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Newspaper Page TextPOBTSIY. From the Now-York Mirror. Charles Sprague, of Ihlton, mggelUd on rioting Portrait. “LOOK ON THIS PORTRAIT." ft, it i* life I departed days Fling hack i heir brightness while I gaze; .| i. Eiunia*. self—this brow so fair, tialf-curtaincd in thia glorsy hair, The»e eye., the verv home of love, Theae dark twin-archea traced above ' Theae red-ripe lip» that almoat epcek, The fainter blush of thia pure cheek, •J'h«! fono Dili IHv’i br4UtcoUi •Ifllt: It ial ah no—’ti» “II M life. •Tia all but life—art could not aave Thv sracca, F.moia, from the grave, Tby cneck ia pale, thy amilc is pan, Thy love-lit eyes have looked their last; Mouldering benea’h the coffin's lid, All we adored of thee i» hid-, Tby heart, where goodneaa loved to dwell, la throbleas in the narrow cell; Thy gentle vnice ahall charm no moro, Ita last, laat joy ful note is o'er. Oft, oft, indeed, it hath been snug, The requiem of the fair and young; The theme ia old, alaa I how old, Of grief that will nut be controlled, Ofaigha that apeak a father', wo, Of panga that none but mother, know, Of friendahip with ila berating heart, Doomed from the Idol one to pait— Still ita aad debt must feeling pay, Till feeling, too, ahall paaa away. O aav, why age and grief and pain Bhalf long to go, but look in vain; Why vice ia left to mock at time, Ana, gray in year., grow gtay in crime; While youth, that every eye make, glad, And beauty, all in radiance clad, And goodneaa, cheering every heart, Cotne, but coma only to depart; Sunbeams, to cheer life’e wintry way, Sunbeams, to Saab, then fadeaway. 'Tia darkneaa oil I black banners wove Round the cold border of the gratu; There, when in agony we bend, O’er the fresh sou that hides a friend, One only comfort then we know— We, too, ahall quit thia world ol u u; We, too, ahall find a quiet place, With the dear !o-t ones of our race; Our crumbling bone, with theirs shall hluml, And life’s aad atory find an end. And ia this all? this mournful doom? Beams no glad light beyond the tomb 7 Mark where yon cloud, in darkneaa ride ; They do not quench the orb they hide; Still there it wheels—the tempest u’or, In a briglil bky to burn once moro; So, far above the clouds ofiime, Failh can behold a world sublime; There, when the storms of life are peat, The l.ight beyond ahall break at last! iixsciLLakirr. FRANKLIN AND GOV. BURNET. On the arrival of tho vessel at New York, Ben weut up to the tavorn, and In! whom should he first cast his eyos on thcro, but his old friond Collins, ofBoBton. Colima had, it seams, bean so charmed with Ben’s account of Philadelphia, that ho came to the determination to try hi* fortune there also ; and learning that Bun was shnrilv to return hy the way of New York, he jumped into the first vessel, and was there before him, waiting his arrival. Great was the joy of Ben at Ihe sight of his friond Collins, lor ii drew after it a train of tho most pleasant recol lection*. But who can describe his feelings, when, flying, In embrace thut long esteemed youth, he beheld him now rising front his chair, equally engor for the otnbraco, but nlas I only able to mnko a staggering step or two before down he cuma sprawling on the floor, drunk ns a lord I To,see a young man of hit wit—his elo quence—his education—hi* hitherto unstain ed character and high promise, thus over whelmed by a worse limn briilul vico, would have 'been a sad sight to Ben, even though thst young man had been an entiro stranger. But oh I how tenfold sad to aeo such marks of ruinous dishonor on one so dear, and front whom he had expected so much. Ben had just returned from assisting to put poor Collins to lied, when llio captain of the vessel which had (nought him to N. York, •tapped up and in a very respectful manner pul a note into his hand. Ben opened it, not without considerable agitation, and read as follows: “ G. Burnet’s compliments await young M Franklin—and should bo glad of half an hour’s chat with him over a glass of wine.” *• G. Burnot I” said Ben, “ who can that bat” “ Why ’lia the Governor,” replied tho cnp. tain, with a smile. “ I have just been to see him, with aomo letters I brought for him from Boston. And when I told him what a world of book* you have, he expressed curiosity to •ee you, and begged I would return with you to his palace.” Ben instantly set off with the captain, but not wiilmut a sigh as he cast a look back on the door of poor Collins’ bed room, to think what an honur that wretched young man bad lost for the sake of two or three vile gulps of filthy grog, 1 he Governor’s looks, at tho approach of Ben, showed somewhat of disappointment.— Ho bad, it seems, expected considerable en tertainment from Ben’s conversation. But his fresh and ruddy countenance showed him 00 much younger than tie had counted on, that be gave up all his promised entertainment as a lost hope. He received Ben, however, with great politeness, and, after pressing on bim a glasa.nf wine, took turn into an adjoin ing room, which was hia library, consisting of • large and well chosen collection. Seeing the pleasure which sparkled in Ben’s which they contained, the Governor with a smile of complacency, us on a >«ung pupil of science, said to him— “ Well, Mr. Franklin, I nm told by tnjr captain here, you liuve a lino collection too.’ <> Only o trunk full, sir,” said Hem “ A trunk full, sir I” replied the Governor, “why what ose cun you have for so many books I Young people ut your nge have sel dom read beyond the tenth chapter of Ncltc- miuh.” . , “ | can boast,” replied Ben, “ of having read a groat deal beyond that myself; but still, I should be sorry if I could not get u trunk full of books lo rend every six months.” At this the Governor, regarding him wilh a look of surprise, sold : “ You must then, though so young, be n scholar; perhaps it teacher of the languages.” “ No sir,” answered Boil, “ 1 know no Inn- j gunge but my own.” “ YVImt, not Latin nor Greek?” “ No, sir, not a word of either.” “ Why, don’t you think thorn necessary ?” “ I don’t set myself up us a judge, hut I should not supposo them necessary.” “ Ay I well, I should like to hear your rea son.” “ Why, sir, I ant not competent to give reasons that may satisfy n gentleman of your learning, hut the following are the rvusons with which I satisfy mvself. I look on lan guages, sir, merely as arbitrary sounds of characters, whereby men communiruto their ideas to each other. Now, 1 already possess u language which is capuble of conveying more ideas Ilian I shall ever acquire: were it not wiser in me to improve my time in time through that one language, than waste it in getting mere sounds through fifty languages, oven if I could learn us many I” Hctc tho Governor paused n moment, though not wilhout it little red on his cheeks, flu having only a mmole before put lieu and Ihe tenth chapter of Nelietmuh so close to gether. However, catching a new idea he look another start: “ Well, hut, my dear sir, you certainly dif fer from the leurued world, which is, you know, decidedly in favor of ihe languages?” “ 1 would not wish wantonly to differ from Ihe Iciuucd world,” suid Ben, “especially when they maintain opinions that seem to me founded in truth. But when this is not the case, to differ Iroin llinin I have ever thought my duly ; and especially since 1 studied Locke.” “ Locke!” cried the Governor with surprise, “ you studied Locke /” “ Yus, sir, l studied Locke on tho Under standing three years ago, when I was thirteen!” “You amaze me, sir. You study Locke on the Understanding ut ihirlccti?” • Yes, sir, 1 did.” “ Well, and pray at what college did you study Locke ut thirteen ; for at Cambridge college in Old England, where I got my edu cation, they never allowed the senior class to look at Locke till eighteen 1” ’ “ Why, sir, it was my misfortune never lo be at a college, or even at n grammar school, except nine months, when 1 was a child.” ilcre the Governur sprang from his scat, and starting ut Ben cried out: “ The devil I well, and where—whero did you got your education, pray ?’’ “ At home,sir, m a lulluw-chamllcr’s shop.” “ In a tallow-chandler’s shop ?” screamed the Governor. “ Yes, sir, my father was a poor tallow chandler, with sixteen children, and 1 the youngest of all. At eight lie put mu to sellout but finding ho could not spnro tho money from ihn rest of the children lo keep me there, he took .no home into the shop, where 1 assisted him hy twisting the candle wicks nnd filling tho moulds all duy, and ut night I read hy my self. At twelve, my Inthur hound me to niy brother, a printer in Boston, and wilh him t worked hard nil duy at press and case, und again rend hy myself ut night.” Here Ihe Governor, spanking his hands to' get her, put up a loud whistle, while his eye halls, wild with surprise, rolled about in their sockets ns if in a mighty mind to bop out. “ Impossible, young man I” ho exclaimed ; “ impossible I you are only sounding nty cre dulity. 1 can nover beliovo ono half of all this.” Then turning to tho captum, he said : “ Captain, you are au intelligent man, and from Boston; pruy tell me, cun this young ntan here he aiming at anv thing but to quiz mo?” “ No, indeed, plettso your excellency,” re plied the cupiam, “ Mr. Franklin is not quiz- Zing you ; he is saying what is really true, for 1 am ucquamted with Ilia father uiid family.” The Governor then turning to Ben, said more moderately : “ Well, my dear, wonder ful boy, 1 ask your pardon for doubting your word i and now pray tell ine, for I feel a stronger desire than ever to hear your ob jection to learning the dead languages.” “ Why, air, I object to it principally on ae count of the ahorlnesa of human life. Taking them one with another, men do not live above forty years. Plutarch, indeed, puts it ouly thirty thtee. But say forty. Well, of this fall ten years are lost in childhood, before any boy thinks of a Latin grammar. This brings ihe forty down to thirty. Now of such a mo- ment aa thia to spend flvo or six years in loarn. ing the dead languages, especially when all the best books in those languages ore transla ted into ours, and besides we already have more books on every subject than such short livud creatures can over acquire, seems very preposterous.” “ Well, but what are you to do with their f reat poeta, Virgil and Homer, for example ; suppose you would not think of translating Homer out of hia rich native Greek into our poor, homespun English, wouid you?” •' Why not, air I” *• Why, I should as anon think of transplan ting ■ pine apple from Jamaica to Boaton.” Wc ' .. n _ . f.-omtbo N'ewYoih Alls*. K.Z SPECULATIONS ON THE COMET, English, with more ul Uts beauties than ordi nary scholars would find m him alter forty years study of the Greek. And besides, sir, il Homer was not translated, I am far from thinking it would be worth spending five or six years lo learn to read him m Ins own lan- * U “**Yoi» differ from the critics, Mr. Franklin, for tho critics all tell us that uis beauties are inimitable.” , „ , -• Yus, sir, nod the naturalists tell us that tho beauties of tho basilisk are inimitable *° “ The basilisk, sir I Homer compared with the basilisk I I really do not understand you, “ Why, 1 mean, sir. lliul as the basilisk is the more to be dreudeu irom llio beuulilul skin that covers his poison, so is lloiner, from the bright colorings he throws over bud characters and passions. Now, as i don’t think the beauties of poulry are comparable to those ol philautropy, nor a thousandth part so impor tant to human happiness, I must confess I dreud Homer, especially us the companion ol youth. The humane autl gentle virtues are certainly the greatest charms and sweeiners of life. And 1 suppose, sir you would hardly think of sending your sous to Achilles to learn these.” “1 agree lie has too much revenge in Ins composition.” “ Yes, su, and when painted in tho colors which Homer’s glowing fancy lends, wlmt youth but must run the most unmmeut risk ol culching u spark ol bud lire from such a blaze as he throws on Ins pictures !” " Why tins, though an uncommon view ol tho subject, is, 1 conless, an ingenious one, Air. Franklin ; but, surely, ’ns ovtrsirumcd.” “ Not at all, »tr) we ure lold from good au thority that it was the reudmg ol ilomer that first put it into ihe head of Alexander the Great to become a Hero; and utter him, ol Charles the XII. What millions of creatures have been slaughtered by these two great butchers is nut known; nut anil probably not u lytho ol whui have perished in duels between individuals, from pride and revenge nursed by reading liomur., Well, sir, replied the Governor, “ l nev er beard the prince ol burda treated in this wav before. You must coriamly be singular in your charges against ilomer.” “ 1 ask your purdon, sir ; 1 liuve llio honor' to think ol ilomer exuctly as did - he greatest philosopher of antiquity—1 mean Fluto—who strictly lorbudo tho teudiug of ilomer lo Ins republic. And yet i’lato was u lieulhen. 1 don’t boast myself us a Christian s und yet i um shocked at the inconsistency of ocr Latin und Greek teachers (generally Christians and Divines loo) wno can one day put ilomer into the hands of their pupils, and m the midst ol llicir recitations can slop them short lo point out the divine beauties aud sublimities which Ihe poet gives to ms hero in the bloody work ol slaughtering the pour Trojuus: and tho next day tuku them to church to hear a discourse Irotn Christ on the blessedness of meekness und loigivoness. No wonder thut hot-hvered young men, thus educated, should despise meekness aud forgiveness as mere coward’s virtues, and nothing so glorious as lighting duels und blowing out brains.” Here ilia governur camo to a pause, liko u gamester at Ins last trump. But perceiving lieu cast Ins eye on a splendid copy of Pope, h« suddenly seized that us a fine opportunity to turn Ihe conversation. So stepping up, he placed Ins hand on Ins shoulder, mid in u very fumilmr manner, said : “ Well, Mr. Franklin, that’s an uulhor thut 1 am sure yuu will not quarrel with ; an author that 1 think you’ll prunuuncu/auffitM.” “ Why, sir,” replied Ben, “ 1 entertain a most exulted opinion of Pope; but still, sir, I think lie is not without his faults.” “ It would puzziu you,I suspcsi,Mr. Frank lin, us keen a critic as you sre, to point out ono.” “ Well.sir,” answered Bon,hastily turning to the pluce, “ what do you think ol this famous couplet of Air. Pope’s; ■ Immodest words admit of no defence, For want of decency is want of sense.’ ’’ “ 1 see no fault there.” “ No, indeed I” replied Ban, “why now (o my mind a man can ask no hotter cxcuso for any thing he does wrong than ins want oj sense. W ell, sir, if l might presume to alter a line in this grout poet, 1 would do it in this way : Immodest words admit bill tAii defence— That wsnt of decency is want of sense." Hero the governor caught Ben in his arms, as a delighted lathor would his son, calling out at the satno time to the captain: “ How greatly am 1 obliged to you, sir, for bringing mo to an acquaintance with this charming boy! Oh, what n delightful thing it would bo for us old fellows to converse with sprightly youth; if thoy were but all like bim I But the worst of it is, most parents are as blind as bats to the true glory and happi ness of their children. Moat parents nover look higher for their sons than to see them delving like muck-worms for money; or hopping like juy-birds, in fine feathers. Hence their con versation ia generally no better than froth or nonsense.” After several other haedaome compliments on Ben,' and on the captain expressing a wish to be going, the governor shook hands with Ben, begging; at the satno time that he would forever consider him as one of his friends, •nd also never to come to New York without coming to see him. 1 took notice of an Irishman*, with a loaded hod on his shoulder. He repeatedly and do- voutly crossed himself: then looking to the top of the building, which he was about lo as cend, wiih a fearful and duiibious air. He had got one foot on ihe first round of the lad der, and made sundry motions to rai-e the other; hut seemed at every new trial to be ar rested, and as it were pulled back, by some unseen hand- As 1 stood watching bis mo PROSPECTUS GEORGIA GAZETTE, a saver to *s soblisiied wseklt, at Athens, ca. I N issuing proposals for publishing a new paper ji, this section of ihe country, reason and duly would seem to combine, lo invite from us some exposition „f the circumstances which have urged us to the attempt, as well at a brief outline of the principles by which w t will he governed in out course. This task wo perform cheerfiilly. _ . „ . The population ol the Slate is rapidly increasing; he, ............ — - r. , system of Interns! Improvement ot its nascent period lions and hw countenance, ho withdrew Ills 0 j- rx j,, ence . |, er jurisdictional limits actually and pros •yes, as he surveyed so many elegant authors, | “ Well, sir, a skilful gardener, with his hot thought of Iks rich stores ol koowleoge j house, can give tis nearly as fine a pine apple Original Jlnccdote.-When the report reach ed Brunswick College, that the Cholera was in Tupsliam, a student in the Freshman class observed that he knew “ tho Cholera would gei here, but he hoped he should bo a Senior when it arrived, a* he understood it only nt- tacked tho/sirerc/wm. eyes Irom the lop of the building, and fixing them upon me, said— “ Do you think it’ll come now ?” “ What will come now I" said I. “ Why the comic to be sure.” “ The Comet, l suppose you mean ?” “ Why yes, I suppose it’s all one and tho same crealur—that big fiery body that’s com ing to l.urn the world all up to nothin, and all the people tlmt’s in it besides, men, women, and children, and drown all the rest in the middle oflbe sea. Oh, tlje cruel bloody-min ded crather, to destroy every body, und not spare the poor bubes themselves, nor their poor fathers, that work hard every day to ate ’em and drink ’em! Do you think it’ll cotne now, Misthcr!”, “ JVote ?” said I.| “ Why, yes, if you plase—now, or soon— to-day, or to-inorrow, or next summer, that is to be!” “ 1 dont know,” returned I—“I’m notin the secrets of tho comet. But I understand very strange calculations are made respect* mg it.” • “ Aro yokuro,” said lie, looking to the top of llio building once more, “ that it won’t come to-day?” •• Why really, Put," said I, that’s more than 1 could positively answer. These com ets are very eccentric beings : and there’s no knowing what might happen.” •' The ilivil trust ’em for me,” said Pal, •• tho barbarous crathurs ! they would’ut nnnd brushing down un Irishman from the' top of a houso, any mure than 1 should mind brushing ufiy from the end of my nose- And then I’m inlormed they’re so hot they’ll burn all the flesh tv ye, and runs’ yonr skin to tho very bone, without any compunction us it were.— You see, Altsther, tins houso here is very high now, even lo tho very top tv it, as far as it goes ; aud if tho comic should happen to kilch me thero on tho lop, I don’t know what would become ov mo. Iv’c got u wife und sevep small children, two iv whom are under i (he sod in swute Ireland, und all depindent on me this very moment for every mouthful ol atm, and drinking, and food und clotlun, that they wear on their backs, and that’s what tnukes me cleared to inouut this lather.” “ You neod’ut he afraid of the comet to-day, Pat,” suid 1. “ Need’ut I now ?” said he, suddenly bright ening up; “ bless your honor’s scwl for that word. I’ve been afeared to go up to the top iv this suino, for fear tho bloody comic should come along afore I could get down again, and dosthroy me ruot and brunch; and burn the clotnes and skin uf iv mo ; and kill me clear dead as a door nail; and brush ine down wilh the end of Ins tail, to the great danger and de struction iv mo life and all the rest tv me bones. And do vou really think, now Alia- Iher, that it wont come to-day, that bloody comic ?” “I’ll insure you for sixpence, Pat.” “ Well now that’s kind tv ye ; but tho divil a sixpence have 1 got. \Y ould’ut your honor thrust me till night ?” “ Ay, Pat, I'll trust you till the comet comes (” “ Will yo now? Then Mislher, you shall have all me ineunn. But afore I go up, you'll plasu to give me a bit of writin lo show that I’m insured.” “ A policy you mean ?” “ Ay, 'twould be true policy that; fur then you sa I could show it to the comic, and let him know that I’m insured.” “Never mind.the policy, Pat; I’ll insure you hy word of mouth.” Being satisfied wilh this, the Irishman mounted the ladder, and emptied Ins hod.— While up there I could perceive that he turn ed his face in every point of the compass, as though looking for the approach of the dread ful visitor. Ho presently descended and told me tho insurance worked well, “ for (he divil a hit,” said ho, ’* did the comic dare to show his ugly luce.” “ But Pat," said 1, “ comets seldom show themselves iu day-time.” “ Oh, tho thieves iv the world I” exclaimed he ; to come prowlir. in the night like any other blackguard, who lias'nt an honest taco to show. But 1 dont care a fig for him, that same comic, in tho night; because why ? I slape down cellar, mo and me wife, and all me children ; and the divil a bit can he find ua there, the thief.” “ But,” said I, “ if the world should be burnt up, you’d be likely tu go with it.” “ Ah I there tt is now ; there’s no safety for an Irishman at all. He’s persecuted in Ireland, burnt to death with a vagabone of a comic in Amoriky ; and he’s no where to hide his head out ov sight on the top ov the wide world. And then tv thia terraqueous globe ia destroyed, and all the papcl in il, where shall a poor body find employment. There’ll be no houses to build, nur no papel to fcuild e’m ? and then what will a poor hod carrier do ?— Blessed St. Patrick I what will become of me ?" “ Never fear, Pat," said I, “ trust iu your patron saint, be honest, industrious, and tern* perato t and let the comet come when it will, it will never hurt you.” *’ Bless your honors good soul for that word!” said Pot, and seeing him mount the ladder with renewed hope and fresh courage, I turned again to look about me. peclivety extending; her chartered right* and Indian relationships assuming now and deeply interesting as pects; and her financial resources presenting tr. lie, sons the appalling allernstivc oppression infutmelu Imrthensome taxes, or bankruptcy w itlioul some -alii, tary change in her representative apportionment, alt combine to render an additional Herald of intelligence to Ihe present number altogether proper. But llicse by no means constitute the whole cola logue of inducements. Ours is palpably a government in experiment. The principles and terms upon which it was based, were professedly novel, and by conse. qncncc it would be fair to assert that they were not at together understood. The progress of events has de monstrated this truth. The constitutionality of a na tional Bank; a system of Internal Improvement by Congress; the power to tax foreign imports for th f C refection of domestic industry; in short the whole fi ne of implication, remainsyet to undergo its final and legitimate analysis. They ore topics which must agi tate, and that deeply, every patriotic bosom inthe eon federacy. To maintain Ihe honor and righto of ihe State under her constitutional reservation ; to remon strate wilh promptitude and firmness of putpoae against all infraclions of the compact, and to preserve the Union by enlightened discussion nr rational compro mise, according lo the plan of Jefll-rson and Jackson, shall be our cunetant aim. Our columns shall also contain as far ns practicable, important items of intel ligence in the departments of morals, literature, and science. In our State politics il would be impossible under our present impressions, to adopt the principle? of Ihe Troup party in most of its measures. . CONDITIONS. 4 . The Georgia Gazette will be issued about the first of July next, on a largo super-rnyol abed, with type entirely new, and we hope splendid, at *3 00 per an num, pavable within six months after Ihe receipt of the first number, or S? 00 if not paid within the year. Advertisements w ill be inserted at the usual rater. Athens, March 20.—14— Other Georgia papers will be pleased to insert the above. PROPOSALS Southern Banner, A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THE TOWN OF ATHENS, GEORGIA. ALBON CHASE AND ALFRED M. NISBET, EDITORS. O N assuming the dunes and responsibilities of the publicniion of the Southern Banner, the Editor* lee) themselves bound by every senee of duty, both to tin former patrons ol Ihe Athenian, and those of lite r friends whoso aid they confidently anticipate—in order to retain the one and merit the otficr-to lay bclorc tin m a fair and candid, but aaccinct exposition uf theprin- ctplca by which they are to bo governed and diroctci) inthe prosecution of their arduous and responsible un dertaking. They do not think it necessary at this late day—a day which is shedding its light and glory, with such general and invigorating power orer our wlioio body politic, to enter elaborately and minutely into a detail of their political views and opinions. Indeed, to du so, would be virtually offering an insult to llio good srnso of the community. To profess the name of the blessed founder of our holy religion, is in itee-tt u suite cient guarantee of the principles of the genuino Chris tian; so do they hold it only necessary to own and pro les* the names ol the three great a poetics of correct principles, in order to satisfy an enlightened commu nity of the nature of their polilical/aflA, nnd the inevi table tendency of ineir future prac/ier. Tho Sontiieri) Banner,then, w ill rcsthercuficr for support and patron age, on the broad, firm, and inimutablo ruck of Kepub- licaniam. All those pure and hallow ed doctrines which originally Hashed upon the world from tire pen of o Jejjerson—which have been cherished and handed down lo us by our venerated Cranford, and professed ao iq- (lexibly, and aa triumphantly practised, in rnanv res pects, by our favorite Troup, w ill in it find a champion, however humble, yet of stern and uncompromising in tegrity. Various causes will, thoy believe, tend lo render the Banner hereafter, (and they say it wilhout intending the least reflection on tho course pursued by their wor thy predecessor, Ihe late proprietor of the Athenian,) ol more general interest and of greater value lo the party, than it has been oflate, and none of which seems to them, so well calculated to produce this result, as the opposition which writ be shortly exerted, in this place, to theirpress, and to i heir principle*. Thisideu they do not deprecate, but rather cherish, knowing that an honorable and liberal opposition,will tend to stim ulate them to Ihe performance of their duty, whilst they hope it will rally to their support, their friends, and the friends of the party, for whose interest and prosperity they are determined to devote every honorable exertion. The editors havo engaged among the r correspon dents, several gentlemen of established Literary and Political character, whose communications will liereaL ter servo lo enrich and adorn tho columns of the Southern Banner. And with regard to Ihe other de partments ofthe paper, they can hut add, that their best exertions will be dcvoicd to render them useful and amusing lo their patrons and readers. Great promises are, however, ot best, but cheap commodities, and of course they feel themselves bound to say as till Is, and promise as charity aa possible; but In launching forth their little barque upon the stormy waves of public opinion, they must trust alone to their skillful pilolnge for meriting, and winning for it, moorings sate and snug in the hearts of their fellow citizens. CONDITIONS. The Southern Banker is published every Tuesday morning, at Three Dollars per annum, payable in ad vance, or Four Dollars after the expiration of the year Advertisements inserted on the usual terms. ♦»* Letters on the business of tho office, post paid, eddressed to tho Editors, or to Alboh Chase, Proprie tor, will be promptly attended to. 7 Athens, March 23,1632. *•* Editoreof paper* in Georgia will confer an ob ligation by giving the above a few insertions. The New Line of Stages FROM MACON TO SAVANNAH, BY MARION AND DUBLIN, W ILL run THREE TIMES a week—leaving Macon and Savannah on Mondays, Wednes days and Fridays, at three o'clock in the morning-tori arriving at Macon and Savannah on Tuesdays, Thurs days snd Saturdays, at aigbt o’clock in the remote.— Rates aa usual. O. LONGSTREKT. ICPPersons wishing teats will apply at the Wash- iagton Hall, Macon. Feb. *1.—6—mdm.