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H.-.'-MU'K ■•-T II I- ■ —n "so ssifssm jp©jip»_ rtFFIf’E UNDER THE CENTRAL HOTEL, THIRD DOOR ABOVE 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 *!T VTiW.'-'T-H 'T • -mi .*** 'I r- ■ 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> ■ ■■«— —— .-psm§ gjJuftuT C&a jVW' ■.» 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.