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MACON SPRING RACES.
THE annual spring Paces oyer the Central Course
will coijiiuf nee on Tuesday the 2(Hli of March,
.when the following purses will be* offered :
First Day, mile hente.:::::::::~:j,;;:::::::::::;Purs>c ?250
Second Dav, two mile heats,::-.::::::: :::: :} urse JoO
Third Day,' three mile hcats,::::;:::::::::::jurse j*UO
Fourth Dav, fiinr mile heats,::::::::::::::::::! ursc « -><*
Filth Day, mile heats, best three in five,::Furse 300
Weights agreeable to the raiet of the track.
MOSTIAN A MOTT.
January 13
extensive
JEWELRY ESTABLISHMENT.
THE subscribers are re
reiving his fall and winter sup
i plv oFGoods, which constitutes
If''. 0 j * v a’stock in the r line superior to
/r|,o *ji| any ever offered in this mar
l'iS\9/ r Sjffrr*, ket, and inferior to none for
f goodness ot_ quality, superior
workmanship, or variety ol
'= - - ~ -A style in the United States.
HIS STOCK CONSISTS OF
Ladies and gentlemen’s gohl patent lever Watches, of
the approved makers, M. I Tobias &, Cos., Robert Ros
.kcll, Joseph Johnson,.John Moncas and Litherland Da
visA Cos.: gold English anchor .escapement Watches,
that were made, to order and adjusted to suit the south
ern climate; gold Lepine Watches; silver patent Be
\< r Lepiu English Cylinder and Verge Watches; la
dies’ Curb guard, basket and cable Chains ; .Watch
Hooks, Seals, Keys and Swivels ; Finger and Ear Rings;
Broaches and children’s Knob's and Wires; gentle
men's guard, curb and linked Chains ; Seals, Keys and
Swivels ; bosom, sleeve and collar Buttons; Breast-pins,
and Medalions"; pearl and jet Crosses ; gold and silver
Buckles ; gold, silver and neari Snuff Boxes ; gold and
silver Ever-pointed Pencil Cases; Miniature Cases ;
Bracelets; gilt, silver, plated and shell Combs; gold and
silver Thimbles; gold, silver and steel tempi-d Spccta
eli-s, with glasses to suit every age, and near-sighted ;
Seed and large Coral; Coral Necklaces; bead Bags,
Chains and Purses; a variety ofßeads ; Spy and Quiz
ring Glasses; Microscones ; Spar Grotto; Tea Caddies;
Bucket-Books ; Indellible Ink ; Emory Cushions; Rat*
ties, Whistles and Teething Rings, for children ; Corset
Rings; steel Busks ; Portable Ink-stands and Writing
desks; card and cigar cases; visiting Cards; imitation
Irt'it; Lucifer patches; Battjc-Doors, Shuttle-Cocks
anti Graces; Fencing Foils, Masks and Gloves ; Ro
gers & Son’s Razors, pen and pocket Knives ; C. Em
erson's Razor Straps; Scissors; Dirks; Glazier’s Dia
monds ; seal Stamps; Chess-men, Backgammon boards,
Dice, Dominoes; steel Pens; Fire Fenders, And Irons,
Shovels and Tongs ; sheet Brass, brass Wire, Scales
and Weights ; Surveyor’s-Compasses and Mathemati
cal Instruments ; and large suspending Lamps;
lamp Glasses and Candle Shades ; Looking-Glasses ;
Dates and Thermometers; -Walking Canes; Guns,
Pistols, pistol Belts, Powder. Flasks, Shot Pouches, game
Ba s ; gold and silver Leaf; Dental Instruments; gold
and tin Foil; Whigs, Toupetts, Braids of Hair, Bolls
and Curls i- Otto of Roses, Cologne, Lavender and Flo
rida Water ; Birmingham and Sheffield silver plated
t astors, liquor Stands, Candle,Sticks, Branches, Wni-
Jnrs, Tea Travs, Fruit Baskets, Snuffers and Snuffer
l rays, silvepGups, Pitchers,Table, Tea, Dos.ert.Cream,
bait and Mustard Spoons, soup Ladles, sugar Tongs,
nutter Knives, pickle Knives and Forks, sugar Seoups
and fish Knives ; Mantle and Mahogany eight day
(-LOCKS ; Musical Instruments, consisting of
Bass and Kettle Drums, Fifes, Flutes,
Flageletts, Claronetts, Accordians,
Shell Music Boxes, and
Music Boxes, to play 12 tunes.
A GOOD STOCK OF
MILITARY & MILITARY TRIMMINGS
Os new style, such as are nc.y used by the Army un
to a recent regulation.
Watchmaker’s Tools and materials,
jcsides many other articles—all of which they will sell
s e h'-low’ for cash or approved paper.
1 hey invite citizens, arid imrSons generally visiting
; Ue c >ty, to oail at their Store, (east side of Mulberry-rt.)
• ml examine their Stock, where they are ever ready and
ttippy to attend to those who mav favor them with their
:alk ) WM. B. JOHNSTON &. CO.
Particular attention paid to Watch Repairing.
(laving m employ approved and experienced workmen,
■uni being prepared to manufacture all the parts oi
movement of a Watch, will warrant every piece they
make as perfect as the original, and their Watches to
perform well. & -,W.8. J. & CO.
JVlarch 17 (j-
T irna I'or Snle.
Vw S’O® lots of Oak and Hickory Land, a few miles
• from Macon.
Als° a FARM of one hundred acres in a good con
uition, f or planting, three and a half miles from town
d cc.2. r, “ Apply to JAS. A. NISBET.
~ Patent Ilowie-Knife Pistols.
*-» . ELGIN’S Patent Bowie-Knife Pistols, just recei
ved and for sale by
ROBINSON. WRIGHT & CO.
SOUTHERN POST.
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POETRY.
RECOLLECrXONJS Os A MOTHER.;
BY MRS. ABDY.
“ Why, Lady, thus pensive and drooping appear.
Dost thou think on thy husband who hunts the fleet deer,
Does the fate of thy brothers thy sorrow demand.
Who toil to win gold in a far-distant land,
Dost thou muse on thy children, fair, happy, and gay,
Who amid the tall beach-trees are bounding in play ?
I guess by each action expression, and tone,
Thy thoughts are bestowed on the absent alone.”
“ O Stranger ! ’tis not for my husband I grieve,
He turns from the chase in the shadows of eve ;
My brothers, who live beneath bright eastern skies,
Are cheered by new friendships, and blessed by new
ties;
My beautiful children, like birds on the wing,
Exult in the freshness of life’s sunny spring,
Yet a loved and an absent one causes these tears,
’Tis my who .gmkf in the valley of years.
To her image, what stores of fond memories cling,
I hear her again the sweet lullaby sing,
I bring to her wreaths of wild jrosef in glee,
Or murmur my soft evening prayer at her knee ;
O mother!—how oft in the world’s busy throng,
Have I suffered ingratitude, falsehood, and wrong,
And called back the hour, when disturbed or opprest,
I could sob all my cares on thy bosom to rest.
Though severed by distance, my fancy portrays
Her kind looks of love in my walks and rny ways,
And the dear ones who solace and gladden me now,
My tender devotion approve and allow ;
They never in vain on my tenderness call,
And they know that my heart can find room for them
all, '
Although in its deepest recesses be tuts <•
The mother who woke its young sympathies first.”
[Metropolitian Magazine.
F. F. LEWIS,
, FASHIONABLE MERCHANT TAILOR,
O.V COTTON-AVENUE,
w I NHERE gentlemen can be accommodated with
\\ suits made to order, on the shortest notice, and
of the best material of English and French Goods—and
of the most recent style. Also, a tine asspi tment of the
best Ready-Made Clothing of every description, com
mon in his business. Citizens and transient persons,
by giving him a call, will find a choice selection of Fan
cy Articles.
Also, UNIFORMS made to order in the best and la
test style, and good materials.
Good workmen are employed, and all orders will be
strictly and punctually attended to.
Wanted. —Two Journeymen Tailors, to whom lib
eral wages and steady employ will be given.
Peceiuber ‘J 7
-3„ iuj.-ng of the Florida Regulars.
BY LIEUT. G. W. FATTEN, U. S. A.
Strike up the rattling drum !
Shake out the guidon free !
Hurrah! with succoring bands we come
Across the bounding sea, l
We near the hostile shore,
Flourish the bugle’s blast;
Our weary voyage at length is e'er,
Hurrah ! we land at last.
Hurrah ! hurrah ! hurrah !
For yonder tented plain ;
In grasp of peace, with hands of war,
We greet our friends again.
Stand, comrades, onjjaur fives.!
Fill twice the wine-cup round ;
Pledge once your homes, and once your wives,
Then dash it to the ground.
Perchance that cup may pass
Some later.tiger again ;
And ye may drink—who fill that glass—
“ The memory of the slain !”
But rouse ye from your dream-r-
I hear the battle-drum ;
And columns wheel and sabres gleam—
Hurrah ! they come—they come !
Raise up the banner high,
As the Grecian held his targe;
If die we must, like men we die —
Sound ! forward to the charge !
March on, with measured tread—
’T is glory leads and fame ;
Our hunter hands the toils have spread—
March on ! wc scent the game.
Wait for the word —step light,
Let not a breath, respire—
Aim to the left—the right—
Aim to the centre —fire ! !
Hurrah ! hurrah ! hurrah .
I love the stormy din,
As fierce and fast, like waves afar,
The battle roareth in.
The music of the strife—
The war-bolt flashing by—
The forfeit death—the guerdon life—
Hurrah for victory ! [N. Y. American.
MACON, (Ga.) SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 17, 1828.
MISCELLANEOUS.
From the Ladies’ Companion, for March.
Fl>l TII TUNNAGLIFFj
Or, Wooing and Winning.
I.
A maiden sai in her desolate chamber. Tlip
fosqs that had decked her form at the gay as
sembly were fading and lay scattered around
beneath her feet. The jewels were cost care
lessly upon the the table, and the gala dress
was laid askfe. Despair was written upon her
lofty brow, and the solitary tear that trickled
down her pale cheek bespoke the presence of
deep and fearful sorrow.
Why was it? What had distorted the
wonted calmness and peace of .that fair young
creature ? It was not disease —she had never
felt the pains of an njllieted body. It was not
the loss of friends—death had not entered the
circle of her acquaintance, and she was still
surrounded by doating parents and smiling
friends. It was not poverty —she had never
■experienced the stings of want. What, then,
could it be ? It was the effect of that deep
and dangerous passion inherent in the bosom
of every individual; much more dangerous
when found springing up in the breast of a
fair girl of eighteen. And was it unrequited 4
No one would have thought it. It would have
been avowed that the heart of Edith TunnaclifF
was a prize not to be refused. No one could
have looked upon her brilliant features, soften
ed by benevolence and humility—her light and
graceful form—and have heard her utter the
emotions and sentiments of her heart, and not,'
feel that upon her, affection might be bestow
ed in all its depth and fulness. And she was
loved. Multitudes of gay suitors docked
around her, but theirs was the admiration and
devotion of selfish hearts. .Some there were,
who really felt all the affection they manifested,
but she treated them all alike—with cold fo
riillerence. ller’s was not a heart to be won
by honied words and studied adulations—it
must be by the still but deep and holy fondness
of a faithful heart.
There was but one being upon whom Edith
TunuclifF could look and feci that his love was
worth possessing ; and, ere she knew it, her
whole heart was gone. Hut she felt that her
feelings were not reciprocated, and that the in
dividual, upon whom she had silently and sca
cretly Bestowed her affections, viewed her with
indifference, cr gazed upon her as he did upon
the devotees of fashion by whom he was Sur
rounded. This was the cause of her appear
ance and emotions when wc first saw her in
tier chamber.
She moved—it was the first time for some
moments. She lent her brow upon her small
white hand, and gave vent to her sorrows.
“ I cannot, for my life, devine the cause of
Manly’s conduct. Whenever I enter the room,
however gay he may have teen, a cloud sccnis
to steal over his brow, and he sits down in some
corner, gloomy and discontented. Is it my
presence that affects him thus ? What is there
so terrible in me that causes sucli a revulsion
of manner? And why do l love him ? Do
I love him ? Yes, I feel it; and I feel too that
it is not reciprocated. This is too foolish—
.too silly for a woman. It might have done
years ago, but now it is wrong. Yet I can
not resist it. It comes upon me with the blast
of a whirlwind, and I cannot withstand its ap
proach. I feel it within jpie tearing my frame
in pieces, and burying my heart beneath its ru
ins. And lie does not love me —if he did,
my present feeling would be right, but now
they are wrong. 1 feel they are so, and I must
conquer them, though it rend my heart asun
der.”
With a look of concions dignity Edith
arose, and brushing back the curls that had
fallen over her face, uttered proudly, but mourn
fully—“ I will conquer them
11.
It was night. The wind how led mournfully
amid the tall trees that waved above the church
yard and made melancholy music to the num
bers sleeping beneath. There, in that lonely
place, at the still hour of midnights w ajked Ho
race Manly. He was a lover of the works of
God, and was accustomed to converse with
death. Me was an indigent student, but of
promising talents and a noble exalted mind.
He was a poet, withal, and was out at this
time to dritik in inspiration from the things
around him. But his heart was not at rest.
There was something that oppressed him, and
ho seemed gloomy. One wouhl have suppos
ed that he was anticipating a suicidal fate.—
But it was not so. He was revolving in his
mind a subject that had been for a long time
his meditation by day, and that had haunted
bis dreams by night. He was thinking of—
Love, and, as poets and foyers are apt to do,
he thought audibly.
“It is so—l am entangled. The mesh is
too strong to be broken. I am, (to use a vul
gar expression,) in love! And with whom ?
s>sasrt£ias<»
Not with you, Caroline Tracy—nor you, Ame
lia Tallmud<j»—ye parasites, ye butterflies of
fashion. Nor with you, Harriet Townsend,
although you desire it so much. Ye will not
do for me. Who is it, then, that sways such
a sceptre over my heart ? ,r And a slight whis
per, trembling upon his lips, breathed the name—
“Edith!”’
“And why shall I longer think of her}
She is rich, and has many suitors richer and
nobler than myself, but they cannot bring to
her the heart that I can. lam foolish—J am
deceiving myself. t>ur stations ill life are so
widely separated, and our fortunes are so dis
similar, that I cannot hoj>e. And she seems
to be displeased by my presence. Whenever
J enter the room, she puts on an air of haugh
tiness and pride, that totally confounds me.—
And yet, 1 continue to love, I have watched
her every action, have caught every sound
breathed from her lips, and my test iincs have
been written after gazing upon lier beauty.
And I have no hope. Yet I feel every day
that iny heart is drawn out towards her, and
when in her presence, every flash of her eye
tends to bind more firmly the chain woven
around my heart. This uncertainty I cannot
and will not tear. I will soon know my des
tiny, and if I am accepted, I shall be happy ;
but if not, I will—tear it like a rnan.”
Thus he soliloquized. Poor fellow! he lit.
tic thought that then, at that very hour, Edith
TunnaclifF, the subject of his meditations, sat
in her chamber, bemoaning her like painful
situation.
-in.
It was a bright, beautiful Summer evening.
Another gay party was assembled, and Edith
Tunaacliff was in its midst. Not thig she de
lighted in such scenes—she sought relief for
her sorrows. Manly soon entered and took
his accustomed station, and put on his wonted
look, for te perceived that site was there.—
Edith’s manner was changed, but the gaity and
light-heartedncss in which she appeared, was
forced. It was a flimsy mask, too frail to con
ceal the misery within. She could not help no
ticing that the eye of Manly was continually
upon her, and it was to her as the fascination
of a serpent. But she had gone too far to re
turn,-and she found that it was easier to resolve
than to perform. Iler gaity vanished, and she
moved silently to a seat in a distant part of the
room. • ' ■
The evening >vas fine, and a ramble was
proposed. All assented, and in the bustle of
equipment, Edith, in her retired s'ation, wa<
for a moment forgptte’n. That mohient seal
ed her fate. Manly sprang from his seat, and
gallantly led her amid the retiring company.
In the garden they separated, each pair taking
a different rout. That of our friends led to a
beautiful arbor in one corner of the grounds,
which seemed fitted to witness the tetrotlml of
a youthful pair.
“ Miss TunnaclifF,” said Manly, “ you have
never dreamed that 1 could love. You have
thought me cold and selfish, but I am" not so.
May I hope?”
A faint whisper trembled on Edith’s lips,
accompanied by a smile—the whisper was in
audible, but the smile spoke volums—and there,
in that lovely arbor, at that calm and impres
sive hour, fair Edith TunnaclifF
“ Was wooed and won.”
J. L. C.
IMPORTANCE OF EARLY EDUCATION.
What is the object of Education 1 To form
the character. How is this to be done ? Not
by lessons-but chiefly through the influences of
example, circumstances, and situation. llow
soon is this child exposed to these influences 1
From the moment it opens its eyes, and feels
the pressure of its mother’s bosom : from the
hour that it becomes capable of no.ic ng what
passes around it, and knowing the difference
of one thing from another. So powerful are
the gradual arid unnoticed influences of these
early that the infant, if indulged and
humored, may grow into a petty tyrant at ten
months old ; and toddle about at two yearsa
selfish, discontented, irritable thing, that ever}'
one but the mother turns from with disgust.—
During this period, every human being is
making his first observations, and acquiring
! his first experience; passes’ his early judgi
: meats, forms opinions, acquires habits. They
! may be ingrained into, tlje character for life.—
1 Some right and some wrong notions may take
| such firm hukl, and some impressions, good or
' bad, may sink so deep, as to be scarcely with
I any force eradicated. There is no doubt, that
I many of those incurable crookedness of dis
position, which we attribute to Nature,' would
be found, if they could be traced, to have Origi
nated in the early circumstances of life just
as a deformed and stunted tree is‘not so from
any natural pervesitv of the seed from which it
sprung, but from the circumstances of the soil,
and situation where it grew.
Life, ill-preserved, is worse than basely lost.
I SINGULAR EFFECiS OF BEAUTY ON A YOUNG
MAN.
Bishop Dupoy invited one day to dinner two
clergymen and two ladies ; he remarked that
during the whole of the repast, the youngest of
the two clergymen had his eyes steadily fixed
on one of the ladies, who was very handsome.
The Bishop, asses dinner, when the laides had
retired asked him what lie thought of the beau
ty he had teen looking at. The clergyman
answered, “ My lord, in looking at the lady, I
was reflecting that her beautiful forehead will
one day be covered w ith wrinkles, that the Coi
ral of her fe>s will pass to her eyes, the vivacity
of Which will be extinguished : that the ivory
ol her teeth will change to ebony ; that to the
roses and lilies of her complexion, the withered
appearance of care will succeed ; that her fine
soft skin will become a dry parchment; that
her agreeable smile will be converted into
grimaces; and at length she will become the
antidote of love. ” “ 1 never should have sup
posed,” said the Bishop, “ that the sight of a
fine woman would have inspired a young man
with such profound meditations.”
THE NEWSPAPER.
A newspaper taken in a family seems to
shed a* gleam of intellgence around. It giveb
the children a taste for reading—it communi
cates all the important events which are pas
sing in the busy world; it is a never failing
source of amusement ; and furnishes a fund of
instruction which will never be exhausted.—
Every family, however poor, if they wish to
hold a place in the rank of intelligent beings,
should take at least one newspaper. And the
man, .who, possesed of property sufficient to
make himself easy for life, and surrounded by
children eager for knowledge, is instigated by
the vile spirit of cupidity and neglects to sub
scribe to a newpaper, is deficient in the duties
of a parent or a good citizen, and is deserving
of censure of liis,intelligent neighbors.
ikeness.
How like is this pitture !—y tiu’d think that it breathes;
What life ! what expression! what spirit! 1
It wants but a tongue : —“ alas !” said the spouse,
“ That want is its principal merit!” ’ .
ADVICE TO YOUNG LADIES.
If you have blue eyes, you need not lan
guish ; if you have black eyes, you need ndt
leer; if you have a pretty ancle, there is no
occcasion to wear a short dress ; if you arte
doubtful as to that point, there can be no harm
in letting it te long ; if you have good teeth, do
not laugh for the purpo.se of showing them';
if you have bad ones, by all medns shut your
mouth and smile ; if you have pretty arms and
hands, there can be no objection to your play
ing on the harp ; ii you are disposed to be
clumsy, work tapestry; if you dance well,
dance but seldom; if you dance ill, never
dance at all; if you sing well, make no previ
ous excuses ; if you sing indifferently, hesitate
not a moment when you are asked, for few peo
ple are judges of singing, but every one will be
sensible of your desire to please ; if you would
obtain power, be condescending; but above
all, (mark !) if you are asked to bo married,
say “Yes/’ for you may never be asked a se
cond time! v-
HISTORY OF A SHILLING.
It will scarcely be credited that a shilling
has been the means of putting thirty thousand
pounds into the pockets of a gentleman, and
all within a few days. The reader, in amaze
ment, asks how ? It arose as follows—The
party in question was fond of dancing, but
possessed only an indifferent acquaintance
with the figuers of quadrilles, etc, and with the
regulations of a ball-room. In this dilemma,
he purchased that excellent little biju, entitled
the “ Guide to the Ball-room,” (published by
C. Mitchell, Red Lion court, Fleet-streel, Lon
don, at the inconceivable low price of one shil
ling !) and at the assembly which he visited,
he proved so accomplished as to win the heart
of a young lady, of great beauty and accom
plishments, and worth thirty thousand pounds.
Who would Ixj without such a treasure as tins
beautiful little book ?
i '
Poetry and Music. —Persons who pro
nounce distinctly, rarely sing ridiculous words,
and this just taste is rewarded by eager and
delighted listeners. Ballad-singing on this
principle, affords exquisite pleasure ; if poetry
and music are each so charming in themselves,
how delicious the marriage of poetry and mu
sic! ‘ ■*' y
Happiness. —An eminent modern writer
beautifully says:
u Ihe foundation of domestic happiness is
a faith in the virtue of women ; the foundation
of political happiness, a confidence in the in
tegrity of man ; the foundation of all happi
ness, temporal and eternal, reliance on the
goodness of God,” , >
NO. 21.
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