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ipaatE>a>:3a©», VOF. I- THE gcptarifisraffisr ip©si s li published in the city of Macon every Saturday Morning, at two Doixxks ** odcamr, *kree dollars ' thread of the ye*r- o«JE certliA fifty cents * r sl , months ; and mailed to country subscribers by the earliest mails, enveloped by wrappers, wi'h legible directions- JOT No suhecription received a less period than six months—and n > paper discon tinued, until all arrears are i>aid. Advertisement* will be inserted at the usual rates of advertising, with a reasonable deduction to yearly tul •vttfwre* Jlclizwus, Marriage and Obituary Notices inserted free of charge. JCT Any person forwarding a ten dolz.ak bill, (post paid.) shall receive six copies, for one year, to be sen: to differeut jierson®, as directed. igr Letters, on business, either to the Publisher or Editor, must come post paid to insure attention. NOTICE* 11HF, undersigned have associated themselves in the Practice of Law. They will attend the Courts in the Counties of Bibb, Monroe, Crawford, Houston, Mi con, Pulaski, Twiggs and Jones, and will practice it. the United Sates Circuit Cour*. L JiDWAPP O. TRACY, JOHN J. GRESHAM. April 7 ■_ u fllHS undersigned exacts to attend the next M av | term of the United Sta'es Circuit Court to be field at Savannah, and will give h.s attention to profession •lkriuMUNWl“»|. DWABD T ra C Y. April 7 ~ 1° LAW NOTICE. S. M. STRONG AND P. C. PENDLETON H AVING formed a co-partnership in tfiepracffcey the Law, will attend the several Courts of iS< Flint Circuit, and those of Twiggs and Wilkeiwm, ot the Ociuniilgec. SFf~ Office in the west end ot Cow les’ brick building, Commerce Row. . March 31 53 DR. E. S, ALDRICH RESPECTFULLY tenders his services as a Phy sician and Surgeon, to the inluilntants of Macon, and its vicinity, and would be grateful to such a§ ma\ favor him with their patronage. Office on Commerce-Row, over Levi Eckley f gtore. March 31 23 NOTICE. DR. FRANKLIN having removed his office to the lot on which he resides, will always be fount! there save when professionally engaged. March 31 23 CO. I»AETN ERSUir. THE subscribers have formed a Co-i#rtnersbij* for the transaction of Mercantile Business, under th< name and style of Hurst, Cox & Cos. JOHN A. HURST, WILLIAM K- COX. Dr. a. h. McDonald. Fretlonia, (Alabama,) December 25, 1337. April 7 2-1 p NOTICE. STOLEN from the subscriber's camp, five miles from this place, at John Daley’s, about the first ot Feb ruary last, a very fine small RIFLE, double "triggers, flint lock, and draw L.ojis wiih silver tips ; the stock a hide shivered near the lock ; she run about 11 ( balls to the pound. Any information respecting said Rifle w ill he thankfully received and liberally rewarded by the subscriber, living in the fifteenth, formerly Housom now Macon county. JOHN AIK INS. March 24 22u JVOTICE. VLL persons having accounts ajninst the firm of Cook & Cowles, and J. Cowles, are requested to present them at the Counting Room of the suhsoriber. January 27 14tf J- COWLEi*. Notice—Copartnership. rpilE subscriber having associated with hi..., Allen A L. Luce, they will transact business the name, style and firm of YVm. B. Johnston <fc Cos. VV.M. B. JOHNSTON Macon, January 1,1838. 13tt NOTICE. 4 LI, persons indebted to the subscriber, eit her by note or open accoun', are verv rcspectfullt invit*.*- to call and settle the same. WM. B. JOHUSTON January 20 13.f NOTICE. 4 LL persons indebted to the estate of J. T. T.ewellen,- J*- deceased, are requested to make immediate pay ment; and all claims against the estate must be handed in, in time, and according to the forms <>f law, or they will he barred payment. E RUSSELL, March 10 20tf Administrator. Georgia lusiA*iiee and Trust Company. CAPITA*..ONE BULLION DOLL A Its ALL PAID IN. company'continues to insure dwelling houses, stores merchandise, cotton in ware-houses, and -urnitpre, against loss by fm>—trod takes inland and ma rine risks on terms ns favorable ns other responsible in stitutions. Claims for losses are setfie 1 wi'h promptness snd liberality. Apply to C. DAY, Agent. December 9 6m7 subscriber is now prepared to csecute nlf kinds •*-, of House*, Sign arid Ornamental Painting, at his Shop, Mulberry-Street, opposite the Pos'-Office, •and one door below the Centra! Kail-Road Bank Orders, either in the city or country, Thankfully recei ved *nd promptly attended to. „ . DANIEL T. REA. February 10 Ms For Sale. WOOD lots of Oak and Hickory Land, a few miles * * front Macon. Also a FARM of one hundred acres in a good eon •Hipn, for planting, three and a half miles from town D*e.2. fi Apply to JAS. A. NISBET. B VC O V 03“ AND PURE LEAF LARD. 1 ADD LBS. choice Bacon, most of which has been curt*d here, on the most approved principles. 4.IHK) Leaf Lard, put up in neat covered tin cans, auitable for families. Applv to . _ WM. 13. rAR&ER & CO. r«br«*ry ‘H Ms if “ SOUTHERN POST' 1 jpitl KIEW JJOB @TW EOS, Ulidborry-strcet, Kacoit, G-oorsia. ■ i ■■ \ NO-TIIUR' addition of some ten foun's of new ands; siiionable type, having just been made to this establishment, the undersigned is fully prepared to execute orders for all kinds or either from t'ne country or in the city ; and flatters him self, he w ill be able to do his work as cheap, and, (he is con fide n',) as well and in as good taste, as can be done in the S ate. He respectfully solicits orders for all kinds of job-printing, such- as— Mercantile, Professional and Visiting Cards, Pamphlets, Circulars, BKlis of Lading, Bills of Exchange, Blank Checks, Drafts, Bank Not ces, Bill Heads, Ueceip's, Orders, Hat Tips, Badges, Pr.pes fnxtitatipns, Concer* a*id Assembly Tir ket«v Druguis's’ and Confectioner’s Labels, H irse, Auction, and Hand BiJs, &.c. &c. II n*iks of various kinds nne fcep* constantly on hand, for s.de, at thiseflr e,' Clerks of the several Cours eati be supplied with Blanks of all descriptions, neatly nrirred on g s»l paper, at short no'ice. Die’ant Nota ries, Clerks, Magistracy, and others, would do veil to •■•end their orders to this nflicc, ns they are assured no pains will be spared to please and sub them. C. R. HAXLEfTER. JPS“ Entrance to the office, through tl-e Reading- Room of the Macon Library Society, under the Ccu ral Hotel. April? Central Ilai'-Roa l an 1 nankin? Com a >y,) Savannah, March 30, 1333. j INSTALMENT. ’VTOTICE is hereby given that an instalment of Ten . s Dollars per share on the Capital Stock of riiis iu sti'ution is required to be paid in, at the Company’s Banking House in Savannah, on or before the 13 h of fune next. Stockhol c s a*, and in the neighborhood of Macon, can make payment a* thp Branch in hat crtv, R. R. CUYLER, Cashier. Apr 1 7 2(n DANCING SCHOOL. RN. MOUNT respectfully announces to the La • dies iw4 Gentlemen of Macon, and its vicinity, •hat ho will open a Dancing School on Tuesday, the 27th install*, at the Central Hotel. Days of tuition, Tuesdays, Thursdays anji Sn unlays, from 4 o’clock, r. m. lor Ladies, and from 7 to it in the evening, for Gen lemen. Terms $lO for 24 lessons. List left at the Book S ore of Messrs. Critfin &, Purse, and at the Central Hotel, February 34 lS*f O. B. LOOMIS, Portrait Painter, RESPECTFULLY invites the peiip'e of Macon, and its vicinity, to call at his room, over Messrs. Rea Sc Cotton's, Commerce-Row, and examine his specimens and judge of their merit for themselves.— Unless his Likenesses are satisfactory no person is ex pected to receive them. February 24 17tf POETRY. From 'he Louisville Journal. TIIE CAPTIVE SAILOR BOY. The light of many stars Quivers in tremulous softness on -the air, ' And the nigh -breeze is singing, here and there, Yet from my ptisan-bars A narrow strip of light is ail I see— Oh !• that some kindly hand would set me free ! The bright new moon is hung Up ’mid die softness of the fleecy clouds ; And the far ocean ’nea'h its foamy shrouds Thrills like a harp fresh strung, And tire wild sea birds on quick pinions flee— On ! for one glance upon the deep blue sea ! Why should the young and brave Be fetter’d thus upon the fresh green earth ? Give me one hour lieside my motlter’s hear tin, And then for ocean’s wave— Free as the laughing billows I would toss— Oil! for the swift wing of the albatross! When slumber waives her wand Over my brow, I wander in my dreams Close by the ripples of our soft blue streams Far i:i my native land, And lovely visions o'er my eye-lids p'nv— Ob ! that I could but dream my life aw-y ! I see my mother then* A pleasant sm.le sleeps on iier fea'ures fair, And the le w cadence of her whispered pray er Seals on my ear again. As when I knelt beside her blessed knee— Mother, sweet mother, dost thou pray for me ? Upon the summer rose •Nature’s faint pencellings are sofi'ly seen. Laid on with cunning hand, and bright and green Wlierc file wood-branches close The honeysuckle wrea hes our cottage caves— Alas! I may not si. beneath its leaves ! Before I sought the sea I used to wander with my sister sweet, MACON, (Ga„) SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 11, 1838. And many a winding path our little feet Made round the old oak tree. Where ia the sunshine we were wont to play— And they are there —but I am far away ! Oh!) I only ride Upon the ocean where the wild winds meet, And where the sea-shell singeth passing sweet Under the trembling tide, The demon of the storms I would not fear— But oh! lam a fettered captive licrtj 1 Oh! could I see my home If but to aiss my sister's cheek once more, And hear thee, mother, bless me o’er and o’er, For then not e’eigmy doom Could dim thy truant’s laughter-loving ev e Alas! without thy blessing I must die! Die in this dreary cell With no fond ear to catch my parting breath, Ia bondage I must wrestle here with death, Without one sweet farewell From lips that oft have smiled on me in joy— Alas ! sweet mother, for ihy captive boy ! AMELIA. ORIGINAL MISCELLANY. For the Southern Post. Recollections of a Medical Student* NO. IV. THE DOOMED. [continued.] Tits next gtoming was cloudy and gloomy as ever, 1 was up and oil betimes to Dr. Fh>. otlice, wi:c e I expected to meet witii my friend T. C , for 1 lelt for ail t..e world, like I could no exist Without some oi.e to commu nicate witii, in relation to the adventures of the past evening. C was not, up as J nng.it nave expected, so l contented myself as well as I could, ti ough impat cut enough, with reading some of t e dry and insipid wo. ks. wn ch co :st.tute ame l.cal library. But,l must confess, that tire knowledge I derived from suen a perusal, was too tiding and unimport ant to leave, added much to my already scan tv stock. For w tile my eyes were intently fixed upon the book, my feelings and thoughts were far away, basking in the light of happiei days, or skimming the air of a more fanciful and less exu lite world. I was thinking of my expected visit to R , and debating iurny mind, whether it would be beyond all etiquette lor me to call in the morning or not. I ha* just made up my mind to go as tue well known voice of my fiend fell upon my ear, and I heard him bustling in at the front door. ‘* He g o Doc, good morning,” said he ‘ what in the nation brings you ln'ie so early f** “ Early !” said I, “ what do you call early ? It is now twenty-five minutes past nine by my time. Ith nk you must have overslept your self. Here l have been waiting this hour for you, to talk about Miss “Hi, ha, ha, that’s just what I expected. Upon my word. Doctor, you are most ogic giously smitten.” “So you think, but want do can I do than go to see her, when she asked me so c-mphati j c.ii’y to call o'i her to-dav.” ‘* O i, of course,” said C *. you must visit !.cr: I really think your chance is good. I saw how playful site seemed when you were year her, and how uneasy she was in vour absence. Resides she t.links you handsome and intelligei t.” “\V tat!” exclaimed I, “when did she tel! you t o TANARUS” “ W.iy, ass walked home with her yester day evening.” • “To! c’e .tol: this looks a goo 1 deal like something I have heard out ser.ously C , do you not taink s'.e is co juettish.” “ .Not ul tdi so, she is too pure for that. 1 am Willing to admit that s:>c is fond ol admi ration, but if tins must lie purchased at the [trice of the happiness of others, she would he the last to seek for such a costly admiration.” •• Well, I tun glad to hear you say so, for foe respect, I may say esteem, I have for the girl. As to loving her. that is out of the ques tioi. I have almo t sworn not to do it.” ‘ Mind you,” said C “she is a very witc'>. 11l venture you’ll come hack from your first visit, head and cars, and all over in lo.e with her.” “ If I do then you may he assured that I am too susceptive ever to ove long and deep ly. Rut what do you t link of mv going this morning. Is it etiquette or not ?” “ H i, ha, ha, do you suppo eyou would find her out of bed at this early hour?’ “Ah, as to that 4 can’t say, but I have a strong notion of trying the experiment.” My friend at first tried to laugh me out of it, and then to reason on it mo e seriously, when he saw I was bent on going, intimating that it might ruin me forever in her .estimation, &c. But I was alwavs a determined fellow in any proect to which I had set my head. And besides, as I told C , a girl of Miss iR. i intelligence, would be above think* ing the less of a gentleman, who was above adhering in every minutia to the sickly eti quette of high life. This was a knock down argument with C so- he gave up the point hut detained me so/ng- minutes longer with a rehearscl of his own engagement to Miss A. E ; the exchange- of rings. soft words, and sundry other little things, which had passed between them the night be fore. Jr was about half af*er ten when I knocked at the door of Mrs. G —, which, t had found by the direction of my friend. An ear ly hour truly, even for a man of my nerves. A servant girl soo.i appeared, and I sent up my aatr.s. Without,.having waited ibr the least show of ceremony, that most disgusting of all the polite arts as evinced among friends, I distinctly heard the soft tread of R passing in haste over the parlor door, who immediately met me at its entrance, and with a confiding bewitching smile, and a look of perfect innocence, offered me her lily white hand, which I pressed with fondness in my own. After the common process of compli ments was over, which were of the warmest kind on both sides, we seated ourselves by the hearth while a servant kindled a blazing fire, which added much to the cheerfulness of the scene. “ ! think Miss R said I, “my üb rjipt and untimely visit tills morning, demands an apology from me.” “ I didn’t know how you can eatl abrupt,” said slie, “ and J am sure it could not have been in a luckier time, for it is at an .our when so few are accustomed to visit, we can have our own fun here all alone.” “ Precisely so :_I am thankful to you for thinking so soon of the very motive that prompted me to visit you at this hour. Too’ t was against etiquette, 1 knew you had too much good sense to think the- less of me for ;t.” “ I hope 1 have,” said she. “ But haw were you pleased with die party last evening.” “ Very much indeed,” said I, “ I shall mark l* down as quite an era in the history of my life.” ■.. Why r “ Because I formed an acquaintance with one w iotn my fancy tells me will be one of ny warmest friends. You need not look so enquiringly, I mean yoursoll ofcourse.” “ Pshaw ! How can you flatter so?” “Bless me, I was only flattering myself[ with fonder hopes than may ever be realized perhaps.” “ Nut if those hopes, Dr. are based upon tiie friendship you may expect to receive -it my hands. 1 shall always be proud of your esteem, and assure you, that I shall ever be one of your warmest friends,” “How happy I am,” returned I, “in hear ing such a declaration from o::e w .o, though anew uc juaintance, f have already learned to | esteem. But, Miss R . I have quit* a [ literary phenomenon to show you, which, j though its author is perfectly incognito, de i serves great commendation on account of its : bounty. ’ “Really you .Surprise me,” said R , with a kind of boarding school hicup, the first time 1 had known her guilty of it. I also 1 uie.e i she blushed a little, and seemed some w.iat purtyrbed. “ f should like very much to jCC it.” continued she. “ Well, here it is,” said I, handing h.er the letter .which was signed Matilda. £he looked at the address for some time, while I scrupu lously examined every feature of her counte nance, which certainly evinced some rapid alterations in colour at least. “ Avery pretty hand,” said she. “ but I should think it somewhat dissembled. Do you know who wrote it ?” “Seriously I do not; but open and read it. Perhaps you may there judge better of the autograph. 1 should like very much to find out the author.” Site immediately opened the letter, and scanned it very intently for some time. At length she said — “ I dout think you ought to show it to any one.” “ Why ?” said f. “O i it might throw suspicion on tlie char acter of some innocent person. Tnough j do not see a great deal of crime about it.” “Nori. Tae individual must have intend ed it for a compliment, as site had never seen me. and simply read some of my pieces. You notice here it is addressed to tire signature un der which f have written.” “Yes; but do you think these verses origi nal V* “Oil certainly. For, though very pretty, I notice in scverdl places they betray a want of deep reflection, which poets who have written under the poisoned tongue of criticism have learned to avoid. Have you ever seen then) before” ** Yes,” saiiPshct, ?.erv sign ficantly. “I them in my possession.” “ Ah, then they are a mere selection.?’ “ No: Ido not mean that. Though I have them, I have never seen them in print.” “ Dear, bless me; I should like much to see your copy of them. Will you gratify me 7” “ Not now,” she I might not b®. ab’e to find them. But do not show them to any one else, will you ?” “Ifyou wish, Miss R- - I willjassuredly keep them, ‘sacredly rivetted in my Own breast. Though really I am very anxious to find out the authorship.” “ That yon may learn /it a more proper time. For the present you mibt guess wly> wrote it.” “ Well,. I suppose I must’ be satisfied with guessing. But really I must use every effort to find out the fair one, that I may bestow up* o.i her the name her talent and merit deserves.” T.ius passed away the first morning of my acquaintance with —Though, as the reader may easily imagine, there were many little interesting incidents, which occur ed that hjvft not beeu, introduced, nor not be iti the course of tins narration. Among other things, she conferred uponjne the signal honor of dedicating her new album, which I did in a style far exceeding myself. The musea were peculiarly favorable to me on that even* ing after returning home. Every nerve waa strained), every energy called into active play, to make ns creditable a production as possible. More csjieciully as 1 had to compete with ono of our most literary men, who hud dedicated her former album. I thought it a long time before I should scel’R * again, and enjoy the sweets of her society, though when I left he:*, sue bade mo call at 2 o’clock the next day, which I, of course, promised to do. My friend C , to whom I communicated the outlines of wy visit, thought very favorably of tho w .o'e uffiir, bqt, at the same time, remarked to me emphatically, that I could not be too watchful in relation to my feelings, lest I should become tyo much attached to her, for he had many reasons to believe that she was already engaged.” “ Engaged !” said I, “ to whom 7” “ Why to S. C■■ a young gentleman who is now absent attending medical lectures. His own friends, at least, affirm that after his graduation next spring, they are to be mar ried.” I doubt not but my friend discovered some thing like chagrin and disappointment on my countenance, though it was but momentary. I thanked him vgry kindly for the information, and at t ic same time, assured him that I should not suffer my affect ons to be fixed upon ono w ,o was not capable of reciprocating them. T.iougii I roast confess, tluit after this intelli gence, 1 did not feel altogether as much inter ested in R ,us I had previously been. ’Tis iru*;, I loved her like a sister, and in my poetic fancy, would have went to “the furtherest verge of the grave earth,” to hare done her x favor, but the magic wand of enchantment which heretofore hung so bewitchingly around .her, was broken, and all its charms had fled. To wile away the lonely hours, I called upon MssM. *S , af.er ten ; a young lady to whom I had been but recently introduced. 5 ie sung well, and played admirably on the piano, and entertained me charmingly for some tfoxe. It was the fi st evening I had aver heard tlie “ Mellow Horn,” and owing, 1 suppose, to the pecul ur circumstances by which I was surrounded that time, made such a iastiiig impression upon nxy mind, l have .ever listened to it since, but what it lias har owed up in the halls of my memory, all of those regretful associations which are so inti mately connected with the thread-word of this narration. In conversing with Miss S , in relation to R , she confirmed the fact of her engagement, and left me no roomio doubt of its being true. I almost resolved not o call upon her again, but then my better judgment told me that common politeness and courtesy —every thing, demanded it at my hands. At the appointed hour tiie next afternoon, I found myself almost unconsciously knock ing at the door of Mrs. G ; and R ran and met me, as cordially as she had pre viously done. Our acquaintance, though yet but limited, having matured somewhat, by the intimacies of our last meeting, rendered tho present visit more agreeable than ever. For, having studied each others characters,' and scrutenized each others motives, we had both found, in some degree at least, what was most calculated to please. Accordingly every effort was used to affect that .purpose, and the time passed off* very agreeably. I fancied on this occasion, however, that R seemed some* wh it melancholy. When I accused her of being under tlie dominion of those little purple imps, that rule the air, she confessed that, a circumstance had happened to her that morn jog, in a public assembly, which had mortified NO. 25.