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THE undersigned, land holders and inhabi
tants of St. Simons Island, comparing the
present state of their society with what it has
been, feel deeply mortified at its present deg
radation.
They have to lament that their former char
acter for respectability has been impaired ; that
they have-been exposed to the ridicule of the
community ; that their property has been de
teriorated in value, and that their happiness has
suffered a shock of a most fatal character.
These are evils that have become so intol
erable, that a propef respect for themselves
and public opinion, and the instinctive princi
ple of self preservation, require that they
should, by a public declaration, shew tlieir dis
approbation of those acts which have led to
such a degraded state of society; and that they
should endeavor to prevent a' repetition of
them, by legal coertion, and the full moral in
fluence of the whole community.
They would in the first place express their
unqualified disapprobation of the recent -pub
lications in hand bills and newspapers of chal
lenges for duels, given and received in open
contempt of our laws, conveyed in language so
indecorous, and containing conditions so bar
barons and ferocious as to reflect disgrace on a
civilised community.
They would recommend that the members
of our society, who have been concerned in
such publications, be prosecuted.
The late lamented rencontcr that took place
at Brunswick between Mr. John A. Wylly and
Doct. Thomas F. Hazzard,and which termina
ted in the death of the former, being now un
der judicial investigation, the decorous respect
due to the laws of the country prevents the un
dersigned from giving, at present, any declar
ation of opinion with respect to it.
They cannot howeverTeprcss the expression
of their grief that by that act, one of their most
respected citizens has been consigned to an un
timely fate, and a blighting misery inflicted on
a most worthy family consisting of an aged
and amiable lady and her daughters.
They cannot too pointedly advert to the fact,
that had the only Justice of the Peace on this
Island discharged his duty, such a misfortune
would not have happened. They therefore
recommend that he be prosecuted for mal
practice in office and neglect of duty; unless
he previously resigns his commission.
They would notice the circumstance that
strangers and aliens of doubtful character have
established themselves at Frederica, and sub
gist by illegal trafie with slaves, and would re
commend that they be prosecuted.
They would strongly express their indigna
tion that strangers, aided by some members of
this community, have attempted to run up
lands set apart for useful public purposes, and
lield by public bodies under the authority of
the State for a period far beyond that prescrib
ed by the law.
They would particularly notice, that follow
ing so bad a precedent, a certain Mrs. Cather
ine Blue has made a sacriligious attempt to
run up the Church lands on this Island, vested
by the Legislature in the Wardens and Vestry
men of Christ's Church; and which now are
and have been in the undisputed possession of
that corporate body for above thirty years.—
Such attempts to wrest from public bodies of
useful character, the endowments conferred
on them at a remote period, being equally bold
and unjust, they recommend that all legal
means by suits against the trespassers, and the
Survey w; fee resortedtp in order to Msamv
Ana whereas it appears that society has be
come so depressed, that the Church bibles and
prayer books are no longer safe in our Church,
they recommend their removal, and that of the
pulpit and altar ornaments and the communion
cups, to some place of safety, until Mrs. Blue's
survey is decided, and until the Rector re
turns.
We the subscribers, do hereby nominate
and appoint John Coureß, Robert Grant
and James Gould, a Standing Committee, to
watch over and attend to the interests of our
Island, with power to call a meeting of the in
haWtanta whenever they may deem it neces
sary. And w« pledge ourselves to support
them in all the legal prosecutions herein r^|
eommende the above named Committee
to forward, under their signatures, copies of
th« expression of our feelings and opinions,
for publication in the Brunswick Advocate,
Savannah Georgian and Savannah Republi
rSigned by many of the inhabitants of St.
Simons, the names of whom were accidentally
omitted to be forwarded to us. _ Ed. AdvJ
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MISCELLANY.
Physical education. —When physical
education is mentioned, that is a knowl
edge of the laws by which health and
strength are attained and preserved, ma
ny people start and ask in surprise wheth
er every man is to be a physician. The an
swer to this is easy. Physicians under
stand the laws and symptoms of the dis
eased body. It is enough for common
meri to understand the laws and functions
of the healthy body. The conditions of
health are few, simple intelligible. The
action of disease is intricate and infinite.
Anybody is competent to a knowledge of
the former. After so many lives of study
and experience, the latter is still an im
perfect science. That knowledge res
pecting air, exercise, dress, and diet,
which is requisite for the preservation of
health, may be acquired with a far less
amount of attention and expense, than are
commonly necessary in a three month’s
sickness; while a physician has to learn
the endless catalogue of diseases and the
infinite varieties of pain, together with the
properties and applications of a cata
logue of supposed remedies equally end
less.
The body is not only the instrument
through which the mind operates, but
it is the first and only one through which
the mind can act upon any other instru
ment, provided for it by science or art.
Hence the highest powers of mind, with
the most perfect external instruments all
around it, and the noblest sphere of action
before it, may be baffled through the de
fects of that intermediate instrument the
body. From an ignorant violation of the
simple laws of health, bow many young
men sicken and die, after having incur
red the expense and volunteered the la
bor necessary to qualify them for useful
ness and honor; like frail barks, sinking
in the ocean at the first approach of the
storms, and carrying down the costly
freight with which they were laden! Who
that has reached middle life has not seen
many of the friends who started with
him under the happiest auguries of suc
cess, broken down in their career; —not
falling nobly in the race, but ignobly per
ishing by the wayside and far from the
goal of duty? Mental power is so de
pendent for its manifestation on physical
power, that we deem it not extravagant
to say, that if, amongst those who lead
sedentary lives, physical power could be
'doubted, their mental power could be
doubted also. The health and costitu
tional vigor of a people is a blessing not
to be lost—certainly not to be regained—
in a day. Not only to bodily fragility
and incapacity of endurance diminish the
available powers of the intellect, hut the
perpetual presence of pain, the depressing
sensations of diseases, not acute, tend to
impair the efficient impulses of virtue
and to undermine the foundations of mor
al character. Gradually and impercepti
bly a race may physically deteriorate, un
til their bodies shall degenerate into
places, which, w ithout being wholly un
tenantable, are still unfit to keep a soul in.
[Columbus School Journal.
Difff.rent Mode of Thought. —‘As
we divide into various professions, and
fall upon different ways of obsevation,’
says Tucker in his Light of Nature, ‘there
is likewise a great diversity in men’s ideas;
so that the same collection of materials
presented to several imaginations, shall
run surprisingly into various assortments,
accordingly as they have been respective
ly accustomed. Carry a number of per
sons equally clearsighted, upon a hill,
from whence they have an extensive pros
pect with a variety of objects before them;
the farmer sees turnip and corn grounds,
meadow, pasture and coppies. The sol
dier observes eminences, valleys, morasses
and defiles. The mathematician descries
parallelograms, triangles and scaleuums
in the fields and , country
attorney distinguishes parishes, manors
and boundaries of estates. The poet be
holds shady groves, sportful flocks and
verdant lawns. The painter discerns va
rieties, and contrast of light and shade.
The religious man discovers materials for
eating, for drinking, for clothing, for the
necessities and convenience of life, ac
companied with the thought of the Giver
of those blessings—and all this instantly
without any endeavor of tbeir own.’
After reading this passage, we were led
|)o reflect upon the various peculiar and
diverse emotions which must have filled
the minds of those persons who beheld
Niagara Falls for the first time. The
thoughts that would crowd into the poet’s
brain can better be imagined than esc press
ed. The man of science would perhaps
reason upon the force and velocity of so
immense a body of water; of, if he hap
pened to be a naturalist, examine the geol
ogical features of the region around. The
miller woyld exclaim,
v'Lord! what a splendid stream to run amill!’
The tailor would cry* ‘What « place to
sponge a coat!’ Or,,better than all, the ad
vocate of internal improvement and prac-
tical utility would express his regret (as
an individual of the species actually did
to a friend of ours) that the rapid and ab
rupt descent of so much water should ob
struct the passage of anew canal! ’>'
Pleasant but Wrong. —Monday night
one of the most fashionable families re
siding in Leroy place, New York, gave a
grand ball and supper. At nine o’clock
the company began to arrive, and the car
riages kept rattling up to the doofof the
mansion until half past eleven.-—When
the festivities broke up there was great
confusion among the servants and several
of the younger branches of the heart mondc
determined to walk home, despite the snow
which the ladies said was a mere trifle
compared to the fun they should have on
the road. Four of the party, consisting
of a rich middle aged bachelor, a young
married couple, and a dashing widow,
who resides in Bleecker street, were com
ing down Broadway, when the widow
challenged the bachelor to throw snow
balls at one of the city gas lights. The
old beau looked blue at the proposal, and
told the lady that such a feat would be
very indecorous. The other lady laugh
ed, and said Mr. was afraid of the
n’atch. The gentleman protested his rea
diness to do any thing to prove his cour
age or to oblige the ladies—and then the
fair widow' offered to bet him a dozen of
white kid gloves that he could not extin
guish the gas light in three shots. The
bachelor took the wager, and the ladies
made up the snow balls, while the other
gent looked out for the Charlies, Bang!
went the first snow ball—crack! went the
glass of the city lamp. “It’s not out,”
shrieked the widow. Bang, went the se
cond shot—out went the light, and down
came the Philistines, who said all the party
must go to the watch house. The ladies
protested, vowed, blushed, prayed, laugh
ed, wept, and then offered to bribe their
captors. “Never,” said one, “did I see
such a pair of stony hearted wretches—
I’ve a good mind to faint.” “Guess you’d
find it wet work,” said old leather skull,
and chuckled in his sleeve at the thought
of his share of the penalty. Asa great
favor the watchmen permitted the two
gents to see the ladies to their respective
homes under their vigilant surveillance
and then they marched the unfortunate
beaux to the watch house. In the morn
ing they were brought before Justice Palm
er, who very politely informed them that
the penalty was S2O each, besides the fees
and small charges which would make a
hole in another five dollar bill. The
bachelor drew a cheque for the amount
and, ns lie returned his gold pen to his
pocket, he said bis friend; “faith this
is a pleasant mode of winning a Indy’s
wager.” "Yes,” said the other, “and as
wrong as it was pleasant.” [Morning
Herald.
A Volume in a Sentence.—Describ
ing the last parting with his consort of the
French King Louis, just before his violent
death in the French Revolution, the au
thor of the last work under that name,
Carlyle, thus assumes for a moment his
personality, and speaks for the monarch
and the man:
“And so our meetings and our partings
do now end! The sorrows we gave each
other; the poor joys we faithfully shared,
and all our lovings and sufferings, and con
fused toilings under the earthly sun, are
over. Thou good soul, I shall never,
through of Time, see thee any
more! N ever! O Reader, knowest thou
that hard word?”
I am acquainted with a great many
very good wives, notable, and so manag
ing that they make a man every thing
that’s happy; and I know a great many
others who sing, and paint, and play, and
cift paper, and are so accomplished that
they "have no time to Ye'useful. Pictures
and fiddles, and every thing but agreeable
ness and goodness, can be had for money,
but as there is no market where pleasant
manners, and engaging conversation, and
Christian virtues are to be bought, me
thinks it is a pity the ladies do not oftener
try to provide them at home.—[Hannah
More
Sir William Curtis has been for manv
years an Alderman of London, and for
some time was a representative of that
city in Parliament. Yet he ia generally
believed to be a man of shallow mind,
grossly ignorant, and illiterate. Among
the absurdities attributed to him is, that of
giving the following toasts at public
dinners:
‘The British Tars of Old England.’
‘A speedy peace, and soon. 1
‘The three Cs —Cox, King, sod Curtis.’
At a school dinner—
‘The three R’s—Reading, Kiting, &
Rithmetic.’ /
‘The female Ladies of London.’
At the celebration of peace in |Bl5, —
“Peace all over (he World and every
where e(se.”
The following from the New York!
Times is the best rc|>orted American ’jeu
d’esprit of its kind that we have seen:—
“The Trumpet and the Trombone
Players. —A rather novel case came off
yesterday in the Marine Court, iu which
the celebrated trombone player of the
National Theatre, was defendant, and the
late proprietor of the refectory on N the
corner of Church and Leonard streets was
plaintiff! The suit was instituted for the
purpose of recovering $9 54, the amount
of an account for certain and divers quan
tities of pork and beans, fu'nished the
trombone by the plaintiff, at the request
of the trumpet player, who is, or was the
husband of a lady who made some noise
in this city on the occasion of “the Wood
affair.”
The circumstances under which the bill
ivas'contractcd, are somewhat novel and
amusing. When the Maid of Cashmere
was brought out at the National Theatre,
then under the management of Messrs.
Flynn and Willard, tne principal parties
in this transaction were engaged in the
orchestra. The defendant, who is said to
be but an indifferent master of his instru
ment, could not blow a blast sufficiently
strong to announce the approach of the
Chopdar to proclaim the reward for the
head of the unknown. He was therefere
under the necessity of applying to the
trombone. Now the trombone was inordi
nately fond of pork and beans, and refus
ed to aid the trumpet, unless, on every
such occasion, he would provide him with
a supper of his favorite odibles. This was
readily acceded to, and the plaintiff was
applied to and did furnish the fare. For
the first two or three nights, everything
went on well. At the end of that time
the trumpet began to thinjc of dissolving
his connection with the trombone, and*of
cutting off at the same time his pork and
beans. Acting upon this thought, lie gave
the trombone notice, and essayed to give
this piece of music unaided. But alas the
first tang arang was a failure; it was too
thin. “Pork," cried the trumpet to the
trombone, and on the instant, the two in
struments gave forth a beautiful tang a
rang, tang, tang. At this moment the
trombone recollected that nothing bad
been said relative to the beans. He sud
denly ceased playing. Beans,’ whispered
the trumpet. “Pork and beans.” ‘Good,’
said the trombone, that’s enough, here
goes.’ And he did do it to the great re
lief of the poor trumpet, ns well as to the
infinite delight of the whole orchestra,
who by this time were in the secret. —
Messrs. Cassolani &, Ambroise, two of
the then, as well as now, members of the
orchestra, were called to prove the nature
of the contract. They testified not only
to the above circumstances, but also to
the fact that whenever this piece was
performed the defendant had to call out to
the trombone, ‘pork and beans,* in order
to induce him to help him through that
particular piece of music. The be
ing fully made out, the jury fonnd for the
plaintiff to the full amount claimed, viz.
$9 54.”
Bumps Illustrated. —A capital story
is told in the Cincinnati News of Dr.
Collyer, a celebrated phrenologist at pres
ent sojourning in that city. One of the
Doctor’s peculiarities, Is that of telling pre
cisely what he thinks of the head submit
ted to hisJexaminalion, whether it is in
private or in a crowd. At the close of
one of his lectures at the South, he re
quested such as wished their developc
ments regularly explained,to come forward.
A stout, two fisted fellow made his ap
pearance, and seated himself for the ex
amination. The Doctor rapidly run his
fingers through the hair, measured this
bump, and that bump, and remarked very
composedly—“ Sir, your phrenological de
velopements are those which belong only
to an infamous villain—destructiveness
and cofflbntiveness enoamOQß, conscienti
ousness very small, and all the moral and
reflective region perfectly contemptible;
yon only lack opportunity to become a
rascal.” Without eaying a word, the
man rose from the chair, and by a well
directed blow with his fist, knocked the
Doctor flat upon the floor. The worthy
phrenologist gathered himself up and ad
dressed the meeting, “Ladies and gentle
men, there is the strongest proof of the
truth of phrenology 1 have ever seen in
the entire course of my career. The vil
lain has proved every word I told him to
be the truth.”
Magnificent Vault. The vault oT
the Scherematoff family is an object of
the greatest curiosity. It is as large as a
ball room, and warmed by stoves constant
ly heated; no damp can ajmroscli these
mouldering remains, enshrined' in tombs
of ormolu, beautifully chased; and though
some are more than t hundred years old,
though their tenants have already crumb
led into dust, these costly monuments still
remain fresh and imimgared as they owde
from the hands of the work man.-[Rarkes’a
City of (he Czar.
, A DOMESTIC PICTURE*
Fondly familiar is the look she gives
As he returns who forth so lately went—
For they together pass their happy lives;
And many a tranquil evening have they spent
Since, blushing, ignorantly innocent,
She vowed with downcast eyes and changeless
hue,
To love him only. Love fulfilled, hath lent
Its deap repose; and when he meets her view,
Her soft look only snyt —‘I trust—and I am
true.’
[From the Columbia Telescope.]
A Woman wants one tb:no only, a
Man two. —Oh, pitiable condition of hu
man kind ! One color is born to slavery
abroad, aud one sex to slavery at home!
A woman to secure her comforts and
well-being in thia country, stands in need
of one thing only, which is a good hus
band; but a man has to provide himself
with two things, a good wife end s good
razor, and it is more difficult to find the
latter than the former. The Dr. made these
remarks one day when his chin was smart
ing after an uncomfortable operation; and
Mrs. Dove retorted by saying, that women
had still the leas favorable lot, for scarce
as good razors might be, good husbands
were still scarcer* Ay, said the doctor,
Deborah is right, and it is even so; for the
goodness of wife, husband, and razor de
pends upon their temper, and taking in
all circumstances and causes, natural and
adventitious,we might reasonably conclude
that steel would more often be tempered
precisely to the just degree, than that .the
elements of which humanity ia composed
should be all nicely proportioned and a
malgamated happily. [The Doctor.
William Wilberforce. —The late Mr.
Wilberfbrce’s income, when he came of
age, ia stated to have been .£IO,OOO a year,
one fourth of which he was in the habit of
giving away in charities of various kinds.
Ilis liberality to all who stood in *need,
and his profuse expenditure in the promo
tion of the most praiseworthy objects, ap
pear, however, to have had an effect on his
once ample fortune, so that, in the decline
of life, he became straightened in his cir
cumstances. A few years before his death
he sustained great loss by a milk company,
into which, it is suspected, his family were
duped. He had himself no personal con
cern in the affair, but as having given
guarantee for one of his sons; but his loss,
it is said, was not less than £40,000 or
50,000, to meet which his Yorkahire,
estate was sold. He was obliged to lire
his last year with two of his sons, one of
whom was presented, unsolicited, to a
living by Lord Brougham, when Lord
Chancellor.
Yankee philosophy —never displayed
itself to better advantage (says the New
York Gazette) than in the case of the
editor of the Nashua Telegraph. That
editor was burnt oat recently but with
the recuperative energy that specially be
longs to his countrymen, he published his
paper in a few days with new type, and
with an improved appearance. That fire
could not burn out of him the indomit
able spirit of his race, is apparent enough
from the following paragraph, in the first
number of the revived Telegraph. Jack
Downing himself never uttered a nobler
Yankeeisin, or a better philosophy.
“Comforting. —Many a man goes to
bed rich at night, and gets up in the
morning not worth a groat. ThstJs not
our case —we went to bed one night
poor, and got up before the next morning
a darned sight poorer.”
A Slave Owner on a Large Scale.
The Russian Prince Cheremeteile owns
180,000 male slaves, (the females of the
family are never counted.) All his male
slaves pay him a copitation of ten roubles,
(two dollars,) and all they can earn beyoid
is their own. Some of the slaves, as well
as some of those belonging to ether no
bles, have acquired immense wealth by
traffic in the Bazaars; as slaves, they can
never belong to the castle of Merchants,
nor aspire to any employment under Gov
ernment, neither can their children.—
They also are tlavea, and either they or
their parents could be sent back to work
■pon the estato at the will of their master,
unless they may have commuted for life.
This is the hardest part of the Serf system
of Russia. Many proprietors receive forge
sums from successful slaves, whio buy thwr
freedom. Prince Cheremeteif, it is said,
has refused from severs! wealthy slaves,
200,000 rubles each for their liberty, which
he refused upon the plea that he was proud
to hare it said his slaves were so well
Off with bis Nose. An English news
paper says that the new Russian Minister
in the United States, is called Somooeeoff,
(saw my noseolf.) An attach* of thewse
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[T£Kii«&£B mmm*
How a Man peels w»<Ji
r.'.T Married. —lt is said to bcl
thing for a girl to leave mamma,
trust herself to the keeping
her heart. No doubt it is
pose to show that even thn sTfiimst if, wife
not surrender up their singleness jrithoart
some misgivings and trepidation. ' * '
In the first place, then, die rictus of
matrimony feels that be must surrender up
the companions with whoffl b* Jttfso long
held close communion—(uscStminfflL Mr
stead of being spent at the chib ortho en
gine house, must be dovotod to a charming
young creature, whose guiltless headmost
find very different ettartklnmct ’in
(hat to which lie has been accustomed. —
But this is not all. He know* (h«t after
he has become bound in (he
of matrimony, he WBwlpWfer • mteOfpe
visitant in these circles, where, wbffWfcpp,
wreathing smiles and gfedriag cwHHB
to wreath s net for bis feet . * f-
He knows that while 4 ‘bachelor is
welcome wherever he goes,' a umutmJ
man is regarded as one desd
ed off the books, no longer, ;av»i!»btf , Blhc
fair. In addition to all these unhappy oir
cu instances, he has become the hew.,««
a family. Then
‘Throng the busy shapes into his Mindy
of silks and calicoes, doctors' bilk, dons
of debt that ho never reaped the beeeftt
of. Like the horse in the has
task to perform for others. He
er free to embrace poverty or m fro
wonder that the young bachelor iocfcft «ad,
when the time of his enAmdawot ap
proached. No wonder that, with Ml'Mo
gel at his side, he looks woeM.
—.
Phrenological Aneodotr. bl the
course of his |cqturop,|§|* Cetbf
ducoMMßaunbcr of singular
them ere occurrences which have Liken
deavored to
tQn •': v
A Curious Cas* for Lawyers.— Two
extraordinary and fat oxen, valued at #SOO,
were lately owned by Me. hoo. of the
second Ward Hotel, te «Mc cfey. -The
night before test they were put up for
raffle. The highest and the lomstthfowa
take the two. AjhilHUg pP^d
T*be brother* Sweeny threw 4# OR one
chance—a Mr. Ilubb* alto threw 4#; this
was the highest number th»sjni. The
butcher bought out HtAhc*'fflimiee to
Utrpw off the tie; ho the* wanted k buy
ed one ox and * half the other; tboliwec
nys owned KslfoTone.
to pay the price of the ox and but
the woudnWeH. then
have the ox. and Sweetly can’t kill
it without hb.yMngasiiß. SwpNWfpja
he may keep it HP *
cent for feed. The butcher cqyujw gap,
or sell out his share. Here QMAMfcj|Me,
cod leave it to the lawyers; Mtfj Hjjjgjjgp
try will decide the cage by 3pßEh
meat off the oiea. apl gM2g|2j§m»t«
the bones.—[N.-Y. s*4?-
: tteV
Battle DUKiM‘ ,,^ t M^g£ t , U. It is
cations of llaoet-
Iu Thefe*.