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tiie fcjySF'lLNi. J2iA>Aj —'-'— J Uill be published erery 6.1 TLKV.iI Morning, la the Brick Building, al the Corner uj Cotton. Jleenue and First Street, IN TIIE CITY OF MACON, GA. BY Will. IS. IIARRISOM. r=== " T E II M S : c q ie P,ipor, in advance, per annum, $2. if not paid in advance, $2 50, per annum. If not pi«l ,,ia ontl of the Year f3 00. * td\ rtisaments will he inserted at the usual ,'s—and when the number of insertions de- T red ‘ s no l specified, tliey will he continued uu f‘i forbid and charged accordingly. (I j Advertisers by the Year will be contracted w : t l, upon the most favorable terms. rrf Sales of Land by Administrators, Executors nr Guardians, are required by Law, to be held on thetirst Tuesday in the month, between the hours of ten o’clock in the Forenoon and three in the Af ternoon, at the Court House ot the countv in which L Property is situate. Notice ot these Sales must be given in a public gazette sixty days previous to the day of sale. „ l ° irrSales of Negroes by Admunstators, Execu tors or tiuardians, must he at Public Auction on the first Tuesday inti* month, between the legal hours of sale, before the Court House ot the county where the Letters Testamentary, or Administration or Guardianship may have been granted, first gnr ,r notice thereof for sixty days, in one ofthe pub ),c gazettes of this State, and at the door ot the Court House where such sales are to be held. ITT Notice for tiie sale of Personal Property must he given in like manner forty days previous to the day of sale. , ~ rCfSotiee to the Debtors and Creditorsoian Es tate must he published for forty days. py Votice that application will tie made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Ne groes must be published in a public gazette in this thate for four months, before any order absolute can be given by the Court. u J-CiTATiossfor Letters of Administration on na Estate, granted by the Court of Ordinary, must j, e published thirty days — for Letters of Dismis sion from the administrationofan Estate, monthly for' six months — for Dismission from Guardian ship forty days. ' (Tj , Rui.f.s for the foreclosure of a Mortgage, must be published monthly for four months— for establishing lost Papers, for the full space of tiir ee months— for compelling Titles from Ex ecutors, Administrators or others, where a Bond has been given by the deceased, the full space of THREE MONTHS. N. B. All Business of tins kind shall receiv prompt attention at the SOUTH LItN Ml SELAI Office, anl strict care will be taken that all legal Advertisements are published according to Law. (ETAII Letters directed to this Office or the Editor on business, must be post-paid, to in sure attention. £0 •vi Liri Ls; Atoits; ukai»e.” VtlilE undersigned, Due to Ins promise, again |_ presents to the Public more data on which they can safely base their calculations relative Ho the respective merits ofthe depleting system ■ofllie disciples of F.sculapius, and of that invig orating and plilogestic one of which he is proud to ho the advocate. Leaving the stilts of egotism and shafts of rid icule tor the use of those who have nothing bet ler to stand on, and no other weapons lor attach or dcliiicc, be selects bis standing on truin, ana uses such support only Us merit gives him ; and for weapons, he chooses simply to assail the ranks of the enemy occasionally with “a little more grape,’’ in the form of facts,which are evi dently the hardest kind of arguments since they often administer to Ins quiet amusement by the terrible destruction they cause among the stills and the ludicrous effect they produce in causing certain individuals to laugh, as it is expressed in homely phrase, “on t'other side the mouth.” 'flm Mexicans are not the only people, these days, whom vanity lias blinded to their own de fects ; neither can they claim much superiority in the way of fancied eminence and blustering bravado over many that live a great deal nearer borne. A salutary lesson lias latterly been giv en the former by the Americans, and the latter may ere long take “ another of llie same uto mode de Tuijlor. After the following there will still he “a few mote left.” Georgia, Fones County,3lßlß. This certifies that for more than four or five years my wife was afflicted with a disease pecu liar to her sex, and notwithstanding all that we could do, she still continued to get worse. The Physicians in attendance had exhausted their skiii without rendering her any assistance tiii, in 1844, when she was confined to her lied in a very low condition, 1 got her last attendant to go with me to Macon anil lay her case before Dr. M. S. Thomson, who, without having seen her, prescribed and sent her medicine that soon re lieved her, and in the course of a short time re stored her to permanent health. She lias now been well about four years and rejoices in the recovery of her long lost health FRANCIS B. lIASCAL. Macon. June 22d, 1848. Dk. M. S. Thomson —Dear Sir : Deeming it a duty I owe to yourself as well as to tile afflicted generally*! have concluded to give you a short statement of my ease, which you are at liberty to publish if you think that the best mode of therchv subserving the interests of suffering humanity. In May 1811, after considerable exposure to cold, I was attacked with Asthma, which pros trated rue very much, and notwithstanding all that could he done to prevent it, it continued to return about every two weeks till in 184 G, 1 ap plied to you. Between these attacks I had a very severe cough, which led some of the physicians In whom 1 applied to believe that I had consump tion. ] applied to physicians of both the Min eral and Botanic schools, of eminent general qualifications, but all to no benefit, for 1 contin ued to get worse,so much so that I had reduced from being a strong, fleshy man, down to a mere skeleton and could hardly creep about.—When 1 applied to you, 1 hud hut little faith in being cured, though 1 had witnessed some wonderful results following your treatment, especially the cure of that crazy woman you bought of Aquil- Phelps, in Jasper, yet they gave me confi denee and by persevering in the use of your Tcmedies t and as it were hoping against hope, , am touch gratified in being able to announce that I have got entirely well, for 1 have had but one hglit attack in twenty months, and that was eight months ago. 1 have now regained about my former weight, and feel as strong as almost any man ot lifty-onc, which is my age. Without < isparagement to the characterofthe othercures iat have so frequently resulted from your prac !°. e ’ * 0 not think that any of them can beat l f , MS ’ lur confirmed Jisthma combined with a I ,‘ )n ''umptir.r, cough, especially where the flesh I ;' s was,ft d, has long been classed among the in rc.vl>|r;a. Most respectfully,yours, 1L LIGIITFOOT. niT ' C I,n ']'’ rs ignccl still continues to treat Chro tl n C '' SBa f ro, " il distance at his office,or either of tlir C, *r r * ,oa rding houses, and at a distance 'vh? !f ' l ' ,C niai or by private hand. Those at fi. ,°i nt rer l ,, ' re personal attention, are treated tistnY * ollars per month, those who do, at the pav n mo< * er:,t9 rates. Those who are able to our i' U t ex P cct to B °> without variation from thosY.T’ urileßS a distinct bargain is made, -who aro not, will be treated gratuitously. lICTS must be post-paid, and addressed r . „ M. S.THOMSON, Al. D. Macon, Ga. VOLUME I. 3.) o c t v g. THE TIME TO DIE. I ashed the glad and happy child, Whose bands were filled with flowers, Whose silvery laugh rung free and wild Among the vine-wreathed bovvers; I crossed Iter sunny path and cried, “When is the time to die ?” “Not yet ! not yet!” the child replied, And swiftly bounded by. I asked the maiden. Back she threw The tresses of her hair, Griefs traces o'er her cheeks I knew, Like pearls they glistened there ; A flush passed o'er her lily brow, 1 heard Iter spirit sigh, “Not now,’’ she cried, “Oh, no, not now ! You h is no time to die !” I asked a mother, as she pressed Her first-born in her arms, As gently on her tender breast She bushed her babe’s alarms ; in quivering tone her accents came, Iler eyes were dim with tears; “My boy his mother’s heart must claim For many, many years.” I questioned one in manhood’s prime Os proud and fearless air; liis brow vVns furrowed not by time, Nor dimmed by woe or care. In angry accents he replied, And flashed with scorn his eye, “Talk not to me of death !” he cried, N “For only age should die.” 1 questioned one for whom the tomb Had long been all prepared ; For death who withers life and bloom, This man of years had spared, Once more his nature’s dying fire Blazed high, and thus he cried, “Life ! only life is my desire I” Then gasped, and groaned, and died ! I asked a Christian—“ Answer thou When is the hour of death ?” A holy calm was on his brow, AiiiT penceiui vvastlis brenth, And sweetly o’er his features stole A smile, a light divine ; lie spoke the language of his soul— “My Maker’s time is mine.” . THE BEAVER. The extraordinary instincts of the Bea ver, in a state of freedom, have long fur nished one of the most attractive subjects of Natural History. Much that is false and exaggerated has found fts way into the common descriptions of the habits of these animals ; and the really extraordi nary qualities which the species display have referred to an intelligence approach ing that of the human race. The singular actions of the beaver are suggested by in stinct alone —the same instinct which guides tiro ant and the bee. Each indi vidual beaver is precisely the same in its faculties as another ; they are all untaught —they are all incapable of teaching—they all remain the same in point of intelligence from generation to generation. The exaggeration which absurdly pre vails with regard to the habits of tire bea ver may be referred to unavoidable causes. The species are exceedingly timid and vi gilant, and invariably labor in the night" time. Thus, few persons competent to observe them accurately have had the op. portunity of doing so. The greater part of our information is derived from the fur traders and Indians ; and these men are ignorant and credulous, deceiving them selves and deceiving others. The best account we have seen of the habits of the beaver is that by Dr. John Godman, Pro fessor of Natural History in the Franklin Institute of Pennsylvania. It is given in tie second volume of his “American Natu. ral Historyand this we shall abridge. The general aspect of the beaver, at first view, would remind one of a very large rat, and seen at a little distance it might be reajily mistaken for the common musk-rat. But the greater size of the beaver, the thickness and breadth of its head, and its horizontally flattened, broad and scaly tail, render it impossible to mis take it, when closely examined, for any other creature. In a state of captivity or insulation, the beaver is a quid or rather stupid animal, evincing about as much intelligence as a tamed badger, or any other quadruped which can learn to distinguish its teeder, come when called, or grow familiar with the inmates of the house where it is kept. It is only in a state of nature that the bea ver displays any of those singular modes of acting which have so long rendered the species celebrated. Their extraordinary instincts arc applied to two principal ob jects . 1. To secure a sufficient depth of UIACON, (GAO SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST l!, 1549. water to prevent it from being frozen to the bottom: 2. To construct lints, in which they pass the winter. If beavers choose a spot fir their resi dence where the water is not of sufficient depth, they set about obviating the incon venience by building a dam. The mate rials used for the construction of their dams are the trunks and branches of the small birch, mulberry, willow, poplar, Ac. They begin to cut down their timber for building early in the summer, but their edifices are not commenced until about the middle or la'ter part of August, and are not completed until the beginning of the cold season. The strength of their teeth and their perseverance in this work, may be fairly estimated by the size < C the trees they cut down. Dr. Best informs us that be has seen a mulberry-tree, eight inches in diameter, which had been gnaw ed down by the beaver. Dr. Goilman saw while on the banks of the Little Miami river, several stumps of trees, which had evidently been felled by these animals, of at least five or six inches in diameter.— These are cut in such a manner as to full into the water, and then floated towards the site of the dam or dwellings. Small shrubs, Ac. cut at a distance from the wa ter, are dragged with their teeth to the stream, and then launched and (owed lo the place of deposit. At a short distance above a heaver-dam the number of trees which have been cut down appears truly surprising, and the regularity of the stumps which are left might lead persons unacquainted with the habits of the animal to believe that the clearing was the result ofhuman industry. The figure of the darn varies according to circumstances. Should the current he very gentle, the dam is carried nearly straight across ; hut when the stream is swiftly flowing, it is uniformly made with a considerable curve, having the convex part opposed to the current The materi als used in constructing the datns are se cured solely by the resting of the branch es, &c., against the bottom, and tin? sub sequent accumulation of mud and stones, by the depostt of the stream or by the in dustry of the heavers. The dwellings of the beaver arc formed of the same materials as their dams, and are very rude, though strong, and adapt ed in size to the number ofthe inhabitants. These are seldom more than four old and six or eight young ones. Their work is all performed at night, and they are exceedingly cautious of the approach of any object. A Cool Operation. —“ Hallo, there capting !” saida “brother Jonathan” to a captain of a canal packet on the Erie Ca nal, “vvliat do you charge for passage ]” “Three cents per mile and boarded,” said the captain. “ YVal, 1 guess 1 11 take passage, capting, seeing as liovv I am kinder gin eout walk ing so far.” Accordingly he got on hoard just as the steward was ringing the bell for dinner.— Jonathan sat down and began to demolish the “fixins,” to the utter cons'ernation of captain, until lie had cleared the table of all that was eatable, when he got up and went on deck, picking his teeth very com fortably. “How far is it,-capting, from here lo where I came aboard ?” “Nearly one mile and a half,” said th P captain. “Let’s see,” said Jonathan, “that would he just four and a half cents : but never mind, capting, I won’t he small ; here’s five cents, which pays my fare to here; l guess I’ll go ashore now ; I’m kinder rest ed out.” The captain vamosed fertile q&bin, and Jonathan went ashore. • ’I lie captain did not take any more “passengers” the re. maindcr of the summer.— T an/ece Blade. “Are you an Odd Fellow ]” “No, sir! I’ve been married for a week!” “I mean do you belong to the Order ofl Odd Fellows ?” “No, l belong to the Order of Married Men.” “Mercy, liovv dumb! Are you a Ma son 1” “No, I am a carpenter by trade.” “Worse and worse ; are you a Son of Temperonce ?” “Bother you, no, —I am a sou of Mr, John Gosling.” The querist went away. Tafi Newspaper Bov. —The Rev. Mr. Spear is a practical philanthropist—not only a preacher, hut a doer of good, lie has lately published a small pamphlet in answer to tiie question often pot to him, “whatare you doing, friend Spear?” in which he relates a few of his acts, one of which is described below : Entering the police court, as usual, one morning, I noticed among the prisoners a youth hut poorly clad, and who was bathed in tears. Sitting down by his side I said to him, “why are you here, my son]” “I am accused of selling newspapers, sir without a license.” “Are you guilty I” “Yes, sir.” “Have you been arrested before I” “Yes, twice.” “What for ?” “For selling newspapers.” “Why do you persist in doing it ?” “Because I don’t know what else to do to get a living.” “Have you a father ?” “No, sir, my father is dead.” “Is your mother living ?” “My mother is a drunkard; she does not take care of me, and I don't know where she is now.” As th<i thought of his loneliness came over him, lie wept as though his heart would break. I was much moved. “Where do you lodge?” I inquired. “Near Union street, sir. 1 pay nine ponce a night for my lodging, in advance, and I buy two plate3 of beans in the course of the day, for which I pay as much mote.” “How do you spend your evenings I” “I walk about the streets or go into the auction-rocms.” “Cannot you sit down in the house where you lodge, by the fire, and read]” “No, sir. the woman of the house is poor. She lias no room for me at the fire.” “Would you like to go into the country and work, if a place could he obtained for you ]” “Yes, sir, I would he glad to go and work for my living. 1 don’t wajit to stay in Boston any longer ; hut I have nobody to get a place for me. I don't want to go down to the jail again.” I now spoke to the judge respecting the prisoner. One of the officers of the court said, “It is no use for you to try to do anything for him, for lie lias been sent to the jail twice for doing the same thing.’’ “That is a good reason,” I said, “why he should not he sent there again.” After some conversation with the judge, I agreed to pay the costs of tiie prosecu tion, and he agreed to call the fine one cent. Taking the boy by the hand to my house, he was supplied with food, shoes and stockings put upon his feet, and a good jdacc was immediately obtained for him in the country, where he is now doing well. —Boston Post. The Locomotive Committee. “Well Zeb,” said a colored gemman the other day, to another, “vvliat business are you prosecuting now I” “Oh, nuffin much, ’ceptin that 1 ’ca sionally act cs a'mittee man down to the ralerode.” “Oh, hush, nigger, you don’t say so ! When you arrive at such an extinguish ment ?” “Why, I’se been fullerin it, less or more, all dis season, specially since de ralerode went into corporation !” “Well, Zeb, what composition do you get for your services 1” “O! nuffin to mention, ceptin that I casionallv have the disagreeable honor of assistin to put away de locomotur into the establishment, which you know may, sometime or anoder, exal me to de extin guished capacite of engineer.” |Gj”The most beautiful sight in nature, Dobbs says was a woman he met yester day.—“ Grace was in her step, Heaven in her eyes, and in her arms a baby.” A rose hush with a hud clinging to it, was nothing to the heavenly loveliness. “Who is that fellow bowing right and left, and introducing Mr. Clay to the crowd,” asked a gentleman of a friend, at one ofthe levees ofthe giant of the West, held in the St. Charles, New Orleans. “I don't know his name,” was the response, “but he is evidently Mr. Clay’s right bow er.”—Cincinnati Dispa'eh, NUMBER 37. Wouldn’t stay to hear it. —The fol lowing is told by the Hickman (Ky ) News Letter: A chap named Jonithau Mullins was arraigned at the last term of the Graves Circuit Court for the crime of petty larceny. The evidence being heard and the arguments of counsel concluded the jury retired to their room tjconsulton their verdict. Some difficulty was ex perienced by the jury in arriving at a conclusion, and for a long time it was sup posed “the jury were hung.” During this time Jonathan could ho seen upon the court green busi'y engaged about his affairs, having something to say to al most every idler on the square. Sudden ly, however, a noise was heard above stairs “The jury are coming down” was whis pered through the crowd. “Mr. Clerk, call over the names of the venire Stop! Mr. Sheriff, 1 don’t see the prisoner in court. Call Jonathan Mullins,” said the judge. The call was made. Dead silence reigned in the court room. But no Mul lins made his appearance. Finally, the jury were told to return their verdict. “We the jury find the prisoner guilty as charged,” &c. But the proceeding was idle. Jona than had vamosed.— lie said if the ver dict was for him lie would find it out, and if it was against him the intelligence would be so distressing that he would lather not stay to hear of it. Making a M ark. —A captain of a sloop at one of our wharves, hired a Yankee, “a green hand,” to assist in loading his sloop wi h corn. Just as the vessel was about to set sail, the Yankee, who was jingling the price of liis day’s work in his pantaloons, cried out from the wharf, — “Say, yeou capting 1 I lost yeour shovel overboard, hut I cut a big notch on the rail fence around the stain, right over the spot where it went down, so’t you'll find yeour shovel when yeou come hack.” Drinking Like a Beast. —The Rev. Mr. Murray being at wedding party where there were some wild young men, they proposed that he should drink with them ; to this he assented, at the same time remarking that “he could drink like a beast.” At ibis they started at each other and winked, indicating that tlioy would make him go the “entire animal.” After drinking a glass, he positively re fused to take any more. They reminded him of his promise, to which he replied : “I have performed my promise—l’ve had enough, and a beast always leaves off when he lias had enough.” The reproof was keenly felt, and it is said, had a salutary effect oil the young men. A Pert Reply. —A young buck be longing to the independent-drink or-let it nlone just-as- I-please-without-signing-! lie pledge-society, “popped the question” to a pretty girl, a slioit time since, who brought a still deeper blush to his always blushing countenriyca, lay replying that she had signed the pledge neither to drink nor traffic in ardent spirits, she did not feel at liberty to traffic herself off for a hogshead of brandy ! An old toper in the last stages of drop sy, was told by his physician that nothing could save him hut being tapped. His little son objected to his operation by say ing, “daddy, daddy ! don’t let him, for you know there was never anything ‘tapped in this house that lasted over a week.” A lady in Chester was asked to join a Division oftlio Daughters of Temperance, “His unnecessary ; as it is my intention to join one of the Sons soon.” A Good Answer. —“ What shall Ido,’’ said a liquor seller to a temperance lec turer, “if I quit selling 1” “Go to the poor house,” said the lecturer, “and he supported there, and let the poor you have made paupers, come out.” A lady was overheard in earnest discus sion with a gentleman noted for his ten acity in his opinion. Waxing warm the gentleman observed, “Mrs. C., facts arc stubborn things.” And the lady replied, “Then, Mr. M-, what a great fact you must be.” An Irish Judge said, when addressing a prisoner convicted of murder—“ You are to he hanged and I hope it will he a warning to you.” BOOK AND JOB PRINTING, Will be executed in the most apj*rorcd stipe and on the best ter ms,at the < fficcoj the -BY— \VM. B. HARRISON. Scientific Lecture Du the Toiul. Ladies and Gentlemen:—The animal or rather the reptile, which I shall consider this evening, is commonly called the toad— more uncommonly the land frog. It is a bird that has been without feathers ever since they were shot ofl by the sportsmafl some huudred years ago—very docile in its position, arid domestic in his habits. It is more remarkable for good bcliavioui than personal beauty. The toad measures more tlffftr a stnall mouse in length, and averages considera bly across the hack. Its prevailing color is a mixture of nutmeg, ginger, and black pepper, excepting the belly, which res embles dirty white kid. Here it might seem that natuie had made an egregious mistake. Had she put the hard, dark, unsliowdirtablc skin of the back next to the earth, better economy would, I think have been evinced, and a more refined taste exhibited ; hut, as Tope says, “What ever is. is as it is.” It is amply provided with stools, called toad stools, but it al ways prefers sitting on the ground—gen erally under a currant hush, a cabbage leaf or a harrow; and winks most bewitchingly to every passer by, the girls especially. In short, the animal couldn’t stand erect if he were to try; and therefore it always receives is company seated. It nevet* walks, trots, canters, gallops, nor flies ; hut when it moves it goes with a lazy, goutisli jerk and a hop, seldom giving more than one in succession before it stops to rest, think and meditate upon the improve ments, or rather innovations of the age, and matters and things in general. It possesses no tail, and is supposed to harbor no desire fur one, since the saying is pro verbial that, “It is no mose needed than a toad wants a tail.” It displays no rings [ upon its fingers—weafs hone in its ears ; in the place of which it lias a precious jewel in its head. Would that as much could be said ofthe thousand and one fash ionable human hop toads in the gardeh of society; "V aluable Dog.—“l say, stranger,” said a cottage urchin to a Yankee pcdlatj “don’t yrm whistle that ’ere dog away.” “Why, lie aint no use nohoiv, lie’s so so ugly.” “Oh, hut he saves a heap of work.” “How ?” “Why, he always licks the plates and dishes clean so that they never want wash ing, and mammy says she wouldn’t part with him nohow, for our new' dog aint got used to mustard yet.” The Schoolmistress at Home-—“My dear hoy,” said a kind hearted country sclioolinisiress to an unusuaiiy promising scholar, whose quarter was about up, “Mv dear hoy, does your father wish you should thread the intricate and thorny path ofthe profession, the straight and narrow way o! the ministry, or revel amid the flowery fields of literature]” “No, marm,” ie plied the juvenile prodigy, “dad says he’s going to set me to work in the taterpatch.” It is a had sigh to see a man with his hat off at midnight, arguing the rum-sell er’s cause to a lamp-post. It is also a had sign to see a fellow lie down in the gutter supposing it to he his bed, and commence calling a poor innocent hog all srirt of hard names, mistaking it for his wife. Rising Genius. —Ahoy, who display ed a long, dangling watch-chain, was asked “What’s the time of day, .Tosiah ]” The lad drew out his watch very cere moniously, and after examining it for a while, referred to another l»ov, surf said, “Is this the figury nine or the figury se ven ?” He was told that it was the figure seven. “Well, then,” said the genius, “it lacks just half an inch of eight.'’ A Pointed Blow.— An invalid sent fb’r a physician, the late Dr. Wheelman, and after detaining him some lime with a de scription of his pains, aches, <fee., he thus summed up with— “ Now Doctor, you have humbugged me long enough with your good-for-noth ing pills and worthless syrups—they don’t touch the real difficulty. I wish you to strike the cause of my ailment, if jt is in your power to reach it.” “It shall he done,” said the Doctor, a the same time lifting his cane and demol ishing a decanter if gin that stood on the sideboard.