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BY CHARLES DAYIS.]
VOLUME 2.
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
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Telfuir “ Rer. Charles J. Sheltan.
Mclntosh “ Janies Blue, Esq.
Houston “ B. J. Smith, Esq.
Pulaski “ Norman McDuffie, Esq.
Twiggs “ William H. Robinson, Esq.
H'ayne “ Robert Howe, Esq.
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Lands for Sale.
THE Subscriber offers for sale 400 acres
Pine Land, situated on the Little Satilla,
in Camden County. The land is very conve
nient to water carriage, and is bounded North
by lands of William Moore, on all other sides
by vacant lands. It contains about 20 acres
Hammock, and the residue is covered with a
good growth principally pine timber.
Also, 360 acres, principally Hammock, on
Barrington road, Glynn County. The land is
situated within 13 miles of Brunswick, and
within 3 miles of the south branch of Alatania
ha river.
Likewise, a tract containing 100 acres; 20
acres of which is hammock, and the residue
pine, situated at the cross roads, Sterling,
Glynn County, distant 11 miles from Bruns
wick, baing a very good situation for a Tavern
Stand. •
Any information in regard to said land can
be had on application to John Franki.in, Jr.
Brunswick, Ga. JOHN FRANKLIN, Sen r-
Feb. 15. ts
JI'EGROES n\i.\'TEM>.
THE Contractors upon the Brunswick and
Alatamaha Canal are desirous to hire a
number of PRIME NEGRO MEN, from the
Ist October next, for fifteen months, until the
Ist January, 1640, or for any term within these
dates, not less than twelve months. They will
pay at the rate of EIGHTEEN DOLLARS
per month for each prime hand. Payments to
be made quarterly.
These negroes will be employed in the exca
vation of the Canal. They will be provided
with three ar.d a half pounds of pork or bacon
and ten quarts of gourd seed com per week,
lodged in comfortable shantees and attended
constantly by a skilful physician.
As the Contractors are now making their
arrangements for the work of the next year,
all those who will be disposed to hire negroes
for the coming season are requested to make
immediate application, and obtain any further
information that may be desired at the office
of the Contractors in Brunswick.
J H. COUPER,
P. M. NIGHTINGALE.
sept. 20—3 ma.
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once a week till forbid and forward their bills
to this office.
Yellow Pine dumber.
The burnt fort steam mill
COMPANY, on the Satilia River, (Cam
den Cos.) Geo., have on hand a large amount of
Sawed Lumber, and are prepared to fill orders |
to any amount, of any size and length, up to.
sixty feet. The timber on the Satilia is of the
best quality, Yellow Pine, to be found in the
Southern States. The Mills (SO miles up the ,
river ) are well built after the Northern fash
ion and well manned with Northern millmen.
Vessels drawing 6 feet of water can go up to j
the Mills, and ships of a thousand tons can go
within eight miles, where they can hare the
lumber brought to them, load, and not be sub
ject to any charges whatever. The lumber
will be put at low prices to secure custom.
Hav, Corn, Provisions and West India produc
tions will often be taken in exchange for lum
bP/'a Colby, Esq. of Philadelphia, principal
owner.) SAMUEL ATKINSON, Agent.
Burnt Fort, Camden County, Geo.
sep 13—ep3m. , „ ~ . _
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BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13,1838.
POETRY.
[From the Christian Statesman.]
‘ The fool hath said in his heart there is no God. 1
Psalm 14.
‘No God ! No God !’ The simplest flower
That on the wild is found,
Shrinks, as it drinks its cup "of dew,
And trembles at the sound ;
‘ No God !’—astonished echo cries,
From out her cavern hoar,
And every wandering bird that flies
Reproves the Atheist-lore.
The solemn forest lifts its head,
The Almighty to proclaim,
The brooklet, on its crystal urn,
Doth leap to grave his name.
High swells the deep and vengeful sea,
Along its billowy track,
And red Vesuvius opes its mouth,
To hurl the falsehood back.
The palm-tree, with its princely crest,
The cocoa’s lofty shade,
The bread fruit bending to its load,
The winged seeds, that borne by winds,
The raving sparrows feed,
The melon on the desert sands,
Confute the scorncr’s creed.
* No God !’ with indignation high
The fervent sun is stirred,
And the pale Moon turns paler still,
At such an impious word ;
And from their burning thrones, the Stars
Look down with angry eye,
That thus a worm of dust sliould mock
Eternal Majesty. L. 11. S.
WOMAN’S WIT, OR LOVE’S DISGUISES.
They sat within a bower of roses twined,
A pale, dark youth, beßide a bright-eyed
girl:
Behind her parted lips shone wealth of pearl,
As, ever and anon, she, smiling, turned
To that dark youth : and he with fevered mind,
Gazed on that bright eyed girl, and mutely
drank
The beauty that on her fair features burned,
Till all their witchery to his heart’s depths
sank.
He seized her hand, and borne upon the tide
Os swelling passion, straight before her knelt.
He felt—he felt—he knew not how he felt—
But feel he did, and said so ; —she replied,
“ All very tine this, Master Tom, no doubt,
But does your anxious mother really know
you’re out ?"
MISCELLANY.
Extraordinary Fanatics. The arti
cle which follows is from one of the latest
numbers of the “United Service Journal.”
Readers will believe as much of it as they
please, though we do not perceive that it
is more incredible than some of the state
ments made a year or two since, on pret
ty good authority, respecting the Egyptian
Magician :
Ever since I came to India I have heard
of a class of Mussulmans, the disciples of
a sect or saint by name Shaikh ltuflfai,
who, in order to impress the unbelievers
with the truth of the Mussulman faith, im
parted to his followers the power of plung
ing swords and daggers into their body,
cutting of their tongue, frying it, and put
ting it together again, cutting off the head
and limbs, scooping out the eye, and, in
truth, doing with their head and body
whatsoever it pleased them to do; all of
which Colonel G , in company with a
clergyman, a Mr. , had seen, when
the latter grew sick, and ran out of the
place, declaring it was the power of Satan,
which to this day he believes, and the Colo
nel, that it is done through the power ofthe
art, magic, at which I of course laughed, j
and declared that so soon as a man of the
regiment (by name Shaikh Kureen, one
of these Ruffai) should return from fur
lough, I would witness the exhibition.
A large tent was accordingly pitched,
and fifty lamps furnished, and plates full
of arsenic, and quantities of a plant of the
cactus tribe, filled with a milky juice, a
drop of which, if it fall on your skin, blis
ters it, and a vast quantity of the common
glass bangles, or bracelets worn by the
women, and daggers, and swords, and
things like thick steel skewers, and other
horrid looking weapons, like a butcher’s
steel, only with a large handle covered
with chains, and about twenty Ruffais to
beat all manner of drums; and so, when
all was ready, about five of the officers
left the mess table with myself, and along
with us about a hundred sepoys crowded
into the tent. When we were seated, and
silence obtained, the work commenced by
a sort of chant from their sacred books,
the drum-beater joining in and keeping
time; the chant increased at length both
j in noise and velocity; until, having work
] ed themselves into an ecstacy, they seized
I hold of the instruments, the body kept in
J a 9ort of swinging motion; some plunged
! the skewer instruments, one through each
: cheek, another through the tongue, a third
| through the throat, and then commenced
| stabbing themselves with swords and dag-
I gers, and all sorts of nasty instruments.—
I Others cut off their tongue, and, having
! roasted it in the fire, put it in their mouth
| again, when they immediately united; they
j ate the arsenic and the blistering milk
plant, whilst others munched the glass ban
gles as though they were the greatest del
icacies.
This was all done within half a yard of
my knees, for they came up close to me i
with many lamps, in order that I might!
see that there was no deception; and I do 1
assure you that it made me feel sick, and
produced any thing but an agreeable sensa
tion on my mind, for to this moment I
know not what to think of it. lam not
superstitious, and, although the Colonel
and many very respectable natives had de
clared to me that they did actually do these
things, and that, if a sense were to be in
any mauner trusted they had seen it all
done, I would, nevertheless, not believe it.
I was told beforehand that it required faith
and purity on th* part of the performer,
and that, then, not a drop of blood would
follow; but that otherwise, a few drops of
blood would sometimes follow the instru
ment, and the performer would receive
some slight injury.
On taking my departure from the tent,
I happened to say, that I should, at all
events, think more honorable of their
prowess if I saw them exhibited in the
open face of day, and divested of noise,
motion, paraphernalia, &c. On the fol
lowing day, whilst reclining on my couch
at about two o’clock, reading an English
newspaper, without a servant or soul near
me, in rushed their Kazee, (priest or
judge,) his band full of iustrunients, which,
throwing upon the ground, he seized one,
plunged it through his tongue, upwards,
so that it stuck into his nose, another
through his throat; he then stabbed him
self with a bright and sharp cresse, which
entered his body about three inches; not a
drop of blood fell: he was going to cut off
bis tongue, when I begged of him to de
sist. I was, in truth, perfectly nauseated
at the sight. The man was in a state of
phrenzy, and really looked frightful; his
face stuck full of instruments, arid stab
bing and cutting himself with all his might.
I sang out for some people, and turned him
out.
I have now told you what I have seen,
and yet I will not ask you to believe it,
for I know not myself what to think.—
There are many persons of very strong
minds, in other respects, who firmly be
lieve, and who do not hesitate to declare
their belief, that although driven out of
Christendom, demonology, witchcraft,
necromancy, and the entire list of black
and forbidden arts and powers are broad,
and in full existence in India. And I
must declare that 1 will never again trust
my senses if I did not see all that I have
told you. I examined the instruments—l
saw them drawn out of the flesh, and no
{scar, or blood, or mark left. I also saw
1 a man eat and swallow three ounces of ar
senic, and crunch and swallow glass ban
! gles innumerable; and yet, although “see
. ing is believing,” I can scarcely say that
I believe what before a court of Justice I
would swear I had seen.
YOUNG MEN, READ THIS.
A SCENE FROM “CLEMENT FALCONER.”
Mr. Crabbe entered his office late one
evening, after having passed from the
grave to the gay, in his usual manner at the
table of a friend, and throwing himself in
to his own chair, “Clem,” said he, “lay
aside that book, and let us talk.” Aud
the volume being deposited on the table, he
continued: “I have turned out of nty
office a number of very clever, and a few
very distinguished men, and whether you
arc to go in advance of your predecessors,
or to fall behind them, must depend, in
some measure, upon nature, to be sure,
but mainly upon yourself. I was sitting
in this place one morning in the fall ofthe
year, when in stepped a long lank, limber
young Yankee. His cane was thrown
over his shoulder, from which depended
down his back a bandana handkerchief,
containing all the worldly goods and
clothes he possessed besides those he had
on. He wore a slouched beaver, a thread
bare coat, linen pantaloons, and coarse
shoes, and had travelled afoot from the
mountains of New Hampshire, on his way
to the West. But it had occurred to him
that morning as lie said, that before lie
arrived in the new States, he would like .
to study the law, and requested permission
to begin his studies forthwith, in my office, !
desiring me to state, at the same time,
what was the customary student’s fee in
these parts. Somewhat startled attheap-!
parition, l had thought at first of not re
ceiving him; but there was something in !
the quiet determination of his eye, and
the confident business air with which he
threw down his bundle, and opened the
subject of his wishes, and still more in
the hardy enterprize and firmness of pur
pose implied in the whole conduct ofthe
young man, that pleased me exceedingly, j
and 1 told him that he was welcome to
the use of my books, and to such aid as
I could afford him in the prosecution of
his studies. That my charge to those
young gentlemen who were able to pay
me conveniently, was one hundred dol
lars per annum; but those who could not
afford this expenditure, I willingly receiv
ed without charge. He replied that he
had no money, and could only say, that
j after he should be qualified to practice,
and had got into business, which he hoped
he would not be long in doing, he would
remit my«fee from the West. He set in
accordingly, paying his board, and pro
viding himself with clothing, by taking
a class of young men, to whom be gave
instruction at night, in Latin and Greek,
and was never absent from the oflice one
day for three years, at which time he was
admitted to the bar.—lie now again took
up his cane and bundle, continued his
tramp over the mountains, and sat him
self down in the then territory of Indi
ana, whence he/einitted me, iusmal! sums
from time to time, the whole amount of
my fee. I wrote to him, declaring that I
was unwilling to receive his money, and
hoped that he would consider me satis
fied; but he insisted upon paying me eve
ry farthing.—And now that man is a Sen
ator in Congress from the West, building
up a well-earned fame among the Amphic
tyons of the Union.”
A Nkw-Jersey Hero. —C’apt. Nathan
iel Fitz Randolph, of Woodbridge, was one
of the bravest and most intrepid men.—
Twice he was offered a Colonel’s com
mission in the regular army; but he pre
ferred the command of his own select vol
unteers to any other service, and perform
ed the most desperate deeds of valor.
He and his men were once surrounded
by a greatly superior force of the British.
Their uniform motto was, ‘Death or Vic
tory.’ The contest was maintained with
great slaughter of his companions, who
lay in heaps dead and wounded around
him. In this condition, he seized a mus
ket, ami, being a man of great muscular
strength, defended himself and knocked
down his enemies right and left with the
butt end of it, until the British command- 1
er became heartily sick of the contest, and i
begged that for God’s sake he would de- j
sist and spare the sacrifice of human life, j
seeing that he must eventually fall into:
their hands dead or alive. He coolly re-j
plied that he was not yet a prisoner, and :
again placed himself in a posture of de-j
fence. The renewed his
entreaties, telling him he was the bravest
man he ever saw, and that it was a pity
so valuable a life should be lost in so un
equal a contest; promising him the kind
est treatment. At length, being covered
with wounds, and faint anil weak from fa
tigue and loss of blood, and no longer
able to raise the weapon of defence, he re
luctantly gave himself up, under the pledge
that he sliould be well treated, and ex
changod the first opportunity; which prom
ise was faithfully performed, and he was
soon again at liberty to take up bis arms
in defence of freedom. His bravery, in
trepidity, and gigantic strength, made
him a terror to the British wherever his
name was known; but the torics and Lon
don traders were his most inveterate foes.
A whole squad dared not encounter him
in the day-time, even when he was alone.
On a certain occasion, when he was on
a scouting expedition on Staten Island, a
party of tories secretly dogged him into a
house in the evening, and, after lie had
laid aside his arms, rushed in upon him
and made him prisoner—when, to his
great grief and mortification, he remained
| nearly a year before he was exchanged.
At the head of his volunteers he once
encountered a company of Hessians, one
of whom, being somewhat separated from
the rest, took deliberate aim and wounded
Captain R. in the arm. He plainly saw
from whence the ball came, the companies
being very near together, and, walking de
liberately up to the fellow, as though he
would say something to him, seized him
under his sound arm and brought him off
a prisoner, while his gaping comrads stood
motionless with surprise.
Capt. R. was finally killed by a musket
ball in a battle near Elizabethtown, and
hurried at Woodbridgc with the honors of
war.—[Newark Engle.
Lean People. —Many who do not pos-j
sess the proportions of Daniel Lambert, |
will be amused by the following extract, i
but we doubt whether any will be found i
willing to enlarge, by following the pre-j
scription. It is from anew work by Dr.
Bell, entitled “health and beauty:”
“Various expedients, in addition to an
improved diet, have been resorted to, for
the restoration of lean persons to a better
care: but amongst the most singular that
we have on record is that of flagellation.— j
Galen says that horse dealers have been
observed to fatten horses for sale, by flog- j
ging them; an analogous method might
be useful with spare persons who wish to-;
become stouter. He also mentions slave'
dealers, who employed similar means. ■
Suetonius informs us that Musa, the fa
vorite physician of Augustus, used to
flagellate him, not only to cure him of
sciatica, but to keep him plump. Mel
bomius pretends that nurses whip little
children, to fatten them, that they may
appear healthy and chubby to their moth
ers. No doubt but flagellation determines,
a greater efflux of blood to the surface,
and may thus tend to increase the circu
lation, and give tone to parts which w'ouid
otherwise be languid.”
Overgrown Wealth. The cele
brated Countess Branitska, the neice of
Petomkin, died lately on her estate of
Biala-Cerkiew, in the eightieth year of
her age. She had been a favorite of the
Empress Catharine, on which account the
Emperor Alexander always treated her
with the utmost distinction and respect,
addressing her by the name of matuska,
or mother. He never met her without
kissing her hand, and he would stand in
her presence until she hade him be seat
ed. The Countess has left an immense
fortuae, which will be partly inherited
by Count Wotozow, her son-in law. A
sum of one million sterling in specie was
found in her chateau; she has sixty mill
ion of roubles lodged in the Bank of Rus
sia, and on her estate were one hundred
and thirty thousand peasants or slaves.
The Countess in her lifetime made money
in every way; she lent it out in mortgages,
and there are very few landed proprietors
in the empire who are not her debtors;
she discounted bills, sold gold, disposed
herself of the immense produce of her
lands, and it is even said, that having vis
ited France some years since, and find
ing human hair so valuable an article iu
that country, she had, oil her return to
Russia, caused the heads of all her fe
male slaves to be shaved, and shipped a
cargo of chevelures to France, where they
fetched her a handsome return. Her ca
isse was always escorted by thirty or
forty Cossacks, and her reputation for
wealth was so general throughout the em
pire that during the last insurrection, the
Polish government had given instructions
to General Dwernicki and other olficers
sent on expeditions into Lithuania, to en
deavor to gain possession of her treasures.
“Nine Tailors make a mast .”—This
sentence which hud its origin in the great
ful mind of one who had received his
start in life from the charity of the craft,
has now, from an ignorance of the cir
cumstance, entirely lost its meaning.
The term had its origin in the following
manner:—
In 1743, an orphan beggar boy ap
plied for alms at a fashionable tailor’s
shop in Loudon, in which nine journey
men were employed.—The interesting
appearance of the boy opened the hearts
of the benevolent tailors, who immediate
ly contributed nine shillings for the relief
of the little stranger. With this capital,
our hero purchased fruit, which lie retail
ed at profit.
From this beginning he eventually rose
to great wealth and distinction; and when
lie set up his carriage, he had painted up
on the panel, "Nine Tailors made me a
Man."
Anecdote of Dr. Franklin. —ln Phil
adelphia, the merchants, many years since,
set up an assembly for dancing, and desir
ous to make a distinction, and to assume
a rank above the mechanics, they at first
proposed this among the rules for regu
lating the assembly:—That “no mechan
ic, or mechanic’s wife or daughter should
he admitted on any terms.” These rules
being shown by a manager to a friend
(Franklin) for his opinion, he remarked
that one of them excluded God Almigh
ty. “How so?” said the manager. “Be
cause,” replied the friend, he is notorious
ly the greatest mechanic in the universe,
having, as the scripture testifies, made all
things, and that by weight and measure .”
The intended new gentlemen became
ashamed of their rule, struck it out, and
no such distinction has ever since been
made there.
Miss Tolly Collins took up Robert
Knowles, at Barnstable, for not fulfilling
his promise to marry her. The gist of
the evidence turned out thus: “1 asked
Polly,” said Robert, “if she would have
me and she answered, yes; but I did not
tell her that I would have her.” That
made it bad for Polly.
A clergyman, not quite a hundred miles
fron Edinburgh, preached a most edifying
discourse on ‘Come and draw water out
of the wells of salvation, without money
and without price.’ On the following
week some of his parishioners took the
liberty of drawing water from a very fine
spring well in the parson’s garden at which
the learned divine was not a little nettled, j
Being reminded by the intruder, of his
text and sermon, the reverend gentleman j
replied, ‘You may draw as much water i
as ye like from the wells of salvation, but
if you come here again and take my wa
ter, I’ll send a bullet through you.”
We have seen many good mottos, but
we do not recollect to have seen one in
which so much truth is embraced in so
| few words as the following, taken from
the Alton (Illinois,) Spectator.
“The man who takes no papers,
Or taking, pays not when they're read;
Would sell his corn to buy a <horn
And live on borrowed bread."
[TERMS. |S IN ADVANCE.
NUMBER 28L
| MACON, Non AT.
I A Runaway's Den was discovered on
I Sunday, near the Washington Spring* in
a little patch of woods, where it had oeen
j for several months so artfully concealed
under ground, that it was detected only
by accident, though in sight of two or
three houses and near the road and fields
where there has been constant daily pass
ing. Tlie entrance was concealed by a
pile of pine straw representing a hog bed
—which being removed* discovered a trap
door and steps that led to a room about 6
feet squre, comfortably ceiled with plank,
containing a small fire place, the floe of
which was ingeniously conducted .above
ground and concealed by the straw.—
The inmates took the alarm and made
their escape; but Mr Adams and bis ex
cellent dogs being put upon the trail, Boon
run down and secured one of them, which
proved to be a negro fellow who has been
out about a year. He stated the other
occupant was a woman, who had been out
a still longer time. In the den was found
a quantity of meal, bacon, corn, potatoes,
&.c. and various cooking utensils and
wearing apparel.—[Telegraph.
The NoRTn Eastern Boundary.—
The commissioners appointed by the gov
ernment of Maine to examine the north
eastern boundary line, have concluded
their duties and returned !o their home*.
The Bangor Courier says, “We under
stand that they found very distinctly mark
ed highlands at the point where the ivaters
divided between the St. Lawrence, an3
the Atlantic ocean, and all the country
north of St. John's river extremely moun
tainous. The country where the waters
divide, is not level and swampy, as has
been represented and believed by many,
but lies in mountains and dividing high
lands, corresponding to the terms of the
treaty of 1783.—[Journal of Com.
We learn that a letter from the Rev. C.
W. Howard, the State’s Agent at London
to procure copies of the Records relating
to the Colonial History of Georgia, has
been received at the Executive Depart
ment containing the information that he
had obtained permission to examine and
transcribe the records.—[Georgia Jour
nal.
Masaniello. —The church still stauds
in Naples where Masaniello was shot, the
only spired edifice in the sity. In a fit
of derangement he ascended the altar place,
and was about to harangue the populace;
descending the steps he was met by the
emissaries of Government, who stood pre
pared to sacrifice him. The unfortunate
fisherman, it is said, received three balls
aimed at his person in different directions.
The opera is not allowed to be played in
Naples, it is sometimes done in Florence
as a pnntomine.
Two of the greatest works of art now to
be seen in Switzerland are, the new
chain suspension bridge at Freyburg, and
the grand organ in the cathedral of that
town. The former, flying over from rock
to rock at an immense height above the
river, and of a very wide expansion, near
ly equals in grandeur, though not in mas
sive solidity, or the almost superfluously
luxury of construction, its great prototype
over the Menai straits, Caernarvonshire.
The second is in many respects hardly in
ferior to the organ at Haerlem, and in
the vox humana stop is said to be superior.
Patronage.— Col. Smith—commonly
known to the theatrical world at the West
as Sol Smith—recently assumed the dou
ble character of manager of the Mobile
Theatre and editor of the Mobile Adver
tiser. He soon grew tired of his thorny
seat in the chair editorial, and on making
his exit, adressed his readers with a fare
well and last appearance speech, in the
course of which he introduced the follow
ing remarks on patronage: “Speaking
of patrons —I cannot conclude without
giving some of my ideas on the subject of
patronage. The Americans are a patron
izing people. If a person subscribes for
a newspaper, or advertises in it, he be
comes a patron; if be puts up at a hotel,
he patronizes that house; if he purchases
an article at a store, he gives the merch
ant his custom, if he visits the playhouse
on a benefit night, he bestows Ota such
an actor a dollar! This is all wrong.—
Let us change this patronizing air, and
acknowledge that if we take a newspaper,
purchase goods, lodge or dine at a hotel,
or go to the play, we ezpeet, at least, to
get our money’s worth. 'Holla, oM fellow,’
bawled out a chap to me, in South Caro
lina, ‘I gave you a dollar last night —I like
to patronize, the Theatre.’ The day before,
I had loaned that patron fifty dollars which
he has not paid me to this day!”
It has been shrewdly remarked by some
one, that there are four orders of women;
the peacocks, with whom dress is all; the
1 magpies, with whom chatter Is all; the
| turtles, with whom love is aH: and the
: paradise birds, above them all.