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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.