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a> a s» , jjrr3>2 l su*©s?» VOL- I. TIIE OSES IB ST IPOSS 1 I, published in the city of Mncon every Saturday M , n ; n <r, at two dollars iri advance, three dollars ,j, e c -,d of the year— one dollar and fifty cents <r six months ; and mailed to country subscribers by ihe earliest mails, enveloped by good strong wrappers, pit legible directions. OCT No subscription received {a less period than six months —and no paper discon tinued, until all arrears are paid. ilvcrtisements will be inserted at the usual rates of jvertising, with a reasonable deduction to yearly ad vertisers. Religious, Marriage and Obituary Notices inserted free I of charge. I HCr Any person forwarding a tf.n dollar bill, (post paid,) shall receive six copies, for one year, to be sent to different persons, as directed. 53- Letters, on business, either to the Publisher or I Editor, must come post paid to insure attention. EXTENSIVE JEWELRY ESTABLISHMENT. THE subscribers are rc- T-*'ceivinghis fall and winter sup l/i/fi i ply oftroods, which constitutes jj[;j i' ( s iy a stock into r line superior to I /! i:0 b j] ant'ever offered m this mar- I 1 a / ‘X-'eSi, ar “l ittferior to none for I b goodness of quality, superior I workniansliip, or variety oi - - _ style in the United States. HIS STOCK CONSISTS OF I Ladies and gentlemen’s gold patent lever Watches, of I the approved makers, M. 1. Tobias &, Cos., Robert Rus- I kill, Joseph Johnson, John M ureas and Litherland Da I v;-&Co.; gold English anchor escapement Watches, I that were made to order and adjusted to suit the south ern climate ; gold Lepine Watches; silver pateut Le- I vi.t Lcpine, English Cylinder and Verge Watclus; la- I Curb, guard, basket and cable Chains ; Watch Ii 1 wks, Seals, Keys and Swivels; Finger and Ear Rings; I Broaches and children’s Knobs and Wires; gentle- I men's guard, curb and linked Chains ; Seals, Keys and S .vivel-i; bosom, sleeve and collar Buttons; Breast-pins, arid Modalions ; pearl and jet Crosses ; gold and silver llicklea ; gold, silver and peari Snuff Boxes; gold and Liver Ever-pointed Pencil Cases; Miniature Cases; IVwli'ts; gilt, silver, plated and shell Combs; g.>!d and I silver Thimbles; gold, silver and steel templed Sjx ctft- I c!c«, with glasses to suit even age, and near-sighted ; I S-tiJ u:id large Coral; Coral Necklaces; bead Bags, I Chains and Purses ; a variety of Beads ; Spy and (juiz- I ring Glasses; Microscopes; Spar Grotto; TANARUS« a Caddies; I Pocket-Books; Indellible Ink ; Emory Cushions; Rat- I , Whistles and Teething Rings, for children ; Corset I Rings; steel Busks ; Portable Ink-stands.and Writing- I <ii sks; card and cigar cases ; visiting Cards; imitation I Fruit; Lucifer Matches; Battle-Doors, Shut tle-CockS I and Graces ; Fencing Foils, Masks and Gloves ; Ro- I gers &i Son’s Razors, jion and pocke' Kniv* s ; C. Em- I erwn’s Razor Straps; Scissors; Dirks ; Glazier’s Dia lin mds; seal S amps; Chess-men,Backgammon boards, I Dice, Dominoes; steel Pens; Fire Fenders, And Irons, I S u>\e!s and Tongs ; sheet Brass, brass Wire, Scales I and Weigh = ; Surveyor’s Compasses and Mathemati- I cal lu-iruments ; Astrel and large suspending Lamps; I lamp Glasses and Candle Shades ; Looking Glasses ; I'ntes a:id Thermometers ; Walking Canes ; Guns, I J'■eels, pis ol Belts, Powder Flasks, Shot Pouches, game I B i- ; gold and silver Leif; Dental Instruments; gold I and tn Foil; Whigs, Toupett®, Braids of Hair, Polls I and Carls ; O.'o of Roses, Cologne, Lavender and Flo- I rda \W, r ; Birmingliani and Sheffield silver plated I 1 istors, liquor Siaiuis, Cun dip Slicks, Branches, Wai- I Tea Trays, Fruit Baskets, Snuffers and Snuffer I l'rays, silver Cups, Pitchers, Table, Tea, Desert, Cream, I Salt and Mustard Spoons, soup Ladles, sugar Tongs, I nutter Knives, pickle Knives and Forks, sugar Scoups li i' Knives ; Mantle and Mahogany eight-day I ILOf ; ?.lasical Instruments, consisting of Bass and Kettle Drums, Fifes, Fiutes, Flageletts, Claronetts, Accordians, Siieli Music Boxes, and Music Boxes, to pluy 12 fines. A GOOD STOCK OF MILITARY & MILITARY TRIMMINGS . G new style, such as are now used by the Army un der a recent regulation. Watchmaker’s Tools and Iftaterinls, Besides many other articles—all of which they will sell 'Lp, ow . f,, r or approved neper. 1 hey invite citizens, and persons generally visiting tr.e city, to call at their Store, (east side of Muiberrv-st) ? nd examine their Stock, wherb they are ever ready and annpy to attend to those who innv favor them with their calk WM. D. JOHNSTON A CO. >'• B. Particular attention paid to Watch Rktaiking. mvn,g nn employ approved and experienced workmen, aid nctng prepared to manufacture all the parts of movement of a Watch, will warrant every piece they ttn.se as perfect as the original, and their Watches to pert irtn well. w n T » ro March 17 • i>. j. tu. ICE HOUSE. , ,imt lea can he had at all times for Families, by 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 L i . , T e l u anu ies by application either at the Cen- Intel, or at the Ice House. 4» !< ISA MS will be kept at all times at the ii f , m , ou "^,!" r ij l ® accommodation of Ladies and Gen „lsn - * he place will be conveniently fitted up for pleasure and retirement. 11. R. WARD 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 ,• .‘I 1 business. Citizens and transient persons, ™ a ca R» will find a choice selection of Fan- made to order in the best nndla style, and good materials. workmen are employed, and all orders will be “ ly and punctually attended to. ir '} nn<r d.—Two Journeymen Tailors, to whomlib- WcenT atul steady employ will be given. 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. £?.