The Georgia mirror. (Florence, Ga.) 1838-1839, December 22, 1838, Image 4
XEW STOKE.
THE subscribers offer tor sale r.t their «!r>re in
Florence, (the one formerly occupied by Jer
nigan, Laurence Sc Cos.) o we!', selected .ock of
FANCY AND STAPLE DRY GOODS,
Hardware and Cutlery,
Among which may he Jar; >1 the following articles:
200 ps. fancy Flints,
50 „ Furniture d.x.
50 ~ assorted Cambrics,
75 ~ Muslins of every variety,
100 ~ 3-4 brown Shirtings,
75 „ 4-4 Sheetings,
25 ~ 4-4 do. fine article,
25 ~ 4-4 bleached do do
25 ~ superior English Cloths, assorted
colors,
15 ~ 4-4 Merinos, assorted,
2 ~ do. double width,
5 ~ Circas- n,
Carpet ling,
~ fine do
10 ~ Sacking,
20 doz. Napkins,
ALSO, A LARGE. ANT) KI.EUANT ASSORTMENT OK
Hats, Caps, Boots atul Soars,
Domestics, Sat;i nets, (’as«; ners,
Bro linen l)riiiiu:s, white do. bro. Iloilan 1,
Vestings, Di ipei
Russia Sheet!.’ _ r , Omalmrgs,
Ladies and gents, hid Cloves, cerhs buck do.
Silk and cotiOii Ho* cry, ;• ispenn
A splendid assort Bonnets A B nr i., •! ons,
Thread and bolt Laces, do. iuser.ings, Bob
jnet, Giecittct,
AN ET.EGAHT SUP ’EY OF
SILKS, SATINS, FRENCH MUSLIM, CHAILY, CHALLIETTE,
Silk, Bombazine and Satin Stocks,
Black Satin Bosom , Collars, Sec. Sec.
Together with a complete anJ splendid assort
ment of
SUMMER CLOTHING,
Among which area few THBET VESTS, a
new and superior article for wear.
I.IKF.WtSE, A GOOD SUBTLY OF
Bridles, SailiJk^^snrlinffals,
iiovsrxb ■. s ruthTfs,
RIDING WHIPS, DRIVE US WHiPS. &c.
All of which will be sold on sm h ter.ns a< will
suit purchasers, who are respectfully Inwlei to
eall.
Me KEITH AN, WIMBERLY Sc Cos.
Oct. 6 2*
NEW GOODST"
THE SUBSCRIBERS have received their
supply of
Win fra* (iiooiifu,
CONSrSTINO OK
Woolens, Satfinetts,
A variety of Broad Cloths,
Circassian*, Merino*.
Bombazines and Bombnzettes,
Red and W hife Fiantlel,
A good assortment of
Ready eliade Clothing,
A large supply of BOOTS and SHOES,
OEBTKF.MKX’9 A$D L.VOIKS
Saddles, Bridle* & Barfinpili,
Crockery, Hardware and < utlery,
V ith a variety of other articles suitable to the
soaso-i, which they take great pleasure in offering
fb their customers and the public, at their new
•tor# on tlifr North side Centre street.
_ GARDNER & HARVEY.
Deo. S 36
_____
THE subscribers would respectfully inform the
Inhabitants of f lorcnee, Stewart counfv and
$e adjoining country, that tbev have refitted the
st oro formerly occupied by Mr. T. M. Miller, and
tnor* roconty by Wm. Stafford, Esq. on Centro
street, where they are now opening
A JtF.vr AM) SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF
nn\ % noons,
HATS, BOOTS. SHOES, & BROGANS.
Lad if* aaifl .Hisses Bonnets,
Hard and Hollow Ware ,
WAGON AND CART BOXES, Sec. Sec.
” oe above stock has just been selected front the
N«w York and Boston markets.
ALSO, A LARGE STOCK OF
GROCERIES, Viz.
3ACON---KAM3, SIDES AND SHOULDERS,
jR©M»% J Lard, Sugar *V Coffee,
BRANDV, RUM."WHISKEY,
WIS hIS A ND con Dta ls.
A'l of which they offer for sale on the most rea
tonable terms.
ANDREWS JcBEMIS.
Tlorence, August 1 19
N. B. We are daily expecting PAINTS,
f>ILS and WINDOW GLASS, and a large as-
Sfttttocßt of BOOKS and STATIONARY, ME
DfCJNES, BAGGING and ROPE, See.
A Sc B.
FRESH RECRUIT.
THE subscriber respectfnllly notfiieshis friends
and the public generally, "that he is now open
ing a fresh assortment of
Staple and Fancy Slry floods,
CIfOSF.N, WITH MUCH CARE. ALSO IX STORE,
GROCERIES,
Cotton nagging, Tuine,ffrc.
flo begs leave to remind his friends that he will
efißtltitio to receive COTTON on store at his
WAREHOUSE. as usual, and pledges himself
•to naiake every effort to give general satisfaction to
KS* patrons, and begs their patronage.
H. W. WOODWARD.
FloYenre, Nov. 15 34
PAPER AID STATIONARY,
VP/wlesmle and Retail.
TttE •Rtibseribers hfive just opened their Fall
and Winter Stock of fine and superfine Let-
T*r, Cap. and larger PAPERS, most of which has
iteen purchased direct from the manufactures.
Stationary of every kind,
Blank Books, for city or country trade,
Pocket Bonks. Pen Knives, Sec.
-Which they will sell on accommodating terms
r (If eky acceptances.
Rhmk Books made to onfor.
Priut*rs .supplied with Printing Paper, Ink,
tnfe b«?*t qualitv.
BURGES Sc WVLKER,
i.*i:\v
j a. wj TiiK subscribes* b.,vo associated
i I Mi«eHes to ether as COM.\IIS
I • HANTS, under the
j name and style of
I joh.y n. fairsa • to.
I k hey have purriiase.d tire commodious YVARK
j HOUSE and CLOSE fi't’OitE, lateiy occupied
J by Jernigan, Laureure Ar. Cos. where they will re-
I ceive ( "j i' ,\)N or GOODS iu store, amt advance
j only upon cotton in their possession and under
their control. . heir charges will be as customa
ry. „
I lie business will be conducted by John D.
Pitts. We solicit the patronage of the public,
and are prepared to give Columbus prices for Cot
ton. JNO. D. PITTS,
M. J. LAURENCE.
Florence, Nov. 10 33 ts
FORWARDING AND COMMISSION
li CSLXESS,
In the C’itv of St. Fla.
The undersigned have formed a
T <s> copartnership under t lie firm of
fey ■ Lf* ANDERSON STARR tc Cos.
for conducting a Forwarding and
v’oni'ui> : ni Business, and have undertaken the
construe: not Commodious Warehouses in St.
j Joseph, I,»!a, and the Chipola Depot, for the stor
, age ol' Cotton and other agricultural productions.
1 We pledge our best exertions for the interest of all
I >' ( i ned, and respectfully solicit a shareoi con
fidence from the public.
W. ANDERSON, J. B STARR,
«fc W. E. ANDERSON.
\ ug ust 11,1838 20.
NEW STORE.
JUST RECEIVED and for sale, a general as
sortment of
J% n ew English Goods,
all of the tir.sr class, and which will be sold CHEAP
and on accommodating tei ms. The public are re
spectfully invited to give us a call.
SMITH tc. WINFREY.
Dee. 1 35
NOTICE.
fTHIE late finn of A. P. RooP A" Cos. is this
J- day dissolved by mutual consent, the busi
ness of the firm mJibe settled with all possible dis
patch by me. A. V. ROOD.
Dec. 1,183 P. 87 3t
I > IHIE JsiUBM 'STBLlxSTisve just received a
: 1 select lot of
GROCERIES,
which they oiier on reasonable terms for Cash. i
ROOD Se TAT,MAN. \
Dec 15 37 ts
COFFEE, FLOUR.'SiT
JUST R..; i;l\ ED, per Steamer Arab, and
for sale tin- cash only,
10 blits superior Floor,
10 sticks Rio Coffee,
20 ps best Kentucky Bagging,
20 coils ~ Rope.
A. B. C. WINFREY Jc Cos.
Dec. 8 36
GRocEiiSa
IURI RECEIVED, per steamer Ellen, and
et for sale,
20 ps Kentucky Bagging,
20 coils Rope,
5 bbls Whiskey,
5 . Gin,
B ~ Rum,
2 ~ Cog. Brandy,
2 ~ I 101. Gin,
3 ~ Cordials,
5 boxes Soap,
1 ~ Starch,
3 baskets Champaigne,
5 boxes Cheese.
A. B. C. WINFREY & Cos.
Dee. 15 37
NOTICE.
T | 111F, subscribers have on hand a good supply
CONFE C FIONA RIES,
which they offer for sale tit the store next door to
McKoethan, Wimberly A: Cos. formerly occupied
hv Mr. J. Jordan, which they wifT sell low for
Cash. W. R.HA«RVEY Se Cos.
Poo 15 37
FOR SALE.
1 ( pieces host Kentucky agging.
JL v"v" bales best ” Rope
bv
JERNIGAN LAURENCE <sc Cos
Sept. 22d 26 ts
T OOK OUl' FOR A STORM.
rjj 1(1 E subscribers having disposed of their stock
8 of lb v Goods at Florence and Lumpkin,
they take this method to inform their customers
that all not. sand accounts that remain unsettled
offer rite 1«t day of January next, will positively h«
Jiffmod in the hands ot an officer for collection
We w H allow the HIGHEST CASH PRICE
for COTT< IN in payment for any debts due.
JERNIGAN, LAURENCE Se Cos.
Oct 6 28
NOTICE.
rtMTL Stockholders of the BRUNSWICK
I- and V LOR IDA RAIL ROAD, are requus
i'-ii to meet at Thomasvil e, Thomas county, on
! Monday, the seventh day of January next, to e-
I lect a board of Directors, and other officers; and
I at which time five dollars on each share will be
required to be paid in.
THOS. BUTLER KING.
Nov. 20 35 5t
{£?“ The Milledgeville and the Columbus pa
pers, the Georgia Mirror, and Brunswick Advo
cate. Irwinton Herald arid Tallahassee Floridian,
will insert the above notice nntil the first of Janu
ary, and forward their accounts to A. L. Kina,
Brunswick, for payment.
~ NOTICE. ~
A UTi those indebted to the estate of George
Shaw, deceased, are requested to come for
ward and make payment, and those having de
mands against the estate will present them ac
coiding to law. JOHN BLACKSHEAR.
-Nov. 10 33 6t Adai’r.
A TREATISE ON BAPTISM, by
> m. James E. Glenn, (just published.) for sale
_OA RDN EK Se HAHVET.
THE GEORGIA MIRROR.
ADM IXISTIIATORS SA T.K.
VGREE4BLEto an order of the Inferior
(’otirt otTstewart county! when «irtin<j for
ordinary purposes, will be soid on the fir-t Tues
day in January next, within the legal hours oi
sale, before the Court House door in Lumpkin,
the negroes belonging to the estate of Timothy
Carrington, late ot said county, deceased, to wit
—Mariah, a girl, about seventeen vears oid, and
Kesiah a girl, about eighteen years old; sold tor
the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said de
ceased. Terms made known on the day of sale.
JAMES HILLIARD, Adm’r. _
Oct. 24, 1838. 31
WILL be sold before the Court House door
in Lumpkin Stewart County on the first
Tuesday in February next, under an order of the
honorable the Inferior court of said county, one
negro girl named Elsey, 16 years of age, and one
Lot of land Na- 106, in the 23d district of origin
ally Lee now Stewart county, belonging to the
estate of Lewis Dupree, sen. deceased, sold for
the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said de
ceased.
LEWIS DUPREE. Jr. Adm r.
Oct. 9 33
WILL be sold, agreeable to an order of the
honorable the Inferior Court of Sumte
county, while sitting for ordinary purposes, on th
first Tuesday in FEBRUARY next, before tb
Court House door in Americas, Sumter county
within the usual hours of sale.
One Lot of Land, No. 106 in the ??th district
of said county; also, one other Lot. No. 41. in
the ?Pth district, all sold, as the property of Guil
ford Joiner, deceased. Bold for the bcoc'fit of the
heirs and creditors of said deceased. Tefnts
made known on the day.
LEWIS JOINER. Adm'r.
Nov. 28, 18.38, 37
FINDER an order of the Inferior Court of
U Stewart eounfy, while sitting for ordinary
purposes, will be sold, on the first Tuesday in
MARCH next, before the Court House door in
the town of Lumpkin, Stewart eounfy, Lbt of
Land No. 43, in the 23d district of said county, it
being the real estate of George Shaw, deceased,
for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said
deceased. 'Terms made known on the dav.
JOHN BLACKSHEAR. Adm r.
Dec. 15 37
V*7 ILL be sold, agreeable to an order of the
v r Inferior Court of Stewart county, while
sitting for ordinary purposes, on the first Tuesday
to FEB R UA R Y next, before the court house door
in the town of Lumpkin, Stewart county, all the
real estate of John A. Shirling, late of Stewart
county, deceased, viz. one Lot ot Land, No. 31,
and the north half of 33 and 32. all in the 33d dis
trict; also eight negroes. Terms made kuown oh
the dav.
WILLIAM B. SHIRLING. > . , .
JAMES WEBB, £ Adm ft.
Sept 3,1832. 24
WILL be sold, on the first Tuesday inFch
▼ T ruary next, before the court house door
in Lumpkin, Stewart county, agreeable to an or
der of the Inferior court of said county, while
sitting for ordinary purposes, all the real estate of
Lewis Dupree, sen. consis ing of the undivided
third of 10 shares in the Florence Company, and
also, the undivided third of the following lots in
said town. viz. Lots Nos. 34, 35, 36, 37, 18 and If),
all in block B: Lots Nos. 93, 89 and 88. and one
sixth of Lot 86, all in block, E, and one third of
Lots, Nos. 4.G and 47, in block C; all sold for tile
benefit of the heirs and creditors.
LEWIS DUPREE, Adm'r.
Dec 1, 1837 35
exedirrolus eale7
If TILL he sold on the fir«t Tuesday in JAN
v J UARY next, at the house of Colson Guil
ford, in ihe Bth district of Randolph countv, the
following property:
Six Negroes, to wit: Sue, a woman, 03 years
old, Dorcas, a girl, ten years old, Ann 7 years old.
Cinthy, five Veafs, Rysl, a boy three years old,
and Amos three months old—all sold as the pro
perty of John Guilford, sen. late of said county,
deceased, sold for a division amongst (he heirs.
Terms, twelve months credit, w ith small notes and
good security. COLSON GUILFORD.
Nov. 2, 1933. 33 Kx'r.
J3URSU \NT to nu order of the court of of
l diuary of Randolph county, will he sold on
the first Tuesday in FEBRUARY next, at'the
Court House door in Cuthbert, two back lots. Nos.
not known; also, the south half of Lot of Land.
No. 39, in the first district, joining town.
Also, at the Court House door in Baker countv.
Lot of Land No. 2 14, in ths 12th district originally
Lee, sold as the property of John Mnvnard de
ceased. MARY I*. MAYNARD, Adm'rx
Dec. 1 35
EXECUTRIX SAiTU
A GRELABLK to the last will and testamen
-GV of James Parker, late of Stewart county de
ceased, will he solibto the highest bidder, on tho
fust I uesdny in January next, at the Court Hons
door m the towD of Lumpkin, two tracts or lots
of land, to wit—Lot No. 216, in the twenty third
district, and Lot No. 37, in the twenty first cfi.s
ft ict, both in the county aforesaid.
ff erms of sale made known on the day.
MARTHA PARKER, "Ex’rx
Lumpkin Oct. 29 1638 31
"tHU L MONTHS after date application w ill
-T.. t,e mad,> bonorable the Inferior court
of the county of Sumter, while sitting for ordina-
f ° T ,e ' IVC ,0 sell rieal estate of
JOiin IS, UHnuoii, dporascfl.
. _ _ HENRY DYKES. Adm'r
Amcnctis. Nov. 10, 1838. 35
"FVtl R MONTHS alter date application will
-h- be mane to the honorable the Inferior Court
ol Sumter county, u hen sitting as a Court of Or
dinary, for leave to Sell Lot of Land No. 220. and
part ot Lot No. 219, in the 30th district of said
county, belonging to the estate of John Mathews
MOSES MATHEWS, Guardian.
Sumter co. Nov. 8, m. 38. 33
MONTHS after date application will
be made t 0 the honorable the Inferior com t
ot Stewart county, when sitting for ordinary pur
poses, t„r leave to sell the land and nogroes belong
ing to the estate of John A. Shirling, deceased,
late ot said county, for the benefit of (he heirs ami
creditors of said deceased.
WILLIAM B. SHIRLING.* ,
JAMES WEBJ}. I AJm re.
Sejm 3, 1838 9 \
ntobtits after date a 11 wril be
matle to tfa" I ionoraide th. ~ . .uut.
11l S n r county sitting lor o 1.. p.i, oses
• 1 ’a. to srii til..- real estate oi , . Join .
decease j.
BY THE AD.-: . 5 iJi
Americns Oct. 2 1-
<r i .011(1 1 A — Su//>.'(
\\ HER!!AS Allen M.Tatem a,/. - • ,
vv ! r letters of Admiuistratidn up.ai ;
tale ol Alary \V iJlis, late of said county, deceas
ed,
'These are therefore to rite and adman, h a.i
and singular the kindred and crcititofs of -a.,, e
ceased, to appear at my office within the tunc
prescribed by law, to shew cause, 1 anv liiey have,
why said letters of Administration should not be
granted.
Given under my hand, at office, in Americus,
this 2-lth day of October. 1838.
GEORG IA—S u m ter county.
W HE REAS, Walton W. Fuller applies to
me for letters of Administration on the es
tate of Uriah Fuller, lateof this count':, ch c as
ed ;
This is therefore, to rife and adnx.sreh a ) a hi
singular, the kindred and creditors oi' s.i’ti deceas
ed, to appear at my office within the time prescri
bed by law, to file their objections, ts any they
have, why said letters of administration should
not be granted.
Given under my hand, at office, this 3th day oi
November, 1838." EDMUND NUNN
lrt Stewart Superior Coup.t August Term
1838.
Allen Fletcher 1
> Libel for devorce.
Cynthia b letcher. ) Rule to perfect service
If appearing to the Court bv the return of the
Sheriff that the defendant' Cynthia Fletcher
is not to be found in said county. It is ordered
that service be perfected by publication in one of
the public gazettes of the State once a month for
three months previous to the next Term of this
Court. ALFONSO DELAUNY,
I'ljfs. Attorney.
The above is a true Extract fern the tutumW
of this Court, Sept. 24th Id".* 27
E . PE ARC iI. CTk s. r.
INFORMATION WAN TEI).
XX r ILL IE JONES, formely of Fayetteville,
vv N. C. left North Carolina about l 7 years
ago, and went to the State of Georgia, where he
died about two years ago, leaving as it is said, con
siderable property ; but m what part of the State
is not known, lie had resided about 11 years iri
Augusta, up to six or seven years ago, w here 1m
learnt the carriage maker's business but afterwards
owned a Grocery Store. His mother, an ar*<;
and poor woman, is anxious to learn where he di
ed, and such particular* in relation to his pfoper-
I ty, ns may enable her to obtain it. He was about
37 years of age at the time of his death, and had
no family. Any information will be thankfully
received by Mrs. Alary Blown, at Fayetteville,
N. O.
LARGE MAPS OF MISSISsTitT
AND ALABAMA.
O LOWING the public all Indian Lands, Tn
dian reservations, land districts, townships,
streams, Arc. engraved from the government sur
veys, plaits in the general land office, Washim foe
city, by E. Gilman, draughtsman in th*> getn-i-.i]
land office,
F. TA) LOR, bookseller, Washington City,
has just published [and secured the copy right
according to law] the above maps which will be
found infinitely more complete and accurate than
any heretofore published. They are published
on separate sheets; each containing nearly six
square leer, and w ill be found especially useful and
valuable to those interested in the lands of ei
ther state, as they show every item of information
which is in the possession of the land offices, re
lative to watercourses, township lines, Indian
lands and reservations, land districts, Arc. and will
be found pet lectly accurate and precise m thesr
points. They can be sent by mail to any part of
the l nited .States, subject only to single letter
postage.—Price two dollars, or three copies of
either will be sent by mail for five dollars. A lib
eral discount will be made to travelling agent*, or
tb any who ’»uy to sell again.
November 23.
of Newspapers, any where, who
will give the above advertisement, including this
notice, one or two insertions, shall receive by re
turn mail a copy of earh map, if they will send 1
copy ol tire paper containing it, to the advertiser.
PROSPEtm
TO THE THIRP VOI.UMK OF THE
vasjHrajfcu
Containing Quarterly Fashion Plates, Illustrated
Articles ,
ITU» cheapest rrmomcAi, r\ the world.
N commencing anew volume, the publisher
would take occasion to observe, that not onh
wdl the s*ne exertions be conttm.ed, which hav'e
secured to his subscription list an unexam,,led in
crease, but his claims upon the public favor will
he enhanced by every means which unceasing en
deavor, enlarged facilities, and liberal expendi
ture can command. 1
The subjoined is a brief plan of tho work :
Its OnurixAii Papers will be so varied as to
.orm a comomation of th,' useful with the enter
taining and agreeable. These will embtaee the
departments ot useful scif.xce, essass, tales
am) poetry which may deserve the name.
It is the publishers design to make the Visite
agreeable to the old and the young-tothe sedat
and tb<- gay—to minple the valuable with the a
niuStng--and to pursue the tenor of his way w,th
the entertainment of good feelings toward all par
erV;R^ S '~~ Th r* Vis T r is published eth«
er fcaturday, on fine white paper, each nomfirr
will contain 24 forge super royal octavo page*
enveloped m a fine printed cover, forming at
nd of the year a volume of nearly 600 pa-res a‘
the very low price of Si 25 cent/ pm anrmm in
livery 06 ’ ,W ,lUn,brl ' on de-
Post Masters, and other* who will procure our
subscribers and enclose Five Dollars m the
prtetov shall receive the sth copy gratis
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. iitnn, > this-prospeetu* and gfnd
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RitO.si lit 1 LS .
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tar as possible, are jealously excluded, i 1-- j Jrf>
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P.o or m moral science, otherwise uu< hiect.ot.i
aole, as to gain admittance tor the s; ke oi the
more valuable .. to . . rii they a .ui re: but
whenever mat happens they .ire incidental, only
not primary. i. c\ are dross, t< lerated otily be
cause it cannot w ii be severed from the suilirg
ore wherewith it Ls incorporated.
i.,. lews ajid C tUTicAL Notices, occupy their
due space 1.1 the work: and it is the Editor’s ann
th.. tio v should have a threefold tendency to
convey, in .1 condensed form, such valuable truth*
or interesting incidents as arc embodied in the
walks lcvi wej,— to direct the readers attention
bov Hs that deserve *0 be read—and to wain
.1 m . ga;iist wasting time and money upon that
u.Hi . unifier, which merit only to be burned. In
tU:s age of publications that by their variety an 1
multitude, distract and oveiwLeiinn everv undis
ci iminating student. impartial criticism, gov
erned by the views just mentioned, is one of the.
most inestiiißilffe and indispensable of auxiliaries
to him who dots it'ish to disci iminate.
Essays and Tales, having in view utility or a
inusetnent, or both—Historical Ske i ciiks—-and
Remi.msevcits ol events too minute for History,
yet elucidating it, and lu igltfuiug its interest—
ma\ he regarded as for.ni; g tlm staple of the
woik. And of indigenous Poetry, enough is
published—sometimes of no mean strain—to man
ifest and to Cultivate the glowing poetical taste
and talents of our Country.
The times appear, for several reasons, to dc
mai", mu i; a work—and not one aioue, but many
Ihe public mud is feverish and irritated stii
trijm recent political strifes; The soft, assuasive
influence ot Literature is needed, to allay that
lever, and soothe that irritation. Vice and folly
are rioting n! rOa I: —They ihotihf be driven by
ind.gnant rebuke, or lashed by ridicule, into their
■biting haunts. Jgnonnue lords it over an tin
nien.se proportion of our people Every sprint
should be set in motion, to arouse the enlighten
ed. and to increase their number: m that the
great enemy of popular government mav no lon
ger brood, like a portentous cloud, over the des
ti-iics of our country. \nd to accomplish all
these ends, what more powerful agent can be em
ployed, than a periodical on the pjati of the Mes
senger; if that plan be but cairiid out in prac
tice ?
The South peculiarly requires stub au agent,
in dl the l iiioe. south \\ mj::, gtou. tlieie are
but two Literary periodicals! N.,ul.w aid of that
city, there are probably at least twenty-five or
thirty! Is this contrast justified bv the wealth,
the leisure, the native talent, or fhF actual literary
ti-tc cl r.ic 'enrhe;m p"«|.|c, Compared will,
those of the Northern No: for in wcalth.tal
tnts and taste, we may justly claim, at least, an
'quality with our brethren ,i.d a domestic int-'t
tution exclusively our own, Levoud all doubt, at
lords us, if we choose, twice the leisure for.read
•tii* JHiti *vri i i*i ■_ which on joy.
it was from a deep sm,.-c ot ibis local want, that
the woTtl Small! its was engrafted t ,n this peri
' d"'"l: and co‘ wilh any -b.'i.n to nourish local
prejudices, or 10 ai'v. ca.r : ti| j i.sed b cal infer
cst.s. lar lroiu any such rho-.ght, ,t Jh the Fdi
tor's fervent wish, to see the North niul .South
1 ' ; r,r, ‘ I'-cftin r, forever, in flic silken
bauds of mutual kindness and affection. Far
liom meditating hostility to the north, he has al
ready drawn, and he- hopes hereafter to draw,
much of his choicest matter thence; and huppv
indeed will he deem himself, slmuld his jiages, by
making each region know the other better contri
butc in any essential degree to dispel the lowering
-'louds that now threaten the peat r of both, anil
to brighten and strengthen the sacred tics of fra
ternal love.
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