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From the Ladies’ Companion for July.
THE GERANIUM PLANT.
Flowers have a magic power to re
touch the associations of other days.
Though our path may have led over the
steep and thorny places of the world, for
many years, ye*, the unexpected sight of
the pale grass flowers, and yellow king
cups, we gathered in chiidhood, brings
back the cool fragrance of life's early
morning. If the wearied traveller chance
to find in foreign climes such plants as
he called by the singing brook ofhis na
tive glen, tlie broad-leaved iris, or the
briglc crimson lobelia, straightway he is
a boy r again, and shreds them fondiy into
his mother’s lap. The hoary woman,
unto whom there remaineth little, save
the arm-chair in the chimney corner, and
the oft repeated counsel to her shouting
grandchildren—if she see, among its lus
trous green leaves, the pure white (,'ar
mella, remembers the thrill with which
its cool petals drooped over her son head
at her bridal, and is lost amid the wan
derings of a fairy land.
The smile, or the breath of our famil
iar home-flowers, restore to us, in after
life, the careless innocence of those days,
when half in ignorance, and half in faith,
we planted the rootless stem of some rich
blossom, that had been given us, and
heaped the fresh soil tenderly around if,
and watered it every moment—and vis
ited it with hope, until it was as brown
and dead as the mould by which it was
encompassed. They recall the reckless
curiosity with which we dug up the bulb
of our tulip, or tube-rose, and found them
busy at their work of germination, which
our impatience interrupted—perhaps de
stroyed.
Distant places and absent friends are
brought near, by the touch of the same
talisman. The odor of a pressed flower,
between the leaves of a long closed book,
restores the voice, the form, of the loved
one, who placed it there, whose home
may now be in the tomb. 1 had sought
the sweet trailing arbutus among the
wilds of my native place, when life was
new, and a box of it recently performed
a journey of many miles to visit me.
The moment it was opened, while its fra
grance almost overpowered every sense,
every breathing blossom spoke of the
rocks which we used to climb in pursuit
of it—and of the rough, falling waters
that filled every pause in our merry voi
ces, and then suddenly my playmates
stood beside me, their baskets overflow
ing with the gifts of early spring, them
selves still young and spring-like, though
on the heads of some, I knew that the
frosts had settled, and that over others,
rested the green sod.
Still more eloquent was a slender plant
of the rose-geranium, which accompanied
me, somewhat more than two years since,
on my way to an Older World. It was
taken from her quiet bed, in her garden,
by my little daughter, as the parting time
drew near, with the remark, that “some
thing green might look pleasant to me
on the sea.” And so it did. Hut I im
agined not then the depth of commun
ion it would call forth. For the home
spirit was iu its heart, and it became to
me as a friend. Sometimes when eve
ning closed in over the deep, with those
heavy sighs of the wind which often be
token a coming storm, and the ship leap
ed and plunged amid the billows, as if
seeking for a place to escape, or a depth
to hide in, I have drawn closer to that
weak plant, as if its love might comfort
me. Or at waking in the morning, and
raising my head from the coffin-like berth
where the dark hours had passed in such
broken slumbers, as the hoarse lullaby of
the surge induces, I have fixed my eyes
first upon that solitary plant, and spoken
softly to it as to a child. Yet it was ev
idently in an uncongenial atmosphere,
and the delicate branches grew sad, and
faded. I numbered its leaves, but almost
every day some of them grew sickly and
fell, until, at last, only a few - were left
clustering round a single, graceful stalk.
We had been thirteen days and nights
upon the great deep—and accomplished
nearly two thousand miles of our watery
journey; when I awoke at the grey hour
of dawn. I remembered that, the first
anniversary of the death of my beloved
father, and beckoned the solemn imagery
to meet me amid the waves. At once
every circumstance of that scene gleamed
forth as in a picture. His venerable
head, resting upon its white pi, low, the
brightness of his beautiful hair, on which
fourscore and seven winters had scatter
ed no snows, his heavy breathing ming
ling with the slow dropping of the sum
mer shower upon the vine-leaves at its
casement, and the steady ticking of the
clock through that lonely night, while
bending over him, I hoped against hope,
that the sudden illness might not be mor
tal, and that the form, which but the day
before, had moved with so vigorous a
step, would yet rise up, and lean upon
its staff*, and come forth to bless me. The
rain ceased, a circle of faint brightness
foretold the rising of the sun—those pre
cious lips uttered again the sound of kind
words—the opening eyes told their mes
sage of saintly love—the lids fluttered
and closed. There was no more breath.
A waill—Another—piercing and pro
tracted—deeper even than that with
which an only child mourns the last par
ent. It must be the wail of a mother.
No other sorrow hath such a voice. Yet
so abmptly it burst forth, amid surround
ing silence, that, for a moment, memory
was bewildered, and the things that had
been, mingled their confused tissue with
things that are.
Among our passengers was a dignified
and accomplished lady, returning with
her husband, an officer, from a residence
of several years in Canada, to England,
their native band. They had with them
three little daughters, and in the course
of those conversations, which beguile the
tedium of sea-life, she had sometimes
spoken of the anxiety with which her
aged mother waited to welcome these de-!
aceodauts, horn in a foreign clime, whom, 1
of course, she had never seen, and so ex
quisite was their beauty, that it would
not have been surprising, had a thrill of
pride, beigtend the pleasure, with which
she painted the joy of such a meeting.
The youngest was a babe of less than a
year, and we, who often shared its play
ful wile, fancied that it had grown lan
guid, as if from some inherent disease.
Vet, its large black eyes still beamed with
strange lustre, so that neither parents
nor nurse would allow that aught affect
ed it, save what arose from the change
of habits, incidental to the coufniem at
of the ship. Yet, that night, the mother
more uneasy than she was willing to con
fess in words, decided not to leave its cra
dle. In the saloon, adjoining our state
room, she took her place, and when we
retired, the fair infant lay in troubled
sleep. Yet, even then, the spoiler was
nearer to it than that watchful mother;
and ere the morning, he smote it in her
arms. We lound her clasping it closely
to her bosom, as if fain to revivify it with
her breath. Masses of glossy black hair,
escaping from their confinement, fell
over her shoulders, and drooped as a
curtain over the marble features of the
dead. Mingled with gasps of grief that
shook her like a reed, were exclamations
of hope, that hope, which clings and
cleaves to the wounded heart—striking
its fibre, wherever the blood-drop oozes,
and striving like a pitying angel, to
staunch where it may not heal. “Con
stance! Constance! look at me. Oh,
my dear husband, she will live again.
She has been sicker than this, once,
when you were away. Yes, yes—she
will breathe again.” Long she contin
ued thus, assuaging her bitter sorrow,
with this vanity of trust, and then we
tenderly strove to loosen her convulsive
grasp from the lifeless idol. After we
had prevailed, and it was borne from her
sight, we still heard in the pauses of the
soothing voice with which her husband
sought to console her, the wild cry,
“She will breathe again! John 1 John!
I saw her sweet lips move when they
took her from me. My baby will live
again 1”
It was laid out on our sofa, in the la
dy’s cabin, in a pure white robe, its brow
surpassingly beautiful, and the deeply
fringed lids but imperfectly closed over
the large lustrous eyes. The black lace
veil of the mother shaded its form and
features, and through it was clearly visi
ble, the last green slip of my rose-gera
nium. It was my gift to the dead, and
pressed into that little pale hand not
wiihout a tear. This was the last office
of that cherished plant, which had left its
own home, in the quiet gardens of New
England, to do this service to faded in
nocence, and itself to die. Happy shall
we be, if, in the closing of our own frail
life, we, like this ■trembling voyager,
leave beliin 1 a gleam of light and conso
lation, as the olive leaf above tha flood,
or the dove, whose last act w r as peace,
ere it entered rejoicing into the Ark, to be
a wanderer no more.
INDORSEMENTS.
It* the following statement of the Tier
aid’s last money article is of extensive
application, it indicates, in our opinion a
most desirable change in the practice of
banks. As far as the security of the
banks is concerned, indorsement is a tho
rough humbusr, while it so inextricably
involves merchants wih each other, that
the failure of one is a signal for a gen
eral explosion—going off* like a package
of Chinese crackers.— Char. Mercury.
“ There is apparently a great chance
going on in the relation of banking to
general business. We allude to an evi
evidently growing disposition among
leading merchants to take advantage of
the present repleted state of the banks,
and, in conducting large mercantile trans
actions, to take the notes of known deal
ers, payable to their own order, and pro
cure their discount without endorsement.
This is Iron a fide business paper, but is
“one name” paper, and as suen creates
some opposition, and alarms many of the
banks; but it is matter of debate, wheth
er the security of the bank is not equally
as great, by confining every man’s busi
ness within his own means, aud respon
sibility, as by requiring two or three
names, and thus forming knots of mutu
al endorsers, whose collective liabilities
arc much more likely to exceed their col
lective means than would die aggregate
of individual debts, resting each on its
own base. If. through the influence of
the leading merchants, this system comes
to be generally enforced, the duties and
responsibilities of bankers will be greatly
increased, and the business thrown more
into the hands of those shrewd private !
houses most capable of appreciating the '
standing and real business wants of those |
seeking discounts. It is this tact and
general knowledge which renders the I
business of the Parisian bankers most
safe and profitable to themselves, while
it is most beneficial to the regular mer
chant.”
From ?he Baltimore Sun.
OREGON CONVENTION.
A Con vend an of Delegates from the
Sfates in the Valley of the Mississippi,
was held in Cincinnati on the 3d, 4th,
and sth iust., to take into consideration
the propriety, &c. of immediately settling
the territory, with other matters which
might come before it, in relation to that
interesting section of our republic. The
following resolutions and declarations
comprehend the matured deliberations
and final action of the Convention.—
They are the most important documents
put forth. Col. Richard M. Johnson was
President of the Convention :
Resolved, That the right of (he Uni
ted States to the Oregon Territory, from
42 dog. to 51 dog. 40 min. north latitude,
is unquestionable, and that it is the im
perative duty of the General Government,
forthwith, to extend the laws of the Uni
ted States over said territory.
Resolved further , That to encourage
migration to and the permanent and se
cure settlement of said territory, the Con
gress of the United States ought to estab
lish a line of forts from the Missouri riv
er to the Pacific ocean—and provide also
an efficient naval force for the protec
tion of the territory and its citizens.
Resolved , That for the purpose of ma
king known the causes and principles of
our action, the following declaration is
i unanimously adopted and now signed by
\ the memliers of this Convention, with
instructions to the officers thereof to trans
mit a copy to the President of the United
States, and to each member of Congress
—and also to the Executives of the sev
eral States, with a request to present the
same to their respective legislatures:
A Declaration of Citizens of the Mis
sissippi Valley , assembled in Con
vention at Cincinnati, July olh, 1843,
for the purpose of adopting such mea
sures as may induce the immediate
occupation of the Orregon Territory ,
by the Arms and Laws of the Cnited
States of North America.
We, tl e undersigned, citizens of the
Mississippi Valley, do hereby declare to
our fellow citizens of the whole Repub
lic, that in urging forward measures for
the immediate occupation of the Oregon
Territory and the Northeast coast of the
Pacific ocean, from 42 deg. to 54 deg. 40
min. north latitude—we are but perform
| ing a duty we owe to ourselves—to the
; Republic—to the commercial nations of
! the world—to posterity and to the people
of Great Britain and Ireland, not as we
l believe to be benefitted by the further ex
tension of her Empire.
Duty to ourselves requires that we
should urge immediate occupation of the
Oregon, not only for the increased an ex
| tension of the West, but for the security
lof our peace and safety, perpetually
threatened by the savage tribes of the
Northwest. That this duty is required
1 of us as due to the whole Republic—all
I parts of which may not appreciate, as
they seem not to have appreciated the
value of the territory in question and its
political importance to the h< nor, pros
perity and power of the Union, to say
nothing of our commercial interests and
naval predominance, threatened as they
are with injury or diminution should the
Northeast coasts of the Pacific ocean pass
into possession of a great naval power.
That as an independent member of the
great family of nations, it is due from us
to the whole commercial world, that the
ports on both coasts of this continent
should be held by a liberal government,
able and willing to extend and facilitate
that social and commercial intercourse
which an all-wise Providence has made
necessary for the intellectual improve
ment, the social happiness, and moral
culture of the human race,
j That we owe the entire and absolute
! occupation of the Oregon to that poster
ity which without such occupation by
! the citizens, laws and free institutions of
our great Republic, could not profit or
make available to themselves or to the
world the important considerations above
set forth.
That however indignant at the avar
ice, pride and ambition of Great Britain,
so frequently, lawlessly and so lately
evinced, we yet believe that it is for the
benefit of all civilized nations that she
should fulfil a legitimate destiny: but,
that she should be checked in her career
of aggression with, impunity and do
minion without right.
That for the independence and neu
trality of the W estern coast of the Amer
ican Continent, and the Islands of the
Pacific ocean, it is important that she
should be restrained in the further exten
sion of her power on these coasts, and
in the middle and eastern portion of that
ocean.
That so far as regards our rights to
the territory in question, we are assured
of their perfect iniegrity—based as they
are on discovery and exploration by out
own citizens and Government, and on
purchase and cession from those powers
having the pretence or the reality of any
right to the same.
That beyond these rights so perfectly
established, we would led compelled to
retain the whole territory in accordance
with Mr. Monroe’s universally approved
declaration of 1832: THAT THE A
MERICAN CONTINENTS WERE
NOT TIIENCEFOUTH TO BE
CONSIDERED SUBJECTS FOR
FUTURE COLONIZATION BY A
NY FOREIGN POWER.
Influenced by these reasons and con
siderations so important to the West and
the whole Republic—to liberty—to jus
tice and free government, we do subscribe
our names to this declaration with the
firm, just and matured determination ne
verto cease our exertions till its intentions
and principles are perfected, and the
North American Republic, whose citizens
we are, shall have established its laws,
its arms and free institutions from the
shores of the Pacific to the Rocky Moun
tains, throughout the territories above
specified, and we do hereby protest as we
shall continue to protest against any act
or negotiation, past, in process, or here
after to be perfected, which shall give
possession of any portion of the same to
any foreign power, and above all do we
remonstrate against the possession of any
part of the Northeast coast of the Pacif
ic Ocean by the power of Great Britain.
[Signed by Col. R. M. Johnson, Presi
dent, and ninety citizens of six States in
the Mississippi Valley.]
HARD TIMES—THE CURE FOR THEM.
Industry and frugality—work harder
and spend less. Never confound econo
my, which is a virtue, with stinginess,
which is a vice, and often the very oppo
site of economy. Make your money tie
foie you sjiend it, and don’t buy a thing
liecause it is cheap; nor imagine fora
moment, that extravagance and gentility
have any necessary, or sensible connec
tion. We have too many young men
amongst us, who seem to think idleness
a badge of high life, and the best mark
of finished manners to loaf in soda shops
and billiard rooms, spending their inher
itance on frivolities, or more, running up
debts they are never going to pay, for
aught depends on them. If these would
remember that labor in this country is
honor, and idleness disgrace, and only
spend on their brains one half they waste
on their backs, the times would be as ea
sy again as they are, and society be stock
ed with valuable men to fill its high pla
ces, and lucrative employments ; where
as but too many we see bartering their
reputations for perishable dross, and melt
ing 'heir substance away by keeping up
a blaze of gentility to the world, which
a little puff of scorn will soon extinguish,
leaving nothing of them but an unsavo
ry snuff*. If we might advise them, it
would be in those lines of Ben Johnson,
which we should like to see stuck up at
every popular lounge and fashionable
comer of the whole town.— Ch. Merc.
“I’ll have yo'i sober , and contain yourst ls,
Not that youi sail be bigger than your boat;
But moderate your expenses, now al first,
As you may the same proportion still:
Noi stand so much on your gentility,
Which is an airy and mere borrowed thing
From dead men’s du-t and bones, and none of yours,
Except you make or hold it.”
DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES.
Tlios. Jefferson lays down the follow
ing principles:
The people, the only source of legiti
mate power.
The absolute and lasting severence of
Church and State.
The freedom, sovereignty, and inde
pendence of the respective States.
The l nion, a confederacy, a compact,
neither u consolidation nor a centraliza
tion.
The Constitution of the Union, a spe
cial written grant of powers, limited and
definite.
The civil paramount to the military
power.
The representative to obey the instruc
tions of his constituents.
Elections free, and suffrage universal.
No hereditary office, nor order, nor
title.
No taxation beyond the public wants.
No national debt, if possible.
No costly splendor of administration.
No proscription of opinion, nor of pub
lic discussion.
No unnecessary interference with in
dividual conduct, property, or speech.
No favored classes, and no monopolies.
No public moneys expended except by
warrant of specific appropriation.
No mysteries in Government inacces
sible to the public eye.
Public compensation for public servi
ces, moderate salaries, and pervading
economy and accountability.
MOTHERS A.\D DAUGHTERS.
It was a judicious resolution of a fa
ther, as well as a most pleasing compli
ment to his wife, when, on beiti? asked
by a friend what he intended to do with
his girls, he replied: “1 intend to ap
prentice them all to their excellent moth
er, that they may learn the art of improv
ing time; and be lilted to become like
her, wives, mothers, heads of families,
mid useful members of society.” Equal
ly, just, but bitterly painful was the re
mark of the unhappy husband of a vain,
thoughtless, dressy slattern. “It is hard
to say it, but if my girls are to have a
chance of growing up good lor any thing,
they must be sent out of the way of then
mother’s example.”
CASUALTIES, MURDER, Ac. in FOUR MONTH3.
Some readers of the New York papers
kept an account of casualties, &c. chron
icled therein which took place in the
United States during the four first months
of the present year, which he published.
A correspondent of the United States
Gazette has taken up the subject, and
added thereto those which have come
under his notice since, from reading a
multitude of newspapers from almost ev
ery State in the Union, viz: a record
from January to July, 1543.
Six hundred and twenty-eight houses
and stores burnt, with a part of their con
tents, estimated at three millions of dol
lars.
Nine hundred and fifty accidental
deaths ; about one half drowned most of
which occurred on the < hio and Missis
sippi rivers, and on the lakes. A portion
were emigrants going to the Far West.
Two hundred and filteen murders, by
guns, pistols, bowie knives, &c.
Fifty-six by fire arms imprudently
handled.
Forty-five by clothes taking fire.
Forty-six by lightnng.
Forty-three by falls from horses, up
setting of carriages, &c.
Eighty-six by suicide!
THIS IS THE GROUND WE STAND UPON.
The Albany Argus, a paper that is
conducted with a correctness of judg
ment and an integrity of principle which
commands the confidence and admiration
of the democratic party, says—
“ So long as the members of the demo
cratic party keep singly in view the re
instation of democratic measures, rather
than the elevation of any particular indi
vidual, so long will they be united against
every intrigue and firebrand the whig
party attempt to throw among them.
The declaration (made by the Charles
ton, S. C. Mercury,) that, if “ there is
any devision in the democratic party, it
will be before the convention, not afterfi
cannot be too strongly inculcated. The
results of the Baltimore convention will
he considered a contract binding upon all
the persons who are parties to it. This
is becoming the understanding of the
democratic party in the south as well as
the north.”
Never speak of a man’s virtues to his
face, nor of his faults behind his I a)k.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
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DAILY EXPRESS AXD GEXERAL FOR
WARDING AMD COMMISSION HOUSE.
ri'HE Ge aral Kail Road and Banking Company of
-l Georgia having granted to die subscribers ihe
privilege of running an EXPRESS over iheir Koad
during die present year, with the p ivilege of an apart
mem under their own Lock, they offer superior advan
tages for the prompt and safe conveyance of valuable
Arnclcs, Specie. &c., &.c , and rein hopes of being
able 10 make an arrangement w ith the Post Office De
partment, by which they will be allowed to carry u
Mail Bag.
They are prepared to receive and forward Goods of
all descriptions, to and from Savannah and Macon and
intermediate p aces, ad between Savannah and Char
leston, with the greatest safety and despatch ; and will
also pay particular attention to the purchase of Goods,
collection and pay lien' ol 1 rafts, Noies and Bills, and
iransaciing all Kinds of business m me above places.
Thev have also ex ended their arrangements to run
their Express by the Southern Boats to Picolata, in
Florida, mid intermediate places on that route.
Ma on —Office at the Washington Hall.
Savav.nab—Office at 13d Bay Street
Du. S Philbrick, Agent, for receiving and
forwarding Goods and Merchandise.
Charleston. S. C.—Amos Head, Agent, office No.
96, East Bay.
M. S. BALL & CO.
June 28, 7 ts.
PROPOSALS
TOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION, THE LIFE OP
(.’en. Andrew Jackson.
AMOS KENDALL proposes to publish in fifteen or
more numbeis, a Lite ol Gen. Andrew Jackson, em
bracing the substance of all that has heretofore up-,
peared in print in connection with the services of this
distinguished man, together with urn iv interesting in
cidents not noticed by his former biographers, and a
complete history of Lis administration, concluding wiih
an account ol the manner in which, retired troin the
bustle of the world, he is quietly preparing to bid adieu
to the scene of his glory.
This task has been undertaken with the approbation
of Gen. Jackson Ininse f, who has kindly put into the
Author's hands his books and papers, public and pri
vate, adu on obscure points, favored him with his ow n
lecullections. With these materials, with the works
already published, and with the contributions of facts
and papers by manyot the General’s associations in
civil and military life, aided by his own knowledge of
events occurring within the las* twenty years, the au
thor hopes to produce a work worthy ol the confidence
and patronage of lie American people
The numbers will be printed i" large type on excel
lont paper, averaging 40 pages each, with neat covers,
he first issued in May next, and die others monthly
thereafter, unless delayed by sickness or other una
voidable causes. The work will be illustrated with en
gravings or prints, averaging two to a number, emkru
ciuij ilikenosses ol the General and some of his most
distinguished co acters, drawings of Ins buttle grounds
"> die Creek nation and at New Orleans, and some of
the most striking scenes of his evcmtul life. It will be
so arranged and paged, that, when completed, die
covers may be laken oil, and the whole bound up into
a neat book
Price, twenty-five cents a number, or one dollar for
five numbers, or three dollars lor the whole work, how
ever much it may exceed filteen numbers ; aUvuvs paid
ill advance, and tree of postage to die author '
Distant Bank notes w ill ne received lor what they are
worth here,or in New York
TANARUS" persons voluntarily acting as agents, a liberal com
mission will he allowed; but the author w ill not he res
ponsible for any agents not specially authorized.
Ihe first Dumper vs ili t inbrace tlie GeLt-ruTs early
life, and a variety of revolutionary athenturcs and n
ciden’s not heretofore published. It will he illusiraad
by a first rate likeness of the General, engraved on
steel, and a print exitibi ing linn when a st i, lire', sa
ving Imm massacre a small party of men and hoys,
himself included, by attacking a band ol about one
hundred lories, who were rushing upuu them in lit
tii^ht.
Those who intend to pair nize the work arereqnes
ted to forward their names, and such advances us they
may think proper, by the first of .May next.
April 21 10 lyp.
NEW, CHEAP & I). .SIitABLE GO.iDS.
SAMUEL J. RAY, & CO.
TTAVE just received and are now openin'* a genera
,ls seasonable STAPCE AND
FANCY DRY GOODS, which they will sell at very
reduced prices lor Cash, being anxious to reduce their
present large Stock, among which may be found
Superior Wool-dyed Black, Blue-Black, and Invisible
Green Cloths. |
Cnssimere.-s woolen, velvet, valenfin, & satin Vestings.
Klanni Is, mrriiioes and prune.] Orleans Cloths.
French, English and American Prints.
Clialleys, Muslin de Eaines,French Collar -and Capes.
IJliiek, blue*black and rich light lancy colored iSilks
and Satins
Clack, India Satins, Indian Coral Spifalfield, Pongee,
Linen, Cambric and Grass Linen Hand kerchiefs.
Muslin de Lame and Satin Shawls, Neck 'l ies, and
Dress Handkerchiefs.
Irish Linens, Linen Shirtings, Lawns and Diapers.
Jaconet, Swiss, Nunsook and Look .Muslins.
Silk, Cotton and .VVorsied Hosiery, Gloves, and Sus
penders.
(ienr’s. Merino Shirts and Pants, Stocks and Collars.
Bed 1 icks,Brown & Bleached Shirtings and Sheetings
Superior Bleached Long Clotlis, Cat.ton Flannels and
Drillings.
Kerseys Linseys, sup Bed and Negro Blankets.
Shell and Buffalo Twist Side, and Riding Combs.
Spool Thread, Tapes, Pius, Buttons, &c.
With many other articles too tedious to mention.
P. S. Purchasers will find it to their interest to rail.
S. J KAY & CO.
May 24, 2 te
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H. SPENCER,
FT AVING received this day, per Strainer J. God
-dard. the nalnncenf hie Springpurchases, is now
prepared to offer to the citizens of Macon and vicinity,
a full and complete assortint nl of fashionable
SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHING,
consisting of every variety and style of Coats, Pants,
add Vests, suited fir the season, together w ith a great
vnretyof Summer Scarfs, Stocks, Gloves, Shirts, Col
lars, Bosoms, Suspenders. &e., &e.
Also a splendid assortment of Cloths, Cassimeres
Vestings, Dro.li de Toes, Camhkts, Linen Dnllims,
&e„ all of which will he sold or made up to order on
the very low est t rms for Cash.
Feeling fully competent that I can make it for the
interest ot gentlemen replenishing their wardrobes to
purchase ot me, I respectfully solicit a call from all
at the Store, one door below J. A. & S S. Virgin’s
Jewelry Store, and directly opposite the north-west
front of the Washington I.all, where unprecedented
bargains mav always be found.
Macon, May 24 2
GREAT BARGAINS IN
Prices Siebirceti '2.1 per Cent.
m. a, miEisr'g.
CALL AM) SEE,
f IIIIE SUBSCRIBER, being detrrmined.to close his
A Stock of SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS,
will sell at or near Cost and charges, until fur,her no
tice ! and would respectfully usk purchasers to call
and examine before purchasing. I Its stock consists in
part of—Rich French Muslins various pattern and
styles; Fashionable Bulzariue Muslins, fine Freneh
and English Cambrics, a large assortment of English
and American Prints, fron 6| to 25 cents; Black and
Colored Silks, Satins and Sarcenetts; Rich Foulard
■-ilks; Ladle’s line and super Lawn Handkerchiefs;
Silk. Thread and Cos lon Gloves and Ifoisery ; Supe
rior Gauze Cardinals; Net Shawls, Tarlelnn and
Braige Mantles and Scurfs; Taflela and Satin Rib
bons; Hat and Cap do; Crapes and Crape iesse;
Cambric, Mus ins. Lare, and Thread Trimmings;
Bombazines, Super Irish Liners; Brown; While and
Colo-ed Linen Drillens; Pantaloon .-tuffs and Vest
ings and a gnod assortment of Domestic Goods, and
most articles usually kept in a Fancy and S aple Dry
Goods Store All ol which will be sold as above, lor
CASH
Dimes taken at Ten for the Dollar.
U. L. WARREN,
First door above Geo A. Kimberly’s Hat Store-
June 13. stf
TO RENT
THE CINrSAL ZIGTSL.
Also TENEMENT under the Central Hotel, suit
able for Drv Goods and Grocery Stores.
A so, :h<* Dwelling huiperly 01 eupied by 1 r. Baber
Also,a fire Front Stme, oec pied by j B. Ross if
Cos.
Also, the Plantation, lying six miles from Macon,
formerly owned by Dr. Baber
Apply to J. G. MOORE, Agent.
June 28, T 4t.
THE ENLARGED
SATURDA¥_COURIER.
KrXo INCREASE OF PRICE IS ASKED FOR THE ENLAR
GED and beaurtFiED Cut RiER, and for the purpose ni fo*
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the following
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01 Gody’s Lady’s Book jq
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«*|BBLeslie’s Magazine, 1 copy of Colman’s
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THE undersigned, at the solicitation of many friends,
proposes »o publish, in the village of M.irit-tta, Cobb
County Georgia, a weekly newspaper under trie above
otle. He is assured ilia' a well conducted nev\spap« r
i8 much wanted in this region, and so iar as hishtunhlo
efforts will go, should he meet with encouragement,
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kee Country, affording as ir does, the most sa uhrious
clime, with a fertile and productive soil, not surpassed
in ffie Union.
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of rlmsc who may diff r with us. Be ieviog in a srnct
construction of the t onsiifuuon, as the onlyaure guar
antee to the Institutions of the rf«»uth, and of the two
great parties now before the country, that the Demo
cratic Party, with John . Calhoun at its head, is the
one on which to look (or the carrying out those prinei
ides, the Advocate will support the principles of that
Party, and the man, w hoever he may he, selected hy
the National Convention to carry out iis principles.
Agriculture —that most imp< rtant branch of industry,
w iil not be neglected in th«* pages of the Advocate.
To this branch we shall devote much attention, nnd in
addition, to such selected article-, as may he of interest
to this action, we will endenver to procure the assis
tance of the tanners in Western * eorgin, who, by giv
ing their own experience and mode of culture, will
bring I* rward others, and thus all reap a benefit.
I i;e Advocate may also he looked to for such items
of new ß as we may receive from different sections of
the country, and a p irtiou of its pages w ill he devoted
to light reading. It w ill he an object of the undersigned
to make the Advocate such n paper as every subscriber
will feel a pleasure in perusing himself, and in placing
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neatness and despatch.
M M. CALDER.
July 10, IS 13.
THE riITERSIILJU; REIU BiTcanT
Believing the present to be a crisis too important to
the interests of the emocratic party to allow any press
de voted toils cause to sink for want of support, the
subscriber has, at the instance of many friends, con
sented to assume the editorial guidance of the i eieis
burg Republican.
Recognizing in the late temporary defeat of Democ
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the fundamental principles of States’ Rights, and their
strict application to all Federal issues. The Republi
can will neither in itself exhibit laxity of political faith,
nor tolerate its indulgence in others, but will undevia
finely adhere to the noble principles, as admirably em
bodied hy one of our distinguished Statesmen —'‘Free
trade ; low duties ;no debt; seperntion from Banks ;
economy ; retrenchment; and strict adherance to the
Constitution.”
The successful maintenance and permanent estab
lishment of 1 his wi-e and just system of measures must
greatly depend on the judicious selection of the l'emo
cratic candidate for the next Presidency, nnd believing
the amplest guarantee of these important ends to he
eHorded by the eminent abilities and unsullied faith of
JO.jN C. CALHOUN,the Republican will advocate
his claims to the nomination of ihe National Conven
tion. These claims will be enforced with due respect
to the preferences of others, nnd the cordial support of
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as to give a ch ar expression to the will of the majority.
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Richmond, 31st May, 1843.
PROSPECTUS
OF
THE SPECTATOR.
fjAIIE Subscriber will continue top blish, at Wasli
-4 ingiun, D. C . the SPECTATOR weekly. It
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ples, and will adopt for its nio'to tile words ol the Hon.
-lot lll C. Calhoun ’'Free Trade; Low Dunes; No-
Debt; Separation from Banks ; Economy, Retrench
ment, and strict adherence to the Constitution and
W ill hear aloft his truly Democratic banner. It will al
so strongly advocate ihe limitation ol the tenure of the
Presidential office to r>e term —not only in justice to
the distinguished public men ol the nation, hut as more
consonant to the genius of our Republican institutions,
and more conducive to a faithful and independent
ministration of the Government.
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the permanent ascendancy of these cardinal princi
ples, ihe Splctator will zealously urge upon ihe coun
try tire claims ot the distinguished Southern Staies
mun for ihe Presidency. In doing this, t will not be?
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bean Party, an 1 will manifest a proper regard for the
pretensions of the prominent individuals who have
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ti e advancement of these principles. The Spectator
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Washington, D. C , March 13, J 843.
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