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D A niEN HERAtn. ptc 1 - - “- —ss —X — 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