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KIKSCELLAIIEOIS. THE U. STATES AND MACEDONIAN. The following spirited account of the celebrated battle between the U. S. frigate United States, and the Brit ish trigate Macedonian, in which the latter was taken, is from a new work entitled “Thirty years from Home, or a voice from the main deck, by Sam uel Leech." The author at the time action. There were others also be low, called sail trimmers; to assist in working the ship, should it be neces sary to change her position during bat tle. My station was at the filth gun on the main deck. It was my duly to supply the gun with powder, a boy being appointed to each gun in the stiip on the side we engaged, for this purpose. A wool screen was placed before the entrance to the magazine, with a hole in it, through which the was a lad on board the 'captured fri gate, and his impressions of so terri-j ., ble a contest are much more vivid cartridges were passed to the boys; than one gleaned from official des . | we received them there, and covering patches ° them with our jackets, hurried to our The Sabbath came, and it brought respective guns. These precautions with it a stiff breeze. We usually ! ««* observed to prevent the powder made a sort of holiday of this sacred I taking fire before it reaches the gun. day. After breakfast it was common . -Thus we all stood, waiting orders, to muster the entire crew on the spar In motionless suspense. At last we deck, sometimes in blue jackets and white trowsers, or blue jackets and blue trowsers ; at other times in blue jackets, scarlot vests, and blue or white trowsers; with our bright anchor but tons glancing in the sun, and our black, glossy hats, ornamented with black ribbons, and with the name of our ship painted upon them. After mus ter, we frequently had church service read by the captain ; the rest of the day was devoted to idleness. But we were destined to spend the Sabbath just introduced to the reader in a very different manner. We had scarcely finished breakfast before the man at the mast-head shout ed, ‘Sail ho 1’ The captain rushed upon deck, ex claiming ‘mast-head there P ‘Sir.’ ‘Where away is the sail ?’ The precise answer to this question I do not recollect, but the captain pro ceeded to ask, ‘What does she look like?’ ‘A square rigged vessel, sir,’ was the reply of the look-out. After a few minutes, the captain shouted again, ‘Mast-head there !’ ‘Sir.’ ‘What does she look like?’ *A large ship, sir, standing towards us !’ By this time the most of the crew were on deck, eagerly straining their eyes to obtain a glimpse of the ap proaching ship, and murmuring their opinions to each other on her probable character. Then came the voice of captain, shouting, ‘Keep silence, fore and aft I’ Silence being secured, he hailed the look-out, who, to his ques tion of‘What does she look like?’ replied, ‘A large frigate bearing down upon us, sir!’ A whisper ran along the crew that the strange ship was a Yankee frigate. The thought was confirmed by the command of ‘AH hands clear the ship for action, ahoy!’ The drum and file beat to quarters ; bulk-heads were knocked away; the guns were released from their confine ment; the whole dread paraphernalia of battle was produced; and after the lapse of a few minutes of hurry and confusion, every man and boy was at his post, ready to do his best service for his country, except the band, who, claiming exemption from the affray, safely stowed themselves away in the cable tier. We had only one sick man on the list, and he, at the cry of battle, hurried from his cot, feeble as he was, to take his post of danger. A few of the junior midshipmen were stationed below, on the berth deck, with orders, given in our hearing, to shoot any man who attempted to run from his quarters. Our men were all in good spirits, though they did not scruple to express the wish that the coming foe was a Frenchman rather than a Yankee.— YVe had been told, by the Americans on board, that frigates in the Ameri can service carried more and heavier metal than ours. This, together with our consciousness of superiority over the French at sea, led us to a prefei- ence for a French antagonist. The Americans among our num bers felt quite disconcerted at the ne cessity which compelled them to fight against their own count rymen. One, of them named John Card, as brave j e . c l u , a !*Y revolting, a seaman as ever trod a plank, ven tured to present himself to the captain, as a prisoner, frankly declaring his objections to fight. That officer very ungenerously ordered him to his quar- fired three guns from the larboard side of the mam deck ; this was followed by the command, ‘Cease firing ; you are throwing away your shot!’ Then came the orders to ‘wear ship,’ and prepare to attack the enemy with our starboard guns. Soon after this I heard a firing from some other quarter, which I at first supposed to be a discharge from our quarter deck guns; though it proved to be the roar of the enemy’s cannon. A strange noise, such as I never heard before, next arrested my atten tion ; it sounded like the tearing of sails, just over our heads. This I soon ascertained to be the enemy’s shot. The firing, after a few minutes’ cessa tion, recommenced. This roaring of cannon could now be heard from all parts of our trembling ship, and ming ling as it did with that of our foes, it made a most hideous noise. By and by I heard the shots strike the side of our ship; the whole scene became in- discribably confused and horrible ; it was like some awful tremendous thun der storm, whose deafening roar is at tended by the incessant streaks of lightning, carrying death in every flash, and strewing the ground with the victims of its wrath; only, in our case the scene was rendered more hor rible than that, by the presence of tor rents of blood which dyed our decks. Though the recital may be painful, yet as it will reveal the horrors of war, and show at what a fearful price a victory is won or lost, 1 present the reader with things as they met my eye during the progress of that dread ful fight, 1 was busily supplying my gun with powder, when I saw bloocl suddenly fly from the arm of a man stationed at our gun. I saw nothing strike him ; the effect alone was visi ble; in an instant the third lieutenant tied his handkerchief round the wound ed arm, and sent the groaning wretch below to the surgeon. The cries of the wounded now rang through all parts of the ship. These were carried to the cockpit as fast as they fell, while those more fortunate men who were killed outright, were immediately thrown overboard. As I was stationed but a short distance from the main hatchway, I could catch a glance at all who were carried be low. A glance was all I could in dulge in, for the boys belonging to the guns next to mine were wounded in the early part of the action, and I had to spring with all my might to keep three or four guns supplied with car tridges. 1 saw two of these lads fall nearly together. One of them was struck in the leg by a large shot; he had to suffer amputation above the wound. The other had grape or canister shot sent through his ancle. A stout York- sliireman lifted him in his arms, and hurried him to the cockpit, lie had his foot cut oft', and was thus made lame for life. Two of the boys sta tioned on the quarter deck were killed. They were both Portugese. A man who saw one of them killed, after wards told me that his powder caught fire and burnt the flesh almost oft’ his face. In this pitiable situation, the agonized boy lilted up both hands, as if imploring relief, when a passing shot instantly cut him in two. I was an eye-witness to a sight A man named * Aldrich had one of his hands cut off’ by a shot, and almost at the same moment he received another shot, which tore open his bowels in a ter rible manner. As he fell, two or three ters, threatening to shoot him if ho ! men caught him in their arms, and, as made the request again. Poor fel-! Iie coultl 001 *>ve, threw him over- low ! he obeyed the unjust command, and was killed by a shot from his own countrymen. This fact is more dis graceful to the captain of the Mace donian, than even the loss of his ship. It was a gross and palpable violation of the rights of man. As the approaching ship showed American colors, all doubt of her character was at an end. ‘\Ve must light her, was the conviction of every breast. Every possible arrangement that could insure success, was accord ingly made. Tiieguns were shotted ; the matches lighted; for although our guns were furnished with first rate locks, they were also provided with matches attached by linyards, in case the locks should miss fire. A lieu tenant then passed through the ship, directing the marines and boarders, who were furnished with pikes, cutlas ses and pistols, how to proceed if it should be necessary to board the ene my. lie was allowed by the captain, who exhorted them to fidelity and courage, urging upon their considera tion the well known motto of the brave board One of the officers in my division also fell in my sight, lie was a noble hearted fellow, named Nan Ivivell. A grape or canister shot siruck him near the heait; exclaiming, ‘Oh ! my God !’ he fell and was carried below, where he shortly after died. Mr. Hope, our first lieutenant, was also slightly wounded by a grummet, or small iron ring, probably torn from a hammock clew by a shot. He went below', shouting to the men to fight on. Having had 'his.' wound dressed, he came up ago,in, shouting to us at the top of his voice, and bidding us fight with all our might. There was not a man in the ship but would have re joiced had lie been in the place of our master's mate, the unfortunate Nan Kivell. The battle went on. Our men kept cheering with all their might. 1 cheered with them, though I confess 1 scarcely knew for what. Certainly there was nothing very inspiring in the aspect of things where 1 was sta tioned. So terrible had been the de- Nelson. ‘England expects every man i struction around us, it was termed the to do his duty.’ In addition to all | slaughter-house. Not only had we these preparations on deck, some men i had several boys or men killed or were stationed in the top with small | wounded, but several ol the guns were arms, whose duty it was to attend to! disabled. trimming the sails, and to use their The one I belonged to had a piece muskets, provided we came to close ef the muzzle knocked out; and when the ship rolled, it struck a beam of the upper deck with such force as to be come jammed and fixed in that posi tion. A twenty four pound shot had also passed through <he screen of the magazine, directly over the orifice through which we passed our powder. The schoolmaster received a death wound. The brave boatswain, who came from the sick bed to the din of battle, was fastening a stopper on a back stay which had been shot away, when his head was smashed to pieces by a cannon ball; another man, going to complete the unfinished task, was also struck down. Another of our midshipmen also received a severe wound. The unfortunate ward-room steward, who attempted to cut his throat on a former occasion, was killed. A fellow named John, who for some petty offence had been sent on board as a punishment, was carried past me wounded. I distinctly heard the large bloodsdrops fall pat, pat, pat, on the deck ; his wounds were mortal. Even a poor goat, kept by the officers for her milk, did not escape the general carnage ; her hind legs were shot off, and poor Nan was thrown overboard. Such was the terrible scene, amid which we kept on our shouting and firing. Our men fought like tigers. Some of them pulled off their jackets, others their jackets and vests; while some, still more determined had taken off their shirts, and with nothing but a handkerchief tied round the waist bands of their trowsers, fought like heroes. 1 also observed a boy named Cooper stationed at a gun some dis tance from the magazine. He came to and fro on the full run, and appeared to be as ‘merry as a cricket.’ The third lieutenant cheered him along oc casionally, by saying, ‘Well done, my boy, you are worth your weight in gold.’ I have often been asked what were my feelings during this fight. 1 ielt pretty much as 1 suppose every one does at such a time. That meu are without thought when they stand amid the dying and the dead, is too absurd an idea to be entertained a moment. We all appeared cheerful, but I know that many a serious thought ran through my mind; still what could we do but keep up a semblance, at least, of animation ? To run from our quarters would have been cer tain death from the hands of our own officers ; to give way to gloom or to show fear would do no good, and might brand us with the name of cowards, and ensure certain defeat. Our only true philosophy, therefore, was to make the best of our situation by fighting bravely and cheerfully: 1 thought a great deal, however, of the other world, every groan, every fall ing man, told me that the next instant I might be before the judge of all the earth. For this I felt unprepared ; but being without any particular knowledge of religious truth, I satis fied myself by repeating again and again the Lord’s prayer, and promis ing that if spared 1 would be more attentive to religious duties than ever before. This promise 1 had no doubt at the time of keeping; but I have learned since that it is easier to make promises amidst the roar of battle’s thunder, or in the horrors of ship wreck than to keep them when dans ger is absent, and safety smiles upon our path. While these thoughts secretly agi tated my bosom, the din of battle con tinued. Grape and cannister shot were pouring through our port holes like leaden rain, carrying death in the trail. The large shot came against the ship’s side like iron hail, shaking her to the very keel,or passing through her timbers, and scattering terrific splinters, which did a more appaling work than even their own deat '-giv- ing blows. The reader may form an idea of the effect of grape and cannis- ter, when lie is told that grape shot is formed by seven or eight balls confin ed to an iron and tied in a cloth. Those balls are scattered by the ex plosion of the powder. Cannister shot is made by filling a powder can nister with balls, each as large as two or three musket balls; these also scatter witfi direful effect when dis charged. What then with splinters, cannon balls, grape and cannister, poured incessantly upon us, the reader may be assured that the work of death went in a manner which must have been satifactory even to the King of Terrors himself. Suddenly the rattling of the iron hail ceased. We were ordered to cease firing. A profound silence en sued, broken only bv the stifled groans of the brave sufferers below. It was soon ascertained that the enemy had shot ahead to repair damages, for she was not so disabled but she could sail without difficulty ; while we were so cut up that we lay utterly hopeless. Our head braces were shot away; the lote and main top master were gone ; the mizzen mast hung over the stern, having carried several men over in its fall; we were in a state of complete wreck. A council was now hejd among the officers on the quarter deck. "Our condition was perilous in the ex treme; victory or escape wore alike hopeless. Our ship was disabled ; many of our men were killed, and many more wounded. The enemy would, without doubt, bear down upon us in a few moments, and as she could now chose her own position, would, without doubt, rake us fore and aft. Any further resistance was there fore folly. So, in spite of the hot- brained Lieutenant, Mr. Hope, who advised them not to strike but to sink alongside, it was determined to strike the bunting. This was done by the hands of a brave fellow named Wat son, whose saddened brow told how severely it pained his lion heart to do it. To me it was a pleasing sight, for 1 had seen fighting enough for one Sabalh ; more than 1 wished to see again on a week day. His Bri tannic Majesty’s frigate Macedonian was now the prize of the American frigate United States. Beautiful when Finished A poor Irish woman, with the simplicity and the intelligence that character izes her country, upon witnessing some of the many wonderful improve ments of the present age, exclaimed, “Ah, then, what a beautiful world it will be when it is finished !” The idea led to a train of thought not alto gether uninteresting, the result of which was, to represent every thing that hitherto seemed to be perfect, in a most imperfect state ! from the con templation of man, down to the infe rior objects! Will lie be finished in this state of existence ! No! the re surrection day must dawn ere his per fection will be accomplished !—and, surely, when we turn to the page of history, and trace the improvements that have taken place only a few cen turies back, down to our time, may we not re-echo the poor Irish woman’s exclamation of “ Ah, then, what a beautiful world it will be when it is finished 1” The sublime and the kidiculous. The answer of the Indian chief has often been admired, who, at one of the councils held with the agents of the United States, on being invited to take a chair, replied proudly, “ the earth is my mother; I will repose upon her bo som.” A good tiling has been going the rounds of the newspapers, repre senting the characteristic reply of a western squatter to an inquiry with regard to his place of abode. If it were not for the homeliness of the language, it would exceed in sublimity the celebrated reply of the savage chieftain. It shows how narrow is the line which divides the sublime from the ridiculous—for, in this case, the effect arises from the irresistible confounding of the two. The senti ment is really lofty, while the maner in which it is conveyed cannot fail to provoke a smile. “Mister, where is your house?” asked a curious trave ler of a half-horse and half alligator squatter. “House, eh ? do you think I’m one of them sort? Stranger! I sleeps in the government purchase— I eats raw bear and buffalo, and drinks out of the Mississippi 1” “ready” in the house, handed it over, and with it disappeared the merchant and his clerk. A week passed away, and ’tis hardly necessary to add, he did not return. The ‘gold watch’ turned out to be a worthless affair, “going” only when it was carried, and the case base metal, made to look like gold by the new process of “gal vanizing.” His luggage, upon in spection, proved to be a rustly port manteau filled with shavings, and two large stones to give it weight The swindler is represented to be nearly six feet high, dark complexion, mid dle-aged, of gentlemanly address, and speaking with a foreign accent. It is to bo hoped that this exposure will have a tendency to spoil his opera tions in other quarters.—New Fork paper. Advancement of Mechanics.— Three of the members elect to Con gress Irom Tennessee, are mechan ics. Andrew Johnson is a tailor; J. W. Blackwell is a coppersmith ; and G. W. Jones is a sadier. They are said !o be all of line talents, and rose to their present eminent station by persevering industry and their own good characters, without the aid of in fluential friends. Freaks or Fashion.—The lady exquisites of Boston have taken to sporting walking canes in their peram bulations. The dandies, it is said, are quite excited upon the subject, look ing upon the fashion, no doubt, as an invasion of their rights. Suits at law for breaches of marriage promises, will now decrease. Faithless swains may now look out for good thrashings if they don’t toe the mark. We don’t know what else the girls want them walking canes for—Memphis Enq. Advertising.—We have seen two stores, side by side, one crowded with customers, the other vacant and deserted. What made the differ ence ? One advertised and the other did not. We have seen two artists, equally skilful, one going on the flood-tide of fortune, the only neglect ed on the flats, forlorn and discour aged. The reason is obvious. One had enf< rprise and liberality enough to make himself known, the other had not. YVe know not less than a dozen examples of persons who have in creased their business an hundred per cent, within a few weeks by adver tising. Hence we arc not only pros perous ourselves, but the means of conferring prosperity on others. Strange that any one will neglect such a glorious opportunity. New mode of “ Raising the YVind.”—One of the “swell mob” practised a piece of “financiering” on a boarding-house keeper last week of rather a novel order. He engaged apartments about three weeks since ir a highly respectable boarding house up town, representing himself to be a “ Front street merchant." On the morning ol Sunday week, at the usual hour for the family assembling at breakfast, his clerk arrived with the letters from the post; on their perusal Mr. Merchant feigned to be excessively agitated, and rising from the breakfast table, begged a moment’s private conversation with the hostess, which granted, he represented to her the unpleasant news had arrived from Baltimore in relation to the solvency of a house in that city, largely indebt ed to his “firm” and that it was abso lutely necessary that he should pro ceed on by the same morning’s boat; that as he was unprovided with cash for such an emergency, she would render him an essential service by the loan of $50 until his return, and, said he, “as our acquaintance is short, I beg you will retain my watch as se curity.” The hostess, wishing to oblige her highly respectable lodger, and having the necessarv amount of The Strait YYay to Heaven.— An itinerant preacher, of more zeal than discretion, was in the habit of accosting those he met in his walks, and inquring into their spiritual wel fare. Passing along a country rood that led through a small settlement, he met a simple country feilow driv ing a cart, loaded with corn. “Do you believe in God, sir?” said he to the countryman. “Yes, sir,” was the instant reply. “Do you read your bible, pray to your maker, and attend to divine worship regularly ?” and this string of questions was also answered in the affirmative. “Go on your way rejoicing my lad,” continu ed he, “you are in the high way to heaven.” Clodpole flourished his whip, and drove on, much delighted, no doubt, with the blessed intelli gence. Another person came up by this time, and he also was interrogat ed with an unceremonious—“Do you believe in God, sir?’, “YY’hat have you to do, sir, with what 1 believe ?” replied the person accosted, with a look of surprise. “You are in the gall of bitterness, and bond of ini quity,” cried the offended preacher ; look at that poor lad, whistling along the road, and driving his cait before him, “he is on the straight way to heaven.” “It may be so, sir,” said the person interrogated, “but to my cer tain knowledge, if he’s going there, he’s going with a cart load of stolen corn.” LAGRANfiE HERALD. The undersigned have been induced, through the long and argent solicitations of their friends in Troup and the adjoining counties, to commence the publication of a weekly Newspaper in the town of La- Granoe, to be entitled the “ LaGranoe Herald.” The location of LaGrange—the general intelligence and wealth of it» citizens—the different branches of Education taught in its various flourishing Schools, combiae to make it one of the most enviable locations in the whole South, for the establishment, of a public journal. In announcing to the public the speedy forthcoming of the Herald, it is not out intentions now' to puff its merits, nor en deavor to ingratiate ourselves into the good 1 graces of our fellow-citizens by “many promisesbut to make known the leading principles that will be firmly and unflinch ingly advocated through its columns. The Herald will advocate the leading principles of the Whig party—will lend its aid in the establishment of a United States Bank, and will support a Tariff for Reve nue—sufficient to defray the expenses of an economical administration of the Ge neral Government. HENRY CLAY, of Kentucky, is our choice for the Presidency. In asserting our rights, our principles, and proclaiming the Liberty of the Press, we shall be tearless and independent; and, in all of our remarks, shall endeavor to plumb the line of honesty. The columns of the Herald will be de voted to the dissemination of Political, Agricultural, Commercial, Foreign and Do mestic intelligence. The several impor tant Cotton Markets of Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina and Louisiana, will be quo ted with great care. A synopsis of the proceedings of the Legislature of Georgia, will be given, weekly, during its session.— And last, though not least, the Literary, Scientific, Miscellaneous, and Poetical De partments of the Herald, shall receive due attention. An Act of Gratitude.—The No- ticioso de Ambos Mundos relates that a yaung Spanish Surgeon, named Hu- tardo, after the battle of Ocana under took the care of a Pole, who was dan gerously wounded in that battle. He dressed his numerous wounds and conducted him to Madrid, where he was received in the house of a lady named Luja. This lady and llurtado were assiduous in their attentions to the wounded soldier, so that, contrary to expectation, he recovered, and took his departure with the warmest ex pressions of gratitude to his benefac tors. The Polish soldier proved to be the Prince Brownoski. This prince lately died at Warsaw, and in his will bequeathed to Dr. Hutardo, who had become one of the first phy sicians of Spain, a legacy of 50,000 francs, and to the Senora Luja a like sum, in grateful acknowledgment on tiis part, of services which they re garded as the mere discharge of a duty. Sir Hutardo lately passed through Bayonne, on his way to War saw, for the purpose of receiving pay ment of the legacy. TERMS. The LaGrange Herald will be issued weekly, on an imperial sheet, at Three Dollars per annum. Any person remitting us $25, shall re ceive Ten copies of the paper for one year. Persons enclosing money for Subscrip tions, will save postage by getting the Post master either to write or frank their letters. Law Blanks, Cards, and Job Work of all kinds, executed wiilr neatness and des patch, at moderate prices. The first number of the Herald will be issued on the 7th of September next. All Letters on business with the Office, should be addressed, postvaid, to BENTON & BRONSON, August, 1843. LaGrange. Geo. \\ A Terrible Affair.—Seduction, Insanity and Heath.— We do not wish to be considered as speaking compli mental y, when we say that the good people of the north are increasing in wickedness and immorality in an ad mirable manner. Every mail brings us some new accounts of their moiali- ty, the last specimen ol which is the following : Some eighteen months ago, a Rev. Mr. Lefevre came to a quiet valley of the Susquehannah, Pennsylvania, in quest of a congregation over which to exercise his pastoral charge.— His clothes were somewhat threads worn, and the wig of his reverence had evidently seen better days. His devout appearance and ex reeding j zeal, accompanied by considerable I talent, soon ingratiated him with the j people of a Presbyterian Church, ' who, after some attention to the out- j ward man in the way of a coat and j wig, placed him in their pulpit, where , lie continued for months, the admiras tion of the surrounding country for his eloquence, zeal and piety. A few weeks ago, it was discover ed that this wig covered reverend gentlemen had made a young mem' ber of his church a mother, without the usual riles which arc ordered by the Church. Her situation was im mediately made known, and the guilt brought home to the reverend sedu* cer. Her mother, then lying very ill, was thrown into convulsions, from which she only recovered to be a rav ing man iac for life. Still more dread ful, her father, who had through life cherished a spotless reputation for him self and family, on hearing his daugh ter’s shame, and his pastor’s villainy, “pressed both hands to his breast— gave one groan—and died 1”—Mobile Herald. YVe see, in an article in the Boston Journal, that C. M. Clay, who was recently concerned in the fracas with Mr. Brown, post ■ ince agent, is called “a nephew ol tienry Clay.” YVith that quarrel and the degree of blame to be attached to the one or the oilier combatant, we know only what is stated in the papers. But it is right that it should be known that Mr. C. M. Clay is in no way related to Hen ry Clay, except in name.—.3(ex. Gas. SHERIFF SALES. TilOUP COUNTY. ILL BE SOLD on the first Tuesday in October next, within the legal hours of sale, before the Court house door in the town of LaGrange, Troup county, the following proper ty, to wit: A negro woman by the name of Elsey, about 27 years old, a good house woman ; also her child, a negro bov by the name of Columbus, about four years old: levied on as the property of Nalhan H. Phillips, to satisfy two fi fas from Troup Superior Court, one of said fi fas in favor of Hugh It. Haralson vs Nathan H. Phillips and Harman H. Harvey, security on the stay of execution: the other in favor of Walker Dunson and Robert F. McGehee, security on the stay of execution. Property pointed out by the plain tiffs. A negro boy by the name of Joe : levied on as the property of Gideon Arther, to satisfy sun dry ti fas from Pulaski Superior and Inferior Courts, also some from a Justice’s Court, iu fa vor of Watson & Warren, uttd others vs said Arther. Ptoperty pointed out by Wm. Dough erty. One center table, one sofa, one dozen Windsor chairs, two large carpets, one brass fender, one pair btass andirons, one bureau, twelve beds and bedsteads and their furniture, consisting of two sheets and one bed quilt to each bed, with their pillows and bolsters, also two horses : all levied on as die property of Joseph Wilson, to satisfy a fi fa front Troup Inferior Court, in favor of William Nix vs said Wilson. Property pointed out by said Wilson. Aug. 30. S. J. THOMPSON, Sheriff. TIic How Jlirror. Every No. embellished with a beautiful Steel Engraving. EDITED BY O P. MORRIS AND N. P. WILLIS. Reasons for taking the Ncu> Mirror. Three dollars cannot buy so much of literary aud pictorial value in any other shape. Fifty-two highly-finished steel engravings are given in the course of the year. The literary contents are the freshest and best that can be furnished by the experienced taste and industry of its editors. The type and paper are not excelled by those of any other periodical. 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Fifty-two of these are given in the course of the year—an experiment hitherto un- attempted either at home or abroad—together with eight hundred and thirty-two closely print ed pages of the choicest matter, and all for the trifling and very disproportioned cost ol three dollars a year to subscribers. It is edited with great care, and enriched with original paper* from the best writers of rhe day. It seeks to gratify every reader of taste, by cheerful sketch es of society, tales of romance and humor, gayeties, and gravities, domestic and foreign correspondence, wit and pathos and literary, musical, and foccasionally) dramatic criticism. The very low price at which it is published places it within the roach of every one disposed to obtain a valuable, amusing and refined par lour journai. published in weekly numbers, but also intended for preservation as a choice volume for the library, filled with the gems of literature and the fine arts. Those who send the amount of subscription directed to the undersigned, will receive the pa per by mail or otherwise with the utmost punctu ality, and enclosed in strong wrappers, so aa to preserve the engravings from injury. In most country places it is impracticable to have agents, but any person desiring to subscribe can have his letter, enclosing the amount, franked by the nearest post master, (who has the right aod gen erally the courtesy to do so,) and by tending di rectly to the undersigned, all riak of disappoint raent will be avoided. > PECKHAM &. CQ. No. 4 Ann street, near Broadway, WarchouM! and Commission BUSINESS, T HE undersigned having leased the Fire proof buildings situated on the corner of McIntosh and Bay street*, at present occupied by Gen. Thomas Dawson, and known aa Mus- grore’a Warehouse, will take charge of them on the 1st September next This establishment is centrally located, and for convenience to business and security against fart, ia unequalled by any other in the city. They will be prepared to make reasonable ad vances on produce and merchandise in store, and hope by strict attention to all buiineaa consigned to their care, to merit a share of public patronage BUSTIN & WALKER Augusta. Ga. August 15, 1843.