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Tiicsdiiy Morning, Ha)’ 2N, 1 *:>.
The Hon. Daniel Webster took his depar
ture on the 18th inst. in the Liverpool steamer
for England. The compliment of a dinner was
paid this eminent jurist and statesman on
Thursday by his personal friends, whose good
wishes for his happy voyage and safe return,
are shared, vve turst, by his fellow citizens of
all parties. The following names we perceive
in the list of passengers : E. Molyncux. Brit
ish Consul at Savannah, lady, three children
and two servants: Governor John Reynolds
and lady, Illinois; Huron Von Rnenue, Prus
sian Minister; Hon. Daniel Webster, lady, and
Miss Webster, Boston; M. N. Burch, Macon;
John W. Owens, Georgia; Arthur Blake, South
Carolino; James Comrie, Charleston.
War. —ln the adjoining counties of Liberty
and Glynn it appears that certain persons are
disposed to canvass the titles to their lands.—
We have been informed that the claimants are
serving writs to bring the cases for trial before ;
. the Federal Court. The claims are so extensive
as to produce a general resislane • on the part
of the citizens. Public meetings to resist the
proceedings, have been held in scvetal coun
ties. In Glynn and Liberty, the people have
declared publicly, that they will suffer no inter
ference—that ‘‘they know their rights and
dare maintain them.” The claimants are said
to be equally violent, and a collision will in all
probability be the result.—The Grand Jury of
Liberty, state in their presentments, that the
talc* now contested, have in many instances
remained undisputed for more than half a cen
tury.
G. W. l)ixox, lias been sentenced to six
month* imprisonment in the Penitentiary for
the three libels upon the Rev. Dr. Hawks to
which he plead guilty on Saturday.
The Central Rail Road of Georgia, is now
in use for seventy miles, and by the first of
November, it is expected to have forty miles
more open.
RANK OF DARI UN.
The Federal Union of last Tuesday, says:—
‘•The bills of this bank andstoranehes arc all
received at par by the Central Hank, in pay
ment of debts due to it. The amount already
redeemed of the bills of the Darien Hank, by
the mother bank and at the several branches,
together with the amount paid into the Central
Hank, warrants the belief that a resumption ‘
of payments will shortly take place at this
bank and its branches. The holders of the
notes should not make any sacrifice on thorn.” j
For the Herald
R FADING.
It has often been a subject of remark, that
people of all countries are characterized, more
or less, by the atmosphere which they inhale,
and the scenery to which they are accustomed.
This same remark, with no less force of truth,
inay also he made upon those habitually nccus- |
turned to read—that they are characterized by
what they read. Books are an atmosphere of
knowledge—a wide spread and beautiful land
seapr ; and reading is the respiring of this at-;
ntosphere— the discovering the beauties of
this landscape; while reflection derives the
vitality of the nnnd from the one, and a stamp
of character from the other.—There is. howev- ;
er, this grand difference in their natures, be- I
tween the natural atmosphere and books.
The former is perfectly adapted to our natures.
It exists with all that nicety of proportion in
its parts, which the unerring hand only could
have given it. And from this perfect adapt
edness to all with which it comes in contact,
we unhesitatingly infer a unity of design thro’
the whole. In the world of books, on the con
trary, we find those ingredients which, by a
proper and wise admixtion, become whole-,
some food to the mind, all in theirsimplc state;
and every one is to become his own druggist,
in apportioning these sitnpies out in rates, best
adapted to his temperament of feeling, peculiar
turn of mind, and power of intellect. Here,
then, if danger there be, is where it lies, lest
the unpracticed hand, ignorant of the nature
of what it deals with, makes but too. fatal mix
tures. Mr *
To avoid a fatal error of this kind, every
one should first study himself—his very nature
—then what is best adapted to this nature.
By saying that one’s reading should be adap
ted to his nature, let it by no means be under
stood that he is to read w hat is most consonant
with his feelings; but on the contrary, what
will most strengthen, and build up his weaker
parts. To encourage what we fancy the few
natural traits of one’s character, by a neglect of
the rest, is but to make as palpable a monster
of the mind, as we should of the body,
wc to apply strengthening and nourishing
washes to one part; while enthraling the
rest within iron bands.
The kinds of reading are as various as the
minds for which it is calculated, each posses
sing its peculiar advantages, and also its .pecu
liar evils, according to the circumstances, un
der which it is improved.
Fictitious reading has of late come much into
vogue, and more especially so amongthe fair
er ones, where, of all places, it is least likely
to do good. It has its good purposes to serve,
and therefore should not be totally discarded.
The veriest superstitious Grand mother would
hardly think to deny—that moral instructions
that lessons indeed of all kinds—appear in a
•lore acceptable form, and better meet our ap
probation, through this medium, than through
any other. Instruction given in this way, is
like the administering of pills to a child well
buried in a spoonful of honey. They nvidu
ously swallow the sweet, ttnconclous of the
: bitter which is to work the cure.—All men are
quicker to see the faults of others than their
own; hence, in fiction, they are struck by the
enormity of a crime or the inconsistency of an
action, which, in themselves, they might not
; once perceive. Thus it was with David, when
the fable of the poor man and his single ewe
lamb was told hint—thus it was with the sece
ders from Rome, when Agrippa related to
them the simple fable of the human members,
the relation of which effected what neither
glowing eloquence, nor force of arms could
have done.
Fiction may work still further good in the
case of the hypochondriac. It serves to dis
sipate the clouds that so continually shadow
his mind, and allows intermittingly the sun of
reason to burst in upon lntn—lighten up the
chambers of his soul, and exhibit things in
their true and natural color. While thus it is
the good of one, at the same time it is not less
strikingly the bane of another. In it, taken as
a whole, there is so much grossness and false
hood mixed with the little good ; there are so
many fascinating and imaginary ideas blen
ded with the few real ones; that the unpracti
sed mind, like a solitary wanderer in a dark
labyrinth, finds it impossible to distinguish the
deceptive from the true—becomes bewildered
—nnd finally falls a victim, fast held by the
meshes of that silken net, which fiction Ims
imperceptably flung around it/ But should
there chance to be one out of ten thousand of
these intense fictitious readers, fortunate
enough to possess the requisite discrimination
anil stability of character, not to become lost
and bewildered; still with a man possessing
such a character, there is a secret conscious
ness that the whole is false—that it is nought
but a picture—a mere vision of the imagination
and consequently he is a little affected by it,
as the eternal hills by the mild zephyrs of
spring.
Another kind of reading, and of all most un
profitable to those possessed of gloomy minds,
and those who from peculiar circumstances,
sec many dark and sunless spots in the prospect
before them, is the wild and speculative imag
inings—the horrible and drenmy visions of the
more dreamy poets. The effect of such rea
ding, upon such persons, is at once dead’ning
to the vital energies of the soul. It shoots a
chillness to the heart, and freezes through its
life-blood. To a naturally rich and fertile mind,
il gives the appearance ofan extensive prairie,
just swept by a raging lire—stripped of every
blade of vegetation, and left a blaclr, trackless,
and dreary waste.—This kind of reading, then,
if ventured upon at all, is only to be touched by
the lovely and gay, to rightly balance their
minds; but even here there is danger—it will
prove pernicious.
Those who read, therefore, should read for
improvement, for the forming of their minds,
and in order to this, they should never over
cherish and indulge a particular passion to the
neglect of another equally important one, and
thus produce a monster where their should be,
and might be, symmetiy and beauty.
ALFRED.
Froin the Charleston Courier,2-.M inst.
Messrs. Editors.—A writer over the signature of
Justice, would make me instrumental in contradic
ting the whole tenor of my professional life. He
would have me reverse opinions, which I have fully
and frequently expressed through the colums of your
paper, and which I have sacrificed no little to enrty
into practice.
I um now, and ever have been a decided opposer
of the Cincinnati rail road, I believe at the present
juncture, that it hangs like an incubus upon the inter
ests of Charleston, of Soutb-Carolina, and the whole
South. It has cramped tin 1 fiscal power of the. < ity
—deluded the State into the belief that she possessed
exclusive advantages in her inter-communication
w ith the West—and, by cutting her off from a cor
dial co-operation on the part of her sister Stale, put
in jeopardy the union of the South.
The admission referred to by Justice, was simply
upon the practicability of a road to the West, and
had no relation whatever either to the adoption of
a particular rout, or the point westward upon which
we should demonstrate. Uuite the contrary—these
were questions warmly argued after the submission
of reports upon the passes of North and South-G'nr
nlina, and it was only upon the strenuous remon
strance of Mr. John C. Calhoun against the exclu
sion of the State of Georgia from a participation in
the great Southern work, that an engineer was de
tailing to examine the gaps of the Blue Ridge in
that State.
Messrs Editors, the question of preference was
not a difficult one upon either of these heads, after
the thorough examinations that were made by order
of our board of commissioners—but the same fatal
policy which led to the construction of the winding
stnirs over a spur of the Saluda Mountain, to force
Kentucky hogs direct to Columbia, rather than have
them pass by the village of Greenville, crept into
the discussion of routes, and, in spite almost of the
remonstrances of the merchants of Cincinnati, forced
upon that city the honor of being the, terminous of
the western rail road. Can there be a mistake on
this head ? Why then the fate of the report, pre
sented by myself, as engineer for the city of Charles
ton, upon the important subject of a route to the westl
That document was 100 conclusive to be admitted
openly into the convention at Knoxville, and,
although repeatedly called for by prominent me.m
----1 bersof the South and West, was suppressed. The
argument used was too futile in itself, and in jurious
in its consequences to the character of my native
State, to have me make it public.
With these facts before Justice, for he appears to
be perfectly nv, fait in the policies, past and present,
of the Cincinnati road, how could he have attempted
! to enlist my engineer jt/Agement to impose his unfor
tunate project still farther upon the ingenuous char
\ acterofhis fellow citizens 1 Is he yet to be informed
: that I resigned with disgust from its service three
1 years ago, and have been diligently engaged ever
i ‘since in rescuing the interests of Charleston from its
ruinous effects 1
But, Messrs. Editors, to my reasons for opposing
this road now—although I had not intended to obtrude
them uncalled for; my presence in Knoxville was
attended with one good effect as Engineer of Charles
ton—l became acquainted with the Western merchant
and he taught me the way to the West. He took the
map of the United States and pointed out the line
from Gunter’s Landing, on the Tennessee, to jT/acon,
on the Ocmnlgee River, scarce two hundred miles
between, and he added tkat no other route would avail
I them. This road has been located, and in eighteen
j months, the freights of 380 Western Steamboats will
be deposited in Macon, ready for the Atlantic City
that shall be best prepared by Steamboats, to trade
with that place. 1 worked gentleman for a noble State,
whose, words was, “the prize to the most deserving,
so that the South be disenthralled.”
But this is not only my practical reason for oppo
sing the Cincinnati Railroad—llearned when in the
West, that the Cotton* of Alabama, West Georgia
and Florida, might be concentrated upon the Atlan
tic sea board; and that this important trade could be
1 properly systematized. To effect this, I have laid a
eharter.for99 years, beforethecitizensofCharleston,
the object of which charter is supported by the most
unquestionable Engineer authority in the. Untied
■States —I ajlude to the Railroad or Canal comment-
cation, bet wean the Ocmulge* and flint rivers—by the
opening of which thoroughfare, theSieombonta enga
ged in ihe Western trade through A/acon, would be
employed nt ihe same time in forcibly directing the
European trade, intended for the Gulf of Mexico,
from us present channel through New York, thereby
placing the Oily of Charleston upon a footing with
that City, on both ot these important heads. And
can there baa greater interest to our city than the
Steamboat interest 1
Nor have I been idle in maturing the public mind
for this. My associate Engineer, Mr. Herbert, is
now in Washington, preparing from the public doc
uments, a full statement of the bearing of this work
upon the interests of the whole South, and in the in
terim. I would advise Justice to learn more of the
state of the times, before lie writes of what Norfolk
and Richmond can do and are doing. The first
place has a rail road already graded to Raleigh, tlte
very centre of North Carolina, nnd the latter has a
ennui to Lynchburg, the Western Virginia, to which
he would take a rail road for flour, when il is com
monly known that flour is utterly ruined by rail road
trnnspoi lotion.
I have yet another reason, Messrs. Editors,
for opposing this road, and it is the most im
portant. Tlte Sent It culls for a united currency,
and so long as our State allows the bank she has
chartered for this purpose, to remain bound to
a ear that will not run, she utterly excludes it
as the nucleus of so desirable a formation by
the other Southern States. I refer you for u
confirmation of this opinion, to the proposition
of Judge McDonald, of Macon, before the last
Convention at Augusta, tothe set of resolutions,
offered by the Hon. Thomas Butler King to
tlte Senate of Georgia, at its last session; and
to the very creation of the Southwestern Bank,
bv tlte States of South Carotin, North Carolina
and Tennessee I repeat —will Georgia, Ala
bama and Florida unite with it their branches,
under its present organization? Most assur
edly not; and yet those three states, indepen
dently of the first three, yield a yearly product
of yearly one million of bales of Cotton—enti
tling them to h bank of fifty millions, over and
above the capital of our Southwestern Institu
tion.
As to a pledge on the part of South-Carolina
to support the Cincinnati road, at all hazards,
1 can only say humbug. So was it contended,
when the expenditure of one million and a
half, some twenty years back, found her worse
titan when she began.
No, the profession of the Engineer is begin
inglobe appreciated by South-Carolina, and
as long ns she lias the Savannah and Tennes
see rivers, uniting on Iter borders, she need
not feurto push iter improvements, or of their
ultimate success. Georgia lias granted a char
ter for a canal that shall join these two rivers,
and North-Carolina and Tennesse are ready tit
n mom clips warning to contribute their full
share to litis perpetual trading avenuebetween
the Atlantic and the West.
1 have now, Me ssrs. Editors, I trust, pre
vented the possibility of any further use of my
name os an engineer, in favor of tlie Cincin
nati road, and also made plain the only ground
upon which it could possibly support the in
terest of the South Western Bank. May I not
add, the only ground upon which it w ill be sup
ported by many of its stockholders ? But
these things ought to be made public by oth
ers.
A. IL BRISBANE.
The Indians arc still troudclsome in Florida.
They have killed several more white men—
burned down houses and have pulled up Ilia
corn in the fields. They were “ chased” by
the United States troops, hut escaped.
The St. Augustine News of tlte 11 lit inst
says that Mr. Downing is elected delegate to
Congress front Florida. The result lmd not
been fully ascertained, however.
The Striped Pig- —• Papa,’ said one of his
boys to the deacon, ‘lliad a funny dream last
night.’
‘ Well, Tommy, what was your funny
dream?’
1 Why, I dreamed that the devil came into
your store,
‘ The devil ”
1 Yes, pa, the devil, and that he found you
drawing a glass of gin for poor A mho James,
who has fits, and who broke bis little baity’s
arm the other day, because she cried when lie
came home drunk. And I thought the devil
came to the counter, and laid the end of his
long tail down on a chair, and leaned over to
wards the barrel of gin where you were stoop
ing to draw it out, and asked you if you wan’t
adeacon. And 1 thought you did not look up,
but said you was ; and then lie grinn’d and
shook itis tail like a eat tit .t has a mouse, and
says he to rne: ‘That ere’s tlte deacon for me !’
and ran out of the shop laughing so loud that I
put my fingers in my ears and woke up.
Anecdote — and a pretty good one. —A young
woman alighted from the stage on tlte road to
Sandy Bay. the otherday, when a piece of rkl
bon detached itself from her bonnet and fell
i ito the bottom of the carriage. “You have
left your bow behind,” said a lady passenger.
“ No I aint, he's gone i( finking,” innocently
rejoined the damsel,and proceeded on her way
rejoicing.— Gloucester Telegraph.
Horrible Transaction,. —In the Circuit Court of
Copiah county on Friday last, Alva Carpenter was
put on trial, charged with the murder of Mr. Keller,
late judge of Probate of that county. The evidence
closed about 5 P. M. on Friday at which time we
left Gallatin. We learn, however, from a gentleman
who left on .Sunday morning that the case wus sub
mitted to the jury about 9 o’clock, who after being
absent a short time, returned a verdict of manslaugh
tr,r. —As the officer of the court was on the eve of ta
king the prisoner bae.k to jail, a sudden uproar took
place, the lights were all put out, and Carpenter was
stabbed in three or four places, one of his hands cut
off, and he fell a corpse in the “hall ofthee,ourt.” It
is supposed that the persons who were engaged in
this nigh-handed and horrible transaction, were rel
atives of Mr. Keller. Our next mail from Gallatin
will doubtless give us full particulars. What is Mis
ssissippi e.oming to ? It would seem that no man’s
life or property is respected. We blush for the name
posterity will be forced to ascribe to her.
That impudent fellow of the Boston Post says the
New York women arc as brazen as brass knockers,
and are outside the doors nearly as much.
Tlte Portland Advertiser says.—When a man
gets married, he with his wife and child will make
tktee. We know a mun in Unity (A/e ) who got
married, and he and his wife alone made twenty one
—all boys.
Hold on ladies.— We perceive large flaring
bonnets are coming into fashion again. We
saw one the other evening which flared out
like a spread eagle. Do not ladies know that
small bonnets are all the rage in England?
So say the accounts of fashion brought by the
Great Western —an item almost as important
as tliat relating to the North Eastern Bounda
ry-
The Neptune. —This steamboat was sold in
Charleston on the 7th, and was purchased by
Gen. Jas. Hamilton for 828,000, which is up
ward of 8100,000 less than she cost. It is sup
posed she is destined for Texas.
G. W. Dixon, of New York, was on Mon
day sentenced to six months imprisonment in
the penitentiary for libels on the Rev. Dr.
liawkes, of that city. He pleaded guilty on
two of the indictments, and a nolle prosequi
was entered On the other. The libels were
published in the ••Po'j-anthos.”
High Prices of Provisions, are a prominent
I topic of complaint, in every part of the coun
try. The good people ofNew-York, it is said,
have pretty generally concluded not to eat
I beef, at its present prices. Whether there has
been any united action on this matter in Bos
ton, we have no information. We concluded,
I individually, some time ago, to give up beef,
altogether, the conclusion being forced upon
j us by the strongest of all arguments —necessi-
ty. Beef, however, is not tile only article of
food which commands a price altogether dis
proporlioned to the profits of business and
labor. Mutton, veal, butler, flour, and various
other articles, are equally high; and we be
lieve that similar complaints are made in al
most every city in the Union. A week ago,
at Cincinnati, freali butter was selling in tho
market at fifty to seventy-five cents n poupd
potatoes at one dollar fifty cents a bushel, and
good beef at ten cents a pound. The people
of Virginia are also complaining loudly, not
only ns to prices, but also on account of an un
usual scarcity. The Whig says—On Wednes
day morning there was not a pound of beef in
tlte market, and a very limited supply of mut
ton and veal, and that far from being of the
first quality. All kinds of meat bring from!)
to 10 cents; butter, from 25 to ill 14 cents;
eggs, from 10 to 12 1 2 cents. Other articles
we suppose would bring equally high prices,
but the above constitute the only kind of pro
visions offered for sale.
What can bo the cause of this scarcity and
consequent high price ? The Pittsburg Advo
cate, referring to the complaints in regard to
the price and scarcity of beef, remarks as fol
lows :
Some ascribe it to an extensive monoply
others to the drought of the last season. We
do not think it can be properly referred to
either of these causes to any great extent al
though they botli probably operate partially.
The true cause, in our opinion, will be found
to be, that the number of consumers for some
years past, has been steadily and rapidly in
creasing on that of producers.
1. The hundreds and thousand of hands en
gaged upon public works, consume an immen
se quantity of beef as well as all other articles
of provisions drawn from our own soil, most
of which, otherwise, would have sought a mar
ket in the eastern cities; and many of those
engaged upon these works, cease, for the time
being, to be producers, nnd become consumers.
This we know to boa fact.
2. The number of consumers is rapidly and
permanently increasing in Ihe numerous cit
ies and towns of the west; and every furnace
or manufacturing establishment (and their
number is fast increasing) absorb all the sur
plus produce of a greater or less circle around
it.
3. Distant emigrants— add we need not say
how numerous they have been for several years
past —must lie supplied from tlte nearest point
where they can be obtained, not only with
beef cattle, but stock cattle. This requires an
immense supply for the present, although
they will hereafter be returned vvillt interest.
These nrffsotne of the principal causes of
the existing scarcity and high prices which
arc felt here as well as in the east, and tile
only remedy for it is more producers, and
this will be secured by high prices. Such
tilings al way themselves.
Il (feints to us that there is no mystery in
the case. Production is not equal to consump
tion. There is not u suitable proportion of
farmers among the population. The earth is
the teeming source of food of all descriptions,
and there are not men enough found to till
tlte ground. Provisions will be scarce and
hignpill more of us produce for oursclver.
Escape of the Mormon Prisoners.
The Columbus Patriot of the 27th a paper
published in Boone county, Mo., lias the fol
lowing ini cresting paragraph.
The Mormon prisoners were taken from the
gaol of Clay county, where they have been
confined since last fall, to Daviess or Caldwell,
for the purpose of having indictments found.
This being done, the change of venue to Boone
co. was grnnlrd and they were immediately
put under the charge of n guard to be brought
to the gaol at Columbia. Whilst passing
through Linn, they stopped to spend the night,
at a cabin which is said to be elevated by
meansof blocks some distance above the ground
When morning came Joe Smith and his fol
lowers were missing, and upt n examination it
appeared they had escaped by raisinga punch
eon off Ihe cabin floor and letting themselves
down through the opening thus made. They
have made a successful escape.
We learn from the Quincy, 111., Whig that
the Mormons, who escaped, arrived in that
town on the 22nd lilt.
Steamboat Explosion.
Tho last Ml. Vernon (la.) Courier, says;
“The steamboat Avalaneh, on Friday morning
last, while descending the river, about four
miles below litis town, collapsed a flue, killing
three individuals and scalding two others so
shockingly that no hopes are entertained of
their recovery. Ifwe are informed correctly,
all Ihe men killed or wounded were firemen or
deck hands. After remaining at the landing
two thirds of the day to bury the dead, she
was taken in tow by another boat and procee
ded on her voyage.”
WHIMSICAL.—An English papersays that
at a late centenary meeting of tlte Wesleyan
Methodists at Dublin, Mr. Richards of Wexford,
announced his subscripiion of twenty-five
guincs, part of which he said was intended for
his youngest daughter, yet unrmntad,but whom
he meant to call Ccntellana Wesley ana..
(.eorgia—Mcllitoah Connty.
FOUR months after date, application will be made
to the Honorable tlte Inferior Court of said county,
when setting as a court of Ordinary, for leave to sell
the personal property belonging to the estate of Mrs.
Jan- Russ, deceased.
JAMES BLUE, Admr.
May 27, 1839.4 ms.
married,
In this City, on Thursday evening last, by the Rev.
Mr Pratt, Mr. JAMES WALKER, of Hawkens
vill, to A/iss AMANDA, daughter of REUBEN
KING Esq. of Mclntosh county.
At St. Marys, on the 16th inst. by the Rev. J. F.
O’Neil, Mr. THOMAS g. HOPKINS, to Miss
JULIA M. DUFOUR. third daughter of Louis
Dufour, Esq. of St. Marys.
In Monroe county, on the 14th instant, by the Rev
N. G. .Slaughter, Afr. WILEY FUTRELL, of
Crawford county, to Miss SUSANNAH, daugh
ter of Warren Barrow.
SHIP NEWS.
PORT OF DARIEN, MAY 28, 1839.
ARBIVED.
May 25th. Steamer J. Stone, Capt. Me ndall. Sa
vannah, mdz.
Mitchel, tVuer Sc Cos.
27. Steamboat Company’s Boat No. 9. from
Macon, with 406 bales cotton.
Mitchel, Wyer & Cos.
Steamer Sam Jones, Philbrick, from Macon,
full load of cotton, passed here on the 25th for
Savannah.
tinners & Crane.
May 26. Steamer Ivenhoe from Savannah.
CLEARED.
May 27. Brig Amelia Strong, Studley, N.
York, 325 hales cotton, &e. and 30 passengers
22. Sloop Wm. Wray, for Charleston, w ith
167 bales cotton.
A. Marvin.
PASSENGERS
Pur Brig Amelia Strong for New York;
Mrs. Gamble; Mr*. Calder, nnd two children;
Mrs. Hull;Mrs. Holmes; Mas Roach;Miss Hall;
.Hiss Street; Miss Hughey; MfssHudnull;
Messrs. Gutchel, Yenton, Harmon, Rev. R.
Bull, Hall, Stevens, ('lurk, Cobh, Wilson, Dr.
J. Holmes, Hutson, N. Thomas, Jr. J. Rich
ards, Jr. Durand, und master lltidnall.
jmttw, mpti u eo.
Commission Merchants,
Darien, Geo.
May I, 1889.
Marble.
Tlte subscriber will furnish tlte Citizens of Darien
and its vicinity with Gravestones and Tomb tables,
of all descriptions, on reasonable terms, and of a first
rate quality Any persons wishing either of the
above, will please leave their orders, with Mr. John
Mitchel.
AMOS STEVENS.
Darien, A/ay 28th t 839.
Notice is Hereby Given,
THAT James I Garrison, Esq. has been appoin
ted by the subscribers, their acting Agent during their
absence from this State.
S. D & J. P. WOODBURY.
Darien, Afay 28tli 1839.
General Agency.
THE undersigned renews the offer to his friends
nnd the nublic, in the transaction of a GENERAL
AGENCY in tins place. He will attend to the re
newal of all notes, <&e., that may be e trusted to his
care, in the Central Bank, for the customary fee of
One Dollar for each renewal; also, to the taking out
and forwarding Grants, for Fifty Cents each.
Letters enclosing money nnd Notes (post paid)
will meet with prompt attention.
JOHN R. ANDERSON.
Milledgeville, Jan. 8,1839.
For Sale.
THE House and Lot, now occupied by tlte Sub
scribcr, the House. Ims been lately filed up and
is now in good order. For terms upply to
H. N. GAMBLE.
Darien May, llth, 1839.*
Proposals
I'or carrying the malls o f the United State*
from the Is t of July, 1839, to the 30//i of
June, 1813, on the following route , will he
received at the Department until the 10 th
day of June nest, at 3 O'clock, p. m. to be
decided the next day:
IN GEORGIA.
No. 2394. Fioi*n Darien,, by Bethel, ‘VVnyncsville,
Langsbury, Jefiersonton and Leon, to Bt.,- Mury’s,
7i miles and back twice a week in stages.
Leave Darien every Sunday und Wednesday aj 7
a. m. arrive at Jeffers ton same days by <i p. m. and
at St. A/iiry’s next days it a. in.
Leave St. Mary’s every Tuesday* and Saturday
at 4 a. m. arrive at JeffersontOn same days by II a.
m. and at Darien next days by 7 a. m.
NOTES.
1. The route, the sum, and the residence of the
bidder, should be distinctly stated in the bid; the
sum should be stated by the year.
2 No proposal will be considered, unless it be ac
compunied by a guarantee, signed by one or more
responsible persons, in the following form, viz:
“The undersigned guaranty that ,if his
bid for carrying the mail from to
be accepted by the Postmaster General, shall enter
into an obligation, prior to the first day of September
next., with good and sufficient sureties, to perform the
service proposed.
“Dated , 1839.”
This should be accompanied by the certificate of
a postmaster, or other equivalent testimony, that the
guarantors are men of property, and able to make
good their guarantee.
3. The Postmaster General is prohibited, by law,
from making contracts for the transportation of the
mail with any person who sliull have entered into
any combinanon, or proposed to enter into any com
bination, to prevent themukingofany bid fora mail
.contract by any other person or persons, or who
shall have made any agreement, or shall have given
or performed, or promise to give or perform, any con
sideration to do, or not to do, uny tnfhg whatever to
induce uny other not to bid fora mail contract.
4. As stage service may be sfllrutimes difficult on
this route, proposals will also be received forcarrying
the mail on horseback, in wagons, or carts, for a spe
cified number of months, weeks, or days, in each
year; but no dispensation of stage service will be
tolerated unless it be stipulated in the proposals and
embraced in the contract.
5. The proposals should be sent to the Department,
scaled, endorsed, “Proposals for route No. 2391,”
and addressed to the First Assistant Postmaster
Gencrul.
AMOS KENDALL.
Post Office Department, )
May 4,1839. \ w4w
Servants to Hire.
TWO or three house servants to hire during the.
summer, if application is made early. Enquire at
this office. May2l.4t
Custom House,
District of Drunswick, Geo.
Port of Darien, May 11, 1839.
PROPOSALS will be received at this office until
the. Ist of June, 12 o’clock, M. for repairing the Dam
or Causeway Jerdingfrcm the Eastern tothe Western
Beaconon Woll'lsluud. The Causeway to be thrown
up of hard mursh mud, ten feet wide at the base, five
feet high and at least three feet wide at the top, and
a sufficient margin to be left on both sidesofthe dam
to keep it from sinking or giving way. There are
two bridges on the dam which are also to be repair
ed and secured with railing.
J. N. M’INTOSH, Collector.
May 21 st 2t
For Sale,
LANDS, belonging to the heirs of the late
Hon. John Houston M'ln tosh, viz :
100 Lots or more in the city of
Darien.—Also, 22 tracts of
Land, containing in all about
SOOO acres,
Lying in the county of Mclntosh, and on the wa
ters of Sapelo and South Newport rivers.
ONE TRACT in Liberty county, contain
ing 400 acres.
No part of any of tho:>e lands are more than four
miles from salt tide water, a small portion has been
plfinted in Cotton, but are most to be valued for the
Pine Timber und Light Wood.
The re-survey can be seen,also the original grants
or extracts from the Surveyor General’s office, by ap
plying to REU BEN KING, Agent.
Darien, A/ay 21,1839. 8t
N. B. Owners of Saw Mills are requested to look
at the timber,
Dissolution of Co-Partnership.
THE co-purinepship heretofore existing between
the subscribers, under the-firm of Dray & Harbock,
it this day dissolved by mutual consent. All debts
due to or by then) will be settled by J. Dray, who is
duly authorised to attend to the same,
JESSE DL AY,
AUGUSTUS W. HARBOCK
Darien, May 16th 1839..
N. B. The Watch Making and Jewelry business
will be earried on in Darien by tlte subscriber on his
own individual account. Thankful forpast favors
he hopes by strictness and punctuality to merit u
continuance of the same. All work done by him
will be warranted to be genuine and in a workman
like manner. Having had a practical experience in
business he is satisfied that lie can render general
satisfaction, to nil Htoun who may he pleased to pa
tronise him. JESSE DRAY'.
1 May 16. 3t
Boarding.
jprro MRS. M. LASSEIIE, will remove to
her residence on the. Ridge, shout (he
Il l.ifi! rsl u,le nex 'i and will be prepared to
I**lll- .H.nnmmH.l. a few I.ndies and Gentle
men with board through the Summer, upon ra*son
able terms. ap 30
Fresh Beef, Corned Beef qnd
Fresh Iluttcr,
THE SUBSCRIBER, respectfully in
forms the citizens, that a fresh supply ot’
the above articles hove just been received.
Beef, Butter, &c. will be constantly kept on
hand during the summer, und can be had at
all times. T. C. CHICK,
np 30
Oglethorpe House.
THE Public is respectfully informed
[j* l jijfj, that this establishment continues un
il*UDLder the direction of the Subscriber,
w ho hopes, by unremitted exertions to merit a
continuance of the patronage he is grateful
for having heretofore received. The house
is large, airy, and convenient, with spacious
piazzas on every side—the charges will be
commensurate to the times. The prevailing
sea breezes and pure air, render this perhaps
the healthiest and most comfortable Summer
residence in the State—salt water baths may
be had a short distance from the house—also
good stabling for horses.
R. W. HOLMAN.
Brunswick, April 27th, 1839.
Furniture, &c.
MAHOGANY SOFAS
Al 2 do Rocking Chairs
12 do sitting Chairs
36 fancy do do
6 qr. casks Madeira Wine
10 boxes, 1 doz. each Bland Madeira
10 “ 1 “ •• Muscat
10 bbls. Lamp Oil
10 bbls. bottled Ale
For sale low, to close consignments,
ap 30-Ct SAMUEL PALMER,
Notice.
All persons ure hereby forwarned from Tra
ding to any amount, with Mrs. Hannah Fletch
er, the wife of the subscriber; on his responsi
bility, ns Ido not intend to be accountable for
the saute. JOSHUA FLETCHER.
-Mc Intosh County, April 24ih 1839,
SSO Reward,
“MX/' ILL be paid for flic apprehension nnd drliv
ww cry or confinement in any safe jail, so I can
get him, for my negro man Tom, commonly called
Crumbee, about 39 years of age, black complected,
rather thin visage, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, well
made and very intelligent. He lms a scur on one of
his arms between the elbow nnd shoulder, and one
on the end of his nose, both done with an nx n . Ho
is well known in this County, and it is supposed he
will be lurking about Darien.
ALEXANDER S. McINTOSH.
Mc’lntosli County April 16th.
Notice*
Id’THE UNDERSIGNED has been ap
pointed by Mr. W. H. THOMAS, his acting At
torney, during his absence from tlte State.
THOMAS C. CHICK.
Darien, April 10th.
For Sale.
The HOUSE and two LOTS occupied
• I tie’ subscriber. Also, one House amt
pti| in Lot corner Scriven and Second street. —
1— ,y| so one House nnd two Lots on Second
street, near the Lodge.
SAMUEL PALMER.
np 16-3. *
Darien Ice House.
THE SUBSCRIBER respectfully informs the
citizens of Durien, and the surrounding coun
try, that he Inis opened un ICE HOUSE, in this city,
nnd is prepared to supply the citizens with any quan
tity they may desire. Tickets can be had at tiif
of Mr. L. M. Smith, or by ujiplyingto
Darien, April 2d, 1839.
Georgia—-Mclntosh County.
WHEREAS, James Troup, applies for Letters of
Administration, with the will annexed, on iheEsttds
s nd effects of Miss Ann Mclntosh, late of said county
deceased. These are therefore, to cite nnd admonish
nil, nnd singular the kindred und creditors of said
deceased tohe and appear at. my office within the
time prescribed by law, to show cause (if any exist)
why said letters should not he granted. Given under
my hand at office, this the 17th day of April, 1839.
np 23 J. E. TOWNSEND, Cl k C. O.
Georgia—Mclntosh County.
WHEREAS, James Blue, implies for Letters of
Administration on the Estate of Mrs. Jane
Russ late of said county deceased. These arc there
fore to cite and udntonish all, und tiugular the kin
dred und creditors of said deceased to he and appear
nt my office within the time proscribed by law to show
cause, (if any exist,) why said letters should not he
granted. Given under my hand ut my office, this
the 12th day of April, 1839.
ap 16 J. E. TOWNSEND, Cl’k C. 0.
New Spring Goods.
THE SUBSCRIBERS are just receiving per brig
Amelin Strong, a large and fashionable assortmentof
SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS,
Among whielt are Victoria black Summer Cloth ; dcr
brown do do do green : do do plaid white drill, rib
bed cord; diagomal and striped Goods forpants; sa
tin Valencia, maraeiles, plain and figured velvets, for
vestings. Together with a targe and fine assortment
of ready made CLOTHING, suitable for the coming
season, which they are prepared to sell on the most
reasonable terms at the old stand of
N. THO#A3 & SON.
N. B. All persons indebted to tlte firm of N. Tho
mas & Son, by not* or account, are requested to bear
in mind, that the time is fast approaching, when they
will be called on for a settlement of the same—and
it is to be hoped that they will not be put off by pro
mises, but on the contrary be ready with cash in
hand to pay up, as the cash is much wanted by
N THOMAS &, SON.
The smallest sums thankfully received,
mh 12-6 t N. T. &. S.
Silk Worm Egg's.
THE SUBSCRIBER, Agent for Joseph W.
Finder, of Wilmington Island, has on hand a
large quantity of Silk Worm Seed or Eggs,
warranted of the two crop white kind.
The eggs are in good order arid can he sejit
to any part of the country. A good supply
will also be kept on hand for use next Spring.
As they are kept carefully in an lee house,
they can be had at arty tifne, if the supply is
not exhausted.
Persons who have planted the Morns Mtrlti
cattl's, will have it in their power to ratM a crop
of their own tlte present year,.,4’
Orders sent to the subscriber, or left
with the Editor of the Darien Herald, will lit
promptly attended to, and the Eggs delitj^p^t