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THE eowsunnsss’ jpgse 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. 9CT No subscription received for a less period than six months —and no paper discontinued, until al arrears are paid. Advertisements not exceeding twelve lines will be in serted at $1 00 for the first insertion, and 50 cents for each continuance —larger ones in proportion- Persons wishing to advertise by the year must call at the office and make an agreement to that effect. Advertise ments not limited when handed in, will be inserted till forbid, and charged accordingly. {Cr Any person forwarding a ten dollar bill, (post paid,) shall receive four copies, for one year, to be sent to diftereut persons, as directed. JKT - Letters, on business, either to the Publisher or Editor, must come post paid to insure attention. LEVI ECKLEY, IS just receiving at his Store, Nos. 3 and 4 Commerce How, an extensive variety of superior WINES, LIQUORS, &.c.—viz : 12 pipes best Maderia 2 pipes Pale Sherry 2 pipes Brown Sherry 1 pipe Gold Sherry 4 pipes Tenenffe Uvmrs 2 pipes Sicily Ma leria VV m “ 12 barrels L P. Madeira 10 barrels Muscat 2 barrels Liston 2 pipes Port 15 casks Por:«r 4 casks Scotch Ale E esc Cotiiac Brandy, Holland Gin, And Jamaica Rum- WINES IN GLASS, 200 baskets Champnigne, Also, a large quantity of Madeira, Sherry, Port, Claret, &c. &x. Johanesburg Hock, 1822. TheMadena, Port, Sherry, and Champai me Wines are all of my own importation, and warranted to be pure —also— -8 cases Sardines 16 do Pine Apples and Lemons 6 uu Cat. Oil fs--.£ r H do Citron and C mge Preserve* 13 do Guava and Ce.-rui ts Jell.es 2 chests York PouchongT ea 2 do Hyson do 1 ! boxes dry Dates, Citron dC 5) do fresh Raisins s 500) lbs soft shelled Almonds 300 t lbs Lump Sgar 1000 lbs Loaf do 15 oxes white Havana Sugar 6 do Maceronies 4 do Vermillion 50 do Sperm Candles 2do patent do 4 baskets Sweet Oil 25 dozen American Mustard 4 do French do 2000 ibs Cheese 500 ibs Sopesaga Cheese 4 cases Heron-paste —alsc — Ground Ginger, Pepper, All-spice, Cloves, Cinnamon, ftlace and Nutmeg, 12 doz ii Blacking 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 > Clatns 30 barrels Butter Crackers 10 do Pilot Bread 4 tierces lute Beans —also— -80,000 best Spanish ) 5,000 best Principe I CIGARS. 2j,Ul!) best Florida ) Smoking and Che wing Tobacco. Together with a large lot of tine cut and common GLASS WARE, and a great var.ety ot other articles usually kept in his line. November 17 4tf AC ON CLOTHING STOKE, On Mulberry Street fronting Cotton Avenue. H FITCII has constantly on hand, and is receiving • at the above establishment from the manufacto ry of L. Fitch & Cos. a large assortment of seasonable clothing, consisting in part of 300 cloth dress and frock Coat 9 and Coatees. 100 cloth over Coate. 100 pilot cloth, duffle, green and red Blanket Coats. 30 gentlemen's goat’s hair & English camblet Cloaks. 500 pair cloth and cassimere Pants. ■IOO “ satinet Bcavertecn and cord Pants. 600 cloth, plain & fig’d Velvet, Valencia, woolen velvet toilinef, bombazine, plain and tig’d satin Vests. 30 Ladies’ fig'd Marino, cloth and Circassian Cloaks, Gentlemen’s cloth cloaks, camblet Wrappers. 75 satinet, Beavertecn and Jeans hunting coats. 10 doz. gingham and calico Shirts. lOdoz. frill’d and pleted Linnen and cotton, Linnen Bosom Shirts, red and white Flannel shirts. Nett shirts and Drawers, Buckskin shirts. 'SO pair plain and twilled cotton Drawers, silk shirts, Gloves, Hosiery, Stocks, Bosoms, Collars, Suspenders. Handkerchiefs, Cravats, Purses, Russians Belts, Pis tols and Money Belts, Silk and cotton Umbrellas. ALSO, 25 cases Fur and silk lints, cloth Fur and Hair seel caps, which will he sold very cheap. 150 suits coarse negro cloth, Sic. &e. The above clothing is manufactured in the best man ner ot good materials, and is offered at reduced prices for cash Gentlemen wishing their cloths made at the North, will by leaving their names with me, have them made in the best manner, and most fashionable style, and wor rant«d to please. Dec. 2. 6 H. F FOOD FOR TIIE MIND. a Ji\f h\w :noo:K sso aii i THE subscriber w ould respectfully inform his friends and the community in general, that he 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. 11. Burdsall, ann lately hv A. McArn, where he intends carrying on the BOOK and FA SC Y ISVSI- i NESS on the mostrea enable ternif ; and he tlatters fiimse'f, if the peopleiw il call and » .amine his stock ihat t| iy will be corn need that he can sell ns low ns can ho bought at any house this side of New York., Among las stock may be found a generalassorinn nt of La mi, Medical, Miscellaneous and School BOOKS; GLOBES. MAPS and CHARTS; Mathematical In struments ; Record and K'tiuk Hooks of nil kinds; Paper, Ink, Quills, Inkstands ; Printing, Visiting and Playing Cards ; Steel Pens, Fine Cutlery, Silver Pen cils, Purses, Pocket-books, Bankcr’sCases, Ladies’ Work-boxos; Indies’and gentlomen’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, Vanish, India Ink, Brush es for Painting ; Gentlemen’s fine Hair, Shovin'., Nail, Tooth, Whisker and Clothes Brushes ; Writing and Travelling Desks; Wilson’s Manifold Letter Writer, w ith 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 ; JWilk of Roses, Rouge ; Ladies’ Curls, Head Ornaments, &c Violins, Accordians, Music Boxes; the most celebrated MUSIC tor Pianos ; Card and Cigar Cases ; Tobacco and Snuff Boxes, <frc &c. £Cr All New P ib Rations will be received as *°on as they are iss ;ed Ireni the press. The above goods h tve al been selected fresh in New York this fall and are of the best binding an mater ials. A liberal dis viunt will be made to gentlemen and teachers buying by the quantity, for their librari's and schools. By a close application to business, and a desire to ncomouate, I hope to merit a portion of the patronage of this liberal community. „ % * C. A. ELLS. No ember 17 ly4 'XmIIC ALMANACS. \ HFARTY laugh din be cheaply purchased hv •x*. ci ling at C■ A. ELLS', two door, .South of the Wash’ Eton Hall, and buying a supply of Almanacsfor the vear 1839. They abound in amusing stories and facetious wood cuts. Thp Peoples', the Comic, and i • Davy Crockett —the titles ofthree different publican no. each abound with whims, scraps and oddities—ad en tures,exploits, sprees and scrapes, with ‘a mighty s nur' chance' of fun too multifarious to mention ; besid s a vast deal of information respecting the days of du month, the changes of the weather, moon,&r bil December 1 ||§o#tfj£r % BY P. C. PENDLETON. VOL. 11. to l he Macon Lyceum and Library ~ has keen R EMOVEn to the front Rooms Sir'O*' over the Store of William B. Parker & Cos., at the corner of Third and Mulberry-street, open to j subscribers and their distant friends alone. OAC All persons having in their possession anv of the Periodicals or Newspapers lielonging to the Society are requested to return them without delay. Their abstrac tion, i* must be known to the subscribers, is a positive violation of the ■ des of the Society, and to others an open theft. AMBROSE BABER, October 27 Its President. TO RENT, /t— *. THREE Fire-proof STORES, fronting on 3d JnjH street; Three Fire-proof STORES, fronting on Cherry-street. They are large and commodious, and well calculated for any kind of business, and will be fitted up, os 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 renriv for occupancy, and possession immediately given. Those on Cherry-street will be ready by the Ist of Octoher next. Rent will be reasonable, and commence from Ist of October. Apply to DAVID RALSTON. N. B. Several very airy ROOMS on the second floor oi the above'buildings, suitable for Lawyers Offices, ..ill also be rented. D. R. July 7 37tf Dissolution. riMIE firm of CAREY $ HOWLAND, in the A Livery Stable Business, is dissolved this day by mutual consent. C. L. Howland i° authorized to collect j all debts due the concern, and will settle all demands against the same- JAMES P. CAREY, \ October 10 52 C. L. HOWLAND. j The LIVERY STALL E ECS IK ESS will becon tmued by the subscriber, on the Court House square. JAMES P. CAREY. For Sale—A first-rate pair of well broke match HORSES, inferior to none in the State. October 20 52 Twenty Dollars Rewards. STOLEN from the stable of Robert A. Allen, 10 miles below Augusta, on yp Sunday night last, a large Iron-grey HORSE, 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 4tf New Clothing Store. n. W. MORRIS & CO HAVING located themselves in the store formerly occupied by VVm. tl Johnson &, Cos. (east side Mulberry street,) are now opening an extensive assort ment or Ready-Made Clothing, of the latest fashions, and of superior workmanship, which will he SOLD CHEAP FOR CASH. Their stock consists in part of the following, viz : Super blue Cloth Cloaks, Goat’s hair Camlet Wrappers, Brown and mixed Cloth Overcoats, Invisible Green do. Mohairand Beaver Cloth do. Pilot Cloth do. Blanket Hunting Coats, . Kentucky Jeans 1 rock and Dress Coats Beaver Cloth Frock do. Pilot Cloth Hunting Coats, Super blue Cloth Frock and Dress Coats, Do. black do. do. do. do, Do invisible green and brown do. 350 Vests,comprisinga!lst> les and descriptions, Victoria and Coronation ' Cassir re Pants, Black and Blue Cassimere do, Fancy Striped and Ribbed do. Satinet and Kentucky Jeans do. ALSO, A general assortment of Stocks, Collars, Suspenders, Gloves, Hoisery, Linen Shirts, Cotton do. with Linen Bosoms, A genera! assortment of Boots, Shoes and Pumps. Super Silk and Cotton Umbrellas, Leather Trunks and Carpet Bags, Purchasers are invited to call and examine our stock. October 27 3m 1 SCHOOL. MR. TIERCE would inform the citizens of Macon, and iis vicinity, that he has, agreeably with die I consent and wisaesof the Trustees, taken charge of the Macon Male Acadetnv, formerly under the charge of Mr. Mclntyre. His School, which has just closed its last annular term,w ill he resumed upon the first Monday in January next. The scholastic year will consist of ten months. There will he three classes formed, and the studies peculiar to each class specified, as follow s : ! First Clas«, embraces Rending, Spelling, Writing. 1 Arithmetic, English Grammar, Modern Geography— Tuition, per quarter, $6. Second Class, Ancient and modern History, Butler’s Ancient Geography, moral and Natural Philosophy, conversations upon Chemistry and Ap'ronomy, Logic, 1 (Hedge.) Rhetorie (Blair,) and Algebra (Day’s,) to af fected Quadratic Equation. Tuition, $7 perquarter. ! Third Class —Latin and Greek, in the following or der : Roman History, in Latin. Veri Romm, Ciesnr (four hooks,) Virgil, Bucelics, Georgies and Six Ac Neids, Cicero’s select Orations, Ovid (eight hooks,) Annals of Tacitus, Cicero de OlFeciis, Horace, whole ; Greek Rea der ; four gospels of the Greek Testament; Ureca Mi - nora, and Mejora, including Isocrates, Demosthenes, Exccrpia ex Polvbia, Xenophon. Xenophon Anabases and Homer (six Iliards). Tuition, $8 perquarter. Translation will be required of members of the third class—Composition and Declamation of all of a suitable age. Rules for distribution, will be embodied in pam phlet form. Parents desirous to he inforn ed as to the miproveme >■ of their sons, can at any time attend a private examination. Tho-e who di sign to patronise are requested to send immediately at the commence ment, upon the first Monday in January- Dee. 8 [ Messenger & Telegraph—tw ice.] 7u SANDS’ REMEDY For salt Rheum, Ring Worm, Tetters, Scahl Head, Barber's Itch , tyc. rjIHIS remedy is a combination heretofore unknown ! -1- in the annals of medicine. It is the production of | much experience, deep research, and great expense, I and is ottered to the public in the fullest confidence of its being an effectual, sate and speedy cure for the Salt Rheum, and all other diseases of the skin, such as Tetter, j Ring Worms, Scahl Head. Barber's or Jackson Itch, <j-c.! These diseases are known to be the most obstinate of anv to which the human svstem is subject, and can on-! ly be thoroughly eradicated by perseverance in the right j course of treatment, and by using the right medicine j I Such a medicine has been discovered in this remedy, j and we speak from our own knowledge and experience when we say, that in forty-nine cases out of fifty it will effect a permanent and rapid cure by attending to the accompanying directions for use. Sold by J. H. $ W. S. ELLIS, Cotton-Avenue. March 24 22 A CARD. DOCT. WM. J. ANDERSON informs the public that he has loomed himself in Macon, and w ill at end strictly to practice of his profession in the city, and country adjoining Macon. His office is over the Darien Bank ; and, at night he will be found at his room in the Washington //all I April 14 25tf MUSIC ! MUSIC ! ! J UST received, an assortment of Piano Music; Cra mer’s Instructor fordo.; Hunter's do.; Burrows’ | j Primer do. ; Thorough Base, and Composition to do., | for sale by C. A. ELLS. I 1 December IN 8 DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, INTERNAL IDIPROVEOTENT. COMMERCE. AGRICULTURE, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC NEWS, AMUSEMENT, Ac. Ac. TERMS : THREE DOLLARS, IN ADVANCE FOUR DOLLARS, AFTER THREE MONTHS. MACON, (Ga.) SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 12, 1830. GIRAFFE, OR CA.IIELOPARD. This stupendous, majestic, and beautiful animal, which is exquisitely depicted in the above masterly en graving, by Mr. Adams ofNew York, is acknowledge! to be the greatest wonder of the animal kingdom. It i; not only the tallest of all known creatures, but the ra rest and most singular character. It has been the grea' desideratum of naturalists in all ages, and but few spe cimens have been seen fur the last thousand years. I was known to the Persians about two thousand years ago, having been brought as a present to Dydaspcs, fa ther of Darius 1., several centuries before the Christian Era, by Abyssians, who brought it front the interior of Africa, w here alone.it has ever been found. After this w e hear no mure of it until it was exhibited to ihe Romans, by Julius Catsar. F’rom that period, un til within a few years, its existence has been deemed fabulous, and the wonderful descriptions of it by Pliny, Straflo, and others, though in nowise exceeding the truth, tended to confirm the idea that it was a creation of poetic fiction ; nor was this impression entirely remo ved from the minds ofscientific naturalists until about ten years ago, w hen two living specimens were presen ted to the kings of England and France, by the late Dey of Algiers. The specimen now exhibited to the Ameri can people, is one of the two brought to ihis country by Macomber, Welch & Cos., who have been employing expeditions into the heart of Central Africa for five years past, and at an immense expense to obtain them. The average height of a full grown Giraffe, is 18 feet, though some have been seen in their native wilds, up wards of twenty feet. The length from the tip of the tail to the head, is 15 feet; girth 10 feet; length of fore legs, 6 feet 2 inches; tiind legs, 6 feet. The one here exhibited, although but twenty-five months old, is 16 feet high, and should die climate prove favorable to its health, it will yet grow several feet taller The Giraffe is a gregarious, herbaceous, and ruminating quadruped, entirely suigeneris in its structure and some of its hab its. In its general contour, it unites several traits of the ostrich, the antelope, the camel, and the stag. The curve of its towering neck, w hich someiimes gives it a height of more than twenty feet, ibrows the grace of the swan into the disproportionate elongation of the ostrich. Its delicately moulded head, greatly improved upon that ot the camel, has muca of the shapely beauty of the an telope, w hilst its rich and full black eye, fringed with long silky lashes, rivals that of the famed gazelle. Its fore legs are as admirably symmetrical as those of the slag, and are as long from the cloven hoof to the joint of; the shoulder, as the neck is from its base on the shoul- j der to its junction with the head. The great depth of, the shoulder, from the camel-like protuberance which ! crow ns it, to the joint of the clavicle, usually creates the' impression that the fore legs of this quadruped, are most j disproportionably long when compared with its hind legs, especially as the line of its hack descends from the neck to the tail, in an angle nearly equal to that present ed by a stag thrown upon its haunches. In reality, however, the fore and hind legs are within two inches of i the same length. The front aspect of this creature, presenting an orbic ular, double convex chest, resting upon its long perp dicular legs, and surmounted by a soaring neck, which bears the creature's gentle and vivaciously expressive I head, high above its wondering beholders, the privileged occupant of a lofiier sphere of vision is unique and stri king. Tins extraordinary elevation of the neck and head, viewed in connection with the gigantic dimensions of the whole frame, produces an impression of mighty stature and agility combined, such as no other animal can convey, and which invariably exceeds expectation. The large dark spots which dapple its soft, slhek skin, are not like those of the leopard, although it is indebted to these for a moiety of its ancient and still common name of Camelopard. Tkev are rather square and ir regularly angular than circular, and are arranged with much regulerity. Gn the head are two small blunt horns, about six inches in length, tipt with stnatl tufts of erect hair, and standing nearly paeallel to each othe . It has another protuberance, besides these, midway be tween them on the frontal bone, but not much elevated, and two ofliers’on the occipal, on each side of the mane, as if this remarkable creature wns originally designed to have five horns. The ears are beautifully formed, and the animal having an acute sense of hearing, turns them w ith spirited flexibility in the direction of distant NOTICE. FI3HE subscribers having sold their entire stock of A GOODS to Messrs. F’ort, 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 acknowl edgements. Fo.{ TANARUS, il AILTON & CO. July 21 3*Jtt NOTICE FJ3HE subscribers have sold their entire stock of A Goods to Fort, Bond & Sinclair, with a view of closing up the business of the concern with as little de lay as possible. They would therefore earnestly re quest from those indebted to them an earlv settfement, and especially from those whose debts fell due on and after the Ist of Januarv last. FOR TANARUS, HAMILTON &. CO. July 21 39tf BLANKS, for sale at this office. sounds. The male and female differ so little in appear >nce from each other that they can scarcely be distin guished at a distance of twenty paces. The prevailing color of both, when young, is that of a brownish red, which deepens with increased age. The female has four teat«, bears one foal at a birth, and gestates a w hole year. Its ordinary food is the foliage of trees, and particu larly tile leaves of a species of mimosa, called by the na tives kamcel-doorn ; but it w ill eat those of the oak, the briar, and nearly all others of an astringent flavor, shyw ing a decided preference for those that are also aromat ic. In its domesticated state, it will eat hay, clover, and fine straw, like the horse ; but, in the absence of tts na tural green food, it is found necessary to supply it occa sionally with esculent roots and juicy fruits. Its longue is vtry lung and black, coated w ith a hard impervious skin, and possessing a taqcring contractibdity, admira bly adapted to its gathering its favorite food from among the involved and formidably prickly branches of the mi mosa. Its ordinary speed is equal to that of a high bred horse, and the length ofits majestic strides wheu in fuil career, perhaps exceeds the powers of any other animal. Although timid at the approach of men, it defends itself with much valor against the attacks of inferior animals, and even of die lion, kicking powerfully with its heels, or rearing ou ihem and striking with its fore feet with great rapidity and precision. Subh is the force of a blow from its extremely long legs, that it has been known to split the skull of a lion in pieces. j In the freedom of its native plains, and when roving ! in those splendid herds in which it is chiefly seen, with [ its unrestrained disposition and powers in full display, j the Giraffe is an animal of transcendant magnificence and iuterust. Exquisitely gified with the senses of i sight, seen', and hearing, the approach of ihe hunter ne iver fails to startle the browsing groups from their wood j land retreats, and to send them, with their lion-like tails ! arched high upon their haunches, in full speed over the j vast level plains in which they rove. Having acquired 1 a distance which commands a good circuit of view, the I collected herd wheel round, lifting their lofty ngcks to | the highest stretch, until some tall and patriarchal chief i tain of the group, gives the sigual for farther retreat, or fora dignified and more leisurely return to the clusters ; of trees on which they feed. If the hunter is bent uqon pursuit, he will now breathe his steed awuile, knowing that its speed and bottom will soon be taxed to the ut most point. When prepared for the start, he squrs for- I ward, w ith his lasso, or noosed rope, ready coiled in his right hand for the evercise of his skid. He soon finds that the immense strides of his noble game are leaviug .him far behind, and he has recourse to the straiagem which his experience has taught him is indispensable jto his success. In common with all other wild and tim id animals, when pursued, the Giruffee direct their course to the windward. The hunter, aware of this, turn his horse three or four points from the line of their course, as if intending to pass ihem far ahead; and 1 thus; whilst they keep their eye upon him ns the pursued rather than ihe pursuer, they insensibly approach him— the diagonal line of his course converging to them ; and he comes into the midst of the herd, notwithstanding their superior speed, because they have to run a distance equal to about o- e-third of a circle more than iheir wi iey foe has to perform in the same time. If the hunter has well husbanded the strength of his horse, he now dashes toward some particular Giraffe—always select ing smallest—which he hopes to capture; ahd throwing the noose of his lasso over its head, instantly leaps from his horse, before the Giraffe has run out the length of the long coil which he holds loosely in his hand. The first full tension of ihe rope, tightens the noose roond the neck; every struggle increases the suf focating pressure, and the captive falls back upon, its haupches and reels to the ground. The hunter, still keeping the rope moderately strained, approaches the exhausted animal, leaps astride its head, and using its long neck as a lever for the control of its body, firmly holds the creature down until the Hutientot achlcr .rider, -who has perchance been thrown out in the chase, comes up with other cords to hind the captive for its destina tion. But this operation is less easily completed than contemplated. Bursting every restraint and springing from the ground, the gallant prisoner, thoqgh a mere C« BRUNO, Professor of Music and Tuner of Pianos, HAS arrived in this city with a handsome assort ment of Pianos, Mush', Violins, Flutes', FUigolets, Violin Bows, Strings, Aczoidiuns, and a variety oj Fan cy Articles. All the Pianos arc of superior workmanship, and will be warranted and kept in tune one year. All orders will be thankfully received and promptly attended to, at the Music Store next door to J. H. Old ershaw's Carriage and furniture Ware-House. December 15 . 81 PAINTING. '|NHE subscriber is now prepared to execute all kinds * of House, Sion, and Fancy Paintinu, Gildino, Glazing, and Paper-Hanoinq. House- Painting will be done by the yard, p wild, or day. Orders, either in ■he city or country, thankfully received and promptly attended to, at No. 21, Mulberry-street, opposite the Post-Office. D. T. REA sept 18 < on.. * - *.'* AC a' ■••• St ' - f C. R. IIANLEITER, PRINTER. foul, but a few months rill often become furious in defence of its freedom, t wing at the hunter with its fore feet, and even pursuing him to the bush or tree be hind which he usually retreat o , until the captive’s limbs are entangled in multipled coils. A wagon is then brought from the hunters’ encampment—often six or seven hours journey distant —and water, welcome wa ter, not often to be fuund on the open and arid plains, s brought to assuage the thirst of man and beast—a thirst; of which those who have not hunted the swift Giraffe, in the merciless glare of a torrid sun, can form but a slight idea. As soon as the young Giraffes are brought into any settlement or encampment where a supply of milk can be obtained to wean them, large pits, eight or ten feet deep, are dug to place them in, as they would be likely to injure themselves by springing about in wooden buildings. Here they are fed with milk,juicy roots, fruits and esculent branches of trees for several months, and are taught to eat such other food as can perhaps be procured on their journey to their ultimate destination. In this way they are taught to eat out of the hand of their keepers, and out of baskets tied to the roof of the covered wagons, to which they are to be fastened on theirfuture march, and in which they arc to be carried if unable to walk. When the Giraffes are sufficiently domesticated and trained to unusual food in the manner above stated, the expedition which has captured them, prepare to return to their home. For this purpose the wagons are re ! paired, the oxen yoked, and the horses anil cords placed under their respective conductors. Before crossing those immense arid plains which sometimes afford no water in several days journey, skins are filled with water .which is husbanded with scrupulous economy as the greatest treasure the earth can there afford. Such j Giraffes as are so far domesticated as to follow the wagons, are fastened to them by a halter round the i head and a basket or box of leaves or roots is fixed to ! the covering of the wagon, at a convenient height for the animal to feed. Other wagons follow in the train with the baggage of the party ; and in this way passing through many perils, are frequently impeded by the avarice or hostility of innumerable savage tribes who often thus for the first time behold the face of a white man, the expedition perform their toilsome and danger ousjourney toward the Cape of Good Hope. This Giraffe was captured, with others, by Mr. John Clayton, Agent of Macomber. Welch & Cos. the pro prietors, in the Great Kaliharri Desert of South Africa, in lat. 25 30 S. and lon. 25 E. In the course of these journeys, extending nearly to the tropic of Capricorn, and far deeper into the unexplored regions of Central i Africa than any other civilized traveller had ever pene , trated, Mr. Clayton captured many Giraffes ; but it was j not until his expedition in 1835 and '6, that he succeeded |in bringing any of them alive to Cape Town. Os eleven I 1 which he caught on this occasion, seven died in the course of his return, in consequences of bruises incurred . in their struggles, and.the long deprivation of water and I milk, which, during a journey of 1200 miles could only |be obtained at stages far distant from each other. Os j l he four which he brought to the Cape, one died from an ; abscess, and another from an injury received in putting |it on board the vessel for exportation. The two survi j vors arrived in this country from the Cape on the 7th of ■ June, 1833, in the barque Prudent, after a voyage of fifty-one days, and when landed they had cost the i proprietors upwards of $30,000. The one here exhibited .is a female, and is twenty-five months old. She is a ; very fine specimen for her age. Being a native of a j very warm climate, which has no extreme variations of j temperature, it will .be necessary to remove her |to the most Southern States of the Union before i the heat of summer becomes materially diminish j ed and so sensitive are they all to atmospheric changes, I 'hut their location must be regulated by the progress of i the seasons. They are the only Giraffes that have ever j been brought into any civilized country by the enter prise of individual citizens, and there are but two king ! doms of Europe which can boast of possessing any livingspecimen. The intelligence and national pride of the American people will doubtless appreciate ar and re munerate the adventurous undertaking. Monroe Rail-Roa 1 and Banking Cos. ) Macon, Dec. 2fl, 1333. J IT iB ordered by the Board that Books of subscription be opened at this Bank, on Wednesday, the 16th of January next, and be kept open three days, for the sub scribing for thirty-four hundred shares of capital stock, whereupon. Otic Hundred Dollars per share will be re quired on subscribing and when taken, said stockhob deers will lie on an equal footing in everv respect as to the Bank and Road, with the original stockholders, from Macon to Forsyth. A true extract from the minutes. FSTER SOLOMON, Cashier. December 23 lOp Ocmnlgee Bank nt th" of floor -ia, 1 Macon, 7ttc December, 133-t. $ KEfSOI.VRn.T i. . i Instalme-:’ of Tun percent ' um on tin < - instill and die sane is her requ. i-d '> be paid at the Riei,- inglluu-e in mis city on nr 1m tore F> lay, 15th Febru ary next. Extract trom the minutes. J. A. WHITE, Asa’i Cashier. Da»»«bar 4 a* POETRY. my native Home. We find the following beautiful and spirited apostro phe to the South, in the “ American Museum,” written by Alexander B. Meek, Eeq., of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Land of the South! —imperial land! How proud thy mountains rise; How sweet thy sceneon every hand: How fair thy covering skies! But not for this,—oh, net for thee, I love thy fields to roam; Thou has a dearer spell to me. Thou art my native home! Thy rivers roll their liquid wealth, Unequalled to the sea ; Thy hills and valleys bloom with health, And green with vendure be ! But not for thy proud ocean stream*. Not for thine azure doom ; Sweet, sunny South!—l cling to thee; Thou art my native borne! Tve stood beneath Italia’s clime. Beloved of tale and song; On Helvyn’s hills, proud and sublime. Where nature’s wonders throng; By Tempe’s classic sunlit streams. Where Gods, of old, did roam ; But ne’er have found so fair a land As thou my native home ! | And thou hast prouder glories too, Than nature ever gave; Peace sheds o'er thee, her genial dew, And freedoms pinions wave ; Fair science flings her pearls around, Religion lifts her dome, These, these endear thee, to my heart; My own, loved native home ! And “ heaven’s best gift to man" is thine, God bless thy rosy girls ! Like sylvan flowers, they sweetly shine; Their hearts are pure as pearls! And grace and goodness circle them, Where’er their footsteps roam, How can I then, whilst loving them, Not lovo my native home ! Land of the South! —imperial land ! Then here’s a health to thee. Long ns thy mountain barrier stand, May’st thou be blessed and free ! May dark dissension’s banner ne’er Wave o’er thy fertile loam; But should it come there’s one will die, To save his native home! NO. 12. AIISCEL L ANY. From the Baltimore Monument. Our Female Poets. —We liave thought that a slight biographical sketch of some of our principal female poets, might not be unaccept able lo our readers. There are many names among them rendered so dear by association, that we would lain know something more of t lent than can be learned from their gushes of song—fitful, but tender and sweet, and musical as the voice of a loved and los* one heard in dreams. A year or two since Mrs. Bale of Boton, published a work called, “The Ladies’ Wreutli,” from which we extract the following biographies, w hich will be read with interest by all who have not perused the work just named. We annex to each biography a specimen of the writer’s poetic abilities. Lydia Huntley Sigourney. —We have now arrived at the part assigned to our American Poetesses ; and it is with no small pleasure as well as pride that we may begin our list with a nainti deservedly honored and distinguished. 'Pile task of examining the productions and judging the literary merit of liviug and cotem porary writers, is a difficult and delicate one, more especially when those writers are our own country women, and esteemed correspon dent or personal friends- But respecting the talents and merits of Mrs. Sigourney there will be no doubt or cavil. She has nobly won her high place in the literature of our country. Lydia Huntly was born in Norwich, Con necticut. Site was the only child of her pa rents, and reared with great tend -mess. Her parentage was iu that happy mediocrity of for tune which requires industry, yet encourages hope—and the habite of order and dili ence, to which she was sedulously trained by her judicious mother, have, no doubt, been of ines timable advantage to the poetess. She early exhibited indications of genius—perhaps the loneliness of her broiherless and sisterless lot had an influence in substituting intellectual pur suits for the common sports of childhood.— We are by no means in favor of establishing precocity ol intellect as the standard of real genius ; yet it is certain that many distin guished poisons have been marked in child hood as extraordinary—the opening blossom Was given forth the sweet odor which the rich fruit, like that of the Mangostan, emcodies in its delicious perfection. At eight years of age, the little Lydia was a scribbler of rhymes— like Pope lisping in numbers. Her first work was published in 1815. It was a small vol ume, entitled “ Miscellaneous Pieces in Prose and Verse.” Before this period, however, she had, fortnnately met with a judicious and most generous pation. To Daniel Wadsworth,* Fsq., of Hartford, belongs the tribute of praise which is due for drawing such a mind from the obscurity where it had remained “ afar from tRe untasled sunbeam.” In 1819 Miss Hunt ley was married to Charles Sigourney, a res pectable merchant of Hartford, and a gentle man of eultiuated taste and good literary at tainments:—Erom that |ieriod Mrs. Sigourney li.'-s devoted the leisure which the wife of a man of wealth may always command, to liter, ary pursuits. And her improvement has been rapid and great. Her published works are “ Traits of the Aborigines” a Poem, written in blank verse: “Connecticut J orty Years Since”—a prose volume, principally of tradi tionary description : three*volumes of “ Po, ems” —n volume of prose “ Sketches”—“ Let ters to Young Ladies”—and a number of small books for clxlnren. In all these works, varied us they arc in style and subject one pur pose is recognised as the governing motive— the purpose of doing good, lit herptosewri | tings, this zeal of heart is the gieat charm.— 1 She always describes nature with a lover’s feol -1 mgs for its beauties, and with much delicacy | ami isie ; still we think her tulent for descrip.