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February 10 16
Notice---Copartnership.
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L. Luce, they will transact business uuuer the
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WM. B. JOHNSTON.
Macon, January 1, ISOS. 13tf
NOTICE.
ALL persons indebted to the subscriber, either by note
or open account, are verv rcspeetfnllt iovrei to
•call and settle the same. iVM- B. JOIILISfCiX.
January 20 . 13if
NEW STfUNG GOODS.
C"i EO. C. MeNEILL is now receiving at his stand
I in Messrs. Rea & Cotton’s fire-proof buildings,
C immcrce Row, his Soring and Summer supplies of
Fancy and Staple DRY-GOODS. Among which will
be found some desirable selections, adapted to the pre
sent, and approaching seasons. Purchasers are invited
to call and examine for themselves.
Ail II 2o f
NOTICE.
4LL persons indebted to the estate of J. T. I.ewellen,
- 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 of law. or they
wll he barred payment. E. RUSSELL,
March 10 2Otf Adminbtrator.
HARTFORD
fiue insuranci: coiip any ,
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT,
Incorporated in 1810 i cith a Capital of $1.>0,000, and
power to increase the stnne to §250,000.
fSIHIS long established Institution has for more than
9 a quarter of a century, transacted its extensive
business on the most just and liberal principles—paying
its losses with the most honorable promptness; and the
present Board of Directors pledge themselves in this par
ticular, fully to maintain the high reputation oi the
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 maybe made either per
sonal! v, or by letter, to its Agent in this city: and all
renewals for risks now running by this Company on
property in this citv, mav !>c made hv application to
the Wnt. ‘ WM.B. JOHNSTON, Agent.
Macon, April 21, 1333. 26.f
For Sale.
W°OD lo's of Oak and Hickory Land, a few miles
» * from Macon.
Also a FA R M of one hundred acres in a good con
dition, for planting, three and a halt miles from town
Dec. 2. 6 Apply to JAS. A. N3SBET.
BAC O N
03-AND PURE LEAF LARD.
!j Oft. (IDD LBS. choice Bacon, most of which
JLVthJ' 4 tv►V/ Pug been cured here, on the nios
approved principles.
4,000 Lea f Lard, put up in neat covered tin cans,
suitable for families. Apply to
WM. B. PARKER & CO.
February 21 13tf
MACON CLOTHING STOKE,
On Mulberry Street fronting Cotton Avenue.
?f ¥ FITCH has constantly on hand, and is receiving
T«. ;r tlic above establishment from the manufaoto
tv of 1,. Fitch &, Cos. a large assortment of seasonable
•clothing, consisting in part of
300 doth dress and frock Coats and Coatees.
100 cloth over Coats.
TOO pilot cloth, duffle, green and red’ Blanket Coats.
30 gentlemen’s goat’s hair & English caniblet Cloaks.
hOO pair cloth and cassiinere Pants.
•KM) “ satinet Benv< rt en and cord Pants.
X) cloth, plain & fig’d Velvet, vnlenoin, wo.den velvet
toilinet, bombazine, plain and fig’d satin Vests.
3 ) Ladies’ fig’d Marino,’doth and wroassinn Cloaks,
Ccntlemen’s cloth cloaks, eamblet Wrappers,
m satinet, Beavertecn and Jeans hunting coats.
10 doz. gingham and calico Shirts.
10doz. frili’d and p'eted Linnen and cotton, Linncn
Bosom Shirts, red and white Flannel shirts. Nett
shirts and Drawers, Buckskin shirts.
150 pair plain and twilled cotton Drawers, silk shirts,
Cloves, Hosiery, Stocks, Bosoms, (’ollars, Suspenders.
Handkerchiefs, Crava's, Purses, Russians Belts, Pis
tols and Money Belts, Silk and cotton Umbrellas.
Also
25 cases Fur and silk Hats, cloth Fur and Hair seel
cape, which will be sold very cheap.
!•' ) suits coarse negro cloth, &.c. &c.
Ihe above clothing is manufactured in the bps* man
ner of good materials, and is ollercd at reduced prices for
rash
Gentlemen wishing their cloths made at the North,
"ill !>v leaving their names with me, have them made in
Do host manner, anil most fashionable style, and wor
mwod to please. Dec. 2. ?> H. F
Matches, Situ ft', «s:c.
BFCTvWTTH’S Pills. Brandrcth’s Fills,
Evan's Camomile Pills, for heart-burn, dyspepsia,
Toilet Powders, superior Soaps,
I.oco-foeo. Tjiirifer, and Friction Matches,
Black and blue writing Ink,
Snuff of various kinds—tor sale hv
J. 11. <y TF. & ELIJS, Cotton-Avenue
Marsh 10 20
dfe, WT Fill WpT TSilfe w nm cca
MMJTUAiKJV I rwm^We
DR. E. S, ALBIiKiI
£ ; ESPECTFULLY tenders iiis services as a Pliy
* 'A siciati and Surgeon, to the inhabitants of Macon,
and its vicinity, and would he grateful to such as may
favor him with their patronage.
! N. B. lie will attend with promptness to any calls
from town or country, bv night or day. £0“ Grace on
1 Conimerce-Rov.q over Lev l Eeklev’s Store. At night,
he may be found at his room in the Central Hotel.
March 31 23
NOTICE.
BR. JAMES M. GREEN having recovered his
health, has resumed tlie Practice of Medicine—
Ills office, is at the S. E. corner of Mulberry and 5.h
i streets.
May 5 21
A CARD.
BOOT. WM. J. ANDERSON informs the public
that he has located himself in Macon, and will at
tend strictly to practice of his profession in the city, and
coni t y adjoining M c p. His office will be fraud over
the Darien Bank, and he will be found at night at Mr.
Thomas King’s.
April 11 25 f
O. 11. LOOMIS, Portrait Painter,
T3 ESPECTFULLY invites the people of Macon,
Ji. A and its vicinity, to call at his room, over Messrs.
Rea & Cotton’s, Commerce-Row, and examine Ins
specimens and judge of their merit for themselves. —
Unless his Likenesses are satisfactory no person is ex
pected to receive them. __
February 21 17. f
DANCING SCHOOL.
R. N. MOUNT would respecfully announce to the
ladies and gentlemen of il/acon, and vaeinisy,
that his Second Quarter will commence on Tuesday,
the 2hh instant, at the Central Hotel. Days of Tuition,
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, at 4 o’clock, in
the afternoon, for Ladies, and at half-past 7in the eve
ning, for Gentlemen. Terms —$10 for 24 lessons.
April 21 26 f
LAW NOTICE.
S. M. STRONG AND F. C. PENDI.F.TON
MAYING formed a co-partnerdiip in the practice of
the Law, will attend the several Courts of the
Flint Circuit, anu those of Twiggs and Wiikerson, of
tlie Ochmulgee. SKr Office in the west end of Cow
les’ brick building, Commerce-Row.
March 31 23
TO COUNTRY MERCHANTS.
YysVE have on hand, ni atlv packed up and invoiced
w v a general assortment of
Dry Goods, Hats, Shoes, &c.
amounting to about SB,OOO, which we offer for sale on
accommodating terms. The Stock consists cf a large
proportion of domestic and staple Goods, and was well
laid down for cash or its equivalent. If not disposed of
in two weeks, the stock will be withdrawn from tiiis
market. Apply to
C. VAUGN, or
WINN & SHANNON.
May 19 30c
EMU-JJL.mu Li I'iir; -JR -d.” HS&BMXRSenaEXSZ:.
POETRY.
From the Knickerbocker.
GOD.
Tiie Lord the high and holy One,
Is present every where;
Go to the regions of the sun,
And thou wilt find him there!
Go to the secret ocean caves.
Where man hath never trod,
And there, beneath the flashing waves,
Will be thy Maker God !
Fly swiftly on the morning’s wing,
To distant realms away,
Where birds, in jewelled plumage, sing
The advent of the day:
And where the lion seeks his lair,
And reindeer bounds alone —
God’s presence makes the desert fair,
And cheers the frozen zone.
Ail nature speaks of Him who made
The land, and sea, and sky;
The fruits that fall, the leaves that fade,
The flowers that bloom to die :
The lofty mount and.lowly vale,
The lasting forest trees,
The rocks that battle with the gale,
The ever-rolling seas:
All tell the Omnipresent Lard,
The God of boundless might;
In every age and clime adored,
Whose dwelling is the light!
From the same.
“The following,” says anew contributor, “is a
humble imitation of what is not perhaps worth imita
ting, the “Laura Matilda” style of ‘ sweet-pretty poet
ry.” We think it decidedly good. It is hardly inferi
or to Swift’s celebrated “Lines by a Person of Quali
ty
See ! the fragrant twilight whispers
O’er the orient western sky,
While Aurora's verdant vespers
Tell his evening reign is nigh.
Now a louder ray of darkness
Carols o’er the effulgent scene,
And the lurid light is markless
On thp, horizon’s scattered screen.
Night is nigh, with all his horrors
Sweetly swerving in h : s breast;
And the ear of Fancy borrows
Morning's mist to lull tlie west.
But ere lit comes with all his splendor,
Hark! the milky way is scon,
Sighing like a maiden tender,
In her bower of ruby green!
MACON, (Ga.) SATURDAY MOANING, MAY 23, !SJ3.
BIiS C E 1, L A N E OUS,
THE TIGER IN LOVE.
cojrxtrJrcATEß nr a resident at geneva.
A!i the world know.) that Orpheus, in iris
time, tamed t'gers, and j anthers, and lions,
and made than obedient bv the me!o ly of
his song and of his lyre. T.iis is not . o very
surprising; for who can withstand the magic
of sweet sounds ? Last summer I hud occa
sion 1o admire here a circumstance which
proves that there slid ex its a power which
sub lues wild beasts, and m kes them gent’e.
tame, and even ten lev. Advincat, who is \x< li
knouM-fi 1 over tire Continent, cfthio to tiiis
city with Iris menagerie; and wc found that
he had nude much greater advances in the ed
ucation of these animals than the celebrated
Martin, who, in fact, did nothing more than
play and romp with an o’.d lion and a small
hyaena. 1 [is tiger he left in quiet, and always
asserted that nothing was to effected with
t o e feasts, and that they were unsusceptib'e
of any Untiring; just as some teachers w.il on
ly take pains with youths possessing extraor
dinary capacity, and neglect others by whom
they arc not likely to gain any eclat.
This is f.r from bci: g the civ c with Advi
-1 nent, the Testalozzi and Fellcnburg of wild
! bcist.3. You should on'ysce wlicu he enter
ed the cage of the gic it ravage hyaena, with
| what commanding assurance, be took all sorts
I of liberties with the foim'dable brute, how be
j snatched away the meat thrown to him, and
! would not allow him so much as to touch it.
: Hut tii's was not a’l; the ferocious animal was
I o! 1 ged to open his jaws to their full extent.;
i ArVucnt then placed Iris head between them,
I and in this position lie fired a pis’ol close to
t> the car of the hyaena. The sl gbtcst, even
involuntary, start oft he anirna l , the least move
ment of the jaw, might have caused him a
wound at least. So fi:r was any thing of
tin’s kind from happening, that the spectators
could not help noticing what pains the animal
took to keep his teeth apart lest ho should hurt
his master. The same trick Advincnt per
formed with the tiger, a powerful ar.d beauti
ful creature. lie did not indeed take the meat
from him, but would not let him cat it, arid
laid S old of his fore legs and made him jump
and dance on the hinder just as ho pleased.
This tiger was oxtromo)y- gm.oful in nil l<!c
attitudes, positions, and motions; hence, a
young lady of this city took a fancy to make
drawing of him from nature. Accordingly,
in the mornings, when there are few visitors,
she placed herself before the cage of tlie tiger,
fixed her lovely eyes upon his face, and waited
till he assumed a line attitude or position, nay,
when he had lain down and curled himself up
to sleep, she allowed him no rest, but made
the keeper rouse and tease him. In the first
days he was extremely angry at this distuifi
ance, but he soon became more gentle, and
when Macamoiseile M. placed herself with
her portfolio before the cage, lc wot 11 ri-e, j
walk about, raise himself up, thrust his paws j
between the iron bars, as if to roach them out j
tore.*; he would then throw himself down,:
placing and rolling on his back, as cats are |
accu .turned to do, especially when si c sang j
to him.—Such an intimacy had food taken
place between them that Advincnt declared
tat Mademoiselle M. m : ght venture alone iti
t > the cere, for he was sure !.c would not hurt
htr. I
In ten days she hid drawn him in five dif
ferc.it positions. Having finished her woik,
he co lectori her drawing*, t e l up her portfo
ij, put on her gloves, and waved a friendly
farewell to the animal. Adieu, adieu, inon
chcr H'tssan,je te remcrcie bicn, said she, and
away she went. Ilassan looked after her till
she reached the door, and then lay down to
sleep, which he would not before have done on
any account; for he was really gallant to
wards his fair visitor.
Nc t morning, about tlie time when Mad
amoiselle M. had been used to come, Hasson
roused up, licked himself, walke 1 good-humor
edly round and round, presently stood still,
then lay down in various att tudes, got up
again, turned and wound himself about like an
academic model, and at last ra sed himself on
his hin 1 legs, looking impatiently at the door,
and taking no nolicc of the keepers, who
spoke caressingly to him. Ilassan then be
came surly, howled in a frightful manner,
gnashed bis te th furious'y at h’s le epc r , and
when he was in this mood Adv nent did not
deem it prudent to go into his cage in the
evening and to perform the usual manceuvcrs
with him. Hasson even ate lc s than usual,
and con’emptuousiy left a fine bone untouch
ed.
On tho following morning, about 9 o’clock,
there were the same prepar; ti .ms, the same in
dications of hope and expectation, the same
joyous agitation so long as he conceived that
~sha was likely to come, wi o;e sweet smile,
whose’ovely sic-e, an 1 whore m -'odious voice
lu.d made a de p imp cssiun on his tiger-heart.
OvD^i rararoa ia£a?2.2;i':ra:23
But ati hour nf.e; wards he became so furious
and intractable tint Ad\i ei t begun to be
ularmo 1. He case ! ; then fore, uj on Madam
o.-relic M., acquainted her with the state of
i * ic. c. sj, and icques.c 11C: to \ is>t Has san,to
ece if he votiM t’ en be pacific!. What fe
male would not have been tLUercri by such an
application.—She accompanied him, and n<>
sooner bad she entered the menagerie than
Ilassan was totally changed; the joy, the
transport, of the brute, a for his previous rage
was mot extraordinary; he threw himself
down immediately, and laid h's head on the
floor, keeping his eyes stun Ti*tly fixed on tlie
lady ; he then went tlnough all l.ij former fa
vorite positions, and did every tiling to deserve
her favorable notice, and to detain her as long
as povrib’e.—A for staying a quarter of an
hour, she left him again ; it was not without
agitation that he saw her depart, but he nfter
ivards remained quiet. If in the sequel Mad
amoisclle M. staid away for two days togcf cr.
Iris rage was always renewed. In this manner
I once s nv Hasson myself pass from the most
savage howling and rage to the gentleness of a
pet-cat when Mndamoisclle M. entered ; and I
verily believe with Advincnt that she nrrght
have led iiirn through the streets by a riband.
Court Journal.
The Irish Squire’s Pase.
“ Ride into the town, and see if there’s a let
ter for me,” said the squire one day to our he
ro.—“ Yis, sir.”
“ You know where to go ?”—“ To the town,
sir.”
“Rut do you know where to go in the
town ?”—No, sir.”
“ And why don’t you ask, you stupid thief ?”
“Sure, I’d find out, sir.”
“ Dicl’nt I often tell you to ask what you’re
to do, when you don’t know ?”—“ Yis. sir.”
“ And why don’t you ?”■—“ I don’t like to be
troublesome, sir.”
“Confound you !” said the squire ; though
he could not help laughing at Andy’s excuse
for remaining in ignorance.
“ Yvelh” continued he, “ go to the post office.
You know the post office, I suppose?”—“ Yis,
sir; where they sell gunpowder.”
“You’re right for once,” said the squire;
for.his Majesty’s post master was the person
who had the privilege of clealinsr in the afore
said combustible. “Go then to the port of ;
fice, ask for a letter for me. Remember, no.
gunpowder, but a loiter.”
“Yis, sir,” said Andy, who got astride o r
his hack and trotted away to the post office.
On [arriving at the shop of the post master,
(for that person carried on a brisk trade in
groceries, gimblets, broad-cloth and linen dra
pery,) Andy presented himself at the counter,
and said,
“1 want a letthcr, sir, if you phase.”
“Who do you want it lor?” said the post
master, in a tone which Andy considered an
aggression upon the sacredness of private life :
so Andy thought t'.ie coolest contempt he could
throw upon the prying impertinence of the
post- n.ia 'cr was to repeat his question.
“I wait a letthcr, sir, if you plasc.”
“And who do you want it for?” repeated
the post-master.
“ What’s that to you ?” said Andy.
The post-master laughing at his simplicity,
told him he could rot tell what letter to give
him, unless he told him the direction.
“The directions I got was to get a letthcr
here—that’s the directions.”
“ Who gave those directions ?”—“ Tlie rnas
ther.”
“ And who’s your master?”—“ What con
sarn is that o’yours?”
“ Why you stupid rascal! if you don’t tell
me his name, how can 1 give you a letter?” —
“ You could give it if you liked; but you’re
fond of axin’ impident questions, bcka.se you
think I’m simple.”
“Go long out of this. Your master must
be as great a goose as yourself to send such a
messenger.”—“ Bad luck to your impidoncc !”
said Andy; “is it squire Egan you daresay
goose to ?”
“ Oh, squire Egan’s your master then ?”
“ Yis; have you any thing to say ag n it!”
“Only that 1 never saw you before.”—
“ Faith,* then, you’ll never see me again if 1
have my own consent.”
“ I won’t give you any letter for the squire,
unless I know you’re his servant. Is there
any one in tlie town kows you ?”
“ Plenty,” said Andy; “it is not every one
is as ignorant as you.”
Just at that moment a person entered the
house to get alet‘cr,to wh mi Andy was known;
and he vouched to the post-master that tire ac
count he gave of himself was true.—•“ \ou
mav give him the squire’s letter. Have you
one for me ?”
“Yes, sir,” said the post-master, producing
one ; “ four pence.”
The new comer paid the four pence postage,
and left the shop with the letter.
ac-1 -k- m i —fc
“ Here’s a le’ter for the sqm ire,” said the
pc, t-mastcr. “ You’ve to pay me elevenpence
i po tape.”
“ What ’ud I pay elevenpence for ?”•—“For
poitagc-”
“To the devil wid you! Did’nt I see vou
give Mr. Dela.ny a K-tther for fourpence this
minlt, and a bigger lettherthan this ; and now
you want me to pay elevenpence for this scrap
of a thing. Do you think I’m a fool ?”
“ No; but I’m sure of it,” said the post
master.
“ Weil, you’re welkim to think what you
pi are ; but don’t be delaying me now : here’s
lburj cuce for you, and gi’ me the letthcr. ”
“ Go along you stupid thief,” said the post
master, taking up the letter, and going to serve
a customer with a mouse-trap.
While this person, and many others were
served, Andy lounged up and dqv.n the shop,
every now and then putting his head in the
middle of tlie customers and saying, “ will you
gi’ rne the letthor?”
ITe waited for above half an hour in defi
ance of the anathemas of the post-master, and
at last left, when he found if was impossible to
get the common justice of his master, which
he thought he deserved as weli as another man;
for under this impression, Andy determined to
give no more than tlie four} cuce.
The squire in the meantime was getting im.
patient for his return, and when Andy rnado
It's appearance, asked if there was a letter for
him.
“ There is, sir,” said Andy.
“ Then give to me.”—“ I hav’nt it, sir.”
“ What do you mean ?”•—“ He would’i!t
give it to me sir,”
“ Wiio woald’nt give it to you i”—“That
old chafe heyant in the to vug,- -wanting to
charge double for it.”
“ May be it’s a double letter. Why the devil
didn’t you pay what he asked, sir ?”- Arrah,
sir, why would 1 let you lie dieted. It’s not
a double letthcr at all; rot above half the size
o’ one Mr. Delany get before my face for
fourpence.”
“ You’ll provoke ,mc to break your neck
some day, you vagabond ! Ride bock for
your life, you omadhaun, and pay whatever ho
asks, and get me the letter.”
“ Why, sir, 1 tell you he was soilin’ them
before my face far fourpence a-picce.”
“Go back, you scoundrel, or I’ll horsewhip
you; and if you’re longer than an hour, I’ll
have you ducked in the horse-pond!”
Andy vanished, and made a second visit to
the post-office. When he arrived two other
persons were getting letters, and the post-mas
ter was selecting letters for them from a large
parcel that lay before him on the counter; at
the same time many shop customers were wait
ing to be served.
‘ I’m come for that letthcr,” said Andy.
“ I’ll attend to you by-amLby.”
“The masthcr’s in a hurry.**
“ Let him wait till his hurry’s over.”
“ He’ll muithcrme if I’m not back soon.”
“ I’m glad to hear it.”
While the post-master went on with such
provoking answers to these appeals for des
patch, Andy’s eye caught the heap of letters
that lay on the courier; so, while certain
weighing of soap and tobacco was going for
ward, he contr.vcd to become possessed of two
letters fiom the heap; and having effected
that, waited patiently enough until it was the
great man’s pleasure to give him the missive
directed to his master.
Then did Andy bestride his hack, and in
triumph at his trick upon the post-master, rat
tie along the road homeward as fast as his
hack could carry him. He came into the
squire’s presence, his face beaming with delight,
an air of self-satisfied superiority in his manner,
qu'te unaccountable to Iris master, until he pul
led forth his hand, which had been grubbing
up his prizes from the bottom of his pocket,
and holding three letters over his head, while
he said, “ Look at that!” lie next slapped them
down under his broad fist on the tabic before
the squire, and said,
“ Well, if he did make me pay elevenpence,
by gor, I brought your honor tlie worth o’ your
money, any how,”
From tlie Massillon (Ohio) Gazette.
RETURN OF THE CAPTIVE.
Our citizens, yesterday morning, were in
troduced to tlie acquaintance of John W r ood, a
mail whose talc of sorrow could not fail of in
teresting the heart, however callous, or how
ever prone to incredulity. A meagre sketch
can only he given now. The ample history
of his misfortunes may hereafter be presented
to the world—and, if given by a master hand,
will command the interest, and enlist the sym
pathy of the public, when the mawkish produc
tions of fiction, which now cumber our book
stores and insult our taste, shall have become
despised and forgotten.
In the war of 181*2, John Wood, now fifty
years o’.d, was a young and industrious furmor
NO. 31.