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the world we live IN, Tiio improvemoat of the printing press is, in value, not far short of printing itself. It i.s curious to find that the art ol making paper from linen rag? almost immediately followed the original discovery of printing with move ab!e types. If parchment had continued to be the only material, the press must have been almost wholly precluded. Paper of straw, of cotton, and of papyrus had been tried, and fail ed from its dearness, its difficulty, and its spee dy wear. The linen rag was accidentally and fortunately used, and we thus obtained the true material to receive the thoughts of mankind, and transmit them almost imperishably. The steam-press works with a force, a ra pidity, an exactness, and an ease wliich make a new era in printing. But a press, just an nounced as the work of an Amcrcian artist, leaves even the steam-press far behind. It is said to be able to work off jifly reams of the largest sized paper in the day. Attached to a 'paper mill, it will work oil' its impression as fast as the mill can manufacture the paper. A sheet of paper, twenty-six feet long, has been printed by this press in fifteen seconds. Ti:is sheet was equivalent to two volumes of 180 pages, each. The price of the machine is moderate—*looo dollars. Its chief work hith erto has been with stereotype plates, and for . thesc-it lias been peculiarly adopted. We admit that this is an American account, and wte pefectly know tliat Jonathan delights in amplication. But he i« still an ingenious mechanic ; some of the cleverest additions to the printing apparatus, of late years, have been of his invention. Mechanism is boundless, and we have no right to be sceptical at any {**i«t short of impossibility. Tiiere arc few stronger indications of the original tendency of Napoleon to charlatanry than his having kept up a balloon establishment at Meudom It never did any thing, nor was expected by him to do any thing. But it gave the Parisians something to talk of; it promised a mysterious supremacy to France whenever the “grand homme” should condescend to call that supremacy into action, and it mysti fied the idlers of Europe. However, it is sur prising that he did not avail himself of its known and manageable powers for the service of the field. That it was use the battle of Jcimppewas notorious, and that there it ena bled the French staff to reconnoitre the whole of the Austrian positions. It was equal, of course, to have rendered the same service in every subsequent campaign; and among mountain districts, forests, and the infinite va rieties of broken ground on wliich the French battles were fought, from Italy to Mooouw, the knowledge of the enemy’s positions could not have been obtained by any other means so speedily, securely, and effectually. Still noth ing was .attempted; and until tlie spirit ol ad venture in some parties among ourselves, and the passion for shillings in others, provoked the revival of aerostation, it slumbered throughout the surface of the globe. But a Belgian professes to have, at last, made the grand discovery. He laughs at the idea of any future difficulty in guiding the balloon, computes nothing but the quantity of provisions necessary for the time of his voyage in the clouds, calculates by circles ol longitude and latitude, and offers to contract for the mails from London to the anti podes. lie keeps his principal secret only un til he shall have been able to secure his patent in the four quarters of the earth. Then shall the world of science bo astonished, the world of commerce be enriched, and the world ot let ters lie enlightened ; and the brilliant Belgian, of all the benefactors of mankind the most be neficent, shall breakfast in Brussels, dine in Timbuctoo, and sleep Eldorado. Blackwood. For the Southern Tost THE DREAM OF INNOCENCE. TO A YOUNG LADY WHO SAID HER DREAMING HOURS WERE THE MOST PLEASANT ONES OF HER EXISTENCE. Oh, lovely dreamer ! on that brow of thine, Where Innocence her purest wroathlcts twine—* I’d gaze with fondness in thy sleeping hours, While fancy reigned o’er all thy mental powers; Nor gloom of night should hide thee from my view, Though mantling ell beside in sable hue. Some lovely summer’s eve, when zephyrs blow From Indian isles, where .fragrant spites grow, And the meek sun shines through the forest trees Upon thy brow and mingles with the breeze— Which like some Spirit hand gently unfurls From off thy checks those bright Hyperion curls. 0, with what rapture could my fond eyes gaze | Upon tliosc features, basking in the rays Os a fast sinking sun—which, as they shone I With lustre there, reflected back thy own. But still more rapturous could my feelings be, j Could I suspect thou ever dreamed of me— I bile I with fondness would my vigil keep. And thou so sweetly slept, or seemed to sleep. My fancy brings to view-, with magic power, I The beauty of thy form in such an hour i And memory, though it flatters every day, Still brings thee near while thou art far away. The joyous smiles of innocence and love, 1 Duelled by some artist’s pencil from above, With which, as on thy cheeks they richly glow, Not Tyrian dyes could half such beauty show ; t Are lingering yet in memory’s fondest dreams I o shed upon my heart thy brightest gleams, And light the way-worn path of constant love, Wrth some feint stars like those which shine above I VV liich fade at almost every breath; I till life’s wild vagaries and dreams f Are lust i n the long sleep of death. VILLAGE BARD. A CRAVE GIRL. Li this State, no minor can obtain ftom the j county commissioners’ courts, a license to marry, without first obtaining the consent of his or lier parent or guardian, and, without such license, cannot marry in this State. Young couples frequently fly to the opposite side of the Mississippi, where no license is required. These “ runaway matches,” as they are called, are very frequent. A laughable occur rence of that kind happened a few days ago, which has made much sport in this region. A Miss , about seventeen years of age, who is the heiress to an estate valued at •SIO,OOO, lately ran away in company with a bridesmaid and her lover, who was nearly thir ty. Her guardian, believing the man totally unworthy of her, had refused his consent. When they reached the bank of the Mississippi, the ice was running furiously in the river; but the young lady, expecting every moment her guardian would arrive there in pursuit, urged her lover to lose not an instant in pushing the boat from tlie shore. His courage seemed to have a good deal abated ; hut he, with the own er of a large skiff, and the bridesmaid, embark ed with his intended bride. They had nearly reached the head of an island, about a third of the distance from the opposite shore, when the current became more rapid, tlie cakes of ice verv large, and their situation extremely dan gerous. The lover, excessively frightened, and forgetful of every body but his own dear self, bawled out irt the most piteous accent, “Oh ! I shall be drow.’ied ! —I shall be drown ed !” and bitterly reproached his lady-love as the cause of his probable death. Site uttered not a word, her courage and prescr.ce of mind seemed to increase with the peril. A treTHCih dous cake of ice fairly capsized the boat, In.’* it was so large that all got on it, the lover ren dered her no assistance at all. It bore them to the head of the island, and as good fortune would have it, the chute between it and the Missouri shore was frozen over, and they Crossed it without difficulty. They reached a tavern near tlie river, and, after changing their wet garments and becoming warm at a good fire, the lover hinted to the young lady, that’t was lime now for them to have the knot tied, as the magistrate had arrived for that purpose, and was in the next room. She gave him a most withering look of contempt, and declared she would never unite her destiny with one who was so selfish and cowardly* It was in vain that he attempted by entreaty and argu ment to change her resolution. She was im movable, and replied to him with scorn. A few days afterwards, she returned to the house of her guardian, thankful that she had escaped marrying a man whose only object was her furl u no. Her lover returned to the side of the river also; but such showers of ridicule and con tempt were bestowed upon him, that he found it best to decamp which he did a few nights ago, leaving behind him a host of unpaid de mands. Illinois Backwoodsman. GOOD SENSE PROVERBS. If a man cheat thee once, shame on him ; if lie cheat thee twice, shame on thee. If a man deceives thee, trust him not again. If he insults thee, go away from him, and if he strike thee thrash him like smoke. If you have lost your credit, be industrious and honest and you will gain it. If you have lost your property, be industri ous, honest and frugal and you will acquire more. If you arc persecuted regard it not, but be ware of prosecution. If people tell lies on thee, regard them not ; but have a care to your actions, lest they tell the truth on thee. If thou art poor be honest, and if thou art rich be charitable. If thou art a drunkard quit thy drunken habits —if you are a sober man remain such. If you have a good wife take care of her; and if you have not get one immediately. If you are afraid of witches subscribe to this paper and they shall not harm thee—pro vided however you p-p-pay id-in a-a-advance. A point of order. —A debating society in a town “ down cast,” one evening undertook to discuss the question —whether intemperance or slaverv was productive of the most evil in the United States ? A worthy Deacon con tending against the former, proposed to show its effects on its victims “in eternity.” “ Stop! stop!” cried the chairman, “ that’s out of the United States.” A New Orleans Advertisement. —“ Lost— yesterday, on Magazine street, a small blue morocco pocket-book, containing a variety of papers —among the rest, a tailor’s bill, amount ing to $135. " Any person finding the same will please to pay the bill, and nothing more shall be said.” The rich old gentleman at New Orleans, who, with his young bride, was so horribly lie set night after night, by three or four thousand professors of “ cat-music,” has at last purchas ed from his tormentors the merev of their si lence, bv acceding to their demands and giving SI,OOO to the Orphan Boy’s Asylum. That unfathomable quagmire in Ohio, called the “ Black Swamp,” so long the terror to mail contractors, and the torment of news-seeking editors, is to lie expunged, and $40,000 are appropriated hv the Legislature to have it ma cadamized. Tlie number of revolutionary pensioner* north of the Potomac, compared to those south, of it, is as five to one. Tnis discrepancy is not owing to any jieculiar longevity at the north, but to the fact that, in the revolution, as well as in the last war with Great Britain, the Southerners did nearly all the blustering, and tlie Yankees nearly all the fighting. The Southerners have not yet forgotten how to bluster. Boston Times. You arc altogether wrong, Mr. Times, in your reasoning. Tlie scarcity of pensioners j in the South is owing to a different cause. We have known many Revolution soldiers, living' in the South, who never applied for pensions, because they were unwilling to creep up to impertinent office-holders as paupers, 1 and re ceive the pittance meted out to them as a cltari ty. Many of them, in the South and West, have sons who would rather live on bread and water and work themselves to death for the support of their honored sires, than stoop to receive the paltry sum of eight dollars per month, grudgingly extended to them, through the pension laws of an ungrateful and parsimo nious General Government. In the North, it may he otherwise. There, every one may be very willing to get the pittance; but in the •South, such crumbs are not sought after. We never seek an occasion to show that the South differs from the North in petty mo ney matters; hut, when so palpable a calum | ny is uttered against our ancestors as that which we copy from the Times, it is hut just that the truth should be spoken as an off-set. Ni O. Picayune-. A REMARKABLE woman. Died, in this town, (Northside,) Molly Payne, whose age cannot be exactly ascertained ; all agree that she was much as 102 or 103, and SOl mc that she must have been nearly or quite 11 £l -y ;°ars Os age! And what la still more re- than the number of years she has jj ve( ] j t j s - affirmed by those who knew her best that she W? s never known to tell a false hood, or to say that she doubted the word of any one! She neve.’ titled about her neigh bors, or repeated slandeipus stories to the in jury of any—never said a Wc>ru to make mis chief in, or between families—**PO one could over make her hear or repeat that which had better not be told—she never went to church for the purpose of making envious remarks up on anew dress, or anew bonnet, because they might be better than her own, or to ridicule the dress of those who were too poor to afford bet ter. But weak human nature, ever contain ing elements which put perfection at defiance, she is said to have committed one fault—it was a natufal one; and he or she, who can countless, let them Unun ii.c/l rstsione ! The rest of her life was passed, we believe, in single blessedness. She was both deaf and dumbi English Papes* A Spring Morning. —To walk abroad abroad among rural scenery on a fine sunny morning, is to ramble in the temple of the Deity, and witness the creative process. Every day, al most every hour, witnesses some change : buds, blossoms, leaves and flowers are woven by un seen bands, painted by invisible artists, and perfumed from ‘vials full of odors sweet ’ — we look upon them in the morning with sur prise and pleasure, while the first dew and sun beam are visiting them. What an admirable and perfect taste must he have, who performs all this ! There is no noise, no useless display. Tlie Creator therein teaches modesty to his creatures. His goodness is also visible —the blossoms soon perish, but their hue and fra grance are the breathings of a benevolent mind. Look at the multitude of little heaps of sand that lie in the paths, and suffer your eye to rest for a moment upon the busy and apparently happy infect that brings out his grain of sand. Nothing seems too minute and insignificant for the Almighty to put his hand upon and invest with faculties of intelligence and happiness. Nashville, April 7. Fifty years ago this day, as we learn from one of the party, about sixty-four persons lan ded at the junction of the Ohio and Muskin gum rivers, under the command of General ltufus Putnam, and commenced the settlement of the State of Ohio, in the presence of nearly three hundred Indians, who Imd assembled on the opposite bank of the Muskingum. The landing took place at 10 o’clock of a bright and beautiful spring morning. What a change have these fifty ye fJ produced in Ohio, its dark forests have been swept aw'av before the axe of the settler—-farms, towns and cities now occupy the site of the wigwam, the steamboat has taken the place of the canoe, and a population of a million and upwards ex ist on the same territory that supplied but a scanty subsistence to a few hundreds of roving savages. Such a rapid and entire change is without a precedent in the history of the world. When Brennan, the noted highwayer, was taken in the south of Ireland, curiosity drew numbers to the gaol to see tlie man loaded with irons who had long been a terror to the country. Among others was a banker whose notes at that time were not held in the highest estimation, who assured the prisoner that he was very glad to see him there at last. Bren nan, looking up, replied,—“ Ah, sir, I did not expect that from you, indeed I did not; for j you well know, that when all the country rc- j fused your notes, I took them.” OFFICE UNDER THE CENTRAL HOTEL, THIRD DOOR ABOVE THE TOST-OFFICE, AND IN THE REAR OF (ADJOINING) THE MACON LYCEUM AND LIBRARY SOCIETY’S READING ROOM. MACON: Saturday Morning, April 21, 1838. Cotton Market. The present week there has been some decline in in ferior qualities—6ay a | rent ; prime Cottons demand 9 cents: but small quantities coming in. Our River is low Weather dry, windy and cold—thermometer us i low as 53°. A tolerable severe frost fell on Thursday night last —some injury has been done, it is feared, to fruit and vegetation. 9QT An unusual press of business has prevented us from giving that attention to our editorial duties, the present week, which it is our desire always to do. We are not fond of apologies, but they are sometimes ne cessary, and never mors so with us than in the present instance. We hope, therefore, the want of editorial no tices will be pardoned. We have received the April fiuniber of the Southern LiterHhf Messenger. It is freighted as usual with many original and chaste beauties. The progress that this periodical is making in the Literary world is highly flattering to its talented conductor, who richly merits the united encouragement of the whole South.— In all tlie round of periodical literature which we re ceive, there is no one which we greet at its appearance with so much pleasure as this. The present number sustains well the high character it has already obtained iCT The/ullowing gentlemen (says the Messenger,) were elected officers of the Episcopal (or Christ) Church for one year, ending Easter Monday next: Wardons— N. C. Monroe, N- Barker. Vestrymen— A■ Bober, I. G. Seymour, J. Rea, 11. K. Carter, C. Day, 11. S. Cutler, G. A. Kimberly, 11. Fitch. Treasurer and Secretary— A. R. McLaughlin. At a public commencement of the Medical De partment of the University of Pennyslvania, held on the Gth instant, the degree of Doctor of Medicine was con ferred upon the following gentlemen, from Georgia : William G. Bulloch, A. Y. Calhoun, Alva Connel, Bedney L. Franklin, David B. Hamilton, John A. Hanson, Walter J. A.Hamilton, Charles N. Home, William A. Jarratl, E. J. Palmer, R. W. Slone, Jesse M. Cason. SCr A writer irf the Messenger pays the following just tribute, in a note, **) the memory of the late Dr. Bow ditch of Boston : Wc cannot here but lament th« rccnni of Dr. Uowditch, who was horn in (Mass.) on the 26th of March, 1778, and tiieJ in Boston. The United States have lost in him the greatest mathematician, and the most celebrated astronomer this country has ever produced : one man whom nature had endow ed with her best gifts; a high intelligence, and an upright heait. He had been during many years President of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences : his writings, published in the memoirs of the American Academy ; his Naval Navigator; his translation of De la Mo chanique Celeste; par La Place, ttlid the com mentaries that accompany it, put him on a level with the illustrious French author just named. Dr. Bowditch had reached such an extraordinary eminence, without ever having enjoyed the benefits of education, without hav ing been guided by the lessons of an instructor. It was owing to his genius and his persever ance that he became an adept in sciences the most difficult and the most obscure. Proceedings of Council. Friday, April 13,1833. Present —77 ic Mayor—Aldermen Rowland, Crawford, Sims, CampbeU, Robinson, and Williams. Absent —Alderman Mustian. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. The Bridge-Keeper reports toll received the last two weeks, ending 9th instant, $216 00. The Committee to whom was referred the petition of sundry citizens in relation to the laying out Streets and Alleys, reported adverse to the same, and the petition of Rufus K. Evans, asking Council to exchange lots with him was unreasonable and unjust, and recommcn that the Council require the Monroe Rail Road Com pany to erect a Bridge across the Rail-Road where the road formerly crossed said Rail-Road, near Beasley’s— The report was adopted. Messrs. Campbell and Flanders gave an instrument in writing relinquishing to Council their title to Spring street in East* Macon, for a public street. A petition from Robert Beasley was read and refer red to the Committee on Streets. The Committee on Finance recommended unani mously that the Mayor proceed to procure the neces sary paper, &c. to issue change hills by the Corpora tion. Council then adjourned. JESSE L. OWEN, Clerk of Council. For the Southern Posh TO “I.” Dear “ I," I will tell you how you must begin To make love to the maiden you most wish to win ; If she will not listen to and answer your prayer, Forget her, for she is unworthy your care ; If she plays the coquette then be on your guard, For the ways of the flirt and coquette are hard ; Approach her with modesty, candor and truth— Three virtues which greatly embellish a youth; Tel! her of the pleasure her company gives, And then of her absence, how sorely it grieves. If 6he modestly blushes and hangs down her head, You may then talk of love—you have nothing to dread ; But if at my shrine you should worship in love, The ‘steel’ might be wrought on and candor approve. LAURA; ■ r■ e i . fa- ■ i——■ At Warren ton, (Ga.) on the 16th ultimo, -Mr?. Eliza beth Beall, aged 61 years and eight months, consort of Major R. A. Beall, late of that place, and mother of General Robert Augustus Beall, formerly of Macon. MACON VOLUNTEERS ! A TTEND a meeting at the Company’s Room, This x A Evening, at eight o'clock. By order. ' HOLMES, Ist Sergeant. April 21 „ 26r Macon Volunteers ! ! i APPEAR on your Parade Ground ort Monday Morning next, the 23 d instant, at eight o’clock, in full uniform, with twelve rounds of blank cartridge, to celebrate the thirteenth anniversary of the Corps.— Heads of messes will have their tents and camp equipage in readiness for camp du ty. A white Plume will he shot for, du ring the day. By order. I. HOLMES, Ist Sergeant. ftST A Court of Enquiry, for the trial of defaulters will convene at the Company’* Room, on Saturday, the 28th instant. April 21 26r Public Lectures be forest he Macon Mechanic. Society. THE second Lecture, in continuation of a regular course, will bo delivered on. .Thursday Evening next, the 26<A i.istant, at the Court-House, by the Rev. P. Mclntyre. The citizens are invited to attend. — Suituble seats will be provided for the ladies. I. F. BROWN, Secretary. _ April 21 26r PROPERTY FOR SALK. MTHE subscriber intending to move/rom Macon, offers the following town property jfjjfW tor sale, to wit: the Store House on Cot- * ton Avenue, next above Chapnlan &. Childers’ store; the Store House (with the Dwelling connected) on Mul berry street; now occupied by A: McArn, and the Dwelling House on Walnut street; w hich I now occu py. Besides which, lam offering the ballance of my property in the State, and several bodies of valuable Land in Mississippi. Art excellent COOK is offered—all on favorable terms as I positively design moving (to Baltimore, Md.) early in the summer. JNO. RUTHERFORD. March 3. lPtf TO c RENT, THE brick tenement on Jiulberry-Ftreet, im mediately over the store of Charles Day, Esq. one door above the Post-Office, containing seven con yenient rooms, out houses, &c. If the whole tenemen is not rented soon as u dwelling, the rooms will be let separately, as sleeping rooms. For further particularst and terms, apply to the subscriber, at the Darien Bank, JOSEPH E. WELLS. .• April 21 26p TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS REWAR?. STR AYED or Stolen, from Richard ”. Ellis’ Stable, in Macon, about the <T* tit' ‘h of January last, drie flea-bitten, or dapple fc re.v HORSE, about 14 years old, compactly built, cress-fallen, and is lame ifi his right hind leer, occasioned by the spavin. If the hofse has been s'olen, I will give twenty dollars for the apprehen sion qf the thief, and five for the red!? very of the itpt&t Any information respecting the same will be ly received by R.W. Ellis, in Macon, or by the sub scriber, in Knoxville, Grawford Colin iy. , „ JAMES M. ELLIS. April 21 26tf NEW ESTABLISHMENT, Opposite the new Presbyterian Church, and neil door la A. D. I. F. Brown's-. fIUIE subscriiicr having permanently located himself -* in Macon, tenders his services to the citizens i the Coach Painting and Trimming Business, and respectfully solicits the patronage of a generous public. He pledges himself that all orders entrusted to him will be executed wilh despatch in a workmanlike manner, and on the most reasonable terms. From his long experience, and known abilities, he confidently holies to please all who may favor him with their pat ronage. He will also attend to all orders in the UP HOLSTER I A G LINE-— such as trimming Sofas, Easy Chairs, decorating Houses either in ancient or modern style, &.c. He hopes from Unremitted attention to business to merit a share of that patronage which has been so lib erally awarded to others. , T. H. BARRILLON. April 21 26p notice. fiiUCH persons as may have obtained books from mv Library, will confer a favor by returning them as soon as convenient. M. A. FRANKLIN April 21 * 26e A’tSituation is Wanted RYa yonng man of moral habits, in some respect -99 able business in this city. As employment is his object, a situation m any respectable occupation will lie acceptable. Address “I, at the office of the South ern Post, Apnl 21 26p dancing school. T> N.fe/Ol N I would respectfully announce to the Xlj. ladies and gentlemen of Afacon, and vacinitv, that his Second Quarter will commence on Tuesday, the 2ith instant, at me Central Hofei. Days of Tuitioi. Tuesdays, I hursdays and Saturdays, at 4 o’clock, in the afternoon, for Ladies, and at half-past 7 in the eve ning, for Gentlemen. Terms—slo for 24 lessons. Mr. Mount s next Assembly Ball will take place of Mnv en,r ° ’ 011 Wednesday Evening, the 2d Apnl 21 26tf AN INTELLIGENT BOY, * OF industrious and moral habits, will be taken as an apprentice, to learn the Art of Printing, at the office of the Southern Post, if early application is made. None other need apply. April 21 26p tIARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY; HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, Incorporated in 1810 with a Capital of $150,000, and power to increase the Same to $250,000. rpIIIS long established Institution has for more than JL a quarter of a century; transacted ire extensive business on the most just and liberal principles—paying its losses with the most honorable promptness; mid the present Board of Directors pledge themselves in this par ticular, fully to maintain the high reputation of tlie Company. It insures on the most favorable terms, ev ery description of property against loss and damage by Fire, but takes no marine risks. Application for Insurance may be made either per sonally, or by letter; to its Agent in this city: and all renewals for risks now running by this Company on propt r y in this city, may be made by application t(i the Agent. ’ WM. B. JOHNSTON, Agent: Macon, April 21, 1833,