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Brmtstuich JUrbocate.
by CHARLES DAVIS.]
VOLUME 2.
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
AGENTS.
Bibb County. Alexander Richards. Esq.
Telfair “ Rev. Charles J. Shelton.
Mclntosh “-0 James Blue, Esq.
Houston “ B. J. Smith, Esq.
Pulaski “ Norman McDuffie, Esq.
Ticiggs “ William H. Robinson, Esq.
Wayne “ Robert Howe, Esq.
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Leg,u. Advertisements published at the
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(wlynn Cos. Superior Court.
Elias If Hurt }
vs. £ DIVORCE.
Sarah S. Hurt. J
IT appearing to the Court, by the return of
the Sheriff in the above case, that the de
fendant is not to be found, so that service can
be made upon her, it is, on motion of plain
tiffs’ attorneys, ordered that the said defendant.
Sarah B, Ilort, do appear and answer, or plead
in the above case, on or before the first day of
the next term of this Court. And it is further
ordered, that a copy of this rule be published
once a week until the expiration of said time.
A pi 27
Ciicorjfia—Wayne County.
TO all whom it may concern.—Jacob Rau
lerson has applied to me for letters of ad-1
ministration on the estate and effects of Noel
Raulerson, late of said County, deceased.—
Therefore all persons are hereby cited to be
and appear at my office, within the time desig
nated by law, to show cause, if they have any',
why said letters should not be granted.—Wit
ness the Honorable Joseph Wiggins, one of
the Justices of said Court. Given under my
hand of ofiice this 12th day of April. A. 1).
1833. R. B. WILLSON,
Api 27 C.C.O. W.C.
Ariniiniwtrator’s Sale.
ON the first Tuesday of July next, at the
Court House door, in the town of Bruns
wick ,^GIy r nn County, between the usual hours
of sale, will be sold
One lot in the town of Brunswick, known
and distinguished in the plan of the said town
by lot No. four hundred and eighty six, (48(1)
containing ninety feet in width, and one hun
dred and eighty feet in length. Also, one
thousand acres of land in the County afore
said, on the head waters of Little Satilla, ori
ginally'granted to James Armstrong, adjoining
at the time of survey land belonging to John
Milton, Robert Montfort, and vacant—said lot
and land belonging to the estate of Homer V.
Milton, deceased, and sold by order of the
Court of Ordinary for the County of Jefferson,
for the benefit of the distributers of the said
estate. Terms of sale cash.
ROGER S. GAMBLE.
May' 11 Adm’r.
Notice.
FOUR months after date, application v ill
be made to the Honorable the Inferior
Court of Wayne County, when setting for or
dinary purposes, for leave to sell the land ly
ing on the Great Satilla River, being part of
the real estate of Sherrod Sheffield, de
ceased, for the benefit of the heirs and credi
tors. ELIZABETH SHEFFIELD,
jan 12 Executrix.
notice.
Glynn Superior Court. April term, 1833.
IT is ordered that William D. Jenkins, Geo.
Harrison, Jas. B. Andrews, and John An
derson, be fined each in the sum of forty dol
lars, as defaulting Grand Jurors, and Jno. F.
May, Jno. Piles, Jr., Wm. Burney, William
Sumerlin, Jas. Holland, Robert Payne, Noble
Bell, W. A. Sallens, Chas. F. Rumph, and S.
W. Taylor, be fined each in the sum of twenty
dollars, as defaulting Petit Jurors at the pres
ent term of said Court, unless good and suffi
cient excuse be filed in the clerk's office, in
terms of the law.
Apl 27—lm J. MOORE, Clerk.
Taxes.
ALL persons residing in the city indebted
for their poll tax for the years 1838 and
1833, are requested to call at the store of the
subscriber and immediately adjust the same.
E. C. I*. DART,
Apl 13 Treasurer and Collector.
Notice.
WILL be sold before the Court House door
in Wayne County, on the first Tuesday
in June next, between the usual hours of sale,
agreeable to an order of the Inferior Court of
said county, sitting as a Court of Ordinary,
tile lands on the Great Satilla River, contain
ing 700 acres more or less, commonly known
by the name of Walnut Hill, belonging to the
Estate of Sherrod Sheffield of said county, de
ceased.—Sold for the benefit of the heirs and
creditors.
ELIZABETH S. SHEFFIELD,
Apl 6 Executrix.
Notice.
FOUR months after date, I shall apply to
the Court of Ordinary' of Wayne Coun
ty, for leave to sell a negro man by the name
of Caleb, part of the Estate of Richard W.
Bryan, deceased. MOSES S. HARRIS,
jan 13 Admr.
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, IN THE CITY OF BRUNSWICK, GLYNN COUNTY, GEORGIA
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 25, 1839.
Notice.
A LL persons having demands against the
S\. Estate of Jno. Burnett, Jr. late of the Cos.
of Glynn, deceased, will hand them in duly
attested within the time prescribed by law; and
all indebted to said Estate make payment im
mediately to
ROBERT HAZLEHUIIST,
. S. M. BURNETT.
Mar 3 Qualified Executors.
Notice
IS hereby given, that from and after this date,
wharfage will be charged for all articles of
whatever nature landed on or shipped from
the wharf of the Brunswick Land Company.
Storage can be had for merchandize, &c., in
the Company’s Cotton Shed on reasonable
terms. J. L. LOCKE,
May 11—2 w Res. Agent.
Notice.
A LL persons indebted to John Franklin, ei-
Ji\- ther by Note or Book account, are ear
nestly requested to make immediate payment
to John Franklin, Jr., otherwise the demands
will be indiscriminately placed in the hands of
the proper officers for collection.
Apl 27—ts
Steam boat Wood.
STEAM BOATS touching at Brunswick can
at all times be supplied with first rate
pitch pine wood, on the wharf, and at a low
price, by
Apl 27 ROB’T. WALSH & Cos.
Wanted.
BY JOHN FRANK LI
HIDES, Beeswax, and Tallow.—Cow and
Buck Horns.— Also, Bear, Cat, Deer, and
tter Skins, for which the highest market
price will be given. Mar 3
Havana ( i; r ;u>.
"fi FINE Havana Cigars, of the
AVFsvJvrvr most favorite brands, for sale
by
Apl 27 ROB'T WALSH & Cos.
To I’lantcrN.
PLANTERS in this vicinity, wishing sup
plies for their Plantations, can be furnish
ed with Merchandize in every variety, on as
reasonable terms as can be purchased in Sa
vannah or Charleston, at the store of
jan 2(1 RICE, PARKER & CO.
i ream Alt*.
CASKS Cream Ale in qt. and pt. bot
sml ties. Just received per schr. James
Francis, and for sile by
mar 1G RICE, PARKER it Cos.
Looking' {*la«Nc*.
7 £B LOOKING GLASSES, assorted sizes
s) and patterns. Just reed per schr.
James Francis, and for sale by
mar IG RICE, PARKER & Cos.
Ciyar*.
CASES Alexandria Cigars Bids Long
Nines—l-4 boxes Trabuco Cigars. Just
reed per schr. James Francis, and for sale by
mar 1G RICE, PARKER & Cos. *
A. L. KL\G,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
OFFICE over the Post Office, opposite the
Oglethorpe House,
mar 1G
LOIBER.
rpilE proprietors of the Darien upper Steam
T 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, 1833. ts
O*Reference may' be had to P. M. Nioht
incalf, Esq. in Brunswick.
$23 Reward.
ESCAPED on the night of the 18th inst.
from my custody, WILLIAM GREEN,
under sentence of imprisonment in the Jail flf
Mclntosh County, for harboring a slave. The
said William Green is about forty years of
age, fair complexion, and has a wild expression
of countenance. He resides on the Honey
Gall Creek, a Branch of the Alatamaha, in
Glynn County, and is well known in and about
that neighborhood as a notorious cattle thief.
The above reward will be paid on delivery
of said Green to myself, at my residence, or to
my deputy at Brunswick.
JOHN FRANKLIN,
Apl 27 Sheriff G. Go.
Sugar. Tea, Cotlfec, &c.
RAW and Refined Sugar—Black
9 and Green Tea—Cuba Coffee—
|fa»i ■ Canal Flour, Hawes’ Fulton Mar
tel I I ket Beef for family use. Pickled
beef Tongues ■*— Goshen Butter—
Lard—Ling Fish, Pickles, Soap, and Lamp
Oil, for sale by
Apl 27 ROB’T. WALSH & Cos.
Furniture.
A FAMILY about to leave the city, wish to
dispose at private sale, some articles of
Furniture, entirely new, for Cash only. Apply
to
Apl 13 RICE, PARKER & Cos.
Runaway.
tLEFT my plantation on the
28tli April, in Houston county,
a negro man by the name of
WILL, about 5 feet 7 inches
high, 25 years old, very dark
complexion, and a little inclined
to he bow legged, and walks as
though he had been crippled.
He was raised in Glynn county by a gentle
man named Grant, and sold to a Mr. Bowen
ot Chatham, near Savannah, and was brought
from there in February last, and I think he
will endeavor to make his way back to one of
those places. I will give a reward of Ten
Dollars for his confinement in any jail in the
State, and information so that I can get him. j
Perry, May 1— m 11-2 mZ. LAMAR. |
POET R V .
THE NOVEL READER.
She slumbered in a rocking chair,
She occupied all day,
And in her lap, half opened there.
The last new novel lay.
Upon the hearth the dying brands
Their latent radiance shed;
A flaring candle near her stands,
With a crown upon its head.
Her hair, which long uncrimped had been,
Was hanging loosely round;
A single curl by a crooked pin,
On the side of her head was bound.
Her gown, it had been white, I ween,
But white it was not then;
Her rulfles too, had once been clean,
And might be so again.
One slip-shod foot the fender presl,
The other sought the floar,
And folding o’er her heaving breast
A dull red shawl she wore.
The flickering light is fading fast,
Yet cares not she for mortal things,
For in her busy brain,
The novelist's imaginings
Are acted o’er again.
But while.in this delicious nap,
Her willing sense is bound,
The book escaping from her lap,
Falls lumbering to the ground.
She wakes, but't is also to see
The candle's quivering beam—
Nor in the blackened coals can she
Revive one friendly gleam.
Then groping through the passage far,
She steals with noiseless tread,
And leaving every door ajar,
Creeps shivering to her bed.
Isl ISC E L L A N Y.
[From the Common School Assistant.]
T.O PARENTS.
Would a farmer take a beautiful horse
to be shod to an unskilful blacksmith,!
that a penny or two may be saved! He
will not; for says lie, “the nail may be so
driven in the foot as to make it lame, and
I shall lose my horse. No, I had rather
give a few more, than run the risk of los- j
ing my noble Charlie.”
Two teachers apply for the school in
the district. The one is ignorant, hut lie
offers to teach for $lO per month; the
other is experienced, hilt asks $39 per
month. The parents meet, and the "$lO
man is employed. That the young mind
is a more delicate thing to handle than a
horse’s foot is not perceived; and that the
child is much more easily ruined by want
of skill is never dreamed of.
A farmer sits in his door and sees a
stranger coming through the gate. The
traveller approaches and asks the farmer
if he does not want to hire a hand. The
farmer answers, “Yes, if 1 can get one
to suit me.” And then he puts the fol
lowing questions to the stranger: “Can you
drive team? Can you mow? Can you
cradle,” (See. He is catechised most thor
oughly.
Immediately after another stranger asks
him if “his school does not want to hire
a teacher?” The only question which the
farmer asks is, “how much do you ask a
month sir?” We ask the reader to re
mark the difference in the examination of
two applicants.
Again, the parent will either work with
the hired mail, or get his son to do so to
prevent the laborer from slighting his work
or from wasting a moment’s time. Or lie
will get his neighbor to peep over the
fence occasionally, to see that the hired
man does not sit down on his plough too
often. But the same watchful parent will
put a man over his children in the school
house and never go near him for years!
For the above facts I have never been
able to account.
2nd!y. Parents will labor and live
sparingly all their lives, to give their chil
dred a "start,” as it is called. But selling 1
a young man afloat with money left him,
is like tying bladders under the arms of
one who cannot swim. Ten chances to
one lie will lose his bladders and go to the
bottom. Teach him to swim, and he will
never need the bladders. Give a child a
sound education, and then yon have given
him a “start” that will ensure happiness
and victory to the race.
“A good education is young men’s best
capital,” was truly and beautifully said
by Miss Sedgwick. - And farmers, listen
to Governor Everett, for he Has spoken the
following:
“Husbandmen, sow the seed of instruc
tion, in your sons’ and daughters minds.!
It will grow up and bear fruit, though the 1
driving storm scatter the blossoms of
spring. Plant the germ of truth in the in
fant understandings of your children —
save—stint—spare—scrape—do any tiling
but steal—in order to nourish that growth, |
and it is little to say that it will flourish
when your grave stones, crumbled into
dust, shall mingle with the dust they cov
ered; it will flourish when the over-arching
[heaven shall pass away like a scroll, and
[ the eternal sun which lightens it shall set
in blood.”
If a blacksmith should put a sign,
“Watches mended cheap,” would you ,
take your gold lever to him? If you
should, the quack having heard that the
silversmith, rubbed, and picked, and ham
mered the watch, would do the same?—
jSo with the cheap teacher; lie takes the j
1 children, and rubs and pinches, and haui-
I mers them, — but irnuld they keep time?
j If a parent could stand on the shore of
j the Atlantic, and with one blow knock
out all the light houses, would he not he
accountable for all the shipwrecks made
during that darkness? And if the parent,
through avarice or negligence, withholds
from his child the light of truth, is lie not
responsible for the crimes he may commit?
1 have always admired that law of the
Icelanders, which makes the court inquire,
when a child is accused, whether the pa
rents have given the offender a good edu
cation. And if not, the court inflicts the
punishment on the parent.
The parent that, at any rate, procures
his child a good mind, well principled and
tempered makes a better purchase for him,
than to lay out the money to enlarge his
farm.
Spare the child in nick-nacks, toys, and
play-games, in silk and ribbons as you
please, hut be not sparing in his education.
It is not good husbandry to make his for
tune rich and his mind poor.
THE GREAT WALL OE CHINA.
The late Bishop of Caspa, M. Brugu
iere, having been appointed Vicar Apos
tolic and head of the Catholic Mission in
Corea, traversed the most important parts
of the Chinese empire, in the Chinese
dress, and aided by Chinese Christians, to
Tartary, before lie could reach his desti
nation. The journal of his travels has
been published in the Annates de la Propa
gation de la Foi, No. 50. In the course
of his journey, he passed the Great Wall,
his description of which is somewhat at
variance with those of preceding travell
ers.
“On the 7th of October, 1534, we arriv
ed,” (says lie,) “at the great wall, so high
ly extolled by those who know nothing a
bout it, and so emphatically described by
those who have never seen it. This, and
the other wonders of China, should only
be seen in pictures, to maintain their re
putation.
“’Fhe great wall has nothing remarkable
hut its length, which is about 1500 miles.
Its principal direction is from east to west;
but a little to the north of Slianse, it tends
to the west-southwest. This rampart,
formerly covered with bricks, which have
tumbled down, forms the frontier of three
or four provinces, each of which, in Eu
rope, would he a considerable kingdom.
In the plains and ravines, it is a regular
wall, fenced with battlements, between
thirty and forty feet high. On the moun
tains, I doubt if its height exceeds ten
feet: indeed, on the heights, it is little
i more than a ridge of earth, flanked by nu
merous projections like redoubts; hut them
is no person to guard them. There are
I gates at regular intervals, for the conven
ience of travellers, and the levy of transit
duties. I passed through the gate which
is called Chang Tekaku, (Cliangkeekoo,)
on the road to Pekin. No one paid the
least attention to me; the guards turned
| their hacks, as if to give encouragement
[to me and my followers. Were a more
! rigorous watch kept, it would he easy to
j cross the wall on the mountains, or through
the breaches which time lias made.”—[A
-1 siatic Journal.
j Mr. 1 Veld, editor of the N. Y. Despatch,
tells a story in as rich and quaint a style
1 as any lord of the quill we wot of—for ex
ample—
“VV idower Smith’s wagon stopped one
morning before widow Jones’s door, and
he gave the usual country signal, that he
wanted somebody in the house, by drop
ping the reins, and sitting double, with
his elbows on his knees. Out tripped the
widow, lively as a cricket, with a tremend
ous black ribbon on her snow-white cap.
Good morning was soon said on both sides,
and the widow waited for what was fur
ther to be said.
“Well, Ma’am Jones, perhaps you don't
want to sell one of your cows, no how, for
nothing, any way, do yon?”
“Well, there, Mr. Smith, you couldn’t
have spoke my mind better. A poor, lone
woman like me, does not know what to do
with so many creatures, and l should be
glad to trade if we can fix it.”
So they adjourned to the meadow. —,
Farmer Smith looked at Roan—then at
the widow—at Briudle—then at the wid
ow—at the Downing cow—and at the
widow again—and so through the whole
forty. The same call was made every day
lor a week, but farmer Smith could not
decide which cow he wanted. At length,
on Saturday, when widow Jones was in a
hurry to get through her baking for Sun
day—and had “ever so much” to do in
the house, as all farmers’ wives and wid
ows have on Saturday, she was a little im
patient. Farmer Smith was as irresolute i
as ever:
“That ’ere Downing cow is a pretty fair
cretur-^but—■” he stopped to glance at
the widow’s face, and then walked around
her—not the widow but the cow.
“That ’ere short horn Durham is ndt a I
bad looking beast, hut I don’t know”—an-'
other look at the widow.
“The Downing cpw I knew, before the [
late Mr. Jones bought her.” Here he
sighed at the allusion to the late Mr. Jones, j
'she sighed and both looked at each other, j
It was a highly interesting moment.
| “Old Roan is a faithful old miltcli, and
so is Brundle—but I have known better.”,
A long stare succeeded this speech—the
j pause was getting awkward, and at last
Mrs. Jones broke out —
I "Lord! Mr. Smith, if I'm the cow you
want, do say so!"
j 'l’lie intentions of the widower Smith j
j and the widow Jones were duly published I
| the next day, as is the law and the custom, j
and as soon as thy were “out-published,” j
i they were married,
!
j Just in Time. —A young physician l
| having tried in vain to get into practice, l
at Inst fell upon the following expedient !
to set tlie hall to rolling. He sprang up-1
on his horse once a day, and drove at;
full speed through the village. After the!
absence of an hour lie would return and;
[carry with him some of his instruments—
I thinking if lie could impress his neigli
| hors with the opinion that he had practice
I they would begin to place confidence in
j his ability. A wag who more than sus
pected the deceit which lie was practising
j determined to know the truth. He ac
cordingly kept his horse in readiness,
land the next time that the doctor gallop-
ed by his door, sprang on his steed and
placed himself on the young gentleman's
trail. The doctor saw the man follow
ing at his heels, hut did not, at first evince
any uneasiness. At length, however, he
thought it advisable to turn down a nar
row lane. The pursuer followed on like
an evil genius, but the doctor was not dis
couraged, as another road lay a short dis
tance ahead of him down which he turn
ed. The other kept close at his heels,
and the doctor grew impatient to return
home. There was no house by tiie way,
at which ho could afford any pretext for
stopping. In the mean time his saddle
bags were with him and he was otherwise
equipped for business, so that he could
i not return, in the face of his neighbor,
[without exposing the secrets of the trade
jin the most palpable manner. Every
j hound of his steed carried him farther
! from his home; and the shades of night
; began to fall on hill and tower. Still the
sound of horse’s hoofs were thundering in
his rear, and he was driven to his wit’s
cud: but just as lie turned the angle of a
wood, lie heard a low moan.
A man lay prostrate near *.he fence of a
meadow, and blood gushed from a fearful
wound in his arm.
He had cut an artery with his scythe,
and was in danger of immediate dissolu
tion. The young doctor sprang from his
horse and staunched the wound. Band
ages were applied, and his life was saved,
i The pursuer had also thrown himself from
! his horse, and as the physician tied the
last bandage, he looked up in his face
'and said—“ How lucky* neighbor, that I
] was able to arrive just in time.”
! The wandering spectator was silent
with awe, and after assisting the wounded
I man home, he told such a miraculous
j tale to the wondering villagers, ns secur
ed to the young physician a reputation
not only for skill but also for supernatural
prescience. Thus did the merest acci
dent contribute more to his advancement
than years of studious toil could have
done; and the impertinent curiosity of a
waggish neighbor opened for him a path
, to business which the most influential pat
| ronnge might never have been able to
’provide for him.—[S. M. News.
The following is from ‘A History of
the Striped Pig, written by L. M. Sargent
recently published in Boston.
‘Papa,’ said one of his boys to the dea
con, ‘1 had a funny 'Ueam last night.’
‘Well, Tommy, what was your funny
dream?”
‘Why, I dreamed the devil came into
your store—
‘The devil!’
‘Yes pa, and that lie found you draw
ing a glass of gin for poor Anibo James
who has fits, and who broke his little boy’s
arm the other day, because he cried when
he came home drunk. And I thought
the devil came up to the counter, and laid
the end of his long tail down on a chair,
and leaned over the barrel of gin where
you were stooping to draw it out, and ask
ed you if you wan’t a deacon. And I
thought you did’nt look up, but said you
was, and he then grinned and shook his
tail like a cat that has a mouse, and said
to me, — ‘That ere’s the deacon for me!
and ran out of the shop laughing so loud
that I put my fingers in my ears and woke
up.’
[TERMS *3 IN ADVANCE.
NUMBER 51.
Marriage. —No vulgar maxim has prov
ed more detrimental to female happiness
than that a reformed rake makes the best
of husbands —in almost every instance the
direct contrary has happened. For, in
the first place if the maxim were true, it
is far from certain that matrimony wifi
produce a reform. The vanity of an en
amored female may flatter her that heT
amiable qualities will effect a reformation,
hut experience tells us that the reforma
tion, must go deeper than that which is
only the momentary effect of an impetu
ous passion; it must extend to the moral
principle; to the whole mode of thinking
A rake is hut another term for a sensual
ist, which in itself implies the quantity
selfish-, he has been accustomed to sacri
fice the best interests of others to his per
sonal gratification; and there are more
ways than one of trifling with the liappi
[ ness of a fellow creature.—Further, the
libertine has acquired a despicable opin
\ion of the sex, and we know that matri
j monial tyranny usually originates from n
contemptible opinion of the female sex.
j Lastly, in marrying a rake there are many
[chances to one that a woman marries «
| drunkard or a gamester, and these are
perhaps the only vices that are never to
j lie reformed. —We might* add, that with
! out some notion of religion, morality ha*
| hut an uncertain basis—and what rake
would he thought to entertain respect for
[ religion ?
| Deseiit or Califounia. — This im
mense plain, the existence of which was
■ until very recently unknown, is situated
i in the central part of Upper or New Cali
ifornia, in Mexico. It is limited on the
I north by a mass of rocks, which separate
it from the head waters of the Lewis Riv
er; on t!ic west by an irregular chain ot
mountains, extending in parallel ridges,
along the shores of the Pacific Ocean; on
the east by the western branches of the
Colorado, and on the south by the valley
of the Colorado. Its area is equal to that
of Virginia, consisting of an elevated plat
eau, or table land, flanked on all sides by
desents, more or less inclined, according
!to their geological structure. In all its
{essensia! features, this remarkable waste
I resembles the Great Sahara of Africa.—
It presents little else than an arid surface,
broken at intervals by a few detached
! mountains, of limited extent, hut rising.
[ in some instances above the region of per
| pet mil snow.
j From these mountains, small streams
flow during the rainy seasons. On reaching
j the plains, these torrents disappear in the
[sand, leaving no other trace of their exis-
I encc than the fragments of rocks, and oth
er debris, which are home down by the
current, and deposited at the bases of the
hills. No region can present a more
dreary and desolate appearance. A solita
ry antelope or black tailed deer, wild in
the extreme, and a few straggling Indians,
j among the most wretched objects in cre
ation, may sometimes he seen traversing
} the plains. The country beyond the
mountains which bound the desert on
[ the west, is inhabited by numerous tribes
!of the short haired Indians, They occupy
the valleys of the Buenaventura, and hunt
| the elk, antelope, black tailed deer, griz
: zly bear, &c. Immediately adjoining the
desert, on the northeast, is situated owe
of the most extensive lakes in this part of
the continent. In common with all other
isolated lakes of great extent, its waters
are strongly impregnated with rock salt,
which abounds in the mountains on the
| east. —['Fanner’s Geographical Notes.
The London Sun relates tire following
story as evidence of the social value of
the gallows. The criminal was hung for
the murder of an old pensioner;
I “Taylor’s mother had an interview with
| him on Monday. She asked him wheth
jer lie wanted any of his clothes washed,
I and he replied that the clothes he had
been tried in would do very well for him.
Neither of them appeared at all concern
ed when the moment arrived for their sep
aration. The convict’s father, an aged
man, went to him on Tuesday, and, after
some little conversation, the father told
the convict, ‘To die like a man; and go
to the gallows with the same firmness with
which he had borne his trial and sentence.’
The unhappy young man replied, ‘I will,
father;’ and so they separated. Taylor
kept his word, and met his fate with com
posure; thus securing the esteem and ad
miration of his parents and friends- for his
memory by the boldness displayed on his
exit. The ignominy of the punishment is
forgotten in praises of the ‘pluck’ with
which it is met —to die upon the gallows
is a trifle, but to ‘die game’ secures for
the hero a pretty reputation among those
very persons whom the wisdom of the leg
islator seeks to awe-strike by a ‘terrible
example.’ The gibbet has its laurels as
well as the field, albeit they are‘worn with
a difference.”
The Northampton Courier says that
hawkers and pedlers are carrying about
all sorts of hushes and twigs for mulber
ry trees. So look out.