encumbers our National Legislature, and
which is, after all, proverbially neglected.—
And it cannot in reason be supposed that men,
anxious and attentive in national concerns,
can devote the proper consideration to individ
ual claims. We trust therefore, that such a
board may be established, if it can be render
ed independent of party and political influence.
On motion of Mr. Bell, a petition of a large
number of Cherokees against removal, met the
fate of the abolition petitions, and was laid
upon the table. A national Foundry for cast
ing cannon for the army and navy will proba
bly|b e established. The buildings for the
Treasury Department and for the Patent Of
fice, now in course of erection, on which some
half million of dollars have been spent, are so
badly designed that the unfinished walls must
either be taken down, or they will fall of them-!
selves.
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
The ship Europe, frem Liverpool, March Ist,
bringing London dates to 28th February, six
days later than previous dates, has arrived, but
as far as yet appears from the New York and
Charleston papers, brings no news of general
interest, except that on the 27th Feb. in the
English Parliament, O’Connell was ordered
to be reprimanded by the Speaker of the House
of Commons. The vote stood 226 for and 197
against the reprimand. Some very coarse ex
pressions used by Mr. O’Connell in reference
to the Tory members of the House, occasion
ed this vote.
In the London market the public confidence
in American Stocks and Securities is every
dav increasing.
I BANKS.
Such disclosures are daily made in relation
■ to the pet system of Pet Banking of the Ad
ministration, as may well justify the late “right
about face” of The Party on this question.
In Boston, the pet Commonwealth, with five
j little petlings in its train—in New York, the
| Phenix—in New Orleans, the Gas Light, (alas!.
that it proved but an ignis fatuus,) all have
| broken, with the exception of the Phenix,
' whose frauds have proved profitable, and all j
-have thrown a heavy loss upon an injured and j
i and insulted community. As they all tell
pretty nearly the same story upon the investi- ■
i gation of their affairs, we only copy the result j
' of the inquiry into the affairs of the Gas Light,
i which may be applied with slight variation, to
any of the others:
| From the whole matter of the report, the;
i committee draw the following conclusions :
Ist. That by the receiving-in payment or the
I purchase of its own shares, the Gas Light and
Banking Company have reduced the capital
paid in, to the sum of $1,612,005.
2d. That the loans made to the directors a
| lone of the Gas Light and Banking Company,
i exceed the capital paid in.
3d. That exchange operations to a large a
j mount were agreed to by Mr. Thomas Barrett,
; while President of this institution, in which he
j was either directly or indirectly interested,
when no one but the Cashier and himself were
present.
4th. That these exchange operations con
sisted for the most part of bills founded on no
real transactions, and drawn on no funds, but
were a mere device resorted to, to raise money,
and that of course at a great sacrifice.
sth. That the whole of these bills having
1 been returned protested, or withdrawn by the
j bank, nearly the whole of its active capital has
| been absorbed, without proper security for its
; reimbursement
6th. That the allowance of 500 shares of
the stock of this bank to Mr. J. 11. Caldwell,
was made in violation of its charter, and was
a culpable disregard of the interests of the
stockholders.
How long will a large portion of the public
condemn Banking from these its abuses ?
How long before they will consider and ap
preciate its uses, when properly conducted and
restrained ?
We regret to see that an amendment has
been offered to the Free Banking Law in the
New York Legislature, proposing to allow the
capital of their Banks to consist of mortgages,
which in a time of pressure would be bad ar
ticles with which to meet a run on the Bank.
BUSINESS OF THE ALATAMAHA.
the following from an intelligent
and careful correspondent:
The receipts down the Alatamaha the pres
ent year, will be from
Macon, 110,000 bales,
Hawkinsville, 25,000 “
Milledgeville, 10,000 “
Other small places, 5,000 “
150,000 “
The rate of freight varies (from Macon to
Darien,) from $3,50a51,50 per bale —the aver
age will range about $3. The bulk being
from Macon, Milledgeville and Hawkinsville,
the freight from those places is generally a
bout the same. A safe estimate would be
$400,000 for 150,000 bales. About three quar
ters of the receipts comes in the Companies
boats, the other quarter in boxes, each box
averaging about 500 bales. The boats bring
six to seven hundred bales each, and are float
ed down independent of the steamers. The
cost of a box at Macon is about SIOO, and
brings hereabout $lO. The boats are gener
ally well built, about 60 feet long, and cost
$l5O0 —the cargo of one up frequently a
monnts to $2500 freight money, making SSOOO
for the steamer and her two boats. The val
ue of the steamer cannot be much—but to
work to advantage forty to sixty hands are
frequently sent up to be ready to use poles if
found necessary.
The disposition of this 150,000 bales this
year, will be about as follows:
To Savannah, 100,000 bales,
To New York, 25,000 “
To Charleston, 20,000 “
To Europe, 5,000 “
150,000 “
The charge of freight to Savannah always
rules at 50c. per bale. To New York it varies,!
(as at other places,) it will average this year
$2,25 per bale. To Charleston, about $1 per
bale. To Europe 5-8 penny to 3 farthings
per pound.
There are now on the river doing business
up, five steamers each with two boats, and a
bout fifteen spare boats, to use as occasion
may call, by polling—also, the steamer Chief
tain, which runs from Savannah up to Macon,
only, however, on a good river, carrying 450
bales and passengers.
The transportation of merchandize direct!
from New York to Darien, seems to have
increased much within two years. Hawes,
Mitchel & Collins’s line, consists of five fine
brigs, each carrying about 550 bales. One '
of these vessels is now discharging, and her
cargo seems to be made up of all the articles
which go to make up a country dealers as
sortment J.
The report that the famous raft of the Red 1
River was entirely removed, and that steam- j
boats had passed up beyond it, has been the!
rounds of the newspapers for some time. At
the latest advices from there, this was not true;
but the entire removal of this obstruction to the
navigation of that splendid river, will probably
be effected in all this month ; and thus millions
of acres of the finest cotton growing country
in the world, will be laid open to market.
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
The Sub-Treasfiry bill, which has passed the
Senate with its teeth drawn, and should now
be entitled, “A bill to authorize the purchase of j
Iron Safes, and building fire-proof vaults in
the Custom Houses,” will not be taken up in
the House, until after the appropriation bills
are disposed of. The necessities of the Treas
ury require another immediate issae of ten mil
lions of dollars in Treasury notes, redeemable
in one and two years. This looks very much
like the Government’s asking an extension of
its creditors, and must be extremely mortifying
to the party that boasted, that under their as
cendancy, that the last dollar of the National
Debt had been paid off.
We are requested to state that the Rev.
Mr. Wells, of Savannah, will preach at the
Court House, in this city, on Sunday next. —
The services will commence at 1-2 past 10 o’- [
clock in the forenoon and at 3 in the afternoon.
Another Member of Congress deceas- !
ed. Hon. Isaac McKim, the Representative
from the City of Baltimore, died on the Ist
inst Thus have three members of the House,
Messrs. Cilley, Carter, and McKim departed
this life within forty days. The door keeper
of the House, Overton Carr, also died within ,
the same short period.
Our exchange papers are giving to the Ad- j
vocate credit for Gen. Newnan’s Report We
therefore have to acknowledge that we were
not the first to publish it, having reprinted it
we think, from a Milledgeville paper, to which l
as it was a public Document, we did not note!
the proper credit
Mr. Laban N. Mitchell was examined be
fore Justices Russell and Felt, in Savannah, on
the 4th inst charged with having killed Eliza
B. Welch on the night of the Ist inst. The
evidence was not sufficient to substantiate the
guilt of the prisoner, but he was bound over
in the sum of SIOOO for his appearance at the
next Superior Court
The New- York Legislature have just passed
a bill loaning thd credit of the State to the
amount of three millions of dollars to the New
York and Erie Railroad Company, who have
in the course of construction a Railroad from
the North River, a few miles above New York
to Lake Erie, through the Southern tier of
Counties in the State.
SUB-TREASURY BILL.
As an illustration of what would have been
the state of our currency had the Sub-Treasu
ry bill passed with its hard money clause, al
lowing the Government to hold all the specie
in the country, Mr. Webster, of Massachusetts,
quoted the following act of the State of Frank
lin, (by which name the State of Tennessee
was first known.)
“»‘?n ad of the State of Franklin, fur the sup
port of the civil List.
“Whereas the collecting of Taxes in specie
for want of a circulating medium has become I
very oppressive to the good people of this com- j
monwealth—and whereas it is the duty of the '
Legislature to hear, at all times, the prayers of j
their constituents, and to apply as speedy a !
remedy as lies in their power; [the whole of;
this preamble, Mr. Webster thought excellent, j
and recommended its adoption, to the Senator '
from South Carolina, as the introduction of any ’
amendment he might propose for the section to 1
be stricken out.] Be it enacted by the Gener
al Assembly of the State of Franklin, and it is I
hereby enacted by the same, that from the first
day of January, A. D. 1789, the salaries of the i
officers of this commonwealth be as follows, to ;
wit:
‘•His Excellency the Governor, per annum,
1000 deer skins. Ilis Honor the Chief Jus
tice, 500 do do. The Attorney General 500
dodo. Governor’s Secretary, 500 raccoon do!
State Treasurer, 450 otter do! Each County
Clerk, 300 Beaver do ! Clerk of the House of
Commons, 200 raccoon do ! Members of As
sembly, per day, three raccoon do! Justices’
fee for signing a warrant, one muskrat do ! To
the Constable, for serving a warrant —one
mink do !” &c. &c. &c.
EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIARY.
It seems front the extract below from the
National Intelligencer, that the loilg threaten
ed collision between the Executive and the
Judiciary, has at last taken place. Amos Ken
dall refuses to obey the decision of the*Supreme
Court, and that too when the majority of the
Judges have been appointed by his “Revered
Chief.” We shall see the event.
Mandamus Case. The Circuit Court of this
District was yesterday moved to issue their
process of attachment against Amos Kendall,
Postmoster-General, for contempt in disobeying
the mandamus heretofore issued in this case.—
Mr. R. S. Coxe, who made the application
for the attachment, made a short state
ment of the facts which had transpired
since the decision of the Supreme Court. He
read a correspondence with the Postmaster
General, which, with his own statements, ex
hibited in the strongest possible point of view
the courtesy and forbearance and determina
tion which had been exhibited by his clients ;
in endeavoring to obtain payment of their just
demands. It was a matter of surprise to find
that the Postmaster General had, in this cor-;
respondcnce, placed himseU. far. justification in
still declining obedience to the writ, exclusive
ly upon a ground which was distinctly over- j
ruled by the Circuit Court, and which his
counsel as distinctly repudiated before the Su
preme Court.
The decision of the Court has not been giv-I
en; when it is, our readers shall know it.
Florida Indians. The New Orleans pa- 1
pers inform us that about 450 Seminoles, men
women and children, have arrived at the bar
racks below that city, on their way to the
West They are under the charge of Lieut
Reynolds. Some of the party were to visit 1
the New Orleans theatre, among whom were
Old Micanopy, the king of the Seminole tribes;:
Jumper, the orator, warrior, and constant com-!
panion of the late Oceola; Cloud, who com- j
manded the hostilcs at the battle of the Wahoo
Swamp; King Philip, so long one of the prin
cipal and Coahajo.
Would it not be a pity—not to say a shame
—to give up the Florida war, after having al
ready removed to the West so largeji number
of the Seminoles, including their most distin
guished chiefs.
CHARLESTON AND CINCINNATI RAIL
ROAD.
We learn from the Charleston papers, that
the payment of the second instalment of five
dollars per share comes in very handsomely.
Success to their endeavors to connect the
South and the West:
The amount paid in, for the second instal
ment of the Rail Road, amounted, on closing
the books, to SIIB,OOO. The additional sum
of $25,000 would have been received, if time ,
had permitted. To allow parties thus situated
to come in, a few days longer, as will be seen
by the advertisement, will be allowed. The
expectation that extensive forfeitures would
occur has been completely falsified, and it on
ly remains for the citizens to follow up this
spirit of unabated confidence in one of the no
blest enterprises of the age, to place its suc
cessful termination beyond even the chance of
failure.
DIRECT IMPORTATIONS.
The Commercial Convention, at Au
gusta, adjourned sine dir on Wednesday
last, after adopting an “able Report (not
yet published) from the Select Commit
tee,” through Gen. Havue, their Chair
man, and certain resolutions, for all of
which we cannot find space this morning.
A resolution to meet again at Augusta on
the third Monday in October next, was
among those adopted.
The members of the Convention on
Wednesday evening partook of
did dinner, given by the citizens of Au
gusta, at which John Pliinizy, Esq. May
or of the City, presided, assisted by
Messrs. Samuel Hale, Gen. V. Walker,
and nine other Vice Presidents. The
first regular sentiment is very good. It
is—“ Our Country. The whole must
prosper, when every part takes care of
itself.”—[Savannah Georgia:).
Wo add the following which we also think
very good:
The Convention—May the success of its
measures, equal the patriotism that prompted,
and the ability that matured them.
Southern Commerce—With Southern re
sources, she need only arouse Southern enter
prise to the rescue.
The Northern States—Let U3 show that in
honorable enterprise, brothers may compete
and be brothers still.
Old Virginia. In the career of,improvement
may she “never tire.”
| The State of Georgia—The seat of hospi
tality and public spirit; standing between the
| mountains and the ocean, may her sons ad-
I vance with vigor to forge the last link in the
! chain which is to bind together with iron the
Atlantic and the Mississippi.
The toast was greeted with long applause,
which having subsided, Col. Thomas Butler
King arose and responded to it in a handsome
manner.
I Gen. Scott. The Richmond Enquir
er of Saturday last says,—“lt is reported
at Washington, that General Scott will he
, sent to tlie Cherokee country in Georgia.
• The Indians are said to be dissatisfied.—
• It is apprehended, that some strong meas
ures may become necessary to carry out
: the treaty and to promote their einigni
| tion. Some estimate their fighting men
as high as 401)0.
It is also reported on high authority that six
regiments of regulars, are ordered from Florida
!to the Cherokee Country, to place themselves
under Gen. Scott’s command.
MISS MARTIXKAC’S NEW BOOK.
The following interesting extract is from
M iss Martineau’s last work on America, just
published by the Harper’s at X. York. With as
much of opiniouativeness & wrongheaded ness
as falls to the portion of any woman, she cer
tainly writes very good English, and sometimes
in describing character makes a very good hit
See the description of Benton below:
‘•The American Senate is a most imposing
assemblage. When 1 first entered it I thought
I never saw a finer set of heads than the forty
six before my eyes: two only being absent,
and the Union then consisting of twenty-four
states. Mr. Calhoun’s countenance first fixed
iny attention; the splendid eye, the straight
forehead, surmounted by a load of stiff, up
right, the stern brow; the inflexible
mouth; it is one of the most remarkable heads
in the country. Next him sat his colleague,
Mr. Preston, in singular contrast; stout in.
person, with a round, ruddy, good humored
face, large blue eyes, and a wig, orange to-day.
brown yesterday, and golden to-morrow. Near
them sat Colonel Benton, a temporary people’s
man, remarkable chiefly for his pomposity.
He sat swelling amid his piles of papers and
books, looking like a being designed by nature
to be a good-humored barber or innkeeper’
but forced by fate to make himself into a
mock-heroic senator. Opposite sat the tran
scendant Webster, with his square forehead
and cavernous eyes; and behind him the home
ly Clay, with the face and figure of a farmer,
but something of the air of a divine, from his
hair being combed straight back from his tem
ples. Near them sat Southard and Porter; tiio
former astute and rapid in countenance and
gesture; the latter strangely mingling a boy
ish fun and lightness of manner and glance J
with the sobriety suitable to the judge and the
senator. His keen eye takes in every thing
that passes; his extraordinary mouth, with its
overhanging upper lip, has but to unfold into a
smile to win laughter from the sourest official
or demagogue. Then there was the bright i
bonhommie of Ewing of Ohio, the most primi- ,
tive looking of senators; and the benign, re- 1
ligiotis gravity of Frelinghuyseir, the gentle- j
manly air of Buchanan; the shrewdness of
Poindexter; the somewhat melancholy sim
plicity of Silsbee; all these and many others
were striking, and for nothing more than for
their total unlikeness to each other. No En-
glish person who has not travelled over half !
die world can form an idea of such differences j
among men forming one assembly for the same 1
purposes, and speaking the same language.
Some were descended from Dutch farmers, 1
some from French Huguenots, some from
Scotch Puritans, some from English cavaliers,
some from Irish chieftains. They were brought
together out of law-courts, sugar fields, mer
chants’ stores, mountain farms, forests, and
prairies. The stamp of originality was im
pressed upon every one, and inspired a deep,
involuntary respect I have seen no assembly
of chosen men, and no company of the high
born, invested with the antique dignities of un
antique realm, half so imposing to the imagin
ation as this collection of stout-souled, full
grown, original men, brought together on die
ground of their supposed sufficiency, to work
out die will of their diverse constituencies.
THE CHEROKEES.
The following military order has been
issued by Gov. Gilmer ;
IIBAD QfARTEKS, )
Milledgeville, 30th March, 1830. )
Information has been received from Col. j
Lindsay, that he is unable to make the
necessary preparations for the defence of
the people of the Cherokee country, with
out the aid of infantry companies—that a
company of mounted men cannot be sup
ported at all in the county of Union, and
with great difficulty in the ad joining coun
ties, which are most exposed to Indian
depredations, on account of the scarcity of
provisions.
The Cornmander-in-Chief therefore,
again appeals to the patriotic citizens of
the State, to form themselves into infantry
companies, and to tender their services for
the protection of the Cherokee countrv.
MILLER GRIEVE, Aid-de-Camp.
THE CHEROKEES.
We are informed by the Milledgeville
papers, that nine companies of mounted
volunteers have been organized tinder the
i authority of Gov. Gilmer, and received or
ders to rendezvous forthwith at different
points in the Cherokee country. “Os
these, two are from Gwinnett, commanded
by Captains Garmany and Tuggle, two
from Hall, commanded by Captains Buf
fington and Dorsey, one from Franklin,
commanded by Captain Bond, from
Walton one, commanded by Capt. Means,
from Habersham one, commanded by
Capt. Cleveland, with two others, com
manded by Captains Derrick and Paris.-
Two other companies, we understand, will
in a few days follow those already in the
service.”
We also learn that our townsman, Gen.
King, has received orders to hold himself
in readiness for a call to the up-country,
to take command of the Brigade from
Georgia.—[Athens Banner.
We have been favored with a letter frum
i Florida, which gives the following item of
intelligence : —[Southern Recorder.
“Gen. Jcsup has succeeded in separat
ing from the Seminoles, most of the Indian
i negroes, and lias sent them, with the ex
ception of a small party retained to he
employed in communicating with the In
dians, to Tampa Bay, to he removed to
the west. The number thus secured
amounts to about two hundred and forty;
besides which, nearly all the negroes tak
en from citizens have been re-captured
and restored to their owners.”
The Indians are dispersed (says the
same letter) in small bands, over the whole
country, from Florida point, to the Geor
gia line—hence the dfliculty of ending the
war.
From Florida. On the 28th ult. about
sundown, two citizens-of Florida named Thom
as Cochran and J. Hogan were killed about
1 1-2 miles from Micanopy by a party of In
dians.
A portion of the troop* at that post, under
the command of Lieut. Holey, on hearing the
whoops and firing of the Indians, left the fort
in pursuit, but were only successful in finding
one of the bodies, it being too dark to pursue 1
their search. They intended to prosecute it
next morning. Three others of our citizens
are reported to have been wounded, elsewhere,
by the Indians. |
j It would appear from the Floridian of March
' 31, that a portion of Gen. Nelson’s brigade,
! arc on their way home. In the present condi
: tion of the Chypkee Indians, the return of so
many of our mends from Florida, will be
hailed with pleasure, as they will no doubt of
! for their services for tlie protection of the
Cherokee counties; and those services will be
most efficient, as the volunteers have been in
ured to hardship and to Indian warfare.—[Au
gusta Constitutionalist.
1 The National Intelligencer of the 3lst ult.
| says—“ Rumors of intended changes in the
| Cabinet are in circulation in the city, and re
peated with so much confidence that we in
cline to think there is some foundation tor
them. The story goes that Mr. Secretary
I Woodbury is to accept the appointment of
Minister to Great Britain: that Mr. Amos
Kendall is to succeed him in the Treasury;
j and that Mr. Senator Grundy is to become
: Post Master General. Mr. Butler, it is further
1 said, is to resign the Attorney Generalship,
I and Mr. Gilpin (now Solicitor of the Treasu
ry) is to take ids place.”
[From Thomas Carlisle's Sartor Res.irtus.]
j Duels. “YVitLjggppect to duels, indeed, I
have my own ideas. Few things, in this so
surprising world, strike me with more surprise. l
Two little visual spectra of men, hovering;
with insecure enough cohesion in the midst of
the Uafathomable, and to dissolve therein, j
at any rate, very soon, —make pause at the j
distance of twelve paces asunder: whirl round:
and simultaneously, by the cunningest mech
anism, explode one another into dissolution;
and off-hand, become air, and non-extant!
Deuce on it ( verdarnmt!) the little spitfires!—
Nay, I think, with old Hugo von Trimberg:
“God must needs laugh outright, could such a
thing be, to see hit wondrous manikins here
below.”
[Correspondence of the Courier and Enquirer.]
Washington City, March 22,1838. .
Well; of thq Exploring Expedition agafa.
In my letter of the 17th, I informed you that
Capt Smith had declined the comthand ofjfais
squadron. A seventh commandant has been
i designated, and from his rank, age, and char
acter, it is highly probable that something
I will now be done. I have great pleasure in '
: stating to von that Lieutenant Wilkes has
bpetr selected, and has accepted the command
;of the squadron. Ido not know the gentle
- man, personally, but from his reputation as an
■ officer he is well qualified to fill the station,
and from his rank m the Navy, as his juniors
only can accompany him, it is evident that the
officers of his squadron must be young men,
having fame to acquire, and enterprise to ac
complish the object. In this point of view, I
heartily rejoice that the expedition seems, at
least to assume a practical aspect, and the
hope may be entertained that it will be free
from unnecessary ostentation and parade." I
am informed, and I have no doubt correctly,
that Lieutenant Wilkes has, cr was to have
left Washington this afternoon, for New York,-
to assume the command.
Central Rail Road. A meeting was
recently held at Sparta, in Hancock coun
ty, “to deliberate on projects of a rail r*hd
communication with one of principal trad
ing cities, r and was composed of “sixty
or eighty citizens, who took the deepest
interest in this measure of internal im
provement,” says a correspondent of the
Milledgeville Recorder.
“After some discussion, it was resolved,
by unanimous vote of the meeting, to ask
i the directors of the Central Rail Road to
i locate it by the way of Sparta and Mil
ledgeville to Macon, on condition that the
! counties of Hancock and Baldwin would
i furnish the requisite funds to construct
I the road through these two counties. In
furtherance of tlie project, the meeting ap
pointed two committees, one to repair to
Milledgeville and ask the concurrence of
Baldwin, the otiier to attend the board of
I directors at Savannah, fora like purpose.”
, The meeting then ad journed till the first
Monday in June.—[Georgian.
A countryman was seen staring at the
signs, in Albany, when a pert clerk ask
-led him if lie wished to buy some gape
j seed—‘No, I dont want noire,’ was the
reply, ‘1 am looking at this little town—l
[ talk of buying it.’
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
PORT OF BRUNSWICK.
ARRIVED.
Below—Brig Freeman, Sparks, Boston, 13
days—bound ti Little Cumberland Island,
with 1)0,000 brick for light-house.
Brig Victory, , Savannah, for Jefferson-'
j ton.
Cl. at Boston,3oth, schr Boston, Woodward,
j for this port.
For Ilovitaia.
t-fclr- The fast sailing schooner*
NILE, Bei l, will sail on or a
passage, having superior accom
niodations, apply to C. DAVIS, Advocate Of-’
i fico. April 5.
JOSHUA GRIFFITH,
PAINTER, Glazier, and Paper Hanger.—
Sign and Ornamental Painting executed,
i and orders from the country punctually attend
j vd to. Brunswick, April 5.
LIST OF LETTERS
TJ REMAINING in the Post (Jificc Brunt-
V wick. March 3Jut, 1838.
Robert Pdes. John F. May, J. W. Frost, Lew
, rancy Lord. James Davis. Nobel Bel!, Miss
! Armstrong. Beni. F. Cato, Cashier Bank Bruns*
wick, C. ('. Spaulding, I*. ReadickS, Josiah
, Cooper, \ . Woolley, John B. Foss, Daniel
Bine, Ed. Advocate. Mary E. Cooper, Thomas'
i Ell's. John L. March, Joseph Niehalau, James
O Kane, Frederick Davis, David Hall," John
j Gawcth, Wesley P. Oahagan, Edward Ham-"
mend, Win. Summerlin. April 5.
NOTICE.
A LL persons having demands against John
-IjL Davis, late keeper of the Oglethorpe
House, ere requested to present the same tor
payment, arid all persons indebted to said Da
vis are required to make immediate payment
to the subscriber. J. L. LOCKE.
April 5. ",
WATCHES, JEWELRY, &c. Ac.
F 1 111E subscriber begs leave to inform h's
F friends and the public generally, that lie
continues the WATCH AND JEWELRY BU
ST NESri, at the old stand next door west of M
Prendergrast s Dry Goods Store, and opposite
N. B. & H. Weed s Hard-ware store. SAVAN
NAH, wire re he is prepared to execute all or
ders in his line; and thankful for past favors
would solicit a continuance of their patronage.
An assortment of first rate gold and silver
English and French WATCHES—Levers with
and without chronometer balances—London
Duplex, this is an article that surpasses any
thing in point of finish and correctness of tiirw
to any thing that is in use—CLOCKS—JEW
ELRY—SiIver and Plated WARE, &c. dkc.
An assortment of ladies’ and gentlemens' fan
cy Writing Desks or Dressing Cases, rose wood
and mahogany, inlaid with German silver
brass, and made of the best materials and of dif
ferent S.Zes. »
Most particular attention paid to cleaning
and repairing WATCHES, CLOCKS, Ac. by
an experienced workman.
N. ft. All orders from the country attended
to with correctness and despatch.
R. A. MeCREDIE, -j
of the late firm of Anderaon &. McCredie. ~
March 22. Savannah. %
SHERIFF'S SALE, • J
AT WAYNE COURT' BOUSE.
W ILL be Bold on the first Tuesday in Mar,
183 b, beforte the Court House doar fm
Wayne County, TWO TRACTS OF
lying in Wayne County, in the seeond dis trial,
known as number 84 and 85, in the said MCrnd
district of Wayne, by virtue of an exeduthm
granted to James R. Spatter, for the exemption
granted against Absolon Cosey, in fkrorof said
Sparks.
March 22. Sheriff W.C. W. '
BOOK ANB VOB PRINTING,.
Done this Office.