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ST? f. / l ? & * THE OLIVER II. PRINCE. —PUBLISHED WEEKLY— Editor & Pro prietor; NEW SERIES—VOL. I. NO. 52. MACON, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 23 1845. WHOLE NUMBER 989 T£LECtRAPH & REPUBXIC. 13 1P01ILI5HKD EVERY TUESDAY MORNING BY O. H. PRINCE, at three dollars per annum. INVARIABLY IN AD VA N C E ADVERTISEMENTS arc inserted at $1 OO per a pure fur tlie Krai insertion, and Jtl cent, pet square for each insertion thereafter. A reasonable deduction will be made to those who adf er* tiie by the year. Jt. Sales of LANDS, by Administrators. F.xeca- Z,rs.nr Guardians, are required by law, to be held on the /int Tuesday in the month, between the hours of ten in the | irenoon, and three in the afternoon, at the Court-house, in the cuunty in which the land ia situated. Notice of these sales must be given in a public gazette SIXTY DAYS pre vious to the day of snle. Sales of NEGROES must he made at a public auction on lb# first Tuesday of the month, between the usual h lurs ,4ssle.at the place of public sales in the county where tlio letters of testamentary, of Administration nr Guardianship, -»av have been granted, finltjfiig SIXTY DAYS notice Ithercof.in oneoltlie public gazettes of ibis State, and at the innrbf the Court house, where siieh sales are to be bold. Nolirfc fir the sale of Personal Property must be given in 9ike maimer. FO RTY days previous to the day of sale. Nutiae to the Debtors and Creditors of an estate must be Ymblished FORTY days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Or- Vli'iYry for leave to sell LAND, must be published for VO UR MONTHS. . N'ltire for leave to sell NEGROES must be published of FOUR MONTHS, before any order eL.oiute shall he made thereon by ifcc Ciurt. Citations for letters of Administration, must be publish ed thirty dnt/i—for dismission from administration, month. Jy HX months—for dismission from Guardianship, forty Joys. ... , llur.KS for the foreclosure of Mortgage must be published monthly for four months—for establishing lost psper*._/or the full space of three months—for compelling titles from Ezecutors or Administrator*, where a Horn! has been given by the deceased, the full space of three months. Publications will always lie continued aceording'to these, the legal requirements.unless otherwise ordered. REMITTANCES BY MAIL.— ‘A postmaster may en- clnje money in a letter to the publisher of a newspaper, to piy the subscription ofa third person and frank the letter if written by himself."—Amos Kendall. P. .If. (!. POETRY A NOON SCENE —A PRIZE POEM. Sr W. C. BKTA.VT. The quiet August noon is come, A slumberous silence fills the sky. THE RICH MERCHANT. by mbs. jane weaver. It was niglu, the streets were nearly desert- FLOYD HOUSE, BY B. S. NSWCOWB. EutW, Georgia. Oct. l5,18 H—31—if I’nthionnblr Dress Jinking hslablishmcul. Plumb Street, next to tki Seminary. Order* for DRESSES. RIDING HABITS. *. Ac. exe- ruled in the latest and most fashionable style, and at the shortest notice. NteBSr & WINGFIELD, A T TO UN E YS AT LA W. Office on Mulberry Street, over Kimberly's Hat Store Macnn. Georgia. Oct. 111. 1814—31—if Pope A CloptOi!, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. TU8KEGBB. ALABAMA. TX71IX hereafter attend the Courts of Macon, Pike. » T Burbonr. Russell. Chambers, Tallapoosa, .Montg'-m. rry and Lowndes counties. They wdt also alteud the Su preme Court of the 'late. Communications addressed to them at Tuskrgee,will re ceive prompt attention; Jan. 11—16—tf. Junius i\. King, Attorney at Law, Macon, Ga: WH. liEA ul\G A S DAS, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, CI/AHLES’JOS. S. C. September 2. 1813. * IP Cm WISPIUA L MUM Ui.LY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Witt uiautw i-» a., rjlnwin, C'lUJUtiet • UPSON HOUSTON. 1’IKE. ’ Blllll, MONROE; BALDWIN. BUTTS. JONES. • CRAWFORD. TWIGGS, All business entrusted to bis care will meet with prmr.pt iitteoiion,. Office in Or. Tlioinsori-*buildiiig,oppos.te I? loy.l House, Macon. Geoigia. May 5.1813. 34 ir ; & Mi*. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN HdorS AND SHOWS Jiest the Washiagtqn Hall Second Street Macon, Georgia, Oct. 10, 1611—3i^tf The field* ate still, the woods are dumb t In glassy sleep the waters lie. And mark yon soft, white clouds, that reat Above our vale, a moveless throng; * The cattle on the mountain's breast, Enjoy the grateful shadow long. Oh, how unlike those merry hoars In sunny June when earth laughs not. When the fresh winds make love to flowers, And woodlands sing and waters shoot. When the grass sweet voices talk. And strains of tiny music swell From every moss cup of the rock, From every nameless blossom's bell. But now, a joy too deep for sound, A peace no other season knows, Hushes the heavens, and wraps the ground The blessing of supreme repose. Away! I will not be to day. The only slave of toil and cate 1 Away from desk and dust, rway ! I‘ll be as idle as tbe air. Jl’encdlh tltS bjic’n sky abroad, Among the plants and breathing things, Tlte sinless, peaceful works of God, 111 share the calm the season brings. Come thou, in whose soft eyes I see The gentle meaning of the heart. One day amidst the woods with tliee, Frcm men ana all their caret apart. And where, upon the meadow's brenst. The shadow of the thicket lies, Tlie blue wild flowers thou galherest Shall glow yet deeper uear thine eyes. Come—when ainid the calm profound I torn those gentle eyes to s;ek. They, like the lovely landscape round. Innocence and peace shall speak. Rest here beneath tlie uumnving shade. And on tlie silent valleys gaze. Winding and widening till ibrv fade In yon soft ling of summer haze. The village trees iheir summits rear Still as its spire; and yonder flock. At rest in those raltn fields appear. As ci-cled from the lifeless rock. One tranquil mount the scene o'erljoks. There the hushed winds their Sabbath keep, While a near huiu from bees anil brocks, Cotues faintly like ike breath of sleep. Well might the gazer dream, that when Worn with the struggle and the strife. And heart sick at the wrongs of men. The good forsake the] scenes of life. Like this deep quiet, that awhile Lingers the lovely landscape o'er. Shall he the peace whose Indy smile; \ i (. Iconics him to a happier iliorc. J. L. JONES &• CO. . . C L O T II I V G S TO RE i\’est side Mulberry Street. nest door bclotc the big Hat UA CON. ran. Cicoi &'e ffl. Ii*»L DEALER IN Fancy and Staplc ; i5ry Goods* hard 1 Vare, Crockery, Glass Ware, $c. 6fc. Corner of Second and Cherry Streets. Macon, Georgia, Oct. 19. 1611—4H—tf MEDICAL NOTICE. D Tt.T. A. PARSONS has returned to the ciiy.anc? has resumed the duties of his profession. Ofliee t«t his dweiline. brick house, two doors above the Methouis Church ' Jnw.3t.1843* ISt^lOVAL. D ‘lt. VtOIjT has removed tothw residence recently occupied by J*. H, Moultrie. where he may be found at ni^ht; and in the day* at his office over iicss r s \Vin.ih ip Jc Pope’s store. -Macon, April 1C. 32 tf J. M. BOA 11 DM AN, , DEALER IN Law, Medical, ttiisccllancoiis, and School iioolw;. Blank Bonks and Stationery of all kinds; Printing Pa per. Ac. Ac. Sign of the Large Jltble.tiro doors nburc.Sholirc/l’s corner, treat title of Mulberry Street. Rincon, Georgia. Oct. 19. 1841—31—if SOUL WATER T ilt? crateTbl drink is now served «o A GEORGE PAYNE’S Drug Store with Good Svuurs, and wherecan ba had at nil times Congress Water. Jane 18.1313. 38 **» City Hall : f : ttriliiii, Georgia. BY ItOBT. S. LANIER. CONDUCTED BY SAMPSON LANIER, late ni the Washington Hall, . Macon. Oa. Griffin. January 1, 1643. 29 ^f ~7 7 SCOT r. C V IURT A i'o.. Merchants and factors, CONTINUE to keep on hand .heir usu al Mock of Groceries, Ac., which they will | sell at the lowest market prices. Advances made on Citioh or Merchah- Pdise consigned tnthoin. On the first of October next, they will remove to tt.eFite Proof Brick Stores, on Third Street, between Graves. Wood A Co., and Rea A Cottons’. Macon. August 19.1843. 47 3m BUNNKTI BELL, WARE BOISE AXD COOISMILY HKBCMST, EAST MACON, OmmIis Ike 1'cutrnl Knit lions! Depot._ HAVING leased the Store end Ware* ^ House, formerly occupied by Henry K- Carter, would respectfully tender bis sea- vices to Flamers and others and will promptly attend to the receivingof Cotton and Merchandize entrusted to his cart. Also will give his personal attention to selling Colton or other produce, filling orders for goods, ami shipping Cotton to Savannah, Charleston, or New \ork. Hoping his best exertions will give satisfaction to all who Msy favor him with their business. ■Macon, August 12. 1815 WARE-HOUS U. THE undersigned will continue the 'WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION BUSINESS, at the stand occupied by them for the last two rears and formerly . occupied by E. A T. N. Bell 1 hey have tlso'renud another Ware-House in a retired part of the city, and near the one they occupy, and whifh Irotn its location will probably be as safe from fire as any in the city. I bev anlicit th. patronage of their friends aid the public, and pledge thair constant personal attention t j the business. OU3LEY-A JEWETT. Toly 15, \tli. 4C T II E CORAL. beam"'uVWor.a?— li.Til}irvi\isrr There’s a living atom in the ssa That weaves a flinty shell. For itself n lasting shroucl to t>£. And a home in which to dweJl. In «h> briny wnVte of ocean wares It builds its ccraj home. Jfrid mocks at the healing surge lii’ai lares Its dreary abode with fuain. There — in deep cerulean gMorn, Unnumbered myriad swarms Are forming a coral hoint? and tomb — A shield to their insect forms. And the rocky sepulchres made fast,* The leagues thus covered o’er. They uprenr a mausoleum rasf tin the ocean's sandy floor. ’Neath the shallow waves of the inland see. Where gentler waters flow— As bright as flowers on the upland lea The blanches of coral grow; And dredged from their watery element; And wrought witii skilful care. To beauty’s bower their hues are sent,' To ccck the forms of the fair. But coral rocks dr the tropic clime,' Roilt up ’tnid the ocean wave. And form'd of the ocean's briny slime,' For the coral's hetne and grave; How mean would the grandest works compare, Tltnt pride of man can form. With the mighty power in progress there. The skill of the insect worm ! 'Tij n wondrous work to mortal eye*,’ And ocean's waves can tell Of spreading elfmes that yet win rise From the coral's rocky shell; On the shores the wind* and waves will fling The wealth of other lands,' And in time to come their harvesting Will be reapetl by mortal hinds. From the Unit ON Tllfe DEATH OF MISS VIRGINIA' SCOTT. Daughter of Maj. Gin. IVmJicli Scott, V. Si A. She’s gone—with Summer’s fading flowers,' The beaultful has fled l With hearts of bitter anguish,'we Have laid her with thi dead. We saw tlie rose's softest tint Fade from her lovely cheek, And while the lily clustered there. We watched her spirit meek. Submissively she bowed io Heaven — Methiuks I hear her say, “Oh, ask me not to linger It re, While angels call away.” Her spirit sought abetter world — Borne on a seraph's wingi; She trill* an angel's h* r p of g„lJ > And strikes its heavenly strings.' The music of that blissful sphere, Should soo.he each murm’ring sigh. We would not bring her back to earth*,' We'll teclt her in the sky. And wh'en at evening's pensive hour, The reaper hymn 1* heard. Thoughts, that are dear to memory, Shall in our thoughts be stirr’d. Upon her fresh and early grave We'll strew the brightest flowers; And. though the leaves may wither there, 2'he fragrance atilt is ours. Washington, Aug. 30. M. V\ . T. The Comic Grammar say* : But remember, tbongh box lit the plural makes boxes, The plural of ox ShouM be oxen, ndt ow ed, the more e-peeittlly »s it tuns snowing fust. A .single traveller, however, might have been feet) wrapped in a thick overcoat, urging his way against the tempest, by the light of dim J imps. Suddenly, as lie passed a ruinous t> ne- ment, the figure of a girl siarit-d up before him. “Please, sir, she said, “if it’s only a penny, mother is sick and we have iiad nothing t u eat to-day.” '1 he first impulse of the moment was to go on, the second to stop. Her face was thin and pale, aiid Iter garments scanty. He was a nit-n of good unpul-es, so h« put his hand tovardj his pocket, intending to give her a shilling. Cut the traveller had forgot ilmt his overcoat was buttoned up tightly over his pocket. ‘•It is too much Iroublo,” said iie to Isitijself, “and this wind is very cutting. Besides these beggars are usually cheats. I’ll warrant this girl wants the money to spend in some g-n shop.” And, speaking hatshly, he said, l, l have nothing for you! If you are really desti- tJte, the guardia s will take rare ol you.’ The girl shrunk back wjshout a woid, and drew her tattered garments around her shiver-, ing form. But a tear glistened on her cheek in the light of the dim lump. The man passed, and, turning the next cor ner, soon knocked at the door of a splendid mansion, through whose richly curtained win dows a rosy light streamed out across the storm. A servant obsequiously gave him entrance. At the sound of his footsteps the parlor door was opened, and a beautiful girl, apparently about seventeen, sprang into his arms,'kissed on-the cheek, and then began to assist him in remov ing bis ovsrcooL ‘•Wkat kept you so long, dear papal” she said, “Ifl had known when you were 1 would have sent die carriage. You never stay so late at the office.” “No, my love, I was at my lawyer’s busy, very busy, and all for you,’ and be kindly pat ted her on the cheek,” “But now Maggy, can’t you g ve me some supper!” The daughter rang the bell and ordered the supper to be served. It \va< just sticlt an one as an epicure would delight in, just the supper fori traveilermi a tiinlii like that. “Pit,” said the daughter, wln u it was finish ed, “1 hopeynt are ma good humor, for 1 have a favor io ask ol you,” and she threw her arms around his neck, end lookmg up in hit face With that winning smile and hose beautiful dark eves of hers. *‘l wish to give n ball on my e gh- tcenth bjrth-d tv. It tviJI cost, oh! a sight of money; but you are a kind, ged papa, and I know you hate been successful or you would i not have been at your lawyer’s.” “Yes my darling.” lie said, fondly kissing her, "the c< ttou speculation has turned out well. I sold all I had o* the article tnis a fern 1 ‘oti, re ceived tlie money, and took it lo my lawyer’s. Celling him to invest ii in feat estate. I think I shall irivo up the business.” "O! do, tie, papa. But you will give me this hall, won’t you?” sixike smilingly; and, 'putting Ills'llamrin fiis pocket-book, he took out a note of five hun dred dollars and placed it in his child’s hand. ‘ Take, this; if it is not enough yoit must have another, I suppose. Bui don’t trouble me any m >re about it.” , , - The next morning broke clear, but ihe snow was a font deep, and lay here and lhoio?n huge drifts, blocking up tlie doorways. At ten o’clock the rich merchant was on Ins way lo his counting room- He turt.ed down the same Street up' which he had c< me the preceding evening. A crowd luul g IthetiiS round the open cellar door ofa ruined tenement. T lie merchant paused to inquire what was the mat- ter; . “A woman,'sir, 1ms been found dead below there,” said one of tlie spectators; “.she starved to death, it is said, and they have sent alter a coroner. Her daughter has just co’m'e hack, af cr being out dll night. I believe she was begging; 'f lmt is her moaning.” "Ah!” said the rnercha t, and a pang went through his heart like an ice bolt, for he remem bered having denied a petitioner the night be fore. A 2irl cowered over an emaciated corpse that lay on a heap ofstraw in one corner of tlie damp apartment. It was ttie same gn 1 he had leared it would prove. The merchant was horror struck. “My poor child,” he said,' laying his hand on hef shoulder, “you must be eared for; God for give me for denying you last night. Here, take this!” and lie put a bill in her hand. The girl lboked up, and gazed vacantly at him; then she put hack the proflereB money. “It will do me no good now,” she stud; “mother is dead,” and she burst into hysteric tears. The merchant at that moment would have giv en half his fortune to recalf her life. The les'son thus teamed he never forgot.— The merchant personally saw that a deceni bu rial \Vas prclvided for the mother, and after wards took the girl into bis house, cducaied her lor a high station in life,' and on her marriage, presented her a proper dowery. He lived to hear her chrHreff lisp their gratitude. revolve, the same event happening one and on- oilvir, ti.l a new gene rations knows only it own, yitl- the exception of those whose names are interspersed on the pages of history. In youtliftiur afb-ctiyns are ’fastened to the fascinations and allurements which jnt from a thousand springs, through the fountain of the s enses. We are borne along with airy, tread the fantastic bowers of mirth, and beside grem pastures ai d still waters. We heed ndt admo nition ofexpnrence, hut are wont to regard them as little else llian unfeelji and austerity. I ANECDOTE OF MATTHEWS- Innumerable stories are told of the pranks Matthews delight* d tO‘“*fTf;iy under different disguises and irfdifieront diameters. No doubt there is much Exaggeration in the c e, I was of tlie emperor has twelve domes, and all gilded; Some of the old churches have the C’resceut, hut the Crescent is always below tlte cross, and this is an emblem of what they mean to do. They recollect the wrongs (hey once suffered from the Chafing his identity from persons (o w'uim lie was known. I happened to mention this to Peter Coxe, who assured me the following in stance occurred under Itis own observation, j “I was . invited,” quoth Peter, " to dim; of _ expressions of gloom i the Piazza Cofll-e house to meet a select parlv, But how changed. Solid am! j among whom 1 was Matthews. Th«> room iVe • i Heeling, years have succeeded our childhood, > dined in had two doors, Matthews a it on the and we have put away childish things. We are j right hand ofour entertainer,' hy whose desire "xp-ot mg the mazes of science and scolastieism. j I seated myself next to Matthews. During U e court tho applause and benediction of tlie ! dinner, the Jailer mentioned that myself sceptical as to Matthews’ power of con-J Mahonimedans. They are determined to con- H mm ■■ ■ world, and We love its pomp and tinsel. Yes, , 2 r3S P honor and distinction, and would fain sway the sceptre of power and rule. Tlie tenderness and innocence of childhood, are ex changed for the more manly hut less beautiful traits of maturity; and the countenance which beamed as radiant as the morning orb, is man tled with involttn q ter rersia first, and that is why they wall to take Caucassi-t; 1'lre Caucassian mountains are the keys of Asia. With these in their po-- session they eottld easily take Persia, then Bn- altaria', mvl the road will be open to India.— Tina will t liable tin m to say to England, wo will conquer Turkey, and you must keep France quiet; you will be gainers by it, for it will ben efit v-mir commerce ; hut if you rela pse, we will march 100,000 men into India. The present .'quaint- ! emperor don't intend to do this—he is preparing mice of his, an obstinate npinftmcu o’d bflehe- iho work for his son. He thinks his mission is I"i’, whom he had known in the North, was now , to civilize his kingdom. If Franco was only ad- in town, and that lie Was exceedingly a'p'pre- j jncent to Russia, she would be moro than a hensive this person, who tins intolerable rude j. nintefi for her. Thu chief object of attraction in and overhearing, would find him out, and force ! Moscow is the Kremlin, A garden separates it himself on tite company. After dinner Mat-! front the river, which is a narrow stream, not thews made hires-. If agreeable, and \vc were all j more than half as wide as the Connecticut at ^ ry blushes, J lie ingenious- jin tho ttcnfe of enjoyment, when the waiter, en- Hartford. The word Kremlin means a fo t- ness, tiie amiable ntodesly and courleousiiess of | leriii". announced that rtn eldctl v gentleman i tress* All tlie chief cities have their Kremlin early years, tiro also supplanted, too often, hy was below, enquiring for Mr. Matthews the high look, the lofiy bearing, the proud re- ‘ serve, and beardless etiquette of riper years.— Indeed, how few of the simple virtues and en dearing characteristics which glowed in the sun shine and artlcssness of youth, are carried through a long life! Another year is added to those which can ** ’W hat’s Itis name great alarm. “ ‘He didn’t say, sir. Ho says you are here, and he must see you. 1 asked Matthews in be knows generally in tlie centre- This is on a natural ad hill, or knoll, which is levelled off on top, and ! is seventy-five feet i)!gh. It is above the city; and is dnliana lliWe quarter miles in circumfer ence. It is not round or square, vp; but irregular is a garden, never be recalled, and with it have sprd all its our entertainer. •Old Thwaiies !’ cried Matthews, starting in its shape. On the north side ‘knew he’d ferret me out/ : which extends on ihe wests on the east and ‘Stay ;—what sort of a man is he ?’ said ! south is a maiket. It is perfectly isolated, and attendant vicissitudes. But some of those chan ges and vicissitudes are deeply interwoven witii <>ur personal history; not perhaps will their ef fects ever he effaced, or their memory oblitera ted. ,Memory writes as with a pen of iron, and the heart’s table is a record of a iamantine immu tability; for however much its nature may change, like as the flesh is renewed, its history knows no efficement. Another year has commenced! Wo know not what scenes and events its veil shadows; but .hence was not destroyed when Moscow* was “ ‘Has he a brown groat coat on V demanded ’ burnt. Napclon did not try to destroy it or lo Matthews. blow up any buildings, ns lias been erroneously •* ‘Yes, sir,’ ! reported. Within Ihe Kremlin there are tbreb “ ‘Green specs V j palaces, four chuiGhes, the treasury building, a “ ‘Yes, sir.’ ! c -nven', and the tower of John, which is two' “ ‘Scratch wig V j hundred feet high, built of brick, and celebrated ‘•‘Yes, sir.” j for its bells, one we ghing 400,000 lbs, (tbe lar- “ ‘Stoops a good deal, and speaks in a North ; gest in Europe,) was cast in the time of Q,ucep | county accent V Ann. Tlie church caught fire, and tlie bell fell “ ‘Exactly, sir; you’ve—* j into the cellar, breaking out a piece fiyc feet I “‘Alt! I knew* it, interrupted Matthews, j' on g, triangular shaped. It remained where it whatever ti-ey may be, whether of weal or woe, [ shrugging up tils shoulders, and shooting io the fell for centuries, but finally a wail was built and ; wq must patie -tly nbitlc tiioir coining, a-.d pray ! stair's head. i ^ le LorJ ot all mercy and goodness, that we j “ ‘I tell you I know lie is in the house, and j may be prepared for every dispensation of his I will see him !’ vociferated a voice on tlte stairs. 1 ptovidencc. FLOWERS ON GRAVES. Mount Aidiuni, Laurel Hill. fyc.—A writer, who lately visited Mount Auburn, near Buston *Say Bannister’s taken ill—I’m gone to the thedtre,’ dried Matthews, rushing in, seizing his hat, and bolting. “ He had scarcely made his exit at one door, when old Thwaites appeared at the other. The the bell placed upon it. The bell is twemv feet high, sixty-five feet i t circumference at ihe bot tom, and eighteen inches ibick. Twenty men can get into it. The priests have turned it into a church. On the east of the Kremlin, fa the Cltine.se Bazaar, kept by Tartar and Chinese merchants. Their shops arc about len or twelve L et square; when they leave t'ncm :tt night they describes several ot tho most remarkable mon- la-ter’s appearance corresponded in' every res- lock*the doors, and tie a string between two u-neuts there, itmoHg others, one hearing upon : pect with the description hy Matthews. j staples and seal it. J he Russiarth are nfrfiid to ii no other inscription than the simple name of j “ ‘Where’s Math us V demanded he, abruptly, touching stanzas ! in Strong North-country accent. ‘1 know lie’s "Emily,” with the foJlqwi beneath: •' Shed not Tor h«r the Litter tear, N*>r give ihe heart to vain regret; * 1 i.« but the casket that lies here. # The gem that filled it »p*rfcte9 yeiV* And he goes on id say that he is a great ad mirer of simple epit&phs, and to relate ih'ut, in' an old church yard in South Wuhs, he once met with one mi a simple stone which affected hint deeply; teltms rn..!-.- sslsoot-llw pMnt.' s..r- niwing for their lost infant than the most labor ed epitaph could have done. lit the old quaint spelling, on a pi >iti slab; were Carved in rude “ Deere Child!'. !” What cotdd he more pathetic, excepting this, which is fo he found in the Kensel Green Ce- | ifiitery, Hanover R<>ad; Loudon: •To THE MEMORY LITTLE IC.ATE.’ At the Laurel flilt Center cry, in PJtiladel- I phia t there is a'so a touching inscription; A white (burble sltib has on it a.simple word, “Willie.” No more’. Nolhing else. But how plainly to thoughtful hearts does it tell that bright, gotden- bairbd Jiitle “Willie,” in spite of love had gdne down, lit lifers young spring to darkness and the worm! . . This artifcle has led us to dwell, in ffcfieclion on a beautiful custom, that in all.nations, ha-*, from tho earliest time, existed, in a greater or Ie>s degree. Wc mean paying that feeling tribute to ihe memory of the departed, the plant ing of flowers and shrubs near tbe graves of the loved ones, and decorating monuments with garlands. The Romans of note were always buried iff gardens. They adorned the graves of such with balsams and chaplets of flowers.— The Medes and tits Greeks, who received it from the Persians, practiced it; and to a very late day in Modern Greece, the Turks, (Walpole says.) planted the myrtle over the graves and the Ar.iaranthys Myrlca. In the epitaph upon Sophocles, by Simonides, occur tlie lines, “Wind gentle evergreen to form a shade, Around tbe tomb where Sophocles is laid.*’ Flowrets were planted over the grave of An acreon; •‘Tltis tomb be tltine. Anacreon;'all nroiu.cf Bet ir* wrestb; let Sowers deck tlte ground." The tomb of Achilles, we read, was decora ted with amarinlh, and the urn of Philopaina, Was covered, with chaplels. Virgil strews leaves of the arbutus over tne bier of Pallas.— Crowns of flowers were ever placed on the gravestones ofthe virgins; in the time ofenly chnstia'n fathers, and on those of married per sons; baskets of lillies, violets and roses. The here,’ continued he, hobbling into the room, and break a seal; they don’t mind much of breaking a lock, but to break n seal is a crime of a far deeper dye. Moscow contains four hundred looking sharply ;(round, ‘and 1 must sec him?* J thousand inhabitants.—Baird s Trastls in Hits* •“‘Mr. Matthews was here; sir,’ replied our ■ sia. host, with’more politeness titan I thought the From the Boston Courier• THE COURSE OF TrME. HoiV true is it that we ah do fade as a leaf. And as year ultfci year runs its' circuit, w6 are especially reminded of the vanity of life, and utter futility of every scheme *oe->suru unalloy ed happiness upon earth. Every thing wears indications of decay, to6' palpable not to be seen; but huinanitv, in its various stages, from the vi vacious youth to the decrepitude of old age, tells the saddest tale. But it tells no louder of uttur dissolution, than its regulai and periodical change in habit and temperament,' t'rpm h-fancy to the grave. And if there ii any thing that will citeck. the impetuosity ot youdi, or damp its buoyant aspirations, its passions and impul ses, it is tlte certain Change which may ho dis cerned, even through the vista of many 1°"” years, in the object of our present attachments, in opinions how pertinaciously adhered to, ai d hopes fondly and ardently cherished. So, too, disappointments, crosses, care and anxiety, if er|Hjrienc<-d in tlie Ihtlft affairs and concerns of youth, will imperceptibly Work a cliahg ■ t» hab it and fee ing, such as to accelerate the wane ot early impressions. But so it is. And one change succeeds another, till at lust death closes the drama, and we are borne away, to be re membered only for a little season after our ob sequies, and that remembrance bedewed o .ly with a few tear;^ and the wheels of time still occasion called for ; ‘but lie’s .just glinc to tlie j theatre, and-—’ “ ‘That won’t padS wiih me,’ interrupted Mr. { Thwaites,rudely. ‘I know lie’s in the house: 1 you ca\»t tiamhoozte me. i know he doesn’t play ! co-niglit—I’ve ascertained Unit. 1 So here,’ con tinued he, putting down his hat and stick, and seating himself m the chair MaUbows had just Yjf U nil staircu u« una** * • «.* * , •• ‘You’re qu te welcome to slay, sir, as long : as you please,’said our entertainer, coolly. ‘But' what l tell you is the fact. Mr. Bannister is taJ J ken suddenly ill, and—* “ ‘It’s a lie, sir,’ interrupted Mr, Thwaites!. again i ‘it s a lio, sir!* repeated Ire, striking ihe ' table with his clenched fist until tue glasses jui-j glcd again;‘andyou ali kfloW it,’continued lie, ! looking fiercely around. "Of course we all rose at lids. ■ “ ‘Fray, gentlemen,’ said our entertainer, “be j Tlie northern papers are teeming with ac counts of crime of profligacy, and crimes of blood. Every year seems but to add to the? black catalogue, indicating most clearly, that in tlte great march of mind, and ef improve ment in the arts, good morals,' well ordered governments, and social elevation take no part in the upward impulse. In government there b.unecs cAJefaware” 'Su'l'livan 'am^ofheT^oQn- ties, In Hew York, and the bloody outrages ft-it have marked them. Behold the police accounts of robbery and murder which ■ are of daily occurrence not only in cities, but on high ways aud bye ways, stimulated chiefly by the most sordid of all passions or goaded on by gaunt starvation; - , Tlie drta ls of profligate vices and of frauds,' {resulting in ihe ruin of families, and often ia self destruction : the depravity of morals . and prevalence of crime at the north, are fruit- seated, I'bt-g. As ail elderly gentleman—as a J «*> prevalence or crime at tne norm, are irun- friend of Mr. Matthews, Mr. Thwaites is privi- I ful ot sober reflection to the m.nd, contrasting leged io - pray resume your sears, gentlemen.’ ! this state ot th.ngs with that prevailing in the “ W6 bbevetl; though I confess I fi ll strong ly inclined, in spite of his years, to kick the in truder ouis “ 'So you know me, do you?” proceeded Mr. Thwaites - , filling out a bumper; Matbus men-j tioned nie, did lie / Pali! what rot-gut stuff! what beastly wine! I wonder you can drink j sdcb rubbish. Pah ? anything’s good enough for von cockneys,’ added he; with a sneer.— j •Hit*! Im.'-cu rsc me if I think you know good Persions, who had ihb custom from die j wine wheft vou get it. . .. “ Some of us ventured to dissent from this.— But Mr; Thwaites stuck to his assertion and maintained it with so much rudeness, that it re- l ..n mu* fo nrc'sprvp section of county in which providence has cast our lot. The comparison cannot be made without resulting in a feeling of congratMation on our part, for the many advantages we enjoy; We may not enjoy the same prosperity in a pecuniary view, we have r.oi as many avenues of wealth; as vast resources for enterprise, and as various inducements for profitable employ ments of capital, the same appliances of physi cal luxury, and for intellectual recreation. But in the essential elements of security from out rages, and peaceful et joyment of our property and our rights ; in the prevalence of internal tranquility, and regard for tho laws, and tho moral restraint of social life, our condition is disclosed the features of Matthews himself " I had for sometime suspected this. My i proximity to the supposed Mr. Thwaites enabled me to detect a horse hair attached lo the wig, which, passing under Matthews’ nose, entirely changed me expression of Jus countenance. But mi other person, except our entertainer, who was in the secret, had the slightest suspicion of the I cheat; the iidinirnblo manner irt which Alit-j thews supported lus assumed character, but j above all. the celerity with which he returned, j Javanese, we arc told, scatter a profusion of j S o completely altered iti his appearance, p: eclu flowers over the bodies of their friends, and the Anghans (tang coronets on tombs. The custom of planting flowers on graves prevails in China - o tltis day. In old Scotland, among the Pun- tans, and in Switzerland, among the Catholic cantons, and in many parts of W ales; it was and is a time-honored custom. Some writer re- lites th et in ti beafiitful little church yard at Schwitz, almost every grave is e ver- d with pinks. At Warfin, the graves are covet 6 i with little oblosg boxes, in which ore perennial plants, or flowers renewed from time to time.— riome are daily strewed over wiih freshly gath ered fl iwers, especially on feast days. Pendant from tlie ornaments' ot some of the tombs are little vases of water, in which frc>h flowers are placed hy the hand ofthe pious visitor. Chi!- iiren may ho seen in their [daces decking out a mother’s grave; ora mother hanging garlands on that of a child. Central. Rail Road.—VVe lake pleasure in announcing that the Central Rail Road Com pany, in consideration of tlie shortness ot tlie present crop 1 ', has determined to transport com front Savannah to .Macon at the reduced rate ol eight cents per bushel. 1 This arrangement will • able the citizens of the interior ol ibis State to gel heir supplies front this market, where a good stock will he kept, on very favorable terms, and prevent their being charged < Xor bit nl prices by those who w mid take advan tage of their necessities.— Georgian. the nossibil ty of his being identified. i must important buildings are tlie churches. I houses'are one story high and Asiatic in ST. PETERSBURG AND MOSCOW. Russi.-i contains tjuite a number of large cit ies. O iessu on tlie Black Sea, is a new and handsome c.’iy; it has large Streets, but is very uncomfortable ill the summer time. I here are a groat many old cities r trust of them are built uf wood : there are some brick houses. The The iheir I structure. Fires frequently consume whole vil- j Inges. Tlie two'principal cities in Russia arej St. Petersburg and Moscow ; they are 'er\ j splendid. Moscow is built on both sub-s of a j : small river. The river runs east and west, and : 1 about one l!t?rd of the city is oil the south side, j i Tlte country is level, still the city is m a kind ol , ; a basin, and in that respect is like London. It j : is oi drecn miles in circumference ; the central j pattls edinpact. Tito houses are all built o! j j brick, Stuccoed, and painted white or yellow.— j I j t contains three hundred churches. The Greek j i churches are all square-.-net in the form of a j cross, they are not large, and contain separate I ; rooms ; tho spire is in the centre ; it has a bei-, j fry and heil, and a gilded cross. Each church has oh ail average four or live domes, so that there are in all about fifteen hundred : these art pear shaped, not large, and most always painted green abo li anui-’CU, mu liiiguy **« »» • j « r““ en-—some sky blue; the bell and spire are, jve—lltd spires all highly gilded. The chape, the institution of slavery as it exisls in its mild and patriarchal form among us, it may be inte resting ts the inquirer. That in this legat'd, it exercises a material andsalutary influence, can not be denied. Our laboring population have no evils of a physical nature lo encounter—no’ physical wrongs, real or fanci'ul to redress.—- They are clothed, fed and nursed in infancy, and aye, in sickness and infirmity, i hey-a re content with their lot. They aspire not at the expense of others and of justice and right to change it. We have no mobs—tr> agrariaqtsm no organised UanJs of picx-pockcts; of bur glars, and of assassins. This exemption is not temporary or acciden tal. It arises from t'’c nature of our sneial sys tem, a ;d is productive of a sense of security, which is not so comp'etely enjoyed in those communities whdre we aud our institutions are most violently abused. This comparison isf not made in any invidious spirit, nor to sustain' the theory that trader any and all circumstances, ivery is an institution, beneficial and desira ble to a country. That it has its advantages,' trad those ofa very high order, is unquestiona ble as the truths of history. But these reflec tions are at times useful, to reconcile us to fitw ; lot, and to attach us more strongly to the sod-of. our nativity. SlG.000 in Gold picked up in the Street.— Yesterday about noon, J. L. Riddle* picked up in Congress street, opposite his store, a pluia pine box, which upon examination provedjtef be filled with five bags of sovereigns: Before’ he laid of it, a couple of foot passengers favori ed it with a kick. Ho caused.it ter be deposit-- c( j ;,i the Suffolk Rank. It has bem claimed by a Mr. Don - , who says it dropped' fftorit '•his' *' carriage, behind whioh lie had placed it, in pre ference to trusting it to a handcurlm'an.—-Bos* ton Post. Sept 6. .re./ re-""’ - **