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did, her face as red as a bilde beet, Seth Stolces
ses she, au she coodm say any mare she war
so fall, wont you be bridesmaid, ses l, no! se;
s e, an she bust rite out, weil ti e 1 ses 1, it yo.
w jut be bridesinaidj wij you be the bri.'.e ? sin
looked up at me, 1 swan to man 1 never sce<
any filing so awful puty, l took rite holt of he
hand, yes or no, ses l, rite oil. Y os, ses she
t lat’s your sort ses I, as 1 gin her a buss and ;
liu r. I soon fix 1 matters with the squire.—
We soon hitch’d tra.-es to trot in double bar
ness for life, and never had cause to repent of
my bargin. J. W.
WEDDED LIFE.
The picture of wedded life, in Mr. Willis’s
Inklings of Adventure, is very beautifu!, ap
pealing to the heart by its purity and tender
ness, and charming us by the sweetness of the
description and the elegance of the periods !
“ I like to go unobserved into a corner and
watch the bride in white attire, and with her
smiling face and soft eyes moving before me
in the pride of life, weave a waking dream of
her future happiness, and persuade myself t int
it will be true. 1 think how they will sit upon
the luxuriant sofa as the twilight fails, and
bu Id gay hopes, and murmur in low tones the
now unforbidden tenderness, and how ihril
lingly the allowed kiss and the beautiful en
dearments of wedded life will make even the
parting joyous, and how gladly they will come
back from the crowd and empty mirth of the
gay, to each other’s quiet company. 1 picture
to myself that young creature, who blushing
even now, at his hesitating caress, listening ea
gerly for his footsteps as the night steals on,
and wishing that he would cone : and when
he enters at last, and with an affection as un
dying as his pulse, folds her to his bosom, I
can feel the very tide tint goes flowing through
his heart, and gaze with him o:i her graceful
form as she moves about him for the kind offi
ces of affection, soothing ; 11 his unquiet cares,
and making him forget even himself in her
young and unshadowe 1 beauty. Igo forward
for years, and see her luxuriant hair put sober
ly away from her brow, and her g'r’.ish graces
ripened into dignity, and her bright loveliness
chastened with the gentle meekness of mater
nal affection, Her husband looks on her with
a proud eye, and shows the same fervent love
and delicate attention which first won her fair
hand. T.ieir children are growing up about
them, and they go on, full of honor and un
troubled years, and are remembered when they
die.
At a late celebration in Louisville (Ivy.) < f
the birth day of Scotland’s favor te poet, Rob
ert Burns, Mr. Prentice, tie celebrated pun
ster of the Louisville Journal, addressed the,
company in the following happy strain :
“ Britain an I America assemble to pay their
heartfelt tribute of admiration to die memory;
of Robert Burns, the unrivalicl minstrel of
Scotland, whose fame gathers freshness from]
the lapse of years, and like the ivy, flourishes
greenly over the lone prostration of the lovely
and the be lutiful.
“ You all know the history of Burrs. The
world knows it by heart. The Scottish boy,
born in poverty and obscurity, won Ins w„v
through toils, privations and sufferings to one
of the loftiest and brightest places in the histo
ry of literature. He w,as the child of misfor
tune —and mankind still weep over the sor
rows of that gifted genius, and will weep over!
them forever. Ho was unfitted for the rough
trials of a world like this. T. c lyre of his
soul should have been fanned but by the airs
of L len, and have given out its music in a
heavenly t lime ; and who can wonder that its
chords were jarred arid almost broken, when]
visited by the fierce winds, the swift lightnings
and the blasting hurricanes of life. Like the
rainbow, his fume sprung up amidst clouds ofi
gloom; bat, like the rainbow, it was a refiec-'
tion.of the sun, and its arch though resting up
on the earth was lost in heaven.
“Tne genius of Burns was universal. In
whatever lie attempted, his success was per
fect. His talent was all powerful, whether he
aimed at the heart of the lover, to call forth the
loud or the quiet mirth of the votary of festivi
ty, to kindle the high and holy fervor of devo
tion, to pour his great enthusiasm for liberty
into the soul ot tne patriot, or to nerve the arm
and send the lava tide of vengeance along the
veins of the warrior. If you pass through!
Scotland, you feel his ni ghty influence every i
where like an universal presence. lie lias
pride that wild and romantic country emphat
ically Ills own. Ilis step is upon her mouii-!!
tarns, her braes and her glens—his image is!
reflected from her blue lochs and her gush
ing streams: and bis name is breathed by
her winds, echoed by Inr thunders, and chan
ted by her brave sous and beautiful daughters.”
0
METEORIC SHOWER.
The Knoxville (Tennessee) Register states
hat tiic meteoric phenomenon which occurred
>.n the night of ti.c loffi November, 1833, to
,e general astonishment, and in some instan
es to the great consternation of the uninforni
:d was again witnessed at that place on the
ight of tne 20th of April. Tne Register states
nut the periodical return of tie phenomenon
vas expected by Professor Wright, of that
dace, w.. 0 kept a strict watch during the nigh;
Vom the observatory on ti.c College hill, and!
as made the follow mg report of his oTerva
ions:
‘•Since the very remarkable Meteoric Pie
nomcnon which was observed throughout tie
United Slates on the morning of the lfflh Ifo i
] . ember, 1833, the aUcntlo i of many has been
! Irawn to notice similar phenomena which have
'occurred, to ascertain, if possible, their cause,
!origin and the laws by which they are govern
ed. To such it may not be uninterc;tin" to
I know, turn on tne n,gat o: the 20th of April,
j instant, between the hours of 10 and * of the;
1 morning, 154 meteors were counted >y two!
observers stationed on the College hill. Some'
! were of considerable size, and nearly cil were!
! attended by a train of shining vapor; many]
,doubtless escaped notice in consequence of the'
inability of two observers to maintain a strict
and continued watch upon eveiy part of the
,heavens at the same time. W.
Kno.xv.llc, April 2!, 1838.”
Bots. —An eminei t fa:m?r ts Columbia
county, New Void;, “ w ;o has neer less than
t veaty or thirty horses,” once sta’cd to me
•‘that lie always gave each horse a small por
tion of ashes twice a week, and never had a
case of hots in Ins h!c. Wisconsin Ci’turist.
On Sunday las', by the Rev. S. C-. Brr~g. Mr.
William 11. Walker, of Forsyth, to Hiss Mary A.
Smith, of this City.
[ I’ae largest and best piece of Cake wo have had i:i
five months, accompanied the above notice.]
fT!7f ayregyar:* wwat m % ;»pj. i
ra,
! In this city, yesterday af ernoon, after a pro'raced
illness, \\ illiam l . J. Huey, in the 22J year of his age.
53” I’he friends and acquaintances of the decease 1 i
are invited to attend h.s funeral, from the residence of
George P. Wa.n in, 'This Morning, at 10 o'c&xk. The!
young men belonging ro the Benevolent Association
arc also invited to attend.
DU. L. A. BOND
TTAS taken an O.iiee o:i Cotton-Avenue, over the
i-B. sture nt Fori, llaniikon &, C >. where he can be
i un;! c.unriY the day ; and at night, at Ins residence,
Vineville. lie will devote Ids time c.xciusivilv loins
prufession. June ‘J S3 f
O. D. T.COMIS, Portrait Painter,
TiS7 II.L leave Macon about the first of July, and
» # therefore r* yu -ts any who may desire liis .ser
vices to take the earliest opportunity of calling.
June 9 33
W U U.\ VOLUNTEHJiM l
A TTEND a meeting at the Company’s Room, on
Ci. Mon lay Evening nrx', at 8 o'clork.
B, ord r. E. L. SHELTON, Is; R r-’t.
June 9 33c
i ne Drill Committee will meet every Monday
and Friday ni 7 .
TIIE .Members of the d/ieon Be
nrvolenraru! Afutual Aid A- in,
Mf 7 ) ore requested to meet in *'ne Preshyte- i
rim Lecture Room,on Tm rfiy, \ith,
imtaiif, ul early rand!: light —in business of particular
importance —agreeable to ad; mninent.
H. b. STARR, Secretary.
June 9 33'
MONTPELIER SPRINGS.
r PDB Proprietor of the M in'pelier Springs,
•J. leave to no'.itV the Public that a Carria're a:i i
tour Horses, with a careful D-iver, will commence
rinnmg from M icon on Tu" dnu next, leavin'r the
Central Hotel, at 4 o’clock o 1 Tueidav. Thors fay, and
ba’urday—and return, on Monday, Wednesday, and
I ridav. J
June 9 33. -
DISSOLUTION.
nni-IE Copartnership heretofore existing be’ween the
-S- subscribers under the firm of JFillia.m Cooke &
Cos. m the City of New York, and Cooke <& Cowles/
in Maeon,is, bv mu'ual consen*,dissolve I. Tae names
of the firm will be used in sett'ement of the business '
by either party. IFILLIAM COOKE,
~ _ J. COIFI.ES.
Macoi, June 9 33
The Telegraph, an J Messenger will copy die
above.
ON CONSIGNMENT,
fA BAGS Prime Coffee
•"DO 59 hhds. M il asses
10 cases assorted West India Preserves
10,090 choice Spanish Cigars
159 sacks Salt. For sale by
J. T. ROWLAND.
N. B. Also, Checks , at Sight, on New-York.
June 9 33e
Oii IGIN AL.
For the Southern Post.
Scroad EpistTe cf Wi'liam Harlow, Esq.,
|To his Cousin Roluert—relating many things, in few
i words about the manners and customs of many peo-
I pie of lids day; shewing that-reformation is needed.
:
Bear Cousin Bob: Sara your old hide! I
was so glad to «git that letter you rit about the
Makun Volunteers, and your retempt to cap
tivate them, that 1 like to have died for joy.—
But before l sny any thing more,* let me tel!
you all about I low I coihe to find out that you
had rittcii to me. 1 and Dolly was settin by
the her yesterday, for it was tarnation cold and
rainy, when who should pop in but Zaire Thom -
,as: says he, “Squire,” says I, “ WhatCor
pnrl?’ (for -ke is a Corprul in the Warren
Riflemen squad that went outtofight the Creek
logins, and 11jot company would have fit as
:quick as game roosters.) Suvs he, “I took
the Post out o-ftiieoflis this mom in, and saw
a letter in thore comporting to be from your
cous::i Bob to you;” says I, “ hush Corprul,
and dont toil Ics on Suiidy.” “ Dad shame
mv old shoes if its u 1 o, here’s your name and
Bob’s in black and white, and I’ll leave it to
Mrs. Barlow.” “Yes! yes!” hollered Dol
ly, and she cripcrcd about over the chairs and
children, so i\,]l of 1 don’t know what, that she
could hardly contain herself; “ l thought,”
says she, “ when I marrid Billy that ho would
be a great mrui some oi those days, and sure
]enufl’here’s his name in the papers: loop
poo-o,” and she jumped over the tablelike a
cow over a fence. Says I, “my deer! hush
your nonsense, its only a letter to ire. and be
tcause my na, re’s in the papers, it don’t refect
nothin'on rne nohow—so settle von rr-clf down
on that stool while the Corprul reads Bob’s let
ter.'’ So tne Corprul commenced, “Deer
cousin Billy.' ’ (I looked over his sholder to sec
rr.v name hi the paper, for I felt sorter like
Dolly, tho’ T Dad more diskrctioa than to show
it.) i iic Corprul went on, and by the bores
oi old Soap Slicks it was a good dinner for.
me: and wi lenZcke read somethin about Ter
ror Former. he stont ripffit short and savs ho.!
“Who’s lie?” “ I don’t know,” says’l. “1
am sure 1 never hoarn the name in old War
ren.” “Read on,” says Dolly, “you sto; t
right short anil cut oft the conncckshun.”—
.“He’s no connccksun to me, my dear,” said
1. “flusli. you old addle-pated fool ! who’s
talkin about vourconrtockshuns ? I vvasgoin
on to say t!aat Boh would explar.e himself.”—
“Well, weR, my deer,” says I, “ go on Cor
prul” and arter a while we found that you
mounted a sonofLatona—so Dolly said, and
she bom to my krowLcje and sorrow smarter
than I am, T took it, that it was so : and proud
I was too to see tiiat the Wood of the ancient
Barlows, who fit, bled and died on tholong-to-j
bc-reincmburcd & ncver-to-be-furjrotten fields !
oi Cress v, Pokchers, Agincourt, Boyne, Pa 1 -!
listine, lias-tins, Jena, Trenton, Brandy.wire.'
and Cow-pens was alive in our brests, and
that the shi valrusspir rit of sires displayed it: elf
in the brents of sons, in a naval action off
Charleston— and at the enmpment of the ine
my near AJakun. After Zeke got though, he
rote and sen i«J, “now, Squire,! tell you what
litis, that as ente a letter as I’ve seen these
|! many days, and I say it sentimentally, imperi-
| tally and above-hoard ; and altho there is many
I big words in it. that I couldn’t znctly see into,
yettwas rr>yfuu't,notßob’s.” “Well,’Corpnil,”
says Dully", “my honey Billy has told me that)
onrn. an oM fortun-tellm woman told his un-j
jcle Billy’s wife’s second cousin, and you know
: she was marrid to Zeph Short, who was grand
daddy of the great Bob Short ” “Oh.
! confound it, wife,” said [, “make your tail
i snort, for T cant tell heads nor tails ahout what
you are cl rivin at.” “ Well, now shot your
ears if you don’t want to hear : but, Corprul.
as I was «goin to say, this old woman said that
:many of the future Barlows would be great
men; and I hcarn this before I ever would
"tiny 8 1 11 v, for tho T knew he was none of the
i brightest, I didn’t know what moot be forth
eomin.” “Yes,” said I, “when I first whis-
I peed sweet words, you hung down your head
and sighed, and said yes, almost before you
was ask’d.” « That’s a lie,” said Doily.—
“flash, my deer,” said I, “the Corprul will
think a heap if you don’t hush.” “Let him
think ns Ile pleases, and so he may,” said Do!
Iv. Now, Bob, you mustn’t wisperanyef
my family consarns, for I would not have rit
ten it to nny body else. Well, now, scein m
j bow I’ve cot through with my remarks about
ffbe reseption and prusel of your letter, and
visliin these few lines may find you enjoyin the
dess nes of health, I will relate what happened
v’lien Sally Greener was married, by me, Wm.
Barlow, Justice of the Peace, to Andy Wig
*!,-V °f Well, Inst Satlcrdnj- night
week Job Johnson and Alike Davis, who was
Andy’s waters, came to lr.y house and told me
that in two hours I must go over to old Jake
v i Teeners to marry a cupple; well I went in
ii e house, and says I Dolly, I want you to m's
n e my new co-eras britches and coat, and my
:.ew hat, as I have got to go and marry a cup
pie to-night. “Now, my dear,” says she"'
y° u g°-” “ ' Chv r “Because, in the
urst place, ’ says she, “ you had Letter stay at
j home and attend to your own family, instead 1
;<itgo:nofF and makiu new ones.” “Why
] iny deer,” says I, “I don’t make new o.ics r
:it; d as for marrying people Ido that by vir
tue of my office, ns the law has it.” “Con-,
i mini the law, and you too, for if runnin about
t:,e country rompin with the gals, and neglect-,
• g your own buiiitcss is the law, it lias no vir
tue in it. Bin sartm.” “ O don’t be so fYotisb,
! ve r.otimi to do with the gats, only I somc
-1 • i rr.es play with ’em.” “ Don’t tell rne,” says:
. Dolly, “ { hear great many tilings, and you
are aaveys toe first fool to kiss the bride, and
you do that too, by virtue of your office, 1 snpi.
pose?” “Now, don’t be so cruel,” scys I,
“ for if you love me as I love you—” “ Now
Mr. Barlow ” “ Dont call me Mr. Bar
! low,” says I, gitten sorter snappish, « and if
you cant call me Squire Barlow, dont call me
at all; I’ve sarvcd as a Magistrate 15 years
:n this dccstrick, and I’ve always suited par
ty’s lciigashers, at my Court; I have often
been sasherrairod and rnv judgment stood, and
had been slashed ofter.cr you could riot be the
worse for it.” « Says 1, “ Dolly, be more dil
! icate in your insiniwations ;” and she lafed
r giit out; t what she thought was wit. Jisttl.cn
1 looked up t'.ic road, and there was Corprul
Zcl.e on an old long-waisted stump-tailed
crop-caied black mare, with his fiddle in a pil
low-case, hung round his neck like a powder
IJo stopt at the gate, and blast my eyes
if I ever saw him look so well. He had on a
red bamoazeen coat, and its tail did not come
down to the saddle; a white vest, with a black
roll in coffer, red morocker strops, with long
spurs that made him look like a heeled chick
en—three incliis between his pants and west
cnf—a slick black bell-crowned bat on one side
of his head, rcstin on a big shirt colier that
c:me up above his ears, and a big black stock
nearly a 7 ; high ; imagin all these and you have
the Corprul ready for the weddin,: “
says I, “ wife here is Z, jke watin forme, so
make haste andiron my britches.” “Deer
me,” says she, “if all poor women knew the
miseries ”
“ Rail wedded love,” says I, “ cfT-pring cf— w
“ Hush your mouth and stay at home, vou are
always saying somethin big that you dont un.
den t ind yourself.” “ Well,” says I, “ I will
go ;so give me my cloze;” and I fixed as
v.i.i as 1 could,but thegarniints being uniron
td I looked like an old shrivelled dog’d if
I know wont. “And,” says she, to plague
me, “you il have to fight buzzards and sheep
lei! n dogs all the way to keep them off that
old horse frame ; I say frame, for there’s no
horse there, nothing but hair and bor:cs.”—
'Yell, Zekc and I immedeately made for old
Jake Greener’s liabbitation—which is three
miles from mine. It was gittin ’long pretty
Ij late in the evenin, and I began to feel those
! sperrits of solemncolv, which every man feels
who has not a tarnal stock of good humor bout
him. £0 I says to Zeke, Corprul, do you
; think we’ll have any fun to-night, I begin to
■ feel mighty down in the mouth? Yes! said
ij Zeke, the gals spoke to me to give ’em a few
times to-night, fora dance, then they’ll play
I old sister Phcbey, and wind up the frolic takin
1 thegass. Takin the gass! says I, what’s that ?
1 dout know, said Zeke, only they say it stinks
worser than karrin. We got there just at dark
and all the boys and gals was out under the
trees in the yard, round a big fier, a lafin and
a cliattin ; while the gals’ black eves looked
like half open chinkypins. The Corprul got
down in the dark, so they could’nt see his old
mare, and commenced ting-tong-tung on his
old fiddle ; says I, Corprul, stop that til the
serrimony is over. Well, Hob, I never shuck
many little paws in all my life as I did when
1 went up among the gals ; and the Corprul
he bowed and lie scraped, and stickin his-thum
in his wescot arm-hole, and puttin his hat on
one side, he stood like a dandy. After a wile
-;ome on cm brot a table and put it close to the
ficr. and the boys all got in a row on one side'
and the gals on totlier ; I took my Georgia Jes
ficc, turned to the serrimony words, and put it
on the table. Then came out of the house the
bride and the groom, and their waters, and sent
one hollered, look how strate Andy walks,
while the poor deformed cretur moved l : ke
windln blades, and when he stopt before me,
,f he had been cut of at the hips, his legs would