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TO RENT,
M THE House and Lot opposite the old Presby
terian Church, at present occupied by Mr. Rus
sell. Possession given the Ist of January. For
terms, apply to WM. S. ELLIS.
December 22 9
TO RENT,
A THREE Fire-proof STORES, fronting on 3d
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, 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
occunnney, and possession immediately given. Those
on Cnerry-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,
will also be rented. I). R.
July 7 37tf_
New Clothing Store.
R. W. MORRIS A CO
HAVING located themselves in the store formerly
occupied by Wm. B. Johnson &. Cos. (east side
Mulberry street,) are now opening an extensive assort
ment of
Ready-Made Clothing,
of the latest fashions, and of superior workmanship,
which will lie SOLD CHEAP FOR CASH. Their
stock consists in part of the following, viz :
Super blue Cloth Cloaks,
Goat’s hair Camlet W rappers.
Brown and mixed Cloth Overcoats,
Invisible Green do.
Mohair and 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 g”'en and brown do.
350 Vests, comprising allstyles and descriptions,
Victoria and Coronation Cossimere 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, Hoiscry, Linen Shirts, Cotton do. w ith Linen
Bosoms,
A general 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 3ml
GEO. C. McNEILL
tS now receiving h,s fall and winter supplies, of Fan t
and Staple British, French, Swiss, Italian, lnu.a
and American
DRY GOODS.
consisting in part of the following articles: fine ana
superfine wool dyed, Blue, Black, Brow n, Green, Ade,
(aide, Cadet, Fashionable and Biddle Mixed Cloihs
Sinsde Double and Trebbled “iiled, Black, Fashions
ble/Mixed and Striped Cassimers and Satinets; Satin.
Prussia and Genoa Velvet Vestings; Silk and Valencia
do; Gros de Rhine, Gros de Soie, Gros de Naples,
Poult de Soi, Reps Brocade and Ipsola Silks; Victoria
and Coronation Satins; Shallcys ; “ouseline de Laine
and Taglionea ; French, English, German and Gros de
Nap Merinos; French Cambrics, Grodeodier and De
lisle Prints; English and American do. of every style;
Shallevs, Merino,Thibet, Brochelle and Chinea!Shawls;
Fancy Damask, Detnantine and Ipsola Dress Hdkfs;
Victoria do; Tambourd and Embroidered Scotch, Swiss,
English and French Worked Capesand Collars; Linen,
Linen Cambric, Scotch, Long, and Bishop Lawns;
Sacharilla Cambric; Nansook, Jaconet and Scotch
Muslins; Cambric and Furniture Dimity; Russia and
Birds Eye Diaper; Victoria and Marseilles Skirts
Linen and Cotton Sheetings; Cambric, Swiss, Jaconet
and Thread Insertings; Muslin Cuffs; Pougee and
India Kozan Hdkfs; Victoria Cap, Belt, and Garniture
Ribbons: Sattin and Lustring do; Victoria Leghorn,
Straw and Cottage Bonnets ; Artificial Flowers;
Wreaths; Black Lace Hdkfs. and Veils; American,
English, Welch, Cause and French Flannels; Ken
tucky, Highland and Glenroe Jeans; Mackinaw, Rose,
Duffle, French and Point Blankets; Brown aud Bleech
ed Sheetings; Linseys, Kerseys,Tickings, Checks and
Drillings.
Ladies’, Misses’, Gentlemen’s and Boys’ Merino,
Angola, Cotton and Silk Hoisery of every description.
CLOTHING.
Cloth Dress and Frock Coats ; Overcoats, Pantaloons
Cloaks, Vests, Linen and Cotton Shirts, Lamb's Woo
and Merino do; Drawers, Stocks, Cravats, Collars
Suspenders, Gloves, &c. &c. with almost every other
article kept in the Dry Goods line.
October 20 52
White and Black Satin Slippers, &e.
JUST received, a good assortment of white and black
Satin Slippers,
Ladies’ Morocco and Kid Walking Shoes,
Ladies’ fur-top Shoes, lined with flannel,
Ladies’ India Rubbers, do do. *
Ladies’ velvet-top do do do.
200 pair Ladies' Morocco Boots,
100 pair Children’s Village-ties,
100 pair Ancle-ties,
200 pair Misses’ Boots,
1 trunk French Slips, of a superior quality,
3 trunk gentlemen’s Boots, latest style,
100 pair do. Over-shoes, with soles,
10 cases Negro Shoes, of good quality.
Also, 4 cases fine Beaver HATS, of the latest New
York style. For sale by
HEIDT, ALDRICH &. CO.
December 29 10
PAPER AND STATIONARY,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
t itllE 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 everv kind,
Blank Books, for citv or country trade,
Pocket-Books, Pen Knives, &c.
Which they will sell on accommodating terms, for
city acceptances.
Blank Books made to order.
Printers supplied with Printing Paper, Ink, Ac. o
the best quality. BURGES &. WALKER,
Stationer’s Hall, 85 East-Bay, Charleston, S C.
November 10 3omp
GOLD INK,
A beautiful article for Artists, Schools, Private Fami
lies, Bankers, Merchants, 6ic. This Ink, when
written with, has the appearance of Gold. It can be
used either with a quill, stell pen, or a fine hair brush.
Ladies will find it for Ornamental Painting, Visiting
Cards, Ac., to be superior to any similar article which
has ever been introduced to the notice of the public.—
For sale by J. H. A W. S. ELLIS,
Tan. 26 14 By appoivtment.
Carpenter’s Embrocation for Horses.
FOR the cure of Swellings, Strains, Bruises, Galls
Stiffness of Tendour and Joints, Ac. Ac.
This Embrocation is recommended to Farriers and
others who wish n remedy for diseases above mention
ed. For sale by J. H. A IF. S. ELLIS.
September 23 4tf
Notice—Copartnership.
THE subscriber having associated with hi.,., Allen
L. Luce, they will transact business undui the
name, style and firm of Wm. B. Johnston A Cos.
WM B. JOHNSTON
Macon, January 1,1838. 3rf
ISottitol HiftSfe
BY P. C. PENDLETON.
VOL. 11.
Splendid Pianos of Grand Action,
AT NEW-YORK PRICES I
THE subscriber would respectfully inform the citi
zens of Macon, and the community in general,
that he has been appointed the Agent of the NewYork
Piano-Forte Manutacturmg Company, for the sale of
their instruments. This Company is a chartered asso
ciation of Practical Piano-Forte Makers, many of whom
have occupied tor years past, the first situations in the
principal manufactories in this countrv.and all of whom
nave been bred to the business. A\l employed in the
establishment are stockholders, and are alike interested
in the success and reputation of the Company. No
apprentici s or boys are employed in any part of their
manufactory ; and they do, with the utmost confidence,
warrant their Piano Fortes in regard to workmanship,
tone and capacity to stand any and all climates. The
above Company, in coming before the public in com
petition with manufacturers of established lame, are re
solved to build their reputation on the excellence of
their instruments and the fairness of prices. They are
of most beautiful finish, and in tone, excelled by none.
Persons wishing to purchase will do well to call at the
New Book Store, two doors South of the Washington
Hall, and examine their excellencies.
C. A. ELLS.
Dec e m 1 er 8
CABINET FURNITURE AND
CHAIR WARE-HOUSE,
Colton-Avenue, (opposite the IVashington Hall,) Macon,
Georgia.
SA*aa, SPERRY A MEYER have
111 ill on an( l ar e receiving, and
III— -J/! constantly manufacturing —a
splendid assortment c.f FURNI
JJi jjj TURE—consisting, in part, of
Sofas, Sideboards, Secretaries,
Dining Tables, in setts and sin-
gle, Centre, Tea and Work Ta
ll ii _\\ files, and Bureaus, of every des
ij„ Jf cription ; with a full assortmeut
if i— of Bedsteads, Mattrasses, Feath
ers and Feather Beds—and a
variety of Windsor, Fancy and Baltimore Chairs.
The subscribers, having in their employ the best of
workmen, can manufacture at the shortest notice every
thing in their line, in as good style as it can be done in
the State, and of the best materials. Persons wishing
to purchase would do well to call and examine for
themselves, as they are offered on the lowest terms for
cash. J. A. SPERRY,
February 24 6m14 F. MEYER.
AT HOME !! !
Mulberry-street, Macon, Georgia.
TITHE subscribers continue the Tinning Business
X at their old stand, where they are prepared to fur
nish Country Merchants and Pedlars on reasonable
terms. JC7" Job work of all kinds done at short notice.
JAMES H. BISHOP A CO.
June 16 34tf
Extensive Jewelry Establishment.
THE subscribers are re
ceivinghis fall and winter sup
fimYk 2 ply of Goods, which constitutes
ffm " \ "'M a stock in their line superior to
10 *J| any ever offered in this mar
/\t\ 9/ Wfe ket, and inferior to none for
'1 goodness ol quality, superior
• workmanship, or variety ot
—• "-3?' style in the United States.
HIS STOCK CONSISTS OF
Ladie9 and gentlemen's gold patent lever Watches, of
the approved makers, it/. 1. Tobias & Cos., Robert Ros
kell, Joseph Johnson, John il/oncas and Litheriand Da
vis &, Cos. ; gold English anchor escapement Watches,
that were made to order and adjusted to suit the south
ern climate ; gold Lepine Watches ; silver patent Le
ver Lepine, English Cylinder and Verge Watches; la
dies’ Curb, guard, basket and cable Chains; Watch
Hooks, Seals, Keys and Swivels ; Finger and Ear Rings;
Broaches and children's Knobs and Wires; gentle
men’s guard, curb and linked Chains; Sals, Keys and
Swivals; bosom,sleeve and collar Buttons ; Breast-pins,
nnd Medalions; pearl and get Crosses; gold and silver
Buckles ; gold, silver and near! Snuff Boxes ; gold and
silver Ever-pointed Pencil Cases; .Miniature Cases ;
Bracelets; gilt,silver, plated and shell Combs; gold and
silver Thimbles; gold, silver and steel templed Specta
cles, with glasses to suit every age, and near-sighted ;
Seed and large Coral ; Coral Necklaces; lie ad Bags,
Chains and Purses; a variety of Beads ; Spy and Quiz
zing Glasses; Microscopes ; Spar Grotto; Tea Caddies;
Pocket-Books; Indellible Ink ; Emory Cushions; Rat
tles, Whistles and Teething Rings, for children ; Corset
Rings; steel Busks ; Portable Ink-stands and Writing
desks; card and cigar cases; visiting Cards; imitation
Fruit; Lucifer Matches; Battle-Doors, Shuttle-Cocks
and Graces ; Fencing Foils, Masks and Gloves ; Ro
gers &, Son’s Razors, pen and pocket Knives ; C. Em
erson's Razor Straps; Scissors; Dirks ; Glazier’s Dia
monds; seal Stamps; Chess-men, Backgammon boards,
Dice, Dominoes; steel Pens ; Fire Fenders, And Irons,
Shovels and Tongs ; sheet Brass, brass Wire, Scales
and Weights ; Surveyor’s Compasses and Mathemati
cal Instruments ; Astre! and large suspending Lamps;
lamp Glasses and Candle Shades ; Looking Glasses ;
Plates and Thermometers ; Walking Canes ; Guns,
Pistols, pistol Belts, Powder Flasks, Shot Pouches, game
Bags; gold and silver Leaf; Dental Instruments; gold
and tin Foil ; Whigs, Toupetts, Braids of Hair, Rolls
and Curls ; Otto of Roses, Cologne, Lavender and Flo
rida Water ; Birmingham and Sheffield silver plated
Castors, limior Stands, Candle Sticks, Branches, Wai
ters, Tea Travs, Fruit Baskets, Snuffers and Snuffer
Trays, silver Cups, Pitchers, Table, Tea, Desert,Cream,
Salt and Mustard Spoons, soup Ladles, sugar Tongs,
butter Knives, pickle Knives and Forks, sugar Senups
and fish Knives ; Mantle and Mahogany eight-day
CLOCKS ; Musical Instruments, consisting of
Bass and Kettle Drums, Fifes, Flutes,
Flageletts, Claronetts, Accordians,
Shell Music Boxes, and
Music Boxes, to play 12 tunes.
A GOOD STOCK OF
MILITARY & MILITARY TRIMMINGS
Os new style, such as are now used by the Army un
der a recent regulation.
ALSO
Watchmaker’s Tools and materials.
Besides many other articles—all of which they will sell
verv low for cash or approved paper.
They invite citizens, and persons generally visiting
the city, to call at their Store, (east side of Mulberrv-st. l
nnd examine their Stock, where they areeverready and
happy to attend to those who mav favor them with their
calls. WM. B. JOHNSTON & CO.
N.B. Particular attention paid to Watch Repairing.
Having in employ approved nnd experienced workmen,
and being prepared to manufacture all the parts of
movement of a Watch, will warrant every piece they
make as perfect as the original, and their Watches to
perform well. W. B. J. & CO.
DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT. COMMERCE. AGRICULTURE,
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC NEWS. AMUSEMENT. 6tc. fltc.
TERMS : THREE DOLLARS, IN ADVANCE FOUR DOLLARS, AFTER THREE MONTHS.
MACON, (Ga.) SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 16, 1839.
Perfectly in Town !
JOB-PRINTING OFFICE.
VXTE have just received an addition of twenty-five
v » fonts of Type to our previous assortment —toge-
ther with two hundred CUTS, of various designs—
all of the “ latest style and fashion,” which will enable
us to execute EVERY variety of
JOB-PRINTING,
in a workmanlike manner, and superior to any thing
that can be done in “ these parts.”
Having hitherto given universal satisfaction, the sub
scriber feels sure that, with the present increased Sicil
ies—his long experience, nnd tried ability—he will be
able to please all who may entrust their work in hi 9
hands. {FT Orders respectfully solicited.
CORNELIUS R. HANLEITER.
KT Don't mistake the Office : it is on Third-street,
next door to Harvey ShotwrlPs Drug Store, ojrposite the
Central Hotel, and in the building formerly occupied by
the “Clock-Makers.”
Macon', December 22d, 1838.
Collection of Debts.
F|HIE subscriber will attend to the collection of all
X Dues in Savannah, due individuals, at a distance,
at the rate of 5 per cent. Any person wishing his ser
vices in that line, will please direct their orders to the
subscriber and they will be promptly attended to.
J. JOSEPH HODGES
Savannah, January 2,1839.
Oeniulgee Bunk ot the State of Georgia,)
Macon, 7th December, 1838. $
RESOLVED, That ari Instalment of Ten per cent
um on the Capital Stock of this Institution be,
and the same is hereby required to lie paid qt the Bank
ing House in this city on or before Friday, 15th Febru
ary next. Extract from the minutes.
J. A. WHITE, Ass’t Cashier.
December 82 9c
Central Rail-Road A- Ranking Company, )
of Georgia.
Savannah, December 29,1838. )
INSTALMENT.
TVTOTICE is hereby given, that an instalment of Ten
-tv per centum on the capital stock of this Company,
is required to be paid in at the Banking House in Sa
vannah, on or before the thirteenth day of March nexL
Stockholders at and in the neighborhood of Macon,
may make payment at the branch in that city.
R. R CUYLER,Cashier
January 5 I In
M USIC STORE.
C BRUNO has just received and for sale a hand
• some assortment of Pianos, Vioiins, Flutes, Bows,
! Guitar Strings, Music, Ac. Ac.
The Pianos are 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 Mr. J. 11.
Oldcrshaw’s Carriage and Furniture Ware House.
Jan 26 ts-14
paintingT
FIMIE subscriber is now prepared to execute all kinds
-R of House, Sign, and Fancy Painting, Gilding,
Glazing, and Paper-Hanging. House-Painting will
be done by the yard, pound, or day. Otders, either in
the city or country, thankfully received and promptly
attended to, at No. 21, Mulberry-street, opposite the
Post Office. D. T. REA.
sept 18
AD.MINISTRA TORS’ saleT
YTTIEL be sold at the house of Matthew T. Caldwell,
V \ late of Munroe county deceased, all of the perish
able property, consisting of household and kitchen fur
niture, farming utensils, corn, fodder, outs, 1 barouche,
and the st-.ckol horses, hogs, cattle and sheep, on Tues
day, the 26th day of February next. Sale to continue
from day to day, until all is disposed of. Terms made
known on the day of sale.
JAMES S. LONG, Administrator.
January 12 12
LAST NOTICE.
A LL perrons indebted to ihe estate of W. T. Sage
.'i deceased, are requested to settle the same imme
' dialely to save cost, aud all persons having demands
against the same, must hand them in as the law pre
scribes. CHAS. SEARS, Agent.
January 12 12
Ladies’ Philadelphia Slippers, Ac.
JUST received, 1 trunk Morocco, and 2 trunks Kid
Ladies’ Philadelphia Slippers,
2 trunks Philadelphia Soots, of superior quality,
200 pair Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Indian Rubber
Over Shoes,
ALSO,
36 doz. men and boy’s Wool Hats, white and black,
for sale by HEIDT, ALDRICH A CO.
December 15 8
MUSIC ! MUSIC t I
TUST received, an assortment of Piano Music; Cra
ve mer's Instructor for do. ; Hunter’s do. ; Burrows’
Primer do. ; Thorough Base, and Composition to do.,
for sale by C. A. ELLS.
December 15 8
PI A NOES,
CARRIAGES AND FURNITURE,
J UST received and for sale at reduced prices, bv
JOHN H. OLDERSHAW.
April 84 ts
LEMON SYRUP.
OAA DOZEN Lemon Syrup, very superior. -
V" Also, 50 dozen Stoughton's Bitters, for sale
HARVEY SHCTWELL, Druggist,
W BOOKS.
riIHE Home as found, by Coope
X Mary Raymond and other tal , „ . re
Travels in Egypt, Arabia and t lle Holy Land
Athlea Vernon, by Miss Leslie
The City of the Czar, by T. Raikes
Stanley, or the Recollections of the World
Libers Political Ethicks
Vetakes “ Economy
The Middy, or scenes from the life of Edward
Lascelias
An Expedition of Discsvery in the interior of
Africa, performed by Captain Alexandria
Napoleons Campaigns with splendid Plates
Peter Pilgrim or a Ramblers Recollections
Just received and for sale by C. A. ELLS.
January 12 " __
Just Received.
K TIERCES fresh RICE, and for sale hv
O LEVI ECKLEY.
November 21 stf
Irish Potatoes, Apples, &c.
! OA BBLS. Irish Potatoes, white
10 do do do red
10 do Apples, 10 do Onions
In good order and for sale by J. PHILLIPS.
January 19 13tf
Matches, Snuff, Ac.
BECKWITH’S Pills. Brandreth’s Pills,
Evan’s Camomile Pills, for heart-burn, dyspepsia,
Toilet Powders, superior Soaps,
Loco-foco, Lucifer, and Friction Matches,
Black and blue writing Ink,
Snuff of various kinds—for sale bv
J.JI. 4- IF. & ELLIS Cotton-Avenue
NOTICE
A LL persons indebted’ o! he subscriber, cither by note
or open account, v j verv rcspectftilli invite, to
call and setth; he sew i VVM. B. JOHNSTON.
January 2t 13tf
FRESH ARRIVAL
OF fashionable Boots and Shoes, at the sign of the
Big Boot,
Gentlemen’s fine Calf Cork Sole Boots
do do French Calf do
do Calf Sewed Brogans and Shoes
do Lasting Louis Phillips, anew article
Ladies fine Kid ancf Victoria Walking Shoes
do do do do Slippers
do do Paris Ties
do do French Lasting Slippers
do do do Kid do
Childs do do do do
All of the latest fashions, for sale by
CHURCH A STRONG.
Feb 2 15e
DRESS MAKING AND MILLINERY.
MRS. HANLEITER wishes to inform the Ladies
of Macon, and vicinity, that she has come to the
determination of pursuing the dress making business,
and flatters herself that, from a long experience, she will
give entire satisfaction to all who tnav think proper tu
engage her services. She will endeavor to obtain
patterns of the latest Spring Fashions, and be better
prepared to suit those Ladies who may patronize her.
Dir Her residence is on Third-street, in the house
formerly occupied by Mr B. Trapp.
JKTMrs. SAGE will attend to the millinery business,
at the same house; and will Bleach and Press Bonnets
at short notice.
January 19 13c
POETIt Y.
THE OCEAN BURIAL.
BY AMELIA.
The soft azure rim of the blue bending skies
Engirdles the low sleeping sea,
Asa fond mother bends o’er the sweet folded eyes
Os the baby asleep on her knee ;
And the ripples lie round, with their edges all curl’d
Into small wreaths of transparent snow,
For there broods a deep hush on the broad ocean world.
As deep as the quiet below.
And a vessel heaves to on the calm, crescent seas,
With her beautiful pennant and spars,
And her snowy white sails that, alone with the breeze,
Lie asleep with the clouds and the stars;
While from her broad deck a low murmuring flows,
As of sorrowing spirits in prayer;
For an angel of heaven hath touched with repose
The soul of the manliest there.
The tear-drops lie thick in the merry dark eye
Os the sailor boy swinging aloft,
For he ponders the wave where his comrade must lie,
Till his heart with its inusings is soft,
And, looking awaj’ where, by distance made dim,
The sky and the ocean seem blent,
He sighs for the hearts that are pining for him,
Whose life like a drop was spent.
And then, while rich floods of the moon’s blessed light,
Roll down the blue pathway of heaven.
While the murmur of waters, the sad funeral rate
Is heard on the stillness of even,
While sadly and slowly the mariners crowd
Round the form of the lost and the brave,
And gather him up in his simple white shroud,
And lower him down to the wave.
And soft through the shadowy alone
The form of the young sailor goes,
Where the hush of the Sabbath forever is thrown
O’er the brow and the lap of repose,
While the stars, all disturb’d from their soft mirror’d
sleep,
As the lonely one sinks to his grave,
Now nestle away on the breast of the deep,
Till they slumber along with the wave.
Boil soft o’er the sleeper, oh, boundless abyss 1
That hath sunk in thy motionless breast,
And let the pale form rest as tranquil in this
As the soul on the sea of the blest;
For calm as a thought in the bosom untold
Thro’ yon ocean of starlight and blue,
The spirit will float, in its shallop of gold,
As calm and as beautiful too.
But softly, blue ocean! we know thou art bright
With the glittering gems of the sea,
But what is the pearl or the ruby’s pale light
To the treasure bequeath’d unto thee !
For the pale human form that new sleepeth alone
Was beloved by the fond and the true,
And long will the hearts of the loving make moan—
Roll softly, thou ocean of blue!
REASON'S FOR RISIBILITY.
BY E. M. FITZGERALD.
“ Why do you laugh so much ?”— Query in alatl-room.
Sweet coz! I’m happy when I can,
I'm merry while I may,
For life’s at most a narrow span,
At best a winter’s day.
If care could make the sunbeam wear
A brighter, warmer hue,
The evenings stars shine out more fair,
The blue sky look more blue,
Then I should be a graver man ;
But since ’tis not the way,
Sweet c>z 1 I’in happy when I can,
And merry while I may!
If sighs could make us sin the less,
Perchance I were not glad;
If mourning were the sage’s dress,
My garb should still be sad ;
But, since the angels’ wings arc white,
And even the young saints smile—
Since virtue wears a brow of light,
And vice a robe of guile—
Since laughter is not under ban,
Nor goodneßß clad in grey,
Sweet coz! I’m happy when I can,
And merry while I may!
I’ve seen a bishop dance a reel,
And a sinner fast and pray:
A knave at top of fortune's wheel,
And a good man cast away.
Wine have I seen ypur grave ones quaff
Might set our fleet afloat;
But I never heard a hearty laugh
From out a villain's thioat;
And 1 never kaew a mirthful man
Make sad a young maid’s day;
So, coz! I'm happy when I can.
And merry while I may !
| C. R. HANLEITER, PRINTER.
MISCELLANY.
From the Charleston Courier.
Mr. Buckingham—Wednesday Night's Lec
ture — Mesopotamia—The Garden of Eden
—Ur of the Chaldees — Nineveh—Babylon
— Babel.
Mr. Buckingham, in this, his last regular
lecture, deepened the general impression of his
excellence as a lecturer. Whatever difference
of opinion there may exist as to his original
power of mind—the degree of his eloquence,
the extent and brilliancy of his fancy, yet there
can be no division as to his power of pleasing.
The distinctness of his descriptions : the clear
ness and order of his details ; the facility, ease
and naturalness of his language nnd gesture,
no ont denies. But that which gives his lec
tures a value independent of all manner, is the
fullness, accuracy, and novelty of his informa
tion. He has thrown a broad light upon
much that must have been before obscure,
even to the learned—and to the young and the
ignorant he has furnished a living key, to them
without a substitute. Upon no subject is there
more confusion of idea, and general uncer
tainty of i iformation, than the very topics he
illustrates. He has made the Bible a living
book, and its dead language alive. We are
satisfied that the Christian portion of the com
munity will ever remember their obligations
to him. He has r :moved many dt übts; he
has given them a livelier perception of many
truths; he has fo,tifiedtheir faith. They will
be grateful to him for stimulating their inqui
ries, and making them familiar with portions
of the sacred record, which, from their ob
scurity, had heretofore repelled them. For
the multitudes, who are entirely neglectful of
the holy volume, either as a standard of faith,
or a work of commanding literary and histori
cal importance, he has done more—he has
literally disinhumed the sacred Book. As
Pompeii and Herculanasum, it has been cover
ed from their sight, and he has unveiled to the
light of day, and brought to their wondering
eyes the wealth of beauty and sublimity, and
grandeur which lay concealed beneath the sur
face; he has dug for the rich treasure, and
held up before them the priceless jewels which
they would not have turned up the soil to win.
But they cannot fail to explore the territory
which he has revealed to them; they cannot
he satisfied with one glance at the new world
which he has opened them. Mr. Buckingham
has, as it were, led them by to a high moun
tain, and pointed out to them anew and won
drous land. They will not be content to gaze
and admire; they will go down and possess
it.
TO MR. CHARLES BUCKINGHAM.
We have followed thy footsteps hy river and sea,
O’er Egypt’s proud plains, nnd the loved Galilee;
We have lingered where Pharparand Abana glide,
To gaze on Assyria’s city of pride,
With its dome and its minaret wooing the sun
To the loveliest region he e’er look'd upon ;
And the stnile which he flung, as he rose o'er the hill.
Still rests on those waters, and sparkles there still.
We have caught the sweet breathings of Egypt’s soft
gale,
As, laden with perfume, it stole from the sail
Os that rare enchantress ; while echo from shore
In music gave hack the light sound of the oar.
We have traversed Mount Lebanon's snow girded way,
While around and below us the summer clouds lay;
We have scared the fleet chamois and mountain goat
shy.
And the eagle hath screamed from her eyrie on high;
We have roamed o’er the desert with fleetness of wind.
And the slow caravan left impatient behind.
We have gazed on the wonders of ages gone by,
On city and temple, and obelisk high ;
We have paused'mid the ruins in sadness of thought,
To mark what wide havoc the spoiled had wrought;
And still, at those seasons when Fancy holds sway,
We will wander again by the olive crowned way,
By the flower clad-vale, and the vine-covered heights,
When nature is spendthrift of all her delights;
And the night wind that sighs bv the slumberer’s pillow,
Seems the spirit’s sad moan by Euphrates’lone willow.
EXAMINATION IN GRAMMAR, AT A FASHIONA
BLE SEMINARY FOR YOUNG LADIES.
Pruy Miss, what part of speech is the parson
of the Parish ?
I suppose he is a conjunction, Madam. A
conjunction, Miss? What kind of a conjunc
tion ?
A copulative conjunction, Madam ?
Why a copulative conjunction?
Because he “connects like cases, and like
moods and tenses.”
How does he “connect like cases?”
fie unites partes, both of whom are in love;
which I take to be, that both are in the same
case.
Very well. How does he connect “ like
moods ?”
The parties to be united are, I suppose, both
in a mood to be married, and are thus in “ like
moods.”
But how does he connect “like tenses?”
If both are desirous, at the time of the cere
mony, of being immediately united, as I pre
presume, is always the case, then both are, at
that time, in the present tense ; and thus he
“ connects like cases.”
Does such a copulative conjunction connect
like genders?
No, Madam, that is not according to the
rules of Cupid’s grammar. His rule is, that
“ copulative conjuctions connect unlike gen.
ders, or rather contrary genders; that is,
masculine and femine—never the neuter.”
Very well indeed, Miss, your examination
does you much credit; you may pass. You
are entitled to the degree of Bacheloress of
Arts. You shall have a husband when you
are married.
Thank you, Madam. Boston Post.
Many have the talents which would make
them poets, if they had the genius. A few
• have tlie genius, yet want the tulent.
THE BLIND GIRL.
The blind Agnes was sitting by a clear
brook—l can never forget that evening ; the
brook glittered along the winding valley, and
the stars and the moon played in the pearly
waters at the feet of the blind girl, and either
bank was fringed with a thicket, the bowery
home of the nightingale. As I came nearer—
how was it Hermione ?
“ You heard that a friend was reading to
he> by moonlight, out of Thomson’s Seasons.”
“ And sweetly she read, but soft and low.
At my voice—physiognomy to the blind—the
dark one knew me, and presented her friend
to me, who immediately lifted up her long
veil. I had seen her once before ; you must
know where, reverend sir?”
“ In a Convent at , which the Em
peror afterwards suppressed. The recom
mendations of an abbot, to whom I had intro,
duced a priest, who could read mass mo e
rapidly than any other priest living, opened
my path to the refectory, where, out of all the
nuns, who were generally too fat, only one
pleased me; and she was neither the one nor
the other, for she was a novice—this very
friend of the blind girl. I shall never foiget
that gentle, pale, serene face, with a wooden
trencher on w hich were only lentils, set before
it for modification sake.”
NO. 17.
“So strange are we men ; I should rather
much more willingly see a lovely creature suf
fer, sigh, and weep bitter tears from fruitless
love of me, for two whole days, than endure
that she should have to eat a miserable piece
of ashen bread, or wear a garment of humilia
tion, or a girdle of hair cloth, or do a penance
by a walk of three miles on my account.”
“ Do you relate the rest, Hermione, you had
it from me.”
“ You told me, farther, that the good Agnes
was more heerful than the nun, and willingly
alluded to her misfortune which you could not
have expected.”
“ Yes, for women speak, and we men are
silent, about griefs ; we always turn over the
leaves of our lives, to get at the pleasantest en
gravings and the last chapter ; but go on.”
“ The good girl hung a black gauze over
her dead eyes, out of considreation lor others.
She always looked at you when you spoke, but
it was only the voice she sought. You asked
her what the British scene-painter of nature,
(that was your expression,) or, indeed, what a
fine evening could he to her. She said she
enjoyed a cheerful day as much as any one—
that the air was purer and fresher—the song
and call of the birds clearer—and the gurgling
and rustling of the brook and leaves more
pleasant; nnd, when all this entered her watch
ful soul, she rejoiced to its inmost depths, with
out knowing wherefore.”
“ Who then can help b ling, as I am, ashamed
and repentant at its murmurings in which we
often pass a few cloudy days, when he thinks
of the contented spirited which is blessed
through all its wholly benighted ones! But
blindness, though a polar winter without day,
in this resembles the night, that .softens and
stills; the blind is a child, whom its mother,
Nature, has fashioned darkling for the deepest
tranquillity. Like a titan in a balloon, high
above the clouds, the hermit blind knows only
voices and sounds; but the bewildering,
gaudy shows of life, the low, the hateful and
hating forms, full of scars and wounds, are
hidden under the thick cloud which enw raps
him.” Jean Paul.
LOVE OF COUNTRY.
Wherever, O man, God’s first sun beamed
upon thee—where the stars of heaven first
shone above thee—where his lightnings fust
declared his omnipotence, and the storm-wind
shook tiiy soul with pious awe—there .arc thy
affections—there is thy country.
Where the first human eye bent lovingly
over thy cradle—where thy mother first bore
thee joy fuliy on her bosom—where thy father
engraved the words of wisdom on thy heart—
there are thy affections—there is thy country.
And though it be among bare rocks and
desert islands, and though jioverty and care
dwell there with thee, thou inayost love that
land for ever; for thou art man, and thou
canst not forget it, but it must abide in thine
inmost heart.
And freedom is no empty dream—no barren
imagination—but in her dwells thy courage,
and thy pride, and the certainty that thou art
of high and heaveniy race.
There is freedom where thou canst live in
the customs and fashions, and laws of thy
fathers ; where that which rejoiced their hearts
rejoiced thine ; where no foreign oppressor
can command thee, no foreign ruler drive thee
according to his will, as cattle are driven atti.e
will of their drivers.
This thy country—thy free country—is a
treasure which contains within itself indestructi
ble love and faith ; the noblest good, (excepting
religion ; in which dwells a still higher free
dom,) which a virtuous man can possess, or
can covet. Arndt.
BOOKS —FROM JOHN MILTON.
“ Books are not absolutely dead things, but
do contain a progeny of life in them to be as
active as that soul was whose progeny they
are : nay, they do preserve as in a vial the
purest efficacy and extraction of that living
intellect that bred them. I know thev are as
lively, and as vigorously productive, as those
fabulous dragon’s teeth ; and being sown up
and down, may chance to spring up armed
men. And yet on the other hand, unless
wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as
kill a good book ; who kills a man kills a rea
sonable creature, God’s image; but he who
destroys a good book, ki’ls reason itself, kills
the image of God, as it were in the eve.
Many a man lives a burden to the earth ; but
a good book is the precious life-blood of u
master-spirit emb dined and tie is red up on
purpose to a life beyond iife. It is true no age
can restore a life, whereof perhaps there is no
great loss ; and revolutions of ages do not oft
recover the loss of a rejected truth, for the want
of which whole nations fare the worse. We
should be wary therefore what persecution we
raise against the living labors of public men,
iiow we spill that seasoned life of man, pre
served and stored up u. books ; since we see a
kind of homicide may be thus committed,
sometimes a martyrdom ; nnd if it extend to
tiie whole impression, a kind of massacre,
whereof the execution ends not in the slnyiug
of an eiementul life, but strikes at the ethereal
and fifth essence, the bread* of reason itself;
slays an immortality rather than a iife.”