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MV BISTERS.
Like flowers that softly bloom together,
Upon one fair and fragile stem,
Mingling their sweets in silnny weather,
Ere strange rude hands have parted them:
80 we were linked unto each other,
Sweet Sisters, in our childish hours,
Fee then one fond and gentle mother
To us was like the stem to flowers.
She was the golden thread that bound us,
In one bright chain together here,
Till Death unloosed the cord around us,
And we were severed far and near.
The floweret's stem, when broke or shattered,
Must oast its blossoms to the wind,
Yet found the buds, though widely scattered,
The same soft perfume still we find.
And thus, although the tie is broken
That linked us round our mother's knee,
The memory of words we've spoken
When we were children light and free,
Will, like the perfume of each blossom,
Lire in our hearts Where’er we roam,
As when we slept on one fond bosom.
And dwelt within one happy home.
I know that changes have come o’er us:
Sweet sisters, we are not the same;
For different paths lie now before us.
And all three have a different name:
And yet, if sorrow's dimming fingers,
Have shadow'd o’er each youthful brow,
So much of light around them lingers
1 cannot trace those shadows now.
Ye both have those who love ye only,
Whose dearest hopes are round ye thrown;
While the a stream that wanders lonely,
Am I the youngest, wildest one.
My heart is like the wind that beareth
Sweet scents upon its unseen wing—
The wind that for no creature careth,
Yet stealeth sweets from every thug
It hath rich thoughts forever leaping
Up, like the waves of flashing seas,
That with their music still are keeping
Soft time with every fitful breeze.
F.ach leaf that in the bright air quivers
The sounds from hidden solitudes,
And the deep flow of far-off rivers,
And the loud rush of many floods—
All those and more stir in my bosom
Feelings that make my spirit glad,
Like dew drops shaken in.a blossom,
And yet there is a something sad
Mixed with those thoughts, like clouds that
hover
Above us in the quiet air,
Veiling tile moon’s pale beauty over,
Like a dark spirit brooding thera.
But sisters, these wild thoughts were never
Yours, for ye would not love like me
To gaze upon the stars forever—
To hear the winds wild melody:
Ye'd rather 1 ook on smiling faces,
And linger round a cheerful hearth,
Than mark the stars' bright hiding places
As they peep out upon the earth.
But sistefs, as the stars of even
Shrink from day's golden, flashing eye,
And melting in the depths of heaven,
Veil their soft beams within the sky;
So will we pass the joyous-hearted.
The fond, the young, like stars that wane,
Till every link of earth be parted,
To form in heaven one mystic chain.
THE CHASE.
\ noble ship of six hundred tons was j
on her outward passage to India, with a 1
valuable cargo of .specie and American
goods. Before doubling the cape a sus-.
picious looking vessel was discovered !
dead to windward, under a press of can- j
vass, bearing down upon the Indiaman.!
The experienced eye of the captain in- j
stantly enabled him to-dcicrniinc that she
was a small, tight schooner, an acquaint
ance with which was not desirable. He
had a few arms; and although his crew
were true as steel, they could not contend
with a well armed pirate. The ship was
therefore put away before the wind, and
every rag of canvass packed upon her
that she could bear. The eye of the
captain rested for a while upon his gal-
taut crew, who collected, having entire
confidence in his skill and courage, and
at last settled long and steadfastly upon
the chase. She gains! she gains! A
ship has the advantage of a small sharp
craft with a floating sheet: but yet she j
gains! The danger is pressing, is immi-j
went, and lo! anew and terrible enemy ;
appears far to the leeward! a black cloud j
rises slowly from the horizon, and gives j
but too surely an intimation of what may
be shortly apprehended. The ship can-;
not shorten sail, for the chase will he up
on her, and the captain’s plan was in-!
rtantiy laid. Every mat) was ordered to
his post, the heavens grew more pnrtcn- j
tous every moment; but the pirate did j
not start a tack or sheet as the captain
hoped be would, and allow him to gain
a little before* the hurricane came on.
The wind freshens, the masts yield to the
tremendous pressure which they have to
sustain, the teeth of the stoutest seamen
arc set firm in the apprehension that they
will go by the board. The steady of
the captain is fixed upon the gathering
tornado. At last it comes—the ocean in
the distant is white with foam, and he who
was .before so quiet and unmoved, is now j
animated to tremendous exertion. “Let;
go all fore and aft," sung out clear and 1
loud; "dew up and clew down," “lay ,
:loft," were orders which followed each
other in quick succession, and were as
Thickly obeyed. ' The flapping sails are
rapidly secured, the wind lulls, the torna
d i~ upon them taking them hack. The
-hip falls off, she bends to the gale, until
her yard arms are in the wave; she be
gins to move through the water with a
constantly accelerated motion.
The pirate, with the quickness of per
ception so common among men of their
class, instantly comprehended his advan
! (age. He was near two miles dead to
j leeward of the Indiaman, which made
greater headway under her bare poles
[than he did. The hurricane could not
last long; he would, therefore, be close
on board of her when it passed over, and
she must then fall an easy prey to him.
The captain of the noble merchant
man saw it all. There was but one fear
ful way to escape. He had a gallant and
staunch ship under him; she had not yet
sprung a spar, nor split a sail; he had an
extremely valuable enrgo, and his men,
he could not see strung up to the yard
arm, on the principle that “dead men tell
no tales.” He therefore set his topsail
aud close-reefed his main topsail, which
urged his ship through the water with
great velocity. The little black pirate
saw the plan, attempted to make sail, but
all would not do, and he saw that his on
ly chance for safety was, if possible, to
elude the shock, at the moment of the
expected concussion.
The ship came down upon him with
terrific precision. “Hard to port!” ech
oed the merchantman to his. One tre
mendous crash—one wild, frantic shriek
of despair—and all was hushed in death.
[Extract of a letter to the Southern Agricultur
ist]
“I have succeeded in raising, and
keeping through the winter, as fine Irish
Potatoes as I ever saw in the Northern
States. And I have come to the conclu
sion, that no man in the Southern States
need spend a single dollar in the purchase
of Northern potatoes, except occasional
ly for seed. For even when they are the
most successfully produced, it is found
best to exchange seed every two or three
years.
The potatoc requires a moist, cool,
loose soil. The common practice in the
South, is to plant in hedges, and we take
no care to protect the plant from our
scorching sun. The consequence of this
is, that in dry, hot weather, the plant is
wilted, and can not therefore properly
perform its office, in preparing the matter
to be deposited in the tubes below the soil.
The consequence is, that in summer, we
eat imperfect, or diseased potatoes; and we
fail to keep them for the very same reason
that we would fail in keeping an imperfect,
or diseased apple, or ear of corn. 1 have at
tempted to avoid these consequences.—
llidgesare necessary in England and Ire
land, (both moist climates) for the purpose
of drainage. Our climate being hot and
dry, requires the opposite practice. I plant
in trenches, 12 or 18 inches deep, accord
ing to soil; and put stable manure at the
bottom, on which the potatoes are placed.
The trenches are then filled with leaves,
straw, and shucks, and these covered
slightly with earth, taking care to leave
the ground higher between the rows.
When the potatoes arc six to eight inches
high, the whole surface of the ground is
carefully covered with leaves, ieaving, of j
course, the tops of the stalks out. In
this way, no heat of summer w ilts the 1
leaves. They continue fresh and green. I
Blossoms are produced in profusion, i’ol-j
lowed by seed, which comes to full matu-i
ritv. The tubes are large, dry, and of j
fine flavor; and being dug after the vines'
are completely dead, (about the middle of:
August,) arc kept without any trouble all
winter, either in barrels, or spread on the
cellar floor. My first attempt gave me a
product at the rate of 800 bushels to the
acre; and now, the last of February. I
see no difference between them and the
best Northern potatoes, when brought on
the table. Very respectfully,
JAMES CAMAK.
Knowlf.dge. Knowledge is power—j
is wealth—is honor. It raises the sav-!
age above the brute; and the peasant ini
civilized society, much above the savag
es. While it exalts the few who possess!
its richest stores, as far above the un-l
learned, as they reascend the bright crea-i
tion.
Knowledge opens the surest path to
usefulness and eminence. It confers a
nobility which no hereditary rank caul
equal, and which kings and princes can- 1
not bestow.
Knowledge, consecrated to its legiti- j
j mate end, constitutes the brightest orna-j
[ ment of human nature. It is, and must |
| be, the main pillar of our republican in-',
stitutions—of all civil and religious lib-!
erty —of all that the patriot and the:
Christian holds most dear upon earth, j
It is a treasure of which no adverse for-,
tune or persecuting power, no malignant I
hand, can deprive its possessor. In pov
erty, in exile, at home, abroad, in the
wilderness, on the ocean, in prison, in
bonds, it is his companion and his solace;
like Cicero, and Luther, and Knox, and
Milton, and Lock, and a thousand others
unfortunate and more oppressed than
they, he can never turn it to an unprofita
account. So far as this world is in ques
tion, it is more desirable than any or all
other possessions. With what invincible,
persevering ardor, then, ought this acquisi
tion W> be prosecuted by every ingenious
youth who aspires to the most cpmmand
i ing sphere of human action?
Now is your time to lay up treas
ures of knowledge—now perhaps or nev
| er. Now you commence your labors in
that exhaustless mine which will afford
von employment and delight through the
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
longest life, or you set the seal to your
own voluntary and insignificance while
you live. Here you will carefully and
diligently lay that solid and broad foun
dation, upon which the loftiest superstruc
ture may be raised by future industry; or
you will trifle away the precious moment
till you despair of being able to redeem;
and then mingle with the common herd
of the idle, the abandoned and the
worthless—the object of the pity, the
contempt, and the scorn of mankind.
[Prof. Lindsey.
[From tlio Sentinel and Herald.]
Columbus. Let a railroad bn established
• from West Point to Macon, as is contemplated
and from West Point to Montgomery; would
the simple circumstance of a railroad from
' Columbus to West Point draw the trade of the
! west and up country to Columbus, when the
! facilities of carriage to either of the other
markets would be equal, and the inducements
to the planters greater?
Then let us strike at the evil at once; that
being removed, a wholesome prosperity to the
city will at once spring up, founded on a sure
and lasting basis which nothing can diminish.
What then shall be done? Regulate your
freights to a wholesome standard, improve the
navigation of your noble river effectually—no
pidling xoork in the matter; or if you please,
construct a railroad from Columbus to Darien,
or Brunswick, or any other more convenient
point, thereby avoiding the perils of the Cape
navigation of Florida, and of course reducing
the freight from New York to this city, per
haps one half or more below the present prices.
Let your Banks be more generous and liberal
in affording facilities to honorable, industrious,
and enterprising merchants, though they
might be poor. These things being accom
plished, your noble city would flien rise to its
proper elevation—one which its peculiar situa
tion so highly favors. Then may you extend
your railroads to the mountains, and to the far
we§t, for some purpose, then may you grasp
the treasures of the noble waters of the Ten- j
nessee, while through your own Chattahoochee j
you may command the products of the coast ■
of Mexico, the fertile plains of Texas, the iin- j
mensc regions of the grand Mississippi, and j
the delicious fruits of the Indies; and through |
your railroad to Darien or Brunswick, you may j
at once almost grasp the treasures of the
whole world, as it were, at your own door.
Talk of your little railroad from here to West
Point as deciding the fate of Columbus, pshaw!
strike at once for the noble work; remove the !
true evils that actually exist; burst the fetters i
that bind, so shamefully, the destiny of your!
city to its present grovelling existence, and let;
it rise free and clear, “Phoenix like,” among j
the proudest citios of the nation.
A CITIZEN, j
Office of the Constitutionalist, ?
Augusta, March 27, 1838. (
Fire! About eleven o’clock, last evening,
a fire broke out in the kitchen attached to the
boarding-house of Mrs. Mays, in Broad-street,
nearly opposite to the Planters’ Hotel, which,
in the course of two hours and n half, destroy
ed about seven dwelling houses and stores.—
Most of the goods from stores were saved, in a
damaged condition, with the exception of Mr.
I’etf.r Coi.i.y’s, w ho, we understand, lost con
siderable of his stock in the cellar, consisting
of liquors, &c. The stores destroyed were oc
cupied by Messrs. P. Colly, E. Snyder, S. Bu
sord, J. D. Crane & Cos., P. McMahon, and
George Lott, most of the goods of which were
saved. The fire was arrested on the east, by
the store of Messrs. May &. Bennett, which
was tire-proof; and on the west, by the store
of Messrs. C. R. Jessup &. Cos., also fire-proof.
The occupants of the different stores, we un
derstand, were principally insured. The loss
of property we cannot correctly inform you of
—suffice it to say, that there are at present
standing that we can count thirteen chimneys.
Van Rf.nsellaer in Limbo. Gen. Van
Renselluer had his trial at Auburn, N. York,
on the 7th inst. when the various instances of
his violation of the neutral laws of the United
States were fully established. Declining to
give bail he was sent to Albany to jail, to take
his trial there in June. Gen.Southerland was
taken to Toronto on the 12th, and his trial by
court martial was to commence on the 13th,
hut Mas subsequently put off, until the arrival
of the new Governor Sir George Arthur.
Gen. Van Itensellaer is drawing up a full
statement of “movements, doings and so on” —
connected with his northern expedition, which
is to be laid before the public. [Augusta Con
stitutionalist.
American vs. E.nulish Machinery. The:
New York News mentions a circumstance
which shows that American talent ami indus-1
try have at length succeeded in constructing 1
machinery of a very complicated nature, in a
stylo much superior to the French and English
artisans. The brig Carrol, which cleared at
New York on Friday last, for Alexandria
(Egypt,) is freighted with machinery of Amer
ican manufacture, and carries out a company
of Americans, who have entered into an ar
rangement with an agent of the pacha of E
gvpt for the establishment of mills for husking
rice, and for the expression of oil from cotton
seed. Various attempts (it is added) have al
ready been made, both by French and English
mechanics, to bring into operation mills of
this description; but through defects in the
machinery, their projects have inevitably
proved abortive. At length Mehemet Ali re
solved to try the mechanical genius of Amer
ica; and hence the present expedition has
j been fitted out, and, we are happy to add, with
: every prospect of success—that is, if the
! practical skill of the engineers, and the sci
! ence of the superintendents are considered
| guarantees of such a result. The machinery
is from the West Point foundry.—[lb.
Tun American Character. “We
are born in a hurry, says an American,
5 “we are educated at speed. We make a
! fortune with the wave of a wand, and
! lose it in like manner, to re-make and re
lose it in the twinkling of an eye. Our
j body is a locomotive traveling at the rate
of teu leagues an hour; our spirit is a
: high pressure engine; our life resembles
a shooting star, and death surprises us
like an electric shock."—[English paper.
: Five Reasons. “Mistress Grimes,
lend me your tub? “Can’t do it—all the
hoops are. off—it’s full of suds—besides
I never had one—because I washes in a
barrel.’’
Specie Payments. The New Or
leans Bulletin of 19th inst. remarks:—
“Many circumstances at the present mo
ment, seem propitious to the resumption
of specie payments. The state of for
eign exchange never has been more favor
able for many years. The tide of the
precious metals, that once run against us
so strong as to threaten the draining
from the country its last silver dollar, has
at last changed, and set in our favor.—
Large importations of bullion from Eu
rope, are now going on, to replace the
coin that was exported the year previous.
Another circumstance, which must facili
tate this event, is the fact, that during
the last nine months the liabilities, both
of banks and individuals, have been
greatly diminished. This has been effect
ed in various ways. The banks have cur
tailed their discounts, and called in their
loans. The consternation which shook
the mercantile world forbade the creation
of new debts, while the processof liquid
ating old ones was rapidly going on. In
dividuals having lost their credit could
not fall deeper into debt, because no one
would trust them. In the meanwhile, ail
their resources were taxed to the utmost,
for the discharge of impending obliga
tions. The amount of indebtedness that
has been cancelled since the revulsion in
May, by payment, insolvency and other
means, is immense—and adequate of it
self, to relax to a great extent, the pinch
of the pressure. It is gratifying to see
the disposition manifested by the New:
York merchants and banks. They have
declared their intention to resume specie
payments on the 10th May, and invite the
simultaneous action of the institutions of
other states. We are persuaded that no
thing save a resumption and maintenance
of specie payment, will afford the relief
so much needed. So far from curtailing
facilities and accommodations by the
banks, or forcing them to a contraction
of discounts—the measure will have an
effect directly the reverse. It will lead to
an expansion of the issue, to the restora
tion of confidence in their solidity, and
to the extension of financial freilities now
denied to every one. Until this event oc
curs, our domestic exchange can never
be equalized nor general prosperity re
stored. We trust many days will not j
elapse ere the achievement of an object so
essential to our national credit, and the j
regulation of internal concerns of a fi
nancial and commercial character.”
Duelling. There is a circumstance
which is not sufficiently insisted upon in
the writings against duelling. It is the
comparative security from danger which
the “dead shot” enjoys in a duel—he who
assists most to keep the practice alive.
Claiming to be the impersonation of chiv
alry, of all that is noble and generous, he
becomes the most unfair and selfish of
mortals. He fights with one, perhaps,
who w'ould miss a barn door at the identi
cal distance at which he could find the
centre of a wafer with a pistol ball. He
becomes the executioner of a fellow be
ing, who stands as a target to be maimed
for life or be killed outright according
to the pleasure of his adversary. Blow
ing a man’s brains out to find an apology
in them, or mangling his right hand to
adjust a point of graceful etiquette, is
contrary to the canons of common sense,
to say nothing of the palpable dictates of
morality, or the clear behests of Chris
tian revelation. Besides, persons the
readiest to get into duels, and those who
keep the practice alive, do so generally
merely because they feel conscious of
their own skill and their advantage over
their antagonists. Amateurs of duels
arc chiefly those who can wing or kill
their opponent at pleasure. Bulwer de
scribes this class very well: “Where
j shall I hit him,” says one of his charac
ters, breakfasting with his second and
! meditating a duel. “Hit the cap of his
| knee,” said the other breaking an egg.
j It would be thought infamous here for
j a person to amuse himself by firing at the
J figure of a man with the heart, lungs and
|so forth, marked, so that he could learn
to find or avoid the vital parts of the hu
man frame. Such rehearsals would be
considered preliminary to similar trials of
skill on flesh and blood. We have heard
the frequency of duels in the South in
stanced as evidence of the superior cour
age of the people, nicer sense of honor
and decorum. The position is false, and
the history of the country proves it.
Massachusetts gave the largest quota of
revolutionary soldiers; and it may be con
jectured that the bravest spirits at Bunker
Hill, were steady, pious church-goers—
those who reserved their fire for their en
emies and not their friends.—[National
Gazette.
The negro volunteers in Canada are
the most loyal of Sir Francis Head’s
troops, and wear well “the pomp and cir
cumstance of glorious war.?. They can
be heard from the other side on guard du
ty, —“Who come dar? Advance and gib
the countersign; you no pass here widout
dat.” The countersign—what’s that,
answers the challenged. “Why, Victo
ria, you dam fool—you nius say dat, or
you no pass.”
Last Case of Absence of Mind.
The frogs in a pond in the vicinity of
Cincinnati oo a pleasant day a few days
since, all poked up their heads above the
water, for the purpose of enjoying the
sunshine, in which situation they were
frozen up. They did not find out their
mistake till the boys commenced skating
off their heads for amusement.
The New Orleans Picayune of the 15th
irtst. says that the celebrated Dr. Bran
dreth, whose patent pills have filled all the
newspapers on-the continent with puffs in
prose and poetry, has arrived in that city.
It is said that the object of the Doctor’s
visit is to put irt proposals for cleansing
out the mouth of the Mississippi, (the
dredging machines not having proved ef
ficacious) by administering to the “ fath
er of rivers” a tremendous dose of his
pills, it is also suggested by the Picay
une that an Agency for the sale of Brand
retli’s pills, established in Florida would
do more service in purging that countrv
of Indians than Gen. Jessup and all his
troops. After physicking the Mississip
pi and Florida into a healthy condition,
the Picayune proposes that the Doctor
should try his hand upon the Express
mail, verifying upon oath that he is a
greater man than “ Doctor Jackson,” or
any of those who “follow in his footsteps.”
We suggest to the Picayune the pro
priety while the Doctor is in its neighbor
hood, to make a contract for purging the
government itself of the corrupt dynasty
of politicians, under whose care it has
been so barbarously brought to its present
desolated condition. [Augusta Sentinel.
New Printing Machine. Mr. Tho’s.
Trench, of Ithaca, New York, is con
structing his patent Printing Press at the
Speedwell W T orks near Morristown. The
Jerseyman mentions that it is to be at
tached to one of the Paper Mills in the
place, and describes it as follows :
“The press takes the paper immediate
ly from the paper machine, prints -it on
both sides, and passes it through drying
cylinders, which presses it smooth ; thus
in operation, and within the space of three
minutes, the pulp is taken from the mill,
and a book of 350 pages is ready for the
binder. The paper is printed in one con
tinuous sheet, thus a whole edition can
readily be printed, rolled up and sent
any distance. Mr. Trench had on his
press “Cobb’s Juvenile Reader,” 0f216
pages, of which he presented us a sheet of
about 70 feet; neatly printed.
“This new printing machine will cause
a complete revolution in the art of print
ing, and greatly diminish the price of
standard works. Hereafter, we suspect,
orders will be given for bibles, spelling
books, &,c. &.c. by the mile, insteed of
the volume, as in former time; hut be
that as it may, a sheet of five miles in
length can he made with nearly the same
ease as one of fifty or a hundred feet.
Despatch. We omitted to state in
our last that the splendid packet steamer
Pulaski, Capt. Pearson, placed Charles
ton papers on our table on Saturday af
ternoon, in less than seven hours and fif
teen minutes from wharf to wharf.—[Sa
vannah Georgian.
ff?*His excellency Governor Gilmer
has appointed Col. Edward J. Harden,
Solicitor General of the Eastern Circuit,
in the place of John E. Ward, Esq. re
signed.—[lb.
The Boat Race. The contemplated
race between the Lizard and the Star,
will not come off until someday between
the 2(sth of April and the sth of May
next, when our readers may expect fine
sport. —[lb.
We understand (says the N. Y. Couri
er,) that the Liverpool packet Siddons
has been purchased by Captain Gregory,
of the Navy Department, and is to he em
ployed in the exploring expedition.
Passage of the Atlantic by steam.
The “well known” steam packet Sirius,
700 tons burthen, 320 horse power, is to
leave London for New York, on the 28th
inst. at 10 o’clock in the morning, stop
ping at Cork Harbor, whence she is to
start on the 2d April. It is expected to
make the passage from Cork in 15 days.
Passengers leaving London on the 31st
inst. by the way ot Bristol, will reach
Cork in season to embark in the Sirius.
Arrangements have been made to for
ward passengers from Glasgow, Liverpool
and Dublin.—[New York Courier, 23d
inst.
Sutton, the famous pedestrian, who
walked 305 miles in six days, walking 12
hours per day, and half the distance back
ward, lately performed a greater feat ir.
London. He had to walk one mile back
ward, one mile forward, run a mile, wheel
a barrow a mile, pick up 50 stones a yard
apart, and deliver them singly in a basket,
all to be performed in one hour, and
which he accomplished in 59 minutes.
The Great Metropolis. It is com
puted that there are, on an average, 120,-
000 strangers at all times, slaying only a
few days in London. The number of
Scotchmen, supposed to be in London, is
130,000, being within a few thousands of
the population of Edinburgh. The num
ber of Irishmen is computed at 200,000
being nearly equal to the population at
Dublin. The number of Frenchmen in
the metropolis is calculated to be about
30,000.
Short and Sweet. “I can’t speak
in public—never done such a thing in all
my life,” said a chap the other night at a
public meeting, who had been chlled up
on to hold forth, “but if any body in the
crowd will speak for me, I’ll hold his hat.”
An extensive Fleet. The
gate length of the steamboats on the Ohio
and Mississippi rivers, is said to be near
ly ten miles.
The Augusta Papers—Advertisers.
We are pleased to sea that the editors of
Augusta have formed an honorable league
for the security of their rights. The
thanks of the fraternity in Georgia are
due them for having been the first to
move in the matter. We hope to see the
papers of Savannah, of Macon, of Mil
ledgeville, and of Columbus, walking in
their footsteps. We would wish to see a
convention of printers and editors called
for the regulation of prices, at Milledae
ville, in November next. They will, most
of them, have business there then; and
but little inconvenience could arise from
such a project. There should be but one
price for subscription and advertising
throughout the State.. Will our contem
poraries give us their opinions on this
subject?—[Darien Telegraph.
THE RAIL ROAD.
On Saturday last, the committee appointed
to superintend the books of subscription to the
Chattahoochie Rail Road and Banking Com
pany reported the result of their proceeding
which were in the highest degree gratifying
to the friends of the enterprise. More than
one half of the whole amount of Stock required
to be taken by the charter, had been subscribed
in this City alone, and in all probability, by
this time subscriptions from the conntry have
been received for the principal part of the re
maining Stock. So confident are the Stock
holders of this result, that they have already
called a meeting for the purpose of taking pre
liminary steps to an immediate organization of
the Company.
We hail this as the beginning of better times
for our City. She had slept over her true in
terests, until we were beginning to fear her
glory had departed. We rejoice to believe
that the spirit of enterprise has aroused her
from this slumber, and that she is reaching
forward for the accomplishment of great re”
suits. In casting our eye over the list of
Stockholders, we recognize, with the highest
pleasure, the names of our oldest and best cit
izens, men of capital, stability, prudence, and
experience, whose association is a sufficient
guaranty for the accomplishment of the under
taking.
Nothing is needed for the successful execu
tion of this great work but the co-operation of
those sections of country, through which the
work to be conducted, whose interests are, like
ours, deeply identified with its success. We
wait for a reply—and our knowledge of their
intelligence and public spirit, warrants us in
saying they will do it.—[Columbus Enquirer.
To the Editor of the Macon Telegraph:
“McDonough, Ga., March 18, 1638.
“I regret to have to inform you of the total
destruction (by fire) of the brick malcacademv,
at this place. It occurred on Friday last, 16th.,
about half past 9 o’clock. It was doubtless oc
casioned by carelessness. It being the cus
tom to throw the ashes out at a window every
Friday evening, (the school being kept in the
upper story,) there wa9 doubtless a coal drop
ped on the window sill or fell between the fac
ing ; the wind was blowing quite brisk and the
fire caught at that window.
The trustees have had a meeting, and the
school will be continued under the present
teacher, Mr. Gordon, a very steady young man.
They will go immediately to work and rebuild
the house.”
“Something new for the admiring
World. Mr. Aaron Cloud, a respectable gen
tleman of our village, is now engaged in erect
ing a tower or observatory on the top of the
Stone Mountain, in DeKalb county, and is de
termined to raise it to the height of 300 feet,
if practicable. He has the means and indus
try, and says he will exhaust all or complete it.
He has now in this place a fine second hand
telescope, that is said to have cost in London,
one hundred and fifty dollars. It is to be hop
ed that this enterprise and industry will not
pass unnoticed by the lovers of scenes and
summer pleasures, &c. &c.”
Caleb Quotem. An Ohio paper adver
tises for a good practical printer, who would
take the charge of the mechanical department
of a printing office, read proof, make selections,
scribble a paragraph when necessary, rock the
cradle, dig potatoes, cut wood, and go with the
gals to singing school, and neighborhood quilt
ings.
The reduction of the duty on newspa
pers in England from three pence and
[two tenths to one penny, has had the es-
I feet to increase the circulation 54 per
! cent. The number of stamps used for
the year ending Oct. 1836, was 30,625,-
i 000; for the year ending Oct. 10, 1837,
j 47,248,000.
Bulls. “I never shot a bird in my
life,” said one to another.
“I never shot at any thing in the shape
of a bird except a squirrel, and that 1
killed with a stone —when it fell from the
tree into the river, and was drowned ,”
was the reply.”—[N. Y. Com. Herald.
“If I were so unlucky,” said an officer,
“as to have a stupid son, I would certain
ly, by all means, make him a parson.” A
clergyman, who was in the company,
calmly replied, “you think differently, sir,
from your father.”’
Bachelor’s Privileges. These gen
tlemen accept all the pleasures of society
and support none of the expense. They
dine out, and are not bound to give din
ners in return. Instead of taking a box
by the year, they buy an admission for
life; their carriage only holds two, and
(hey are never obliged to set down a dow
ager. Weddings, christenings, fetes—
They are never called papa; they are not
regularly assailed with milliners’, stayma
kers’, and jewellers’ bills. We never see
them ruining themselves for conjugal
rights —from them La Belle Mere is desti
tute of paint, and they yawn La Femme
Jalouse. They are never godfathers from
reciprocity; they sleep in peace during
the best part of the morning, leave balls
when they like, and invest money in the
funds.