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MILITARY & MILITARY TRIMMINGS
. G new style, such as are now used by the Army un
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Watchmaker’s Tools and Iftaterinls,
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? nd examine their Stock, wherb they are ever ready and
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March 17 • i>. j. tu.
ICE HOUSE.
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application at the Bar of the Central Hotel for tickets
i" tU ti US L* t l uors of any description will be kept
PAi Ce "° use *. . Persons from a distance may obtain
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Intel, or at the Ice House.
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ii f , m , ou "^,!" r ij l ® accommodation of Ladies and Gen
„lsn - * he place will be conveniently fitted up for
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Jfarc-hn JAMES LEWIS.
F. F. LEWIS,
FASHIONABLE merchant tailor,
v
\\ HE gentlemen can be accommodated with
es t, i Slll,s made to order, on thp shortest notice, and
nt ii rbl ? t ,nn,( rial of English and French Goods—and
best'p ni ° St r L er " Also, a fine assortment of the
mo • Clothing of every description, com
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POETRY.
From the Southern Literary Messenger.
WOMAN.
Not thine.! not thine !is the glittering crest
And the glance of the snow-white plume—
Nor the badge tl.a: gleani3 from the warrior’s breast,
Like a s:ar ’mid the battle’s gloom ! ■
Nor is thy place ’mid thy country’s host,
Where the war-steed champs the Tein—
Where waving plumes are like sea-foam tost,
And the turf wears a gory stain.
Not these ! not these ! are thy glorious dower !
But a holier gift is thine,
When the proud have falle i in triumph’s hour,
And the red blood flowed like wine,
To wipe the dew from the clammy brow—
To raise the drooping head—
To cool the parched lips’ fevered glow—
And to smooth down the lowly bed !
Not thine ! not thine ! is the towering height,
Where Ambition makes his throne —
The timid dove wings not her flight
Where the eagle soars alone ;
But in the hall, and in the bower,
And by the humblest hearth,
Man feels the charm, and owns the power
That binds him still to earth.
Yes, these are thine ! —and who can say
His is a brighter doom,
Who wins Fame’s gory wreath ofbay,
Round an aching brow to bloom ?
Oh ! to watch death's livid hues depart—
To soothe every pang of wo—
And to whisper hope, to the fainting heart—
Is the proudest meed below !
From the same.
TO AN INFANT.
Dear angel babe! would I could once behold thee,
Ere thy sweet infancy has passed away !
Thou art like thy lovely mother, they have told me ;
-Thou wouldst to me recall her childhood’s day.
Thou bcarest her name, and thou wouldst seem her
spirit
Embodied once again ; and if ’tis true
Thy mother’s lineaments thou dost inherit,
Than thee, no brighter blossom ever blew.
I sec her oft when memory’s steps are stealing
Back to the past, in all her earliest bloom ;
Then o’er my bosom comes a tide of feeling;
She sleeps the silent tenant of a tomb !
O’er her lone grave the southern winds are sighing;
At that sad, hallowed spot I may not weep ;
But love, a cherished spark, pure and undying,
Must in my heart her memory ever keep.
But thou wilt live, I trust; in beauty ’learning
And innocence, a parent’s joy to be ;
And may the future with rich blessings teeming,
Long days of gladness bring to him and thee !
Dear child of love and sorrow ! fancy lingers
Oft on thy image, pictured fair and bright;
In my day-dreams her soft and fairy fingers
Paint thy cheek’s hue of bloom —t! ine eyes of light.
And though p'-rbapo I may not see thee glowing
In infant charms: —Ah ! not when on thy face
Beams woman’s smile, (my stream of life is flowing
Near the dim shores of death,) though none m ay trace
Even my name before thee ; though no feeling
For me of fondness dwelt within thy breast;
A prayer shall rise, my love for thee revealing,
The prayer that thou mayst be forever blessed !
E. A. S.
The Ruined Mind.
Ah ! sad it is to see the deck
Dismasted of some noble wreck;
And sad to see the marble-stone
Defaced, and with gray moss o’ergrown ;
And sad to see the broken lute
Forever to its music mute.
But what is lute, or fallen tower,
Or ship sunk in its proudest hour,
To awe and majesty combined
In their worst shape—the ruined mind 1
Human Praise.
Oh ! what a waste of feeling and of thought
Have been the imprints on my roll of life !
What worthless hours ! to what use have I turned
The golden gifts which are my hope and pride !
My power of song, unto how base a use
Hus it been put ! with its pure ore I made
An ido], living only on the breath
Os idle worshippers. Alas! that ever
Praise should have been what praise has been to me—
The opiate of the mind !
New version of Snjnpson’s valor. —Ati Irish
preacher descanting on the strength of Samp
son, said, “That with a jaw-bone of an ass, he
put a thousand Philistines to the sword !”
Religion. —‘ Mon,’ says a celebrated author,
“will wrangle for religion; write for it; fight
for it; die for it; any tiling but— live for
it."
MACON, (Ga.) SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 24, 1838.
MISCELLANEOUS.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
It is goo J, ou every possible occasion, forus
Americans to ponder the character of this man.
In tac prescnl times it is imperative upon every
true lover of the republic to do so deeply and
constantly, and to place it before his leilow-
Cit zens, and his children. We have never
seen a finer picture of Washington’s greatness
than the following. It appeared in the Lon
don “Courier,” then a leading British govern
ment paper, on t e 24th of January, 1600,
succeeding the father of his country’s death.
It was at taat time cut from the paper, and has
been preserved in a family scrap book ever
since. If it lias been republished in more re
cent days, we have not seen it; but we are per
suaded our readers will own, even if it has ap
peared since, it cannot be revived too frequent
y. We have t o idea to whom its authorship
is to be ascribed.
[Sunday Miming News.]
“ The melancholy account of the death of
General Washington was brought by a vessel
from Baltimore, which has arrived olf Dover.
“ General Washington was, we believe, iu
his GStn year. Trie height of his person was
about five feet eleven ; his chest full, and his
limbs, though rather slender, well shaped and
muscular. His head was small, in which re
spect he resembled the make of a great num
ber of his countrymen. Ills eyes were of a
light grey color ; and, in proportion to the
length of his face, his nose was long. Mr.
S.ewait, the eminent portrait painter, used to
say, there were features in his face totally dif
ferent fiom what lie had ever observed in that
of any orirer human being ; the sockets for the
eyes, tor instance, were larger than what he
ever Vnet with before, and tne upper part of his
nose broader. All his features, he observed,
were indicative of the strongest passions; yet,
like Socrates, his judgement and great self
command have always made him appear a
man of different cast tn the eyes of the world.
He always spoke with great diffidence, and
sometimes hesitated for a word ; but al
ways to find o ie particularly well adapted to
his meaning. Hts language was manly and
expressive. At lev e uis di course with stran
gers turned principally upon the subject of
America; and if they had been through any
remarkable places, his conversation was free'
and particularly interesting, for he was inti
mately acquainted with every part of the coun
try. He was much more open and free in
his behavior at levee than in private, and in the
company of ladies still more so than when so
lely with men.
“ Few persons ever found themselves for the
first time in the presence of General Washing
ton, withdut being impressed with a certain
degree of veneration and awe ; nor did those
emotions subside on a closer acquaintance ;on
the contrary, his person and deportment were
such as rather tended to augnte it them. The
hard service he had seen, the important and
laborious offices he had filled, gave a kind of
austerity to his countenance, and a reserve to
his manners ; yet he was the kindest husband,
the most humane m ister, the steadiest friend.
“ Trie whole range of history does not pre
sent to our view a character upon which we
can dwell with such entire and unmixed admi
ration. Tie long life of General Washington
is unstained by a single blot. He was indeed
a man of sue i rare endowments, and such for
tunate temperament, that every action he per
formed was equally exempted from the charge
of vice or weakness. Whatever he s lid, or
did, or wrote, was stamped with a striking and
peculiar propriety. His qualities were so hap
pily blended, and so nicely harmonized, that
the result was a great and pcrlect whole.—
The powers of his mind, and the dispositions
of his heart were admirably suited to each oth
er. It was the union of the mo t consummate
prudence with t ;e most perfect moderation. —
ilis views, though large and liberal, were nev
er extravagant. His virtues, though compre
hensive and benefieient, were discriminating
judic/ous, and practical.
“Yet his character, though regular and uni
form, possessed none ol the littleness which
may some times be'ong to these descriptions
of men. It formed a majestic pile, the effect
of which was not impaired, but improved by
order and symmetry. There was nothing in
it to dazzle by wil Incss, and surprise by ec
centricity. It was of a higher species of mor
al beauty. It contained every thing great
and elevated, but it had no false and tinsel or
nament. It was not the model cried up by
fashion and circumstance: its excellence was
adapted to the true and just moral taste, inca
pable of change from the varying incidents of
manners, of opinions and times. General
Washington is not the idol of a day, but the
hero of ages!
“ Placed in circumstances of the most trying
difficulty at the commencement of the Ameri
can contest, be accented that situation which
was preeminent in clanger and responsibility.
His .perseverance overcame every obstacle;
his moderation conciliated every opposition ;
his genius supplied every resource; hia en
larged view could plan, revise, and improve
every branch of civil and military operation.
He had the superior courage which can act dr
forbear to act, as true policy dictates, careless
of the reproaches of ignorance either in pow
er or out of power. He knew how ty con
quer by waiting, in spite of obloquy, for the
moment of victory; and be merited true
praise by despising undeserved censure* In
the most arduos moments of the contest, hi t
prudent firmness proved the salvation of the
cause which he supported.
“His conduct was, on all occasions, guided
by the most pure disinterestedness. Fur su
perior to iow and groveling motives, he seem
ed even to be uninfluenced by that ambition
which has justly been called the instinct of
great souls. He acted ever as if his country’s
welfare, and that alone, was the moving spring.
ll.s excellent mind needed not even the stimu
lus of ambition, or the prospect of fame.—
Glory was a secondary consideration, fie
performed great actions ; he persevered in a
course of laborious utility, with an equanimity
that neither sought distinction, nor was flatter
ed byjt. His reward was iu tiie consciousness
of his own rectitude, and in the success of his
patriotic efforts.
“As his elevation to the chief power was
the unbiassed choice of his countrymen, his
exercise of it was agreeable to the purity of its
origin. As lie lmd neither solicited nor usurp
cd dominion, he hud neither to contend with
opposition of rivals, nor tiie revenge of er.e
mies. As his authority was undisputed, so it
required no jealous precautions, no rigorous
severity. 11 is government was mild and gen.
tie; it was benifieenl and liberal; it was wi.se
and just. His prudent administration consoli
dated and enlarged the domininion of an in
fuit republic. In voluntarily resighing the
magistracy which he laid filled with such dis
tinguished honor, he enjoyed the unequalled
satisfaction of leaving to the state he had con.
tnbuted to establish, the fruits of his wisdom
and the example of his virtues.
“It is some consolation, amidst the violence
of ambition and the criminal thirst of power,
of which so many instances occur around us,
to find a character whom it is honorable to ad
mire, and virtuous to imitate. A conqueror, i
for the freedom of his country! a legislato-. I
for its security ! a magistrate for its happiness !
His glories were never sullied by those excess
es into which the highest qualities are apt to
degenerate. With the greatest virtues, lie was •
exempt from the corresponding vices. lie
was a man in whom the elements were so mix
ed that “ Nature might have stood up to all thc
world” and owned him as her wo k. Ilis
fame, bounded by no country, will be confined
ono age. The diameter of General Wash
region’, which his eo temporaries regret and
dmire, will be Iran mittei to posterity; ant l
the memory of his virtues, while patriotism and
virtue me iie : 1 sacred among men, will remain
undiminished.”
The value of a Sla je-Coach acquaintance.
Mr. Sergeant Vaughan, as a barrister, occa
sionally perlon nod some generous actions. I
may give one instance out of many which arc
well known to the profession. Several years
tgo, while on his way to the Chelmsford assi
zes, he met with an intelligent and pleasant
fe low passenger on the coach. Mr. Sergeant
Vaughn, who was on such occasions very fond
of wuat lie used to call a little agreeable chat
with any talkative person he chanced to meet,
soon drew his travelling companion into a live
,y conversation with him. Having always had
a sprinkling of Yankee curio sity, though nev
er venturing to put such point-blank American
questions to any one as— ‘ Are you marred ?”
“Are you going to be married?” “llow
tpuch money are you worth ?” “ Have you
got any poor relations dependant on you V*
“ Have you any children 7” “ Was your wife
a widow or a virgin when you married her?”
“ llow much money do you usually spend a
year ?”■—Mr. Sergeant Vaughn, though never,
1 repe it, having enough of this Jonathan ef
frontery to put such questions as to any
fellow-passengers he chanced to encounter in
his travels, generally contrived to worm out.
by a process imperceptible to the party himself,
whatever lie wished to learn regarding him.
On the occasion to which I allude, Mr. Vau
ghan was not long in ascertaining from his
companion that he also was going to the
Gael ms ford assizes, which were to be held on
the following day.
“Asa juryman, no doubt ?” sai 1 Mr. Vau
ghan, on learning the fict itself.
“ No, sir, not as a juryman.” said the other.
“ Oh, as a witness, I should have said.”
“ Not as a witness eitlter; I wish it were as
pleasant os that.”
“ Oh, I see how it is : you are the prosecu
tor iu so ne care which is painful to your lee!-
'gs. However, such things will happen—
the e is i.o help ;o them.’*
“You are st It wio gin your conjecture,-
sir; lam go ..g to pay away money lor a re
lative w o ~.s u cu.-e ««t the assizes.”
“A i, tnat’s it! very uup easant, ce tiinly to
pay mo ey,” oberved the learned Sergeant.
“It is, indec 1, foi t ore w o have little to
spare.” said the ot. er.
“ Well I bdpe it is not any very serious
amount 1”
“ W ,y, the magnitude© t esum, you know,
depends oa the resources of the party wi.d
nave o make t re payment. ’
“ Very true ; certainly, very true,” said Mr*
Vaug an.
“T esum is £590, which, tb dr.ebf my
lull cd means, is a \ery large sum indeed.”
“ O i, bu per apsyou expect to be repaid iri
some way o ot >er again ?”
“ T tiS very uncertain ; it depends entire
ly o i whet .e, my relative, who has just taken
a pub .c-.-ou e t.,e e succeed or not.”
“ Wed, it. ee. ta,: ly is a hard ease,” observed
Mr. Vaughan with a serous and emphatic
a.r.
“ Aye you would snv so if vou only knew
it all.”
“ I ideed ! Are there any peculiar circum
stance! int e ca.-e ?”
“ Tiiere me indeed,” answered the other,
With oniet ,n.g between a siga and a groan.
“Istiie matter a secret?” inquired the Ser
geant, his curiosity be ng low wound up to
iio or imary pitch.
“Not in tue least,” said the other. “I’ll
tell you tue w o e affair, if you don’t think it
tircsom,” i.e added.
“ 1 am all anxiety to hear it,” said the learn-’
ed ge ttemun.
“Well, t en.” said the other, “about six
week , suite a icopeciabie corn-dealer in Lon
don, vvnenon ms way to C elinsiord, met on
tiie co .c.i two j e.so.is Wi,o wane perfect stran
gers io mm. i’-.e strangers soon entered in
to aco vcrsatio i w til him, and Having learn
ed tue o j,ect ol ms visit to Cnehnsford, said
toat tey ui. o were gomg t.reio on a precisely
similar errand, namely, to make some purch
ases o corn. Alter some fuituer conversa
ioa togoujer, it was suggested by one of the
parties i lut t would be much better for all three,
if they could come to an understanding togeth
er, as to wnat amount of purchases tuey should
make, and uncer wnut particular circumstan
ces tnoso pm onuses s.iould be made; for if
tiiey went into trie market ‘ slap dash,’ and
-without any understanding togetuer, tne result
would « ....to in so small a place as Chelmsford,
tiiey would raise tue prices; whereas, by ope
rating slowly and tn concert, that would be
avoided. Tne second party pretended to ap
prove highly of the suggestion, and further
propo e .i, in order to show that neither had tiie
start of each other, that they should all depos
it the amount of money in the hands of the re
spectable landlord of tne principal inn, taking
cure that tiiey did so in the presence of wit
nesses, and that special instructions should he
given to t ie landlord not to give up a tartuing
io e l or, u.itil all three returned together to
receive the whole; adding, that if i.e did he
would lie neld responsible. Tiie London mer
chant, knowing tne landlord of tire mu to be a
man of undoubted respectability, at once as
sented to tne proposal, and each oi’ the three
parties accordingly placed in his bands, under
the circumstanceo stated, £250, making: £750
in all.”
“ Well,” observed Mr. Vaughan, “ you cer
tainly do interest me in your singular story.
And what was tne Jesuit?”
“ Way, this : that scarcely had tie three par
ties left the inn a minute, when one of the two
strangers came running back, and said, t iat on
second t iouguts they had all cone to the con
clusion that jt would be better to make their
purchases as e.nay in the day as possible, and
that consequently the other two had desiied
him to return and get the money.”
“ And the landlord gave him the who'e sum
at once?” interposed Mr. Sergeant Vaughan.
“He did indeed, unfo innately for h.rriself
and me,” answered the otter.
“And what so lowed ?” inquired the learned
gentleman, eagerly*
“Way, the other stranger and the London
merchant returned in about an hour after and
demanded their money.”
“ When the landlord, of course, told them he
had given it to the other ?”
“He did.”
“ On which, T suppo-e, they bring an action
against the landlo a ?”
“ Precisely so; and seeing that defence was
useless, inasmuch as he delivered up tire mo
ney to one w eu is A truer o' j were jreremp.
tory not' to'del V e t uni ,i| three we e pros
ent, my friend st > allow the action to go un
defended. Tne -no qv must be paid to the
■warper —for huitf tne strangers, as the oveot
ivo. £?.