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ON the ‘24th day of March, IS3S,the sub- j
■cribers commenced the Filth Volume,
of thetrjournal, both Folio and Quarto edition.
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uleat and energy in the editorial conduct ol lj
the work, and insuring greater variety ss well
as strength in this department of the enter
■MMs--at has bee* deemed a lesson of experi
ence "that the union of all the branches of edit
orial labor, in a work so comprehensive as ours :
in the hands of a single individual—who is
thus compelled to pay simultaneous and un
ceasing attention to Literature, l’olitics, For
eign Affairs, Domestic, Occurrences, and every j
subject of interest —is] not so well calculated
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ance as well as counsel of a gentleman favnra- j
bly known in the higher walks of Literature,
have been secured for the ensuing year, and!
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as Literary, will be placed under his charge, j
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PROPOSALS
For publishing by Subscription, a linn 1 : to le
entitled
The (hnut Fireu« F.altenj.
BY JAMES F^SMITII,
From a Manuscript cop;/ recta dip compiled by
himself.
rjAHE publisher assures the citizens of Oeor-
JL gia, who may think proper to subscribe to
the work, that lie will use every exertion to
render it a useful vehicle of sui h" i.i!brn..i ■ ion
as may be of importance to them.
The Cherokee Land Lottrry will contain i...
names of all the fortunate drawers in the I. ml
Lottery, and their residence. U p to the firs: of
January, KJS, with an engraved map ..f each :
Land District in the Cherokee < '•••■mirv. im- 1
mediately preceding the names in each district. ,
The Cherokee Lund LoHertj will t ntain about |
five hundred pages, royal actuvo size, will be •
printed An good paper, neatly bound, and deliv- j
I rod to subscribers by tire first of March, I*3*. j
at Jin. tlollars per copy.
flj’PostmasL. ry an 1 others, wls > will act as
agents for Jhe publisher in procuring subs fi
bers, ansi who shall procure and forward to the
publisher, in Millefigcvdle, ten responsible sub
scribers shall receive a copy of the work, gratis.
All Editors of newspapers in the State who
will g;vo the above a few insertion*, ahull re
eeiva a copy of th? work Nov 23
iTo IficivlmntK, Ajp*iciiHursts.
AND GARDENERS.
GR. GARRETSON, has removed li:s
• wholesale and retail Agricultural and
Garden Seed Wharehouse, to Flushing, L. L.
New Y'ork, where he intends dealing exten
sively in the above business, and will be at all
, times enabled to furnish dealers and others with
every article in his line of business. And as
| the greater part of his slock of Seeds is raised
j under his personal attention or direction, or
i where it is necessary to import from bn rope.
i they are procured from the nmst respectable
j Seed establishments there, and their qualities
j being tested to his own satisfaction, their accu
-1 raev and vitality are expressly warranted.
The vending of Weeds is a business desorv
j mg much greater attention • from the im rean- |
tile community than is a* present bestowed up- l
'on it. There is scarcely a farmer or planter
j who would not pe.rehe an assortment of su
j perior Garden Heeds if they could procure them
| easily. And as they yield a handsome profit,
i some explanations mav be requisite in regard to
j makin" sales, Ac. They are usually supplied
'by the pound' nr bushel, and will afford a profit
! of I (HI per cent, or more, nt the New Y ork re
! tail prie.es. F«r convenience they can be neat
| ly papered and labelled and assorted into boxes
j (or put up iu strong papers, thereby saving the
j expense of box) each suitable for a family gar
! den. which will be supplied at from .*>l to $‘J ; >
i the latter being sufficient to crop a garden
jof one acre. Or they can be put into li 1-1 and
j I'J l-'J cent papers, neatly labelled, and assort
i ed suitable for a retail dealer, each of which by 1
| the quantity '’.ill l e charged so as to allow a
( profit of SO per cent, on the Nov York retail
j prices. Any one wishing to engage in the
vending of seeds, and not having experience,
by addressing tile proprietor will have the ne-
I eessurv information given, and tnoy may feel
confident they will he served xvitn none but ar-
ticles of the very host quality.
The l’roprietor has further to state, that lie
j is enabled to furnish all kinds of llooks on Ag-
I ricullure, Horticulture, Floriculture. Aborieni
i tore, Rural Economy, Ac. Ac. Also, Agri-
I cultural Implements ol Husbandry and Garden
! Tools of every description. Also, bruit and
j Ornamental Trees and Herbaceous Flowering
j Plants, Roses and Green House I’lantsot a very
groat variety; all of wliieli can bo packed so
j as to ho transported to any par! ol the 1 niton
j Stales. West indies or elsewhere. Great at
tention has been paid to obtaining both from
foreign countries and at home, the finest agri
cultural seeds, all of which can he furnished in
large quantities, and where the purchase is
made for cash a discount will he allowed. A
libera! credit will.bo given where a good under
standing is established, 'flu re will he no dil
tieultv m arranging this point to mutual eon-
I venicnce, and on Ibis, and every other subject.
I the su"gest.ions"ot'correspondents will receive
I the fullest consideration.
. I
MULBERRIES l'Olt SILK WORMS.
! 50,000 PLANTS of the Chines': .Mulberry
or Jilin ns multicaulis, for sale. Ol all the va
ne lies of Mulberries for silk, this appears most
! eminently entitled to preference, and since its
I introduction into Franco soems destined to ro
i place every where the common \\ bile Mulher
i ry for the nourishment of silk worms, such is
its superiority over all i tin is. The tree is
beautiful and of a rapid growth, and will thrive
well in almost any situation, and a few years
are sufficient to raise considerable fields <1 them
in full vigor, sufficient to support an immense
number of silk worms. The raising of silk is
as easy as the raising of wheat and much loss
laborious. For a number of years past it lias
been a regular and profitable employment of
many oftiie farmers of Connecticut, during the
early part of the summer, and is emphatically
a business of the farmer—of the cottage—a
simple labor, in which females and children
who do not essentially aid in supporting a fam
ily may turn their servi'-cs to profit. Every
family of the most limited means can raise the
mulberry and produce cocoons, and fi r a tr.ilo
can procure a pamphlet which will give them
the necessary information of reeling. Ac. The
plants can lie packed so as to he transported to
any purl of the Rniou and will In* furnished in
‘ quantities to suit purchasers, and at very mod
i' orate rates. Nov. 16
PROPOSALS
For publishing, by subscription, a work to he
entitled
e iiri’a G.ltay'i ini v/.v.
F jj 1111 S will he, both a (1 .a in mar and Die tion-
B ary of Botany ; —presenting, first, Vegeta
ble Phvsiidi'gy. and. seeeiul, n minute ami ac
curate description of r vet v plant vet discovered
in Georgia, together with its medicinal cr nox
ious properties—its English name—its emblem,
language. Ac. Such a work is much needed,
at this time, in our Southern Institutions. \\ e
have mi text book in Botany, calculated to
render the science altrnctive. Such as we
have..no nothing more than a few disconnected
facts in Physiology, or a dry dose iption of a
few leaves, roots, th.veers, Ac. all tending to
excite disgust rather than taste. Students
should, ns soon as pussible.be inducted into the
practical part of the science— it is that only
which can inqfro them with enthusiasm in the
prosecution ot 'their researches. \\ e have nev
er known a profound botanist, made so, by
delving for months ever pages treating of sap.
alburnum, cambium. and the like. 'i ilia Work
v.-il! te-.-eh pupils, first, the names of the classes
a:.d ordeis in the Linnean system, the method
oi l ".all .-’mg llov. el's. and. preei ed next, to the
examining, collecting and arranging of them
into .hi h. ib.ir mi. \ lore I't the science bo
iler thus imptanli. it. must and :rill increase,
and nr »e them on to further and further invosti
j gato us.
\\ • intend that > ur work i liall be. at uuee. i
text lo ok l’.T soli- Is—a ph a...eg companion
, for ladles in the 1" mlo r and laloon—a useful
! friend and eotnpanien for gentlemen in their
travels, their daily rambles, Ac. Finally, it
will be enriched with every speca sos informa
tion which can render such work entertaining
and instructive.
We solicit the assistance of soirnlifie gentle
men throe.glimit tin* Stale, in furnishing us with
I information concerning (In' names, locality anil
habits of plants bi their immediate vicinity.—
j Such information ..ill lie gratefully and proper
l Jv ackrio'.vb dged.
Postmasters arc requested to act as agents in
r» reiving am: forwarding us subscriber’s names,
as early a* the Ist November.
Tlie v irk will coni.t.n irom f> to TliO pages,
octavo, and be furnished to subscribers, in
boards, at So cepy. It will be issued dur
ing the next winter, provided the number of
subscribers warrant the expense.
All Editors throughout, the Southern States,
friendly to the diffusion of scientific knowledge,
who will insert this notice, an 1 forward us a
copy of their paper, will be entitled to one copy
of the work. L. I.ATASTL,
Prineipnl Ceorgia Female College.
Seottsboro’, Aug. tit*, l~"37.
For Fdiie
, VI j V BRICKS.,,, lots to sui
j _H. "i! q Pyx purchasers, if required
j they will bo carried to any landing on Ogle
: thorpe Bay, at a moderate price. Apply to
11ENRY A BIILFD
Brunawiek, Jan 11, 1 ,? S8
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
’ The Ma* dies'* Compnaion.
[ESTABLISHED IN 1834 J
.7 papular and highly esteemed Magazine, °J
general Literature and the Fine Arts, ewbelt ,
isheil irith Gorgeous and Costly Engratisgs
on Sled, Copper and Wood ; and also with
Fashionable mid Popular Music, arranged for
, the Piano-Forte, Guitar and Harp.
EDITORS.
Mas. Ann S. Stephens,
William W. Snowden.
-Insisted by many of the most Popular Writers.
Since the publication of the May number, the
j demand for the Ladies’ Companion has been
unprecedented and beyond the most sanguine
I anticipations. At the commencement of the
j volume an additional number of copies were
1 printed, which was considered at the time ade
j iiuate to satisfy all the orders which might be
received, and leave considerable number on
\ hand for subsequent calls. The publisher is
j more than gratified in stating that the whole
! edition was nearly exhausted before the issuing
j of the seventh number of the volume; and at
j this time but very few complete sets remain on
hand, tojiiipply the numerous orders which are
daily received from every section of the l’nit
! 0(1 States.
In consequence of this great unforeseen in- j
crease of new subscribers, he has determined to |
double the number of impressions for the sub- j
sequent year ; while lie most gratefully appre- j
eiates the unprecdonted encouragement ex- j
tended to the Ladies' Companion, and at the j
s lie time lie begs to assure the readers of tiie |
magazine and the public in general, that it is !
Ills ardent resolution to met t it with a corn s- ’
ponding liberality on his part to merit its con- j
tinuancc.
Splendid Steel Engravings by our best
artists, accompany each number—illustrated
by Tales and spirited Sketches—which will,as
heretofore, continue to be magnificent and far
superior to those published in any other maga
zine in America.
The Ladies' Companion contains a larger
yomitihj of rinding than itiiy other magazine
issued in this country, aiul its subscription
price is tnly tlirrr dollars a ymr. while the great
combination of talent secured for the coming
year will render it unequalled by any other
periodical.
Its Literary Cm abacter ! Will under
go considerable change, as the publisher of
the Ladies' Companion, in order to show his
appreciation of the public favor already extend
ed to him so liberally, lias secured the aid _>i
Mas. Ann S. Stephens,
late Editor of tlie “Portland Magazine," ami
author of a series of the most beautiful and
popular tales ever presented to an American
| public. No lady possessing greater variety of
: talent, or better calculated to aid in conducting
! a ladies’ magazine, could have been selected
j from the galaxy of female genius which is 1 lie
] glory of our country.
| The -Mi sk w. Department, is under the
j supervision of Mr. J. Watson, whose qiudiliea
j tions for the task are too well known to require
| our testimony.
This department of the Ladies’ Companion
I lias ever commanded a large share of attention,
! and has been looked upon with no little inter
j est by its readers, and more especially the La
! dies, whom the publisher is in the highest de
| giee anxious to please. It will continue to be
j a subject ol mere than usual care to lmn, and
to tbe Friijtesur under whose supervision it is
j placed, to make that portion of the magazine
| allotted to .Music , more than ever deserving of
I the countenance of every lover of music. It
has ever been and will continue to lie the de
sire to have all pieces of Music printed rorrert
i lyiinil free fl am errors.
Tin: Work ix General. Over every' de
partment nil equally careful supervision will
he strictly exercised by the Editors, and all ap
propriate expenditures will bo liberally bestow
ed. as it is the design of the publisher, with the
aid of his contributors and the advice of his
lriends to make the I aid a s Companion distin
-1 giush-.-il fiiT tin? beauty and acnirnry of its tupo
' in phj—the ritricty and high tone of its literary
articles—the quality and rotur of its in a sic —and
tiie unequalled splendor* of its Pictorial Em-
GEI.I.ISII M ENT S.
It is the determination of the publisher to use
every means to maintain the superiorly which
tin' Lad.es'Companion has obtained. For four
years lie lias steadily pursued a course of im
provement, and he flatters himself that his pres
sout facilities are such as to give the Ladies'
Companion eminent advantages over all other
publications of its character.
From tlie foregoing it will be perceived that
the Laiuks’ Companion embraces every de
partment w ith n the range of Jlclles-l.etlres and
the pine .Iris ; and no exertions or expense will
bo doomed too great to render the work equal
to any other t xtent.. The flattering and gener
al testimonials of nearly every co temporary
journal in the United States, and in fact, ninny
on the other side of the Atlantic, have strongly
asserted the undeniable claims of the Ladies'
Companion to the support of the public goner
nll \ There is no irork that gins its readers
snrh a great return for their snbsrriptir.n
Tuu I’ltiZK Artict.f.s will all lie published
during the year. These articles will comprise
the success! ul candidates tor the prem unis of
one thn; ■.■■ in! dollars awarded by a committee of
liteiary gentlemen in August last.
iT.vMS—Tlircc dollars a year in advance,
or Idir liuruig the year. No subscription re
ceived t ; h sr. limn one vi ar.
Letters must lie addressed to the proprietor,
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Jan. IS:H
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AM) VL \ lIAMA.
QIIOW INC tite public ail Indian Lends. In
i'* dian reservations, land districts, townships, i
streams, Ac. engraved lrom the government i
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ington city, by E. Gilman, draughtsman in tlie j
general land office.
I’. TA\ LOB, bookseller, Washington City, j
has just published [and secured the copy right j
according to law] the above maps which will !
be found infinitely more. complete and accurate
than anv heretofore published. They are pub
lished on separate sheets; each containing
nearly six square feet, and will be found espe
cially useful and valuable to those interested
in the lands of either state, as they show every
item of information which is in the possession
of the land offices, relative to water courses,
township lines. Indian lands and reservations,
land districts, AS. and will be found perfectly
accurate and precise in these points. They
can he sent by mail to any part of the United
Stated* subject only to single letter postage. —
Price two dollars, or three copies of either will
Ibe Scut l>v mail for live dollars. A liberal d;>-
j count will he made to travelling egem, cr to
1 any who buy to sell again.
November At.
! Q j Editors of Newspapers, any where', who
1 will give the above 'advertisement,includingthis
| notice, one or two insertions, shall receive by
j return mail a copy of each map. if they will
j rend a copy of the pain r containing it. to the
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distinguished abilities—and it is intended to
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PHILADELPHIA SATURDAY COURIER
riAHE vast patronage which lias been awur-
I ded the Courier is the best evidence of
its approval. It has the largest subscription
list in this country. It is the largest, and chea
pest Family Newspaper ever issued in the U
nited States, containing articles in Literature,
Science and the Arts; Infernal Improvement.
Agriculture, in short every variety of topics
usually introduced into a public Journal. Giv
ing full accounts of sales, markets and news
of the latest dates.
Without interfering with tlie usual variety,
the Courier has presented ten (Volumes of the
most popular literature of the day within the
last year. This feature puts into the hands of
its patrons the most entertaining and popular
current literature, amounting each year to six
times the price paid for subscription—in addi
tion to the immense quantity of other matters
which appear in its columns. In the contin
uation of this feature we shall endeavor to pre
sent new and popular works with such expedi
tion that the publication cannot be anticipated
in other sources. In the future numbers we
shall draw from the pens of such writers as
1) Israeli, Miss Mitford,
Cant. Marvatt, Lcitcli Ritchie,
Miss Landon, J. R. Buckstone,
Charles Dickins, Barry Cornwall,
Cornelius Webb, Douglass Jerrobi,
Theodore Hook, Crofton Croker,
Thomas Campbell, Mrs. S. C. Hall,
Haynes Bavly, Mrs. Gore,
And, in short, from the whole range of the
current literature of Europe, with which our
arrangements will supply us at as early a mo
ment as they can he received in the country.
Besides we have the pleasure of numbering
among our contributors many of the most dis
timmished writers of our country, from whose
pens Original tales, poems, songs,
NARRATIVES AND SKETCHES, will con
tinue to add interest to its columns.
The Architectural beauty of many of the
PUBLIC BUILDINGS of this citv is prover
bial. Believing it will be acceptable to our
numerous patrons to be presented with EN
GRAVED ILLUSTRATIONS of those edi
fices, we are engaged in bringing but a currt
plete series, which will form a collection that
ninv well be termed, THE LIONS OF PHIL
ADELPHIA. Where it is expedient, we ac
i company the engravings with such descriptions
| of size and tacts of history , as may be of inter
est.
The Courier is published at the low price of
Two Dollars. For this small sum subscribers
get valuable and entertaining matter each week
enough to till a common book of two hundred
and fitly pages, and equal to fifty two volumes
a j car, and which is estimated to bo read, week
ly, by at least two hundred thousand people,
scattered in all parts of the countrv, from
.Maine to !■ loridu, and from the sea board to the
lakes.
IT Asa trilling expression of our regard,
wo shall print the whole series of the Ktigra
\ed Illustrations.at their completion, upon fine t
\\ bite paper, in uniform style—forming a beau- i
tiful collect ion of \ ic’vs, and present them to I
such of oir Country Brethren a* may oblige!
us h\ an inscr'ion ot the above advert'sement
PROSPECTUS |
OF THE
SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER.
THIS is a monthly Magazine devoted chief
ly to Literature, but occasionally find
ing room also for articles that fall within the
scope of Science ; and not professing an en
tire disdain of tasteful selections, though its
mutter has been, as it will continue to be, in
the main, original.
Party Polities and controversial Theology,
as far as possible,are zealously excluded. They
are sometimes so blended with discussions in
literature or in moral science, otherwise unob
jectionable, as to gain admittance for the sake
of the more valuable matter to which they ad
here : but whenever that happens, they are in
cidental, only; not primary. They'are dross,
tolerated only because it cannot well be ser
ved from the sterling ore wherewith it is incor
porated.
Reviews, and Critical Notices, occupy
their due space in the work : and it is the Ed
itor's aim that they should l ave a threefold
tendency—to convey, in a condensed form,
such valuable truths or interesting incidents as
are embodied in the works reviewed, —to direct
the reader's attention to books that deserve to
be read, —and to warn him against wasting time
and money upon that large number, which mer
it only to be burned. In this age of publica
i tions that by their variety and multitude dis
tract and overwhelm every undiscriminating
j student, impartial criticism, governed by
j the views just mentioned, is one of the most
inestimable and indispensable of auxiliaries, to
him who docs icisli to discriminate.
Essays, and Tales, having in view utility
or amusement, or both— Historical sketch
es—and Reminiscences of events too minute
for History, yet elucidating it, aad heighten
ing its interest, —may be regarded as forming
the staple of the work. And of indigenous
Poetry enough is published—sometimes of no
mean strain—to manifest and to cultivate the
growing poetical taste and talents of our coun
try.
The times appear, for several reasons, to de
mand such a work—and not one alone, but
many. The public mind is feverish and irri
j tated still, from recent political strifes : —The
soft, assuasive influence of Literature is need- 1
I ed, to allay that fever, and soothe that irrita
; lion. Vice and folly are rioting abroad : —They
| should be driven by indignant rebuke, or lash
-led by ridicule, into their fitting haunts. Igno-
I ranee lords it over an immense proportion of
our people : Every spring should be set in
j motion, to arouse the enlightened, and to in
j crease their number ; so that the great enemy
of popular government may no longer brood,
like a portentous cloud, over the destinies of
j our country. And to accomplish all these ends,
j what more powerful agent can be employed,
| than a periodical, on the plan of the Messenger;
if that plan be but carried out in practice ?
| The South peculiarly requires such an a
i gent. In all the Union, south of Washington,
j there arc but two Literary periodicals ! North
! ward of that city, there are probably ut least
j twenty-five or thirty ! Is this contrast justified
j by the wealth, the leisure, the native talent, nr
! the actual literary taste, of the Southern peo
| pie, compared xvitJi those of the Nnlhern r
| No : for in wealth, talents, and taste, we may
justly claim at least an equality with our breth
ren ; and a domestic institution exclusively
our own. beyond all doubt affords us, if we
; choose, twice the leisure for reading and wri
ting, which the ,- enjoy.
It was from deep sense of this local want,
* that the word Southern was engrafted on the
j name of this periodical : and not with any de
-1 sign to nourish local prejudices, or to advocate
supposed local interests. Far from any sucli
thought, it is the Editor's fervent wish, to see
the North and South bound endearingly togeth
er forever, in the silken bands of mutual kind
ness and affection. Far from mediating hostil
ity to the North, lie has already drawn, and lie
hopes hereafter to draw, much of his choicest
i matter thence : and happy indeed will lie deem
j himself, should his pages, by making each re
j gion know the other better, contribute in any
essential degree to dispel the lowering clouds
■hat now threaten the peace of both, and to
brighten and strengthen the sacred ties of fa
tcrnal love.
The SoUTIIKKN LITItUAI’.V M KSSEN’G ER lias
now reached the Utth No. of its third volume,
llow far it has acted out the ideas here uttered,
is not for the Editor to say. He believes, how
ever, that it falls not further short of them,
than human weakness usually makes Practice
fall short of Theory.
No subscription will be received for less than
a Volume, and must either begin with the cur
rent one—or may commence with Vol. TV, the
first number of which will be issued on the Ist
January, IcuW.—The price is s.'> per Volume,
which must be paid in all cases at the time of
subscribing. This is particularly adverted to
now, to avoid misapprehension, or future mis
understanding—as no order will hereafter he
attended to, unless accompanied with the price
of subscription. THOMAS W. WHITE.
Richmond, Va. Oct. 1e37.
THE SOUTHERN MAGAZINE,
IS the name by which the new volume of the
••Bachelor’s Button,” will be designated.
There will be no material change in its appear
ance. Each paper will contain about 04 pages.
Efforts will be made to improve the quality ra
ther titan increase the quantity of the matter.
We ilo not wish to publish any thing that
might be unreadable; and if we were to prom
ise an hundred pages, half of them would nec
iessarily be written carelessly. This magazine
: is now larger than the subscription price war
rants. Tlie printing expenses, in Mobile, are
I twice as much as they would be in New York,
i This magazine lias not 3’et received enough
I of patronage to sustain it; yet the Editor has
: not despaired of being able to give it a firm
foundation. Tlie efi’ort to establish it has, at
least awakened a lively interest in its behalf,
throughout the State; and a very slight exer-
I tion, on the part of the talented and intellectu
!al portions of society, will ensure it eminent
; success.
I One thousand subscribers will sustain the
■ publication. We have now about six hundred,
j These are confined to South Alabama, and al
-1 most exclusively to some half dozen towns
Noetic Alabama has taken no interest and giv
en us no subscribers, with but two or three ex
i ceptions; yet this is our own fault, as we have
I made very little exertion to extend its circula
-1 tion in that section. These facts load us tohe
i iieve that Alabama will eventually sustain us.
So far as we have been able to learn, the
; manner in which the Literary department of
this Magazine lias been conducted, has met
, with general approbation. We have been com
plimented, publicly and privately. This gives
us great gratification; and we confidently prom- j
ise much improvement,'
Letters addressed to the editor should be
post paid.
priiis. —The Southern Magazine will be
pulili.uted in the City of Mobile, on the first of
every month: the first number on the Ist of
January, 1 •'.l.' Price Five Dollars a year in
advance.
Subscribers can be fttrnisthed with the back
numbers of the‘‘Bachelor’s Button.”
> Publishers of newspapers friendly to our
rtteeess. will please jnseit tj-,e prospect us
PROSPECTUS.
SEW SERIES OF TIIE
LITERACY OMNIBUS,
Purnishing Books by Mail, at .Xeivspaptr
Postage!
UfALDIE S LITERARY OMNIBUS has
now been in existence twelve months
and has enjoyed during that period a very ex
tensive shase of public favor. It lias furnish
ed for two dollars and a half, reprints of Lon
don books which cost there over fifty-seven dol
lars! tn addition to a large amount of literary
matter, reviews of new books, tales, and do
mestic and foreign news.
Tiie original proprietor, intending to devote
iiis time aud attention to his other periodical
works, lias disposed of his interest to the pres
ent publisher, who will make no further change
in its general character than issuing it from an
other office, and changing its name from ‘Wal
die’s’ to -Browns.’
Broxvn’r Literary OMNißus’will be issued
every Friday morning, printed on excellent
paper of a large size. It will contain;
1. Books the newest and best that can be
procured, equal every week to a London Duo
decimo volume, embracing Novels, Travels
Memoirs, &.C., and only chargeable with news
paper postage.
i>. Literary Reviews, Tales, Sketches, No
tices of Boyks,and information from the world
of letters of every description.
3. Tho news of the week, foreign and do
mestic.
The price will be two’doUars per annum to
clubs of fire, individuals' To clubs of two in
dividuals, tico dollars and a half or five dollars
for ilic two. Singh? mail subscribers, three
dollhrs. Mail remittances to be post paid.
As the arrangements for this undertaking
are all completed, the proprietor asks from a
generous public that consideration to which so
diffusive a scheme of circulating knowledge
and amusement is entitled.
The first number of the -Veto Series com
menced on the sth of January, 1838, from
which period or from any future date neYv sub
scribers may commence.
[by Postmasters and agents for periodicals
throughout the Union and Canada, lire re
quested to act as agents For the Omnibus, and
communicate with tho proprietor.
Addrhss, postpaid,
WILLIAM BROWN,
No. 50, North Fourth-stree, Fhilad
Central Hotel, IVlacou, <*a.
THE subscriber respectfully informs his
friends, and the public in general, that he
has taken the above mentioned establishment,
which, having been recently thoroughly re
paired and enlarged at great expense, is now
open for the reception of Travelers, Boarders,
&c. The chambers are large and airy, the
servants competent and attentive. His table
shall be constantly supplied with every deli
cacy the season and market will furnish. Ills
bar is stocked with the choicest Wines aud Li
quors ; and in order more effectually to make
it a first rate House, he has called to his aid the
services of Mr. A. Elder, of Baltimore, whose
long experience at Barnum’s City Hotel, has
justly entitled him to the reputation of a cater
er for the public. The subscriber therefore
hopes by his unremitting exertions to please, to
receive a liberal share of patronage.
HORACE E. WARD.
N. B. Good Stabling attached to the Ho
tel, with faithful and attentive Ostlers.
House Wright.
NT OSES W. W ILSOJf,
__OULD inform the public that he is ready
to contract for putting up Houses,Stores,
or buildings of any description, at short notice
and on reasonable terms.
le has Lumber and building materials of all
Kinds on hand, which he will furnish to order
at low prices. Also, White Lead, Paints, Oils,
&.C.
Any favors in his line will be thankfully re
ceived and those who employ him may depend
on having their orders executed in a workman
like manner and with'punctuality.
Brunswick, Nov. 16, 1^37.
A N ACT to alter and fix the time of bolding
JTS- the Superior Courts in the Eastern Dis
trict of this State.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of tiie State of Geor
gia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby
enacted by the authority of the same, That
from and after the first day of February next,
the times of holding the Superior Courts for the
Eastern District, shall be as follows, to wit:
IN THE SPRING CIRCUIT.
In the county of Bulloch, on the 4th Monday in
March.
“ “ Effingham, Thursday thereafter.
“ -‘ Camden. 2d Monday in April.
“ “ Wayne, Thursday thereafter.
“ “ Glynn, 3d Monday in April.
“ •• Mclntosh Thursday thereafter.
“ “ Liberty, 4th Monday in April.
“ “ Bryan, Wednesday thereafter.
“ “ Chatham, 2d Monday in May.
IN THE FALL CIRCUIT.
In the county of Bulloch, Wednesday before Ist
Monday in November.
“ “ Effingham, on the Friday there
at ter.
“ “ Camden, 4th Monday in Nov.
“ “■ Wayne, Thursday thereafter.
“ “ Glynn, Monday tt
“ “ Mclntosh, Thursday “
“ “ Liberty, Monday “
“ “ Bryan, Wednesday “
“■ *’ Chatham, 2d Monday in Jan’y.
V Hec. ‘2d. And he it further enacted by the
| authority aforesaid; T hat all persons summon
! ed. subpunod, or bound as suitors, jurors, or
I witnesses, or in any other capacity to attend
I said Court, at tue time which by law now in
| force are holden, shall be bound by virtue of
said summons, subpoena, or other process here
after issued, to attend said Courts altered by this
act. J
biEc. 3d. And he it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That all writs, precepts, or
process of any kind or nature, shall hereafter
he made returnable to the terms of said Courts.
1 heretofore recited.
Sec. 4. And he it further enacted, That all
laws and parts of laws militating against this
act be,and the same are hereby repealed
JOSEPH DAY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
ROBERT M. ECHOLS,
President of the Senate.
Assented t0,23d December. 1537.
GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor.
LIST OF LETTERS
It EEMAINING in the Post Office Brttns-
V wick, March 31st, 1838.
Robert Piles. John F. May, J. W. Frost, Lcw
rancy Lord. James Davis, Nobel Bell,’ Miss
Armstrong, Benj. F. Cato, Cashier Bank Bruns
wick, C. C. Spaulding, F. Readick2, Josialt
Cooper, V. Woolley, John B. foss, Daniel
Blue, Ed. Advocate, Mary E. Cooper, Thomas
Ellis, John L. March.‘Joseph Nichalau, James
O’Kane, Frederick Davis. David Halt, John
Gaweth. Wesley F. Gahagan, Edward llnm
ntor.d, Wnt Summerlin. April n.