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THE II ill 1“ published every SATURDAY Morning , In the Brick Building , at the Corner oj' Cotton Avenue and First Street, IS THE CITY OF MACON, GA. BY WM. It. H4KKISOY. “ T U JK M 8 v or th!> Paper, in advance, per annum, $2. jf not paid in advance, $2 50, per annum. It'not paid until the end of the Year $3 00. rr Advertisements will be inserted at the usual atcs an d when the number of insertions de sired is not specified, they will be continued un til forbid and charged accordingly. Advertisers by the Year will be contracted with upon the most favorable terms. jj»S:iles of Land by Administrators, Executors or fiuar lians, are required by Law, to be held on the first Tuesday in the month, between the hours of ten o’clock in the Forenoon and three in the Af ternoon, at the Court House of the county in which tiie I’r 'party is situate. Notice ofthese Sales must |,/given in a public gazette sixty dais previous to the day of sale, ipySales of Negroes by Administators, Execu tors or Guardians, must be at Public Auction on, the first Tuesday in the month, between the legal hours of sale, before the Court House of the county where the Letters Testamentary, or Administration or Guardianship may have been granted, first giv ji,.. notice thereoffor sixty days, in one ofthe pub lic^gazettes of this State, and at the door of the Court House where such sales are to be held. [[J’Notice for the saleof Personal Property must (id given in like manner forty days previous to the day of sale. iLT*Notice to the Debtors and Creditors oian Es tate must be published for forty days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Ne groes must be published in a public gazette in this S,ate for four months, before any order absolute can be given by the Court. ations for Letters of Administration on an Estate, granted by the Court of Ordinary, must be published thirty d ays —for Lettersof Dismis sion from the administrationofan Estate, monthly for six months —for Dismission from Guardian ship forty days. ijj*Rur.ES for the foreclosure of a Mortgage,! must he published monthly for four months — for establishing lost Papers, for the full space of three months —for compel Img Ti t les from Ex ecutors, Administrators or others, where a llond liasbaen given by the deceased, the full space ot THREE MONTHS. IV. If. All Business of this kind shall receiv prompt attentionat the SOUTHERN MUSEUM Office, and strict care will be taken that all legal Advertisements are published according to Law. O*AII Letters directed to this Office or the Editor on business, must be post-paid, to in sure attention. _Tfl • A LITTLE MOKE GBArE.” MV IE undersigned, true to Ins promise, again t presents to the Public more data on which they can safely base their calculations relative to the respective merits of the depleting system of the disciples of Esculapius, anil of that invig orating and phlogestic one of which he is proud to he the advocate. Leaving the stilts of egotism and shafts of rid icule for the use of those who have nothing bet ter to stand on, and no other weapons for attack or defence, he selects his standing on truth, and uses such support only as 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 (l ntlv the hardest kind of arguments since they ofieu administer to Ins quiet amusement by the terrible .destruction they cause among the stilts 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.” The Mexicans are not the only people, these d,ivs, whom vanity has blinded to their own de ti rts ; neither can they claim much superiority in the way of fancied eminence and blustering bravado over many that live a great deal nearer homo. A salutary lesson has latterly been giv en the former by the Americans, and the latter may ere lung take “ another of the same ” ala ■mode dc Taylor. After the following there will still bo “a few more left.” Georgia, Jones County, 1848. This certifies that for more than four or five years my wife was afflicted with a disease pecu liar to her sox, and notwithstanding all that we could do, she still continued to get worse. The Physicians in attendance had exhausted their skill without rendering her any assistance till, m 1844, when she was confined to her bed in a very low condition, I got her last attendant to go with me to Macon and 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 lui to permanent health She has now Immi well about four years and rejoices in the tceovery ot her long lost heallli FRANCIS B. IIASCAL. Macon. June 22d, 1848. Dr. M. 8. Thomson —Dear Sir :—Deeming it R duty I owe to yourself ns well as to the afflicted generally, 1 have concluded to give you a short statement of my case, which you are at liberty to publish if you think that the best mode of thereby subserving the interests of suffering humanity. In May 1841, after considerable exposure to c °ld, I was attacked with Asthma, which pros trated me very much, and notwithstanding all tlmt could be dono to prevent it, it continued to return about every two weeks till in 1846, 1 ap plied to you. Between these attacks I had a very were cough, which led some ofthe physicians •owlioni I applied to believe that 1 bail consurnp llon - I applied to physicians of both the Min t'll and Botanic schools, of eminent general qualifications, but all to no benefit, for I contin ued to get worse,so much so that 1 had reduced bom being a strong, fleshy tuun,down to a mere skeleton and could hardly creep about.—When I applied to you, I hud but little faith in being cared, though Iliad witnessed some wonderful results following your treatment, especially the cure of that crazy woman you bought of Aquil h Phelps, in Jasper, yet they gave me confi- B denes and by persevering in the use of your X remedies,and us it were hoping against hope, I a,n much gratified in being aide to announce B “nit I have got entirely well, for I have had but ■ ”3bt attack in twenty months, and that was H eight months ago. I have now regained about ■ ’"y former weight, and feel as strong as almost ■ n yman of fifty.one, which is my age. Without ■ to the charaeterofthc otliercures I ti!. 31 ,T so , ' rof l" c "tly resulted from your prac- I tli'’ r not .tbink that any of them can beat Ic" 1,1 confirmed Asthma combined with a ■ uou gl*, especially where the flesh ■ * l:|s * UII S been classed among the in- I Most respectfully,yours, 11. UGHTFOOT. I nic cusp'- 11 /'' rs, CT n, *d still continues to treat Cliro- I ’be c'itvT* ' stunce 111 bis office,or either of I throiK-h ’ oard,n S houses, and at a distance I'vlmdont 16 l - m '* or bv private hand. Those I at fjvf,l,,|r. o '*”' re Personal attention, are treated I Usual mi l lrs i' er ,non tb, those who do, at the I P u y in 'ist Cl:,te rat °s. Those who are able to I aur t,,,.' ex ! ,ci ’t to do so, without variation from I tli.is, ~nl «*s a distinct bargain is made, B" L;;, ,lof ’ "’ill he. treated gratuitously. ' * ln,ts l he post-paid, and addressed j an M. S. THOMSON, M. D. Macon, Ga. THE SOUTHERN MUSEUM. VOLUME I. 23 o c t r s. A SONG. by c. and. stcart. How softly on the bruised heart A word of kindness falls, And to the dry and parched soul The moist’ning tear-drop calls ; O, if they’ knew, who walk the Earth ’Mid sorrow, grief and pain, The power a word of kindness hath, ’Twere paradise again. The weakest, and the poorest, may This simple pittance give, And hid delight to wither’d hearts Return again and live ; O, what is life if love be lost ? If man’s unkind to man— Or what the heaven that waits beyond This brief and mortal span ? As stars upon the tranquil sea In mimic glory shine, So words of kindness in the heart Reflect their source divine; O, then, be kind, whoe'er thou art That breathest mortal breath, ; And it shall brighten all thy life, And sweeten even death. Bliml Alick of Stirling. There was still living, a few years ago, at Stirling, in Scotland, a blind old beg gar, known to all the country round by the name of Blind Alick, who possessed a memory of almost incredible strength. Alick was blind from bis childhood.— lie was the son of poor parents, who could do little for him ; though, indeed, at that time, wealth could not have done much for the education of onelaboring un der his privations. The admirable sys tem of instructing the blind, and those in genious contrivances of our days which may almost be said to supply tiie deficien cy of sight, were not yet known. The poor people of Scotland, however, much to their honor, have generally shown an anxiety that their children should receive? the first rudiments of education, and have long been accustomed to send them regu larly to some bumble day-school. To a school of this sort Alick was sent by bis parents to keep him out of mischief, and in order that he might learn something by hearing the lessons of the other children. 'Jjjie only volume used in such establish ments as a class or reading book was the Bible ; and it was customary for the scho lars, as they read in rotation, to repeat not only the number of each chapter, hut the nnmber of each verse as it was read. By constantly hearing these readings, young Alick soon began to retain many of the passages of scriptuie, and with them the number ofthe chapter and verse where they occurred. It is probable, that being incapacitated by bis sad privation for any useful employment, lie may have remain ed an unusual length of time at ibis school; and that his father, as was generally the case with the Scottish peasantry, was a great reader of the Bible at home. A constant attendance at church would also contribute to the result. However all ibis may have been, it was observed with astonishment that when Blind Alick was a man, and obliged, by the death of his parents, to gain a liveli hood by begging through the streets of his native town of Stirling, be knew the whole of the Bible, both Old and New Testaments, by heart! This prodigious extent of memory nat urally attracted the attention of many per sons iti good circumstances, and recom mended him to the poor Presbyterian townfolk ; so that Alick not only had his limited wants very readily supplied, and lived an easy mendicant sort of life, but was looked upon by all as one of the won ders of the place, and was noticed by men of science and learning. The late Professor Dugald Stewart once expressed an intention of question ing Blind Alick, and examining the phe nomenon of the human mind. That acute metaphysician might have elicited some curious facts, but we believe the interview never took place. Many persons of edu cation have, liowevet, examined Alick and have invariably been astonished at the extent of his memory. You might repeat any passage in scripture, and he would tell you the chapter and verse ; or you might tell him the chapter and verse of any part of scripture, and he would re peat to you the passage, word for word. Not long since, a gentleman, to puzzle him, read, with a slight verbal alteration, a verse of the Bible. Alick hesitated a MACON, (GA.) SATURDAY MOKMYQ, AUGUST 25, 1S1». moment, and then told where it was to be found, but said it bad not been correctly delivered ; be then gave it as it stood in the book, correcting the slight error that bad been purposely introduced. The gentleman then asked him for the nineti eth verse of the seventh chapter of Num bers. Alick was again puzzled for a mo ment, but then said hastily, “You are fooling me, sirs ! there is no such verse— that chapter has but eigthy-nine verses.’’ Several other experiments of the sort were tried upon him with the same success.— He has often been questioned the day af ter any particular sermon or speech ; and bis examiners have invariably found, that had their patience allowed, Blind Alick would have given them the sermon or speech over again. Another extraordinary part of this men dicant’s memory is shown in the manner in which he recollected the sounds of voi ces. A Scotch gentleman, who had for merly amused himself with the old man, (Alick had much dry, shrewd humor,) but who had not been at Stirling for many years, happened some time ago to visit that town. He met Alick taking his daily walk and accosted him. “I should know that voice,” said the Blind man, “but it is not so Scottish as it was—you will have been living among the Englishers.” Al ick was quite correct: the gentleman had been living a long time out of Scotland, arid had partly lost bis vernacular accent. Blind Alick lived alone, and whenever lie quilted his humble apartment lie lock ed the door and carried the key with him in his hands. This key, which is old fa shioned, and rather of an extraordinary size, was always in his hands while he was abroad. He was indeed never seen without it, and while talking or answerin'* i • • ° ° the quesTons which were so frequently put to him, lie rubbed the key backward and forward in bis hands, or shifted itfrom one hand to the other. A curious discov. cry was accidentally made, that by taking the key from him his memory became con fused, and its wonderful current soon stopped. Several experiments have been made to ascertain this fact, and one by the gen tleman whose change of accent Alick bad detected. He took the key as if to exam ine it, and continued to interrogate the beggar as to different passages of scrip ture, &c. Alick’s responses came more and more slowly, and then incorrectly, until lie entreated the gentleman would re turn him his key, for lie could not com mand his memory without having it in his hands. From tiffs, ignorant persons have almost been inclined to look upon Blind Alick’s key as a talisman, or something magical : though the fact will only sug gest to the philosophic mind the force of habit, and the mysterious though natural association existing between our mental faculties and material things and circum stances. In much I lie same manner an old Ital ian gentleman, known to the wri ter of this article, who was remarkable for lus conversational powers, was invari ably reduced to silence and absence of mind if any person took possession of a particular chair in a particular part of the room which lie had been accustomed to occupy for a long series of years. It was in vain to press him with the subjects of conversation in which his heart most de lighted, and on which lie was habitually most eloquent,—there was scarcely a word to be obtained from Don Felix until lie was restored to bis wonted seat. Blind Alick’s memory bad not only re sisted the encroachments of old age, but, what is generally still more destructive to that faculty of the mind, the impairing ef fect of strong drinks. Blind as he was, Alick was so well ac quainted with every turn and corner, with every ascent and descent in Stirling, that he required no one to guide him ; he dispensed even with the services of a dog, that useful, sagacious and faithful attend ant on the poor blind. His favorite walk was round the precipitous rock on which Stirling Castle was built, where in many places a slight deviation from the path would cause a broken neck or broken limbs. There however lie went, day af ter day, and on the sunny side of that height the curious traveller was pretty sure to find Blind Alick, with his key in his hand. OO” Hr. Redtield, the physiognomist, says, that “conjugal love” is indicated by the “jaw.” There must lie a great deal of it in some families then ; for we have heard of those who were always “jawing.” Lawyer and Witness. —There is a noted criminal lawyer—and by this term we mean a lawyer in a criminal court who in almost every case which comes un der his charge, puts the following ques tions to witnesses at the closing of his cross-examination : “Hem ! Witness—were you ever in State Prison ?” Os course the almost invariable reply, amidst the astonishment of the embarrass ed witness, is “No, sir.” “ioucan step down,” continues the lawyer, without a syllable in explanation, and the jurymen stare at the witness as he moves away, while the counsel pauses, aud utjers an expressive “ahem”—as much as to say “gentlemen of the jury, you can judge of this fellow’s character for veraci ty ; I say nothing—l don’t—l couldn't prove it readily; you may believe as much as you like !” Occasionally, however, the learned counsel alluded to, meets with his match, Not long ego he run foul of a “knotty cus tomer,” whom lie sifted thoroughly to the end of his stereotype question. “Ahem ! were you ever in State Prison ?” when, to the Attorney’s evident surprise, the witness replied, in a subdued tone ; “Yes, sir.” “Ah, 1 thought so,” continued the coun sel, “I thought so. Gentlemen, will you please give your attention to the witness. You have been in the State Prison, then?” ‘ Yes, sir,” continued the other, meekly. “And how long since ?” .“About two years ago, sir.” “Two years ago, gentlemen, you will please bear in mind—this witness, now by his voluntary confession, admits lie was in the State Prison.” “Yes, sir.” “His memory, as I have already taken pains to impress upon your minds, gen tlemen, is most extr’onnery; as you think proper in a man’s testimony who has been an inmate of the State Prison,” “How long were you there, witness ?” “About an hour, sir.” “Eh! A-hem ! How long ?” “I was there, sir, about an hour on a visit of curiosity to examine the prison, and I very well remember seeing you there, at the time, and took you to be a convict /” “A-hem !— you can step down , sir /” said thediscomfitted attorney,and although the all -vc uncourteous reply might almost have been construed into a contempt of court, yet, in this case, a smile pervaded the faces of judge and jury, and the wit ness “respectfully retired !” Rather farticular. —Some years ago a young man, from just across Hie Con necticut, who was attending our village academy, became sadly infected with the notion that all our maidens were in love with him. While in this state of mind, it fell to his lot one evening to see Miss H. to her father’s domicil. On arriving at the door, the lady invited him to enter. He did so. After a few moments* conversa tion he arose to leave, and as Miss H. was showing him to the door, she inno cently enough iemarked that they would be pleased to see him again. Here was an occasion for the exercise of Jonathan’s courage and moral principle. Expanding himself to his tallest height, with a grace ful but determined inclination of the bead, be replied, “I should be happy, Miss, to call as a friend, but not as a feller /” Ejp 3 A curious specimen of Franco- Englisli occurred the other day. A gen tleman of Frsnce having been rescued from a ducking in a river, and taken to a neighboring tavern, was advised to take a glass of very warm brandy and water. “Sir, I shall thank you not to make it a fortnight.” “A fortnight,” said he, “hadn’t you bet ter take it directly ?” “Oh, yes,” said monsieur, “directly to be sure, but not a fortnight —not too weak ” Boarding-House Regulations. —ln one of the Albany boarding houses, the following regulations are posted up in the hall : “Boarders are requested, when they retire late, to take off their boots before getting into bed. “Makingfaces at the landlady not per mitted. Whittling in the parlor prohibited when ladies are and esent.” OO” A man of learning, without know ledge of the world, is like one who has a deal of gold, but no small ehange in bis pocket. NCMBE IS 39. A regular “Stick ” —C. was a cute “Down Easter,” —a real live Yankee—al ways ready fora joke, and hard to beat.— lie was one day in a country bar-room “Down South,” where several persons were assembled, when one of them said, “Mr. C., if you go out and stick your pen-knife into anything, when you come back I’ll tell you what it’s sticking in.” “\er can't dew no sicb a thing,” re sponded C. “I’ll bet you ten dollars of i l," said the other. “Wall, I raytber guess I’lll take that bet ; here Capting, (turning to the land lord,) hold stakes, and I’ll jest make half a saw-horse in less than no time.” The parties deposited an X a-piece, and C. went on his mission, but in a short time returned, saying— “ Wall, nabor, what’s it stickin’ in ?” “In the handle,” replied the Southern er, as lie readied out his hand for flie stakes. “Guess not; jest wait awhile,” said the Yankee, as he held up the handle of his knife, minus the blade. “I kalkilate fho blade can’t be in the handle, when it’s driv clean up in an old stump aside of yCf road out there.” Jonathan of course won the wager, and the Southerner sloped to parts unknown, amid roars of laughter. True, of course. —A hog-drover from Ohio having disposed of his swine in one of the Eastern cities, strayed into a thea tre where “King John” was being played. He watched the play with a good deal of attention, though he didn’t “'zactly un’- erstand the natur of the crittar,” as he ex pressed it. But the scene in which Hu bert and young Arthur enter completely absorbed lffm. When Arthur asks— “ls there no remedy ?” and Hubert answers, “None, but to lose your eyes!” tbe Buckeye was on his feet in a moment. “I say, yeou with tbe red-otir’n ! Es you but jest tecli a hair of that ar’ boy’s head, I’ll knock you into linked sassenges!” 1 lie “pitties” hooted, the boxes roared and the Buckeye dropped into his seat like a big dumpling. He said “he didn’t mean to inter-sere, but he’d lie drat-rabbited es lie wanted to see tbe boy’s eyes druv up!” Conundrums. —Thoeditorofthe Louis ville Bon Ton is great on conundrums. Here are his two last, which ho respect fully dedicated to the New Orleans Pica yune and Delta : “Well, Pomp, how is ye ?” “Berry well, Caesar—how is you ?” “Poorly, tank goodness. 1 say > nigga, why am de ting on which dis nigga lay him head at night, like great monument of antiquity ?” “I gums him up.” “Dat’s jist what you say last night when massa catch you vvid little shoat in de l>a<* —ya !ya !” “Oh, hush, nigga, succeed vvid dat an swer. “Well, it’s bekase it am Fompey’s pil lar !” “Ya ! ya ! Now, Pomp, if dis nigga should step over dem pieces of water mil lions on de pavement, why would he be like a great General of antiquity, on a very trying time ?” “Dis child doesn’t know.” “De answer to dat conundrum is dis : it would be Caesar crossin ob de R(b)ine.” “You can go along, nigga.” CdF “Old Zoroaster Fitch” was ahunch back, of great strength, who formerly re* sided in B , Vermont. Having walked out one morning three or four rudes from his residence, he met an ac quaintance who enquired if he had come straight from home. “Yes,” said the old man. “Then,” said his frien<b “you have got confoundedly warped on the road.”— “Curse him !” said Fitch, after telling the story next day, “I’d ha’ warped him, if I could ha’ got my hands on him !” A Pugnacious King.— Frederick the Great was always fond of disputation; but as he generally terminated the discussion by collaring his antagonist and kicking his shins, few of his guests were disposed to enter into the arena against him. One day, when he was even more than usual ly disposed for an argument ho asked one of his suite why lie did not venture to give his opinion on some particular subject. “It is impossible, your majesty,” was the reply, “to express an opinion before a sovereign who has such strong convictions, and who n ears sudt thick boots.” BOOK AND JOB PRINTING, Will be executed in the most approved styl e and on the best terms,at the Office of the SCTTTHEP.it X£TJSETJM* —BY— WM. B. HARRISON. Seth Hawkin'** Larceny. There is a tradition in Ilnntown, and very generally believed lobe true, winch, whether true or false, throws a bit of re* mance around the plain matter-of-fact busi ness of Seth Hawkins’ courtship—a court ship otherwise not remarkable for inci dents other than the common sort, viz., suspicion of intention, accredited atten tions, and happy consummation—as “ev erybody does it.” This little incident, so the talk ran a mong the neighbors, was a jewel in its way, and shook with laughter the whole community of that quiet town fora long time, from the parson of the parish down to the very toe-nail of the local body poli tic. Sunday night was the season which Seth chose off which to do his weekly dc~ vottrds, as Mrs. Hornby would say; and bis road to neighbor Jones,whose daugh ter, Sally, was tbe object of bis particular hopes, lay across three long miles of haul territory’ irreclaimable as a prodigal sou, gone away for the third time. Ono all-sufficiently dark night, unheed, ing wind and weather, as gallant and spruce a lover as ever straddled a.stump, Seth, “in beet bib and tucker,” and dic key, and all that, started upon bis accus tomed weekly pilgrimage to the glirine of Sally Jones—a sweet girl, by the way, as strawberries and cream are sweet. Seth knew every land-mark, if lie could see it; but the night was very dark, and in a little while lie became coufused in his reckoning; and, tfcking the light which gleamed from Farmer Jones’s cottage in the distance, for a guide, lie pushed bold ly on, regardless of intermediate difficul ties, surging occasionally to right or left as some obstruction rose in bis path, until he ran on to a huge stump, and rolled in continently over the other side. He gathered himself up as best be could, shook himself to ascertain that no bones were broken, and then re-started on his mission of love, his ardor somewhat damp ed by feeling the cold night wind playing in fantastic jets around bis body, denoting that the seven-and-sixpenny cassimers were no more to be tbe particular delight of his eyes in contemplation of their artis tic excellence. Ho knew not the extent of the damage sustained but soon gaining the house, his first glance was over lffs person ; but see ing no damage, and trusting to the volum inous proportions of his coat for conceal ment, he felt assured, and took lffs seat in a proffered chair by the fire. While conversing with (he farmer about the weather, and with the dame upon tlm matter of cheese, he glanced at Sally, and saw, with painful surprise, that she was looking anxiously and somewhat strangely towards a portion of lffs dress. She averted her eyes as she caught his glance, but again catching her eye upon him, he was induced to turn his in the same direction, and saw, good heavens ! it was his shirt, oozing out of a six inch aperture iff the inside of one of his inexpressibles ? He instantly changed his position, and from that moment was on nettles. Was lie ma king more revelations by the change ? He watched the first opportunity to push the garment in a little ; could he succeed in hiding it, it would relieve lffs embarrass ment. Again he watched his chance, and again stowed away the linen. It seemed left. As soon as he was gone, Mrs. Jones looked every where for a clean night-gown that she had laid out for service on the back ofthe chair on which Seth had sat. She was positive she took it out, but where upon earth it was, she couldn’t conceive “ Sally !” cried the old lady, from the door, “have you seen my night-gown ?’ ’ “Yes’em,” echoed her voice, as if in the last stages of suffocation ; “yes’em, Seth Hawkins wore it home.” It was unfortunately the case; and poor Seth had stowed it away iff the crevasso of his pants. It was returned the next day with an apology, and he subsequently mar ried Sally, but many years afterwards, if an article ofany descriptionwas missing, of apparel or otherwise, the first suggestion was that Seth Hawkins had stowed it away in his trovvsers. How the story got about, nobody knew. He never told it; and Sally never told it, nor the farmer ; but everybody knew it and laughed gloriously at it.— Boston News. |C7* The higher a bird soars the more he is out of the reach of danger, and just so it u with the Christian,