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KI3 IE 31 Jf> ©& Sy rl rICE tj-VDER TIIE CENTRAL HOTEL, THIRD DOOR ABOVE * TH E POST-OFFICE, and in the rear of (adjoining) the MACON LYCEUM AND LIBRARY SOCIETY’S READING ROOM- MACON: Saturday Xttorning, January 27, 1838. $y Several original articles are unavoidably laid over until next week. $y Xo newspaper mail yesterday from the North and East. We have no interesting news from Con gress, Florida, or Texas, nor any thing later from Cana da than may be found in our columns. Cotton Market. The market has been brisk, the past week, at an ad vance from former prices. We quote, 7$ to ‘JJ cents.— Some fancy Cottons have brought 10 cents. An entire crop, of about 100 bales, has been sold at 11J cents. We have had more rain, the last two days. The ri ver is in good boating order. Five ! On Sunday night last, a work-shop, belonging to a Mr. Rogers, was consumed by Fire. Fortunately, it was not near enough to other buildings to communi cate. We regret that there was but one Engine that came to the Fire—and we shall take this opportunity f remarking to them, the necessity of prompt and elii cient action in all cases of Fire. The Legislature has granted to you an extraordinary privilege for the duties, expected by you to be perform ed. The exemption from Jury and Military duties an not granted, except for extraordinary services. A fa>. lire on your part to perforin such duties as are require and expected, and are due from you, will result in tin l»ss of your charter. N,ne are more impressed with the necessity of having effortive Firemen, than ourse ves, and we are equally willing to accord to them sue., privileges as they deserve. We hope, in future, tha their actions will show that they are not unworthy th privileges granted them. ftCr We were much pleased, last evening, on taking walk along Commerce-Row, to find it lighted up. Th is realy a great convenience—as our streets, in rain weather, are very disagreeable, especially to stranger.. We should be glad to find other parts of the city folio ing the same example, as it is not only a convenience but highly creditable to the city, and to the individua who has been the means of lighting it up. Fencing Exhibition. The Exhibition of Mr. Bauge, on Thursday evenin last, was well attended both by ladies and gentlemen.— And we believe general satisfaction was given, as we; as much entertainment to the audience. His graph! descriptions and fluent advocacy of the “art of self defence,” is alone worthy of an evening’s attention which Art, he has a very happy talent in imparting e ven to those of a very tender age, as was amply exem plifled by him on the night of the exhibition, in the cas. el two small boys, who have been under his tuition bt. a short time. The pains which this gentleman takes to inform his Scholars must ever meet with success, and together with his gentlemanly deportment, and agree able manners, will be certain to insure him a welcome reception and liberal p atronage, which none other cai better deserve, or better appreciate, than himself. Canada. The following is the most important news that we can gather from the accounts from Canada. A lettei lrom the officer (Captain Drew) who commanded a* the taking and burning of the Caroline—and the mur dering of her drew —reprerents the affair as a most gal lant one indeed. The brave volunteers under bis com mand, mounted from their boats upon her deck, in the face of fifty or sixty men and boys, unarmed, and swept ail be tore them. Set heron fire, cut her loose from her anchorage, and suffered her to drift over the Falls of Niagara, with some of her passengers—American citi zens—on board; and this is the affront that they, as a nation, will have to pocket, or in its stead, cold steel, as the Editor of the Canada Herald asserts. If there should ever be brought about a war, in consequence of the Ca nada difficulties, it will be mainly attributable to such slanderous and abusive tongues as the above named Editor possesses. His blood-thirsty soul would drink the blood of Patriots to gratify, perhaps, disappointed ambition, or queneh the fire of enthusiasm that burns within his breast. He wishes to bully the Americans into “ war, by covertly insinuating that they are cow ards, &c. &c. But realy such language is not worthy the attention of any Amerlcdn citizen, further than sim ply to know what is being said and dune among the "Harbors of the North who talk of blood, but shed much more—ink. Our readers will know how much to appreciate what such men have to say and will concur with us, no doubt, in thinking that said boaster of the North will be one of the last to put himself within the reach of an American rifle, of which he speaks so contemptiously. M e would prefer anything to a war with England, but dishonor. At any time, and under any circumstances, it could not be desiiahle to either country—as it must be, from the commercial relations existing between them, most disasirous to both. We refer our readers to the articles in our paper, in relation to Canada, for a Letter understanding of our remarks. From the Frontier. The Buffalo Star extra, of Friday morning says;— Governor Marcy, and General Scott, arc now in this city. We are glad this visit has been made, at this peculiar time. It will afford the general and state government, that knowl edge of the precise merits of the excitement here, which no official documents, however ex plicit and voluminous, could possibly give. The same extra paper contain tiie President’s i Message, of the sth inst., and the proceedings of Coiigres, in relation to the affairs on tiie frontier. From the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser. Gov. Marcy, and Maj. Gen. Scott, of the United States Army, arrived in tins city about 12 o’clock last night. The Governor, we un derstand, will order into service so many of our patriotic militia as Gen. Scott may require, and the latter officer, we presume, is fully in structed as to the course which the honor and interest of the nation require the general gov ernment to pursue. From the high standing and known ability of Gen. Scott, we doubt not that all orders of his, will be promptly, effi ciently, and exactly executed. VVnat measures will betaken to recover the property of the State, now on Navy Island, remains to be seen, but we apprehend, his Ex '•ellency will hardly permit thirty thousand dol 1 trs’ worth of the State property to be lost past ecovery. From the Buffalo Journal of Friday. The, British Outrage. —We arc authorized o state, that oil the receipt of the news of tin British outrage and murders, at Sculossar, tin .lost prompt and energetic measures were re olved upon. Toe necessary orders were im nediately given, in trie proper quarters, that ah -e facts of the case should be forthwith ascer uned, tiie amount of property destroyed, the runes and numbers of killed, wounded, Ac. aid all that pertains to a preparation fora de mand of redress of England. We trust that us heinous matter will now be followed up. >a our part, as becomes a nation insulted an' .limed ; and should prompt redress be denie< ■ ) ■ withheld, by the English government, tha they will not find it another Chesapeake affair. Ve bore tuc insult then, through weakness.; ii:s excuse is taken from us now. In further pursuance of the views of the loveinment, in this affiiir, Gov. Marcy am lon. Scott, have both arrived here. The Get,, s to take military charge of the frontier, am. ii gladly hail his return among us ; while om .eighbors npon the other side of the line, wt /iay well suppose, have better memories than •> dare provoke a second application of his ictics and his valor. The Lockport Daily Bulletin, issued from ic Balance office, contains tiie following ru nore, under date of Niagary Falls, Januan 6. We do not credit them ; indeed we dis •redit every thing in tiie shape of a rumore Vom tiie frontier. We have just had an interview with a re oec table and intelligent American gentleman who came this morning from the other side of <e river, (where be now lives and has been re siding,) from whom we derive the following in brmation, which he says may be relied on as übstantially correct. That an express arrived yesterday at the Tovalsist camp, at Chippewa, bringing intelli gence that Dr. Duncombe was actually in pos session of Fort Malden, with 2000 men, 700 Indians, and 1,500 stand of arms. That an express arrived last evening from Toronto, stating that the Patriots were pre paring to rise and-liberate the prisoners con fined in the dungeons at Toronto. That 1.000 of tiie Royalist militia at Chip, pewa, threw down their arms in a body on Monday, and left for their homes. Spirit of the Montreal Herald, The organ of the British Tory party in Lower Canada. “If one spark of national spirit lurks in the breast of that patron of marauding mercena ries, Lord Viscout Palmerston, Mr. Van Bu ren, instead of extorting any apology for the violation of his teritorv, will be requested to afford a satisfactory atonemenj for the faithless, I ungrateful and ruffianly conduct of his citizens. At all events, he and his universal nation will be obliged to swallo (v the alleged affront—or cold steel in its stead. Yes, cold steel vs. bul lets—judgement, as usual, for the plaintiff.— By the by, is not the favorite weapon of a na tion, a fair taste of its degree of courage ? Does not Jonathan’s preference of the long gun and the rifle, imply a tase for a safe dis tance? Does not John Bull’s preference of the bavonet and the cutlass imply a fondness i for close quarters V* 1 Liberty of the press! —The printing press, types, Ac., of an obsenre little revolutionary print, called the Quotidienne, were seized on Thursday evening along with one Lemaitrc, who acted both as Editor and Devil, and who was spedilv transferred to jail on charge of High Treason. Montreal Herald. FROM LOWER CANADA. Hunt than down. —The meeting of the General Committee of the Constitutional As sociation, of Montreal, addresses to the Queen and the Imperial Parliament, were read and Ireceived the sanction of the Committee; after which it was suggested if there is actually a warreut for High Treason against Mr. L. 11. Lafontaine, of this city, M. P. P., that the Dele gate from the Association, who is about to pro ceed to England, ought to have in his posses sion from the authorities in Montreal, sufficient documents to have Mr. L. arrested across the Atlantic. This Mr. L. 11. Lafontaine, it is said, has gone to England as the Agent of the Canadians who have been driven from their country by war rents to arrest them for High Treason. n. y. Daily Express. IMPORTANT decision. Mr. Ephraim 3.Cutter has recovered a ver lict of $320 damages of the town of Mendford, Mass., for injury sustained by his wife, a none of whose arm was broken, by being over .urned in a chairse, in the night time, owing to i block of granite encumbering the highway. BACKWOODS BON MOT. When the earthquake of 1811 destroys Yew Madrid, and so fearfully affected the fan >f the country along the Mississippi, the in mbitaiits, finding that the openings in these; “om each successive shock ran parallel to eaci >ther, felled trees, upon whose trunks they were secure from chasms whichever and ano; yiped between them. Appalling as was the retie, some of the wood-cutters took it very oolly: and one old fellow, who lor many year fterward helped to supply the steamboats of ie Mississippi, was heard -to exclaim, in thi nidst of the scene of terrors—“ Come, Bill, tail o use sitting all day on this log—let’s take to >ur axes again : tiie earthquake’s no great hakes, after all. “ EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS. Minor S. Lincoln, merchant of Boston has ecovered the ul vove sum for the breaking of lis leg, while be was travlling on the rail road of the Schenectady Company. For the Southern Tost. A MOTHER’S SOLILOQUY, f)N TIIE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF TIIE BIRTH-DAY OF HER DAUGHTER. Blest image of a father’s love, A mother’s tender care, Whose lispin" accents gently move, In words of Holy Prayer. O ! may that orison Divine Bless ever thy career ; Then may the path ofbliss be thine, Unshadowed by a tear. Thy budding form—thy germing min and, Know yet no worldly guile; Thy eve, thy cheek, in health combin’d, Beam Nature’s loveliest smile. May it be thus each after year, As onward time shall flow— And thus thy mother’s bosom cheer, With joy no others know. And, 0! kind Father! if we may Ask Thee our paths to guide ; Wilt thou watch o’er her youthful way— Her wayward follies chide: That when ablest Redeemer’s call May summon her above ; Her spotless soul to Thee, her all M ay yield, in hallowed love. For the Southern Post. Whence is this mournful sound, And why that sable bier— Why is yon new made mound ? Age hath no victim here ! A youth—a brother—son— Os grace, and promise rare: A mother’s darling one, Lies cold and lifeless there. Fond mother, check thy grief, (Yet cruel this may seem;) Thy God will give relief, To you—who trust in Him. Thy son from sin has fled, From sorrow, grief, and pain ; Thy cheris’d one is dead, But you will meet again- C. PERMT7TATIONS OF TIIB ALPHA BBT. The twenty-four letters of the English nl. phabet may be transposed (>20,448,401,733,. 239,430,460,000 times. All the inhabitants of the globe, on a rough calculation, could not in 1,000,000,000 years write out all the trans positions of the twenty-four letters, even sup posing that each wrote forty pages daily,each of which pages contained forty different trans position of the letters. On Sunday the 14th instant, in the 47th year of his nge, Mr. WILLIAM LUCAS, for some time a cit izen of this place. NIAGARA FIRE COMPANY ! Dlombors exempt from Jury and PTilitary Daly. FWIHE members of the above Company will attend a M- meeting of the Company, at the Engine House, This Afternoon, at 3 o'clock, for regular monthly drill.— The lines will be rigidly enforced upon all absentees. By order of the Foreman. THOMAS lIARROLD, Secretary. N. B. A few members more will he admitted to said Company, by making application at the time and place above mentioned. January 27 l lr WASHINGTON FIRE COMPANY ! NO. I. at your Engine House, This Afternoon, at 3 ItJL o'clock, for drill. Bv order, M. E. WELLS, Secretary. January 27 Mr ♦lacoti BenevolentA Mutual Aid Association. 4 REGULAR meeting comes on Tuesday Evening, February *»th. A full attendance is requested, aa •uainess of importance comps before the meeting. I’er order. E. AUGUSTUS WARE, Secretary. January 27 _ M* ___ CAOINET rFI I NITI R 1: AND CIIA I R WAII E -110 US E, Mulberry-street, (three door* ttelme the Central Rail-Road Rank,) Macon, Georgia. SPERRY & MEYER have on hand, and are re ceiving, and constantly manufacturing, a splendid assortment of FURNITURE —consisting, in part, of Sofa*. .Sideboards. Secretaries, Dining Tables, in sells uni single, Centre, Tea and Work Tables, and Bu reaus, of everv doscription ; with a full assortment of Bedsteads, Mattrasses, Feathers and Feather Beds— >iid a variety of Windsor, Fancy and Baltimore (’hairs. The subscribers, having in their employ the best of workmen, can manufacture at the shortest notice every lung in their line, in as good style as it can lie done in he State, and of the best materials. Persons wishing o purchase would do well to call and examine for themselves, as they are oflered oti the lowest terms for •ash. J. A. SPERRY, January 27 Gml 4 F. MEYER. ViT F ABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE. WILL be sold on Monday, the 12th of February, twenty-seven five acre Lots, sit tinted one mile from the city of Macon.— 'Phis property is located in one of the most healthy situation in the Stale. With 35 in family, in the year 1836, there was not a single case of ever; with 22 in family in 1H37, living on one of these Lots, it was the same case. Some of these Lots conta in upwards of 250 timber trees, which are worth from §2 to $2 50 each, which fact will he attested by application to Mr. A. McGregor, Thomas Knight, or any other car penter of this city, who is in the practice of using hea vy timber. It also has the advantage of being the near est timber land to city. As these lots will in all proba bility be sold very cheap, and are sufficiently near the city for any business man to occupy, it is hoped this op portunity will not be overlooked. Also, on the same flay, one ten acre Lot, which is one of the most heauti ful situations for a summer residence in the county, It contains two fine Springs; a Fishpond averaging from Bto 10 feet deep, well stocked with fish. The Springs are considered inferior to none in the county. Terms of sale, one-third cash, and the balance in six and twelve months. Any debt I owe, will be thankfullv re ceived in payment. DAVID F. WILSON. January 27 14p COMMERCIAL BANK, ) Macon, January 27, 1838. $ NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS. 4 N election will be held at the Banking House in this - «- city, on the first Monday in February next, at I<> o’clock, A. M. for five Directors of this Bank, to serve for twelve months thereafter. G. B. CARHART, Cashier. January 27 14e NOTICE. PERSONS having demands against the Macon Volunteers are particularly requested to hand them in to either of the undersigned, before the 30th in stant. ROBERT CARVER, ISAAC HOLMES, January 27 14r 13. F. ROSS. FENCING ACADEMY. MR. BAUGE will continue to take Scholars until the sth of February—no scholars will be taken after that time. January 27 14tf NOTICE. ALL persons having accounts against the firm of Cook & Cowles, and J. Cowles, are requested to present them at tbe Counting Room of the subscriber. January 27 14tf J. COWLES. CITY LICENSES 7 PERSONS wishing any description of Licenses, can obtain the same bv application to me, at the Post- Office. JESSE L. OWEN, Clerk Council. January 27 14