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EDITED E.ID PCBI.ISIIED WEEKLY, BT
IIARKISO\ & DIVERS.
t / r v pni .v i er s.
[ruRTHE SOOTHERS MIALIM]
A PRAOHENT.-Hy J. R. T.
Once bright, to me the world is now
An arid waste ; and stranger ! thou
Canst read, in this pale cheek
And withered form and sunken eye,
A tale of sorrow, such as I
Nor mortal else can speak.
Iladst thou but seen me in my youth,
You'd ask no voucher for my truth.
The “ Flower of the vale,”
“ The lovely maid,” “ The pretty Sue ”
They called me; and my mirror, too,
Endorsed the pleasing tale.
Caressed hymen of noble birth,
Os fame, of fortune, wit and worth
And Fashion's favored fair.
No central light, in spleudors played
O'er Fashion's circles, were the 11 Maid
Os Blootniugdale” not there.
Many a knightly courtier bowed
Obsequious at my feet and vowed
Himself my captive slave,
And yet of all that gallant throng
Who bowed, to none my heart or tongue
Responsive tokens gave.
Yet one I loved, most truly loved,
A modest youth who never moved
In Fashion's circles gay.
A youth of manly form ; and mind
Os highest mould ; and heart as kind
And meek, as gentle May.
Old Plutus, marking at his birth,
His mental wealth, his moral worth,
The hopeless task declined,
With gold, or aught in his domain
T’ enhance, by value of a grain,
Such treasures of the mind.
Though poor, as wealth by somo is deemed,
Yet rich in all that's well esteemed
•• Of-Earth, beyond tbV.sJfy.; •
Though dweller in this vale of tears, .
The Impress bright of higher spheres
illumed his naagic eys.
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I i\ever told my love ; nor he,
If words, alone, avowals he
Os Holy Love. But ah'!
• Like sunlight on the magic screen,
•His glances piercing deep within,
Portrayed his imago there.
Suspecting, Ire, whoso honored name
By birth, I bore, that love's pure flame
Had fused our hearts in one,
Made oath, he'd sooner die, or see
Mo dead, than should Alonzo bo
My partner, or his son.
Alonzo heard. Too proud -to sue,
Where rudely scorned, he said “ Adieu
Good Sir ! and thou fair Maid."
On Fame’s proud heights his eagle-glance
Ho bent, and plucked a laurel thence,
A wreath that ne'er shall lade.
I pinod in thought, my being gone,
Its chambers silent, drear and lone,
Like old deserted halls
In desert place, whose tenants, fled,
Leave mournful portraits of the dead
L'pon their gloomy walls.
Pale Autumn came. Its chilling breeze
Untied the vestments of the trees
Arid every floweret fair,
With frosty fingers, blanching, first,
The verdure, which it doomed to dust,
Then, laid it lowly there.
Like one decreed by Fate to he
For aye, 1 felt ; yet made to sco
The only hope of aught
' To bless—the only flower that bloomed
To cheer life’s thorny waste, thus doomed
To perish into naught.
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The Stars roll on. My bridal day,
Tlis passed ; for stern paternal sway
Had Forced me, pledge my hand
To one of rank and wealth and fame,
Derived from proud ancestral name ;
A lordling of the laud.
Hi* form wa* chiseled well, 'tis true ;
And mind he had; a mind,that knew
Starched etiquette, and rules
Os Fashion’s court, and witty cant
And parior-alang, and idle rant
Imbibed at city schools.
But oh ! his wintry heart ! so cold ;
It froze, like fabled grot of old,
Soft words, as legends say.
And yet to him no season came,
Os vernal bloom, and genial flame,
To thaw the chill away.
His whisper was the ague-breath,
His touch the icy touch of Death
Which made my blood retreat,
And all life's playful fluids start
In terror to my spasmed heart,
And bade no pulse to beat.
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* * * Old Time rolled on;
Dark Winter came and passed. -Anon,
Came mellow gales and bloom
An 4 birds and so«g. —But zephyrs sweet
‘And flowers and all, were objects meet
To mock my hopeless doom.
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ESP M. Bernard, a socialist orator, lias
been convicted of a libel on Gen. Lamori*
ciere, and fined lOOf. M. Clianvelet, pre
sident of .tlie club of Heine Blanche, lias
fled from a fine of lOOOf. for insulting the
commissary of police.
From the Californio Star.
THE Cl ri OP SAS PR iWCiSCi).
\ erha Buena, (San Fran: isco), the
name of our town, which means "good
herb, ’ is situated on the southwest aide of
the principal arm of Sian Francisco bay,
about five miles from the ocean, on a nar
row neck of land, varying from four to ten
miles in width—the narrowest place be
ing sixteen miles in length, extending
from the point formed by the bay and the
ocean to the valley of San Jose. The site
of the town is handsome and commanding
—being an inclined plane of about a mile
in extent from the water’s edge, to the
hills in the rear. Two points of land—
one on each side, extending into the bay,
form a crescent or a small bay, in the
shape of a crescent in front, which hears
the name of the town. These points af
ford a fine view of the surrounding coun
try—the snow-capped mountains in the
distance—the green valleys beneath them
—the beautiful, smooth and unruffled bay
in front and on either side, at once burs
upon the eye. There is in front of the
town a small island, rising high above the
surface of the bay, about two miles long,
and one wide, which is covered the great
er part of the year with the most exuber
ant herbage of untrodden freshness. This
little isluud is about three miles from the
shore. Between it and the town is the
principal anchorage. Here vessels of all
nations rest in safety and peace, and their
flag- are displayed by the aromatic breeze.
1 wo hundred yards from the shoie, there
is twenty-four feet water, and a short dis
tance beyond that as many fathoms. The
beach immediately in Iron of the now bu
siness part of die town is shelving; hut it
will no doubt in a short time be filled up and
become the most valuable part cf the place.
The climate here is, in the wiu:er, which
is the rainy season, damp and cliilly.-*-
During the balance of the year it is dry,
but chilly, in consequence of the continual
strong winds from the nor h and northeast.
There is but little variation in the atmos
phere throughout the year, the thermom
eter ranging from fifty five to seventy de
grees Fahrenheit. Yerba Buena is one
of tlie most healthy places on the whole
coast of the Pacific. The salubrity of the
clima'c—beauty of the site of the town—
its contiguity to the mouth of the bay—
the finest harbor on the whole coast in
front—the rich and beautiful country a
lound it, all conspire to render it one of
the best commercial points in the world.
The town is new, having been laid out in
1839 by Captain Ji hn Vigeot; and, not
withstanding all the troubles in the coun
try, has gradually increased in size and
importance. It now contains a popula
tion of about five hundred permanent cit
izens. Two years ago there were but
about two hundred. Three miles south is
the M issiott Dolores on the Mission creek,
surrounded by a small valley of rich and
beautiful land. The water from this creek
can be easily brought by means cf aque
ducts to any point to supply vessels. For
the supply ol the citizens, the best of well
water is obtained in every part of the town,
by boring the distance of forty feet.
In going south from Yerba Buena, the
traveler passes over tlie narrow neck of
land ; a most delightful region, interspers
ed with hills, valleys and mountains—the
valleys rich and beautiful—the hills cov
ered with tall pines, red wood and cedar,
that have vt ithstood the tempests and
whirlwinds of a century, and the moun
tains rising in majestic grandeur to the
clouds. In passing out, the valley of San
Jose opens to the view in all the loveli
ness of the climate of Italy and beauty of
tlie tropics. This valley is about sixty
nines in length, and ten in width. The
Puebla, which means an incorporated
town, is the principal place of business for
tho valley, and is about five miles from
Santa Clara, tho landing on the bay, or as
it is termed here, “ the embarcadaro.”
Passing on from here northeast, the
traveler in a few hours’ ride reaches the
Straits, which separate the Susisun bay,
firmed by the confluence ofilie Sacramen
to and San Joaquin rivers, from that of
San Pablo. Here it seems that the accu
mulated waters of a thousand years had
suddenly rent the opposing mountains a
sunder, and flowed with tremendous force
to the great bosom of the deep. On the
north side of the bay, from the Straits to
Sousilitn, is one of the finest districts of
country in all Upper California. Next to
Yerba Buena, Sousilito is the best point
on the whole bay for a commercial town.
It is seven miles a little east of north from
this place, on the opposite side of the bay,
and lias long been a watering point for
vessels. An attempt has recently been
made to lay oft' and build up a town at the
straits to supercede tlie last mentioned
places. It will no doubt, however, be an
entire failure, San Francisco being the
safest and most commodious harbor on the
entire coast of tlie Pacific. Some point
on it must be the great mart cf the West
ern \\ orld. \\ e believe \ erba Buena is
the point, commanding as it does now all
the trade of the surrounding country, and
there being already a Targe amount of cap
ital concentrated here. The town of Yer
ba Buena is called in some of the old maps
of the couniry, San Francisco. It is not
known by that name here, however. The
town takes its name from an herb to he
found all around it, which is said to make
good tea. and possessing excellent medi
cinal qualities ; it is called Good Herb, or
Yerba Buena.
Carrying off a Sheriff. — We learn
from tlie New Orleans papers that a Sliir
i(T in Louisiana lately was directed to at
tach the steamer Mclvim, hound for Cali
fornia, and went on board for the purpose
of serving the writ on the captain. While j
on board, the boat left the wharf with the'
olßcer on board.
The Season for Fading. —We allow
ourselves to misca culate the appropriate
season for fading. Our imagination pla
ces that season in old age. Most delusiv
ly! for surely that cannot be taken as the
appropriate season, long previously to
which the grand majority actually do fade
into dissolution. Those who live to quite
an advanced old age are so vastly smaller
a proportion, that it were most absurd to
take them as representatives of the human
lot, in respect to life. The comparison
the leaves here fail. The entire of the
foliage of the forest dires continue on to
tlie late period which none of it can survive
Not so in the case of human beings. The
great majoriiy of them are not appointed
to leach what are we accustomed to regard
as the late autumn of life. And, therefore,
young persons should not calculate on that
as even a probability. Let them consider
how few comparatively are left to the mere
wearing out by time ! On the field of life
there are a thousand things in operation
to anticipate time. And these are to be
taken into the account, and as forming the
far greater part of it, in conjecturing at
any probable term for the duration of life
And if these be taken into the account,
bow very limited is the term of probation !
—John Foster.
Immroving Time.— Few seem to be
fully aware of the importance of improving
time. Yet there are those among the most
considerate, who know how to appreciate
the value of it. They evince this in their
efforts to good, and to be useful in jhe world.
I title*. 11 lie conduct of all tends to convince
every one the necessity of improving time,
could they fully realize how soon there
days on earth would be ended. This idea
is often overlooked, this is perhaps one
prominent reason why so many permit
hours, days, and even weeks to run to waste
I finnan were cieated for no other purpos
than to spend his time in idleness, it would
not be so strange to see people manifesiing
so little coneern about improving the pass
ing moments. But as God lias enjoined
it upon man to improve the talents cammit
ted to his taust, it is astonish ing to see
multiiudes ltving as though no such duty
was imposed upon tnem. Time should
be improved to the best advantage or but
little will be accomplished. Time must
be improved, or the cause of truth will suf
fer great loss. In short any person who
neglectsmaking efforts to promote, advance
and extend the cause of truth, in literary
attainments or otherwise, is guilty of a mor
al wrong, and may expect to make but lit
tle advancement tovva:ds happiness in this
world and for this neglect perhaps, may
look back with regret in a dying hour, anil
die degraded as they lived ; consequently,
unprepared to make that advancement in
a spiritual world that they otherwise might
have done. Therefore, what our hands
fiiideth to do, let us do it with ou might.
Gen. Washington and Loud Erskine.
—A volume was presented to Gen. Wash
ington, in 1797, by Thomas, Lord Ers
kine, on a blank page of which he wrote
the following note, containing perhaps,
the happiest eulogium of the many
virtues bestowed upon that great and won
derful man :
“ Sir, —I have taken the liberty to in
troduce your august and immortal name
in a short sentence which is to lie found
in the book I send you. I have a large
acquaintance among the most valuable and
exalted classes of men, hut you are the
only human being for whom 1 ever felt an
awful reverence. 1 sincerely pray God
to grant a long and serene evening to a
life so gloriously devoted to the happiness
of the world.”
Major Dade’s Sword. —lt affords us
heartfelt pleasure to announce the proba
ble recovety of Major Dade’s sword, a
noble relic of a most noble and gallant
officer, who with almost his entire command,
fell a victim to savage ferocity in Florida.
Soon after the horrible massacre of
Dade s command, this sword was found
by a soldier in Florida, where it had pro
bably been lost by the Indians, and was
purchased by the late J antes T. Gray, Esq.
of this city, who shortly previous to his
death gave it to Col. G. H. Talcott, to be
restored to the widow of its unfortunate
owner. Much credit is due to Col. Tal
cott for his persevering efforts to identify
this valuable relic, and to obtain it for her
who will treasure it with a melancholy
fondness which she alone can feel.—Au
gusta Chronicle.
Everglades of Florida. —One of the
subjects recently discussed in Congress, is
that of a proposition that the land embrac
ed under this term, shall be ceded to the
State of Florida, on condition that the State
shall drain them, and in draining them,
make a canal in which vessels may save the
passage round the Peninsula of Florida
and the dangers connected with it. These
everglades ore one eighth of the land of
the whole State. We hope that the Canal
will he dug at any rate.
A Mysterious Return.— Mr. Richard
D. Doran, a merchant of Harpet’s Ferrv,
whose mysterious disappearance some few
years since has been a matter of comment,
returned to his former home on Saturday
last. Tie has been spending most of his
time in Glasgow, Scotland. It is a sin<m.
lar case, and will produce some judicial
proceedings. Supposing that he had cith
er died, or been murdered in Philadelphia,
his estate, being a very considerable one,
had passed into the hands of administra
tors, and wo presume entirely settled so
far as the agents of the court were con
cerned, leaving a large surplus just in
process of distiibution among his legal re
presentatives.— Charlestown I \t. Spirit.
Intfrfsti'G Incident. — The follow
' ing incident is no ed in the National In el
ligencer:
The delegation of Chippewa chiefs and
warriors were shown round the Capitol on
Friday, by their intelligent agent and in
terpreter Major J. B. Martell. They fre
quently expressed their wonder and admi
ration at the extent and grandeur of the
building,and the slpendid’paintingsstrong
ly attracted their attention. Fr<-tn the Ca
pilol they proceeded to the Statue of
Washingmn, followed by a crowd of ladies
and gentlemen. They went up to the
front of the statue and gazed at it for some
minutes, with looks of deep interest depic
ted upon their painted faces; then sitting
down facing the statue, one of the chiefs,
O-ska-ba-wiss, filled his splendid pipe of
Peace and held it out towards the sia'ue,
saying: “My Great Father, Ave all shake
hands with you; we have travelled a long
way through the great country that you ac
quired for your people by the aid of the
Great Spirit. Your people have become
very great—our people have become very
small, may the Great Spirit, who gave you
success, now protect us and grant us the
favor we ask of our Father who now fills
the high place first occupied by you.”
This simple supplicatory address was
faithfully interpreted to the by standers by
Major Martell, who, in his gentlemanly
manner, appeared there, as he does every
where, exceedingly well.
Maternal Love. —A thrilling incident
is related in the Dayton (O.) Journal. On
Sunday morning, the house of Mr. Wed
dle, in Dayton, caught the absence I
of both Mr. W. and bis w ife. Ali tie
daughter of four or five years, had been
left rocking the cradle, in which was the
babe. The little girl easily escaped, but
the infant was in the burning house.
Several persons tried to penetrate to and
rescue it but were driven back by the ex
cessive heat. But a woman came rush
ing to the spot from a neighbor’s—she
threw water over her clothes, and drew
her wet apron hastily over her head, rush
ed in and returned in a moment—the
child in her arms and safe. It was the moth
er—of course it was—every mother’s heart
will tell her that.
What Constitutes a Gentleman.—
“Hallo, you man with a pail and frock,” said
a British officer, as he brought his fiery
steed to a stand in front of Governor Chit
tenden’s dwelling, “ can you inform tne
whether his honor, the Governor of Ver
mont, resides here
“ Lie does,” was the response of the
man, still wending his way to the pig sty.
Isliis honor at home !” con inued the
man of spurs.
“ Most certainly,” replied the man of
the frock.
44 Take my horse by the bit, then,” said
the officer.
“ I have business to transact with vour
master.”
Without a second bidding, the man did
as requested, and the officer alighted and
made his way to the door and gave the
pannel several hearty raps with the butt
of his whip—for, be it known, in those
days of republican simplicity, knockers
and bells, like servants, were in but little
use. The good dame of the house an
swered the summons in person ; and hav
ing seated the officer, and ascertained his
desire to see the Governor, departed to
inform her husband of the guest’s arrival;
but on ascertaining that the officer had
made aliitcliing-post of her husband, she
immediately returned and informed him
that the Governor was engaged in the
yard, and could not very well wait upon
liis honor and his horse at the same time!
The predicament of the officer can be bet
ter imagined than described.
Pirates in the West Indies. —The
Captain and crew of the British schooner
Bittern, arrived at Yarmouth, N.S.,ashort
time ago, from the West Indies, and give
the following account of the loss of their
vessel: About the 22d of December, when
oft' Sabea, near St. Thomas, they discov
ered near them a raking, piratical looking
schooner, filled with negroes, which sailed
around them several times, apparently to
reconnoitre, and endeavored to draw them
from the land. From the proceedings on
board the slrange vessel, the captain and
crew of the Bittern had no doubt that the
supposed pirates intended to board their
vessel; and, therefore, as soon as r.ight set
in, they abandoned her, taking with them
what money and valuables they could car
ry in a boat, and landed at Sabea. The
Governor the next day dispatched a schoo
ner in pursuit of the pirate. Both the
Bittern and the pirate vessel had, however,
disappeared. It is supposed that the pi
rates boarded the Bittern, robbed her of
all that was valuable, and then scuttled
her. The crew of the Bittern were taken
to Yarmouth in the British schooner Osier.
Independance of Principle.— Lord
Erskine was distinguished through life for
independance of principle, for scrupulous
adherence to truth, lie once explained
the rules of his conduct, which ought to
be engraven on every heart. He said :
“ It was a first cammand and counsel of
my earliest youth always to do vvliat my
conscience told me to be a duty, and leave
the consequence to God. I shall carry
with me the memory, and I trust the prac
tice, of this parental lesson to the grave.
1 have hi herto followed it, and I have no
reason to complain that my obedience to
it lias been a temporal sacrifice. I have
found it, on the contray, the road to pros
perity and wealth, and I shall point out the
same path to my children for their pur
suit.”
Caught in tub Act.— We saw a funny
sjiectacle the other dav. A dozen omni
buses, with their live freight were about
starting on a Pic-nic, when a yeung wo
man ran hastily up and said to a gentle
man of the party who had jus. seated him
self cozily by the side of a pertty girl.—
Here, sir, I want to know what right
you have to he going on picnic, and your
wife and child at home 1 ?’
‘Hush, Sophia,’ vvhispeted the gentle
man, hastily getting out of the omnibus,
‘hush the people will hear you.’.
4 Who cares if they do ! Why did’nt you
think of the people, or of me, or your child,
instead of running offto picnics with other
women ?
* W ell—there—now—dont’t— ’
‘But 1 will though ! And as for you miss
i you ever dare to look at my husband again
I'll— ‘I didn’t look at him, ma’am, trem
plingly replied the poor girl; 1 tho’t he was
a single man when he asked me to iro on
a picnic with him.’
‘So you’ve begun your didoes, have you,
my lark ?’ exclaimed the wife : ‘you’ve
begun your didoes have you? So—so—l’ll
give you a lesson which you’ll remember
(taking him by the ears) —now walk with
me !’
The poor fellow writhed and implored,
but his better half kept her hold,and walk
ed oft home, the laughter and jeers of the
whole party ringing in his ears at evry
step.
We wnuld’nt have stood in that poor
fellow's boots that day; no, not for the
privilege < f listening to the best sermon
ever preached. —Phifuelelpha City I cm.
True Labor.— 44 The wealth of a com
munity,’ says M r. Caiman, in the last num
ber of his excellent work on European
Agriculture, “is its labor, its productive
labor. A man is not the richer for houses,
which he cannot occupy ; lands which he
cannot use; money that he cannot spend.
He might own a continent in the moon,
but what would that avail him ? He might
die of starvation in the vaults of the Bank
of England, or in the undisturbed posses
sion of the richest of the mines of Peru.
Labor is the great source and instrument
of subsistence and wealth.”
Classical. —Before leaving Troy, King
Meuealus offered liis daughter as a victim
to the gods, in order to win propitious
breezes for the voyage home. We are
reminded of this in modern society, when
we hear of some match-making paren',
sacrificing liis daughter to “raise the
wind.”
gCP Greenough’ss’atue of Washington,
which stands in Iront of the Capitol of the
United States, seems to be doomed to a
speedy decay. The action of the weather
and the imperfect character of the marble,
have been the cause of serious mutilations,
which now disfigure this choice piece of
sculpture.
St?* The Ledger contains an impromp
tu by a correspondent, on the election of
Augustus Drum, Esq., over Johnston, in
the 20th Senatorial District:
Strange requisites for making laws,
Pervade the minds of some—
And Johnston’s left at home because
He could not beat—A Drum.
UP’ The Library of Congress now com
prises 45,000 volumes, arranged in chap
ters, in which all branches of human learn
ing are well represented. During the ses
sion of Congress it is open every week
day, from nine o’clock until the two
Houses adjourn for the day, and when
[ Congress is not in session, three days in
tlie week.
The Alpine Horn. —The Alpine Horn
( says an exchange paper) is an instru
ment made of the bark of a cherry-tree,
and, like a speaking trumpet, is used to
convey sounds to a great distance. When
the last rays of the sun gild the summit of
the Alps, the shepherd who inhabits the
highest peak of these mountains takes his
horn, and cries with a loud voice, 44 Praised
be the Lord.” As soon as the neighbor
ing shepherds hear him,they leave their
huts and repeat the words. The sounds
are prolonged many minutes, while the
echoes of the mountains and grottoes of
the rocks, repeat the name of God. Ima
gination cannot picture any thing more
solemn and sublime than this scene. Dur
ing the silence that succeeds, the shepherds
bend their knees and pray in the open air,
and then retire to their huts to rest. The
sunlight gilding the tops of these stupen
dous mountains, upon which the vault of
heaven seems to rest; the magnificent
scenery around, and the voices of the
shepherds sounding from rock to rock the
praise of the Almighty, must fill the mind
of every traveller with enthusiasm and
awe.
ICT* Nitocris, queen of Babylon, built
her supulclne over the most eminent gate
in the city; and caused to be engraved
upon her tomb: “ What being soever
comes after me and shall have no money, let
him open this sepulchre and take thence
much as he pleases : but let him not open
it unless he want, for he shall not find it
for his advantage.” Dairus, long after
finding this inscription, broke open the se
pulchre ; but instead of treasure, he only
found this inscription within: 44 Unless
thou were a wicked man, and basely cov
etous, thou wouldst never have violated
tho dormitories of the dead.”
OCT An ingenious Englishman havitm
invented a method of splitting a sheet of
paper, the Governor of the Bank of Eng.
land sent him a pound note, much worn,
to test liis skill. He delived it next day,
most scientifically and beautifully dissected
intotwo notes. This is equal to hait-splitt
|C7* Mr. Walsh, the Parish
pondent of the Living Age, gives the fi,|
lowing interesting account of the l a | e
Presidential election :
The peasantry of the interior, marched
to the polls with their Napoleon tickets at
the end of cleft sticks and drums beating -
in many directions, when asked about
their choice they answered : “w e and
not mean to vote for a republican,
have had enough of the republic.” “ W e |l
then, they were told, if yuu do want th e
republic, vote for Bonaparte.” Ycster
day, I asked the worthy tailor whom I
have employed for many years, and who
is an officer in the national guards, how
he voted. 44 For Napoleon to be sure"
When he perceived I was not edified h e
added: 44 Possibly it was stupid on'mv
part; hut, in truth, I could no lunger bear
with tins cursed republic.” Sqch was the
feeling of the burgeois in general.
Os the memory of the Emperor N\r o
leon, among the French, Mr. Walsh
“ \ ou must have travelled over France
as 1 have done in every direction, to com
prehend how mementoes, in the forms of
pictures, busts, inscriptions, almanacs, nar
ratives, songs L cal honors are multiplied
and diffused ; not a private or public edi
fice in which his name and image do not
predominate. Thirty-three years have
elapsed since his reign ; his omnivorous
and iron despotism is forgotten ; his vete
i ans and all the retired soldiery spread is
rural districts, have constantly turned the
national spirit, so enamored of war and
glory, to the homage which make nearly
the business o'' their lives ” 3
M~A~C O N , GT
SATURDAY MORNING, FEB 24,
NOTICE.—The “ SOUTHERN MUSEUM?.
Office has been removed loOießi-lek Italia.
Ing. at the Corner of Cotton Avenne and
Elrst Street, formerly occupied us the “Re
public” Office.
Ej See Postscript for Foreign JVetcs. (Jj*
tCTVVc have been requested to state that the
Rev. P. A fJTRoBEi., Lutheran Missionary hsi
located in this city, and will Preach every Sab
oatii Morning atiu Afternoon, at the usual hours,
in the City Council Room.
(O The Hon. J.. D. Tracy, ex-Judgc of the
Elint Circuit, died in this city on Tuesday last
lie was a native of Connecticut, but for tlie last
twenty years, he lias resided in Macon.
Cotton Receipts at Savannah— Tlie total
receipts ol Cotton at Savannah, up to the 21st
inst. were 231,260 bales this year, against
same time last year, i took on hand 47,!>89 bales
against 34,674 bales at the same period last year-
The above statement shows an increase in the
business of our seaport which must be gratifying
to every friend of Savannah. Notwithstanding
this we licnr great complaints of the want of fa
cilities to convey thither the thousands of bales
of Cotton remaining in Macon, as well as on tV.
roads above and below it—several thousand bales
of Colton, we understand, have been shipped
from this city to Charleston, via Atlanta and Au
gnsla, at an additional cost of some eighty cents
per bale, which some of our merchants think de
cidedly preferable to renewing their bills of tr
ebling c and waiting several weeks in order to
ship to Savannah. It is said that several hun
dred halesare almost daily sent by the upper
route , which have the preference of being forward,
ed directly through to Charleston. Should this
state of things continue, some 'ten or fifteen
thousand bales will take this route, and conse
quently the freight on which will be lost to the
Central Railroad
[O’ James S. But loch, Esq , of Roswell, Cobb
county, died on Sunday last whilst sitting in his
pew in the Church at that place.
Western and Atlantic Railroad.—The
Chattanooga Gazette says: VVe are pleased to
learn that the recent sliding of the earth at the
I unncl, was of much less consequence than had
been reported. The break is repaired and the
work ot the Tunnel progressing very' well con
sidering the had weather during the last month
or two. "1 he energetic contractors are deter
mined to have the work completed by the Ist of
October, if possible.
e learn that a letter has been received in
this place from the Chief Engineer, stating that
the freight cars will not be run up to the Tun
nel ns soon as was calculated, owing to a part of
the iron being lost. This is much to be regret
ted. The large amount of freight passing to
nnd from the head of the road, inhkcs an impor
tant matter that the wagoning distance ilioald
be shortened as soon as possible. The wagon
road from Tunnel hill to Dalton is almost im
passible,and taken w ith the rest of the road, and
the low rates for hauling, is detering many who
have teams from engaging in it, while the a
mount of cotton, wheat, flour, now here
ready to be carried out, is enough to keep two
or three hundred wagons running.
The New U. S. Attornei General.—
The Philadelphia Pennsylvanian says that ih*
lion. Bailie Peyton has broken up his. business
at N. Orleans, and has been offered the post of
Attorney General by the President elect.
Shipwreck and Loss or Life.— The wreck
of the British ship Compton, sayg the Savannah
Georgian, was fallen in with on the 27th Dec,
in lat. 47, long. 16, by the British ship Correo,
Capt. Boville, (since arrived at New Orleans),
and the captain, mate and twelve men taken off
in a famished condition, ns they had not eaten
or drank anything in five days,, all the provis
ions and water having been lost. Fogs boys
had been washed overboard and drowned, and
the cook was lying dead or the wreck. The
ship bolonged to New Ko&g, and was bound
from Dalhousic to Cardiff, Wales, with a cargo
of timber.
Western a?td Atlantic Railroad.—Si*
hundred and ninety four tons of iron for this road
we learn from the Republican, arrived at Savan
nah on the 201 h inst-