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S3 it, c> »asr®aaa©a. VOL. I. B©\SFEHHH23:SJ IPO &'J Is published in the city of Macon every Saturday Morning, at t'”o dollars in advance, three dollars at the end of the year — one dollar and fifty cents ;f ir six months ; and mailed to country subscribers by the earliest mails, enveloped by g>od strong wrappers, with legible directions. 82r No subscription received fifor a less .period than six months —oad no paper discon tinued, until all arrears are paid. Advertisements will be inserted at the usual ra'es of •advertising, with a reasonable deduction to yearly ad vertisers. Religion *, 'SLirriage arid Obituary Slices inserted free •of charge. . Any person forwarding a ten dollar hill, (post paid,) shall receive six copies, for one year, to be sent -to diiiereut persons, as directed. Letters, on business, cither to the Publisher or Editor, must come post pal l to insure attention. TYXHE subscriber is now prepared to execute nil lands J -S- of House, Hign and OrimsiLiital Pnlißns", at his Shop, Mulberry-sir«*t, opposite the Post-Office, and one fiaof hclo.v the Central Rail-Road Dank. Orders, either in the city or country, thankfully recei ved and promptly attended to. DANIEL T. REA. February 10 16 Notice---Copartnership. TITE subscriber having associated with hi..., Allen L. Luce, they will transact business uuuer the name, style and firm of Wji. B. Johnston &• Cos. 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.