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Bruustoick
BY CHARLES DAVIS.]
VOIVME 2.
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
AGENTS.
Bibb County. Alexander Richards, Esq.
Telfair “ Rev. Charles J. Shelton.
.Mclntosh “ James Blue, Esq.
Houston “ B. J. Smith, Esq.
Pulaski “ Norman McDuffie, Esq.
Ticigfrs “ William H. Robinson, Esq.
Wayne “ Robert Howe, Esq.
TERMS.
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the year.
(fj’No subscriptions received for a less term
than six months, and no paper discontinu
ed until all arrearages are paid except
at the option of the publisher.
O*All letters and communications in relation
to the paper, must be POST PAID to en
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(Jj* ADVERTISEMENTS conspicuously in
serted at Dse Dollar per twelve lines, or less,
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 published at the
usual rates. ,
Boat Notice. =£o
- | n . Passage,from Bruns
trick to Sarannuh anil
yT. T~ —,i i?ij.l Jrom Brunswick to St.
Marys,Jacksoncillc anil
Ou rey’s Perry.
The-new and superior Steamers “FORRES
TER," Capt. Drake, and the “ISIS,” Capt.
Pearsob, will run regularly from Savannah
To Florida weekly, always stopping at Bruns
wick and St. Marys, going and coining. For
particulars apply to
DART, BARRETT & CO.
jan 12—3 m Brunsw' :k, Ga.
Sloop for Sale.
. THE Subscriber offers for sale
jSEjlyJk one halfi or the whole of the
Sloop ARGO.— For further pnr
■Ks&ym* ticnlars, application may be
made to the Subscriber, near Brunswick.
J. J. MORGAN.
N7 R. All persons are cautioned not to
credit said Sloop, as I shall not pay any bills
contracted on her account after this date.
Mar 4—m 9—l in J. J. M.
Carriage and ISorscs
AN Elegant Carriage, and splendid paif of
Northern Horses, six and seven years of
age, perfectly gentle in double or single har
ness, and sound in every respect. They will
be sold with the Carriage, or separate, as best
suits the purchaser. For particulars, enquire
at this office. feb 23—4 t
Administratrix Salc.-Con
tinned.
WILL he sold agreeable to an order of the
honorable Inferior Court of Camden Cos.
when sitting for ordinary purposes on the Ist
Tuesday in April next, before the Court Mouse,
in said County, one tract of land, lying in
Cainden County, containing 350 acres, more
or less, about 250 acres of which is first quality
Inland Swamp, and the remainder is well tim
bered Pine Land. There is also on the prem
ises a fine place for a settlement; the land lies
about two miles from the river, near a bluff,
on which a steam saw mill is supposed shortly
to be erected; bounded on the East by Floyd's
land, on the West by Cole’s land, on the South
by Seal’s land, and on the North by unknown
land belonging to the estate of A. Moore, late
of said County, deceased. Sold for the bene
fit of the heirs and creditors of said estate.
PRISCILLA MOORE, Adin’x.
Mar 2
Notice.
ALL persons having demands against the
Estate of Jno. Burnett, Jr. late of the Cos.
of Glynn, deceased, will hand them in duly
attested within the time prescribed bylaw; and
all indebted to said Estate make payment im
mediately to robert hazleiiurst,
S. M. BURNETT,
ar f) Qualified Executors.
, IVoticc.
ALL nersons having demands against the
Estate of John A. Wyley, late of the
County of Glynn, deceased, will present them
duly attested within the time prescribed by
law; and persons indebted to said estate will
make immediate payment VYLEY)
jyj ar q of Mclntosh Cos. Admr.
Notice. *
FOUR months after date, I shall apply to
the Court of Ordinary of Wayne Coun
tv, for leave to sell a negro man by the name
Os Caleb part of the Estate of Richard W.
MOSSS S. HARRIS^
jan 19
police.
WILL be sold at WayncsTillc, on Tuesday
1C 10th March, one Hay Mare, belong
oUnteoV Sherrod Sheffield, of Wayne
S“,v: and”“ J Sold to the b.n.f.l of the
heirs and SHEFFIELD,
_ Executrix.
Mar 2 •
Notice.
FOUR months after date, application wiII
■ * ,lo to the Honorable the Inferior
of Warn County, when setting for or
court of Way™ ge „ th> land ] y .
dinary P ur P ’ River, being part of
ian 12
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, IN TIIE CITY OF BRUNSWICK, GLYNN COUNTY, GEORGIA
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MOHNING, MARCH 23, 1839.
Sheriff’s Sale.
ON the first Tuesday in April next, will
be sold before the Court House, in the
city of Brunswick, between the usual hours of
sale, all that tract or parcel of land known as
the Hog Crawl Tract, containing three hun
dred and fifty acres more or less. Levied on
as the property of Jacob Moore, to satisfy a
fi. fa. issued out of the Supreme Court of
Glynn County in favor of S. A. Hooker, and
against Jacob Moore.—Property pointed out
by plaintiff. JOHN FRANKLIN, Jr.
feb 23 Deputy Sheriff, G. Cos.
\Vaync Cos. Sheriff’* Sale.
WILL be sold at the Court House door, in
the said County of Wayne on the first
Tuesday in May next, within the usual hours
of sale, the following property, to wit :
Lots No. (209), whereon a Saw Mill, a Grist
Mill, and other needful buildings are situated;
also lots No. (210), (239), (175), (172). Also
Fraction Lot No. (240), to satisfy a scire
facias issued from the Superior Court of Wayne
County, in favor of Pliney Sheffield, against
Albus Rea and David Burbank, the properly
pointed out by the plaintiff’s Attorney.
LEIGHTON CAUSEY,
feblG Sheriff of the Cos. of Wayne, Ga.
Sheriff’s Sole.
ON the first Tuesday in April next, will be
sold at the Court House in Jefferson,
Cainden County, at the usual hour, a negro
woman named LUCY and four children, levi
ed on as the property of Richard T. Keating
on the foreclosure of a mortgage in favor of
Samuel Clark. Terms of sale cash.
WILLIAM BARKER, Dep. Shf. C. C.
Camden County, Jan. 19, 1839. ts. j 26
Police.
THE copartnership heretofore existing un
der the firm of VV. & S. STREET, is
this day mutually dissolved. All persons hav
ing claims will please hand them in and all
indebted to make payment to either of the for
mer partners. W. C. STREET,
S. M. STREET.
Darien, Jan. 1,1839. j 12—ts
Doctors Wiisois and CJasfo,
HAVING entered into a copartnership will
attend to Professional business.
They are ready to enter into contracts with
families and plantations for Medical services J
WM. PRINCE WILSON,
F. GAGE.
jan 19—ts
JOSEPH I/OIAN, Jr.
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
OFFlCE—Breed's Buildings.
ITTMr. Lyman would especially offer his
services to his friends and the public in that
branch of his profession which includes con
veyancing, the draughting of deeds, wills, con
tracts, Articles of Partnership and Marriage
settlements, &c. in which he has had much
experience. Brunswick, Jan.2G, 1839. ts.
6,01 BESS.
THE proprietors of the Darien Upper Steam
SAW MILL have on hand LUMBER of
various dimensions for sale, and are ready to
saw to order. They have a good supply of
saw logs and are able to furnish cargoes as fast
as they can be loaded, at the Mill Wharf, where
the depth of water is sufficient for vessels draw
ing fourteen feet.
TURNER & JOHNSTON.
Darien, March 2,1839. ts
Ujt*Reference may be had to P. M. Night
ingale, Esq. in Brunswick.
Dank ©JT liriiitkiricli.
THE hours for the transaction of business
in this Institution will be from ten A. M.
to one P. M.
The offering day will be Friday and discount
day the following Monday of each week.
Octß I. C. PLANT, Cashier.
jM.IO Reward.
ABSCONDED from Waverley Plantation,
Camden County, on the lGth day of July
last, LARKIN, DICK, and CATO. Larkin
is a stout Mulatto fellow, about 28 years of age,
5 feet 6 to 9 inches high—he has a scar on his
right cheek, also some marks of small pox
about his face, particularly on his nose, also a
large scar from an axe on his foot, near the
great toe. Larkn has rather a feeble voice for
a man of his stature. Cato is a black fellow,
an African by birth, be is a stout, square built
fellow, about 4 feet 4 to G inches high—has
the mark of his tribe on his breast, he is like
wise ruptured, and has a very large mouth.
Dick is a small black, well set fellow, also an
African by birth, with a round face and down
cast look, easily confused when interrogated;
there is also a singular appearance about bis
mouth when alarmed. The above three fel
lows were bought of the estate of Jno. 11. Mo
rel, in March 183 G, and formerly lived at the
Cottonhain Plantation, Bryan Cos. They are
also well acquainted in and about Savannah.
GEO. C. DUNHAM, Manager.
Mar 9
$10(1 Reward.
THE above reward will he paid to any per
son, who will apprehend and deliver to the
Jailer of Baldwin Cos. Georgia, or SSO, if deli
vered to the Mayor of the City of Chirleston,
or lodged in any Jail in the United States, a
man by the name of MURCII JUDD
The said Judd is about 5 feet 8 or TJ inches
high, dark hair, grey eyes, down look,movps
and speaks quickly, is very talkative, and in
terlards his discourse with a horse laugh occa
sionally, is said to be a Canadian by birth; and
has been acting as Collector for the Standard
of Union, up to the 25th of January. He left
this place on Saturday the 9th inst., in the
U. S. Mail Coach,for Warrenton, in company
with a lady of pleasure, by the name of Eliza
Odel, —at the Eagle & Phoenix Hotel at Au
gusta, he registered himself M. Judd Lady,
—at Charleston, he registered himself as
Thompson and Lady, of Florida. He may
probably change his name, to suit his conveni
ence.—He was at Charleston about the 18th of
this month.
PATRICK L. ROBINSON.
ET’ Editors of papers throughout the United
States and Canada will please give this a few
insertions. T. L. R.
Miiledgcville, Feb 26. 1839
POETRV.
[From the New York Mirror.]
THE MARINER S WISH.
by eptes sargeant.
A life on the ocean wave ;
A home on the rolling deep ;
Where the scatter'd waters rave.
And the winds their revels keep 1
Like an eagle caged, I pine
On this dull unchanging shore :
Oh ! give me the flashing brine,
The spray and the tempest’s roar.
Once more on the deck I stand,
Os my own swift gliding craft,
Ho ! set all sail, farewell to the land !
The gale sets far abaft,
We shoot through the sparkling foam
Like an ocean-bird set free ;
Like the ocean bird our home
We’ll find far out on the sea.
The land is no longer in sight,
The clouds begin to frown ;
But with a bold crew and a vessel that’s tight,
We’ll say “ let the storm come down !”
And the song of our hearts shall be,
While the winds and the waters rave,
A life on the heaving sea !
And a home on the bounding wave.
ill I S € E Is L A \ Y .
[From Bentley's Miscellany.]
WOMAN.
In every country, from Turkey upwards
woman lias her certain place. In Italy,
in Switzerland, in Germany, in England,
in Scotland, and more than all in civil
ized and women-adoring France, I have
seen her, in instances without number,
performing offices of hardship and noto
riety, with which her heaven-given wo
manly nature seemed to me totally in
compatible.
That the age of chivalry has passed
from Europe needs not the meagre evi
dence that no thousand swords leaped
from their scabbards to save the beauti
ful Marie Antoinette. Travel over Eu«B
rope, the proofs shall stare you in the
face whereever you go. In Munich a
woman does the work of printer’s devil.
In Vienna I have seen her making mor
tar, carrying hods, digging cellars, and
wheeling forth the clay; and there have
I also seen females harnessed with a man,
nay, with a dog, and once with even a
jackass, to a cart, dragging the same
through the most public street of the me
tropolis. In Dresden she saws and splits
wood, drags coal about the city in a lit
tle wagon, and wheels eatables for miles
through the highways to the markets, in
a huge barrow. In all these places, in
France and Italy, may you note her with
baskets and scrapers, hastening to mo
nopolize the filth just fallen upon the pub
lic routes.
In Franco females do vastly more de
grading and out of door work than in
England, and in Paris they are in as great
request as the mirrors themselves. A
woman harnesses dilligencc horses. A
woman cleans your boots as you rest on
her little stand at the Pont Neuf. At the
theatres it is a woman who sells you your
ticket, and other women who take charge
ot’lhe boxes. At many more business offi
ces it is a woman who does the business.
Would you bargain at a Chantier for a load
of wood, you bargain w ith a woman.
Would you be conveyed publicly to the
south of France, you receive your right
to a place in the Coupee from a woman.
There is no shon, of whatever description,
in which a woman is not concerned. —
There4s indeed hardly a department in
which she does not appear to be chief
manager. The greatest hotel in Paris is
kept by a woman. You sec women super
intending everywhere—in the reading
rooms, in the restaurants, in the estami
nets, in the Cases; —selling tobacco in the
thronged Tabacs; —lending newspapers in
the Palais Royal, and writing out accounts
in the Rue de la Paix; and when, alas! her
vocation must needs render her form in
visible, you shall still on convass see her
image, large as life, in fifty streets ofParis.”
One might infer from most of these in
stances that woman had changed occupa
tion with the other sex. So far as cook
ing is concerned this is the fact. But I
know not if the remark can be extended
further. While the women are thus active,
the men arc too generally lounging. Ten
thousand brilliant shops in Paris are caeh
day and evening presided over by ten
thousand brilliant women. Here is cer
tainly no unattractive spectacle. Therein
is revealed the ingenuity of the French,
since many a green one, and many a
knowing one, is thus beguiled into jew
elry and kid gloves, to say no worse,
merely because it is pleasure to higgle a
bout their price with such gentle cheaters.
As to the beauty of these divinities, you
shall hear many a sigh from ancient veter
ans of the Consulate and the Empire.—
They will tell you that the young loveli
ness of those times has vanished. The
present is an old and ugly generation. So
far as specimens in Cases are concerned
the mark may he true. I have been sur
prised to find with so much grace, and so
much courtliness, and so much gentleness,
so little personal beauty combined. I
hardly know an example that may be
safely recommended, and yet he who
should often walk through the Palais Roy
al, without ever looking into the Case
Corazza, might be justly charged in trav
eller’s phrase, with “havingseen nothing.”
ENERGY OF CHARACTER.
Energy of character is the philosopher’s
stone of this life, and should bo engraven
upon every heart. It is that which has
peopled the temple of fame; that which has
filled the historic pages with great names,
& the civil &, military \vorld;that which has
brought a race from barbarism, drawn the
veil from science, and developed the wond
rous powers of nature. It makes men great
and makes men rich.—First or last.it brings
success. Without it, Webster would have
been a New Hampshire lawyer; T. Ewing
a buckeye salt boiler—and Ben Franklin
a journeyman printer. Without it, De
mosthenes would have stammered on to
his grave, and Cincinnatusdied a common
soldier, Shakspcare would have been shot
for poaching; Pope died selling tape —
Rosco lived selling beer ‘by the small;’ and
Napoleon gone out of the world a Corsi
can bully. With it each one has not on
ly done much good for himself, much for
his day and generation; but much for the
world, in the past, the present, and the
future.
Energy of character will do the same
thing for any man in a small way that it
has done for those. Give the lawyer en
ergy of character, and he will succeed at
the bar without talents. It is the secret
by which the merchant, the artist, the
scholar and the mechanic, arrive at dis
tinction and wealth. If they fail once,
they try again—no contrary winds beat
them down; or if down, they will not stay
down. The man who has energy of char
acter will rise in spite of fortune, and in
spite of opposition.
Give a man energy, and he is a made
man, put him where you will, ami surround
him by what you will.
Stays. —There are, at the present time,
thousands who, ignorant of the misery they
are inconsiderately providing for them
selves, are daily sacrificing health, and not
unfrequeiitiy life, to the mere vanity of
desiring to possess what a vitiated taste
calls a “fine figure.” Modern stays arc
constructed with so little attention to the
form of the body, that the pressure is the
greatest upon the lower part of the chest,
which is naturally the widest, whilst they
have the most freedom at the upper part,
where its diameter is the smallest; thus, in
effect, inverting the order of nature, arid
causing a complete transformation of this
important portion of the body, by making
its base uppermost, and its apex down
wards. Here follow the evils resulting
from tight lacing, which arc numerous and
appalling. Equally, perhaps more objec
tionable than stays, arc the various instru
ments sometimes made use of, as, for in
stance back-hoards and braces, educative
chairs, and other contrivances to amend and
protect the shape, which so far from im
proving they tend ultimately to destroy; in
deed all such inventions, so far from being
useful in the prevention of deforming, are
absolutely injurious. [Hare on Spine
Diseases.
Tea. —A correspondent of the New
York Transcript deprecates the excessive
use of tea, as calculated to prove greatly
injurious to the nervous system. He
states that he is a dentist, and that in the
course of his practice, he has invariably
found tea-drinkers have the weakest, most
irritable and sensitive nerves. lie says:
“In many cases, I have been obliged
to discontinue my operations, owing to
tiic extreme delicacy and irritability of
the nervous system. This led me to make
some experiments, the result of which I
now present to the public:
I took a pound of hyson tea, and after
steeping it in soft water, boiled it down
to lialf a pint; this I applied to such
nerves in the teeth as required to he des
troyed, in order to prevent sensibility in
that part, and thus enable me to operate
on the tooth without pain to the patient.
The experiment was completely suc
cessful, proving clearly to my miud the
poisonous qualities of tea; as heretofore
many dentists have been in the practice
of using arsenic, for the same purpose,
which determined me to try its effects on
animal life.
I then procured a rabbit, of about three
month ohi, and kept it without food a suffi
cient length of time to leave the stomach
empty, then gave it ten drops of the de
coction, holding its head in a position to
cause the fluid to enter the stomach.
The animal appeared to bo somewhat ex
hilarated for the space of three or four,
minutes, then laid down on its side and j
began moaning as if in great distress, and j
in about ten minutes from the time of;
my administering the dose its struggles j
ended in death, the limbs being distort
ed and very stiff.
I also tried the effects of this poison on
a young cat, of the same age, after mak
ing another decoction similar to the first
but rather more powerful, as I boiled it
down to a gill, which resulted in the same
way, but in a shorter time, as the animal
ceased to breathe in less than three min
utes, although the dose was not as large
ns I gave the rabbit, being but eight drops.
Mr. Greely, of the New Yorker, in an
article sustaining the demand of the New
York Journeyman Printers in their de
mand for the prices established in 1630,
says:—
“We know by our experience in the.
business as apprentice, journeyman, and
employer, that these rates afford but a
meagre reward for their labor in most ca
ses, though generous in a few instances.
The quantum of intelligence, integrity,
talent, sobriety, and mechanical skill re
quired to constitute a good Journeyman
Printer would serve to ht up two pettifog
gers, throe doctors, our travelling dentists
or lecturers on phrenology; and have en
ough scraps left to make any number of
locofoco legislators and specie, currency
reclaimers. Why should qualifications so
various and duties so arduous as theirs go
but half rewarded.”
An ot.n Clock and a witty Auction
eer.—The Christian Register of Boston,
publishes with just commendation the an
nexed speech of art auctioneer unnamed,
who had the selling of the clock of the
“old brick meeting house” in Boston.
To be sure, the Courier of that city throws
some doubt upon the authenticity of this
speech, in which case we have only to
apply the Italian saying, Si non c vero c
Lai trovato.
[From the Christian Register.]
A Venkrarle Relic. The Clock
which for many years hung in the interior
of the “Old Brick” inceting-house, in
this city, after" various fortunes, lately
fell into the hands of the Auctioneer. At
the time of the sale, the auctioneer actu
ally delivered the following speech, which
we have been permitted to publish. We
venture to affirm, that a more appropri
ate and witty speech never fell from tl>e
lips of the most celebrated orators at
Vendues:
‘Here is the relic of the early days of
our country's annals, a remnant saved; an
tique of its kind, and venerable for every
association connected with its history;—
the old church clock—bearing a mark of
patriarchal longevity in the date, that
speaks it one hundred and eighteen years
of age. Y et, while it has ticked and struck
off the thousands and tens of thous
ands, who have looked on its calm face,
into eternity, it is still in good time, and
going! going!
‘Though its existence was begun in the
land of King?, moved by the spirit of our pi
ous fathers, it followed them to the land of
pilgrims, and was consecrated to serve in
the house of God, whom they came hith
er to worship as the childern of his king
dom, and not as spiritual slaves to earthly
despotism.
‘This sober, ever-going clock, came
over in the days of caution and sanity.
It came when a sea voyage was a serious
thing and religion a serious thing and a
church clock a serious thing. It count
ed the moments, while the minister of
God was preaching, and his hearers lis
tening of Eternity. It echoed his text,
“Take heed how ye hoar.” Then was
there real clock-work and order in men’s
minds and principles. Vanity did not
then stare this venerable monitor in the
face, and study the while how to display
its plumage. Avarice did not dare, un
der its measured “click,” to be planning
in the temple how to lay up goods for
many years. Nor was pride then puffed
up by the breath of its own nostrils,
while this minute hand was showing its
duration cut shorter at the beat of every
pulse.
'Now, who will let this venerable me
mento of those days be desecrated? Who
will not wish to possess himself of it, as
a relic of the age of simplicity and
sincerity?
‘Look at its aged but unwriuklcd face.
It is calm; for it has not to answer for the
sermons it heard. Look at it, ye degen
erate sons of New England! Do ye not
seem to sec the shade go back on the di
al-platc to the days of your fathers, and to
hear the voices of these aged servants of
God, who went from their preaching to
their reward?
‘I would speak more, but the hour is
come. To whom shall it be sold?
The Highest Inhabited Places in tilts
known world are iu Peru. The cottages,
at the course of the Ancomarca, are atao,
elevation of 15,720 feet above the level of
the sea. The village of Tacors is 14,275
feet high. Potosi, once containing a pop
ulation of 150,000, is 13,000 feet above
the level of the sea.
[TERMS ** W AJOVASG*.
Tfit: tM, •a. £. • -
| ATLANTIC STEAM NAVIGAfIifePT.
An interesting letter pn
from an American citizen in
contained in the N. York Courier. Tbe
writer furnishes the foHowinglist of sttfem
vessels now employed in navigating th«
Atlantic, and also those which are being 1
built for that purpose:
Great Western—l3so tons, 450 horse
power, built in Bristol
British Queen—l 800 tons, 500 b. pow
er built in London N ,
Liverpool—loso tons, 464 h. power,
built iu Liverpool
President (Ain’n) —2400 tons, 000 h.
power—London
United States—l2so tons, 420 h. power
—Liverpool 7
United Kingdom—l2so tons, 420 h.
power—Liverpool
Atalanta—-1250 tons, 350 hf power,
(iron) —Liverpool
New York—to be built in Bristol of
iron.
He then proceeds in the following in
teresting train of remark:—
Thus in tlie course of two yew’s there
will be employed betweert England and
the United States no less than eight Brit
ish steam ships; and allowing each to per
form eight voyages per annum, we fchall
have a steam conveyance at intervals of
every six days; thus we shall be indebted
to British enterprise and British ships for
the means of communicating between
these two great countries. Surely the
Americans arc not to be satisfied with this
state of things? Hitherto they have dis
played an enterprise unparalleled, an ardor
iu the pursuit of commerce unequalled—
and will they see this great branch of their
trade wrested from them without an cffortT
If there arc not the means at present in
the United States for making engines equal
1o the enterprise, they can obtain them in
England, and in a very short time it will
be found that the American engines will
be at least equal to any in the world.—
Our machinery has hitherto been stapled
to the peculiarities of onr country,-K# the
navigation of our immense rivers, lakes
and bays; we have had no occasion for
such strength as transatlantic steam re
quires; but when the spur is once given,
and we are brought into fair competition,
wc shall not be loft behind in their ships
or engines.
I do not say this to disparage what has
been done iii England; on the contrary I
glory in her enterprise. It is emulation
in this vast field which I am looking to.
When I saw the reception which New
York gave to the British steamer*, I fell
proud that my countrymen were 99 ready
to yield to them the palm of victotj*, and
bestow on their commanders the wreaths
of laurel; it was the emblem of that gener
ous spirit which 1 hope will ever charac
terise Americans.
If the Dritish public arc thus alive to
the importance of steam navigation, the
British government are not less so; they
have first class steam vessels building in
every direction, ard contracts with all
the principal engine makers 4n tlie king
dom. The West India and Brazil mails
are to be carried by steam, and every ef
fort is making to reduce the period of
communication with all the commercial
world. If such are the efforts using in
this country, is North America Jo be a
silent spectator? Have we ne interest in
this great matter? Arc we doing any
thing to protect ourselves against a Beet
of steamers which may now enter Jt! ports
and harbours in spite of tut. Is our Na
vy to be neglected, and oor Beet of ships
to be placed at the mercy es hslf% dozen
steamers? Hare we one Sftcicut steam
going ship in the United States? Have
we officers who have ever made the sci
ence of steam their study? WT»at would
become of us if wo waive brought into
collision with either France or England?
What would be the foteef oor touted
Pennsylvania, with a steam frigtoilnwpind
ward of her, armed with** Maple of 98
pounders? Let our Government think
of these things, and ask, wherb is their
security? lam far from wishing to con
jure up dreams of war? God forbidrlhat
such a calamity should ever befat our
country—but the way to presenp* Mice is
to lie prepared for war. r ' *-,*”■ '
* The rapid progress of the States
in commerce i»as
what but,
ansi enterprising. Such are the men to
take ctargti of steamers. WW it b* said
that not asmtainted with the
management of steamers? TiYtato, and
see —and ia a very short Hate fun will
(uni that they will commtwfrUfcll ships
IPufsm atoor —*—
“There’s not in this Wide worjff * val
ley so sweet,” os a
pered to himself, when he Rad crept into
the half empty nofaaw* hogshead.