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BY J AHLS W. JONES. The Southern Whig, PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING. TERMS. Three dollars per annum, payable within six months after the receipt of the fit st number, or fur dollars if not paid within the year. Sub scribers living out of the State, will be expect ed in all cases, to pay in advance. No subscription received for less than one year, unless the money is paid in advance; and no paper will be discontinued until all arrear ages' are paid, except at the option of thepub- • lisher. Persons requesting a discontinuance, of-ttaair Papers, are requested to bear in mind, a setteuient of their accounts. 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The growing importance of Ath ens, the state of parties in Georgia, and the agitation cf certain questions having a direct influence on southern interests; render it neces sary that the northwestern part of Georgia should have some vigilant, faithful sentinel always on the watch tower, devoted to a strict construction ofthe true spirit ofthe constitution, the maintainance ofthe rightsand sovereignty of the States, the retrenchment of executive patronage, reform, and a strict accountability of all public officers; moderate, yet firm and decided in his censures, “nothing extenuate or setdown ought in malice,” —to expose prompt ly abuses and corruption when and whereevr discovered—sue ha poses to make the most autheiinA®# connected times, tip' lab-st ginal articles, and popular works ofthe * merits of Agriculture. Literature atid the Arts. To Georgians the undersigned is conscious he appeals not in vain for an increase of patron age—and he respectfully asks the friends of! •constitutional liberty to make an effort, to ob tain subscribers. The Southern Whig is published weekly in Athens Georgia, at Three Dollars per annum payable in advance, Three Dollars and fifty cents if not paid within six months, or Four if not paid until the cud ol the vear. .1. W. JONES. 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In general terms, it is recommended in all those j diseases which arise from impurities of the 'lrtood, or vitiation of the humors, of whatever name or kind. Some ofthe above complaints may require some trifling assistant applications, which the circumstances ofthe case will dictate; but for a general remedy or purificator, to remove the cause, The Indian’* Panacea will generally be found sufficient. For sale by REESE & LORD. May 14 2 if. AT the late meeting of the Alumni of Frank lin College, it was unanimously resolved to be expedient to make arrangements to issue a Monthly Literary Magazine, to be called THE ATHENIAN. The undersigned were appointed by the So ciety a committee of publication and joint Edi tors of the work, until the next meeting of tne Society. We have no interest in the work, ex cept that which we take in the welfare of the country and honor of the State. We, of the South, have too long depended upon foreign parts for our Literature, and neglected our own talents. We shall be weak so long as we think are weak: and dependent until we. make ef forts to be independent. We hope all the friends of Literature in the State, and especially the Alumni of Franklin College, will patronize the enterprise both by word and deed. State pride the love of Literature, our interest in the cause of general Education, all call upon us to sustain an enterprise so necessary to our improvement, and the honor ofthe State. A. S. CLAYTON, JAMES JACKSON, R. D. MOORE, WM. L. MITCHELL, £. F. McCAY, S A .MUEL P. PRESSLEY, H. HU t LL. Tar Athenian shall issue monthly, on fine paper, stitched and covered j n pamphlet form, and shall contain sixty-four pages royal octavo. Nothing derogatory to religion, offensive to any denomination of Christians, or of a.ny political party, shall appear in the Athenian. ’ Its pages shall be honestly devoted to general Literature, the cause of Education, the Review of new works, and notices of improvements in Science, Arts and Agriculture. Price Five Dollars per annum, payable on the delivery ofthe first num ber. FOUR months after date application will be made to the. Honorable the Inferior Court of Clark county, when sitting for ordinary pur poses, for leave to sell all the Lands belonging to the Estate of the Orphans of Henry Houze dec'd., fortlie benefit of the Orphans of said DARIAS T. HOUZE, Guar. Sept. 10, 19 4m SoWhcvn fiWW From Friendship’s Offering for 1837. WESTMINSTER ABBEY. BY THOMAS MILLER. Tread lightly here! this spot is holy ground, And every footfall wakes the voice of ages: Thesa are the mighty dead that hem tbee round, Names that still cast a haloo’er our pages. Listen! ’tis Fame’s loud voice that now com plains, “Here sleeps more sacred dust than all the world contains.” Thou may’st bend o’er each marble semblance now, That was a monarch—sea how mute he lies ! There was a day when, on.iis crumbling brow, The golden crown flash d awe on vulgar eyes; , That broken hand did then a sceptre sway, And thousands round him kneeled his mandates to obey. Turn to the time when he thus low was laid Within this narrow house, in proud array; Dirges were sung, and solemn masses said, And liigh-plumed helms bent o’er him as he lay; Princes and peers were congregated here, And all the pomp of death assembled round his bier. Then did the midnight torches flaming wave, nd redly flashed athwart the vaulted gloom; And vyhite-robed boys sang requiems o’er his grave; And mutt.‘-'ring monks kneeled lowly round his tomb: And lovely woi.'i an did his lossdeplore, And, with their g ashing tears, bathed the cold marble floor. See! at his head a rtide-carved lion stands, In the dark niche where never sunbeams beat; And still he folds his supp,'icating hands: A watchful dragon crouches at his feet: How oddly blended ! how all humble lies, While they defiance cast from their fierce stony eyes. Here s.jeps another, clothed in scaly iL'ftil; Battle’s red field was where he loved to be: Oft has his banner rustled in the gale, In all the pomp of blazing heraldry ! Where are his bowmennow, his shield, and spear His steed, and battle-axe, and all he once hei’d dear! His banner wasted on the castle wall; His lofty turrets sunk by slow decay; His bowmen m the beaten field did fall, His plated armor rust hath swept away; HHjrihmws are scattered, and his helmet cleft, 'crumbling tomb is all he now fought and bled! t l*‘t Inin rest; ancie )t bed, The dust ofages dims his marble breast; ; And, in that tomb, what thinkest thou remains! - Dust! ’tis the on'y glory that on earth man gains! , And kings, and queens, here slumber, side by side, ’ Their quarrels hushed in the embrace of death , All feelings calmed of jealousy ®r pride, Once fanned to flame by Slander’s burning breath; Even the crowns they wear from cares are free, j As those on children’s heads who play at roy alty. And awful Silence here does ever linger; Her dwelling is this many-pillared dome; ! On her wan lip she plants her stony finger, And. breath-hushed, gazes on her voiceless j home: ■ Listening, she stands, with half-averted head, I For echoes never heard among the mute-ton gued dead. And here Time stretches out his cloudy wings, But never beats them, and they have turned gray I Withhovering o’er the forms ofcrumbling kings And, like the marble, will, at last, decay, 1 Wearied with watching, fall, and be no more Than the mere years of sand that gird the eter nal shore. Look on those gothic arclies, worn and old; Whom monarchs loved, ’Heath them did once appear, Dazzling all eyes in “rude barbaric gold; So rich the tissues which they then did wear, The same soft light that fills this holy place, Hath even here streamed full upon a Tudor s face. What gaudy figures rest against the sky ! With golden glories woven round each brow, They float athwart the window’s deepened dye, Rich in the colors ofthe ethereal bow; Breaking the sunbeams in a thousand ways, And mingling star and twilight with his dying rays. Bt hold those cloudy saints and angel bands ! How rich the robes in which they brightly beam! Such shapes we oft have seen in sleepy lands, , Peopling the spacy silver of a dream; ' And just such harps, with carvings rude sur rounded, , Have in those face-thronged visions o’er the i : wild air sounded. 0,1 could sit and weep here I know not why But I did dee \' t ~ Upon me j." .' ' ”* . Of.Vetnor< ; . For them* " ' i tx.-\ But this is fc ?t ' y / Grows .‘Tt j P ast ! Thought >*’ ''r. -■ ’ t4eariedtra.il ' ■ at last; Over the sleep. thevKet. BY T MULES- A simple violet graced a ruined wall!— How small a key unlocks the yielding heart! That little flower did many a scene recall, And hade the mist from by-gone years depart. Again my mind was in the forest green, > And one was with me, robed in virgin white; : We traversed many a well remembered scene, * And lingered in the old wood dreamy light, And then 1 sighed knew such things had been, Like a bright day closed by a cheerless night' J ■ rn ihm— iri inl l m “WHERE POWERS ARE ASSUMED WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN DELEGATED, A NULLIFICATION OF THE ACT IS THE RIGHTFUL REMEDY. "-JefferSOn. SUisceltaneousL From the New York Mirror. THE MONOPOLY AND THE PEOPLE’S LINE. BY GEOROE P. MORRIS. The proprietors of steamboats, rail roads and stage coaches not unfrequently carry the spirit of competition to a ruinous and ridiculous extent. A few years ago, we went to Albany and were “found” for a half a dollar; and it is within the recol lection of every body that Gibbons, for a long period, run his boats from this city to New Brunswick for twelve and a half cents! More recently, Mr. Vanderbilt, a large capitalist, and doubtless an enter prising man, with a view of breaking down what has been denominated the “ odious eastern monopoly,” has placed several swift and commodious steamers on the Boston line, and you may now take a trip from New York to Providence for the tri- Hing consideration of one dollar, lawful currency ! Whether the public—the mis used, flattered, cajoled, long-suffering and indulgent public—is ultimately benefitted by these reductions of the fare to an inad equate price, or otherwise, is not for us to determine; and we, therefore, leave the investigation of the subject, now and for ever, to those more skilled and curious in such matters than ourselves. Yet we have a right to an opinion’: and, as this is certainly a free country, we presume no one will quarrel with us—if we keep it en tirely to ourselves. In acrowded steamer, however, whose deck and cabin are throng ed with what the great bard calls ‘ all sorts of people,’ there is no more comfort than there is said to be in a badly-governed family of small innocents and snuff-taking maiden ladies, on a washing-day: when, the old ballad tells us, all is topsy-turvy and most admired confusion. Yet we would not be understood as raising our feeble voice in defence of any monopoly under the sun; but more especially that of steamboats. Far be it from us. We are patriots; but, what is a greater evidence of our honesty and disinterestedness—we have no stock in them whatever; and, as we are nothing but a “waif upon the world’s wide common,” or, in less figurative phra seology, nothing but a poor devil of a weak ly editor, we never expect to have any; unless our delinquent subscribers should pay up their arrearages: or we should draw a prize in the lottery, or some un known or unheard of rich relation should die, and unexpectedly shower his bounties upon us, or any other unimaginable, impro bable, and impossible thing should occur, of which wc have not the remotest concep tion at this present writing. We, there fore, of course, prefer a spirited and liber ally managed opposition in all cases, when ever the number of travellers will warrant such an arrangement; and when mere an gry feelings, jealousy, hatred and all un charitableness, are not the governing mo tive and groundwork of the competition. But we have often noticed, that the great contending parties have generally some concealed motive, some private end in view, and that, while they are endeavour ing, like the Hibernian cats, to eat each other up —“all up I”—they profess the most profound respect and regard for that pub lic, which, in the main, they ly striving to humbug and - public, however, like a re-ptlwfefe verbiallyungratefi.il; and, seeing the that people take to impose upon each other, it does not hesitate, in its turn, to impose upon every body. Our reminiscence fur nish us with a case in point. Not many years ago thei e lived on Long Island, a jolly, well to-do. honest, old Dutch man, who drove a stage from Brooklyn to Jamaica for two dollars. This had been the charge since Adam was a juvenile, or since the time whereof the memory of man “runneth not to the contrary.” It was sanctioned by immemorial usage, and had all the crust ofantiquity about it. Nobody thought of disputing the matter. It was settled like the laws of the Medes and the Persians, and was a thing not to be sacri legiously meddled with, or altered on any account whatever. The Proprietor’s great grandfather had driven the same route, and so had all his other ancestors, and none of them had managed to realize more than enough to make both ends meet when christmas came round. But it was left for these degenerate days, and for modern innovators, to work wonderful changes in the destinies of Jamaica, which was then a mere dot on the unexplored map of Long Island. You might have held it in the hol low of your hand, or Major Noah could have put it into his breeches pocket. It has assumed vast consequence since that period—which was before the discovery of lithography, unquestionably the most magnificent and imposing art ol modern times—and is an incorporated city—in embryo I —with its mayor and its aider men—its commodious edifices—its stee- UiUfts. domes, and court houses—its spa \ and its heaven-aspiring liber- A-.d all the other requisites of a • yican metropolis! If the fu- Jof Jamaica may be gather- Jflnousands <>l building lots that laid out and disposed of for ’ slow" limes of hand, and if one may at all, rely upon the prophecies of the eloquent and disinterested speculators of Wall street, “ who look into the seeds of time, and say i which place shall grow and which shall ; not,” then is Jamaica, without the shadow of a doubt, predestined to become the capi tal of the world! Oh, Lithography! let me apostrophize thee ! Thou art indeed a mighty wizard —and hast performed more miracles in our day and generation than all the sooth sayers, seers, and necromancers ofthe ol den time! There is no obstacle that thou . canst not overcome—no difficulty that thou canst not surmount ! Docs a moun ; tain oppose thy onward march—one wave , of thy wand, and it hides its diminished head and disappears for ever ! Is a val , ley too deep and broad for thy lofty pur* ■ poses—* another flourish of thy potent staff", ATHENS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, IS3<5. and lo I it is as level as the plain ! Is a river inconvenient to ford, and does it endeav our to frustrate thy plans, thou hast but to w iH it—and, presto! its waters recede, and the warm and genial earth, beautifully checkered and converted into streets, ave nues, spacious squares and desirable build ing lots, remains in its stead ! Thou canst people the wilderness —for the woods, like those of Birnam, will “ unfix their earth bound roots,” and move before thee—and thou canst command the “desert to bud and blossom like the rose,” and it is even so ! Thou canst found settlements, villa ges, towns, and cities, wherever thou list eth—in the interior, by the running river, the quiet lake, or on the more boisterous borders of the ocean ? ’Tis all the same to thee, Lithography. Thou canst do any thing—every thing—al things— on\paper! But I am wanderin' from my subject: and must take care, that, in my admiration for the most sublime of all modern inven tions—always save and ' a cepting the “no ble science of money making”—l do not lose the reader as well as myself in the labyrinths of imaginatior and metaphor. In the course of time .ravelling increas ed on the Jamaica tunpike, tho Dutch man had his stage full every trip, and be gan to thrive. But the star of his good fortune, although it hal risen clear and unclouded, was notHngin the ascendant; for, one fine morning, there came another stage-driver, the owner of a new turn-out, as fine as a fiddle, who put in his claims for employment. He >vas a full-grown stripling, of little credit but some ready money, and he secretly resolved upon bearing off the palm from the quiet, but covetous Dutchman. A! first he demand ed the usual rates, and divided the business with his old-established rival; but finding that he had less custom, that he was look ed upon as an interloper, and that all fa-! ces were set against him, he resolved to j cut down the fare to a single dollar-and he did so, greatly to the satisfaction of the applauding multitude. This was a sad blow to the prospects of the poor old Dutchman, whose carriage was instantly deserted, as the fickle pop ulace instinctively flocking to the glossy vehicle of his adversary, who cracked his. whip in high glee as he cashed along the dusty and unpaved streets of Brooklyn. ( At first Mynheer did not know what to make of the matter, so he lighted his pipe and looked to St. Nicholas f >r the solution of a mystery, altogether too profound for his comprehension. One day, however, a friend unravelled it to him, and suggested the propriety of a reduction also in his price; whereupon the whole truth flashed ed upon him in the twinkling of an eye, and • he instantly resolved, in defiance of the • good examples of his forefathers, to hum- I ble himself to the insignificant fare of his ' pestilent competitor. Now all was right again, and things went on as swimmingly as before, until the new-comer again low ered the fare—called hisomnibusthe “Peo ple’s Line,” and branded his opponent’s “The Monopoly,” upor which the Dutch man flew into a violent passion, broke his pipe into a thousand peces, and swore by all the saints in the caleidar, that he would thereafter carry his passengers for nothing! And so strange was his demeanor, flying hither and yonder in t hurricane of hot haste and hotter disdah, that all his neigh himasthe “FlyingDutch ?*V:.'ilr he has never been very hour. j pie’s Line,” not m the least discouLerted by this unexpected calamity, also came down to nothing 1 and painted on the panels of his cirriage the figure of a fiery old man addressing a multitude, and begging them to ride i.i his carriage gratis, with the motto, “ Nothing comes from nothing; try agam.” This was evidently intended as a hit at the ‘ Flying Dutchman,’ who retorted by stain ing'the “ Interloper,” as he always persist ed in designating the “ People’s Line,” with certain Dutch epithets, which respect for our readers prevents us from transla ting into veritable English. Fierce were the animosities—bitter the feuds—and ar duous the struggles that ensued between the belligerents. Long they lasted, and fatal promised to be the consequences to both. Every expedient was resorted to, tut as neither would yield aninchofground to the other, they both went on, season af ter season, running the stages at their own expense and annoying every body who would listen to them with a full and particular lecital of their wrongs, their wrath and wranglings. At last the owner of the “ People’s Line,” fairly wearied out by the obstinacy and perseverance of the redoubtable Dutchman,caused a mammoth handbill to be struck off’ and posted from the East River to the Atlantic Ocean, in which he stated, in ponderous capital let ters, that he would not only carry his pas sengers for nothing, but that he would ac tually pay each and every one the sum of twenty-five cents for going ! To the un happy Dutchman, this was the drop too much: and it effectually did the business for this now unpopular and detested “ Mo nopoly,” which was denounced at every tavern by the road side, as a paltry, mean.' and “ unconstitutional” concern, while the “ People’s Line” was lauded to the third heavens fbr its liberality and public spirit. The Flying Dutchman flew no more. His spirit was evidently broken as well as his prospects, and his horses crawled daily to i and from Jamaica at a snails’s pace, equal ly unmindful of whip or rein—evidently sympathising in their master’s disappoint ment and discomfiture. Yet go the Dutch man would—he had become accustomed to the occupation —it was second nature to him: and as he could not easily over come the force of habit, he preferred work in." for nothing and finding himself, to re linquishing the road to his indefatigable annoyer. “ His Shirtless Majesty !” as some audacious poet has impertiently call ed the sovereign people I however, general "ave its countenance and support to its own line, which still kept up its speed and its reputation. It speaks volumes—vol umes, did I say! it speaks ten thousand Ji- - braries—for the intelligence and good ' . feeling of our locomotive countrymen; and, » as faithful chroniclers, we are bound to , record the fact, that not a individual ’ ever applied for the two shillin',7 s , ia t had . been so generously and disinterestedly . tendered, every one being actually con-; : tented with going the whole distance gratis, I ■ and with being thanked into the bargain' I One day, however, a long, thin, lank sided, mahogany-faced down-easter chanc ed to read the mammoth-bill with the pon i derotis capitals; and without a moment’s . hesitation, he decided upon bestowing his . corporeal substance snugly in the back seat of the “ People’s Line :” and it so fell i out that he was then and there the only > passenger. The down-easter was a talkative, prying, ' speculative jim-crack of a fellow, who pro pounded more questions in a single minute than one could answer in a whole hour: . and, in less time than you could say Jack . Robinson, he was at the bottom of all the j difficulty, and in possession of every parti- j cular respecting the rival lines. He was I “free of speech and merry;” joked with J the proprietor; ridiculed the flying Dutch- >’ man, called him a cockalorum, and finally I denounced him as an inflated, overgrown, • purse-proud capitalist, who advocated a i system of exclusive privileges contrary to ' the spirit of our glorious institutions, and j dangerous to the liberties of the country ! I —and he even went so far as to reconi-1 mend that a town-meeting should be im mediately called to put the old blockhead | down, and banish him from the sunshine i of the public favor forever 1 “ I will put him dovt n I” said the driver. “And he shall stayjauf when he is down!” replied Jonathan, with an approving nod of the head. At the various stopping-places, Jonathan —who was not a member of any of the j temperance societies, for those institutions were not founded at the time of which we : are writing—to show his good fellowship, i but with no other motive, did not scruple i ■ to drink sundry villainous bar-room coin- ] pounds, at the expense of his new ac- i quaintance, who, that day, was so over- i joyed to find that the stage of the “ Monop oly” was compelled to go the whole route i entirely empty, that his hilarity and flow i of boisterous humor knew no bounds, and 1 he snapped his fingers, and said he did not i care a fig for the expense—not he ? ; “ Here’s to the People’s hue !’’ drank Jonathan. “ The People’s Line forever I” shouted the driver. “ And confusion to the Monopoly !” re joined the down-easter. “ With all my heart!” echoed the friend I ' of the people. i “ The Flying Dutchman is deficent m i public spirit 1” said the landlord, a warlike little fellow, who was a major in the mi litia. “ Behind the age we live in !” remarked an insipient justice of the peace. “ And he deserves to run the gauntlet from Brooklyn to Jamaica for violating the constitution 1” responded all the patriotic inmates of the bar-room. “ I say, mister ! your’e a fine specimen of a liberal fellow,” said Jonathan, as his companions paid the reckoning, resumed | the ribands, and touched up the leaders I gayly. “You deserve encouragement, and ; you shall have it. 1 promise it to you, my j lad,” continued he, as he slapped the “ Peo ple’s Line” on the shoulder like an old and familiar friend, “ and that’s enough. The Flying Dutchman, forsooth I why, he’s a hundred years at least behind the grand • march of improvement, and, as he will never be able to overtake it, I shall hence forward look upon him as a mere abstract circumstance, unworthy of lhe least regard or notice.” Jonathan weighed every word of the last sentence before he pronounced it, for he was, upon the whole, rather a cute chap, 1 and had no notion of letting his friendship for the one party involve him in a law suit for a libel with the other. The overjoyed proprietor thanked him heartily for his good wishes, and for the expression of his contempt for the old “Mo nopoly,” and the lumbering vehicle thun dered on toward Jamaica. Arrived, at last, at the termination of the journey, the driver unharnessed the horses watered them, and put them up for the night. When he turned to take his own departure, however, he observed, that Jonathan, who, after all said and done, candour compels us to acknowledge, had rather a hang-dog sort of look, seemed fidgetty and discontented; that he lingered about the stable and followed him like a shadow wherever he bent his steps. “ Do you stop in this town, or do you go further asked the driver. “ I shall go further, when you settle the trifle you owe me,” replied Jonathan, with a peculiar, knowing, but serious expres sion. “That I owe you ?” “Yes—is there not something between us?” “ Not that I know of.” “ Why, mister, what a short memory youv’e got —you should study mnemonicks, to put you in mind of your engagements.” “ What do you mean I There must be some mistake!” “ Oh! but there’s no mistake at all,” said Jonathan, as he pulled a handbill from his pocket, unfoldod it with care, and smooth ed it out upon the stable door. It was the . identical mammoth handbill with the pon derous capitals. “ That’s what I mean. Look there, Mr. People’s Line. There I have you, large | as life —and no mistake whatever. That’s . your note of hand—it’s a fair business . transaction —and I will trouble you for the . twenty-five cents, in less than no time; so . shell it out, you ’tarnal crittur.” . “My Christian friend, allow me to ex- ; plain, if you please. Iconfess that it’s in . the bill; but, bless your simple soul, nobody | ever thinks of asking me for it.’, ■ “ Did you everejaculated Jonathan. . I “ Now, that’s what I call cm ting it a little . too fat; but it’s nothing to me. I attend - to nobody’s affairs but my own; and if <?th- ler people are such ninny-h«.:'Bmers a> to j ' forgive you the debt, that’s no .reason why j I should follow their example. Here are , your conditions, and I want the lUopuses. A pretty piece of business, truly • to cri- j to do your customers out their • i just and legal demands in this mariner. | I But I can’t afford to loose the amount, and ' I J won’t!—What! haven’t I freely given I vou my patronage —‘liberally bestowed I "upon you the pleasure of my company, ( and, consequently,afforded you a triumph , over that nano ‘Monopoly! and now you refuse to coipply with your terms of travel, and pay me my money, you ungrateful var.nint, you ! Come, mis ter, use putting words together in this way. I’ll expose you to ‘old Monop oly’ and every body else, if you dun’t book up like an honest fellow; and I won’t leave the town until I am satisfied.” ” ou won’t ?” “ No.” j “Are you serious?” I “ Guess you’ll find I am.” I “ And you will have the money ?” J “As sure as you stand there.” “ What, the twenty-five cents?” i “ Every fraction of it ” I “And you won’t go away without it ?” J i “ Not if I stay here till doomsday :and i ’ you kn jw the consequence of detaining me j against my will.” ! “ What is it !” “I’ll swinge you,youjiysonsarpenLyou I” i “ You’ll what ?” “ I’ll sue you for damages.” “ You will ?” “Yes; I’ll law you to death, sooner than be defrauded out of my property in this I manner; so, down with the dust, and no I more grumbling about it.” J- — o lhe bewildered and now crest-fallen proprietor,perceiving from Jonathan’s tone , and manner, that all remonstrances would be in vain, and that he was irrevocably fixed in his determination to extract twen ty-five cents from his already exhausted coffers, at length slowly and reluctantly put into his hand the bit of silver coin re presenting that amount of the circulating medium. Jonathan, we blush to say, took the mo ney; and, what is more, he put it into his pocket; and, what is moreover, he posi tively buttoned it up, as if to “ make as surance doubly sure,” and to guard it against the possibility of escape. “ Mister,” said he, after he had gone coolly through the ceremony, looking all the while as innocently as a man who has just performed a virtuous action, “mister, I say, you must not think that I set any more value on the insignificant trifle you have paid me, than any other gentleman : —a twenty-five cent piece, after all, is hardly worth disputing about—it’s only a quarter of a dollar—-which any industri ous person may earn in half an hour, ifhe chooses—the merest trifle in the world— i a poor little scoundrel of a coin, that I would not. under any circumstances, touch with a pair of tongs—and which I would scorn to take even now— it noere not for the principle of the thing ! To show you, however, that I entertain a high respect for the “ People’s Line,” that I wish old Cockalorum to the devil, and that I do not harbor the slightest ill-will toward you for so unjustifiably withholding iny legal de mands, the next time I come this way again, I will unquestionably give your stage the preference—unless the “ Flying Dutch- man holds out greater inducements than ' you do, in which case, 1 rather calculate, I shall feel myself in duty bound to encour age him I” Since the veritable circumstances here related, the Jamaica railroad has entirely superceded the necessity of both the “Mo nopoly” and the “ People’s Line” of stages and their public-spirited proprietors, alter making a prodigious noise in the world, have retired under the shade of their lau rels, deep into the recesses of private life. There we shall leave them, to enjoy what ever satisfaction may be gathered from the proud consolation of having expended eve ry farthing they were worth in the world, for the gratification of a public that has long ago forgotten they ever existed ! From the Philadelphia Saturday Chronicle. CKEATION. I see the sun in grandeur rise Upon his morning throne, And while his glory decks the skies, Bids smiling nature own, The spirit of its author fair Is seen in broadest beau y there. The starry hosts that sweetly shine Upon the walls of night, Show forth His majesty divine, And charm the wandering sight There’s not a planet rolls above But speaks His everlasting love. All nature, far and wide, His beauteous works declare, Hisskill on every side Proclaim him every where. There’s not a plant, a bud, a flower. But shows the greatness of his power. The shells that pave the ocean shore, Os every form and hue, Thy sacred beauty o’er and o’er Hold out to human view; And diamond treasures of the main Make, Lord, thy matchless wisdom plain. Above, below, and all around, Thy boundless skill is shown, Where e’er we turn thy hand is found. Across creation thrown. Oh! who can from thy presence flee, For boundless space is full of Thee! If you desire to enjoy life, avoid unpunctual : people. They impede business and poison j pleasure. Make it your own rule not onh to j bo punctual, but a little beforehand. Such a habit secures a composure which is essential to happiness. For want of it, many people live in a constant fever, and put all about them into a fever too. To prevent the tedi ousness of waiting for others, carry with you some means of occupation —a Horace or Rochefoucalt, for example—books which can be read by snatches, and which afford ample materials for thinking. Vo!. IV-Ao. 84. , GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. SENATE, , Saturday, December 3,1836. i J lie Senate refused Mr. Doutiugau’s motion ! to ri'-coiUidei' the vote of yesterday parsing ’!»•> i bill foi the orgarnxatioti of the Court for Um ’ Corr rction of Errors. Yeas 30, Nay* 40. BILL INTRODUCED. By s|r. Liiddeli: so add anothtr section to I ’be tttlr division oi the penal code. BILLS FA3SED. I To amend the act oi incorporation oftlw r i tow. i of Columbus. ’ I 'IV. regulate the advertising ofthe of ’ ■ Gwitit.. tt county, so as to authorize s.ud adver -1 i Using tc Be dotre elsewhere than iti ilie Somh ■ i urn Banner’, BILLS REJECTED. * j r |’<i alter >. t.d amend a part of the 3d sectioJ ! ofthe fld article' of the Cpustitution, ' To I ' g'.ilatc fho issuing pt inarrioge licenses } ia certaiu cases. KESOLUTIONS. Mr. Gibson laid ou the tabla a rosolutixi j authorizing the Qovertior toopen a corrcspo r j dence with the several Banks of tb-j State, f nr ! the purpose of ascertaining at what rate of in, | tercst they will receive any pertioiioftbe Bnr. ' plus Revenue, and report the same' to this I branch ofthe Legislature, I Mr. Swain’s resolution relati.e to adjourn i meat, and lhe pay of Senators whfle absent, i was laid on tho table the balance of she se»- sion. The Senate agreed to a Report and Reso lutions of the Committee oa Printing, gjdug the printing of the Laws and Journals, utid tiw# Job Printing of this session, to P. L. jtobiusoi.., I Esq.—he being the lowest bidder for the | same. The work stipulated lo ba ll *> I Milledgev.ru. MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR. A message was received from the Governor in reference to a resolution found on the print ed copies ofthe Laws and resolutions of lust session, never agreed to by the Legislature, or signed by the Governor—and suggesting.' the propriety of legislative action thereon. A communication was received from the Treasurer, suggesting the propriety o! the Le gislature designating the Banks whose bills shall be current at the Treasury office—as in co -sequence ofthe great incruuae of Banks and Banking institutions, a state of things may arise which will make the task of sjtec.’io.a a difficult and delicate one for him, or may sub ject him to perplexily and difficulty. Mr. McConnell, from the Military Commit, tee made a Report, which was read and laid on the table. The Senate adjourned to Monday morning. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The Speaker having left the Chair, Mr. Wood, of Coweta, was called to the same. NOTICE FOR A BILL. Mr. White, of Butts : To add-u part of Hen ry to the county of Butts. BILLS INTRODUCED INBTANTER. I By Mr. Blackshear, of Lowndes: To ap. j propnate money to improve the uavigatfon of the VVithlacoochee river. By Mr. McKinley: To exempt Printers from militia duly in time of peace. Mr. Juo. B. Lamar: T<> establish a Bank at Jfacon to be known as the “Commercial Bank.” Mr. Campbell: To regulate the duties of the officers of the Central Bank in certai i j cases. I Mr. Burns, from the Committee on the Pen-- I itentiary, reported a bill to authorise a loan to* i the Inspectors of the Peuitentiiry mt curtaia purposes. r'”i Mr. Bulloch, from the Select Committee, re.- ported a bill to amend the laws against bring, ing malignant diseases into this State. Mr. Miller: To amend the law iu relation to the foreclosure of mortgages —Also, To incorporate the “ Citizens B-.di” in Au. ; gusta. BILLS PASSED* To provide tor the election of a pubic Piin. : ter,audio regulate the fees, &c. To repeal a part of the Ist section of the act for the distribution of estates; to provide for posthumous ciiildrei; to regulate the mode of lending property to children, tec. BILL REJECTED. To authorize a lottery to raise § 30.000 for > a Masonic and Town Hall in Columbus. messages from THE GOVER.XOB. A message communicating a report from tho i Commissioners of the Flint river on the sub. jjectofthe appropriation for the improvement j of the naviguti >n of saik river—gomg toshew I the propriety of farther appropriation, j A me; sage calling the attention of th' Gen. j e:al Ass unb y to a resolution in the published I copy of th j r* solutions of the last L -gislaturc, I which was neither passed by the Legislaturu . nor approved by the Governor— and ® u g" I gesti g legislative action thereon. j Jf . H<4combe, from the committee on Print ing, made a report recommending the printing of the Laws and Journals and the job printing to be given to P. L. Robinson, Esq., he being the lowest bidder for the same. The House received a commit ication fr<»n» ■ the Treasurer, on the subject of the descrip, tion of bills which he s iould receive at tho I Treasury, <Ac. I And the House adjourned to Mo >day tnoru. J i: 'g- SENATE. Munday, Dec :mbek 5, 1836. The Senate agreed to Mr. Liddell’s motion i to re-consider the vote of Saturday, laying on I the table the balance of the session the hill to I amend a part of the Ist section of the 3d ar. i tide of the Constitution. BILLS INTRODUCED. Mr, Reese: Toamend the law of 1811, form, ing the Srnatus Academicua. Mr. Liddell: To extend to certain descend, ants of Ch rokees, the rights and privileges of j citizens of Georgia. BILLS PASSED To reduce the grant fees on Gold Lots j fractions to 82 50. To authorize the I ferior Court of Putt 4 ** ! to remove the public buildings of said ce! nt y ; from Hartford to Hawkinsville, and tucoP*’*’* ate the latter. To appoint a Trustee of the Poor School fund of Baker. To alter and am»nd the act of vicorpor*. tion of the Columbus Insurance Company. bill lost. To prevent the Circulation of bills uudwr C2J. ‘ •