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Wo <3* , OL. I- ■ THE f eojsrßHiiEißSj n>©s§s [> jg published in the city of Macon every Saturday Morning, at two dollars in advance, three dollars *. end of the year— one dollar and fiftv cents j ,r s s months ; and mailed to country subscribers by jh( . ear ii c st mails, enveloped by good strong wrappers, with legible directions. BCr No subscription received j->* a legs period than six months —and no paper discon tinued, until all arrears are paid. Advertisements will ,be inserted at the usual rates of advertising, with a reasonable deduction to yearly ad vertjat&s KeU nout, Marriage and Obituary Xuliccs inserted free of charge. gy \u v person forwarding a ten dollar bill, (post paid,) shall receive six copies, for one year, to be sent w different 4'fteted. £y Jitters, on business, either to the Publisher or -Editor, must come post paid to insure attention. 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. . *•* -- - A 1 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. *. i;