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AMERICANS IN EUROPE.
From the Paris Correspondent of the American.
Ten or twelve American gentlemen were
presented at Court last week by General Cass.
V> many or more American ladies will shine
:Vthe Tuiieries on Wednesday evening next.
Mark the hit in which the Chancellor of the
Exchequer indulged himself, in die Br. House
of Commons, on the 19th instant, at the gaudy
dress of the American functionaries who visit
the palace of St. James. “ Tae honorable
member,” said the Chancellor replying to Mr.
Hume, in the debate on the Civil List Bill, “ had
talked of expensive liveries. Let him, follow
ing U p his own analogy, go to the levees, and
behold the gaudy array in which the officers of
the United States appear befoie the Sovereign
of England.” I wish Americans abroad would
consent to profit by this rebuke, in decorous
and ungracious as it may be deemed. \V e
are not quite so Republican, as we might 01
should be, in our modes of seeking introduction
at foreign courts, and our equipment before
rovlaty? The Department of State could,
beneficially, revise its regulations or recom
mendations respecting the official costume of
our agents displomntic and consular.
Communicated.
The Broken Flower.
I walked out in the morning, when the mild
sprinii had spread her verdant mantle upon
the fields, and called forth the blossoms and
the bud ; when the green shrub was expand
inti its leaves like the wing of the ncwlx fledged
bird, and the rills leaped gladly along in the
sunlight, rejoicing as it were in the freedom of
fores? life—and' I marked, and enjoyed, the
freshness and beauty of the scene ; but a lit
tle floweret, that bloomed lonely by the path,
arrested my attention, and I turned aside to
contemplate its hues, and admire the delicacy
of its form. It was lonely, yet meek, and rich
with fragrance, flung upon the light wings ot
the passing wind, and I thought it an emblem
of a young and guileless heart, it stood so un
protec e 1 in its innocecne.
I returned in the evening, and sought for the
gentle flower, but the cruel tread of the heed
less stranger had been upon it, and crushed
it—-and it lay on the ground broken and bleed
ing, unnoticed and alone. And I thought it,
as it lay thus before me, an emblem of the hu
man heart ; when its delicate pride has been
wounded by the thoughtless or the designing,
who pass on their way and leave the stricken
one to mourn in the silent desolation ot the
breast.
I reflected on the fate of the dying flower,
and received from it a lesson that sank deep in
to mv mind. It taught me that only the great,
the wealthy, are secure from aggressions like
this ; and that their claims and pretensions are
acknowledged and respected, whilst the inno
cent, and the unpretending, are slighted and
despised, and their merits unseen and unre
warded. MUZA.
For the Southern Post.
I wish I was a careless child,
Or dwelling in some lonely cave —
Or roaming through some forest wild,
Or sailing o’er the dark blue wave 1
The foolish pomp of city pride,
Accords not with my open soul,
Which loves the tranquil flowing tide,
And seeks the shores where billows roll.
Few are my years, and I do feel
The world has not a friend for me ;
And why do darkening shades conceal
The hour when I roust cease to be ?
Once, I beheld a splendid dream—
A visionary scene of bliss—
Truth ! wherefore did thy hated bean*
Awake me to a world like this !
Those who loved me —all are gone !
My friends, my early friends, are dead !
How sadlv feels the heart alone,
When all its former hopes are fled.
Some men do, by the drunkard’s bowl,
Dispel with every care and ill;
But, oh ! these things provoke my soul,
And my sad heart is lonely still,
Oh! how I hate the voice of those
Whom rank or chance, whom wealth or pow’r,
Have made, though neither friends, nor foes,
Companions of the festive hour !
Oh ! give me just a friend or two,
In years and feelings all the same ;
And I will scorn the uiid-night crew',
Where boisterous joy is but a name.
f * * * * *
MUZA
macon!
Saturday Morning, March 3. 1838.
83“ An “ Earthquake” in our next. Don’t start,
reader! it will only shake your sides, perhaps. By-the
wav, excellent plan this—rather singular occupation for
“ Earthquakes”—better than sinking cities, however ;
and w ith a little more pains and experience, he may
fill his new occupation very well.
“ Medicus” w r ill shortly appear, again.
OCT “ Oscar” is in type, but necessarily laid over till
our next, together with other matters.
Cotton Market.
We quote, this week, from 7 to9J cents. But small
quantities coming in, owing to the badness of the wea
ther. The total receipts of Cotton this season, up to
the Ist March, instant, 86,209 bales.
It is extremely painful to the patriot heart, to the
lover of his country, and his country’s honor, to witness
or even to hear tell of the low scenes that are sometimes
enacted within the halls of Congress. It augurs illy for
the good of the country, and bespeaks the eve of a dis
tressing state of things. But recently, has a member
been accused of offering his services for a bribe, this
we do not in the least credit, but we look to the tendan
cy such reports wrill have; the minds of the people wrill
soon be prepared to hear and believe, even worse things
of their representatives. Oaths and imprecations have
been hurled by members against each other, and in the
teeth of their Speaker. Corruption, misrule,
and the engendering of bitter feelings and party strifes,
have been the order of the day during the present Con
gress. Well may the people ask, what has congress
done ? Who will answer tne enquiry ? Who can ?
We are not w r ont to meddle in these matters much, as
it was not our stated purpose in the outset. But if mat
ters go on in this way, the very stones will ere long’
cry out from the earth. Where is that high minded vir
tue of our forefathers? Where that virtue which is
said to belong so peculiarly to Republican form of Gov
ernment ; has it departed from us ? We think not, we
hope not, there is yet virtue enough among the people
to purify and save a wriiole nation. It is their rulers that
are growing corrupt, and the people should displace
them, and all those that are guilty, and those that have
connived at guilt. The happiness of the number is to
be saught, not the will of the few Favor, and favorit
ism, are words that should be banished from the politi-
cal vocabulary of Republican Government.
Here, the people themselves are at fault; they must
have their favorite, on whom, they never get tired of
heaping their favors. And thus it goes on, until his
wish becomes almost a law. They hate to disappoint
him, as an over-fond and foolish mother would her spoil
ed child. Do they expect to find them all deserving the
confidence of a Washington, or possessing virtue like
his, proof against every temptation ? It they do, the
sad error will be found out too late. The people are too
generous, too prodigal of their gifts to those who have
rendered some service to their country. In doing which,
they have done no more than duty, and no more than
their country had a right to demand. It is a fatal error,
and requires a remedy. And that remedy, lies in a
proper knowledge of the defection, and dangerous con
sequences, which will eventually result from such a
course.
Ilail to thee, Spring !
Spring is coming ! And with it, bright anticipations
arise, and buoyant thoughts swell our bosom. Nature
is putting on her rich robe, and promises that the Horn
of Plenty shall be over-filled. Her garment of livid
green will soon cover the earth, and happy, joyous,
Spring w ill burst upon us in all her loveliness ; bring
ing with it a thousand associations of pleasure and of
happiness that have long since rolled aw r ay with Time—
ruthless destroyer of all things, save what the memory
of man treasureth up. Those are green spots in me
mory that spring-time awakens ! The hoarded trea
sures of thought, which the chilling wintry blasts can
not efface ; associations of pure and unalloyed plea
sure, which will live in the memory of man while na
ture supports the decaying frame. Emblem of all that is
beautiful in youth, or lovely in virtue, is budding na
ture ! Dressed as with a bridal garment, she dispenses
happiness to all around—and ere long, promises a rich
harvest to reward the toil of the industrious. Who!
does not enjoy this lovely season ? Is there one so im
mersed in cares and business as to suffer thy approach
unheeded, nor know it save by the date of his account
book ? If there be, he should be turned into a calcula
ting machine and placed on some barren isle, where no
thought of Spring ever comes —to resolve doubts for
Mariners and Astronomers ; and here we will leave
him. Reader, are you a farmer ? If so, then you are
happy; or, if not happy, it is not because you are one.
Spring is coming ! Can more be said to make thee
happy ? doth it not awake visions of thy joyous youth ’
when thou wast wont to roam the forest free,” o’er
mountain, hill and glen, or dance upon the flower clad
lawn —or sport on the banks of chrystal streams, whose
moving murmere chimed in so sweet with nature’s
melody ? Does not the very words thrill through thy
soul with ineffable delight and transport it back to un
numbered scenes of pleasure in by-gone years ? Dost
! remember w-hen thy soul w r as ravished by the wild mu
! sic of the forest, and nature’s hum in spring-time was
I sweeter to thee than the soft music of murmuring wa
ters ? Or, when tripping along the valley, you inhaled
the first breath of Spring, freighted with odors shaken
from the sweet scented flowerets, and bounding forth,
you snatch with eager hand the first budding blossom,
and kissed its virgin folds with more than transport of
| the lover ? Or, with boyish delight, you chased the
spring-fairy butterfly from field to field, from flower to
flower—nor wearied in pursuit until you had clasped
the little victim in your hands and gazed uponher : gor
geously decked wings and gossamer plumage, as they
glittered in the sun-beams, displaying the many colored
tins of the rain-bow ! And docs not all this make thee
happy ? or wouldst have more, and cry out like the dis
conted man, “ What is Happiness, and where to be
found ?” He had sought, on land and on sea, at home
and abroad, in the wild forest and cultivated city, in the
torrid, the temperate, and the frigid zones; in short, he
had roamed over the wide world and found it not. He
had sought it in books—he had studied the different re
ligions of the earth writh the vain hope of finding that he
sought; he found that all could not be right, yet there
was some good in all. He had lived tl»e life of the sol
itary, and fed upon reflection. He had lived in the
crowded city, amid the busy hum of commerce, and
held close converse with men. He had studied the
specious theories of those men called great—had tried
many rules of conduct—w as intimate with many codes
of morals, and yet had not found the road to happiness.
Selfish mortal! Had he staid at home, and studied to
make others happy, he would have made himself so.—
Had he sought in his own bosom for the springs of con
tentment, he would have found them. But instead of
so doing, he has run over the world after a shadow,
which is even now father from his grasp than when he
first set out. It is his folly that made him unhappy.
So, gentle reader, home is the place of happiness, and
must be sought in thy own bosom, and that of thy fam
ily. And now that spring time is coming thou mayst
have more than a double portion, which we hope will
greet all our patrons at every recurring Spring of this
life, and a perpetual Spring in another.
We wish we were a Poet, in Spring time at least,
that we might indite something about this lovely season
that would he worthy of it. We think we could hear
his woes, to gain his triumph over words and thoughts,
for three months in the year at least; but as our thoughts
do not run to rhyme, but rather to uncultured weeds,
we arc compelled to apply to some of our Poetical cor
respondents, who can wield the pen to measure, and
the thoughts to harmony, for help in this our time of
need. And promise to him, who shall write the best
piece of original Poetry, on Sriuxa, a handsome present
for his labor—and one, too, that shall be worthy to be
received in return. We give three weeks from the pre
sent time for them to be written ; competent judges
! shall be selected to decide ujH>n their merits; names of
the authors not to be known, unless by their consent. —
Come ! plume your muses, and touch your lyres, for
you should sing well when you have such a subject.
93“ The Mobile Advertiser has become the property
of Sol Smith, Edited by W. Keating.
EIRE SUPERIOR COURT, )
JYovemfjer adjourned Term , 1837. [
January, 1838. )
The death of Oliver 11. Prince, Esq. being announc
ed to the Court, it is ordered that E. D. Tracy, E. A.
Nisbet, T. G. Holt, and C. J. McDonald, be appointed
a committee to report resolutions expressive of the sen
timents of the Bar on this dispensation of Divine Pro
vidence.
The committee appointed to report a suitable tribute
|to the memory of O. 11. Prince, Esq. lately deceased,
in discharge of the melancholly duty assigned them,
! submit—
That the subject of this brief notice of respect and
I affection, for many years resided in this city, and is in*
! dentified in the recollection of its citizens with its early
settlement, its growth and present prosperous condition.
And his memory is endeared to them by his many pub
| lie acts, and his numerous private charities. At the
time of his retiring from the duties of the profession, he
1 was a member of this bar, and for many years previ
l ous had practised in the Courts of this Circuit. His
professional brethren record with pride and with mourn
j ful pleasure, that their deceased brother had attained to
great distinctinction as a lawyer, bringing into discharge
of professional duties, a sound discriminating mind, un
tiring industry, extended acquirements, the strictest prin
ciples of honor, and the urbanity of an amiable and
cheerful nature. None who knew the deceased will fail
ito remember how happily and gracefully in him, were
| blended the power to instruct, and the art of pleasing.
In him were ixhibited the strength and character of a
profession, which in the history of civilized states, has
been found always enlisted on the side of liberal prin-
ciples and enlightened policy.
Major Prince was a man of strongly marked public
spirit, affording promptly the aid of nis character and
genius, to objects connected with the honor and happi
ness of the country. Possessed himself of a good edu
cation and fine literary taste, he was the patron of learn
ing. At the bar, as a trustee of the University, and in
the councils of his country, he was the active and effi
cient advocate of correct principles and useful ends.
The light of his public character attracted more • f
admiration, but was, if possible, less lovely than thu
mild radiance of his private character. And it is in the
circle of domestic love, of which he was the centre, tha
his virtues were best displayed, best known and mo?
poignantly regretted. In the death of our brother, th
light of a happy home has been extinguished, and the
light of a wide circle has become extinct. And whilst
we feel our own loss, we know that others have sustain
ed a loss infinitely greater. To such, we as a body and
individually tender our sympathies, with the assurance,
that although we may not aleviate, we yet can share
their sorrows. Nor can we fail to recognize in this
singularly afflictive dispensation, the hand of that mys
terious power, which reigns in righteousness amidst the
armies of Heaven, in the habitations of earth and up
on the great deep.
Resolved therefore, That the Court and Bar of the
Flint Circuit, in token of respect to the memory of Maj.
Oliver H. Prince, will wear crape upon the left arm
' for the space of thirty days.
That this report and resolutions be entered upon the
minutes of this Court, and a coppy of the same be
transmitted to the nearest relatives of the deceased.—
And that a copy-also be forwarded to the Editors of the
I Southern Recorder, Federal Union, Athens Whig, and
the papers of this city for publication.
A true copv from the minutes, Feb. 26,1833.
HENRY G. ROSS, Clerk.
BY LAST NIGHT’S MAILS.
From the Neu>- York Herald.
STATE OF TRADE.
Saturday Evening, Feb. 24.
Though merchantile affairs have not actually taken a
decided stand for the better, thev seem about to do so.
The number of strangers gradually increases in the city,
and the auction marts are better attended generally,
than for some time back. Purchasers seem to take hold
more freely, and with better confidence, and the com
ing week may be expected to exhibit more animation
than the last few weeks have done. The length of
time elajised since we have had advices trom Europe,
has created a suspense in the minds of large dealers,
which must be removed before any heavy transactions
can take place. The severity of the weather for th«
last week or ten days, unusual at this season, is not
without its effect in retarding commercial operations.
From the Aug&sta Chronicle and Sentinel.
DUEL AT WASHINGTON.
Just as our paper was going to press wo.
received the Charleston Mercury of yesterday,
by which we learn that a duel was fought at
Washington on the evening of the 24th ult.
between Mr. Chilley, a member of Congress
from Maine, and Mr. Graves a member Irom
Kv. They fought at 30 yards distance with
rifles. Mr. C. was shot in the groin the third
fire, and died in a few minutes. Mr. Chilley
was a warm champion and devoted friend of
Southern rights, interests, and feelings.
FROM THE FRONTIER.
Adams, Jefferson Cos. Feb. 19.
The state arsenal at Watertown, was bro
keji open last evening, and some 500 muskets
taken out. Fairbanks, who is the keeper, has
offered a reward of >s2so for the recovery ol
them.
There begins to l>e some excitement here
upon the subject of Canada. Many loads ot
men and provisions have been and are now
passing here for the north.
Some of them have called at the different
stores for powder, and have bought all that
was for sale by the keg. Whether it will a*
mount to anything or not, we cannot deter
mine. [The report is, says the N. Y. Com
mercial Advertiser, that there is a considerable
force on the frontier, in Jefferson county, and
that a descent upon Canada, at some point, is
contemplated. We doubt it, however.]
A letter from Hamilton, dated 12th Febru
ary, in the Rochester Democrat, states that
there was a riot at Toronto on the 9th, in which
four were killed and several wounded.
“Know Thyself.”
PHRENOLOGY.
MR. S. HERNIS. (from Paris,) Practical Phreno
logist, has the honor to inform the public that h«
will remain a short time in this city. Ladies and Gen
tlemen who may desire a Phrenological examination of
their heads, will please call at Mrs. Ellis’, adjoing th*
Central Hotel.
93“ Mr. 11. will deliver his second Lecture, on Mon
day Evening next, at the Academy.
March 3 19
PROPERTY FOR SALE.
THE subscriber intending to move from
||ipf Macon , offers the following town property
1 " -1;J, 'tor sale, to wit: the Store House on Cot
ton Avenue, next above Chapman &. Childers’ store ;
the Store House (with the Dwelling connected) on Mul
berry street, now occupied by A. Me Am, and the
Dwelling House on Walnut street, which I now occu
py. Besides which, lam offering the ballance of mv
property in the State, and several bodies of valuable
Land in Mississippi.
An excellent COOK is offered—all on favorable terms
as l positively design moving (to Baltimore, Md.) early
in the summer. Jn t O. RUTHERFORD.
March 3. 19tf
MACON MECHANIC’S SOCIETY.
4 REGULAR monthly meeting will be held at Mr.
T. B. Clark’s Coffee House, on Tuesday evening
next, 6th inst., at 7 o’clock P. M. .
A punctual attendance is earnestly requested of all
the members, as business of importance will be laid be-
I Society. Bv order. I. F. BROWN, Sect v.
March 3. to