Newspaper Page Text
MCMQ—i
MACON OEOR
ny n. BARTLETT.
.II.ICO.T, GJEOAIGI.1.
i'emn 01 Mibscriyiion.
Three l)oL\.kK*,p*idi* advance, will pay for the pa
per ouc year. Five Collars, paid in advance, will pay
for the paper two years. Tart Dole ars, paid in advance
\oiUpayfor the paper Jiea yean.
fFAe* not jut if within m month* after the fear has
commenced, Three Dollar» ayd Fifty Cente per annum
mill be charged. If not paid until the end of the ytar,
f'onr Dollars per annum will be charged-rmth interest
thereafter.
m Terms of Advertising.
TROY HILL.
THE undersigned informs his
friends and those of the late firm of
Cutter Sc Cornwall, that he intends re
anting the
ffSnre House A* Commission Business,
at the store next above the one recently occupied by
T. J. Chase, on "he margin of East Macon, known as
the town ofTroy. *
He further informs the public that he has bought the
. . , , -j . ... Good*, A c. and having now on the way, from New
Advertise neats not exceeding one huwlred words, half y orJ{ #|1< j other | )lCeg 5 1
a . i ’ Vry Goods and Groceries,
for One dollar. When mart^ than one Msetttoii u o**: together making his stock complete, which will be sold
73 rents for the first, and 50 cents for each continuance
Sheriffs’, Tat Collectors' and Coroners’ Sales arechai
ntd by the levy.
° Yearly Advertisers will be allowed two sauaresineack
paper far Twenty Dollars per anuum; and in the same
ratio for a larger space—payable quarterly.
On all accounts for Advertising. Job Printing, Sec.
as well as for subscription. Interest iciU be c.urged,
when nut scttl d within the year
,VctP fork if Darien JLine of Dackcls.
BRIG Amelia Strong, J- Chacd, Master,
Premium, Mr. Matthews, “
uew 44 Darien, C. P. Buckley, “
“ Macon, A. Bibbins, 4
'Schr. D. B. Crane. T. Baker, 4
All good and substantial vessels, well calculated for the
trade, with good accommodations for passengers, and
experienced commauders. One of the vessels will al-
way* bo at each end of the. Li no to receive freight, and
will nail regularly onco a week. Shippers by this line
can effect lusurauce at five eighths per cent and they
may rely upon the vessels being regularly despatched.
The subscribers aro also agents for several Steamboats
to run regularly during tlie boating season between
Darien, 11 twkinsviHc, and Macon, and are induced to
believe that they can give great facilities in forwarding
•mods destined for the interior of the State.
HAWES, MITCHELL A COLLINS.
Dorian. 1st July, 1835 Jt Agents.
Tflacoti Steam Boat Company.
BSMOVikt
s^sajair.
lli
low for ready pay, he will be ready to receive Cotton
early in the fall, and be prepared to make advances —
He would particularly notice to his friends the great
advantages his Warehouses have over those in the
dense part of the city with regard to Fire, they being
detached from other buddings and at a distance from
anv street or lane, and well enclosed
May 5 45 tf H. S. CUTTER.
Notice.
S AMUEL CLARKE surviving partner of the firm
of W. «&II Bryson, has taken into partnership
Francis McTeir and Robert H. Lawrence. The busi
ness will be continued atthe old stand, tinder the firm of
CLARKE, McTEIK A Co.
on the same liberal terms as heretofore. The under
signed will give his personal attention.- and solicits a
continuance of former favors. All debts due to, and
claims against W. & II. Bryson- will be settled by the
new firm. AAMUr.L CLARKE.
Steamboat SUPERIOR, Capt. Georgo Willcox,
do. EXCEL. ’* J- L. Willcox.
T HIS company have now their line of Boats in
complete order for freighting. They have a
new steamboat added to their line culled the Superior,
and ten Tow-Boats.
The Boats will run regularly between Macon and
Darien, one of the steamboats leaving Darien every
live or six days with tow-boats. The company have
now sixteen tow-boats, all firstrato boats, built express
ly for the navigation of the Oemnlgee and Altamnba
rivers; these increased - facilities will enable the com
pany the means of giving the greatest uespatch to
cotton or goods shipped by thoir line.
They have a Steamboat and a number of Sloops,
to carry cotton and merchandise between Darien and
Savannah, and Darien aud Charleston. There are
also, five first rate Packets running regnlnrly between
Darieu aud New York, which come to Hawes &
Mitchel, of Darieu.
Agentsfor the above Boats :
J. GODDARD, Macon.
Dover:, IIKJWT & Waiter, Charleston.
L. Baldwin & Co. Savannah,
Hawks, Mitchell & Collins, Darien,
Gao. K. Roberts, Hawkinsville,
Macon, 24th Dec., IS35.
Oemnlgee Steam Boat Compauy.
fjl HIS company will lie prepared mcoinmence bu
siuess, oarly'in the next season—They will hav
_ line of Packets between Netv York, and Darien on.:
steam vessels to forward goods from Darien to Macon
—Tlu' agents in Netv York, Charleston, and Savannah,
will be authorised to contract for the delivery of goods
in Macon, at a freight agreed on without intermedi
ate charge and the agent in Macon will roceive cotton
deliverable in Savaunah, Charleston, and New York—
The company’s vessels and boats, will be of first class
with experienced commanders, and no expense will be
•pared to meet the patronage of the public.
PH. K. YONGE A SONS, Agents in Darien.
may 27th 1835 49
Summer sTSli Hrrangemcnl ot the
Ware House S’ Commission Business
THE SUBSCRIBERS informtheir
4> ^£0 friends, and those of the firm of W. &
II. Bryson, that they will continue the
business under the firm of Clarke, Me
Teir & Co. at the stores occnpied by IV. & II. Bry
son ; all Cotton stored with us will be insured from
fire, free of expense to the planter, which will make
our Warehouse more safe than any fire-proof Ware
house hi the city. The rates of Storage will he cus
tomary. Liberal advances will be made on Cotton
and Produce, and all Cotton consigned to us by ciis
turners, will be sold free of commissions. The Receiv
ing A Forwarding business will be continued as here
tofbre. We hope that a strict attention to business
will merit a continuance of the patronage so long exten
ded to the firm of W. A H Bryson.
CLARKE. McTEIIl A Co.
Who have on hand, and offer for sale on their usual
liberal terms, the following, and also a large assort
ment of every article in the
Grocery L,iue,
wjiich business they continue on the same extensive
scale as conducted heretofore by W. A. H. Bryson.
1000 pieces best Hemp Bagging.
50 do Osnaburgs,
150 do Cotton Osnaburgs,
700 lbs hemp bagging Twine,
110 hbds Sugar,
40 do prime Molasses,
500 bags prime Coffee,
100 do green and white Java Cet.ee,
200 kegs cut nails, assorted,
5000 bushels clean Liverpool Salt,
650 sacks do do. in good order,
700 bbls assorted Domestic Liquors
6 pipes Cognac Brandy, 4th proof,
5 pipes pure Holland Gin,
2 hhds Jamaica Rum.
100, bbls and qrcasks of different kind* of Wines
10.000 lbs rock salt,
10,000 lbs Cnstins, assorted,
Also, a full assortment of Smiths’ Tools.
Augusta, July 20,1836. 57 2tnp
WAREHOUSE
AND
J.A.&S. S.
«, uteJt Makers Jy Jewellers
Would inform their friends afid j
the public, that they have reinov- j
ed their establishment to Cotton [
Avenue, to thes;.>re recently oc
cupied by J H 4b WS Ellis,drug-
gisu. where they will be happy to
serve any who may favor them with a call. Tnev
have in addition to their former stock, just received
from New York a huge and splendid assortment of
batches, Jewelry, &c,
of the latest fashions, which they will sell cheap for
cash—consisting of gold and silver levers, anchor es
capement, duplex, lepine, alarm and vertical Watch
es, of the best quality; gold, silver and steel guard
Chains, Seals aud Keys, Ear Knobs and Drops, Breast
Pins, Finger Rings, gold, silver and steel Spectacles,
gold and silver ever potnted Pencils, silver table, tea,
salt and mustard Spoons; Sugar Tongs, scup and
cream- Ladles—all of which will he warraited free
from alloy ; silver Cups, butter Knives, Castors, sil
ver plated and bronzed Candlesticks, Trays aid Snnf-
ers, Musical Boxes, Accordians, Flutes, Fiaj$oletts,
Fifes. Drums, dtc. Swords, sword Canes, Knives and
Pistols, among which is Baggies’ pocket Rifle, that
will shoot fifty yards with pqtcision; Gold Foil, Den
tist Files, shc-U, silver, gilt and horn Combs, Card ca
ses, Pocket Books and Purstts, silver Snuff boxes, sil
ver Toys, silver Thimbles, Scissors, coral, gift and
glass Beads, steel Peas, and a variety of other articles
usually kept in their line.
N. B. We have the best of material* for repairing
Watches of all kind*. S. S. V’s practical knowledge
of the business induces him to.thiuk that he can. and
will give satisfaction to all who may entrust their work
in his hands. Spoons&c-engraved- Oct-1
Watches,~Jewelry, Silver Ware, ttc7
‘STRIKE THE L»jm AGAIN.
From the German.
liarvest Song.
Autumn winds are sighing;
Summer glories living;
Harvest time is nigh:
Cooler breezes quivering.
Through the pine groves shivering,
Sweep the troubled sky.
minor publications, we were 'without a light to gnide
us, until the receut able and in’erestiug work of Dr
Combe, on Health and Mental Education. This work
[ furnishes a desideratum long needed, aud long felt.—
J W hile it supplies the student with the requisite text-
Sse tho fields, how yellow!
Clusters bright and mellow
Gleam on evert hill.
Nectar fills the fountains.
Crowns the sunny mountains.
Runs in every rill.
Notv the lids are springing—
Maidens blythe are singing—
Swells the harvest strain;
Evety field rejoices;
Thousand thankful voices
Mingle on the plain.
( book, it affords abundant evidence to all who 'read it,
I that many of the laws of health are fully known and
. defined, sufficiently so at least. to render them worthy
i the study-of every inquirer after truth, and tq place
upon bint, in the estimation of the impartial reader
the imputation of a madman and a suicide, who re-
j_*cts the conclusions of the author, and acts'in oppo
sition to his injunctions. We cahhot give a better de
scription of this book, than is'furnished bv the adver
tisement of the publishers:
‘•It mty,- in f ct, be called a guide to the most suc
cessful development of intellect, to the preservation of
health and the attainment of longevity It treats jti>
Then when day decline! b.
When the mild moon shineth,
Tabors sweetly sound j
Music softly sounding.
O'er the moon-lit ground!
eraMMMSStojr bcshvdss.
THE UNDERSIGN ID will con
tinue to transact the above business at
the Ware House occupiedby him last
season.
Grateful for the liberal patronage re
ceived from his friends aud the public, by strict atten
tion to business confided to his care, he hopes to merit
a share of the public patrooage.
He will make liberal advances on cotton stored with
him, or on shipments to Savaunah, Charleston and
New York. A. E. CHICKER1NG.
Macon. August 11 59 Cm
C. G. St. JOHN
W ATCH Maker A Jeweler Cotton Avenne op
posite Washington Hall, Respectfully iu-
forrns his friends and the public, that he has taken the
store formerly occnpied by the Hawkinsville Bank
where lie is now opening a new and splendid assort
ment ofWATCHES A JEWELRY of the best qual
ity and latest fashions selected with great taste and
judgement expressly for ibis market, among his assort
ment may he found Gold pocket Clironr,meters splen
did Gold Duplex, Paten*. Lever’s and Ruby Cylinder
Watches with Extra’Jewels and iudepenent seconds of
the most approved makers and rated to suit the dim-
ate and a general assortment of Ladies & Gentlemens
Gold and Silver. Patent Levers Lepine aid plain
Watches. Fine Gold Chains, Seals, Keys, Ear rings
Breast Pin-and Finger rings. Gold and silver ever
pointed |>eucils, Gold aud silver spectacles, silver
spoons, pen and pocket knives dirks, canes, pistols,
Ac. «fcc. Together with a great variety of other arti
des kept in hisliue
N. B. He lias selected the best of materials for re
pairing watelies and will give satisfaction to those who
may favor him with their custom.
A share ofpublic patronage is respectfully solicited.
Oct 27 18
To he Editor of the Macon Te egrap ;
“Houston county, August 15,18.16. '
“Dear Sir—In the August number of the .Literary
Journal, p blished in Ch irleston, there is an article
entitled “Laws of Health,” the object of which is to
recommend the study of Physiology in ur colleges.
I have just learned that the Trustees of the Georgia
Uuiversity, last summer, recotnmeuded to the Legis
lature the institutio of a Professorship f r that pur
pose. The Legislature h ve yet to act upon it, t
may therefore be of same use to give tbe article a more
general publicity. If the columns of your paper are
notpre-occupied, I should be gratified to see the at*
cle inserted.” U.
Pioneer Slcatn & Pole Boat Line.
T HE proprietors of the nbovp line notify their
friends and the public, that they will have rub-
ning on the Altnniaha and Oemulgee rivers daring
the summer and fall months, four or five Pole Boats,
particularly ailapted to Into stages of water, and which
will be aided by Steamboats when the water will per
mit. Shifter* by this liue may depend upon every at
tention beingpaid, and exertion used to give despatch
to property snipped by it to any of the landings on
said rivers. J. T. ROWLAND, Ag’t Xacon.
' AGENTS.
Messrs Holcombe, Peck A Co. Charleston.
E. P. Butts, Esq. Savannah.
Rowland, Crane At Shackelford, Darien.
* Halstead, Tatlor & Co. Hawkinsville.
Macon. June 30 1 dm .
JTOTMCE.
THE “Steamboat Company o 1
Georgia,” oiler to ahipperc unusu*
ay al facilities for transportation o
Goods and produce between Sa
vannah and Augusta. Having three first ra|e steam
ers of speed and light draft of water, with a full set of
tow boats, the Company will lie enabled to despatch
three sets of tow boats per week, with a navigable riv
er. and in the event of a low river their new iron
steamboat Chatham, it is expected will be enabled to
reach Augusta at all times if there should be three ieet
water in the channel of the river. Their other steamers,
Cherokee and Georgia,
drawing not over three fee’ 6 inches, can, at any timp,
other thuu the lowest state of the river, ascend to Au
gusts.
With these facilities for the convenience of the pub
lic, the Stesmboat Company rely upon the continu
ance of the patronage of the public, with an a-sntance
on the part of the Directors of tho Steamboat Com
pany, that every attention will bo paid in the protcc-
tionof property aud giving despatch to the same.
Aug K <J0 St WM, TAYLOR.
President S. B. Co. of Georgia.
Commission Business, Baricn.
T HE Undersigned have formed a Copartnership
lorthe purpose of transacting a general Com
mission aud other business under the firm of
SNOW & ROGERS,
and offer their services to their friends, and the public
generally, in the above business. Forwarding Goods
and produce to and from the interior of the State, will
receive particular attention. It may be proper to
ststo that they have no connection with any of the
Ste un transportation lines; Goods forthe interior will
always be shipped by those who will probably give
them the greatest despatch. ISAAC SNOW,
Jan 1,1836 28 GEO T. ROGERS
merchants’ Insurance Company of
Macon.
Capital Slock 100,000 Dollars :
A COM FAN V', under the above title, has recently
been founded witli an actual cn*h capital of
fine Hundred 'Thousand Dollars,
to be paid nil the first of October next, at which time
they will commence taking marine risks to and from
tho’city of Macon, to any port <>r place in the United
States'; the capital stock'will beheld ready at all times
to meet any losses that in»y bo duo from thecoinpauy.
The claims of this Company, when contrasted with
those of other distant offices, heretofore having done
much business here, justifies the belief that thislocal
institution, based asitis, will be liberally patronized,
particularly when the terms are as liberal as in any o-
ther marine offices.
James Goddard, President.
Wn. B. Parker, 'j
F. bX..u, } Dimu "
Tnos. Taylor, J
June 16 51-tf James Rea. Secretary.
NEW SPRliMx CLOTHING
IIOIMCE FITCH
I S now opouing at the store opposite th“ Washing-
Hall, a new and handsome assnrtmeutol
Spring and Summer Clothing:,
which has been made up by L. Fitch, and will be sold
cheap for cash, consisting in part of
Super black, brown, green and olive catnblett f. Coat*,
•* “ 44 44 dress Coat*,
44 •• “ bombazine, f. do.
«< J * 44 - 41 44 dress do,
44 44 “ 44 summer cloth.
Brown and white gross linen frock coats & coattees,
Brown and white German aud French linen do. do.
black and green boraazine coats,
pants. French & German Un. do
bl'k Jit green camblett do lasting & Circassian do
olive »fc brown do do Dutch and mixt do
br’wn«V- while grasslin do white aud buff niersailles
do do drilling do vests,
do do imp. cord do do do vaientia do
linen & doe skin do fig. Sc rib. mersailles do
crape dril. & honey comb plad & spotted do do
pants. do tie. fig’d shelly do
merino, casiiner, lasting do English & French silk do
cantoons and cord do bl’k &. fig’d velvet do
cloth & casimere do Florentine and bombazino
with a general assortment do
of common do with a good assortment of
white & grass linncn short common do
Fine linneu and cotton shirts, liunen and cotton
drawers, Angola nett shirts and drawers, &c. &c.
Also, stocks, collars, bosoms, gloves, cotton, random,
linen, black and white silk half hose, black horse skin,
bnck skin, blaek and white silk and linen gloves, sus
penders, a variety, Spittilfield, pongee, flag and ban-
dia bdkfs. Italian plaid, fig’d aud red bordered cravats,
white do. stripe ronsian belts, braces, flue brown linen,
(for .childrens’ aprons) blue, black and green broad
cloths, white drilling, bombazine, and merino cassi-
mere, fine palui leaf bats, common do, children’s leg
horn do. and cap*, also, a large assortment of
Hats, Shoes, Bools, Sc.
which I invite my friends and public to give me a cau
ar the store next door to IV. 1». Johnson
march :tl 40 HORACE FITCH.
WARE HOUSE
AND
Commission Business.
THE undersigned respectfully in
forms his friend* and the public gpn- .
erally, that he has become proprietor of
the large and commodious Warehouse
iu East Macon, formerly occupied by Messrs Hamil
ton A Haves, where he will transact the above busa-
Commission Business, Darien.
1 1 HE undersigned have resumed business as a-
bove, and will as heretofore pay prompt atten
tion to all business entrusted to their care. We believe
we have made arrangements that will enable its at all
times to forward goods for the interior with the least
possible delay, by steamboats when the river will ad
mit, or in extreme low river by small flats or lighters,
built expressly for that business. On our wharves
are large Storehouses, calculated for die storing of cot
ton at the least possible expense, and our opportunities
to forward cptton inland or coastwise, are not exceed
ed by any other House. Darien, May 20,1835.
HAWES. MITCHELL & COLLINS.
NOTICE.
WM. II. 1IUKDSALL.
H AS Just received a new aud extensive as
sortment of
Heady-made Clothing.
Superfine blue, black, invisible green, Adejaid, oil ye
brown and green Broadcloth Dress Coats,
Superfine blue, black, brown and green Cloth Frock
Coats, . _
Superfine bine, olive, green and mix’d Cloth Coattees,
aud blue, steel mix’d and fancy colored Sattinet
Coattees and Frock Coats.
Super, blue, black, invisible green, drab, brown, olive,
and green Cloth Pantaloons,
Blue, black and fatlcy colored Sattine: pantaloons,
Youth’s cloth and sadincl Dress and Frock Coats,
do do do - Pantaloons,
Black and blue Cassimere, black and colored Velvet,
black Florintiue, black Bombazine, dark and light
colored Valeiitia, English Silk, colored and white
Merscilles Toiliuet, Swansdown and Sattinet Vests
Camlet Cloaks and Great Coats,
Mixed, brown Cloth & Patersham Box Coats.
Lyon Skin Overcoats,
Fine Linen Shirts. Collars, Bosoms, Socks. &c
.■1 .Vetr Slock of
SPRING AN»» SUitlHIER CLOTHING,
JUST RECEIVED BY
WM. II. BUKDS.&Z.L,
T the new Fire Proof Buildings„ corner of Mul
berry and Second streets, including the follow
ing:
T HF. subscribers having purchased the entire Staek
of Mr. Isaac Newball, now offer for sale, at ve-
ness in all its branches. He will make liberal advan- ar ticles. Also constantly receiving
ry reduced prices, and on very accommodating terms,
60 cases Routs and sboes. of all descriptions,
14 cases fine fashionable Hats,
662 pieces American and English prints,
2 Cases silk and Gingham Umbrellas,
50 doz palm leaf Hats.
Blankets, .hntinga and sheetmg, aud various o’her
ces on Cotton stored with him, or on sliipments to any
of his friends in Savannah, Charleston or New-York,
when de>ired; and by his nnremitted nttontion to bn
ainesi. hopes to receive such share of public patron-
age as hi* exertions and accommodatimw ma
NEW GOODS
from the mannfactnrers. Merchants and Planters will
do well to call and examine, as they can be wild less
than they can be bought in New York and laid do wn
here, by 10 percent. ’CL HOWLAND,
July 7 54 N G PHILIP-.
N B. The .hid ion -V Commission
The subscribers have entered into copartnership un- j jfirsincss. will lie conducted at the same stand, next
der the firm of door to the Post Office. The pntnnage of the public
FLANDERS »i COOK* ! is respectfully solicited. C L IIOWI.ANI) A- Co.
aud will, ir rddilicn w their present stock, constantly f r
be receiving rom New-York and Boston, a large ind j
general assetiment of -
D/£\* GOODS St GJIOCCBIDS, 1
comprising Hats. Shoes, 5-addlery, Iron, Salt, Bag
ging, and every other article in that line of business >
Thsir friends and the public generally, are invitee to
‘♦five I beat a call, •! the stor. forsict^wjupwo bv D.
Flanders
Joly 28
D. FLANDFRS,
II. L. C‘»OK
A ^ assoirmeni tff Harness. Bridle atK* I T RK>^L ea *
iher, for sale by CRAFT A
July I ; j •
Camp Oil.
■ iallon- Winter strained Lamp Oil very
hand.ome—just received and for sale
. * ly H. & J. SHOTWtLL.
Jan. 14. 30 Opposite the Central Hotel.
500
For Sale*
250.000
61 hbds gt Croix Sugar of superior quality,
50 bags Coffee,
45,000 lbs Swede Iron
100 kegs Nails, assorted,
25' hhds choice Molasses,
150 whole and half bbls Canal and Ricnmond
Flonr.
5 pipe* pure H. Gin and C. Brandy warranted
pure Jind three j ears old.
20 bbU old Monongahala Whiskey, 5 proof,
75 bbla pure Rwtn, and 20 Gin.
41 DAVID RALSTON.
Summer cloth, Bombaziue, Grass Cloth, Grass and
Brown Linen Circassian and Ronan Cassimere
FROCK COATS.
Summer Cloth, twilled Merino, grass Cloth, grass
aud brow a Linen, and Rouan Cassimere COATEES.
Summer Cloth, Bombazine, Erminnt, Cyprus, wor
sted and Vaientia Crape, Napoleon Cord, Angola Caa-
stmere, brown and gra*s Linen and Drilling, Fancy
Drilling, Pongee, Mexican mixt, Rouan Cassimere
and Jeans PANTALOONS.
Boys summer Cloth, grass Cloth, brown linen, and
Rouan Cassimere FROCK COATS, ‘COATEES
and PANTALOON'S.
White and buff grass Cloth, huff and brown Linen,
Pongee, Rouan Cassimere and Jea ns ROUND JACK
ETS.
A large assortment of fancy VE STS.
Fine Linen Shirts. Silk under Sihirts and Drawer*,
Ac &r Arc.
F; F. LEWIS & T. F. NEWTON,
.Hermant Tailors,
H AVE ent.-red into co-partnur.-diip under the firm
of Lewis & Newton, for tha purpose of trans-
setiug business iu their line.
| They expect to have on liana irum New York, in a
short time, a general assortm-.-nt of Cloths, Caasi-
meres, Vesting*, &c. Which, together with the stock
ou hand will make their arsorti nent complete.
Also, a general assortment of Readv-Made Clothing
which will be sold low for cash. They solicit a share
of the public patroi.age.
1. F. LEWIS,
T. F. NEWTON. 1 ,
Aug 18 60
fit
RS. ANN F. TAYLOR A Mis* MARGARET
lTJL J. HARVEY will open School, at their fa
State -
I G. B. CARHART will act as my ,
"eneral Agent durin" my absence from the , ther’s residence, on the first Monday in September,
June 16.1838. J. GODDARD. Aug 11 59
From th; Southern Literary Journal.
TIic Laws of Health.
“Know thyself,” is a precept which ha* ever been
considered as imperative as it is wise. It has always,
however, had reference, in its application, to the mo
ral and intellectual, rather than the physical man.—
Thousands of volumes ha e been written to exhibit
and develope the powers and susceptibilities of the
human mind, the character and tendency of the af
fections ol the heart, replete with instrnctiou forthe
improvement of the one, and the regulation of the o-
tlier. While genius and talents have been thus exert
ed, and been so liberally poured forth, the results of
their researches and labors in relatiou to the inner
man, is it not strange that so little regard has been
paid to tbe outer roan ? Tr o it is, the one is hea
ven-born and immortal, endued with susceptibilities
of ceaseless improvement, while the other, the tene
ment that encases it, is frail, fragile, and snbjectto de
cay Yet, it is equally true, that the happiness of
man is, in a great measure dependent npon his physi
cal condition; nav, that this sometimes controls his
eternal destiny. In expressing o -i ( surprise that so
little has been done to render us acquainted with our
physical structures, we intend not to depreciate what
medicine has effected, in discriminating, and curing
the diseases which flesh is heir to. Here, much has
been achieved. Here, many important discoveries
and improvements have bepn made. It has been,
however, the aim of the medical profession, to ascer
tain the character of the malady, and to learn how to
apply the remedy, rather than to investigate the caus-
ses of disease, and prevent its existence. The sci
ence of ph siology—the laws of the human constitu
tion—the only basis of correct knowledge of ph steal
man, have never received the attention they merit,
have never been ascertained and defined with the pre
cision their importance demands. We are not ol the
profession, ana will therefore lortify the assertion by
the testimony of a competent witness. Dr. Combe,
speaking on this subject, says:
“There is scarcely a medical school ill tins country,
(Great Britain) in which any special provision is made
for teaching it; the pupil being left to elaborate it for
himself from amid information communicated to him
for other purposes.”
In our country, it is believed, the remark of Dr.
Combe will apply with equal, if not still greater force.
If then, ancli are the facts in the department of life,
wlteu we should reasonably expect a far different stale
of things, how few and limited must be the facilities
of correct information in t o community at large?—
How general and deplorable the ignorance of, and
consequent disregard to, the fundamental laws regu
lating our physical condition ? That this inattention
and ignorance prevail, and even among educated men,
every day’s experience furnishes ample testimony. It
is proved by the patent specifics, nostrums and pana
ceas, that every where find their ready and confiding
patrons. It is proved by the prevailing and extended
quackeries of the empirick—by the thousand various
and contrarient prescriptions which are daily admin
istered, from the “«j*yhji«r4p” of tho old women, to
the number six of the man of steam-—means, often
times as ’inadequate to the end, as would be the at
tempt to extinguish the fires of Mount Etna by a
syringe, and as disproportioned as would be the heat
of the Volcano, to the absorption of a drop of water.
The truth is, the great mass of maukind are ignorant
—totally ignorant of themselves. They know not the
dangers to which they are exposed, nor with how much
facility many of them may be obviated or remedied.—
When disease lays his heavy hand upon them, if no
faithful physician is near, their efforts at recovery are
experimental; all before the is dark, dreary an! in
comprehensible. Why is it, that this apathy exists
upon a subject in which we are so deeply interested?
Why is it. that men learned in every other department
of literature and science, are content to live and die,
ignorant of those laws o: nature to which they are
subject and npou which so much of their happiness
and usefulness tnay depend ? Are the laws ol health
enveloped in a darkness that cannot be penetrated ex
cept by the professional mediciner? Is he always to
enjoy the monopoly,and shall none other be permit
ted to look behind the veil which he has aided to con
struct and throw around the subject? We live in an
4ge of improvement. It has been truly termed the h-
tilitarian age. Men of the present day are throwing
off many ofthe prejudices, which for ages have fet
tered their predecessors. Is it not time that the pre
judices which so long have existed^ and which have
prevented inquiry and the acquisition of correct and
genera] knowledge in relation to the matter under
consideration, should be removed? We have long
thought that that system of education waB defective,
which does not embrace it within its scop6, and conse
quently, that all our higher schools aud colleges are
censurable for the omission.
We coutend, that in all the colleges of our country
achair should be filled by a professor, competent t«
teach the general principles of physiology—the laws
of health. In favor of this innovation, and in exami
plain, familiar and perfectly intel igible language, not
of disceaso til its ten thousand painful aud appaili..g
forms! but of the apparently trivial .circumstances in
« hich disease has it* unsuspected origin; shows, for
examplb, how it is that a wet foot produces in time an
affeqtion of trie lungs, why cleanliness promote^ and
preserves health, how exercise produces its beneficial,
and indo ence its had efforts; explains, so far as can
be Explained, the mutual action of rniud and body up
on each other; and tells us ho.vv to av id disease, by
preventing or repairing the too' often unreg rded im
prudences and neglects, which, trifling as they seem,
are yet. in almost every case, the real, though remote
agents in producing illness. The excellence of the
work is two-fold; first, it: the truth, the wi-dom, and
the comprehensiveness of ts instruction; secondly, in
the total absence of all technicality, and the straight
forward simplicity of the ideas, as well as the hingitagc
in which they are conveyed. The matters set 1‘urtli
areoi paramount interest among all worldly objects to
every rational being, inasmuch as they relate to the
greatest duration and highest enjoyment of life, and
they are so exhibited, that »o medical knowledge, no
peculiar strength of intellect, nothing more, in short,
than plain common sense is requisite for their com
plete appreciation.”
If this be a correct description ol tho labors f Dr.
Combe, (and we believe it to be true in every particu
lar,) there cun be no validity in the objection, that the
principles of physiology are not sufficiently dclii.ed.
to make them a subject of collegiate study. One thing
at least is certain, all can be taught here, that is known
by those who claim a monopoly of the science; in
other words, the student can learu ail that is known
by the physician, to whose judgment aud guidance he
is now compelled, blind-folded, to'surrender himself.
_ ♦** i*.on*
sands, to evade, detect and remedy, mar.v ef ;ba ri:d-
adies to which those nearest at.*!d.-are-t
posed. 'Is"ke.p(jiccdL(artd wim is not at tinu »' where
fiis frionds aud neichPbr* in tii-' Kefir of peril, cannot *
have access ‘o the counsel and skill'fff (he regular pb» »
sician, hotv much more extensiv* 1 : mV bo tbe.spbero
of h>s usefltliiess? In our Soiuhr' Kenuntry, rorriC-
erations growing out of rinr domesticrir.stil’iiinn!*. af
ford additional arguments in favor of iFe study, .Vs-
uy .ofour pliilitersareoduraio.jt meji. g/atln.’ttespf col
leges. They are the gunrdians.of Die health of those
dependent upon them, an;! oftentimes pecessttv :.mt
'uiuiauity compel'them ta act ffie part of life Teemcal
practitioner, as WeJt'as adviser. IIow much belter
would they be qualified for the duties incumbent npon
hem. had’ffieir early education led-’ them to the invo*i
Ligation of‘the character of physical man, and of tho
laws which regulate bis health t >
5. .Another advantage of tha proposed study, is its
tendency to urrest ffie progress of empiricism, and tii
elevate the character of tin*medical profession. That .
quackery, in its various form*, is extending wiih rapid '
strides, that it already' ranks among its disciples aiid
patronS. many of the higher and more intelligent clas
ses of society, and that the nuniber ofthescisdaily
increasing, are truths as obvious toVvwy observer as
■is-the ftc:. that confidence in the medical profession is
continually diminishing. This is a state of tiling = ap
palling to the feelings of every friend of science ot
every patriot and philanthropist., .That it shouldtt- m
ist iu ibis intellectual age. this- age of improvement,
is a singular anomaly. But ns anomalous as it may
appear, it is a striking evidence of that improvement.
Men now will not, submissively, surrender themselves
to the dictation’of others without examination; they -
think for themselves and act from the conviction* of
their own understandings. When they see therefore,
with what facility a medical student can obtain ht* Ij-
oeu.se to kill and to cure, how little is the time devoted
to -tndy. how limited the knowledge acquired, iho un- I
willingness, (arising too often from inability) to give
the rationale of the mode* of disease and their tomc- % -
dies. or when attempted to be given, the learned < 1
ttiCai jargon, betraying the igfioranpe ofihe ntflbof .ind
the jarring contentions and citnlrarietit pfnirlic ■ in il
lation to the same case, of different members of the
same profession, they come to the conclusion ih .: the
doctors’ science is nothing more than theory, hi* skiH.
successful experiment, and-they couseqpebtly, : reject
ijjs prescriptions and regard him as au incubus upon <
society.
With how much propriety tiie.se conclusions sre .-•.t-
tained, and this ostracism enforced, it is not o-ur desire
89
From the friendsand admirers of metaphysics and po- j nor onr pro\ irtce to determine. If is sufficient for onr
litical economy at least, this objection would come vviui | purpose, that it will be denied by none out of the pru-
a very ill grace. For all who know uy thing of ttiesc j lession. and by hut few,in it. that Ih’o medical proles-
scieuces so called, nifitd acknowledge that as in the j sion is degraded by the low standard of attainments
one from Locke, to Brovvn, every writer has had his required for admission, by incapacity iti numerous in
own peculiar system, founded upon the exploded tkeo- stances, by the oracular mode of communicating its o-
ries of those who have gone bolbie him, so in the bill- I pinions, often adopted by the frequently cautious con-
er, the labors of diuith aud Say, Kicard • mid Cooper, ) ceaknent from the patient and his intelligent friends,
wi h all toe other prominent authors, exhibit a destitu
tion of harmony and demonstration which forces the
conclusion, that the knowledge of those who know
most, is, at best, indefinite, vague aud uncertain. Yet
in every college of our country, there is a professor of
metaphysics, and in not a few, of puiitical economy.
But what are the adv ullages to result from the pro
posed plan ?
1. Pretention of disease, and the health of the stu
dent. When a youth enters the walls of a college, he
enters upon a new tiieatre of existence The re
straints of parental solicitude are no longer around
him. Temptations, having a direct bearing upon his
present aud future health, are evety where before him,
ou the o o hand, to exert to their utmost cUrnpas-. the
powers of his intellect; on tbe other, to yetid u> tile se
ductive allurements of indolence, pleasure and vice.—
Ignorant of his physical structure, of its functions, of
its connection with external objects, and of their influ
ences, he is the sole guardt tt of his health. How 'of
ten is it :hat here the seeds of disease are sown, igno
rantly permitted to vegetate, and sometimes even fos
tered with sedulous care ? How of ten does disease,
thus generated, if tt dues not hurry its victim to an
early grave, follow him through years of protracted
pain, and briug upou him tbe infirmities of a preuji
lure old age ? Whar, though it permit him to ascend
the bills of science and tii drink at the fountains ot
classic lore, yet every step is impeded by physical de
crepitude, and every draught is attended with pain
From ignorance of the laws of health, and disregard to
them at this perio . what talents have been cut oil,
what usefulness destroyed, what expectations blighted,
what individual suffering endured! Who is there tii.it
in the circle of his acquaintance, cannot point to those
who cau trace the origin of their broken constitutions
aud dilapidated etrength, to some trivial excess or neg
lect iu the days of their college life; or to others in a
similar condition, who will declare, that had they then
kuown the elementary principles of jdiysiology. “the
winter of their discontent” would have been d ferred
and they have evaded the withering prospect before
them, of having their “sun to set at noon ?” The
friends of education have long been sensible of tbe
dangers to which we allude. Aud efforts have not
been wauling to obviate and re ieve them Ileace the
institution of gymnastic exercises, of manual labor
schools, aud of otner expedients of similar'character
and tendency. T/iese, under certain circumstances,
i-iay be useful, but they pre-snpposr au acquaintance
on the part of those for whose benefit they are inten
ded, with tiie human constitution, its functions and sus-
sceptibiiities, wiiich does not exist. They overlook
the propriety, and necessity, of that previous know
ledge which should direct their application, and upon
which their utility depends They are, for the most
part, ro gh-edged instruments, and when placed iu
the hands of those who know not when or howto
of the character of his disease, its remedies, their con
nection with it, aud’their modus operandi. It is fioi’i
these causes, mote than any thing else, that have origi-'
ii.ited the popular distrust in till’ science and i:.< pro-
ffissors, and to their operation,is to he attributed the
progress and prevalence of empiricism. Why should
thesecatlsesexist, and these consequences result?—
The answer is found in the fact that the mediciner
deals with those who are ignorant of tho fundamental
principles upon which the utility of liis art is founded,
and of the duties incumbent upotThiin, with llio.-e who
yield implicit obedience to bis decrees, without being
able todeiectliis errors. Hence, ali fearojjj theqonsr-
quencesof mal-practice is removed, there exists no re
sponsibility to public opinion, and theieis,i|o. stimulus
to study and fidelity, other than that arising from pro
fessional pride, and the approbation of a good cniiiCt-
ence. In the other learned professions, a man’s men
tal calibre, the extent of his acquirements and tha pe-
euliat adaptation ot his talent* to his department, are
immediately ascertained, and iu public estimation he
at once sinks to the level, or rises to the elevation to
which his real merit entitles tiim- The Opmifnil phjj:-^.
sio«Hi,-however, cun smbothiv jilide'atmig the current,
and without a shadow of claim to it. can meet with
success; and sometimes obtain celebrity, and tbe true
character of his intellect and attainments' nro never
known. Non-let the science of physiology be taught
in onr colleges^ and there will annually go forth an ar
my of disinterested witnesses, competent to prove,
that the human constitution is governed bv known
Jaws, whattho.se laws are, and the absurdity and falla
cy of. those who, ignorant of them, undertake to pres
cribe fur. aud regulate the systems in which they ope-
e fur. aud regulate the systems iu whi
rate. Their ideasvvill be communicated to, and exert
their influence upon, their families, their friends, and
tira circle* in which they move. The quack (will be
compelled to retire from the field of his devastations.
Ttie regular physician will learn the necessity of be
ing able to explain the principles upon which he acts,
and of laying aside as a cloak, too thin to ho of any a-
vail. the mystery in whichsome now attempt to shroud
themselves, and' throw around their duties. Public
opinion, thus enlightened aud regulated, will bo to thu
profession a refiner’s fire, it will purifv it from the
dregs which have encumbered it. and subjected it to
odium, aud will place the deserving upon an elevation,
whdfe they will command the confidence and respect
of all.
Wo might go on with an enumeration of the bene
fits to be conferred by the introduction of this study in
to our colleges. \Ve shall, however,content ourselves
witli simply, adverting to itsteiuleupy to tbe promotion
of virtuous conduct, to the increased ability it will af
ford the individual affected by disease, to give to hi*
medical advisci; a more iutell gible account of its histo
ry and character; and to the effect produced upon him
use ; by his own knowledge, that in submitting to theptc-
thetn, as experience lias fully proved, they are' a* aptto scription* of hi* physician, Ik! is rendering oledieucc
nation of some of the advantages resulting front it,
we propose to offer a few remarks.
Before entering into this discussion, it majr be im
portant to premise, that we do not wish, under the de-
pa tment proposed to be instituted, to establish a me
dical school, or in any wa. to underrate the impor
tance L>f a regular and independent medical education.
AU that is desired is, thit physiology shall be taught as
other sciences are taught—the fundamental principles
explained, defended and impressed upon the mind.—
Will it be said,
-A liule teamin' i* » dnngeroui thia?.
Drink d nop, or U*te not tha pieriaa »prme V
The truth of this monition is no more applicable
here, th-rn to • 11 other branches of’ education. No
one expects a student in college to become an accom
plished' mathematician, geologist, chemist or political
economist. And no one would expect him to become
a thorough and perfect physiologist. His proficiency
in one department, it may fairly be presumed, would
bear an equal comparison to his improvement in‘be
other*: and the same rule, so far as extent of acquisi
tion is concerned, that would render one useless or
dangerous, would apply equally to all.
The question here suggests itself, are the laws reg
ulating th« human constitution sufficiently ascertained
an define!, to render them worthy of an introduction
into a course of thorough and systematic instruction ?.
fr is unquestionably true, and as strange as true, that
there has been upon thi* snbject-a lamentable deficien
cy of observation and research. Allis not known that
should, and will be, known. Here, as in mental phi-
losopoy. theory upon theory has been erected and d
do injury as good. Who cau expect a Imildiug to be
erected according to the rules of architectural taste, by
the novice, who is ignorant of the first principles f
his art and the use of his tools ? Who can expect, that
his own frame, “a harp of a thousand strings.” can be
kept in tune, by one who knows nothing of its con
struction? Let then the student be early instructed in
a knowledge of himself, of those general laws which
control the human .constitution. He will then team
the character and capacity of bis physical powers, how
numerous and potent are the influences which, like
covert foes, are lying in wait to seize upon and de
stroy him, and-how to evade their approach and resist
theirattacks
2. The study of physiology is calculated to exert a
beueficial effect upon the mnraj feelings ofthe student.
He is here led to the contemplation of one of the no-
blest displays of the wisdom and power ofthe groat
Creator. In his own body lie beholds a world within
itself.—all its parts inutiiailv dependent upon each o-
ther, acting in perfect harmony, and exactly adapted to
the purposes for which they were respectively inten
ded. While with Drvden he is led to the acknowledg
ment, that
“God sever made hi* work for mu to mend,”
he is irresistibly constrained to reverence aud adore
tbe author of his being.
3. An acquaintance with the science, leads to a more
complete development of the intellectual powers.—
There is no truth in philosophy more clearly establish
ed than, that the operations of the mind are intimately
connected with the physical organization, and conse
quently that the successful cultivation of the former,
depends upon the observance of the laws of the latter.
For instance, the brain is the organ of the mental fa
culties. Let this be effected by an excess of activity
or repose, by stimulating drink or food, by anger, joy
or grief, aud to the same extent are the faculties of the
mind affected. He that learns therefore, what are the
physician, 1
to the Uws of his Creator. Our object has heeu ra
ther to solicit consideration of the subject, than to dis
miss it ip all its dentils. We believe the clay is ap
proaching, when such will be the improvements of
general and profcssicuaj eibiuatlon, that it will he un
derstood to an extenf, and followed by practical results
affecting tlie ImppiiiesS and usefn1nb.es of onr race,
which none now cAn adequately conceive. Wo call
then upon our legislators, upon those who < ontopl tho
literary institutions of our country, the gliariJiao* and
guides of the education audimprnveinent of em youth,
to give it the nttetitiou its importance demands.
Geo gia.June, lSliti. In
organic laws to which he is subject, learns at the same
time the ’ necessity of obedience to them, in order to
the full de velopment of the intellect. _
4. Thi* knowledge is nspfiif in subsequent life. In
the selection of studies, constituting what is usually,
t-'rm d a liberal education, two objects are alwavskept
in view, viz: to extend the powers of the mind and ,
to improve iu or in the language of an able writer in
tlie d'niitirgh Review, “to make the mind an instru-
m 'lit for the improioment of science,and to makesci-
enee aijius’r’tiuent for tbe immovement ofthe mind
To effect the foi mer object mathematics and logic are
.d int 'd, and to aeVomn1i«h the latter, reference is had
to df! general ranee of other sciences, preference be
ing given to the* most clos dv connected with the
practical purpose* of life. Now upon this principle
of selection, (and it is every yrbare roeognixed.) why
it is that th'‘*cience under consideration h.i« been uni
versally ex bided it i« difficult lo divine. Next to a
knowledge of hi* elnions ■ind duties to his Creator,
whateafi be of more on in-itice to a national being?
What more useful - in ' I the relations of life? What
the amount of^ovd it mav eoah'o one to avoid, and of
I good to confer? Its henefi;* ore not routined.to the
j moltshed. In'our own language, excepting the la-: individual himtidf f* be the head of a family 7 It
her* of Sir John Sinclair, aud some subsequent and will onable him to .avoid the errors of physical and jaen-
Suicidt.—Mr Joshua Bradford!, who resided iu
the west part of this town, committed suicide by
cutting liis throat with a sytbc, ou the night ol
SSfth instant. Do (old liis wife that ho lienri!
cuttle breaking into his enclosures, tinil left the
house tinder pretence ofturning them out. After
some time, his wife becomiug alarmed ;ii Iris
absence, awoke several of the neighbors ;:ud
made diligent search for him ; but he w is nor
found until inoruiug. Ho was in a field sonif
distance from the house, his throat cut from oar
to oar, and the bloody scythe lying by bis side.—
(jo was about 33 years of age. iu easy’ circum
stance, and had a wife aud several ciiildreti-
Ptatlsburgh Hep.
Fatal Accident. Robert D. Huey, Esq., ar
highly respectable citizen of Harris county, was.’'
on Monday morning last, shot through iho bedyv
and expired in a few hours. ‘1 be Diets,- as iiir
learned them, are these: Mr. Huey hud heeu a*’--,
tempting to uubreach a rifle guu, that was, con
trary to his kuowledge, loaded. For that puv-’
pose, he placed the breach iu the Crc. at tbe SUtBrnT
time holding the muzzle, wfceu she went uT.prv-
duciug the above stated, catastrophe, t rc/ou-
personal ncqaiutanct) with Mr. Huey, we feel un
hesitancy io saying that his fiwitfy uictwitii a !osj-
tliat cauQut be repaired, find tbe ixjnxpuuity w»-
uhich he lived ag, cacvlloot neighbor'and use+iti
ciizen.—Col. Sen.
Eleven hundred dogs Iravo beeu killed nti4
hmiod in this city within the last :en days. Thi
City Inspector paid for tlrar du/uber. and the r
probability is that nisuv more 1
which no account bus > >-’•-«»• «*',
allowed is fifty cents e;;.. o l
:>er, and
re uil'ed, of j?
i The sqi^
t S53ti have
'becu paid it the time mentioned:—A'. T- Ftmep.
