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BvunsluUh BY CHARLES DAVIS.] ’ -si VOLUME 2a BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE. AG £ NTS. Bibb County. Alexander Richards, Esq. Telfair “ Rev. Charles J. Shelton. Mclntosh. “ James Blue, Esq. Houston “ B. J. Smith, Esq. Pulaski “ Norman McDuffie, Esq. terms. Three Dollars in advance—s.l at the end of the year. subscriptions received for a less term than six months and no paper discontinu ed until all arrearages are paid except *t the option of the publisher. lETAII letters and communications in relation to the paper, must be POST PAID to en sure attention. IT ADVERTISEMENTS conspicuously in serted at One Dollar per one hundred words, for the first insertion, and Fifty Cents for ev ery subsequent continuance—Rule and figure work always double price. Twenty-five per cent, added, if not paid in advance, or during the continuance of the advertisement. Those sent without a specification of the number of insertions will be published until ordered out, and charged accordingly. Legal Advertisements published at the naual rates. E?" N. B. Sales of Land, by Administrators, Executors or Guardians, are required, by law. I to be held on the first Tuesday in the month, j between the hours of ten in the forenoon and i three in the afternoon, at the Court-house in j the county in which the property is situate.— Notice of these sales must be given in a public gazette, Sixty Days previous to the day of sale. Sales of Negroes must be at public auction, on the first Tuesday of the month, between the usual hours of sale, at the place of public salcs in the county where the letters testamentary, of Administration or Guardianship, may have been granted, first giving sixty days notice thereof, in one of the public gazettes of this State, and at the door of the Court-house,where such sales are to be held. Notice for the sale of Personal Property,must ba given in like manner, Forty days previous to the day of sale. Notice to the Debtors and Creditors of an Es tate must be published for Forty days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Land, must be published for Four Months. Notice for leave to sell Nf.croes, must be published for Four Months, before any order absolute shall be made thereon by the Court. PROSPECTUS. NEW SERIES OF THE LITERARY OMNIBUS, Furnishing Books by Mail , al .Yeu'spaper Postage! 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 tiro dollars and a half, reprints of Lon don books which cost there urer fifty-seven, dot- j lars! tn addition to a large amount of literary matter, reviews of new books, tales, and do mestic and foreign news. The original proprietor, intending to devote his time and attention to his other periodical works, has 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 ‘Wul dic's’ to ‘Browns.’ Browx’r Literary Omnibus 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, Ac., and only chargeable with news paper postage. 2. 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 dollars per annum to clubs o ( Jirc individuals. To clubs of two in dividuals, two dollars and a half or five dollars for ihe two. Single 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 .Y< w Series com menced on the sth of January, 1838, from which period or from any future date new sub scribers may commence. ETI ’ostmasters and agents for periodicals throughout the Union and Canada, are re quested to act as agents for the Omnibus, and communicate with the proprietor. Addrliss, post paid, WILLIAM'BROWN, No. 50, North Fourth-slree, Philad PROPOSALS For publishing by Subscription, a Book lo be entitled The Cherokee Sauk! Lottery, BY JAMES F. SMITH, From a Manuscript copy recently compiled by himself. TIIE publisher assures the citizens of Geor gia. who may think proper lo subscribe to ; the work, that he will use every exertion to I render it a useful vehicle of such information as may be of importance to them. Tltr Cherokee Land lottery will contain the names of all the fortunate drawers in the Land , Lottery and their residence, up to the first of , January, 1838, with an engraved map of each Land District in the Cherokee Country, im mediately precedin'* the names in each district. | The Cherokee Lnmf Lottery will contain about five hundred pages, royal actavo size, will be printed on good paper, neatly bound, and deliv ered to subscribers by the first of March, 1838, at fire dollars per copy. Postmasters and others, who will act as agents for the publisher in procuring subscri bers and who shall procure and forward to the publisher,iji Milledgeville, ten responsible sub scribers shall receive a copy of the work, gratis. All Editors of newspapers in the State who will give the above a few insertions, shall re ceive a copy of the work N»v. 93 PT BUSHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, IN THE CITY OF BRUNSWICK, GLYNN COUNTY, GEORGIA POET R Y. [From Alexander's Weekly Messenger.] CHILDREN. BY MISS CATHERINE 11. WATERMAN. I love a band of children That gather in their mirth, They are the brightest blossoms, Upon our blooming earth. They bring us back glad feelings, And scatter o’er our ways, With their own shining presence, The light of early days. Old scenes start up before us, And youth's romances rise, With all the perish’d beauty That used to glad our eyes. Again we tread the pathways, We loved to tread of yore, And our own laughter's echo, Breaks on the ear once more. Time, seems to have forgotten To mark us in his flight, Day looks as tho’ its brightness Since then had known no night. A band of happy children, Is our own pictur'd past, The glow that gleams around them, Upon our heart's was cast. Our shouts, like theirs, rang freely Upon the summer air. And the same breezes wafted Our locks of sunny hair. They quit us—and the darkness Ofyears comes o’er the sight, We feel time’s mighty pinion, Has swept us in its flight. Our laughter has no echo, Our hush'd hearts cease to glow With the deep swell of gladness, That fill'd them long ; go. The sunny locks are darken’d, Thro’ which the breezes played, And all our summer brightness, ti-.- Oh! for youths blessed morning, Os feelings free and wild, Would I could be forever, A bright eyed happy child. .1 -i f. i_i__ i -.—in... ! _ j SIINCEL L A Y V . [From the Cincinnati Daily Gazette.] A RELIC OF TIIE REVOLUTION. Among the eminent actors in the Rev olution of 177(5, probably no man more estimable for his personal merits, as a pri vate man, or more able and efficient, as a soldier, statesman, or politician, in the best sense of the words, was found more ! capable, and practically efficient, than (Jen. Nathaniel (Jreene, of Rhode Island. Whether viewed as directing the work of destruction, in the hour of battle, or encountering the almost insurmountable j wants of the army and the country, or resisting the formidable force which the British Government employed, in order to reduce the State to their subjection ; his conduct was such and his success so great, as to entitle him to the perpetual recollection and gratitude of all who justly appreciate our privileges as a free people, aiid the great and pervading influence, the principles and practice of equal rights, just legislation, and a free people, who control and regulate their Government, as is done in these U. States, is excrcisiii ,r and pervading those older nations of the European world, from whence generally we are all derived. Some incidents in the life of this eminent soldier & citizen, may entertain and profit the reader; and while the writer admits he almost worships the memory of Nathan iel Greene, he has had good grounds for the matter herein stated. Part being derived from those whom lie understood to be relations of the man; and others from accredited printed authorites. An eminent divine of this city, in a recent lecture, stated, that in his younger days, he had personally labored on the iron—such was Gen. Greene’s original occupation; and he is stated to have carried on a forge, and been distinguishable for j his gf>r,d qualities as a man of business.— !He was born and raised in the Friends’ Society. On the prospect of war, he associated with others, in organizing and ! preparing for war. When the war began, j in opposition to his connexions, he resolv ed on devoting himself as a soldier, in tho cause; and a more dauntless, resolute, and j capable one, was not found in the contin | entnl service. It is stated, when his mother found oppo sing his design was useless, she said, in simple Quaker style, “ Well, Nathaniel, if thee is resolved to go as a soldier, never come back with a wound in thy hack.” One naturally is drawn to the conclusion, that such a mother, and such a son, arc mutually entitled to the greatest honor, and dircctlv honor each other. In the BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 21,1838. army he soon became conspicuous, and attracted the confidence and regard of Gen. Washington. It is stated, that Gen. Washington, after he became apprised of his capacity, gave his advice to Congress, that if any casualty befel himself, they should give the chief command to Gen. Greene. In all the services he was engaged in he was conspicuous for unflinching resolution in battle, and skill, and ingenui ty, in meeting all contingencies before, in, ! aud after his conflicts were over. It was remarked of hint, that he was more formidable the morning after the defeat than most Generals after a victory. To go much into details, is beyond the limits allowed in a newspaper article. It is stated that when an attempt was made by a British detachment from New Y ork, to invade New Jersey, about 17(80, lie be ing in command with inadequate means, near Springfield, the skilful and resolute measures lie adopted, defeated them of their objects, and compelled them to re tire. In the attempts to surprise and cripple the English forces near Philadelphia, the advance was obstructed by a small force occupying Mr. Chew’s stone house. Gen. Greene advised, that a sniaii detachment be left to look after the party in the house, while the main force should press for ward and effect the object in view. The chief doubted, and hesitated, consulted, the time passed, the British received no tice and the plan was foiled. Afterwards, it was perceived, Greene’s course, if acted upon, would have been successful. In the course of events the British army left Philadelphia, and Gen. Washington made an effort, which proved of no substantial use, to arrest their progress at the battle of Brandywine. In this conflict, the di vision under Greene was the only one which partially kept them in check. Af ter the British made New York their head quarters, and continental paper had explo ded, the American forces were nearly dis organized, and Congress had no means. Gen. Washington, in this hopeless dilem ma, urged on Gen. Greene to become Q u arter-M aster-G ener al, aud in some shape keep the force together. Greene - -- j-.- ..... .i.„, event of battle, he should act regularly in line. This was acceded to, and his serv ices have been represented as the means by which the cause of independence was sustained. His sagacity and address be ing equal to the extremity. At this peri od the letter, of which a copy is attached, was written; and merits great confidence, being tho testimony of a man who com bines all the qualities of the good man, the Hero, Statesman, Politician, and Man ager; free of duplicity, vice, insolence, and vanity. A man of sound, solid, common sense, and judgment. After Gates had been at Camden, Con gress called on Washington to name an officer who could retrieve the South. The chief named Greene, who readily assum ed the desperate task. YVlien he assum ed the command, liis force and means j were w holly unavailing; he was obliged to fly before liis powerful foe. His policy was to get the wreck of Gates’ army into Virginia, and there recruit. He is stated after the battle of the Cou pons, fearing I Gen. Morgan might go into the moun | tains, to have crossed the country and ro- J quired Morgan lo retreat with him into | Virginia, which tiie hero declined, only on j condition Greene took the responsibili ity of what Morgan deemed a wrong | step. The retreat was successfully effect ■ ed. and when Greene was in Virginia, 1 Lord Cornwallis halted. Greene was in j stunt in preparation, aud having recruited liis force until lie felt competent, resolved jon going hack into Carolina. When rc | monstrated with, on account of the great hazard and peril, lie showed liis dominate J character by the memorable words, “V ■ will recover the country or perish in the ejjort." He passed over, and in March, 1781/ fought under great disadvantage, the hat-1 tie of Guilford; in which the British,! though they held the field, were so crip- j pled they left the interior, and went to j the sea-board, where their ships could he i reached; and at Yorktown closed their 1 career. It is stated that Gen. Greene, in I 1 dressing his head, wore liis ear-locks curl j ed, and in this battle had one cut off by a \ j musket ball, being all the injury he ever j j received in battle. An excellent trait; he and isplayed, was liis decision in suppress-1 ing the civil war between Whigs and To-! ries; and desertion from liis camp, which, by severe examples, were suppressed. He shared the hardships of his .camp, and won the good will of liis soldiers; of this, the battle of the Eutaw Springs, the clos ing contest for the country, is a striking evidence, it being stated, his soldiers ad hered to him, even destitute of clothing:' | some in this battle arc said to have had 110 dress hut breech cloths; these men, ing their guns at their sides, on the word 1 given, rushed upon the British regulars! with their guns and bayonets, and broke, I and drove them, w inning the battle and I 1 recovering the country as their General declared he would do. The British retir ed to Charleston. In the language of the Poet, “ his deeds proclaim The genius of the matchless man, Whose banners often gleamed amid the solar rays. Among the lightning's glare— Mid torrid realms of more than burning days; bad haunts of death, and plagues, and pu trid air. While the shrill music lengthening down the line, Urge rank, on rank, the dubious Btrife to try— And Greene triumphant ruled the vengeful storm.” A wonderful discovery of secret blood (shedding, which ever speaks “with most miraculous organ,” lias lately taken place ( in Ireland. Three brothers lived togeth er in the county of Carlow: one of them, the eldest, was the possessor of consider able wealth, and frequently declared that his nephews and nieces s r be the better for bis moneypr as he was- re solved to leave it to 'illegitimate children residing in a neijrhbdßng ’town. This man was suddenly iripicd; his broth ers gave out that he had gone Ri America and the report was currently believed. Several months passed on—a child, not yet four years old, the son of one of the remaining brothers, became alarmed when left in the dark, refused to go to bed alone, and at last, so much bad his horror of night increased, cried whenev er the declining sun pointed out the usual hour for the children’s retiring. No attention was paid to his fears, till a neighbor, kindly inquiring into the re a-1 son of his timidity, ascertained that when ever he was alone in the dark, lie saw his dead uncle with a great wound in his j throat—and heard him struggle and moan just as lie did on the night when his (the boy’s) fatht r rut hint with a knife. The police authorities were quietly informed of the child’s remark; he was sent for, j and privately questioned, when lie stated that one night, some time past, lie was ly ing awake in his little bed, when lie saw his father and his uncle thrusting a big knife into the throat of bis uncle Larry, who moaned and cried a short time, and then laid unite still. That his father and Ins uncle seemed very much irightonod, and, tying uncle Larry up in the bed quilt, they carried him out of the house, aud did not come back again all night; that when lie got up in the morning early, he saw his father burying the bed-quilt in a big hole in the garden. He had said nothing about his uncle Larry to any one, although lie had heard many persons in quire after him, and had been present when his fatiier had assigned a voyage to America as the reason for the absence of his brother. Many months elapsed; and the child still kept his secret, although lie had not been urged to secrecy by the murderers, who were ignorant of his knowledge of their crime; ' hut when alone m the dark and silent chamber, the scene ot blood, his imagination pictured the repetition of the murder, and the hor ror of the nightly visitation became too i I much for the child’s endurance—hut with j ! that fit a I blindness which so often affects! ; the guilty, neither his father nor liis un ■ cle noticed the frequency of his com plaints. The fratricides were arrested— the garden searched—and in the spot ! pointed out by the hoy, the bed-quilt, | heavily stained with blood, was discover ! ed, blit the body of the victim has not I keen found. A niece of the murdered i man is also implicated in the crime. The j child has been removed to Dublin, and j will constitute the principal evidence | against his wretched lather at the ensuing ! assizes. Tie Mii.i.stom: that Runaway - with the Man. The boors of Scliilda had buiita mill, and with extraordinary labor they had quarried a mill stone for it, out of a quarry w hich lay on the summit of a high mountain; and when the stone was finished they carried it with great Jabot and pain, down the hill.—When they had got to the bottom, it occurred to one of then, that they might have spared tlieufcclvs the trouble of carrying it down, by Iftting it roll down. “Verily,” said he “ vv«are the stupidest of fools, to take these extrjordinary pains to do that which we migjt have done with so little trouble. Welvill carry it up, and then let it roll dowi the hill by itself as we did before, with the trees which we felled for our coulcil house.” This counsel pleased then all, and with greater labor they car riei the stone to the top of the mountain agah, and were about to roll it down, whai one of them said, but how shall we knov where it runs? or who will he able to til us aught about it? “Why,” said tliebailiff, who had advised the stone’s hciig carried up again, “this is very easi ly Managed; one of us must stick in this hoi/(for the millstone had a great hole in thqmiddlc) and run down with it.” This wa agreed to, and one of them having chosen for the purpose thrust liis he«l through the hole, and ran down the hill with the millstone. Mow at the bottom of the mountain 1 I was a deep fishpond, into which the stone ! rolled, and the simpleton with it, so that the Schildburgers lost both stone and man, | and not one of them knew what had be come of them. And tl[ey felt sadly an | gered against their old companion who j had run down the hill with the stone, for they considered that he had carried it off, for the purpose of disposing of it. So they published a notice in all the neighboring j boroughs, towns, and villages, calling on j them, “ if any one came there with a mill-1 stone round his neck, that they should treat him as one who had stolen the com-! moil goods and give him to justice.” But tiie poor man lay in the pond dead. Had lie been able to speak, he would have been willing to tell them not to worry themselves on liis account, for lie would give them ! their own again. But his load pressed so [ heavily upon him, and carried him so deep j in the water, that he after drinking water, enough—more indeed than was good for him—died, and he is dead at the present day; and dead lie will, shall, and must re main.— [Foreign Quarterly Review. Value of Birds. Some of tho ad vantages of a general scientific survey of our territory, are pointed out in the fol lowing extract from a document present ed to the Massachusetts Legislature: It will of course be asked, what direct good may he expected from accomplish ing such an object. Os what consequence is it to the farmer, to know any thing about birds, arid hugs, and shells? A few examples may illustrate the importance of a zoological survey. Animals arc destroy ed, whose natural habits render their de struction of doubtful utility such as crows, black birds and woodpeckers. It is true that the crow pulls up the blades of corn for the sake of the kernel at its base. But then he preserves a ten fold greater quantity from the inroads of the worms which he devours. “Why then should the farmer be so ungrateful,” says Mr. Audubon, “when lie secs such services rendered him by a provident friend, as to persecute that friend, even to the death!” When I know, by experience, the gener osity of the people, I cannot but wish that they would reflect a little, and become , more imiulffent towards our poor, humble harmless, and even most serncoame mra, I ‘l'e crow.” History tells us, “that when V irginia at mi enormous expense, had ex tirpated the little crow, the inhabitants would willingly have bought them hack again, at double the price, that they might devour insects.” Also, that when the farmers of New England, by offering a reward of three pence per head on the crow blackbird, had nearly exterminated them, insects increased to such a degree as to cause a total loss of the herbage: and the inhabitants were obliged to ob tain their liny from Pennsylvania and oth er places. No bird is more universally or unjustly persecuted than the woodpeck er, because of liis supposed injury to the tree. lie is furnished by a kind provi dence, with a bill capable of penetrating the hark and a long tongue, to draw out the insects which are destroving the tree. It is also usual to stone the sparrow from our gardens, under the supposition that he picks up the seeds which wo have deposited there, w hen lie is really devour ing nothing hut the grubs and other in sects, in which the rich garden earth abounds, and which are the real destroy ers o( tho seeds. It has been calculated by observation, that a single sparrow, with her young, devours 3,350 caterpil lars, in a week, or 480 per day. Whitewashing extraordinary. The Rev. Mr. Williams, whose return to the South Seas noticed in the Herald a few days ago, gives, in one of liis narratives, a laughable account of the effect produc ed 011 the natives of one of the Islands by a successful attempt which he made to convert the coral of their shores into lime. After having lauglted at the pro cess of burning, which they believed was to cook the coral for food, w hat was their astonishment when in the morning they found the missionary’s cottage glittering in the rising sun, white as snow! They I danced, they sung, they shouted, they 1 screamed for joy. The whole island wa# soon in commotion, given up to wonder and curiosity. 'Fhe bon ton immediately voted the whitewash a cosmetic and a Kalydor, and superlatively happy did ma ny a swarthy coquette consider herself could she but enhance her charms hi a > dab of the white brush. And now party spirit run high, as it will do in more ciy ilized countries, as to who was or who was not entitled to preference. One par ty urged their superior rank and riches; a second got the brush and were deter mined at all events to keep it; and a third to overturn the whole, that they might obtain some of the sweepings. They did not scruple to rob each other of the little share that some had been so happy as to procure. But soon new lime was prepared, and in a week not a hut, a domestic utensil, a war club, or a garment, but was white as snow; not an inhabitant hut what had his skin paint-j [TERMS $8 IN ADVAWCH. ... X9W cd with the most grotesque fluUlßu, not a pig hut what was similarly whitened; and even mothers might be seen in every direction capering with extravagant ges tures, and yelling with delight at the su perior beauty of their whitewashed in ■ funts.—[English paper, i # ■ r 1 Industry. The following anecdote | may give some encouragement tothf m- I dustrious husbandman:— Not long ago, a country gentleman had an estate of j£2oo | a year, which he kept in his own hands, 1 until lie found hinteeif so much iu debt, that to satisfy l*is creditors, be was oblig ed to sell the hdlf, and to let the remain der to a farmer for twenty-one years. Towards the expiration of the lease the ! farmer coming one day lo pay his .rent, 1 asked the gentleman whether be would | sell the farm. "Why, will you buy it?” j said the gentleman. "If you will part with it, and we can agree,” replied the farmer. “That is exceedingly strange,” said the gentleman.— “ Pray, toll me how it happens, that, while I could not lire upon tw ice as much land, for which I pay no rent, you are regularly paying me a hundred a year for your farm, and able in a few years, to purchase it?” “The reason is plain,” answered the ’farmer: “you sat still, and said, ‘go!’ I got up, and said ‘come!’—you laid in bed and enjoyed your case; I rose in the morning, and minded my business.” David Crockett. —Col. Forbes has recently related to us an interesting anecdote of the celebrated Crockett. — At the commencement of the war the latter arrived at Nacogdoches accompained by several volunteers. Soon after their arrival they proceeded lo the office of Col. Forbes, (w ho was then first judge of that municip | ality,) to take the oath of allegience. The Colonel immediately wrote out the follow ing form: “ I do solcmcnly swear that I will bear true allegiance to the provisional Govern ment of Texas, or any future Government ! that may be hereafter declared, and that I will serve her honestly and faithfbily 1 against all her enemies and oppressors | whatsoever, and observe and obey the ! orders of the Governor of Texas, the wullis illlll tlcorooo oftlio proennt &i. future authorites, and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the rules and articles for the Government of Texas, so help me God.” ' Upon offering it to Crockett, he refused to sign it, saying that he was willing to take an oath to support any future repub lican Government, but could not subscribe liis name to this form as the future gov ernment might he despotic, the Colonel therefore inserted the word republican between the words future and government, and Crockett readily signed the instru ment. The original has lately been deposited in the office of the Secretary of War, in which the word republican appears interlined and beneath it is the autograph | of David Crockett.— Texas Telegraph. I Quackery.— Dr. F , a physician I of Montpelier, France, was in thehabitof I employing a very ingenious artifice. When he came to a town where he was not known he pretended to have tost his dog, & order ed the public crier to offer, with beat of | drum, a reward of twenty-five louis to whoever should brjng it to him. The crier I took care to mention all the titles and academic honors of the doctor, as well as his place of residence. He soon became the talk of the town. ‘Do you know,’ says one, ‘that a famous phisician has come litre, a very clever fellow, he must be very rich, for lie offers twenty-five louis for finding liis dog.’ The dog was not found,, hut patients were. Not to he cheated. It is the boast of | the hardy fishermen and coasters of the North, that they can tell their whereabout without any other instrument than lead, and no other observation than a scrutiny of the sand brought from t’ne bottom upon it. A famous anecdote in Nantucket, is* told of one Captain Bunker, a branch of the great amphibious family of Bankers. Being sick and below, he directed that the lead should he brought to his berth for liis inspection. The craft belonged to Nantucket, and was in sand ballast. The mate of the vessel, somewhat of a wag, and a doubter of the Captain’s infallibility, wet the lead, and dipping it in the ballast, carried it down to the berth. Old Captain Bunker’s eyes dilated with astonishment as he asked—“Do you say that you got this sand by sounding?” “Y'es, sir.” “Then Nantucket’s Sunk, and we are right over Tupper’s Hill!” The mate went on deck. . V How TO MAKE A IIoRSE GbOW. “That’s a tarnation tall lioss,”saidLaidlaw. “Y r es. I guess you can't account for it,” replied Jonathan. “No how,” saidLudhtw. “He belongs to so and to, the Hvery man, and his tallness comes through his haring been regularly higher’d (hired) every day for (lie last seven years.” ,