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THE POST-OFFICE, AVO IN THE KEAU OF (ADJOINING)
THE MACON LYCEUM AND LIBRARY SOCIETY S READING
ROOM. _
MACON:
Saturday Fleming* January G, 1325.
$£T “ Reflections at the close of the year 1537,” in
our next.
Cottou Market.
prices have not varied since our last. Small quanti
fies coming in—sales brisk.
The New Year.
The old year is gone, and is now numbered with the
things that are past —and with it we cun number many
buried passions and hopes defered, and expectations
disapp pointed.
A retrospection, though sometimes painful, is always
beneficial, and now that the festivities of the New Year
are over, it cannot be wrong or injurious to scan well
the page of last year’s history, and draw largely upon
the experience of the past, for ample resource to guide
through the unknown future. This is but a map of
changeful life—ever varying with the ever-returning sun,
to visit the sleeping world, and give life and beauty, and
varient color to every thing. Therefore, we should
learn to calculate upon disappointments, and be fami
liar with changes; nor be affected by them, whether
they arc for good or ill. It requires alike, the same
firmness and fortitude to bear well prosperity or adver
sity ; and past experience is the only sure guide of con
duct for the future.
With the Ne'.v Year we commence with buoyant
hopes and elate prospects ; its happy dawn promises a
gilded future, to youth, to manhood, and to age. That
they may not be disappointed is the sincere desire of
their very humble servants : and, to each and to all a
happy New Year.
&Cr A steam plough has been invented in Scotland,
which performs admirably. It promises to form anew
orain Agricultural economy. This, we think, is hard-
Jy equal to the Yankee’s iron horse; and, as he has
succeeded in this so well, he will probably make an
iron Yankee to ride or plough him. And as it is atten
ded with only the expense of greasing once or twice a
year, it is by far the most economical plan.
STr For a time, non', we may calculate on peace with
our enemies of the North. A salvo has been laid upon
the wound, which for a while will hide its danger ; and
leave many to hope and believe, that an effectual cure
h.as been performed. Heaven, and the spirit of Liberty
mtd Union, grant that it be so. But our fears once ex
cbe.l upon a subject of so much interest to the South,
will not be appeased until the strongest and most con
vincing proofs arc giver., that the people of the North
will no longer interfere with the domestic institutions of
the South.
We have long been under the impression that the in
fluential and important part of the community there,
would ever oppose the enthusiasm and mad policy of
the few, who have now grown into numbers, and have
in their ranks many of the leading men of the country.
They sue a formidable host, propelled onward by a
spirit that not a nation under the sun, since the founda
tion of the globe, but has had oocasicn to regret us ap
pearance among them. It now becomes the South to
watch with silent but vigilant eye, and promptly meet
every movement that has a tendency to bring about
this unholy and unnatural warfare ; for warfare it must
be, and that the most dire and destructive, if it be urged
much further.
Firemen's Supper.
On Monday evening last the Washington and Nia
gara Fire Companies of our city, partook of a Supper,
prepared in handsome style by Mr. Clark. After the
cloth was removed, those present were delighted by sev
eral favorite Songs, doc. The evening passed off with
tim greatest harmony and good feeling.
The following were among the volunteer toasts:
By James B. Ayres, (of the Niagara Cos.)
The Fair —ls they cannot always subdue a
flame, they sometimes put out sparks.
By George O. Collins, (N.) Abolitionists
fit. the North —A fire which must and shall be
extinguished by Southern Firemen.
By a Guest. Macon Firemen — protectors
of our City —Fleet at alarm and staunch in
action: May you ever, with cheerful alacrity,
smile to embrace the opportunity of rescuing
from destruction the property of our citizens.
* By C. R, Hanleiter, (of Washington Cos.)
Macon —-Sue cannot be surpassed in beauty—
nor her Citizens in industry orenterprize—and
it is as much impossible to excel her Fair in
talent or loveliness as it is to climb a greased
liberty-pole.
The stand which has been taken by the South
ern members in Congress, for the purpose of
silencing the abolition question, is worthy of
eh praise, and must be highly gratifying to the
iMouth. That patrio-ism which has enabled
them to repress the natural feeling -of indlgna
:on and anger, and agree to the most wiiole-
IsO.nc compromise, truly deserves the highest
encomiums of their constituants.
T*nc rapid progress which the principles of
abolition are making, demands the gravest con
sideration of the South. Cool and unembar
rasse 1, they should bo ready to meet the crisis,
come when it may. That it will come, seems
to be inevitable. The tide of emigration from
Europe, which is hilling the Northern States
with combustible materials, added to what is
already there, will, at some future period, be
ignited by the spirit of fanaticism, and the fire
brands which will be hurled into our domestic
institutions, can only be resisted by the strictest
union amongst ourselves.
People of tite South, be not lulled into letli
ergy present against your assailants the
strongest barriers, both moral and physical—
watch, scrupulously watch, for the diabolical
incendiary, he may be in your borders.
* BARNWELL.
Correspondent of the Courier.
To the Junior of (tie Southern Host:
Dear Sir— Tire following lines were written by a
young gentleman of this ci v, and inscribed to the ladies
who were employed in decorating the Episcopal Church
for the festival of the Nalivit on the 25th instant.—
Although of local application, they are so beautiful, and
appropriate to the occasion winch suggested them, that
1 send you acopy, in the hope that you may assign them
a place in the poetical Miscellany of the Southern Post.
ONE OF YOUR SUBSCRIBERS.
Macon, December 23th, 1^37.
Y es ! hang the yearly festoons round,
A. =au decorate this Holy ground—
They ’re emblems of a living faith,
Tkiat dies not with a mortal’s breath.
l
Yos ! hang them round with easy grace,
And deck the Altar to its base,
For they commemorate a birth
THat gave a Savior to the earth.
Arid when that Holy morn appears,
Be here to greet it with your prayers ;
With grateful heart thank Him that ihou
Art still permi- ted here to bo w.
A?nd ere you raise the bended knee
To Him the sacred One in Three,
In meekness ask the God of Prayer *
T > bless thee still another year.
Then breathe the high and blessed theme
That tells of Holy Bethlehem—
A nd hail with joy the day'—the birth—
T.lat gave a Savior unto earth.
For the Southern Post.
TO HOPE.
Thou beaming light whose gentle ray
With joy illumes life’s fleeting day,
.A. ad bids the bosom’s sorrows fly :
As and ew that glistens on the flow ’r
At morning light or evening hour,
Imparts a fairer brigther dye.
Whon love's sweet halo strikes the heart,
And fondest dreams of bliss impart
Their influence o'er the mind :
Thy ray so mildly beaming there
Dispr-Is the gloomy shade of care,
.And lights the soul with joys refin’d.
When genial breat h of balmy spring
Awa'ces the soul’s imagining,
In dreams of smiling bowers :
'Tis r h.r;e top’ill the bosoms sigh.
And r>oint to Beauty’s rapturous eye,
The path of life to strew with flow’rs.
Thin® are the visions fair and bright
Whose hallow’d soul inspiring light,
Foretells the bliss of Heaven :
That Brilliant throne where angels meet
To chant in strains Divinely sweet,
Joys to the faithful only given. " 9fT.
REA & TARDY.
rjJUIC subscribers are now prepared to execute al’
-8- kinds of House, Sign and Ornamental Painting.
either in the cirv or country. Orders will be promp ly
attended to. They can be found at the Brick House
recently occupied by Joseph Wainright, opposite (west)
the Court House.
January 6 line
To the X’ricnds Patrons of the 66 GEOR
GIA MIRROR.”
YSTE ♦'nke this measure of infor:nine our friends and
* the public generally, tha circumstances entire
ly beyond our control have prevented the issuing our
paper a’ the time specified in our prospectus.
OurT vpe,&c. were ordered sufficiently early tohave
filled our engagement, allow ing a reasonable arid com
mon time for them to arrive, but such has not been the
case. The public, however, are assured that the publi
cation of the “ Mirror” will be commenced as soon as
circumstances will allow. BEN. GARDNER, !
H. II.BARROW.
Florence, Stewart County, Ga., January 1, 1838.
Mr The papers of thus State, friendly to ours, will
oblige* ns bv giving this an insertion. G. & H.
January 6 11 I
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COMMERCIAL.
From Higgin’s Monthly Review of the Macon Market.
Statement of Cotton.
Stock on hand, Ist September. 1537,.... 7,337
Received during the month of Dec !ID ,735 I
previous, this season, 31,473
Total receipts to Ist January, IS3S, ! 51,20-d 47,357
Stock on hand Ist January, 183S r 16,97uj 14,102
Snipped this season, j 41,5651
Review of the Market.
Cotton—We quote 6 to 91 cents; the latter price
requires strictly prime, of which, comparatively, there
is but very little. During the holidays not much is done
and the article is rather dull. The late Liverpool nc
c .ants are rather favorable, with an improvement of id.
They say, “ the import of all sorts of Cotton into the i
Kingdom, since the Ist of January, amounts to 1,064,-
000, against 1,043,000 bales received during the same
period m 1836, and of American separately, the receipts
have been 777,900, against 706,700 bales. The Stock of
all sorts of Cotron in the ports of the Kingdom, as esti
mated on the l«t instant (November) amounted to about
311,000, agamst 312,000 last year at the same time —and
149,000, against 158,000 American. Showing an in
crease, in the Stock of ail kinds, of about 29,000, and in
that of Americana decrease of about 9,000. Uplands,
ordinary to middling fair, 5{ a 6d—fair to good fair, GJ u
*Ld —good to fair, 7* a Tipi. The demand far Cotton
during the last three days has been very steady, though
at no time brisk. The market firm.”
Bacon—Old *• hog-round” 12 to 1G ccrus—very lit
| tie for sale. New Pork, live, 4to $5 gross—G ’to 8 cents
| ncet.
Bagging—lß to 22 cents. The supply is light.
Corn—B7i to $1 per bushel.
Corn-Meal—l to SR per bushel.
Flour—Canal, best brands, sl6—half barrels, SSJ, at
retail—country Four, G os7 per hundred pounds. We
would remark, that until the last eight or ten days—since
our River has been in boating order—our market has
been entirely bare of the article, except what was sup
pl’ed from our country mills, and there is no reason why
this market should not be entirely supplied by them.—
O urState produces the best of wheat, and if our Far
mers would be more particular in cleaning it before it
goes to the mill, there can be no better Flour made. Let
them do as our Northern and Western brethren do,
-hrash it on a clear barn floor, and they would be amply
repaid for the expense and trouble ; this market could
and would be supplied by them. The farmer would find
he made «3 good, if not a better crop, in Wheat than in
Cotton, and to the consumer it is much the mostprofitt
able. William Johnson, of Jones, & Needham Alims,
>f Monroe Counties, superfine Flour, will bear compari
son with the best brands of Can ll in'every respect.
N Groceries—The market is poorly supplied ; the
stock being much lighter than usual at this season of the
year, owing no doubt to the late embarrased state of the
monetary affairs of the country. They usually are sold
for cash or short credit in the Northern markets. We
guote wholesale prices of leading articles :
S’. Croix Sugar, 10 a cents per,lb.
Potto Rico “ 11 al2 “ . “
Nevv-Orleans 9a 11 “ “
Loaf “ 20 a23 “
Molasses, Nevv-Orleans, 56 a.53 cents per gal.
West India, 52a 5G “
New-England Ram, 62 a G 5.
Gin, Go a 63.
Whiskey, 62 a 65.
Coffee, 12 n 14 cents.
Mackerel—No. 1,817 per bbl.
No. 2, sll “
No. 3, 811. “
Other articles are nominal.
Iron —7 cents per lb.
Salt—sl 12 1 per bushel. The supply is small—none
having arrived since last season, except a boat load of
1590 bushels which sold at $1 6| cents on board.
Exchange. »
Exchange on Ncw-York, 3| per cent prem.
United States Bank Notes, 4 per cent prem.
Freights
To Darien, by boats, *2 50—boxes, $2 25.
Savannah, “ $3 —boxes, $2 75.
Charleston, “ $3 59 —boxes, 83 25.
AN Election for Foreman of the
Washington Fire Company will take
place, at ‘he Engine House, on Satur
day, ihe2C<fh instant, at 7 o'clock, P M.,
to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of E.
Russell —and to fill such other vacancies as mayfthen
occur. Bv order.
JOSEPH E. WELLS, Secretary.
Januar» T 6 lip
| BISSOLFTIOtf.
THE copartne--«h>n heretofore existing 1 under the firm
of H. &, J. SHOT WELL, was dissolved on the
Ist of January, bv mutual consent. The business will
be conducted in future bv H. Siiotwell, who will eet
tle the business of the late firm.
HARVEY SHOTWELL,
JACOB SHOTWELL.
January 6 lip
NOTICE.
FTHIE partnership that has been under the name of
■- Horace Fitch in this citv, and Lewis Fitcii &. Cos.
New-Haven, Conn, will be dissolved by its own limita
tion on the first of January. Asa new arrangement
will he made in the business, all persons indebted to us
wall please make an early settlement.
LEWIS FITCH,
HORACE FITC'JI
December 3*l lt>
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BY THE LATEST MAILS
from the New-York Daily Express, of December 23.
FROM CANADA.
PROCLAMATION.
THREE HUNDRED ACRES of the
most valuable Lauds in Canada, will Le given
to each volunteer who innyjoui the Patriot
forces now encamped on Navy .Island. V. C.
Also, ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN
JsiL\ EE, payable on or before the ist oi May
next.
By order of the Committee of the Provincial
Government. \Y. L. MACKENZIE,
Chairman pro. tern.
Navy Island, Tuesday, Dec. 10th, 1837.
CANADIAN MEETING AT ST. ALBANS.
Tais place continues to lie in the highest
state of excitement. Two thousand persons
have assembled, —resolved lo take arms for the
purpose ot defence, Arc. Ac.—complained of
Governor Jennison's Proclamation, Arc. 'Pro
British are charged with making inroads over
the lines, and attacking private individuals.
From the Albany Argus.
We learn that a requisition has been made
by Sir F. B. Head, Lieutenant-Governor of
Upper Canada, upon Governor Marcy, for the
person oi William L. Mackenzie, as a fugitive
from justice, charged with certain felonies.—
D. Betiiune, Esq. who was the bearer of the
despatt lies from Lieutanant-Governor IT., ar
rived in town on Friday evening, and took his
departure yesterday morning. Governor M.
declined to comply with the application ; as the
offences charged against Mackenzie, being in
cidents of the revolt, were merged in the higher
crimes imputed to him of treason—a political
offence, excepted by our laws from those for
i which fugitives can be surrendered by the Ex
ecutive. The opinion of the Attorney Gener
al, given at the request of Governor Marcy—
an able paper —sustains this conclusion. Be
sides, the demand was inadmissable on anoth
er ground. It is a well known fact, and is
conceded, we understand, in the documents ac
companying Governor Head’s despatch, that
the a Hedged “ fugitive” is not within the ter
rity of this State—his head quarters being on
Navy Island, within the province of Upper
Canada.
A Tragedy i:i the Arkansas Legislature.
On Monday, the 4th instant, (says the N. Y. Express,
of the 28rli ultimo,) the Speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives of the General Assembly of Arkansas (Mr.
Wilson,) of Clark County, rushed from the Chair upon
Mr. Anthony, of Randolph County, with a drawn bow
ie knife, and although resisted by his antagonist with a
similar weapon, he almost instantly despatened him.—
The provocation was a personal remark aimed at the
Speaker by the unfortunate member. Wilson was
forthwith arrested by the civil authorities, and his name
stricken from the roll of the House, by nearly a unani
mous vote.
ATTENTION IHJ3B CAVALRY !
,**>»>»■ w *•»re”*"
APPEAR on your Parade Ground on Monday, Bth
January, at \ past 9 o’clock, A. M., with four round
oi blank cartriges—uniformed and equiped for parade
and drill. L. M. McCALL, Orderly Serg’t.
January 6 llr
MACON VOLUNTEEERS!
A APPEAR on vour parade ground on
i Monday, the Bth insmnt, at 9 o’clock, A.
JLj I M., in full un form, with 12 rounds of blank
cartridge.
foA A Court of Enquiry for the trial of de
fruiters, will be convened at the Court
riy-vlil House, on the 11th ins'ant, at 7 o’clock,
p 'L.if P. M. Bv order,
f k | HOLMES, Ist Sergeant.
I H I Those members who have not*
\ft | been able to provide themselves with uni*.
HBV form pants, will he allowed to appear i.n
■■ ranks with blue pants.
January 6 l|r-
Same
time last
season..
1336 37.