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Is published in the city of Macon every Saturday
Morning, at three dollars in advance, four dollars
after three montlis— two dollars for six months—
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tions. $Ur No subscription received for a less period
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fry letters, on business, either to the Publisher or
Flditor, must come post paid to insure attention.
CENTRAL HOTEL,
MACON, GEORGIA.
THE subseribei respectfully informs his friends
I and the public in general, that he has taken the
- 1 ' * “-above named Establishment, which having been
recently thoroughly repaired and enlarged at great ex- j
pe, ice —is now 'open for the reception of Travellers,
Bmirders, <fr. The chandlers are large and airy—the 1
servants competent and attentive. His Table shall
constantly be supplied with every delicacy the Season ;
and Market will furnish. His 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 Bamum’sCity Hotel, has justly en
titled him to the reputation of a Caterer for the public.—
The subscriber, therefore, hopes by his unremitting ex
ertions to please, to receive a liberal share of patronage.
H HORACE R. WARD.
N. B flood Stabling attached to the Hotel, w ith faith
ful and attentive Ostlers.
December 16 Btf
TO RENT,
THREE Fire-proof STORES, fronting on 3d
k _ 2 street; Three Fire-proof STORES, fronting
on Cherry-street.
They are large and commodious, and well calculated
for anv kind of business, and will be fitted up, as to
shelving and counters, to suit tenants. Those fronting
on Third-street (directly opposite Messrs. Rea & Cot
ton's, and J Cowles, Esqr.’s ranges) are now ready for
occupancy, and possession immediately given. Those
on Cherry-street will he ready by the Ist of October
next. Rent will he reasonable, and commence from
Ist of October. Apply to
DAVID RALSTON.
N.B. Several very airy ROOMS on the second floor
of the above buildings, suitable for Lawyers Offices,
will also be rented. D. R.
J uly 7 37tf
Dissolution.
rgllTE firm of CAREY ts HOWLAND, in the
■ Livery Stable Business, is dissolved this day by
mutual consent. C. L. Howland is authorized to collect
all debts due the concern, and will settle all demands
against the same- JAMES I’. CAREY,
October 10 52 C. L. HOWLAND.
$$
The LIVERY STABLE BUSINESS will be con
tinued by the subscriber, on the Court House square.
JAMES F CAREY.
For Sale —A first-rate pair of well broke match
HORSES, inferior to none in the State.
()e tober 20 52
STRAYED.
ON Saturday Evening last, from the
J J— .[yl subscriber, a small sorrel MARE, with
t'J two knots on her back—no other marks
— 1 2 recollected,excepting that she is Inclined
to he broken winded. The person who " ill return the
said marc to me, shall be liberally rewarded.
WM. WOODIAEF.
December 1 6;t
SSO Reward.-—Stop the Thief !
On the fish instant, a person came to
f. my stable, and assuming the name of a
? respectable eilizeti of this county by the
returned next day, and has not since been heard from.
The individual appeared to be 35 or 40 years of age,
full face, middle size, wore a green frock coat and strip
ed pantaloons. He said he was going to Marion. 'I he
horse is a large gray, about 16 hands high, toretopeut,
heavy tail, and somewhat dappled on the rump The
above reward will be paid for the return of the Imrse to
me. JAMES 1\ CAREY.
November 24 5p
Twenty Dollars Rewards.
/ y—- STOLEN from the stable of Robert
5\ J+UX A. Allen, 10 miles below Augusta, on
• O Sunday night last, a large Iron-grey
— 2 2 HO RSE, about 15 or 16 hands high,
with a flaxen tail. It is probable that the horse has
been brought in this direction. Any person who will
deliver the said horse to Mr. J. C. Edwards, in Macon,
will receive the above reward.
November 17 4if
<IR CIL AR .
HE copartnership heretofore subsisting between the
1 subscribers is this day dissolved. The business
will he continued by Isaac Lea and William A. Blan
chard, who are duly authorized to settle all the ac
counts of the late concern.
HENRY C. CAREY,
ISAAC LEA, m
WILLIAM A. BLANCHARD.
Philadelphia, October Ist, 1838.
The business of Publishing and Bookselling, conduc
ted under the firm of C’arev, Lea 4' Blanchard, will he
continued by the subscribers, under the firm of Lea *Y
Blanchard, who have in preparation for publication the
annexed new and important works.
ISAAC LEA,
WILLIAM A. BLANCHARD.
Philadelphia, October Ist, 1838.
NEW WORKS.
1. Home as Found, being a sequel to Homeward
Bound, by the author of the Spy, 4 c
-2. Roh of the Bowl ; a legend of St. Inigocs, by the
author of Horse .Shoe Robinson, &c.
3. Peter Pilgrim, or a Rambler’s recollections, by the
author of Calavar, dr. j
4. Stunley, or Recollections of a man of the world, by I
an anonymous writer. 1
5. Precaution, by the author of the Spy. Anew edi
tion, revised by the author.
6. The Little Frenchman and his Water Lots, and oth
er bits at the Times, by George P. Morris, Esq , of N.
York, with illustrations by Johnson.
7. Althea Vernon, and other Tales, by Miss Leslie. ]
8. The Naval History of the Untied States, by the
author of the Spy, d'c
9. A History of the United States, by R. M. Bird, M.n.
10. The Practice of Medicine, by Professor Ged
dings.
11. Anew Medical Dictionary, complete in a single
volume, by Professor Dunghson.
12. Medical Essays, by Professor Chapman.
13. A Manual of Medical Jurisprudence, by R. E.
Griffith, m. and., of the University of Virginia.
14. Captain Kyd, the Wizard of the Seas, by the au
thor of Lafittee, d'c- d's.
15. Anew Novel, by Tyrone Power, Esq.
16. Advicetoa Young Gentleman on entering the world,
’by tire author of the Laws of Etiquette.
17. Advice to a Young Lady on entering the world, by
Miss Leslie.
18. A Medical Account of the Mineral Springs of Vir
gin, by Professor Gibson of the University of Penn.
Together with various other new works, by distin
guished writers.
November 24 5p
PAI'ER AND STATIONARY,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
FAYHE subscribers have just opened their Fall and
X Winter Stock of fine and superfine Letter, Cap,
and larger PAPERS, most of which has been pur
chased direct from the manufacturers.
Stationary, of every kind.
Blank Books, for citv or country trade,
Pocket-Books, Pen Knives, &c.
Which they will sell on accommodating terms, for
eity acceptances.
Blank Books made to order.
Printers supplied with Printing Paper. Ink, dec. of
the best quality. BURGES &• WALKER,
Stationer's Ha 11,85 East-Bay, Charleston, S.C.
November 10 Sump
H§ mi (jm Hioot©
BY P. C. PENDLETON.
V OL. 11.
FOOD TOR THE MIND.
m>\%v sods sa'o ai-i i
'l' 11E subscriber would respectfully inform his friends
A and the community in general, that lie has remov
ed from Mtlledgeville, ami permanently located himself
in this place, two doors South of the Washington Hall,
on Mulberry-street, at the stand formerly occupied by
Win. H. Burdsall, ann lately by A. McArn, where he
intends carrying on the BOOK and FANCY BUSI
NESS on the most reasonable terms ; and he flatters
himself, it the people will call and examine his stock,
that they will be convinced that he can sell ns low as
can be bought at any house this side of New-York.
Among his stock may be found a general assortment
of Law, Medical, Miscellaneous and Si hool BOOKS;
GLOBES, MAPS and CHARTS; Mathematical In
struments ; Record and Blank Books of all kinds;
Paper, Ink, Quills, Inkstands; Printing, Visiting and
Playing Cards ; Steel Pens, Fine Cutlery, Silver Pen
cils, Purses, Pocket-books, Banker’s Cases, Ladies’
Work-boxos; ladies’and gentlemen’s Dressing Cases;
Dissected Maps, Spelling Puzzles, and a large assort
ment of TO'I S for children ; Fancy and Drawing Pa
per, Bristol Boards, Paints, Varnish, India Ink, Brush
es for Painting; Gentlemen's fine Hair, Shaving, Nail,
Tooth, Whisker and Clothes Brushes ; Writing and
Travelling Desks; Wilson’s Manifold Letter Writer,
with the art of despatching 1,2,3 or 4 letters with a sin
gle stroke of the pen—a very useful article for all busi
ness men.
Cologne, Florida, Lavender and Bay Waters; Milk
of Roses, Rouge ; Ladies’ Curls, Head Ornaments, &c.
Violins, Accordians, Music Boxes ; the most celebrated
MUSIC for Pianos; Card and CigarCascs; Tobacco
and Snuff Boxes, 4'c Ac.
Dir All New Publications will be received as
soon as they arc issued from the press.
The above goods have all been selected fresh in New
York this fall, and are of the best binding and mater
ials. A liberal discount will be made to gentlemen
and teachers buying by the quantity, for their libraries
and schools. By a close application to business, anil a
desire to aconiodate, I hope to merit a portion of the
patronage of this liberal community.
' C. A. ELLS.
November 17 ly4
New Store!—Commerce Row.
I& W. COWLES having located themselves
J' four doors from the Central Hotel, and adjoining
Levi Eckky's Esq., are now opening anew and extensive
assortment of Fancy and Staple Dry Goods, in
cluding-Merino Cloths, Gros de Nap, Merinos, and
Circassians, Mouseline de Laine, Eoltmes.Shall) s, Gros
de Rhine, Gros de Naples, rich figured TouldeSoie,
Reptze, and Brocaded Silks, plain and figured Sattins;
Calicoes, French Cambric,and De Lisle Prints; Work
ed Collars; rich embroidered Shawls and Handkfs;
1 losiery and Gloves; Fine Straw and Leghorn Bonnets;
Bonnet Ribbons; Gentlemen’s fine Fur Caps ; super
Broad Cloths, Cassimers and Vestings; Sattinets;
Negro Cloths, Linseys, Duffle and Rose Blankets ;
Bleached and unbleached Sheetings and Shirtings ;
Carpeting, Rugs, Table Covers, Ac.
October 6 50tf.
NOTICE.
PEI HE subscribers have sold their entire stock of
X Goods to Fort, Bond A Sinclair, with a view of
closing up the business of the concern with as little de
lay as possible. They would therefore earnestly re
j quest from those indebted to them an early settlement.
and especially from those whose debts fell due on and
after the Ist of January last.
FORT, HAMILTON A CO.
July 21 39tf
NOTICE.
PSIIIE subscribers having purchased the entire Stock
X of Fort, Hamilton & Cos., will continue the bus
iness at the old stand, under the name and stvle of
FORT, BOND & SINCLAIR,
where they will keep a constant supply of all articles
belonging to the DR Y GOODS business. They hope
to realize a continuation of the liberal patronage which
has been extended to their predecessors, and to give
general satisfaction to all who may favor them with
their custom. I. E. FORT,
L. A BOND,
E. SINCLAIR.
July 21 39tf
NOTICE.
PS’'HE Co-partnerships heretofore existing under the
B firm of Hamilton, Hayes A Cos., and Fort, Ham
ilton & Cos. are this day dissolved. Either member of
the late firms will be authorized to receive any moneys
due to either concern, and to sign the name of either
concern, for the purpose of making or receiving notes,
either as principal or endorsers, for the purpose ofclos-1
ing the business of said concerns.
R. W. FORT, j
E. HAMILTON,
J. R. HAYES,
IRA E. FORT.
July 21 39tj
DISSOLUTION.
PJAIIE firm of William A. Ross A Cos. is this day
1 dissolved, by mutual consent. The settlements
es the concern will be made by William A. Ross alone,
who continues the business on his own account.
WILLIAM A. ROSS,
L. A. BOND.
November 10 3
NOTICE.
mllE subscribers have purchased L. A. BOND'S in
-1 tore t in the firm of Fort, Bond & Sinclair, and
dissolved that firm bv mutual consent. They have
associated with them R: \V: FORT, and will continue
the business under the name and style of Fort,
Sinclair & Cos. They have on hand ala rue and
well selected stock of Goods, which they ofi'er on libera
terms.
ALSO,
Shoes, Wats, Readv-madc Clothing', Stc.
1. /•:. FORT,
j: SINCLAIR:
li. IF. FORT.
October 20 52
DISSOLUTION.
rjIHE Co-partnership heretofore existing in the LIVE
A KY STABLES between Ward & Wan non, is
this day dissolved by mutual consent. All persons in
debted to the concern will make immediate payment
to either of the subscribers, and those having demands
against the concern w ill present them to 11. R. Ward,
who will settle the same. It. R. WARD
W. V. WAGNON.
Macon, October 24th.
SttT The subscriber will continue the Stables on his
own account. H. R. WARD.
October 27 l
NOTICE.
rpHE subscribers having sold their entire stock of
A GOODS to Messrs. Fort, Bond & Sinclair, feel
pleasure in recommending them to their former custo
mers and friends as worthy of their highest confidence,
and would respectfully solicit for them a continuance
of that kind and liberal patronage which has hitherto
been so generously extended to them ; and for which
they beg leave to tender their most grateful acknow l
edgements. FORT, HAMILTON & CO.
July 21 32if
Notice—Copartnership.
rrtllE subscriber having associated with hi..., Allen
■ L. Luce, they will transact business under the
name, style and firm of Wm. B. Johnston Sc Cos.
M B. JOHNSTON
Macon, January 1,1838. 3tf
\LL persons indebted' o the subscriber, rimer by roe
. or open account, v:i verv respectfully invitee to
call and settle". he eeIWM. B. JOHNSTON.
January 2t 13* 1
NOTICE.
M ESSRS. POE & NESBIT will act as mv Agents,
and attend to the settlement of all my business in
the State. All persons indebted are respectfully reques
ted to make payment without delay.
WM. 11. BV EDS ALL.
October 20 58
DEVOTED TO LITERATURE. INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT. COBiItIERCE. AGRICULTURE.
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC NEWS. AMUSEMENT. Lie. Ac.
TERMS I THREE DOLLARS, IN ADVANCE FOUR DOLLARS, AFTER THREE MONTHS.
MACON, (Ga.) SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 8, 1838.
THE WAY TO RELIEVE HARD TIMES!
Ct ALL at C. A. ELLS’, two door- South of Wash
> ington Hall, who is now engaged in dealing out
the Prizes of the
GEORGIA STATE
L OTTERY ,
one of the most brilliant schemes ever offered to the
public, consisting of
1 Prize of $ 10,000
1 “ 15,000
ykffpfyl i “ 10,000
1 “ 4.000
1 « 3,000
1 “ 2,000
mi ! i«0, 1 u 1,015
10 Prizes of 1,000
0 * Only one blank to prize—no mis-
V - Tgi j o take. Dame Fortune is now ho
vering around us, and I expect to
gladden the heart of many who em
bark in the old dame’s cause, for she is heavy laden
w ith the precious stuft’, and I am anxious to deal it out
among her gallant sons.
Tickets only slo—shares in proportion. All orders
from the country punctually attended to. One Scheme
draws every Saturday. Call for Prizes on
December I 6tf C. A. ELLS.
The HEADING ROOM attach
ed to the Macon Lyceum and Library
has been Removed to the front Rooms
over the Store of William B. Parker &
Cos., at the corner of Third and 51 ulberry-street, open to
subscribers and their distant friends alone.
DSr All persons having in their possession any of the
Periodicals or Newspapers belonging to the Society are
requested to return them without delay. Their abstrac
tion, it must be known to the subscribers, is a positive
violation of the rules of the Society, and to others an
open theft. AMBROSE BABER,
October 27 ltf President.
are cuthorised to an
nounce CHARLES CRAWFORD, as a cun
delate for Marshal.
Commission House, in Baltimore, Mil.
PTtHE undersiged respectfully announce to their
A friends and acquaintances, and public generally,
in Georgia, and in the other Southern States, that they
have opened a COMMISSION HOUSE, in Balti
more, under the firm of Rutherford A- Ilurlbut,
tor the transaction ot a General Commission Business.
They w ill he prepared to fill orders, and do business ac
cording to the most liberal customs of the place.
They will take occasion to infirm all who may feel
interested, that there are regular lines of vessels running
between Baltimore and Charleston, Savannah. St.
Marks, Apalachicola, and St. Josephs, Mobile, and New
Orleans ; and that trancient vessels can always be bad
for other places where, as yet, there are not regular
lines from Baltimore.
Their store is No. 11, Bowlv’s Wharf.
JOHN RUTHERFORD.
„ , SAM’L. IIFRLBUT.
Baltimore, Oct. 1, 1838. 52
ADMINISTRATORS’ SALE.
sold on the first Tuesday in January
* V next, in front of the Central Hotel, all the per
sonal property belonging to the estate of VV. T. Sage,
deceased, consisting of a stock ot Saddles, fine plated
Coach, Gig, Waggon and Dray Harness, Bridles, Mar
tingalsand Trunks, together w ith a large lot of Coach
and Harness Trimmings, Saddlers Tools, &c. House
hold and Kitchen Furniture, Also, Five Shares in the
Central Rail Road and Banking Company.
MARY SAGE, Administratrix.
November 3
O. 11. LOOM IS, PORTRAIT PAINTER,
HAS returned to Macon, and occupies a room at
the same place as before, over Rea & Cotton,
Commerce-Row.
The public generally are invited to call and examine
his Paintings.
November 10 3tf
Molasses, Coffee, Hanging, Ac.
X 4 h 4 k PIECES Hemp Backing,
»>Y H f 130 hints. Molasses,
60 bags Cuba Coffee,
12 boxes brown Havana Sugar,
10 b!>ls Portland Rum,
46 boxes Tobacco, (various qualities)
10 boxes Georgia mould Candles,
10 baskets Champagne tt'inc,
For sale an accommodating terms by
REA &. COTTON.
October 6 5B
SINGING SCHOOL.
FJYHE subscriber takes this method of informing the
B citizens of Macon, that he has opened a School o
instruction in the art ofSiuging, in the Lecture Room
of the Presbyterian Church, on Saturday afternoon of
each week. He would further inform those who wish
instruction on the Piano Forte and Organ, that be will
I devote a few hours every afternoon, to giving Lessons
on those instruments. DSC Piano Fortes Tuned and
llcftuired.
TERMS OF TUITION.
For Vocal Music, Juvenile Class, per quarter, $3 00
Adults, - -- -- -- -- - do - - 500
; For the Piano, per lesson, -------- 75
Organ, 100
P. MATTHEWS.
! October 20 52
A Select School for Young Ladies.
MRS and MISS SHELTON respectfully inform
- the public that their Winter Session will com
mence on Monday, the first October. A limited num
ber of pupils will he received. Particular attention
will he paid to the various branches usually taught—
both useful and ornamental
An extra Drawing and Painting class will be receiv
ed on Saturdays.
Terms for English branches, from six to twelve dol.
lars. Satisfactory references can be given, if required,
sept 22 “ 48
A CARD.
DOCT. WM. J. ANDERSON informs the public
that he has located himself in Macon, and will at
tend strictly to practice of iiis profession in the city, and
country adjoining Macon.
His office is over the Darien Bank; and, at night,
he w ill be found at his room in the Washington Hall.
April 14 25tf
Dr. E. S. Aldrich;
A A TILL be absent for a short period from Maeon,
* * during which time, Mr. S. L. Stevens will act
as his Agent. November 17 4u
SANDS’ REMEDY
For salt Rheum, Ring Worm, Tetters, Scald
Head, Barber's Itch, Spe.
FiVIIIS remedy is a combination heretofore unknown
A in the annals of medicine. It is the production o(
much experience, deep research, and great expense,
and is ottered to the public in the fullest confidence ot
its being an effectual, safe and speedy cure for the Sdl
Rheum, and all other diseases of the skin, such as Tetter ,
Ring Worms, Scald Head. Barber's or Jackson Itch, 4'C*
These diseases are known to be the most obstinate ot
any to which the human svstem is subject, and can on
ly be thoroughly eradicated by perseverance in the right
: course of treatment, and by using the right medicine
I Such a medicine has been discovered iti this remedy,
and we speak from our own know ledge and experience
w hen we say, that in forty-fine cases out ot fifty it will
effect a permanent and rapid cure by attending to the
accompany ing directions for use.
Sold by J H. 4 W. S. ELLIS,
Cotton-Avenue.
March 24
POETRY.
From the Democratic Review.
THE DEATH OF SCHILLER.
by WILLIAM C. BRYA-NT.
’Tis said when Schiller’s death drew nigh,
The wish posst saed ins mighty mind,
To wander lorth wherever lie
The homes and haunts of human-kind.
Then strayed the poet, in his dreams,
By Rome and Egypt’s ancient graves;
Went up the New World’s forest streams,
Stood in the Hindoo’s temple-caves.
Walked with the Pawnee, fierce and stark,
The bearded Tartar, ’midst his heards,
The puny Chinese, and the dark
False Malay uttering gentle words.
How could he rest ? even then he trod
The threshold of the world unknown ;
Already, from the scat of God,
A ray upon his garments shone; —
Shone and awoke that strong desire,
For love and knowledge reached not here,
Till.death set free his soul of fire,
To plunge into its fitting sphere.
Then—who shall tell how deep, how bright,
The abyss of ttlory opened round ?
How thought and feeling flowed like light.
Through ranks of being without bound ?
311SCE L L A N Y .
From the Southern Literary Messenger.
SUPERIORITY CONFERED BY SCIENCE.
“A shopkeeper in China sold to the purser
of a ship a quantity of distilled spirits accord
ing to a sample shown ; but not standing in
awe of conscience, he afterwards, in the pri
vacy of his storehouse, added a certain quan
tity of water to each cask. The spirit having
been delivered on board, and tried by the hy
drometer, was discovered to be wanting in
strength. When the vender was charged with
the intended fraud, he at first denied it, for he
knew of no human means which could have
made the discovery; hut on the exact quanti
ty of water which had been mixed, being spe
cified, a superstitious dread seized him, and
having confessed bis rogilery, be made ample
amends.”
The above is one instance among many
which might lie mentioned, of the advantage
which scientific knowledge gives its possessor
over the ignorant. Whilst the | bilosopher in
r he laborious investigation of abstract truths,
the question is often asked “cui bone?” But
when the results of his investigations are ap
plied to the affairs of real life, tlieir benefit is at
once evident. Perhaps one or two instances
more nviy set this truth in a stronger light.
“On mount Pilatus, near lake Luzerne, is a
valuable growth of fir trees, which on account
ofthe inaccessible nature ofthe mountain had
remained for ages uninjured, until within a few j
years a German engineer contrived to con-;
struct a trough in the form of an inclined
plane, by which these trees arc made to de
scend by tlieir own weight, through a space of i
eight miles, from the side of the mountain to
the margin of the lake. Although the average
declivity is no more than about one loot in
seventeen, and the route often circuitous, and
sometimes horizontal, yet so great is the ac
celeration, that a tree descends the whole dis
tance in the short space of six minutes. To
the spectator standing by the side of the trough,
at first is heard, on the approach of the tree, a
roaring noise, becoming louder and louder ;
the tree comes in sight at the distance of half a
mile, and in an instant afterwards shoots past
with Ihe noise of thunder, and almost with the
rapidity of an arrow. But for the knowledge
of the inclined plane, which this German en
gineer had previously acquired, such a work j
as this would have appeared impossible.”
Tlie chronometer, a species of watch con
structed to go with great accuracy, has so late
been applied to the purpose of determining
longitude of sea. “After months spent in a
passage from South America to Asia,” says
Arnott, “our captain’s chronometer announ
ced that a certain point of land was then bear
ing east from the ship at a distance of fifty
miles; and in an hour afterwards, when a mist
had cleared away, the lookcr-out on the mast
gave the joyous call, ‘laud ahead!’ verifying
the report of the chronometer almost to a mile,
after a voyage of thousands. It is natural at
such a mom mt, with the dangers and uncer
tainties of ancient navigation before the mind,
to exult in contemplating what man has now
achieved. Had the rate of the wonderful little
instrument in all that time changed even a
little, its announcement would have been worse
than useless —but in the night, and in the day,
in storm, and in calm, in heat, and in cold—
while the persons around it were experiencing
every vicissitude of mental and bodily condi
tion, its steady beat went on, keeping exact
account ofthe rolling ofthe earth, and of the
stars; and in the midst ofthe trackless waves,
it was always ready to tell its magic tale ofthe
very spot of the globe over which it had ar
rived.” In one point of view, this result ap
pears to arise from the perfection of the chro
nometer’s mechanism ; but had not the man
of science determined the exact figure of the
.earth, and its rate of motion around botk its
I own axis and tlie sun, the chronometer could
have given no information respecting longi-
C. 11. IIANLEITER, PRINTER.
tude; it would have told its tale indeed, but
without science as its interpreter, that tale
would have remained wrapped in the mystery
of an unknown tongue. A. D. G.
From the same.
DUTY OF MOTHERS.
BY MRS. SIGOURNEY.
Mothers best discharge their duty to the
community, by training up those who shall
give it strength and beauty. Their unwear
ied labors should coincide with the aspirations
of the Psalmist, that their “ sons may be as
plants grown up in their youth ; their daugh
ters, as corner-stones, pol ished after the simili
tude ofa palace.” They would not wish to
leave to society, where they had themselves
found protection and solace, a bequest that
would dishonor their memory.
We, who arc mothers, ought to feel pecu
liar solicitude with regard to the manner in
which our daughters are reared. Being more
constantly with us, and more entirely under
our control than sons, they will he naturally
considered as our representatives, the truest
tests of our system, the strongest witnesses to
a future generation, of our fidelity or neglect.
“Unless women,” said the venerable Fallen
berg, “are brought up with industrious and
religious habits, it is in vain that we educate
the men : for they are the ones who keep the
charactt rof men in its proper elevations.”
Our duty to the community, which must be
discharged by the education of a whole race,
comprises many unobstrusive, almost invisible
points, which in detail may seem trivial, or at
least desultory, hut which are still as impor
t ,nt,as the rain-drop to the cistern, or the rill
to the broad stream.
A long period allotted to study; a thorough
implantation of domestic tastes, and a vigilant
guardianship over simplicity of character, are
essential to the daughters of a republic. That
it is wise to give the greatest possible extent to
the season of tutelage, for those who have
muchto learn, in a self-evident proposition.
If they are to teach others, it is doubly impor
tant. And there is no country on earth,
where so many females are employed in teach,
ing, as in our own. Indeed, from the position
that educated women here maintain, it might
not be difficult to establish the point, that they
are all teachers, all forming other beings upon
the model of their own example, however un
conscious of the fact. To abridge the educa
tion ofthe educator, is to stint the culture of a
plant, whose “leaves are for the healing ofthe
nations.”
I was delighted to hear a young lady say,
at the age of nineteen, “I cannot bear to think
yet of leaving school, I have scarcely began to
learn.” With propriety might she express
this sentiment, though she was eminent both
in studies and accomplishments,—if the great
Michael Angelo, could adopt for his motto, in
his ninetieth year —“ancora impora —and
“yet I am learning.”
It has unfortunately been too much the cus
tom in our country, not only to shorten the
period allotted to the education of our sex, but
to fritter away even that brief period, in con
tradictory pursuits and pleasures. Parents
have blindly lent their influence to this usage.
To reform it, they must oppose the tide of
fashion and of opinion. Let them instruct
their daughters to resist the principle of con
forming in any respect to the example of those
around them, unless it is rational in itself, and
correctly applicable to them as individuals. A
proper expenditure for one, would be ruinous
extravagance in another. So, if some indis
creet mothers, permit their young daughters to
waste in elaborate dress and fashionable par
ties, tlie attention which should be devoted to
study, need their example be quoted as a pre
cedent ? To do as others do, which is the
rule of the unthinking, is often to copy bad
taste and erring judgement. We use more
disci imination in points of trifling import. We
pause and compare patterns, ere we purchase
a garment which, perchance, lasts but for a
single season. Why should we adopt with
little inquiry,—or on the strength of doubtful
precedent,—a habit, which may stamp the
character of our children forever ?
When circumstances require, the youngest
girl should be taught not to fear to differ from
her companions, either in costume, manners,
or opinion. Singularity for its own sake, and
every approach to eccentricity, should be dep
recated and discouraged. Even necessary
variations from those around, must he man
aged \\ ith delicacy, so as not to wound (eeling,
or exasperate prejudice. But she who dares
not to he independent, when reason or duty
dictate, will bq in danger of forfeiting decision
of character, perhaps, integrity off principle.
Simple attire, and simple manners, are the
natural ornaments of those who are obtaining
their school education. They have the beauty
of fitness, and the policy of 1 :aving the mind
free, for its precious pursuits. Love csf dis
play, every step towards affectation, are de
structive of the charms of that sweet season
of life. Cccmonious visiting, where showy
apparel, and late hours prevail, must be avoi
ded. I feel painful sympathy for those mo
thers, we expose their young daughters to
such excitements, yet expect them to return
unimpaired and docile, to the restraints of
school discipline. “Those who forsake use- i
ful studies,” said an ancient philosopher, “for
useless speculations, are like the Olympic
gamesters, who abstained front necessary la
bors, that they might be fit for such as were
not so.”
Shall I allude to the want of expediency, in
exhibiting very young ladios in mixod socioty?
Their faces become familiar to the public eye.
The shrinking delicacy of tlieir privileged pe
riod of life escapes. They get to be accoun
ted old, ere they are mature, —more is expec
ted of them, than their unformed characters
can yield,—and if their discretion does not
surpass their years, they may encounter se
vere criticism perhaps calumny. When they
should be just emerging as a fresh oper.cd blos
som, they are hackneyed to the common gaze,
as the last year’s Souvenir, which by courtesy
or sufferance, maintains a place on the centrt -
table, though its value has deteriorated. Is
not the alternative either a premature mar
riage, or an absolete continuance in tlie arena
of fashion, with a somewhat mortifying ad
herence to the fortunes of new candidates, as,
grade after grade, they assert tlieir claims to
fleeting admiration, or vapid flattery ?
llow much more faithfully does the mother
perform her duty, who brings forth to society,
no crude orsuperfictal semblance of goodness-,
but the well-ripened fruit of thorough, prayer
ful culture. Her daughter, associated with
herself, in domestic cares, at the same time
that she gathered the wealth of intellectual
knowledge, is now qualified to take an active
in the sphere which she embellishes. Adorn
ed with that simplicity which attracts every
eye, when combined with great breeding, and
a right education, she is arrayed in a better
panoply than the armor of Semiramis, or the
wit and beauty of Cleopatra, for whom the
Roman lost a world.
NO. 7.
Simplicity of language, as well as of garb
and manner, is a powerful ingredient in that
art of pleasing, which the young and lovely of
our sex are supposed to study. The conver
sation of children is rich in this charm. Books
intended for their instruction or amusement,
should consult their idion. Ought not females
to excel in the composition of elementary
works for the juvenile intellect, associated as
they are withTt, in its earliest and least con
strained developments ? The talented and
learned man is prone to find himself embai •
rassed by such a labor. The more profound
his researches in science, and the knowledge
of the world, the farther must he retrace his
steps, to reach the level of infantine simplicity.
Possibly, he might ascend among the stars,at.d
; feel at home ; but to search for honey-dew in
the bells of flowers, and among the moss-cups,
needs the beak of the humming-bird, or the
wing of the butterfly. He must recall, with
painful effort, the far-off days, when he
“thought as a child, spake as a child, under
stood as a child.” F'ortunate will he be, if the
! “strong meat” on which he has so long fed,
have not wholly indisposed him to relish the
“milk of babes.” If he is able to arrest the
thoughts and feelings, which charmed him
| when life was new, he will still be obliged to
I transfuse them into the dialect of childhood.
He must write in a foreign idiom, where, not
to be ungrammatical is praise, and not utterly
to fail, is victory. Perhaps, in the attempt, lie
11 nay he induced to exclaim, with the conscious
majesty of Milton—“ my mother bote me, a
speaker of that, which God made my own.and
not a translator.”
It has been somewhere asserted, that he wild
would agreeably instruct children, must be
come the pupil of children. They are not,
indeed, qualified to act as guides among the
steep cliffs of knowledge which they have
never traversed; but they are most skilful
conductors to the green plats of turf, and the
wild flowers that encircle its base. They
best know where the violets and king-cups
grow, which they have themselves gathered,
and where the clear brook makes mirthful
music in its pebbly bed.
Have you ever listened to a little girl telling
a story to her younger brother or sister?
What adaptation of subject, circumstance,and
epithet? If she repeats what she has heard,
now naturally does she simplify every trai.i of
thought. Ifshc enters the region of inven
tion, how wisely does she keep in view the
taste and comprehension of her auditor. Ah,
how powerful is that simplicity, which so rea
dily unlocks and rules the heart, and which,
“seeming to have nothing, possesseth all
things.”
Those who arc convenient with little chil
dren, are not always disposed sufficiently to
estimate them, or to allow them the high rank
which they really hold in the scale of being.
In regarding the acorn, we forget that it com.
! prises within its tiny round the fuiurc oak. It
i is this want of prospective wisdom, which oc
jeasions ignorant persons often to despise
| childhood, and renders some portions of its
early training seasons of bitter bondage.
Knowledge is an impression of pleasure,”
said Lord Bacon. They who impart it to the
young, ought not to interfere with its original
natures or divide the toil from the reward.
Educated females ought especially to keep
bright the links between knowledge and hap
piness. This is one mode of evincing grati
tude to the age in which they live, for the gen
erosity, with which it has announced those
prejudices, which in past times circumscribed
the intellectual culture of their sex.
May I be excused for repeatedly urging
i them to convince the community that it has
I lost nothing by this liberality? Let not the
. other sex be authorized in complaining that
the firesides of their fathers were better regu
lated than their own. Give them no chance
to throw odium upon knowledge, from the
salts of its allies and disciples. Rather le\
them see, that by a participation in the bles
sings of education, you are made better in
every domestic department, in every relative
duty—more ardent in every hallowed effort of
benevolence and piety,
I cannot believe that the distaste for house
hold industry, which some young ladies evince,
is the necessary effort of a mere expanded
system of education. Is it not rather the a
buse of that system ? or may it not radically
be tlie fault of the mother, in neglecting to,
mingle day by day, domestic knowledge with
intellectual cultute? in forgetting that the warp
needs a woof, are the rich tapestry can be
perfect ? lam not prepared to as-ert that our
daughters have too n.uch learning, though I
may be compelled to. concede, that it is not
always well balanced, or judiciously used.
Education is not indeed confined to one
point of our existence, yet it assumes peculiar
importance at that period when the mind is
most ductile to every impression. Just at the
dawn of that time, we sec the mother watching
for the first faint tinge of intellect, “mpre than
they who watch for the morning.” At her
feet a wholo generation sit as pupils. Let her