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six ip* VOL. I. THE g© 21 EE IS IBIS IP©SS Is published in the city erf I.facon every Saturday Morning, at two dollars In advance, three dollars itthe.end of the year— one dollar and fifty cents or six months ; and mailed to country subscribers by :he earliest mails, enveloped by good string wrappers, with legible directions, {ttT No subscription received Cora less period than six months—and no paper discon tinued, until all arrears are paid. « Advertisements will be inserted at the usual rates of advertising, with a reasonable deduction to yearly ad vertisers. Reli'nvus, Marriage and Obituary Notices inserted free of charge. 83r Any person forwarding a tfx dollar bill, (post paid,) shall receive six copies, for one year, to be sent to differeut persons, as directed. £3" Letters, on business, either to the Publisher or Editor, must come post paid to insure attention. f —.... r- 1 ■« l IM] —» CENTRAL HOTEL, MACON, GEORGIA. . . TIIE subsCribei respectfully informs his Fnends IjfJ and the public in general, that lie has taken the y-f H-above named Establishment, which having been recently thoroughly repaired and enlarged at great ex pence—is now open An - the reception ol Travellers, Boarders, <Jr. Tne chambers are large and airy—the servants competent and attentive. His Table shall constantly be supplied with every delicacy the Season and Market will'furnish. Mia Bar is stocked with the choicest Wines and Liquors. And in order more effec tually to make it a first rate House, he has called to his aid the services of Mr. A. Elder, of Baltimore, whose long experience at Barnum’s City Hotel, has justly en titled him to the reputation of a Caterer for the public.— The subscriber, therefore, hones by his unremitting ex ertions to please, to receive a libera! share of patronage. HORACE R. WARD. N. B. Good Stabling attached to the Hotel, w itk faith ful and attentive Ostiers. December 16 Btf TQ RENT. THE desirable residence on the hill, built by MW Gen. Rolrt. A Beal!, and lately occupied by Dr. ' Randolph, the enclosure contains an extensive variety of choice bearing fruit trees selected at the north, and ornamental shrubbery. ALSO some business houses well located on Cotton Avenue, for grocery and provision stores. FOR SALE. —Several valuable city lots, and 16 acres improved land bounding on the city Confmom . Troup’s hiW and the Houston road, (distant one mile from the court house) with an extensive elevation in front, affording a commanding view of the City and sur rounding country, and well adapted for private residen ces, the whole, or a part of which wiil be sold on ac commodating terms t>v early application to WM. B. PARKER. March 17. 21tf For Sale. a’OlE small Rouse on cotton Avenue, at pres en*ecupied by C. G. St. John as a jewelry store. Also for sale, an experience cook Woman. Ap ply to JAMES A. NISBET. December 2. 6 For Sale. OOD lots of Oak and Hickory Land, a few miles » * from Macon. Also a FARM of one hundred acres in a good con dition, for planting, three and a half miles from town Dee. 2. 6 Apply to JAS. A. NISBET. II AC ON 03-AND PURE LEAF LAftD. 1 fHb LBS. choice Bacon, most of which vs has been cured here, on the mos (approved principles. 4,000 Leaf Lard, put up in neat covered tin cans, suitable for families. Apply to WM. B. PARKER & CO. February 24 IHtf Notice—Copartnership. FBI HE subscriber having associated with hi..., Allen * L. Luce, they will transact business u:ul. the name, style and firm of W». B. Johnston & Cos. WM. B. JOHNS TON. Macon, January 1,1838. !3*f NOTICE. 4 LL persons indebted to the subscriber, either by note 4*. or open account, are very respectfully ’O7 to call and settle the same. WM. B. JOHNSTON January 20 Katf cotton Lias. ffHIE subscribers having taken the sbap at the cor* A ner ot Fourth and Walnut-streets nearly oppo site the new Presbyterian Church, offer their services o their friends and the public, in the manufacture of Cotton Gins, Sash Doors, Blinds, Bailing for Grave Fen ces, &c. Turning done in all its verities; all of which will be done in the neatest manner, and at the shores! n °dce. BEDSTEADS, in abundance, for sale low. They will make a few Cotton Gins with cast-steel saws ; also German steel and Iron saws, with steel breasts, which will be ready for the next crop—and which they will warrant, in point of workmanship, ma terials and perforrftance, equal if not superior to any ever made in Georgia. All orders punctually attended to, and Gins sent to any part of the State on reasonable terms. Planters wishing to purchase will do well to give us p. call. They have also in their employment a first rate Black t ' rni, a, who will attend to any kind of Iron work which 4aay be offered them, either from town or country cus- A. D. & I. F. BROWN. Macon, February 17 17nc NEW SPRING GOODS. (3EO. c. McNeill is now receiving at his stand , in Messrs. Rea &, Cotton's fire-proof buildings. Commerce Row, his Spring and Summer supplies of r ancy and Staple DRY-GOODS. Among which will *’ c found some desirable selections, adapted to thepne *enb and approaching seasons. Purchasers arc invited to call and examine for themselves. Aujtd It 25tf ’■’HE subs'-riber is now prepared to execute all kinds A . °f llouso, Sign and Ornamental Painting, f t his Shop, Mulberry-street, opposite the Post-Office, and one d<v>r below the Central Rail-Road Bank. Orders, either in the city or country, thankfully reeei 'cd and promptly attended to. _ ‘ DANIEL T. REA. February 10 16 ,I)R. E. S, ALDIIICH RESPECTHFULLY tender* his services as a Pliy j sician and Surgeon, to the inhabitants of Maccn, an ! its vicinity, and wuuki be fateful to such as may j tavor him with their patronage. ti B. He will attend with ’promptness to anv calls ! from town or country, bv night or day. Jttr Ofe.ce on Conirierce-Row, over Levi Ecklev’s Store. At night, i he may he found at his room in the Central Hotel, j March 31 23 ’.otio;, DR. JAMES M. GREEN having recovered his health, has resumed the Practice of Medicine— i his office, is at the S. E. corner of Mulberry and sth ! streets. May 5 23 A CAM?. DOCT. WM.J. ANI >K RSDN informs the public that he has located liims'jfin l.'aeon, will at tend S:ri: dy to practice of i;N profe.isto,l ir\ t:io city, and cour t y adjoining Macon'. His office w ill be found over ; the Darien Bank, and he wiil he found at night at Mr. Thomas King’s. April 14 23tf DANCING SCHOOL.* TT|> N. MOUNT would respectfully announce so the ladies and gentler.»en Ot' jl/acon, a.id vacinitv, that his Second Quarter will comnieneo on Tuesday, the 24:h instant, auhe Central idotef. Days of Tuition, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturday?, at 4 o'clock, in the afiernoon, for Ladies, and at half-pAst*/ in the eve ning, !'■ r Gentlemen. Terms—3lofer 2l fet.ons. April 21 26tf j NOTICE. THE undersigned having purchased of Mr. Gro. P. Wagnon, his eutire Stock of GOODS, and hav ing removed to'the Stove formerly occupied by Hum phries & Moore, where be maybe found, and happy to I wait on those who may favor him with a call. He is now' receivinga fresh supply of Dry-Goods and Groce lit s, ;-.l! of which will lo sold low fur cash. April 11 25f C. VAUGHAN. O. 11. LOOMIS, Portrait I*;iinter, RESPECTFULLY invites the people of Macon, and its vicinity, to en.il at his room, over Messrs. Rea & Cotton’s, Commerce-Row, end examine his specimens and judge of their merit for themselves. — Unit-- liis Likenesses ire satisfactory no person is ex pe'-ted to receive them. February 24 17tf FOH SALE. 500,000 Apply 'to ° n e °? AL'STRONG. ATacon, May 5,23 u Central llail-Road and BaiikingriCiom pan y, ? Savannah, March 30, 1839. $ INST A L.MEXT. is hereby given that an instalment of Ten 1 v Dollars per share ou the Capital Stock of this in stitution is required to be paid in, at the Company’s Banking House in Savannah, on or before the 13th of June next. Stockholders at, and in the neighborhood of Macon, can make payment at the Branch in that city. • R. It. CUYLER, Cashier. April 7 24n G. C. NfcNIELL IS now receiving, at the s=tore in Messrs. Rea & Cot ton’s Fire Proof buildings, Commerce-Row-, an ex tensive and carefully selected Stock of Fancy and Sta ple Dry Goods, Ready-M aTJe Clothing, &e. Among other things will be found, Silks, Satins and Satin Reps, English, French and Grodenap Merinos ; French and English, Swiss and Scotch worked and embroidered Capes and CoUars of various styles; Mus ins, Lawns, Linnens, Diapers, Carpetings, Prints, Ho iserv, Shawls, Bonnetts, Veils, &c., with other articles usually kept in a Dry Goods Store—all of which will be sold on good terms. December 9 7 iCe house. IIE citizens of Macon, and vicinity, are informed A that Ice can be had at all times for Families, by application at the Bar of the Central Hotel for tickets.— No Spirituous Liquors of any description will be kept at the Ice House. Persons from a distance may obtain it in large quantises by applicadon either at the Cen tral Hotel, or at the Ice House. Q£r IF E-CREAMS will be kept at aU times at the Ice House, for the accommodation of Ladies and Gen tlemen. The place will bu conveniently fitted up for pleasure and retirement. , The Ice House in ATacon, will he kept open from 9 A. M., until half-past 12 ; from 2P. M-, until 5. H.R. WARD. JAMES LEWIS. April 14 25tf Frospecttts of the AUGUSTA MIRROR, A semi-monthly Journal, devoted to polite lit erature and use ful mlcl'igence. f gXIIE subscribers contemplate publishing in the city JL of Augusta, a paper under the above tide. It is customary, on such occasions as the present, topublish ti the world a full history in advance of the coming publication, in which all that could be desired by its patrons is promised, find by which expectations are raised such as are seldom realized. But we trust the public have experienced the truth of this remark too of ten, to regard a discussion of the merits of our journal, by us, as any inducement to its hipport. Taking this view of the matter, we shall content ourselves with a brief statement of the intention and design of the Mir ror, preferring rather to rest our claims to patronage upon the merits of the paper itself, than upon the strength of large promises. The Mirror is designed to be exclusively a litera ry journal, and will contain Popular Tales—Essays — Select, Mural Readings Agricultural and Scientific Intelligence — Poetry—Muric, <\r. <fr. It will be the aim of the publishers to render the Mirror acceptable as a family paper, by excluding from its columns every thing like Politics, or Sectarianism, and admitting no thing that can give offence to any class of society. The Mirror will be printed in a quarto form; on a fine, medium sheet, and on neat, new type. Each No. will contain one page of Nf usic, arranged either For the piano-forte or guitar. The columns of the Mirror are tendered as a medi um f._>r the publication of all approved literary composi tions, and we are not without confidence in the belief that there is literary talent and taste enough among our own citizens, to furnish its pages with a goodly portion of mat er of home production. As it is contemplated to issue the, first No; early in May, we would request those who feel disposed to con tribute to the Mirror, to send in their communications before the first of that mouth. TERMS.—Three Wllars in advance, payable on the delivery of the second Nio. fgr Any of our friends furnishing us with a list of ten subscribers will be entitled to a copy of the paper free of charge. WIET JAM T. THOMPSON, JAMES McCAFFERTY. May 5 2S MACON, (Ga.) SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 12, 1838. POETRY. From the Literary Cadet. TO MY MOTHER. What shell! I bear thee, mother dear, When thy embrace again I greet, And feel upon my cheek the tear That flows when child and parent meet ? What' ahall I bedr thee ? Wealth and fame; Or gems that grhw beneath the w-ave ? Gold have I ndt; and glory’s flame Hath seldom shown but ou the grave! Nor wealth, nor fame, norgenis to thee, My mother, will thy offspring bear; Mean such reward indeed would Be For all thy love —for all thy care : But I shall bear to thy kind breast What Heaven nor thee will e’er reject', A wasted form—pale sorrow’s guest — A broken heart —a spirit wrecked. BOSTON BARD. ” V ' AGRICULTURAL. SAVE YOUK ASHES. Wood ashes is a very powerful stimulous to corn. The elfcet of a pint of ashes upon a hill is very great, causing it to yield much more tiian one to which it is not applied. The im portance then of saving wood ashes is more apparent. Corn, again, manured with unleached ashes in the hill, will be less annoyed by the cut worm, than one to which other manure has been applied. The best soils for corn, are the sandy color ed earths, which have but little clay in them. A clover sod, well turned over, makes the best preparation lor the crop. Farmer and Gardner for 1837. TOMATOE. There is perhaps no vegetable of equal val ue, so little known and cultivated in this coun try, although we are happy to observe that it is rapidly coming into notice. There is no vegetable easier produced, none that better re wards the labors of the planter. It has been in use as an article of luxury, either raw or stewed, in soups or fricasees, for gravy or catsup, for pickles or sweetmeats, in the southern part of the European Continent. In France and Italy as well as in many of our eastern cities, the tomatoe, or love-apple, is highly relished and extensively employed in va rious culinary preparations. They are es teemed by all, salutary as an article of diet, and I am acquainted with some instances among my acquaintance, and with many oth ers through the medium of different publica tions, in which the free use of them was fol lowed hy rapid and permanent convalescence from disease of the liver. Indeed as a dietetic luxury, its utility is so great and so varied, that few who have once tidopted its use, can be prevailed upon to dispense with it. The Tomatoe plant is a native of the tropical parts Os our continent, but will flourish in our latitude on a good soil with a very little ex pense of time and labor. The plant of the larger varieties grOWs luxuriantly and bears enormous quantities of fruit. It is stated by the Ohio Furmer, that a man near the city of New York received 81800 for the tomatoes he produced from half an acre, in 1836. They may be produced from the seed in the open air on a warm soil, but in order to hare them in season and the fruit fine and well matured the seed should be started in a hot lied, and trans planted as soon as the weather xVili admit. If you sow the seed in the Open garden, let it be done as early in the spring as may be without endearing the young plant to injury from frost. Sow in rows or plant in hills about 2. 2 1-2 or .3 feet apart, according to the size of the vari ety, or the fertility of the soil. If they come up too thick thin them out. Three or four stalks are sufficient for each hill. Keep free of weeds and stir the ground occasionally and they will grow with great rapidity. As the plant is of the trailing kind, they will require to be supported on a frame of some kind when the branches become so large as to settle on the ground ; in order that the fruit may more fully expose themselves to the sun and air.— Such exposure will greatly promote the perfec- tion of the fruit. A few hills on a rich soil will supply a small family. From seven hills of the Large Red Tomatoe, cultivated last summer on a black muck wheeled into my garden I picked 1 1-4 bushels ot fruit. Winconsin Culturist. MISCELLANEOUS. From the Southern Literary Messenger. The Game of Chess. By the Authoress of “ The Cottage in the Glen,” “ Sen sibility,” “Losing and Winning,” “Fashionable and Unfashionable Wife,” &c. I can scarcely believe my senses,” said Mr. Chauncy, as he was one morning sitting with Mrs. Atkins ; “ I can scarcely believe my senses, when I see my old classmutes, whom I leftjust out of college, and my little friend Su san Leigh, whom I found sitting dn her father’s knee, whbn I called to take leave before my de parture for Europe—now married—settled— established in life! It seems impossible! I have always thought of you as a child !” Mrs. Atkins smiled. “You forget that we arc all six years older than when you left us ; and perhaps you forget, too, that I was t!ie youngest child, and had the privilege of silting on my father’s knee much longer than daught ers are wont to do. You and Cnarles are about the same age, and I am but five years my husband’s junior. Do you feel too young to marry ?” “6, no, —I am now six-and-twenty—one year your husband’s senior; and now that my wanderings are over, I should really like to marry soon, could I find a woman possessing those qualities I wish in a wife, who would unite her fate with mine.” “ 1 conclude your taste has become fastidi ous, from your observation of beauty and ac complishments in Europe,” said Mrs. Atkins. “ No—not exactly so—but from close ob servation of domestic life, I design to be guid ed by judgement, rather than fancy in eso choice; and sincerely ho|ie 1 shall never b, as much fascinated by the charms of any one my to be unable to form a correct opinion of her real character.” “ You will not find it particularly easy to full in love designedly ,” said Mrs. Atkins, laugh ing ; “ nor to save yourself from falling a: love, by the efforts of reason and judgement. Os one thing, however, your remark has satisfied me—at present you are completely heart whole.” “ That is certainly true; and it is eqdally true that I am willing to fall in love with the first lady I meet, fYith whom there is a reason able hope bf living happily.” “ You really contemplate Ufo subject with the most’enviable coolficss ,” said Mrs. Atkins, again laughing. “I do not recollect to have heard any young gentleman talk Os love and matrimony with such perfect calmness end self-possession. How charming it will be, should the lady of your choice exercise as much judgement, and have as little enthusiasm as yourself! Truly, nothing would be likely to disturb ‘the even tenor Os your way !’ ” “It is very possible to talk of fire without growing warm,” said Mr. Chauncy, smiling. “ But seriously, I hope to love my wife, should I ever marry, with my whole soul. What mis ery to have one with such discordant qualities, as would alternately kindle and quench the flame of affection! The heart must soon wither under such a process! It is my foil be lief, that “ L’hymen es ses liens Sont le plus, grands ou des inaux ou des Liens ” and I would therefore use circumspection in ft matter of so much consequence. 1 .et me rath er pursue the journey of life alone, than to feel a doubt whether the society of my wife will in crease or diminish my happiness ! Should inv heart ever be warmed to lore,” he added, while his eves beamed in a manner that showed how deeply he could love—“ Should my heart ever be warmed to love, may its fire be unceasingly fed by the same gentle hand that first kindled the flame—and may it burn brighter and clear er, until lrist in that wdrld, the only element of which is love ! May my wife be a gentle spir it to accompany me in the path to heaven, and lure me back to it, if tempted to stray—and not a scourge to drive me thither as the only place of refuge from herself.” “You have grown so solemn, Mr. Chaun cy,” said Mrs. Atkins, “and seem to look for a wife so free from human imperfections, so angelic, that I am almost afraid to tell you that I am expecting a visit from two of my young friends, with one or other of whom I had hop ed you might be pleased.” “ 1 do not expect freeddm from human im perfections, Mrs. Atkins; but I do hoje for freedom from grOss defects. But who are these friends of whom you speak ?” . “ The eldest, who is not far from my own age, is my couzin, Augusta Leigh—and the * other is Abby Eustace, my favorite sehool | friend, who is two years yOungen” “ And cad you tell me nothing concern ng them but their names and ages !” asked Mr. Chauncey. “ No—positively I will tell you nothing else,- except that either of them is pretty enough for a man who does not make beauty his first re quisite in a wife; and each has fortune enough for one who does not marry expressly for mo ney. This is all I will tell you ; but as they will lx; here in the Course of a week, you will have opportunity Os studying their respective characters for yourself.” After a few minutes thoughtful silence, Mr. Chauncey said; “ No, Mrs. Atkins, I think I shall not lie fas tidious ; I think 1 shall be able to overlook im perfections in my wife, as I hope she would be I willing to do in me. Qualities and acquire j merits which many-might deem indispensable, I could dispense with ; but there is one quality that I consider of primary imjportance—and next to pure and firm principles, that is what I shall seek for iq my choice.” “And what L that?” asked Mrs. Atkins “ Ydu will forgive me if I do not answer that question. I wish to o'>erve and judge for nr - self, and shall be more likely to judge correct!}, if it is not known for what I am looking.” “Well,” said Mrs. Atkins, “you appear very moderate and reasonable in your demands —and yet, were lan unmarried lady, I should be more afraid of you than of any young get - tlemanl have seen. Really, you are so calrr ; and reasonable, and scrutinizing, as to bequile terrifying. Give me the creature of impulse —of pnsssion—of enthusiasm, whU will be too much carrfed away w ith bis own feelings, to be able to investigate my character too nicely; whose warm imagination will clothe me in vir tues and attractions qf its own rosy hues.— Surely,” she added, after a momentary pause, “Surely had Charles been of your tempera ment, l should never have known the happi ness of being his wife !” One day, about a week after the proceeding conversation had taken place, Mrs. Atkins was seated in her parlor with her two friends, who had arrived a day or two before, when Miss Heigh, raising her eye from the work that was in her hand to an opposite window, inquired who the elegant looking young man was, con versing with a lady, on the Other side of the street. “ That ?” said Mrs. Atkins, advfiticing to the. window—“that is Mr. Chauncey, one of Charles’s old friends.” “ Horace Chauncey, who recently returned from Europe V’ asked Miss Leigh. “ The same,” answered Mrs. Atkins. “He will give us a call, presently, I dare say, as he comes here very often.” Before Mr. Chauncey arrives, there is just time to sketch a hasty outline ot' the portraits of the two young ladies. Miss Leigh was tall, well made, and commanding in her person.— Her face was brilliant, with black eyes, and dark hair, but rather pale than otherwise, except when tinted by some degree of excitement. Miss Eustace was rather below the medium stature of women, beautifully formed, and the most cheerful, happy looking creature in the world. Her eyes, shaded by long silken lashes, were of an undefinable color, and were dark or light, as intellect and feeling were awakened, or lay quiet. Her lace was blooming ; yel the color was so constantly changing its shade, that it seemed but the attendant on a heart “alive to every touch of joy or woo.” Mrs. Atkins was right. In a few minutes Mr. Chauncey came in,and was made acquain ted with t'.ie young ladies. When Miss Leigh’s name was mentioned, she calmly raised her eyes, and answered his civilities with the self possession that is common to well-bred young ladies, on being made known to a stranger ; but when Miss Eustace’s turn came, her color was heightened to a burning glow, and u slight and rather tremulous courtesy, was the only answer she made to the few wOrds of compli ment he uttered. “ Has he forgotten !” thought she, as she resumed her seat—“ Can he have forgotten ?” Mr. Chauncey lengthened his visit to nearly an hour, but it differed not materially from oth er visits of a similar kind. The conversation was of a general and desultory character, and carried on in a lively manner by Mrs. Atkins, Mr. Chauncey and Miss Leigh; Miss Eustace never uttering a Word, except when directly ad; dressed. On taking leave, Mr. Chauncey promised to profit by the invitation of Mrs. At; kins, to visit them very frequently. He was literally in search of a wife ; and it was his wish to become really acquainted with those? young ladies he met, in w hom there was not 1 '* iag w hich from the first moment told him that an union w ith them was impassible. The two friends of Mrs. Atkins were certainly not of this number, and liis study of their characters soon became deeply interesting: that of Miss Leigh, because she had a great deal of charac ter ; was free, entertaining, even fascinating NO. 2D.