Southern post. (Macon, Ga.) 1837-18??, January 06, 1838, Image 2

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fhr cs he could reach. winch reminded me ofj one*.? having nearly spun out the List thleud of tiieir existancc. Lk»i it is needles for me to enter into a min ute detail of all t lie alarming symptoms, which he exhibi cd during taut day, and night. Suf fice it to say. that he breathed his last the next morning about 2 o’clock, after every effort hud bean made to save him. As 1 stood and gaz ed upon tne countenance of t ie dead man, 1 was forced to think within my. off, these are ] thy victims, O, Intemperance. Such aie the blighting curses t.iou brmgest upon my race, O cruel spoiler, “ C oild I but half thy curses tell, Tne wise would wish thee safe at hell.” Tiie necessary prejierations having been made for me burial, and a minister procured, a little band of fechug hearts foiioweJ him »o the houseot silence; among w 10m Dr. C , JVIr. M , my fellow student G wno had just returned from a visit to tuc country, and my reif figured as chief mourners. His cLseonaoiate widow and orphan child,* returned to the c ’y a lew days after his demidfe; from w om I received many thanks for t re last sad offices I had paid to her departed husband. — I nave since frequently visited the grave of this victim of Intemperance over wnich the green sward has grown, and the only mark by which it is designated from those around it, is the simple inscription G It upon the head p’ece that was placed tnere by the hand of one, wno yet retains for him the vestuge of a lingering affection. I TEDIOUS. General Wasliinstfon. The remains of tiiis illustrious man, the Father and Saviour of his country, were re cently placed in tie sarcophagus made by Mr. Strutirers of tiiis city, from waom we leurn, that wben tiie vault and coffin were opened, “ vvnerc tuey jiad laid him.” t.ie sacred form of Wis lington was discovered in a wonderful st he of preservation. T.ie higii pale brow wore a calm and serene expression ; and the lips, pressed still toget her, had a grave and sol emn smile, such as they doubtless wore when t o First President gave up his blameless mor tal life, for an immortal exhistence— “ When his soft breath, wi*h pain. Was yielded to the elements Tic impressive aspect of tne great Departed, overpowered the man wno jo lot it was to trans fer the hallovve.l dust to its last, tenement, and he was unable to conceal his emo rens. He pi teed his nund upon tiie ample fore end, once hig icst in tie ranks of battle, or throb.ng wan the cares of an infant Empire; and he la nented, we doubt not, that tne voice of fame, could not provoke that silent clay to life again, or j>o ir its to.ios of revival into the dull, cold ear of Death. The late acts ot‘ patriotic sep ul nre were thus consunmted; and the figure, w licii we can scarcely dissociate from an apo theosis, consigned to its low dim mansion, to be reen no more until the mortal snail pi*f on immortality, and the vesture of decay be chang ed to the bright garments of endless incorrup. tion. Sir Walter Scott. Scott’s father, it is stated, was a very ordi nary mm. He thus speaks of his aged and excel tent grand-mother. “ Sne a id a mind peculiarly ’.veil stored with much acquired inform itiou and natural talent; a id as she w is very old. and had an excellent memory, sic could draw without the least ex aggeration or affectation, tfe postage. If 1 have been able to do any tai ;g in the way of pamtuig tie past times, it is very much from tne studies with which she presented me. Sue! co erected a long period of time with the pres-1 ent generation ; for she remembered, and had, Oi. ten spoken with, a person wno perfectly re-1 collected the battle of Du. ia ir and OI ver Crom well’s subsequent entry into E luiburgh. Sie preserved ner faculties to tne very day before her fin il illness.” T.ie following is a tribute by Sir W liter to the social affectiOas, wiich no;.c felt and en joyed more warmly than toe author of it. “ There are many goo 1 things in life, what ever satirists and ni santhrones may say to t le contrary; but prob ably tie best of all next to a conscience void of oiibnce (without Which by tie by, t lev can hardly e.x'st,) are tlie quiet exercise and enjoyment of t ie social feelings, in which we are at o~ee happv our selves, and the ca ise of happiness to thorn who are dearest to us.” Foreign Editors in China.—At Canton, edhors are treated as wild beasts, and excluded from ill moiety md p ibbc places. T lepcome tSlll tiiem Faukuivcs or foreign devils. i City of the Saltan. The re’s cfiendi, or mmister for foreign af fairs, had a grand-ghild, whore indisposition caused lam tee most lively uneasiness; it was in vain that iiis English Physician assured him of the total absence of danger; his even thought, li:s every anxiety, were with his dar ling boy. In tiie midst of t. e most pressing business, he would start up and hasten to the chamber of tne little patient, to assure himself that every tiling was goa.g ou favorably ; he would ieuve ins friends, in an l our of relaxa tion, to sit beside the sick bed of the child ; a.ul at length, when a strict and rigid sv tern of diet was prescribed*, w. iich was to be of a fortmg.it’s duration, he actually submitted aim self and compelled ail his establishment to sub mit, to tiie monotonous and scanty fare, lest tire boy snould accidentally see, or otherwise become conscious of the presence of any more enticing food, lor which lie might pure, and ilius increase his malady. It may be thought I have cited an extreme instance, but such is, in reality, far from being tue case; indeed, to such a pitch do tiie Os munds carry tueu* love for children, that they are constantly adopting tiio cos ot icrs, whom they empnatically denominate “ children of the son.” They generally take them into tiieir families when mere infants; rear them with tire most extreme cure and tenderness; and finally portion them or. their marriage,as though tne claim were a natural, ratirer tnan a gratu itous one. Tue adopted child of Turky is not like tue [trotege of Europe, the plaything of a I saloon, and ultimately too often the victim of a wuim: tne act of adoption is with the Turks | a solemn obligation; and poverty and privation would alike tail to weary them of well doing, wneie their affections as weii as tiieir words were pledged. An equally beautiful feature in the charac ter of tiie Turks, is their rcverance and re spect for the author of their be ng. Tneir wives advise and repremand unneeded—tiieir words are o>k —not ling; but tie mother is an oracle; s re is consulted, confided in,listened to with respect and deference, no rood in her latest hour, and remembered with affect,ren & regret beyond the grave. “My w ves dre, and I can replace them,” says the Osinanils, “ my children perish, and others may be borne to me—but w re saali restore to me the mother ware has passed away, and wno is no more ?” T ie re m e strong traits—beautiful develop ments of human nature; and, if such be in deed t ie social attributes of « barbarism,” then may civilized Europe amid her pride of sci ence and ner superiority of knowledge confess tuat here n at least she is mated oy tire less highly gifted Mussulmans. Tire philosophy and kindly feelings of the Turk is carrreu beyond the grave. He iooks upon death calmly, and without repugnance lie does not connect .t with ideas of gloom and norror, as we are too prone to do in Europe; he spreads his burial places in tire sunniest -pot s —on the crests of tiie laughing hills, where tuey are bathed in tiie lignt of the blue sky— •reside the crowded thorough-fares of tire city w lere the dead are, as it were, o ice mingle?.’ wita tue living-—in the green nooks that stretch I own to the Bosphorus, wherein more selfish spirits would have erected a ville, o- planted a vineyard. He indentlfies himself with the generation which aas passed aw v—he is rea dy to yield his place to that which is to succeed in’s own. Printing* Before the art of printing, books were of incredible price. From tue six;u to the thir teenth century, many bishops could not read, & kings were scarcely able re s g , t heir names; and lienee t;e use of seals and sealing. These were the ages m wnich superstition, witchcraft, and priestcraft, obtained so universal an as cendaucy. From COO to 12 ft), alt learning was in the hands ol Arabs, Saracens and Chi nese. Tie first printed books were trifling hymns and psalters, with images of saints, and being printed only on one side, the leaves were past ed buck to back. One of the first was the Bihlia P lupenum of 4t) leaves, which pasted toget ier made 20. An entire Psalter was printed in 1457 by Faust and Schoiffor; and a bible, in 1673 leaves in movable types, was printed at Mentz. between 145;) and 1455; but t ie most important part of t ie invention (that of movable types,) is uncertain, both as ‘o nme and flute. Tie first characters were Gm he, and Roman types were first used in 14)7. C ixton was the first English printer, and his printing office was in tae chapter house of Westminster Abbey. He learnt the art in Gemrmv, and w ts 1 bernllv patronised in Eng-! mnd, ino first booK printed by Caxton, was > in 1471, and bore for its tide—• Wiilhni Cnx ton’s Rccitlyel of tire 1 lystoyres of Troy, by Ili oullc Fei.ro.” Vfhile tne Uiblomania pre vailed, a copy vras knocked down bv auction for illooo. New Yorker. P!arues of Popularity. A popular man is a butt for the world to shoot at. He is universally aplied to in all manner of distresses, by those who do know him, and by tho.-re who do not. There is not a “ widow with seven small children,” a respec table tradesman “overwhelmed by a concate nation of untoward events,” a clergyman woe “ expenses have exceeded his income,” or an elderly maiden escaped in irei chemise from “the late fire,” w o does not make him ac quainted with their respective misfortunes, and look to him for relief. Ti c Duke of Wel lington, wc dare be sworn, has received more letters from the widows, of the officers slain at Waterloo, than ever fell in all his campaigns.— There is not a successful actor on the stage who could not furnish his quota of correspond ence with seif-dubbed T .espiaiis, dated from half the jails of England. But if your popu larity be literary, there is positively no end of this persecution. Every day brings its epic or its drama, its novel in three volumes, or its voyages in two, with a modest request to wade through the ill written MS.—criticise, amend, with i preface, and recommend to a publisher, or to friends for subscription. Novel Hat-trap. Some few days since a large rat was observe J make g a repast on some dead fish widen werq lying on the beach at Falmouth, wnen its tail was suddenly taken into custody by an oyster J which held on so firmly, notwithstanding l id furious attack made on it by tiie legitimate! owner of tire tail, that finding resistance une-l less, tiie rat made off with ail speed to a neigh-l boring hole, pursued by a whole host of perJ sons wno were attracted to tire scene of action. Tiie hole, however being but just large enougn to admit its body and not the tail, which wa J still in the possession of the oyster, tire rei was taken priso rer, and, of course, as soo.l sent tiie way of all flesh. I An Iran Horse. 1 A mechanic named David Ritter, of Nefl H ven, has invented an iron noise that is prfl peiled by springs by turning of a crank, whifl tiie rider docs with the greatest ease; the hofl is a sac simile ot' a live one, and will go at fl rate of 20 miles an hour. lie thinks thfl will be ire use for rail roads, as it will be m:H e.reaper, as tire hor re will not cat one busacß oats in fifty years, only a l.itle oiling tiirccH four times a year. H This beats •• wooden pumpkin seeds ”rH “ horn gun flints” ail ire low! If some Yl Lee would invent an iron man to ride this hoiH another groat improvement would Ire effeciß Business will shortly 1 e carried on without H assistance of man or beast! fl CAUTION TO SELF-LOVE. fl Let us ask ourselves in tee closet, whethfl after vve have humbled ourselves before Cfl a our prayers, we never rise beyond the staifl <rd in tiie pulpit; whether our zeal lor fl truth be never over-heated by internal fifl ’css holy; whether we never grow stiffly fl learniy pertinacious at the very time will we Tvre reproving the obstinacy of others ; I wietrrer vve have not frequently so acted asfl we believed that opposition were to be relax* and borne away by self-sufficiency and into* ranee. Believe me, the wisest of us have o-B catechism to learn ; and these are not the oil ly questions contained in it. No ChristiJ can iiatc; no Ciiristian can malign; nevel tireless, do we not often both hate and maligl those unhappy men who are insensible to Gobi mercies? And 1 fear this unchristian spirl dwells darkly, with all its venom, in the marbll of our hearts, no* because our brother is insenl sible of these merc : es, but because he is insenl sible to our faculty of persuasion, turning 1 [deaf ear unto our claims upon bis obedience! or a blind sleepy eye upon the fountains of light] whereof we deem ourselves tiic sacred reserj voirs. ANECDOTE OF THE ETTRICK SHEPHERD. | The poet and his father were out on a hill one wintry day during a snow storm, looking aider the safety of the sheep, when the old man having inadvertently gone too near the brow, the snow gave way and he was precipi tated to the bottom. The shepherd alarmed for the safety of his father, looked down the side of the hill, and not only saw him stand ing on his feet seemingly unhurt, but heardi him crying out at tiie top of his voice “ Jrmic. via' inun , ye u-erc aye fond of c slide a’ ye're days, let me sec yc do that .” The Southern Church. Ti e Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at a recent meeting in Ath ens, passed resolutions declaring, that slavery as it exists in the U. S. is not a moral evil, and is a civil and domestic institution, with which Christian ministers have nothin" to do further than to meliorate the condition of tire slave, by endeavoring to impart to him and his master, the benign influence of the religion of Christ, and aiding both on their way to Heaven. The late Synod of the Presbyterian Church, Augusta, passed resolutions, declaring that slavery is a civil institution with which the Gen eral Assembly has nothing to ando u that any of the acts of the Assembley of the nature of legislation on the subject of slavery, are with out authority and void, and that in the present circumstances of the Church and the country, it is the duty of that body to give an open and decided assent to the principal above assserted. Charleston Courier. Georgia Insurance and Trust Company. CAPITAL ONE MILLION DOLLARS ALL PAID IN. m HIS company continues to insure dwelling; housrs. X stores merchandise, cotton in ware-houses, and furniture, against loss by fire —and takes inland and ma rine risks on terms as favorable as other responsible in stitutions. Claims for losses are sea e 1 with promptness and liberality. Apply t« C. DAY, Aoent. December 9 I I 1 a H - > ■ >! ■ H - < ■< - ■ ■ ■ I . |: . l I I'. ■ ' I I ■>:' B- I I* Ir