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Brungtoick
BY CHARLES DAVIS.J
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BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
AGENTS.
Bibb County. Alexander Richards, Es(J.
Telfair “ Rev. Charles J, Shellem
Mclntosh “ James Blue, Esq.
Houston “ B. J. Smith, Esq.
Pulaski “ Norman McDuffie, Esq.
Twiggs “ William H. Robinson, Esq.
.Wayne 11 Robert Howe, Esq.
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JV JG W STORE.
JOHN FRANKLIN would inform his friends
and the public generally, that he has re
ceived by recent arrivals a general assort
ment of DRY GOODS and GROCERIES,
such as—
Brown SHIRTINGS,
Do SHEETINGS, Do Waltham do.
Bleach’d Shirtings, Do Sheetings,
Blue, Plaid, and Stripes, Hamilton Sheeting,
DARK PRINTS, Buff do. Fancy do.
I)o CHINTZ,
Light GINGHAMS Striped, Glazed Plaid,
Dark mixed SATTINET, Blue do
Red FLANNELL, White do
Light HANDKERCHIEFS. Madrass do
Dark Fancy do Orange Plaid do
Dark Plaid do Blue Romals do
Flag do Spittlefield do
Black Silk CRAVATS,
White Cotton 1-2 Hose, Colored do i
Wool do do
Clark’s SPOOL COTTON,
Col’d Sewing Silk, Blue Flax Thread,
White do do
Pure IRISH LINEN, APRON CHECK, !
SHIRTING STRIPE,
BlacK BOMBAZINE, Black MERINO,
Cambric MUSLIN,
Jaconet do, Cotton SUSPENDERS,
Palm Leaf HATS,
Silk UMBRELLAS, Cotton do
Tuck COMBS, Dressing do Fine do
PINS, NEEDLES, BUTTONS,
Pocket KNIVES,
Blue DRILLINGS, White'do
Washington JEANS,
PORK, L ucifer Matches, Shoe Thread,
BUTTER, LIQUORS, Brown Soap,
Ladies’ Hose, white and col’d,
Bed Tickings, Side Combs,
Variety CALICOES, Hooks & Eyes,
Col and CAMBRICS,
Foolscap and Letter PAPER,
Ready Made Pantaloons,
NEGRO CLOTH, &c. &c.
SUGAR BUISCUIT, BUTTER do
Coffee, Rice, Soap,
Small Plug TOBACCO,
Large do do Cut do do
Whiting’s Spanish SEGARS,
American do
RAISINS in Boxes, do in Drums,
LEMON SYRUP, BRANDY, FRUIT,
ALMONDS, CHEESE, LARD,
CANDIES of every description,
Brown SUGAR, TEA. MACKEREL,
FLOU R, Apples, Salt,
Sperm CANDLES, Tallow do
Shaving SOAP, Shoe BRUSHES,
Shoe Blacking,
1 L S 0
Fashionable Black Silk and other HATS,
Medium Brim <l°
Seal TRUNKS, Hide do
Misses Leather BOOTS laced, Do Strap,
Thick Brogans, Kip Peg’d,
WOMEN’S Leather BOOTS, Children sdo
Women’s Pumps, Boy’s Kip Boots,
Col and Lasting Heels, Black do do
Boy’s Thick Brogans. Do Kip do
Children’s MOROCCO BOOTS,
Calf Sew’d Bootes, Kip Pcg’d do
Women’s Strap Peg’d Shoes,
Cow Hide Boots.
likewise an .Issorimont of TU\ und CROCK
ERY WARE —which he offers for Sale at
■ his XEH EST.IBLISH.MEyT in this
City, on as Reasonable Terms as
can be afforded.
yovto*tf *
Domestic Importations.
JOll\ FRAVKLIV,
HAS just received per schr. Betsey Maria,
'an additional supply of SHOES, of every
description: Seal Trunks; Tin Ware; RICE;
SUG AR” COFFEE; CHEESE; PORK; TO
nAi’CO- Sperm Candles; Butter Crackers;
suirar do-’ Cigars; Powder; Shot; Tumblers;
RUM- GIN; BRANDY, WINES; PORTER;
CIDER, Ac. Ac rri TTFRY
.11 so, a large assortment of- CL l L.r.iw .
for sale on the most reasonable terms.
Dec 13 ts
Hides and Beeswax
WANTED by RICE, PARKER & CO.
Nov 1
FREDERICK BALDWIN,
Attorney and Counsellor at I.aio,
AND
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
MACON. ..GA.
ii M.m/L ,
HIDES TALLOW AND BEESWAX.
ARIL BARRETT A CO. Brunswick,
Ga., wish to purchase a quantity of the
above articles, for which the highest market
pries will be paid • 0T
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, IN THE CITY OF BRUNSWICK, GLYNN COUNTY, GEORGIA.
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 26, 1839.
NEW J2OODS.
KICE, PARKER & C’O.
HAVE just received by the schooner Jane
Bourne from Boston, the following Goods
in addition to their former stock) which they
Would invite Planters and others to examine
previous to making their purchases—
« Hilda. Cuba MOLASSES,
Do Porto Rico do
Do East Boston Sugar House
I MOLASSES,
Jgm Bbls. VINEGAR,
1 jjj Do CIDER, in good order
Do Weesp Holland GIN, a
favorite brand,
Pipes New York GIN,
Do Rye do
Dauce Cognac BRANDY, and ether choice
brands,
Casks Brown and Pale Sherry WINE,
Do St. Lucar do
a Cheats Hvson TEA,
Do Young Hyson do. superior
quality.
Do Souchong do
BEEF, PORK, HAMS, BUTTER, LARD.
SALMON, Salmon Trout, Mackerel, Manha
den, Salt, Cranberries. Sperm Candles, Flour,
Bent’s Crackers, Apples, Lemons, Macearoni,
Almons,. Stoughton's Elixir, Cocoa Paste,
Beans. Pine Apple Cheese,
Boxes Brown, }
Do Family > SOAP,
Do Soda )
Boots, Brogans, NAILS, Paints, Oil, Crock
ery, Glass, Tin and Hard Ware,
DRY GOODS in great variety, Ac. Ac.
Dec G
A&ns
JRtjfe Mens’ and boys CAPS, many
JfTJy new styles,
Gent’s Moleskin HATS, a su- ‘
perior article,
Just received per schr. Jane Bourne, from
Boston, and for sale by
Dec G RICE, PARKER A CO.
Steam Boat Wood.
ONE HUNDRED
11 n CORDS first quality j
seasoned Steam Boat
WOOD, for sale by the
subscriber. The wood is at a convenient land- i
ing, within five miles of this place. Tho sub
scriber intends to keep the above quantity con
stantly on hand. JOHN FRANKLIN, Jr.
Dec 13 3ni
To Printers X Publishers.
THE subscribers have just completed their
new Specimen Book of light faced Book
and Job Printing Types. Flowers alid Orna
ments, the contents of which are herewith
partially given.
Diamond, Pearl, Nos. 1 and 2,
Agate, Nos. 1, 2 and 3,
Agate on Nonpariel body,
Nonpariel Nos. 1,2, 3 and 4,
Mi nionette, Nos, 1 and 2.
Minion, Nos, 1,2, 3, and 5,
Minion on Brever body,
Brevier on Minion body,
Brevier, Nos, 1,2, 3 and 4,
Brevier on Long Primer body,
Bourgeois on Brevier bodv,
Bourgeois, Nos. 1,3 and 4,
Bourgeois on Long Primer body,
Long Primer, Nos. 1,2, 3 and 4,
Long Primer on Small Pica body,
Small Pica, Nos. 1, and 2,
Pica oil Small Pica body,
Pica, Nos. 1,2 and 3,
Pica on English body,
English, Nos. 1, and 2,
Great Primer, Paragon, Double Engish,
Double Paragon, Cannon,
Five Line Pica to Twenty,
Eight Line Pica, Gothic Condensed to 25,
Seven Line and Ten Line Pica Ornamental,
ti, 7,9, 12 and 15 Lines Pica shaded,
i 8, 10, 15 and 10 Lines Antique shaded.
Also, a large and beautiful collection of Flow
ers from Pearl to seven line Pica, which are
not to be found in any other specimen ; anew
assortment of Ornamental Dashes ; a variety of
Card Borders ; near two thousand metal Orna
iments; brass Rule; Leads of various thick
ness ; astronomical and physical signs ; metal
and brass dashes, from three to 30 ems long ;
great primer and double pica scripts on inclin
ed bodies ; diamond and nonpariel mnsic of
various kinds; antique light and heavy face
two line letter; full face rotnan and italic non
pariel ; minion, brevier, long primer and other
blacks; nonpariel, minion and brevier Greek,
Hebrew and Saxon.
A large variety of Ornaments, calculated
particularly for the Spanish and South Ameri
can markets; Spanish, French and Portuguese
accents furnished to order, with every other
article made use of in the printing business.—
All of which can be furnished at short notice
of as good quality and on as reasonable terms,
as any other establishment.
CONNER A COOK,
Corner of Nassau and Ann streets, N. York.
Wauled.
TO hire, two prime Negro bands, eight wo
men and eight boys, to work in a Brick
Yard, for which liberal wages will be given,
and no deductions for medical attendance or
i sickness, if taken sick at the yard. Apply to
HOWARD A GAGE,
i Dec 13 ts Oglethorpe House.
House Wright.
JOSEPH P. MILLER, would inform
the public that he will contract for putting
1 up houses, stores or buildings of any dcserip-
I tion. He will also contract for building
| wharves at short notice,
j sept. 20—4 m
Fresh TLilaga Fruit.
I pP WHOLE, half and qr. boxes Bunch
| 4 and Muscatel RAISINS,
Casks blue and black mark Raisins,
, Do. GRAPES,
Just received per schr Jane Bourne, and for
sale by RICE, PARKER A CO.
Eots for Sale.
PERSONS wishing to purchase lots in de
sirable situations in this city can be accom
modated on reasonable terms, by applying to
I the subscriber,
Nov 22 A L KING
P O E T U If.
CONTENTMENT.
BV COIVPEtt.
He who holds fast the Clolden Mean,
And lives contentedly between
The little and the great,
Feels not the wants that pinch the poor,
Nor plagues that haunt the rich man’s door,
Embitt’ring all his state.
The tallest pines feel most the power
Os wintry blasts ; the loftiest tower
Comes nearest to the ground ;
The bolts that spare the mountain’s side,
His cloud-capt eminence divide
And spread the ruin round.
The well inform’d philosopher
Rejoices with a wholesome fear,
And hopes, in spite of pain ;
If winter bellows Horn the north
Soon the sweet Spring comes dancing forth,
And nature laughs again.
If hindrances obstruct thy way
Thy magnanimity display
And let thy strength be seen ;
But oh 1 if fortune fill thy sail
With more than a propitious gale,
Take half thy canvass in.
MISCELLANY.
[From the Mississippi Southern Sun.]
Through the exertions of John J. Smith
and Mr. White, sheriff of Scott county,
the murderers of the unfortunate Silas 1).
Rives, which occurred on the 19th of
September last, have been detected, and
one of them is in close confinement.— i
John W. Carter, calling himself John W.
Collins, was taken a few days ago, in
Lauderdale county, and brought to this
place on yesterday by Messrs. Smith and j
White. It seems that Carter and Cook j
had been a short time previous to the mur- 1
der of Rives, prowling about Hillsborough, 1
in Scott county, seeking employment as ,
well diggers; that for a week preceding
the murder they absented themselves with
provisions sufficient to last them eight or
ten days. These provisions were found
in the swamp where Rives was killed.—
Suspicion resting upon them they were
immediately pursued, and were not heard
of until Cook, calling himself Johnston,
got within ten miles of home, and gave
S3O to ride ten miles. Cook with his
wife and children started that night for
Mobile, and from thence to Texas. Carter
was pursued and taken at his residence in
Lowndes county, where his property had
been previously levied upon by the sheriff,
and upon his return he paid up the execu
tions and released it Some of the money
he paid the sheriff, has since been identi
fied to be Rives’. It is unknown what
amount of money Rives bad at the time
he was killed, but it is supposed he had a
bout $10,500. Cook, who is probably
now in Texas, has, no doubt, the major
part of this sunt. From the character
Carter gives him, he is a bad or worse rob
ber than John A. Murrell, now in the Pen
itentiary of Nashville. lie once lived in
Florida, but was compelled to leave for
bis crimes. The following are some of
the crimes he committed, according to his
confession to Carter who related them to
me in the presence of M r. Smith, at whose
request I wrote them down, and send to
you for publication so that the good citi
zens of Texas may be on their guard, and
if possible, bring this demon to justice.—
From this short history of Cook, he was,
no doubt, one of the main instigators of
the late Seminole war in Florida. Carter
does not recollect the precise date these
murders and robberies were committed,
but said it was about the commencement,
and during the Seminole war. Carter
I states that Cook and a njari by tli£ name
l of Bryant, who lives at Lake Pontchar
train, killed a man by the name of Allen,
Jin Tallahassee, Florida, and robbed him
! of $1859 cash.
Cook painted himself like an Indian,;
and headed a large number of Seminoles,
and butchered one of the most wealthy
families of white people on the frontier of
Florida. After killing the whole family,
except a young tnan, who stood over and
fought for his sister until he was wounded
by a shot from an Indian—Cook then
stuck an axe in his head, and left it there
sticking—robbed the house of $llOO in
paper money, and 70 or SBO in specie.--;
He kept the paper himself, and gave the
Indians the silver.
Cook then went to Apalachicola Bay,'
and from thence to Bainbridge, Decatur
county, Ga., and in company with a Vir
ginian, with whom he had been travelling
in the stage, and supposing he had money, I
at Cooke’s instance he walked to the I
spring, there killed the Virgininn, threw!
him in the river, and robbed him of
slll9—two SJG pieces of gold, and three
smaller peices. This crime was commit
ed in Dec. 183 G. From Bainbridge he
returned to Columbus, Ga. his residence.
In Tallahassee, Florida, he saw a trav
eller pay his bill. Discovering he had 1
money, he told the stranger he was trav
elling his route, and, as it was a dismal
road he would be glad for his company.
The stranger thanked him, and they trav
elled about 17 miles when Cook proposed
they should drink together, and while the
stranger was drinking out of the bottle,
Cook shot him through the back of the
head, and robbed him of about $662.
Cook and his brother-in-law, Charles
Hollis, killed the ferryman of St. John’s
! River on the Aygtistine trail, a Frenchman,
and robbed him of 17 or SIBOO, and turn
ed the flat loose to avoid the possibility of
pursuit.
Cook murdered a tnan not far from
Tallahassee, and robbed him 0f52400, and
sl3 in cash.
He then went into the Indian country,!
jand purchased a pony, and stoic 17 more,!
[and hired an Indian to assist him. When
lie got into the white settlement he then ;
made the Indian drunk and cut his throat.
Cook and Capt. Minny (a celebrated
pirate,) went to Snake Island, understand
ing that a vessel was coming from Key
West—murdered the crew, consisting of
7 or 8 men and three ladies—plundered
the boat of $17,000 in specie, scuttled and
sunk the vessel.
Cook was then taken in irons to Talla
hassee, but was released, by force, from
the civil authorities, and the irons knock
ed off. The names of his friends are Au
gustine and Willis Austin of Texas.
Cook and Capt. Minny, came across a
vessel going from St. Marks to Almony
Lake, laden with provisions, murdered
the white persons on board, sold the pro
visions and seven negroes which were on
board, and sunk the vessel. Captain Min
ny died at St. Marks last winter.
Cook then left for Columbus, Ga. his
residence, where he saw a traveller pay
his bill, headed him, took deliberate aim
at him; his gun snapped, which the strang
er heard and fled.
Cook met with an acquaintance from
Texas in May or June last, in Clarke
county, Alabama, whose name was William
Green. Green told him that his old
! friends Augustine and William Austin,
; were then in Texas and were anxious
that Cook should go there as they partic
ularly needed his services.
Cook thought there was no more harm
in killing a man than there was in killing
a hog—did not believe there was either
boll or heaven—has killed and robbed 40
or 50 men, and would this winter murder
and plunder as many more.
Johnston Cook is between 2G and 30
years of age, weighs about 140 pounds,
lias keen blue eyes, and is very narrow
between the eyes, his face and hands are
badly scared with dirks and knives, which
he got by fighting; lias been stabbed
through the muscle of the arm twice, w ith
a dirk, also in the hip; his hair is sandy,
and onie of his fingers are broken.
Society is deeply interested in the de
tection and punishment of such a villain.
From this statement the governor should
not hesitate to offer a heavy reward for his
apprehension.
Carter denies knowing anything of the
murder of Rives, although the chain of
circumstances connecting him with Cook,
in his tragical deeds, are strong and would
go far towards his conviction before any
intelligent jury. He is an illiterate man,
and no doubt was led on by Cook, who is
a keen, shrewd and intelligent fellow.
[From the Georgia Journal.]
THE GEORGIA LUMBER COM
PANY.
Among the various undeveloped re
sources of the State, there are none of
mere importance then the vast pine forests
of its Southern and Southwestern section.
A company established for the purpose of
bringing this Lumber of the forests into
market, is now in active operation in Tel
fair county, at Lumber City, their place
of business.
We take this occasion to congratulate
the citizens of that county upon the high-
Jy gratifying prospect of business and the
rapid improvements that the county is ex
periencing by the industry and enterprise
of this company. It is a source of grati
fication to us (and it should be to every
citizen,) to announce that the supposed
unproductive and almost neglected lands
in the lower counties, are by the opera
tions of capitalists thus engaged in the
Lumber Trade, fast taking rank among
the productive and wealthy counties of
the State. There are no lands in any
section of the State that bid more prom
isingly to reward and enrich the owner.
When cleared of the lofty growth of for
est timber, experience lias shown, a great
portion of them to be admirably adapted
to the culture of Cotton; producing as
good crops with the same expense of toil
and cultivation, as any other in what are j
considered more fertile sections.
The operations of this Company have
established an important fact, heretofore
overlooked in regard to these lands; that
is, the immense value of the pine timber.
A market value for this timber, standing
in the tree, has been fixed, and such is
the rate that the owners of lands lying on
j the streams, may be amply compensated
| by the employment of their whole dispos
i able force in cutting, building and rafting
this timber to market. The present price
i per thousand feet, netts the owner, a
much greater sum than both timber and
jland could a few years since command,
j Several years since, the .Georgia Lum
ber Company made purchases of large
tracts of the first quality of these Pine!
Lands in Telfair, Montgomery, Laurens, 1
and Pulaski counties, lying on the little j
Oemulgee River, and the large streams
which empty into it. They now own up
wards of three hundred and twenty thou
sand acres of these lands, perhaps the
most valuable in those counties, having
been selected in reference to the business
of the Company. With this purchase,
was included one of the largest and most
powerful water powers in any of the South
ern Atlantic States, situated on the Little
Ocmulgee River, about a mile from its
mouth. At this point, the Company with
in the four years, have constructed large
and expensive improvements, consisting
of Saw Mills, Dwelling Houses, Shops,
Storehouses, Wharfs, &.c. and a Dam
across the river. The Saw Mills carry
twenty-four saws, capable of cutting about
one hundred thousand feet of lumber in
twenty-four hours. These improvements
including Steam Boats and Freight, have
cost at least five hundred thousand dollars.
The demand for manufactured lumber is
greater than can be supplied, as is clear
ly established by the numerous vessels at I
Darien, engaged iu the trade. The price
of lumber is high, and affords to the man
ufacturer perhaps a better profit than any
other business in which the same amount
of capital is invested. The future demand
and price of lumber opens a prospect to
the company for a rich return of their en
terprise and industry.
The Grist Mill carries two run of stone,
and being the only one within a consiff- 1
erable distance which is capable of run
ning through the season, will command a
large and profitable business. The de
mand for meal is only confined to the lim
its of transportation. The location of the
Company, is about one hundred miles
from Darien and Brunswick, by the line,
about one hundred and fifty.
The Stearn Boat belonging to the Com
pany, is destined to tow boats loaded with
lumber down the Alatamaha river to Da
rien and Brunswick, where it will find
sale and shipment for a foreign market,
and tow back the freight which the busi
ness of the country may require. The
back freight, we are informed, will pay
for the expenses of transporting lumber,
down.
The property possessed by this compa
ny and employed in their business, must
be of great value, not less than two million
of dollars, and will produce a revenue j
for the present year of at least eight per
cent on that sum.
At present the affairs of the Company
are under the direction ami management
of gentlemen of the first respectability and
character, and upon whose integrity and
capacity reliance can be had with entire
confidence, for a faithful discharge ol* all j
I duties to the company.
America Vespucci.—A very interest
ing young lady, about 26 years old, bear
ing this name, has recently arrived, and
is exciting great attention in New York.
She is of the illus'trious House of Ves
pucci, of Florence, Tuscany, and a lineal
descendant of the great navigator, Amer
igo Vespucci, after whom this country
has received the name of America. It is
said that she possesses great dignity of
character, and intellectual endowments,
and a degree of persona! beauty and grace,
which has given her celebrity such as few
of the noble Tuscan dames attain. Her
enthusiasm of liberty led her to give of
funco to *>cr sovereign, banish
ment from her country; and for the last
four years she lias been thrown on her
otkn resources for support. The Ciueen
of France has written letters, it is said, in
her favor, consigning her to the protection
of the French Minister in this country;
her history and unpretending merits have
opened all .hearts to her, and she has been
cordially received in the best society.—
Permission has been recently given her,
to return home again but it is not said j
whether she means to embrace it or not. !
[Charleston Courier.
Great Improvements in Gun Locks.
—An Italian named Kosaglio, who re
sides in England, announces a gun-lock,
constructed upon such new and curious
principles that it acts without any exterior
combustion, needs no priming, and frees
tiie discharge from all flame or smoke but
what is emitted at the mouth of the barrel.
Burns’ Cottage —that is, the one in
which he was born—is up for sale! It
belongs to the incorporation of shoemak
ers at Ayr, and as they are about winding
up their affairs, the cottage comes to the
hammer. It is now used as a public;
house.
[TERMS *3 IN ADVANCE.
NUMBER Bft.
I [From the N. Orleani Courier, Dec. 26.]
The the soil of the State by
the Commanding-General of the Texian
army affords an unpleasant illustration of
Texian notions of international law and
State sovereignty. If such things are
done thus early by a people who but yes
: terday, as it were, owed allegiance to the
: laws of the United States, what may we
not in Louisiana apprehend when our
neighbor shall have thrown off his swad
; tiling clothes ami attempt maturity and
strength among the nations of the earth?
We trust the Governor of Lousianna will
demand reparation for the insult, and the
punishment of the officer who gave it.
The follow ing particulars of theoutrage
we copy from the Natchitoches Herald of
the oth instant;
"A courier was despatched about a
week ago from Shreveport to Fort Jesup,
with the astonishing intelligence that that
town was filled with an armed force from
Texas, amounting to about one hundred
men, uuder the command of Gen. Rusk,
and that the lives of many of its citizens
had been threatened by the invaders.
“On the receipt of this intelligence, Col.
Many, with all the troops under his com
mand, and taking with him one field-piece,
promptly marched to succor the citizens of
Shreveport. The result of his expedi
tion is not known, though since he left Fort
Jesup, we are in receipt of late news from
Shreveport, which renders it certain that
our gallant Colonel and his cotamand will
not have a chance to measure swords with
the Tcxiaus, as they had already left the
country.
“We understand that Gen. Risk stated
that he came with no hostile intention to*-
wards the citizens of the Uuited States,
but that the Caddo Indians, living within
the United States, had crossed over into
Texas and waged war upon its citizens,
and that be came to disarm them. This,
we understand lie did—as well as threat
en Mr. Sewall, the Indian agent at Shre
veport, for having furnished them with
arms and ammunition. Gem Rusk, we
further learn, had a talk with the Caddoes,
made a treaty with them, and returned to
Texas.”
The. Coldstream Guards, a battalion of
which regiment is now stationed in the
Canadas, form one of the oldest and most
distinguished military corps in the British
service. This regiment’s somewhat singu
lar appellation originated in the following
manner;—When Cromwell was obliged to
leave Scotland, in order to follow Charles
11. in his march into England, he delegat
ed the task of completing the subjugation
of the former country to General Monk.—
Monk performed well the duty devolved on
him, and for his reward was made military
commander iu Scotland during the Protec
torate. On the death of Cromwell, Monk,
having first re-modelled the force under
his command, marched to London, with
the intention of restoring the Stuarts. 0n
arriving at the “border,” Monk took up
Ins bead quarters and formed a camp at
the town of Coldstream, which commands
a passage over the Tweed. At this place
lie remained till his intrigues had caused
the dispersion of the army with which
Lambert had moved north to oppose him.
He then resumed his march, which met
with no other check, and accomplished his
object, that of placing Charles 11. on the
British throne, without firing hardly an
angry shot. After the Restoration, one
of Monk’s regiments Was made the first
regiment of Guards, and it took to itself,
as a distinguishing appellation, the name
of the Coldstream Guards, in remem
brance of the place at which it had been
last encamped in Scotland. Since its
formation, it has been often honorably
distinguished in the many contests in
which Britian has been engaged. It is,
we believe, purely an English regiment.
What a difference must there be, in every
except a spirit oP-hdrfar, end discip
line and bravery, between the gay and gal
lant gentlemen who now compose tbs
corps, and those first forming it who were
a band of those stern spirits that turned
the tide of battle at Naseby and Dun
bar.—[Boston Post.
American Locbmotive Engines.—We
learn that the eleven locomotive engines
for which Mr. Wra. Norris, Jrl has re
ceived orders to furnish to the Gloucester
and Birmingham, Eng. Rail road, will
cost SSS,O(R). The United Slates Ga
zette says that seven locomotives have
been ordered of the same gentleman, for
Austria.
The Augsburg Gazette speaks In high
terms of praise of the performance of one
of Mr. Norris’s locomotives, ordered of
him and forwarded to Germany.—Bt. Am.
There is a modern built, four story
i house, in Bowdoin street, Boston, that
I has had a bill on it “tQ be let,” for four
ior five years past. Some wag has writ
ten on it the word “ Gibraltar”, and lot
a long time the meaning was not'dieMt*
ered —never to be taken. The earner
lias steadily demanded for it an anduelrent
of SISOO when it is probably not worth
more thansoo.—[Newburynort Herald.