Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

VOL. I. ffljc v>xorfjxtx Citizen j, published, every ’Saturday morning, in Macon, Ga. on the follow* CONDITIONS : If paid strictly in iulrdrte* - - s‘2 50 per annum If ;*>t so paid -- • - * 300 “ u [,e*nl Advertiserr.euts will be made to conform to the following pro vinions of the Siatute : .sittt of Uiltd and Neeroc*. hy Executors, Administrators and Gnard i.nis. are required by -law to l>e advertised in a public gazette, sixty days previous to the flay of sale. These sates mas* hv lit Ui on the first Tuesday in the month,between the hours of tr in the forenoon and tlirt o in the afternoon, at the Court House in the county in which the property is situated. The sales ol'f'orssHa’ IVeperty must !>e advertised in like manner for- Xy davs. Notice to DcKors and Creators af an Estate must be published forty *Notice that app.icxiH.m will bu made to the Court of Ordinary for Heave to sell Laud slid Negroes, must be published weekly for foru .months. ....... , Citations or Utters f Administration must be published tAiriy days -—for Dismission from Administration, monthly, six mouths for Dis i mission from Guacdt*nslup,/rfy days. Rules f*t focedhtsure of mortgage, must bo published monthly, for i four mastt.s^u.Twr' •establishing lost papers, for the full space of three msnths—thr c##q*clling tit!.- s from Executors or Administrators where HU has been given by the deceased, the full space of three months. rrofrssioofC and Business Cards, inserted, according to the follow ilng scale: for Lfuses or less per annum - * S5 80 in advance “ i lilies “ “ - 7 00 “ “ .. Si “ • * SlO 00 “ “ {'J?” Transient Advertisements will be charged sl, |ier square of 12 I * i!,ss or less, for the first and 50 cts. for each subsequent nsertion. — 1 Oil these rates there will be a deduction of 20 percent, on settlement, i w hen advertisements are continued 3 months, without alteration. j g*”AII Letters except those containing remittances must be post .p*id or free. Postmasters and others who will act as Agents for the “Citizen 1 may retain 20 per cent, for their trouble, on all cash subscriptions for warded. OKKICE on Mulberry Street, East of the Floyd House and near the Market. Prnffos in nit l (C nrh s. KELL A .11 & BELL, Attorneys at Law anti General Land Agents, Atlanta, Ga., Will practice in DeKalb ami adjoining counties; and jin •he Supreme Court at Decatur. —Will also visit any part of the country lor the settlement of claims, *|*c. without suit. O’ Bounty Land Claims trosbcuted with despatch. (.mice on V liUe Hull St., over Dr. Denny’s Drug Store. A. K. h El. I.AM. M - A ’ BK, - L - S. & R. P. HALL, Attorneys at Law , Macon, Georgia. I>R \CTICE in Bibb, Crawford, Houston,, Epson, Monroe, Macon, Booty, Twiggs. Jones and Pike counties; and in the Supreme • Court at Macon, Decatur,Talhotton and Americas. e in ni Bctrrr, Carhakt Si Co.'s Store. April t, 185(1. 2—ly Win. K. dcG 11 AFFENREID, y $ Attorney & Counsellor at Law. MACON, GA. ‘B|f~~*iu j nr rr TiTr.i.t^h- fH^^n^rs-TT r\ 114 LL. March 21,1850. I—' ly JOHN M. MILLED .ATTORNEY AT LAW, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. June 28th, 1850. 14—ly * V G. ARRINGTON, Attorney at Law and Notary Public, Oglethorpe, Jl:ieon Cos., dec 14 UEOHUIA. 38—ts DAVID REID, 3 u P AND NOTARY I’U BUG,—MACON, GEO. CIOMMISSIOXER OF DEEDS, &.C., for the States of ) Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Flori i da ,Missouri, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, I’enn - sylvsnia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Arkansas, Maine, &c. Depositions taken. Accounts probated, Deeds and Mort pgaees drawn, and all documents and instruments of writing prepared and authenticated for use and record, in any of the above States. Residence on Walnut street, near the African church. O’ Public Office adjoining Dr. M. S. Thomson’s Retail ic Store—opposite Floyd House. Macon, June 28, 185(1 14—ly REMEMBER! “lItTH.KN in your extremity that Dr. 31. S. THOMSON is VY still in Macon, Georgia, and when written to, sends Medicine by mail to any part of the country. Dontgive up all hope without consulting him. June 7, J 8548 11 — ts €jje Corner, For the Georgia Citizen. To illy Child. BY .MRS. M. H. OLMSTF. VD, OtegO, N. Y, Star-like and unshadowed, Is the light in thine eye, Like radiance streaming From a clear morning sky. With voice of sweet music That onchaineth the ear, , Like strains from a Seraph I Win n hoveling near. The fawn in its fleet ness Bouudcth not in the morn, More glad than thy spirit, In thy life’s dewy dawn. Olt! child of fair beauty Like a flower vase tilled — Whose breath of sweet incense No dark blight hath chilled. In rich glowing freshness Thy soul sheddeth forth, Its innocent treasures, Like pearls on the earth. Like a heaven tinged vision Thou cbeerest the soul, That life in its spring-time No passions control. But the rose hath its hour Os glorious pride, The sunbeam a shadow Its gladness to hide. And life, its sweet morning, Its high dooii and eve, And dark clouds to mantle The visions we weave. Oh ! may the^ Eternal With broad wings of love. Shield thee in his bosom, Bright gift from above. For the hour swiftly cometh Os shadow and storm — Up wings of the morning, Flies infancy's npirn. And manhood’s stern mission, Thy lot must fulfil, ’Mid blight, and t'e blossom, Unfaltering still. And onward, still onward, Through toil, and unrest, Till moored in yon heaven ’Mid isles of the Blest. From the Louisville Journal. We take great pleasure in publishing the following stanzas from the pen of the young poetess whose star like fame is mounting so brilliantly up the sky of American liter ature : To one Unknown. BY .Jilts L. VIRGINIA SMITH. I have not known thee, fair and gentle stranger, And yet my spirit in its visions warm Thro’ fancy’s rain-bowed realm a ranger, lias shadowed forth a bright serial form, M ith brow of light and voice of music singing Some sweet glad carol of its bosom’s glee, On golden pinion,onward, upward winging, I gazed upon it, and I named it— thee. I do not know thee, but when glory, gushing From the fire fountains of the glowing West, • Is lighting up the sky and softly flushing The cloudy castles of the angels Blest, I meet tlice where the heavy dew- pearls glisten, And my wild spirit, floating far and free, W bile silent stars, and drooping roses listen Calls softly to thee—wilt thou answer ine? I never shall know thee, bright and lovely lady— When passing through the temples of the world, We heap its sacrifice, with vows, though ready To curse the altar whence that incense curled. The chains of clay arc coldly round us wreathing, And though together we may bow the knee, As earth’s young worshippers, such heartless breathing Shall bring no whisper from my soul to tliee. But oh! to know thee in a land of gladness, To meet, to love thee, in an Eden dime, Forgetful, how, in soft and dreamy sadness, We lived as strangers on the shores of time. To feel thine angel-arms around me pressing, And count the hours of long eternity By glowing heart throbs, sweetly blest and blessing, When thou art known to me and 1 to thee. Education. BY MRS. SIGOURNEY. If thou hast plucked a flower Os richest, rarest ray, And borne it from its garden bower Thou knowest’t will fade away : If thou hast gathered gold, Unrusled and refined, That glittering hoard of worth untold Thou knowest the thief lind.^^^^^^_ r V - There plaiß thatTeafe No adverse season's strife, But with au inborn fragranco cheers The wintry eye of life; N[ There is a wealth that foils The robber's roving eye, The guerdon of the mind that toils Fur immortality. O ye, whose brows are bright, Whose bosoms feel no thorn, Seek knowledge, by the rosy light Os youth's unfolding morn ; With ardor uncontrolled Seek wisdom’s lore sublime, Ami win the garland, and the gold That cannot change with time. ftlisrellnmi. • Daneing. Itetneing claims its origin from the earliest age of ihe world. Joy and pleasure were at first expressed by the natural motions of the body, by irregular jumps and springs, but, in process of time, those irregular movements were regulated by the sound of the voice and musical instruments. Then, the motions of the body and arms and the features also began to ex press, after some acknowledged principles, the pas sions of man. According to the impulse of these, the feet moved either slowly or quickly. It is to dancing that young people are indebted for that elasticity of their limbs, that ease in the mo tions of their bodies, those polite and agreeable man ners, and prepossessing graces which are all so or namental in society. The domain of dancing is im mense. Thir art possesses unbounded advantages and well acknowledged attributes. It certainly en hances, embellishes, and perfects the work of nature. To enter an assembly and salute the company with unaffected case; to approach a person with affection; to present or receive any thing; to sit down with an agreeable deportment; to do away awkward timidi ty and tnauvaise honte which denote weakness of character; to display a frank and open countenance, sweet and agreeable manners; to banish a foppish and sometimes insipid appearance; such are th<rob jects and benefits derived from this elegant art. Dancing is to the body what reading is to the mind. Reading good books enriches the intellect, and causes it to shed a lustre, an eclat more brilliant than if it was left to the simple resources of nature. Thus a scientific mode of execution in dancing gives the body advantages, which nature alone does not impart. “The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.”—[Lamentations, v: 15. “ There is a time to weep and a time to laugh ; a time to mourn and a time to dance.”—[Ecclesias tes, iii: 4. “AndMiriam, the prophetess, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.” —[Exodus, xv: 20. “ Jeptha’s daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances.” —[Judges, xi: 34. “Again I will build thee, and thou shall be built, Oh, Virgin of Israel! Thou slialt again be adorned with thy tubrets, and shall go forth in dances of them that make merry.” —[Jeremiah, xxxi: 4. “ The women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing to meet King Saul.'—[l Sam uel, xviii: G. “Thou hast turned my mourning into dancing.” —[Psalms, xxx : 11. “Let Israel rejoice in Ilim that made him. Let the children of Zion rejoice in their King. Let them praise His name in the dance.” —[Psalms, cxlix: 2,3. “And they shall not sorrow any more at all. — Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them aud make “3ni)cpcnticnt in all tljings —Neutral in NaHjing.” MACON, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 8, 1851. thorn rejoice from their sorrow.”—[Jeremiah, xxxi: 13. “ Go and lie in wait in the vineyards, and see and behold if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances; then come you out of the vineyards and catch you every man his wife.”—[Judges, xxi; 20, “ And David danced before the Lord with all his might. And as the ark of the Lord came into the city of 1 )avid, Michal, Saul’s daughter, looked through a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart. Therefore, Michal, the daughter of Saul, had no child, unto the day of her death.”—2 Samuel, \i: 14, 10, 03 - • J “ YVe have piped unto you and ye have not dW'-’ cd.”—[Matthew, xi: 17. “Now Ids older son was in the field; and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing.”—[St. Luke, xv : 25. (This is from the beautiful parable of the Prodi- 1 gal Son. The glad father, to welcome the returning penitent, and to express his gratitude to heaven, kills the fatted calf, calls together his friends to join j in thanksgiving; and the elder son, as he returns; from the field, hears “ music aiul dancing.''') “Mount Vernon, Nov. 22, 1700. Gentlemen. —Mrs. Washington and myself have I been honored by your polite invitation to the assem blies in Alexandria this winter, and thank you for this mark of attention. But alas ! our dancing days are no more. We wish, however, all those who relish so innocent and agreeable an amusement all the pleasure the season will afford them; and am, gentlemen, Your most obedient and obliged bum ble servant, GEORGE WAS 11 IN GTON.” “The exhilerating exercise of the dance is ad sub- ! ably suited for weak and debilitated constitutions, as, from the various emulations, all the muscles of the body are brought into bemjiieial action.”— Dr. Cairns on Healthful Exercise. JB Lutiieu on Dancing. —ln a life of Martin Luther, by M. Amlin, an eloquent French writer, the follow ing opinion on dancing, is quoted from the Reformer: “is dancing sinful his disciples asked him. lie replied “Was not dancing allowed to the Jews? 1 am not able to say ; but one thing is certain —peo- ple danced uow-a-days. Dancing is a necessity of our state, like dress with women, and like dinner or supper. And, indeed, Ido not see how dancing can be prohibited. If people comuiitt sin, it is not the fault of the dance, which does not offend against faith or charity. Dance, then, my children.” An Epicurean. The N. Y. ” jfl It reminds us of Falstalf's compound of villanotts smells. Then comes a discharge of bottled artillery—anon a volley of Sarsaparilla or Philadelphia porter, answered by the echoing roar of soda water, ginger beer, with the occasional solitary rifle whiz of a Champaigne bottle, which bursts under your nose like a hand grenade. We have little doubt but that the notorious valor of our men before a battery, is owing to their daily drilling at the “ Lottie's” mouth, infinitely more than at their battles. Os the two, doubtless, the bottle is more fa tal than the battle! The Indians were right when they cal led its contents “ Fire Water.” Gunpowder is comparative ly harmless to tho liquid! A dinner is a very serious affair, dear reader — not only life and death hang upon it, but human happiness, much more important item. This has been tho opinion of philosophers almost as wise as Figaro —Shelley, the poet of (juccn Mab, (not our friend of Broadway,) attributed tho strong animal passions of man to auimal food ! —and Logos is now writing a book to be published by Putnam, in which, with true com mercial regularity, he posts up to each description of meat, its consequent foible. Murder springs from beef! Petty Larceny from veal! Timidity from lamb ! Stupidity from pudding! and Greediness from pork! Instability of charac ter from fish ! Wo were aware that mutton produced mau vtsisc hontc, because Leigh Hunt once confessed to us in a very bleating tone of voice, that lie had eaten so many mut ton chops that he was ashamed to look a sheep in the face!— and it was on this occasion ho quoted Pope’s celebrated lines; The Lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Knew lie the kitchen, would lie skip and play Pleased to tha last, the flowery food he crops, And licks the hand that cuts him into chops.” political. Secession in South Carolina. The election of delegates to the South Carolina D t State Convention has passed, and, of course, the Secession ticket has been triumphantly elected. We have never observed a more decided contrast than than exhibited by the thunder peals of the press, and the hardly audible whispers of the popular voice at the ballot box. Speaking of the small vote (1038) cast in Charleston for the twenty delegates, that strong resistance paper, the Dalnietto State Banner, says: “ A pitiful vote, surely for Charleston, on a ques tion of such moment. Where is tho Charleston Southern Rights Association? The citizens of Charleston cannot be advocates of the old Tory doctrine: ‘ That they shall take who have tho power, And they shall keep who can ?’ Forbid it heaven! Small though the vote be, we fervently trust that those who have been elected will prove of the right stamp,” The Anderson (S. C.) Gazette (Resistance) thus speaks*: “The question was literally convention or no con vention. Those in favor of a convention voting, those against it refusing to vote, by the advice of the moderators.” If those who refused to vote throughout South Car olina are opposed to the Convention, as we infer from the remarks of the above resistance papers, then the people of that State have no sympathy for the mad project of immediate Secession from the Union. And why should they have any such sympathy ? It is difficult for the human imagination to conceive of a whole Commonwealth given up to such unre lieved madness. We know that South Carolina, not withstanding the indecent jeers and sarcasms of which she is so often the subject, (and which we dare say have exerted more influence in irritating her proud spirit than all the actual wrongs she has ever received from the Northern States,) is one of the most heroie, generous and virtuous communities, not only in America, but in the world. Thus mucli 1 we will say, in sheer justice, no matter what tit of tollv she may bo tempted to commit. We acknowl edge her to be a true cavalier, brave in spirit, and ; strong iu intellect, yet, like him of La Mancha, a lit tle touched in the upper story on one subject. Our friend Sully, of this town, has a picture of that re ; nowned pink of knight errantry, which represents him according to the true conception of Cervantes— a gentleman, and man of noble bearing and acute in- ; j tellect—but with a wandering in his keen eye which j j clearly indicates an unsettled mind. The Don is a ; i gentleman and a hero, hut lie is a monomaniac.— | jAYe mean no disrespect to South Carolina, hut, just j ‘lit we consider her the Quixotto of the States. 1 ShoV 1 * a monomania on the subject of Federal Op ! pressiem. She is preparing for an expedition infin itely more crazy than any upon which the knight of La Mancha ever ventured. And she is worse off ; than he was in the way of retainers, for Georgia has 1 refused to join her banner, and Alabama declines to play Sancho to the knight. There were only one hundred men present at the late State Rights Con i vention of that State, composed of delegates from all flic State Rights’Clubs in Alabama. Surely this is but a sorry retinue with which to go upon the wars j and, wo may add, in which there will be some thing more than windmills tofnriit and bags of wind to cut open. We shall be glad to put upon the small vole of S. Carolina the same construction which is put upon it by the Secession organs from which we have quoted. We cannot believe that the people of South UaroU na—intelligent, prosperous aud. happy to excess, arc eager to makv tlieni . I\. 3 miserable aud ernpoverish od. If they secede alone,- they cannot maintain a \ government, except by an amount of taxation vyhicb will ruin their planters, while, at Ihe same time, their principal seaiorts will become a solitude. Savan nah, as Bisl op Caper* hfWmnvntliem, will become the seaport, at ine expense of Charleston. But, the truth is, they do not and cannot expect to secede alone. Their confident anticipation is, that other Southern States, Virginia included, will bo drawn — no, we should say forced —to their banner. It is the most miserable delusion that was ever entertained by any people. Were it possible, were it practicable it would be the greatest injustice and tlm most bit ter insult. AY ho made South Carolina judge and ruler over the other Southern Stated? AA’bat wrongs lias she received that they have not received? What rational apprehensions lias she for the future to which they are not equally alive ? What loss of property has she suffered to be compared with theirs? And what loss can she suffer from a war which will be cqu.al to that which Virginia and the other fron- the South must endure? Has Virgiu an injury, no heart to fed it, ■*' : -‘J y\'‘- - : f ) Wjfckha: Smith < ‘nrdii.a mti-l . c v - j ‘,*l HHpPHnrust asille now, as incompetent to lead a ’moVement which, disguise it al you will, must end in war —war upon our farms, ilot upon yours —war in which our cities must light the skies with their red, red glare; our yfung men crimson our soil with blood, and the shrieks of our women appal the listening heavens! And it is expected, is it, that A irginia thus slighted,Mhus contemned, thus virtually told that she has nemlier the courage nor capacity to defend Southern Institutions, is to enlist under the flag of this leader, and meekly obey, when cursing her for a big lazy, stuiid dolt, he orders her to fall into the ranks ? Oh, 1151, no. Never! AA’hy she would be asubnlissioni.lt, worse than the lowest serf who kisses the rod whftli smites him, to submit to that. If South Carol in a? goes out of the Union she must go alone, and vyC trust that she may be permitted to go without* the slightest application of force by the Federal Government. Let her go!— If she is determined tof go, bayonets will not keep her in. Let her go, aife’ nestle under tho w ings of that old hawk whose protection she covets! Let her tear her star from the bright emblazonry of the na tional banner, and restore it to the British diadem from which the great A'irginian, whose anniversary comes on Saturday, struck it with a battle-axe. Let her secede, if site will, from this planet, and proclaim non-intercourse with all the rest of creation, but let her go in peace, and let her not expect that a single Southern State will shoot from its or bit, to follow her mad career. From tho N. V. Day Ilonk, Feb. 24. The Boston Riot and the Administration. Tho administration, with a blindness unaccounta ble amid till the light which surrounds it, wanned and nursed these serpents in its bosom until they gained strength aud courage to sting it to death. — The President was seduced into the belief that the ‘people regarded the difference between the advo cates and opposers of the law as merely one of opin ion, to which they had a perfect right. This was his fatal error, and his opponents knew it. Instead of regarding the fugitive slave law as a law to fulfill a contract, a law demanded by the constitution, and which can no more be repealed than the constitu tion itself can be repealed, and dealing with its op posers as enemies of the government, the President held that a man might be an opponent, of the law and yet make a good officer. The principle that the law ivas wrong was allowed to be held by men who were appointed to execute it, and an example was thereby set to the people that its fulfillment might be a matter of legitimate discussion. This discussion was of course cloaked under the pretcuec of discussing its repeal; and a large party arc now fighting their way to the polls, avowing their oppo sition to the fugitive slave law; and our State Legis lature absolutely has refused to acknowledge it as necessary to the carrying out of our constitu tional obligations aud preserving the peace of the country. When this paper took the high and ultra ground, as it was called, that opposition to the Law was trea son, and that the right to repeal it did not exist, and that those who asked for its repeal or held to the doctrine that they need not support it or favor it, were disuuionists and guilty of attempting to violate the constitution, it was denounced, and by many most violently assailed and condemned. — Who will now say that we were not right ? AV ho will say that had the administration pursued as bold, as independent and (to its enemies) as offensive a course,it would not have succeeded in quelling the very spirit of insurrection and rebellion ? llad it declared war against those enemies of the country —had it drawn a distinct line between the opposers of this law and its supporters —it would have saved itself from the imputation of imbecility and weak- ness, and our country from the wound inflicted upon l it by a gang of Boston vagabonds. ihe Broclamation of the President should have proclaimed the state of Massachusetts in open re- ! hellion to the government, as it really is, and as her citizens by her laws were forbidden tocarrv out the 1 laws of the United States, he had ordered citizens of the United States, or troops of the United States, ! into her borders to compel obedience. If he had \ told us this,, and told us he had suspended the mar- 1 slial and ordered the arrest of Commodore Downs ! for refusing to assist the government officers who called upon him, vve should have some confidence j in bis assurance that the law should be obeyed in future. - 1 Mr. AVebsiter has written a strong letter to the j Union Committee, and if tho administration will carry out the sentiments and principles of that letter there would be hope of it; but writing is one tiling and doing is quite another. To a Union commit tee or a Union meeting Mr. AVebster will make a tremendous appeal inl>elmlfoftheTJnion,but dure he, or dare the President make one single more against Sc ward ism? Dare the}’ displace a Seward office holder because lie is a “higher law” man, because he believes the fugitive slave law wrong? Dare they deal with him as a thief because he docs not believe stealing a crime? No! They have not the courage to carry out their own principles. They dare not proclaim the opponents of this law enemies to the constitution whose absolute requirements it fttl fil!s;and because they Jan- not and do not, they neg lect t-’ fulfill the duties devofvnig upon them as ex ecutive officers of the government. An enemy to the fugitive slave law is an enemy to the constitu tion, and call no more hold an office under tin* gen eral government, consciously and justly, tlTan a lo ry in the revoTfinonary war could have acted as aid to General Washington. There can be no question upon this point; as well might a man say lie is in favor of a contract, but opposed to paying anything toward fulfilling it. The talk about the privilege of one’s own opinion, the right of private judgment, Ac. A r c., is a traitor’s plea; and whether it comes from a governor elect, legislators or a would-be senator, it is criminal, and should be so considered by the exe cutive of the government. Mr. Clay isthe only man who lias dared to speak out plainly and boldlv up on this point. “They are all traitors,”said lie, “and deserve a traitor’s doom.” The President and the Secretary of State can write and talk and proclaim, but why don’t they act? Action is what vve now want —not words. AA’hcn they began to talk, the Day Book gave them three cheers with the “rest of mankind,” and we declar ed ourselves their friends and supporters, and would have gone as far and as strongly with them and for them as any paper in the Union, but when vve see them insulted, snubbed, bearded and defied in their very dens, by such unrnititigated scoundrels as Tlinr- ! low AVeed and bis satraps —-when vve see them cow ering before the miserable freesoil whig faction of Xcvi ‘York, to ystir or turn because they may n.. .t tvfi-ain iium r^ > pressing our thorough conviction thaTthiV nave not tho courage to fulfill their great trust, and are not the men for the times. As far as they go, we are with them and will support them; but if they per sist in refusing to make the war an offensive otic, when it is so sell-evident that that is the only war ■ which there is the least hope of success, they must expect to be left behind to fight their battles alone. AA'e can assure them that the people will not help those who dare-trot-or doj not help themselves. CimTopoHitniff. LETTERS from NEW YORK, New York, Feb. 20, JSSI. NO. IV, Dear Doctor :—I am still in Novum Eboracum, which by interpretation, signifieth the new city of Babylon. I went yesterday evening to examine the modus operatuli of tho new Printing Machine, recently invented by Mr. Hoe, of this city. It is truly a wonderful machine. “When I saw it it was striking off six impressions at one revolution of the central cylinder; eight being tho number which it is capable of striking oft’at a time, two of the feeders being absent. Al that prevents it from being perfect is, the difficulty attending the feeding of it. As soon it is perfected into a self-feeding Machine, then will be consummated the utmost desires of ar dent ingenuity. If it wore a self-feeding Machine, the impressions might be duplicated, or even triplicated, whereas, in tho present in stance, only one side of the paper is worked off at a time.— The cost of setting up two forms of the paper and striking them off at once, would be less than it is now. The fact is, it w ould be cheaper in the end, to stereotype the edition—al though there tiro many inconveniences attending the spread ing of metal over so large a surface. But lam certain it will be done, iu which ease two papers will be worked off at a time. The Machine is susceptible of great improvement, although it is truly a wonder as it is. The time will come when both sides of the paper will be worked off a* onee. But, before the consummation of this desirable object, the Machine ! must be self feeding^—‘ns it is with great difficulty that the men, who now attend to it, can prevent two sheets from going through at once. The edition going through the Machine when I observed it, was fifty-five thousand. This is done every day and occupies about four hours. The Machine cost The old one, which at one time, was considered quite a curiosity, is a mere pigmy by the side of* the new one. There are from twelve to fifteen men always at work in the Press-room; besides about fifty conqtositors in the establish ment. These are all independent of those who are employ ed in circulating the paper. This will give you some idea of the expense attending the publication of the paper. *lts ad vertising patronage is about SSOO per day, and litis the larg est circulation in the city, except the Herald. 1 went the other evening to see the Astor Library , but it is not the building that I expected to see. The Architecture is very plain, although situated in a beautiful part of tho city. It is built on the old Yauxhall Garden ground, but docs not open into the Bowery as I supposed. Several capitalists in this city are engaged in making ar rangements to build anew Opera House opposite the Astor Opera House. I was told the other evening that anew Op era House was going to be built on the site of the old Olym pic theatre, in Broadway, but cannot vouch for the truth of the report. Jenny Lind will be here soon. It is said that she w ill not visit England to be present at tho great World's Fair to be held in May next; but will make another musical tour through tho United States with Barnunt. Banning lectures to-night, on the voice; but as lie is tho inventor ol the body brace , 1 hail not go to hear him. The Times newspaper of England, that beautiful pimp of aristocratic blackguardism, which belongs to, and is under the patronage of that nefarious clique of ‘l ories, who hired the traitor George to conic to Boston, and “ play such fantastic tricks before high Heaven, as make the Angels weep ” —pretends that it decs not sanction what it was th I rrryfirst t<> reqnest, The reason of this is, because tlic ras cal was foiled in his damnable enterprise. The abolitionists have instituted a suit against Charles M. Hall, for issuing the warrant for the arrest of Ilcnry Long— j the fugitive slave from Virginia. AY hat do you think of this ? This is almost as bold as making the poor fellow perjure him self. The Ercning Post , of this city, has a long article in it in which it mourns over the departure of many of the black chil dren of Israel from tlicir Egyptian bondage in Buffalo, ti s the Canaan of Canada to escape the vengeance of their own ers in the South. Is it not astonishing that men whoeall themselves smart, should make such arrant tools of them selves. I went the other evening to hear Professor ITows read Shakspcare’s Macbeth, ‘ll 1 ere were about fifty j>ersons pres ent. There were, at least, three hundred at Hope Chapel, the night that ! heard Mr. Burr lecture on the Humbug of the “ Ilappings.” ‘‘ Look on this picture and on that." — ! One a Hyperion—-the other a Satyr, This puts me in mind ] of the painter who changed his sleeping nymph into a Satyr, because the people who went to see the Sleeping Nymph, li ked the Satyr better. The Goddess which the people wor ship here fits the Venus Paudemos—not the Venus Urania. The reading of the play occupied about two hours. Here was a man, of elegant acquirements, who spent about two* hours in the most laborious employment to gratify an audi ence of about fifty people who did not pay his expenses. He not only read crcry line in the play, but represented every character. This was a task which but very few men can ac complish. In representing the play upon the Stage, the la bor is divided among the various Dramatis Personae ; but here lie represented every character, giving the distinct pro nunciation and tone of voice of every owe them. This he did in masterly manner—although with not so perfect a mod ulation as 1 have heard Prof. Simmons read the same play.-- He was the greatest Eloeationist that I ever heard any wire *e. The truth is, l never heard any man who could even approach him. lie had devoted twenty of the best years of his life to the study of Shakspenre, and was not only amply’ qualified, for tlie task, bt was gifted by nature with a truly musical voice. Professor Hows Isis a lofty conception of tht* poetic art; in fact, I do not know any man in this city who is equal to him. lie eonld personate Macbeth admirably ru the Stage, as Ire modulates his voice after the manner of the histrionic readings. The only fault I find with him is in his sepulchral monotone. Were he to take more exercise in the open country, he would have a more melodious voice. But there is not a man in a million who can read ShakspeatV as well as be can. His reading of the somambulic soliloquy of Lady Macbeth, was different from any that 1 had ever heard before which, was no doubt true to nature. All theaetresses tl-mt I ever heard, read it aloud—he, in a whisper. There was, also, a difference between his pronunciation of the word Thane and that of Professor Simmons. He pro nounced it as the Word in vane is—Professor Simmons as w'e pronounce the letter a in Aarw; which is the oorect pronunci ation. T • The delight of hearing Shaksjware read by such a man is t-uly Thft 1 T.leTi?, (Tiat no man, but one who has made study of liis plays, can form any idea of his great, having him interpreted by some smh reader as Professor liows. It is always delightful to go to such Readings, because you never fail to find a reputable and intelligent audience there, lie reads again next Thursday. I wi’4 give you some idea of the Nac Eugltfnd Humbug , in my next. T. 11. 0. NO. V. . New York, March Ist, Issl. Dear Doctor, —In the editorial columns of the Knicker bocker, is a little Poem, the- refrain of which is “ Hal-lal uluThis was sent to the Editor as an original “ nigger song •” but no “ nigger ” ever wrote such poetry as that. I Ivave in my possession, specimens of * nig get songs ” far superior to anything ever written in any other country. Yotr are, probably, aware of the fact that the Long time ago of G. P. Morris's “On the lake where drooped the willow is of u nigger origin. The Refrain which the Author uses, was taken from Hol la 100. The following is the original of the Poem he pub lislics :• My home’s ol>er Jordan, Ilallaloo ! llnllalav-l My lioine’s ober Jordan, Halia loo!” Iliad a little eister,. An’ her name \wsNlckodeinUS, An’ my home's ober Jordan, 11 allale o I sere, yonsee, m t-lic real “ nigger ’’ simplicity, aud no/ ural perfection of rhythm. The following is a specimen of one of thfr most beautiful Lyrics in any language : “ Jinny had de black eye— Jinny was dc gal! 011 1 Jimicy Inul de black eye— Jinny was de gal I. Git away de cairn, boys ! Git away de cawn !- Git away de eawn, boys ? Gil away de cawn ! This is the finest corn song ever eomjiosed'. I have sjient many years in collating the real original “ nigger' 1 ’ songs, and have enough in my portfolio Vo make a “ good sized ” volume. 1 could give many other specimens, but these are amply sufficient to show that the correspondent of the Knicker bocker cannot write a “ nigger song.'’ lie is probably, not aware of the fact that some of the finest Lyrical rhythms in any language are to be found in the Southern Nigger Songs.' 7 How delightful that inefiliWc buzzard, called the New York Tribune, will be when it'hears that all its ebony off spring liave turned into nightingales. I recollect that one of the old Greek Dramatic writers represents the Nightingales singing in the groves of the Furies. Pray, what do you suppose is the cause of the success of the Christy’ Minstrels in this city ? Nothing more nor less than their attempts to imitate the “ Niggers.” This ought to be a damper to the old hypocritical foster-mother —for they receive a greater patronage than the operatic singers from Italy. The fact is, the Nigger Minstrelsy is taking this city by storm. There is not a music store ia Broadway that is not full of “ Nigger songs.” The little “ gals ” aud boys whistle and sing them wherever they go. If you go t a fash ionable party “ up town,’* the first thing you hear will be “ Susannah don't you cry " —and the last thing before you come away. 1 went to one other evening and stayed un til midnight, and when I came away, left a beautiful girl, with neutral violet eyes, singing “ / won t go home till morn ing!” 1 was astonished the other evening on hearing a beautiful young lady singing a rather diluted imitation of the song be ginning— “ 1 lookedJroo de windiran’ see de brake o’ day,” &c.— She was astonished to find that 1 had heard the original ma ny a time in the South. She was rather piqued, however,., when I informed her that she had not sung it correctly—as every lady believes she does every thing to per section here. We aro not only tributary to the Nortl/in the way of wealth, but in the nery crown itself of this wealth—namely NO. 50.