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Is published in the city of Macon every Saturday
Morning, at three dollars in advance, four dollars
after three months— two dollars for six months—
and mailed to country subscribers by the earliest mails,
enveloped by good strong wrappers, with legible direc
tions. JCr No subscription received for a less period
than six months—and no paper discontinued, until all
arrears are paid.
Advertisements not exceeding twelve lines will be in
serted nt SI 00 for the first insertion, and 50 cents for
each continuance—larger ones in proportion. Person?
wishing to advertise by the year must cal! at the office
and make an agreement to that effect. SFrAdvertise
ments not limited when handed in, w ill be inserted till
forbid, and charged accordingly.
O~J~ Any person forwarding a tew dollar bill, (post
paid,) shall receive four copies, for one year, to be sent
to differcut persons, as directed.
£5“ letters, on business, either to the Publisher or
Editor, must come post jiaid to insure attentisn.
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CENTRAL HOTEL,
MACON, GEORGIA.
THE subscribe! respectfully informs bis friends
the public in general, that he has taken the
above named Establishment, which having been
recently thoroughly repaired ami enlarged at gn at ex
pence—is now opeli for the reception of Travellers,
Boarders , <fe. The chambers are large ami niry—the i
servants competent and attentive. His Table shall
constantly be supplied with every delicacy the Season I
and Market will furnish. Ills llar is stocked with the
choicest Wines and Liipiort. 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 nt Barnum’s City Hotel, has justlv 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 natronace.
HORACE R. WARI)7
N.B flood Stabling attached to the Hotel, with faith
fol and attentive Ostlers.
December 16 Btf
TO RENT,
THREE Fire-proof STORES, fronting on 3 d
I J street; Three Fire-proof STOKES, fronting
on Cherry-street.
They are large and commodious, and well calculated
fur any 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 Cow les, Esqr.’s ranges) are now ready tor
occupancy, and possession immediately given. Those
on Cherry-street will be ready by the l“t of October
next. Rent will be reasonable, and commence from
Ist of October. Apply to
DAVID RALSTON.
N.B. Several very airy KOOMS on the second floor
of the above buildings, suitable fur Lawyers Offices,
will also be rented. 1). R.
July 7 37tf
FOR SALE,
Ml A comfortable House am! Lot, in Vineville.
J convenient to the Georgia Female College. A
"“"great bargain may be had if application is made
soon to the subscriber—in his absence, to Rev. E Sin
t-'air.oi Dr. M A. Franklin. L. A. BOND.
December 15 Hts
STOP V HORSE TIIIEF !
y ——THE thief who stole my horse on the
i JSmetj 6th November last, is thus deseribt Ibv
v i* one of his friends who is now in 15 bb
K " * county Jail: He :• a thick set man, about
35 years of age, dark hair, a full rid face, and wi;h
hands singularly marked, being pied on the ha, k like
a bound dog. He sometimes passes under the name
oC Jolni li. Still. A reward of SSO will be given for his
apprehension and the return of the horse, which is des
cribed in the Inst I’ost. JAMES l'. CAKEY.
December 13 bp
Twenty Dollars Rewards.
y——STOLEN from the stable of Robert
A. Allen, 10 miles below A’Jgnsta, on
», \ v / i'' lll 'i.i\ ingot last, a large tren-erev
HORSE, about 15 or 16 hands high,
with a flaxen tail. It is probable that the hor-e has
been brought in this direction. Ativ person who will j
deliver the said horse to Mr. J. C. Edwards in Macon,
will receive the above reward.
November 17 4:f
Dissolution.
riMIE firm of CAREY A HOWLAND, in the
« Livery Stable Business, is dissolved this ( lav in
mutual consent. C. L. Howland i« authorized tocdllec
all debts due die concern, and will settle ail demands
•gainst the same- JAMES /’ CAREY,
October 10 §2 C. I. IIOWLAAD.
The UTERY STABLE BUSIN ESS w\\] be con
titiued by the subscriber, on the Court //onse square.
JAMES F. CAREY.
For Sale —A first-rate pair of well broke match
HORSES, inferior to none in the State.
October 20 32
r*v<*aEasai The Ri: V»SiVG ROOM attneh
;d to the Macon Lyceum and Library
has been Removed to the front Rooms
e. jatsjgjf/g OV e r the Store of William B. Parker &
Co.,nt the corner of Third and Mulberry-street, open to
subscribers and their distant friends alone.
JUT All persons having in their possession anv of the
Periodicals or Newspapers belonging to the Society are :
requested to return them w ithout delay. Their abstrac- j
tion, it must be known to the subscribers, is a positive
violation of the i lies of the Sociotv, and to others an
open theft. AMBROSE BABER,
October 27 ltf President.
We are authorised to an
nounce CH CRAWFORD, asacan
«i idate for Marshal.
FOOD FOR THE MIND.
A\ 11W diOOK Wll l
THE subscriber would respectfully inform his friends
and the community in general, that be has remov
ed from Milledgeville, and 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 mostrea oriable terms ; and he flatters
himself, if the peopleiw II call and examine bis stock
'hat t| jy will be convnccd that be can «<■!! ns low as
can be. bought at any house this side of New York.,
Among bis stock may be found a generalassortmcnt
of Law, Medical, Miscellaneous and School HOOKS;
GLOBES'. MARS and CHARTS; Mathematical In
struments ; Record and Dlauk Rooks of all kinds;
Paper, Ink, Quills, Inkstands ; Printing, Visiting and
Playing Cards ; Steel Pens, Fine Cutlery, Silver Pen
cils, Purses, Pocket-books, Bunker's Cases, Ladies’
Work-boxos; ladies’and gentlemen's Dressing Cases;
Dissected Maps, Spelling Puzzles, and a large assort
ment of TOYS for children : Fancy and Dra wing Pa
per, Bristol Boards, Paints, Varnish, India Ink, Brush
es for Tainting ; 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 Ruses, Rouge ; Ladies’ Curls, Head Ornaments, &c
Violins. Accordians, Music Boxes; the most celebrated
MUSIC tor Pianos ; Card and Cigar Cases ; Tobacco
and Snuff Boxes, ipc &e.
95“ All New Publications will be received as
soon as they are issued from the press.
Tile above goods have all been selected fresh in New
York this fall, and are of the best binding and mater
ials. A libera! discount will be made to gentlemen
and teachers buying by the quantity, for their libraries
■ml schools. By a close application to business, and a
desire to a conn mate, I hope to merit a portion of the [
patronage of this liberal community.
C. A. ELLS.
November 17 1)4
Molasses, Coffee, Ragging, Ac.
W & PIECES Hemp Bagging,
120 hhds. Molasses,
60 hags Cuba Coffee,
12 boxes brown Havana Sugar,
10 bbls Portland Rum,
46 boxes Tobacco, (various qualities)
10 boxen Georgia mould Candles,
10 baskets Champagne Wine,
Forsale an accommodating terms bv
REA At! COTTON. 1
OeanW* m
lHWt©
BY P. C. PENDLETON.
s
VOL. 11.
LEVIECKLEY,
I S just receiving at his Store, Nos. 3 and 4 Commerce
Row, an extensive variety of superior WINES,
LIQUORS, &c. —viz :
12 pipes best Maderia
2 pipes Pale Sherry
2 pijies Brown Sherry
1 pipe Gold Sherry
4 pipe*Tenerifle . .WINES
2 pipes Sicily Maderia
12 barrels L I’. Madeira
10 barrels Muscat
2 barrels Liston
2 pipes Port
15 casks Porter
4 casks Scotch Ale.
Best Coniac Brandy, Holland Gin,
And Jamaica Ruin.
WINES IN GLASS,
200 baskets Champaigne,
Also, a large quantity of Madeira, Sherry,
Port, Claret, &-e. &c.
Johanesburg Hock, 1322.
The Maderia, Port, Sherry, and Champaigne Wine*
are all of my own importation, and w arranted to be
pure.
—ALSO—
-8 cases Sardines
16 do Pine Apples and Lemon*
6 do Canton Gins r
18 do Citron and 0 arise Preserves
16 do Guava and Currants Jeil.es
2 chests York Pouchong Tea
2 do Hyson do
12 boxes dry Dates, Citron and Currants
50 do fresh Raisins
5000 lbs soft shelled Almonds
3000 lbs Lump Sgar
1000 lbs Loaf do
13 boxes white Havana .Sugar
6 do Maceronies
4 do Vermillion
50 do Sperm Caudles
2 do patent do
4 baskets Sweet Oil
25 dozen American Mustard
4 do French do
2000 lbs Cheese
500 lbs Sopesaga Cheese
4 cases Heron-paste
—also —
Ground Ginger, Pepper, All-spice,
Cloves, Cinnamon, Mac* and Nutmeg,
12 dozen /flacking
30 do Shaker’s Brooms
50 boxes Common Soap
Also, Shaving, Fancy and Castile Soap
10 boxes Starch
50 dozen assorted Pickles
10 do Lobsters
10 and i Clains
30 barrels Rutter Crackers
10 do Pilot Bread
4 ijrou hite Beans
O-80,000 best Spanish )
5,000 best Principe > CIGARS.
20,000 best Florida )
Smoking and Chewing Tobacco.
Together with a large lot of fine cut and common
GLASS-WARE, and M tfr»a! variety ol other art.de,
usually kept m lus line.
November 17 4tf
MACON CLOTHING STORE,
On MuHcrry Street fronting Cotton Avenue.
n PI TCH has constantly on hand, and is receiving
•
ry of L. Fiteh & Cos. a large assortment of seasonable
clothing, consisting in part of
3t 10doth dress and frock Coats and Coatees.
100 cloth over Coats.
100 pilot cloth, duffle, green and red Blanket Coats.
30 gentlemen’s goat’s hair At. English cnmblet Cloaks.
500 pair cloth and enssimere Pants.
100 “ satinet Beavcrteen and cord Pants.
600 doth, plain At fig’d Velvet, Valencia, woolen velvet
toilinet, bombazine, plain and fig'd satin Vests.
30 Ladies’ fig'd Marino, cloth and Circassian Cloaks,
Gentlemen’s cloth cloaks, ramblet Wrappers.
75 satinet, Beaverteen and Jeans hunting coats.
10 doz. gingham and calico Shirts.
10 doz. frill’d and pleted Linnen and cotton, Lumen
Bosom Shirts, red and white Flannel shirts. Neit
shirts and Drawers, Buckskin shirts.
'SO pair plain and twilled cotton Drawers, silk shirts,
Gloves, Home ry,Stacks, Bosoms,Collars,Suspend! rs.
Handkerchiefs, Cravats, Purses, Russians Bel's, Pis
tols and Money Belts, Silk and cotton Umbrellas.
ALSO,
25 cases Fur and silk Hats, cloth Fur and Hair seel
caps, which w ill be sold very cheap.
150 suits coarse negro cloth, A r - Ate.
The above clothing is manufactured in the best man
ner ol good is offered at reduced prices for
cash
Gentlemen wishing their cloths made at the North,
will bv leaving their names with me, have them made in
the best inaniu r, and most fashionable style, and wor
rant~dtoplea.se. Dec. 2. 6 H. F
PAPER AND STATIONARY,
WHOLESALE AMD RETAIL.
riJIIE subscribers have just opened their Fall and
* 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, lor city or country trade,
Pocket-Books, Pen Knives, A:c.
Which they will sell on accommodating terms, for
citv acceptances.
Blank Books made to order. v
Pn iters supplied with Priming Paper. Ink. Ac. of
the best quality. BURGES & WALKER,
Stationer’s Hall, 85 East-Bay, Charleston, S C.
November 10 3omp
SANDS’ REMEDY
For salt Rheum, Ring Worm, Tetters, Scald
Head, Barber's Itch, «$-c.
rjMIIS remedy is a combination heretofore unknown
" in the annals of medicine. It is the production of
much experience, deep research, ami great expense,
and is offered to the public in the fullest confidence of
its being an effectual, safe and speedy cure for the Sail
Rheum, and all other diseases of the skin, such as Tetter,
Ring Worms, Scald Head. Barber's or Jackson kth. dfc.
These diseases are known to he the most obstinate ot
any to which the human system is subject, and can on
ly be thoroughly eradicated by perseverance in the right
course of treatment, and by using the right medicine
Such a medicine has been discovered in this remedy,
and we speak from our own knowledge and experience
when we say, that in forty-nine cases out of fifty it w ill
effect a permanent and rapid cure by attending to the
accompanying directions for use.
Sold by J. 11 <5- IF. S. ELLIS,
Cotton-Avenue.
March 21 22
DISSOLUTION.
fll IIE Co-partnership heretofore existing in the LIVE
ft RY STABLES lietween Ward & Wagnon. 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. H. R. WARD
W. V. WAGNON.
Macon, October 24th.
The subscriber will continue the Stables on his
own account. 11. R. WARD.
Octols r 27 1
FRESH FRUITS 1
RAISINS,
' ZANTE CURRANTS,
CITRON, and
ALMONDS,
I Just received and for sale bv
J. H. >J- W. S. ELLIS, Cotton-Ar ena*.
j December 4 Ga
BLANKS, for s«l« at tbm office.
DEVOTED TO X-XTERATUIIE. INTERVAL IMPHOVEMEWT. CODIIVIEIIC3. AGRICULTURE,
FOREIGN AND DOICESTIC NEWS, AMUSEMENT, Sc c. &c-
TERMS! THREE DOLLARS, IN ADVANCE FOUR DOLLARS, AFTER THREE MONTHS.
MACON, (Ga.) SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 22, 1838.
A Select School for Yonng Ladies.
AWRA 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 be received. Particular attention
will lie |iaid to the various branches usually taught—
both useful and ornamental
An extra Drawing and Painting class will be receiv
•J on Saturdays.
Term* lbr English branches, from six to twelve dol
lars Satisfactory references can be given, if required
“T 1 '■& 48‘
A CART).
1 V’CT. WM.J. ANDERSON informs the public
A-e that lie has located himself in Macon, andwill at
tend strictly to practice of his profession in the city, and
country adjoining Macon.
llis office is over the Darien Bank : and, at ndrlit,
l.e will be found at his room in the Washingtoi //all.
April 14 fctf
Dr. E. S. Aldrich
V f'b«ent fora short period from Naenn,
* v during w hich time, Mr. S. L. Stevens viil act
as his Agent. November 17 4u
HOARDING 110 l SE.
AFR. and MRS. BIVINShave taken the home, for
-Tft meriy occupied bv Major Hardaway,on r.io cor
ner of Cherry and Second-streets, where they can fur
nish ten or fifteen Gentlemen with board, at reasonable
ra'cs, December 1 6 f
O. 11. LOOMIS, PORTRAIT PAINTER,
H AS returned to M aeon, and occupies a room at
the same place as before, over Rea A Cotton,
Commerce-Row.
The public generally are invited to call and examine
iiis Paintings.
November 10 Sis
SINGING SCHOOL.
fIMIE subscribertaaes thi« method of informing the
i citizens of Macon, ’hat he has opened a School o
instruction in the art of S aging, in the Lecture Room
of the Presbyterian Church, on Saturday afternoon oi
each week. He would further inform those who wish
instruction on the Piano Forte and Ortran, tint he wd!
devote a few hours every afternoon, to giving Lessons
on those instruments. b~J~ Piano Fortes Tuned and
Rejmrcd.
TERMS OF TEUTON.
For Vocal Music, Juvenile Class, per quarter, $3 Os)
Adults, - - - - - . . - do • - 500
For the Piano, per lesson, 75
Organ, lot)
Y MATTHEWS.
October 20 52
Central Eni’-Rotul & Ranking Company, i
of Georgia.
S*vavnait, Novemit.r 28, 1833. t
’V’OTICF. is hereby given, that the annual Election
. l for tone Directors to manage the affairs of this In
stitution, will he hidden at the Banking //ousein .Sa
vanna!:. on the first Monday in January next.
The Pi lls will be open from 10 o’clock, A. M to S
P M. of that day.
By order of the Board of Directors.
K P- GUYLER, Cashier
December * 6u
PA! ATI A*;
r|MIE subscriber is now prepared to execute all kind*
■ of Hoist, Sion, and Fancy Paint'o, Gilp.no,
Glazing, and Pafer-Ha.viinu. House-Painting will
be done by the yard, pound, or day. Orders, either in
the city or country, thankfully received and promptly
attend--/ to, at No. 21, Mulberry -street, oppiH-t:- the
Post-Office. ' I). T. REA.
sept 18 47
ADMIMSTR A TORS’ SALE.
sold on the first Tuesday in January
* * next, in front of the Central Hotel, all tie per
sonal property belonging to the estate of W. T. Sage,
deceased, consisting of a stock of Saddles, fine fiated
(loach, Gig, W aggon nnd Dra> Harness, Bridles Mar
tinpalsana Trunks, together with n large lot of Coach
and Harness Trimmings, Saddlers Tools, Ac. House
hold and Kitchen Furniture, Also, Five Shares.n the
Central Rail Road and Hanking Company-
MARY SAGE, Administratrix.
November 3
GEOEGIA, ) A VHERFAS.Champiinßut-
BIBH COUNTY. \ •* hr, applies to me fofcLet
ters of Administration on the estate of Zaclmrinh
Brown, late of said (lounty, d< ceased.
These are therefore to cite and mini nish all and sin
gular the kindred and creditors of said deceased to te
and appear at my office within the time prescribed by
law, and shew cause it any they have) why said letters
; should not be granted.
Given under my hand, at office, this 6 h day of
December, 1838. ’ HENRY G. ROSS, cc *.
I Decembers "u
Notice—Copartnership.
CHIDE subscriber having associated with hi,.., Allen
A L. Lite, they will transact business undei the
name, style and firm of Wm. B. Johnston A Cos.
. B. JOHNSTON
Macon, January 1,1838. 3tf
4 LI, persons indebted- ot lie subscriber, either by noe
XV or open account, v t very respectfully invite., to
call and setth • he emu WM. 15. JOH NSTON
January 26 I3tf
Commission House, in Baltimore, Md.
f|3HE undersiged respectfully announce to tl r
I friends nnd acquaintances, and public generally,
ill Georgia, nnd in the uthi r S ni'hern Suites, (hat they
have opened a COMMISSION HOUSE, in Balti
more, under the firm of Rutherford Se Huribut,
for the transaction of a General Commission Business.
They will be prepared to fill orders, nnd do business ac
cording to the most liberal custonisof the place.
They w ill take occasion to inform 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 had
for other places where, as yet, there are not regular
lines from Baltimore.
Their sture is No. 11, Bowlv’s Wharf.
JOHN RUTHERFORD.
SA.M’L. IIURLBUT.
Baltimore, Oct. 1, 1838. 32
NOTICE.
EPSRS POE A NESBITw-ill m-tn« my Agents,
-1) ■ and attend to the settlement of all my business in
the State. All persons indebted are respectfully reques
ted to make pai meat without delay.
WM. 11. BURDSALL.
| October 20 52
Matches, Snuff, Ac.
BECKWITH’S rilb, Brandreth’s Pills,
Evan’s Camomile Pills, for heart-burn, dyspepsia.
Toilet Powders, superior Soaps,
Loeo-foco, Lucifer, and Friction Matches,
Black and blue writing Ink,
Snuff of various kinds—for sale bv
J.H. it W. s. ELLIS Cotton-Ayna*
COMIC ALMANACS.
\ HEARTY laugh can be cheaply purchased by
calling nt ('. .4. ELLS', two door- -South of tha
Washington //all, and buying a supply of Almanacs for
the vear 123). They abound in amusing stories and
facetious wnod cuts. The Peoples'. the Comic, and tae
VavyeC'rockett —the titles of three different publications,
each abound with whims, scraps and oddities —adven-
tures, exploits, sprees nnd scrapes, with ‘a mighty smart
chance’ of fun too multifarious to mention ; besides a
vast deal of information respecting the days of the
month, the changes of the w eather, anoon Ac.
December 1
It) BBLS. Cranberries
red 20 do Apples
30 do Blitter Crackers
150 boxes Fresh Raisins. For sale bv
LEVI ECKLEY
December 24 *
SCHOOL.
MR. PIERCE would inform the cfTMofis of Macon,
and its vicinity, that he ha 9, agreeably with the
consent and wishes of the Trustees, taken charge of the
Macon Male Academy, formerly under the charge of
Mr. Mclntyre. His School, which has just closed its
last annular term, will be resumed upon the first Monday
in January next. The scholastic year will consist of
ten months. There will be three classes formed, and i
the studies peculiar to each class specified, as follows :
First Class embraces Reading, Spelling, Writing,
Arithmetic, English Grammar, Modern Geography—
Tuition, per quarter, $6.
Second Class, Ancient and modrrn History, Butler’s
Ancient Geography, moral and Natural Philosophy,
conversations upon Chemistry and Astronomy, Logic,
tiled™,) Rhetoric (Blair,) and Algtbra_(l)iy's,) to af
fected Quadratic Equation. Tuition, $7 per quarter.
Third Cias?—Latin and Greek, in the following or
der : Roman History, in Latin. Veri Roma-, Cu-sar (four
hooks,) Virgil, liueelics, Georgies and Six Ac Neids
Cicero's select (>rations,Ovid (eight hot ks,l Annals
Tacitus,Cicero de OiTeciis, Horace, whole ; 65reek Rea
der ; four gospels of the Greek Testament; Greca Me
nnra, ai dV, ira. including Isocrates, Demosthenes,
Excerpia ex irolvbia, Xenophon. Xenophon Anabases
and Homer (six Iliards). Tuition, $8 per quarter. I
Translation will be required of members of the third
class—Composition and Declamation of all of a suitable
age. Rules for distribution, will lie embodied in pam
phlet form, /'art nts desirous to be inforn ed as to the
improvement of their sons, con at any time attend
a private examination. Those who design to patronise
arc requested to send immediately at the commence
ment, upon the first Monday in January.
Dt-c.B [Messenger &. 2'elegraph—twice.] 7u
POETRY.
Front the New Yorker.
Alexander turning his Ilorse.
BY r*P.K BENJAMIN.
The young prince astonished his father, and the
-ert, by his di x i ri’;. • eg ■ ! U
lus.” Supplement to Quintus Curtius.
‘‘Bring forth the steed !” It was a level plain,
Broad and unbroken as the mighty sen,
When in their prison-caves the winds lie chained.
There Fhihp sate, pavilioned from the sun ;
There, all around, thronged Macedonia’s hosts,
Bannered, and plumed, and armed —a vast array !
There, too, among an undistinguished ere-w and,
Distinguish) and not himself by pomp, or drtss
Or any r<n a sign, save that he wore
A god-likt.-countenance, like Olympian Jove,
And perfect grace and dignity—a youth—
A simple youth, scarce sixteen summers old—
Willi sw ift,impatient step, walked to and fro.
Even from their monarch's throne, they turned to view
—Those countless congregations—that young form ;
And when lie cried again, “bring forth the steed !”
Like thunder rose the multitudinous shout,
From every voice but one — “Live Alexander!"
ThenFliilip waved his sceptre. Silence fell
O'er all the plain. ’Twns but a moment’s pause:
While every gleaming banner, helm, and spear,
Sunk down —hke ocean-billows, when the breeze
First sweeps along and bends their silvery crests.
Ten thousand trumpets rung amid the hail
Os armies, as in victory, “ Live the King I"
And Philonieus, the Pharsalian, kneeled.
From famous Thessaly a horse he brought—
A matchless horse I Vigor and beauty strove,
Like rival sculptors carving the same stone,
To win the mastery: and both prevailed.
His hoofs w ere shod xvith swiftness ; where he ran,
Glided the ground like water; inhiseye
Flashed the strange fire of spirits still untamed,
As w hen the desert owned him for its lord.
Mars! what a noble creature dirt he seem !
Too noble for a subject to bestride—
Worth gold in talents —chosen fora prince.
The most renowned and generous on earth.
“ Obey my son, Pharsalian : bring the steed !"
The monarch spoke. A signal to the grooms,
And on the plain they led Bucephalus.
“ Mount, vassal, mount. Why pales thy cheek in fear!
Mount—ha ! art slain ? Another : mount again !”
’Twas ail in vain. No hand could curb a neck,
Clothed with such might and grandeur, to therein.
No thong or spur could make his fury yield.
Now bounds he from the earth ; and now tie rears —
Now madly plunges—strives to rush away,
Like that strong bird—his fellow, king of air !
“ Quick, take him lienee !” cried Philip ; “he is wild.”
“ Stay, father, stay ! —lose not this gallant steed,
For that base grooms cannot control his ire !
Give me the bridle !” Alexander threw
His light cloak from his shoulder, and drew nigh.
The brave steed was no courtier : prince nnd groom
Bore the same mien to him. He started back ;
But with firm grasp the youth retained, and turned
His fierce eyes from his shadow to the sun.
Then, with that hand, in after times which hurled
The bolts of w ar among embattled boats ;
Conquered all Greece, and over Persia swayed
Imperial command—which on Fame’s Temple
Graved, Alexander, Victor of the World !
With that same hand he smoothed the flowing mane,
Patted the glossy skin w ith soft caress,
Soothingly speaking in low voice the w hile.
Lightly he vaulted to his first great strife.
How like a Centaur looked the steed and youth !
Firmly the hero sate ; his glowing cheek
Flushed w ith the rare excitement • his high brow
Pale with a stern resolve : his lip as smiling.
And his glance as calm, as if, in tender dalliance,
Instead of danger, w ith a girl he played.
Untutored to obey, how raves the steed !
Champing his bit, nnd tossing the white foam.
And struggling to he free, that he might dart,
Swift as un arrow from a shivering bow.
The rein isloosened. “ Now, Bucephalus !”
Away—away ! —he flies, away—away !
The multitudes stood hushed, in breathless aw e.
And gazed into the distance.
Lo ! a speck—
A darksome speck, on the horizon ! ’Tie—
’Tis he ! Now it enlarges ; now are clearly seen
The horse and rider; now, with ordered pace.
The horse approaches, and the rider leaps
Down to the earth, and bends his rapid pace
Unto the King’s pavilion. The wildstced.
Unled, uncalled, is following his subduer.
Philip wept tears of joy : “My son, go seek.
A larger empire ; for so vast a soul.
Too small is Macedonia I"
t’. R. HANLEITER, PRINTER.
Commercial Convention.
JUDGE BERBIEX’S ADDRESS.
Delivered at the close of the Commercial Convention,
recently held in Milledgeville.
Gentlemen of the Convention:
I thank you cordially for the testimony of
your approbation, which you have been pleased
to offer to me. 1 came here with a sincere
desire to unite my individual efforts with yours
in the accomplishment of the {’teat and interes
ting object of our assemblage. That object is
no less than the commercial independence of
the South—the emancipation of our commerce
from those shackles, which our own supine,
ness and the activity of our Northern brethren
have thrown around it. lam deeply' sensible
of its importance in every aspect in whi h 1 can
contemplate it, peculiarly and politically, now,
and in all future time ; to us, more immediate
ly and at prescut, but to them also, ultimately,
in the increased security which it w ill give to
the bond of our Union. In a sincere and de
voted attachment to that Union, I yield to no
man. I was hi ought up at the feet of one, by
whom I was taught to revere it, and my ma
turer judgment has hut served to confirm the
conviction, which the lessons of infancy had
inculcated—l would enter therefore upon the
measures, deemed necessary for the attain
ment of our object, in no unfriendly spirit to
wards our fellow citizens of the North. Re
joicing in their prosperity, I would call upon
our people, not to envy, but to emulate it—
to seek to participate in it, by the use of those
means which the bounty of Providence has
piaccd at our disposal, 'finis far, it is equally
my right, nnd my duty to go. lam a South
cm man, a citizen of Georgia—within that
State, is concentered all that is dearest to try
heart, or to my hope; and whether for weal or
; lbr woe tier destiny i- mine.
1 will claim your indulgence fur a moment.
Gentlemen, while I offer to you t-ti occasional
suggestion in relation to some of the subjects
which have engaged our attention. The more 1
immediate object of our assemblage, was to
confer together, as citizens of Georgia, on the
means best calculated to establish within our
own borders a direct import trade adequate to
supply our ov. n wants, and those of our South,
ern and Southwestern brethren. Two things
have appeared to us indispensable to the ac
complishment of this object; to facilitate the
communications between our Western and
Atlantic boundary, and to furnish in our sea
ports, adequate markets of purchase and sup
ply—the citizens of tli« interior must be ena
bled to carry there the products of his labor,
in the least practicable time, and nt the least
practicable expense. When arrived there, he
must be able to find a prompt and profitable
market for the sale of those products, and to
purchase on as good terms as lie can obtain
them elsewhere, the articles which aie tie.
cessary for interior consumption. Unless
these objects can be attained, we shall seek in
vain to divert the commerce of our State from
;!. present circuitous channels. The sacrifice
of interest to patriotism, belongs to occasions
of high and peculiar excitement, and cannot
be relied upon as a rule of ordinary action in
matters of this kind. Cun these objects be
attained? Can we furnish to the producer in
our own seaports, as good a market for the
sale of his produ its, and for the purchase of
his supplies, as ho can find elsewhere? We
have thought so. Looking to the diminished
expense of transportation when our system of
internal improvement shall have been com
plctffd, ami of direct compared with circuitous
importations, we have believed that these ques
tions may bes ifely answered in the affirma
tive. Hut this, system of internal improvement
must be carried out—the means of direct im.
portations must be supplied. ITow is this to
be accomplished ? Both objects require
monied capital—beyond the means of indi
viduals—beyond what we collectively possess.
In proportion to the resources of our p topic,
the capital which is actually and actively em
ployed in these and kindred enterprises it is
believed, will fully authorise the language of
the report which you have adopted. Our
actual capital is already employed in profitable
investment, and cannot be diverted to other
objects, without serious injury to existing inter
ests—ls our situation peculiar? Does it differ
from that of other States, by whom these ob
jects have been accomplished, or among
whom they are in successful progicss ? Have
these been attained, or are they prosecuted by
means of individual enterprizt and capital
alone? Look around you! Extend your
view over the Union ! Direct your attention
to those States, that are foremost in the march
of internal improvement, and commercial cn
terprize—and let each one'answer for himself
the enquiry which I repeat —have the rnagni
ficent improvements which this survey presents
to our view been constructed by individual
enterprize and capital, or have they not rather
been accomplished by the liberal use of the
credit and capital of the resjiective States, in
which they are found? Look to New York,
to that great state, which is an object of just
pride not only to our own sons, hut to every
citizen of the Union. S e is at this moment
reaping the rich reward of the wisdom which
sustained that system ofinternal improvements,
to which she is so largely indebted for her
commercial pre-eminence. These splendid
works involving an amount of expenditure, j
far exceeding that which would be required to
an lihilate for all practical purposes, the dis
tance which separates our mountains from the
ocean, have been constructed with funds rais
ed on the credit of the State. They constitute
at this moment the richest capital which a
State can possess, yielding to the pubhc an
abundant income in tolls, and contributing a
thousand other modus to improve the condi
tion of the individual citizen. Bass over to
Pennsylvania—-and the reports of her commis
sioners of public works will inform you, that
she too, correcting the erross of her earlier
operations, is now enjoying the fruits of the
large expenditure which she lias applied to
| internal improvement. If now you will di
rect your attention to our younger sisters
Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, you will see that in
eacli of these enterprising, and rapidly ad
vancing members of the Confederacy, the
treasures of .he State, its faith and credit have
been freely used for the accomplishment of
such works of internal improvement, as the
judgment of their resjiective Legislatures have
approved. But limit the sphere of your ob
servation, and see with what alacrity sSouth
Carolina fiewtothe rescue ; with what liberali.
t v she jdedged tier credit, wht n a desolating
fire had reduced to ashes her principal seaport.
The truth is gentlemen, we live in an age
when the activity, enterprize and liberality of
or timid, or jiarsimonious. If we could be
stationary, retaining the advantages which we
at present possess, still our condition would be
relatively deteriorated, by the rapid advances
of those around us. We see and feel all this
—we behold the exertions of other States, and
their beneficial results, and we require similar
efforts and consequences equally advantageous
in our own. We overlook the inequality of
the contest to w hich we subject our peojile.
NO. 0.
We forget that while we withhold, other Stales
have freely lavished their treasures for the ac
complishment oftliese grand objects that our
citizens are compelled to labor with the means
furnished by their own individual resources,
while elsewhere the jiublic coffers have been
freely oj ened for the accomplishment of pur
poses not more important than those which we
have stiff red to languish. I desire earnestly
that our fellow-citizens should be awakened to
a conviction of these truths; that the treasures
of the State, and the credit of the State should
be liberally applied in aid of the great works of
internal improvement which are now in pro
press, or in contemplation within our borders
and that so we may accomplish the first in.
dispensable requisite to the establishment of a
direct foreign trade, facility of communication
between the interior and the seaboard. When
; tliis is effected—when the rich products of the
; interior shall be met in abundance in our At
iantic cities.they must find a market there, and
: fit : it. Tl ey will do more. The sup.
ip’ es which are necessary t<> the consumption
oftho nterior will he also furnished. They
w ! an vver the demand which will be made
for them. Where capital is wanted, it will be
found. r i hrse are laws ofcommeree, unceas
ing in their operation : but they leave untouch,
ed the question which chiefly interest us,as the
'advocates of a direct import trade. Who will
;furnish these supplies ! Will they come to
us directly through the hands of otir own im
porti: g merchants, or circuitously through (he
agency of our Northern brethren? We have
! the answer in the experience of Lie past. Di
rect cxportat.o i is in our hands, shuts little
! active capital is necessary to transfer the pro.
ducts of our soil to the markets of Europe or
of the North. The monied capital required in
j this operation is chiefly that of the foreign
'purchaser or consignee. .Our inij orts as we
have seen by the report of the comm ttee, are
for this most part circuitous, and the reason
is obvious; we have not the requisite monied
capital. How shall we remedy this evil?
Banks present one means. 1 speak of them
as instruments of con nierce, and without any
: connexion with those questions which now
agitate the public mind. They cannot create
capital, but they can concentrate it, render it
• accessible to the demands of commerce, in
crease its capacity of supplying them, and
multiply it in the use. As such instruments
they are all important in a competition with
i other States who are availing themselves of the
facilities which they furnish, to push their com
mercial enterprises to a successful result. In
such a contest they are to the merchant w hat
ithe implements of war are to the soldier.
Here again we encounter the want of cap tal
w hich should furnish the specie basis in suffi
cient proportions to give safety to their ope
rations. If it be true that our domestic capi
tals is for the most already invested, arid can
not be diverted without injury, the required
capital must come chiefly fiom abroad. Wc
must explode the preposterous idea as unwor
thy of the age in which we live, that foreign
capital must be excluded from them. On the
contrary we must invite it, by provisions
which will secure to the foreign capitalist a
liberal return for its use. If the State would
; interpose its credit in behalf these institutions
| to the extent to which it may be necessary,
and on such terms as w ould ensure the pubh'c
from lo's. it w ould divide w ith him the benefits
arising from its employment; and secure to
our merchants promptly and in abundance,
the capital necessary to the successful prose
cution of a direct import trade.
Let these objects be accomplished. Secure
to our importing merchants the means of oh.
taining a sufficient monied capital to enable
them by direct importation to establish a mar
ket of supply, in our seaports. Facilitate our
interior communications by completing the
various measures of internal improvement,
w hicli are in progress, and such others as may
he necessary, thus securing an easy and rapid
transit from the mountains to the seaboard.
Do more—seal; the mountain barrier which
separate us fioin our Southern and Southwes
tern brethren—let the rich products of their
soil find ready access through our own State
to an Atlantic market, wlreie they can receive
in return the articles necessary for their own
consumption. Let Georg abe to them w hat
New-York by means of her grand cm al. is to
that fertile and extensive region, with w hkh it
communicates, and a flood of pros, tv tv will
open upon us, which will baffle the anticipa
tions of the most sanguine imag nation. For
the accomplishment of stu h an oh", et, the
soundest economy would authorise—nay,
would require a liberal use oftbeev >d't of the
Slate. The people of Georgia, whose iafolli.
gence would enable them to see and appre
ciate the benefits which would result to I item,
would I doubt not, approve’ it I have no
| personal interest in this matter beyond that o
every other citizen of Georgia. Rut in rnak ■
' my acknowledgment* fur your kiudness,, 1