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Ome try establishes that the straight line is the shortest
way from one point to another; hut Astronomy de
monstrates that God has proceeded only by curves:
behold, then, in the same science, two fundamental
points equally proved, one by the testimony of our
senses aggrandized by die telescope, or by the testimony
mind, and both contradictory. Man, liable to error,
affirms the first, and the creator of the worlds, who has
never yet been detected in fault, shows it to be false.
Who shall, then decide between rectilinear and curvi
linear geometry ? If in his works, the mysterious and
all-powerful artificer, who knows how to reach his aim
with wonderful rapidity, does not use the straight line,
man can never rely on it: the ball that we wish to pro
pel in a straight line, flies in a curve, and when we
want to hit the mark, we command the bomb to follow
its unavoidable parabola.
Might we not hence draw this simple induction that
the curve line is the law of material worlds, and the
straight that of the spiritual. Man alone, in this uni
verse, having the knowledge of infinity, is acquainted
with the straight line, he alone has the sense of the
verticality placed in a special organ. Might not the at
tachment that some men entertain for the creations of
the curve be considered as a mark of the impurity of
their nature, still mixed with material substances ; and
does not the love of great geniuses for the straight line
argue in them a presentment of the heavens ? Be
tween those two lines is an abyss, as between the fin
ite and the infinite, the matter and the spirit. In the
same manner it would be easv to show that most of
our scientific axioms, true with regard to man, are false
with regard to the ensemble Science is one, and ow
ing to tile narrowness of our mind, we have been com
pelled to divide it. To get the true sense of natural
laws, would it not be necessary to know the correla
tions that exist between phenomena ? But where or
how can we teach the history of the relations which
link all things together ? We have, then, nothiag ab
solute, our themes the most certain, rest on the analv
sis of material forms, the spirit of which we are obliged
to neglect.
If the solution of equations and of the most abstruse
parts of science were the end of humanity, would not
Moses have bequeathed us the calculus of fluxions;
would not Christ and his Apostles have, at once, dis
pelled the darkness with which we are yet in great
measure surrounded, with regard to terrestrial tilings ?
Instead ot teaching us how to live in God, so that we
might say with him, “in Deo sumiis, movemus, vivi
mus," would not St. Paul have explained to us how
nourishment is the secret link of all creations, as it is
the evident support of animality? If mate* ial science
was the end of human efforts, should societies, these
great focusses where men gather, always be providen
tially dispersed ? Should intelligence perish and lie
purely individual ? Would not Christ and his Apos
tles have labored to enlighten and adorn our minds, in
stead of cultivating our hearts ? All have come to pro
pel the nations to God, to proclaim his holy lows, to
teach the way to the kingdom of heavens. All, full of
faith and charity, have freely dispensed the word of life
without any reference to earthly interest. Great men,
poets, kings, conquerors have been shrouded in obli
vion, whilst the memory of those good pastors, having
outlived all kinds of disasters, stand still an object of
veneration and love.
But shall we hence conclude that human science is
to be held as dross, and neglected ? Far from us such
thought! “ For although,’' in the language of a ecle
biatcd writer, “the comprehension of our understand
ings comes exceeding short of the vast extent of things,
yet we have cause enough to magnify the bountiful au
thor of our being, for that proportion and degree 01
knowledge he has bestowed on us, so far above all the
rest of the inhabitants of this, our mansion." We think*
then, on the contrary, that the neglect of the intellec
tual faculties w hich God has thought fit to grant us is
repugnant to the designs of the munificent creator, and
that it is our duty to improve them as much as lays
within our power. But w e should recollect, at the same
time, that our progress in the arduous path of science,
or a high station on its mount, ought not to engross all
our efforts, all our energies; and that every thing here
below, when properly considered, is found unsteady
and vain, save religion and virtue.
ADOLPHUS M T. !
For the Southern Post.
FRIENDSHIP.
(WRITTEX SEVERAL YEARS AGO.)
'Tis but a name at best, I’ve sometimes thought.
With scarcely more of shadow than the moon
Lets fall beside yon ancient tower. I weep.
As memory recalls my earlier days,
And the gay scetes in which I reveled there
With kindred spirits, whom I thought I loved,
And o’er whose sleeping dust 1 could have wept
Sad tears, had they fallen then. But now,
I hear on almost every coming gale,
Os some dear former friend gone to the dead,
And scarce a briny tear starts to my eye,
To weep for them.
On Texian plains they fell,
Encircled with the brightening wreath of fame,
In all the glory of their country's arms,
Fighting for liberty’s much injured cause ;
And Tampa’s desert strand smokes with the blood
That struggled from the bosoms of my friends ;
Nor Alabama's plains less honored now.
Has ceased to drink the heart’s blood of the ones
With whom in earlier years I roamed the wood,
And gamboled o’er the heath-girt hill.
O friends!
Friends of my youth, shall we e’er meet again,
Or cold oblivion's gloomy death-like shade
Forever mande all our future hopes
In the long silence of eternal night?
Not weep ! oh, I will weep to feel for them,
Because I loved them once ; though now a change
Has swept o’er all the feelings of my heart,
And driven me away from home and friends,
And I “in solitude wide as the world,”
Must roam this barren waste
Friendship! oh name,
So fraught with semblances of purer love,
It makes my blood run chill to give thee up 1
Why should I weep for former friends away,
When they ne'er spend one lingering thought of me ?
'Tis folly all: I’ll count such friendship false,
The shadow of things that may exist;
I'll have no friends, or such as think of me,
And pray that when all earthly scenes have fled,
That we may meet in heaven, to part no more.
Sparta, Ga. E. M. P. j
For the Southern Post.
To .
No more—no more my eye shall meet
With answering glance thy love-fraught eyes ;
No more I’ll list with rapture sweet,
To thy soft words and kindling sighs.
Oh ! even now in sorrow’s hour,
My heart doth lingering turn to thee,
And though a withered, blighted flower,
Its Bweetness is exhaled for thee.
I know noi that thy love is mine,
Tbo' eloquent thy glance has shone ;
Nor if my pulses l>eat with thine,
When they have thrilled at thy soft tone.
Yet I have given my heart to thee,
All, all its adorauon given ;
And sliouldst thou coldly look on me,
I'll calmly wing my flight to hsavsn-
Rparta, Gw P. E. C.
For the Southern Post.
MIDNIGHT FANCIES No. I.
BY JAMIE.
Spirit of Poesy ! I sigh for thee.
At morn's bright wakening, in the noontide heat;
And at the stillest hour of “stilly night,"
When the cares of the world have taken flight,
And the heart's warm pulses calmly beat;
Spirit of Poesy, I sigh for thee !
Spirit of Poesy ! all tilings own tbee ;
The shaddowed valley, and the towering hill,
The craggy rock, and lofty greenwo.»d tree—
Pervading all things, I thy presence see,
E’en on the margin of the lowly rill.
Spirit of Poesy, thou dwellest there !
Spirit of Poesy ! on the battle field,
Amidst the clouds that hovering are
O’er the masses of foes, contending.
In the fierce war cry blending.
Rising on the shriek of dread despair;
Spirit of Poesy, thou art there !
Spirit of Poesy 1 on the broad sea,
When the storm God, wildly raging.
Pours out the vial of his wrath,
Then thou walkest in his path,
Smiling at the war he’s waging,
Spirit of Poesy, with the trembling sea !
Spirit of Poesy! In the fair light
Os maiden Cynthia thou makest a dwelling,
Arid dancing in her beams, art there,
Hovering over all things fair,
And the Poet’s heart is swelling,
Spirit of Poesy, with dreams of thee!
Spirit of Poesy ! thou art hovering
Around the maiden's summer bower,
And art rustling through the trees,
With each passing vernal breeze.
Lurking under each dew-kissed flower,
Spirit of Poesy, thou art found !
Spirit of Poesy ! thou’rt lingering
In tny Merschaum’s curling smoke.
And in its fragrant wreaths, full well.
Thy blessed spirit loves to dwell—
Alas! the Merschaum’s out, the spell is broke !
Spirits of Poesy, farewell, farewell!
Florence, Ga., February, 1839.
For the Southern Post.
To n Mother on the death of her Child,
What means this wail of grief, thou stricken one?
This sorrow without hope ? Tliy child is gone.
Alas ! thy blossomed joys have faded soon,
And the sunlight of thy bosom grown dim
In nature's sad eclipse. To thy breaking
Heart Revelation whispers peace, and bids
Tliy faith be strong—the lost one “ is not dead,
But sleepeth."
Lovely child,
In thy young beauty thou art a blessing
And a joy to her who bore thee. Thy laugh
Is music to the ear, and thine eyes glow
As stars upon the curtained night. Thy soft
Yellow' hair and forehead of spotless white
And cheek of roseate hue, and ruby lip,
And radient mein—in infancy’s pure sleep,
How fair ! how passing fair in wakeful glee.
The spoiler, stern and pitiless, has come,
And the breath of his power hath passed
In blight upon the hearts cherished one.
The brow of light is dim, and the lustrous
Eyes have paled, as when the evening star looks
Through tlte misty cloud that sweeps o’er its disk,
As if to blot its beams of glorious light.
The fevered breath would scarce stir a roseleaf,
So faint its strength—in nature's last deep wo,
Quivers the colorless lip, and the young heart’s
Merry bound wearied and overpowered, now
Beats languidly—and now is still in death's
Pulseless sleep. Aye, hushed i9 the voice whose tones
Stirred the deep fount of nature's sympathy
In a mother’s heart, like the notes of some
Sweet instrument.
Love's mournful task is o’er.
No other—she heeds not now the household words
That once made her leap in gladness to press
Her lips in dewy warmth to thine. She lies
Pale and desolate before thy vision,
Dim with the tears that fall fast on the white
Vestments of the grave. Shrouded for burial,
And in the coffin laid—come print love's kiss,
The last (oh, agony of grief,) upon
The cold brow, before the foul worms riot.
They have borne her to the grave. In death’s deep
Mystery she sh ops motionless buried.
And alone. Now fling thy heart’s anguished wail
On the moaning winds, and bid them sigh round
The sepulchre of the lost —but oh ! thy
Wild and sad lament cannot wake the sheeted
Dead. They hide a mightier voice.
Repress
Thy gushing sorrow. Upon the spirit
Os the departed sin hath cast no shadow ;
Gone in its innocent childhood from earth.
Bitterness —washed from its stain of native
Guilt—oh 1 forbid thou not its upward flight,
“For of such is the kingdom of Heaven.”
What words of love ! fraught with soothing power;
They come upon the soul’s agitation,
To hush and heal and bless.
Commend thy heart
To God—till frail mortality shall die,
And thou art gathered to the dreamless grave,
Side by side with the cold remnants of thy
Buried child—then dust to dust, the mother
And her babe, wedded till the trump of God
And the resurrection day. When the King
Wakes up his jewels, radient and blest,
Ye shall be there, united, shining on,
Undimmed and pure forever. CLIO.
LETTERS FROM THE WEST INDIES—No. I.
TIIE VOYAGE.
Si. Croix, December, 1833.
To the Editor of the Southern Post:
Dear Sir—After impatiently waiting some days in
New York, I received a welcome summons, on the
morning of the 6th of November, to be speedily on
board the steamer John Jay, which was ti> carry the
passengers of the ship John W. Cater, to her anchor
age in the Bay. The wind blew almost a gale from
the westward, and it was with great difficulty, and not
without a detention of nearly an hour, and some con
siderable smashing of her outer works, that we finally
got her clear of the pier, and alongside of the vessel.
Those who have never had the misfortune to be on
board one of these floating hospitals, the West India
packets, in the invalid season, cap acarcely imagine,
and I trust they may never experience the sensations
which grow out of such associations as are there pre
sented. From those in theseasonof early youth, while
the prospect of life and health were yet bright, to the
aged and infirm—none ore free from the fangs of the
destroying monster, who is seen lurking in the bleak
winds, the wintry snows, and chilling frosts of our ever
variable climate, to prey upon the strength of youth
j and manhood, or the lovely form of female innocence
■ and beauty. • Oh, thou dread destroyer 1 how often,
i amid the broad desert of the trackless ocean, has mine
; been the privilege to gaze upon thy pure circular sle
! meats, and to offer an humble word of consoling sym
' paihp to baaris as purs M the bosom upuu which they
THE SOUTHERN POST.
floated; as lovely as the moonlight which spread its
silver belt across the wide waters, and as gentle as the
chastening hand of Him who tempers the w ind to the
shorn lambi could make them in His supporting mer
cy. Let the reader imagine between twenty and thir
ty persons thrown together, within the cabin of a single
ship, many of them laboring under one of the most
flattering, insiduous, and yet, most incurable disease®,
known to medical science, in all its various stages, from
the first symptoms of the blanched cheek to that of the
emaciated being, with scarcely sufficient strength of
voice 'o sound the deep sepulchral cough which rises
from the hollow chest whence it springs. And then to
see the anxiety and soothing attentions of the generous
friend who accompany the afflicted, to lighten their
cares and minister to their necessities. How they watch
with the tenderest solicitude the startling progress of
the disease, or where the balmy influence of the saline
atmosphere brings healing on itswingi, how brightens
the eye of affection under its reviving influence.
With these, and such as these, was it my lot to be
associated on the voyage. We were all confined with
in a spot scarcely larger, and certainly not so comfort
able as many of our home drawing rooms, and with
the sinking of the sun beneath the w aters, saw the last
of that loved home, that na'ive land so dear to our
hearts, w r e were again to see for many months, perhaps
forever.
Nothing of material interest occurred for several davs
after leaving port—on the second day, at eve, w e spoke
a ship from St. John®, enquiring the bearing of one of
the Capes of Delaware, hence we concluded she was
a stranger, bound probably for Philadelphia.
On our fifth day out we crossed the Gulf Stream,
and had scarcely cleared if, before we encountered a
severe gale from the Northeast, which held us with but
with little intermission, for eight days. The immense
waves into which the sea was lashed by the strife of
the elements, were sublime and wonderful, beyond wlmt
the inexperienced mind can conceive—as wave after
wave of the rolling mass passed under u=, tossing our
ship as if it were but a little cockboat, how oft-n were
our hearts found dwelling upon the majesty which cre
ated the troubled element, and diree'ed the ingenious
had of man to shape a machine to ride it so majesti
cally, amid the howling of the storm. Most of the
time we were under a sin vie close reefed sail, only can
vass enough to steer her as we scud before the wind,
or lay to, as the skill of our captain might place her.
During the gale we saw hut a single ship, and when
it abated were driven far out of our course; but we
were within the bland and healthful atmosphere which
prevails near the tropical latitudes, and as the sunbeams
fell upon the high combing waves which still felt the
influence of the last storm, beautiful little rainbows
might lie seen surmounting the chrystal foam, as if
dancing in gay frolic, to make us forget our late perils.
On the morning of our twenty-second day out, we
saw a vessel bearing towards us, with ensign, union,
down, a signal of distress; quite an excitement pre
vailed our little community after the monotonv of the
last few calm day®, and many were the speculations of
the passengers as to her probable wants and condition.
She proved to be a horse trailer, thirty days out from
New York, bound to Berbice—had lost her mate by
sickness, one of her seamen overboard in the gale, had
two others of the crew sick, and were in want of help
to navigate into port. The captain seemed a man of
great energy and courage. VVe gave him our second
mate and three hearty cheers, to lighten his way, for
which he expressed the gratitude of a warm-hearted
seaman. This day we also passed the tropical line,
and after the going down of the sun, with the early
twilight, w e seemed already to feel the magic influence
of this balmy region, and long enjoyed the pure air and
brightly reflecting moonbeams upon the water, before
we retired to rest.
Our next interesting incident was the sporting of a
young Whale, who gratified us wilh his gambols un
der and around the vessel, one morning. He was but
a minnow, however, of his species, being scarcely
more than fifteen feet in length; and whether from
modesty,or the fear of some lurking harpooneron board,
I cannot tell, he seemed little disposed to give the fairer
portion of our crew a siirht of his youthful proportions,
with once or twice snuffing the air and rising out of
the water at a respectful distance, to take a look at us,
he sunk into his native deep.
On the last day of November, being our twenty
fourth day at set:, the captain gave us the gratifying in
telligence that the next morning would bring us in sight
of the land- We were up with the earliest light of
day, and by the rising of the sun, the seaman at the
masthead gave the joyful cry of, land ho! their prac
tised eyes always discovering it, while we would still
suppose it but a cloud on the horizon. M.
SoMttjrrtt tJosst.
OFFICE, ON THIRD - STREET, ONE DOOR FROM MULBERRY
STREET, AND OPPOSITE THE CENTRAL HOTEL.
MACON:
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 10. 1839.
OirThe “ Tragic Story of a Mountain Huntsman,”
came to hand too late for this week’s paper, and after
much other poetic matter had been selected, and put in
type. With much pleasure, we will give it a place in
our next.
iKr We hope our correspondent, “E. T- Me.,” will
let us hear fromhimagain. What he has written hereto
fore has been well received.
SET Four additional numbers of “letters from the
West Indies” have been received, and will appear in
their order.
JO* It will be seen, by reference to an advertisement
in our columns of to-dav, that an Oratorio of Sacred
Music is to be given on Wednesday, the 20,h insl., by
the choirs of the different churches, fi>r the especial
benefit of the Georgia Female College. VVe have no
doubt but that it will lie well attended, as its object is
one in which every citizen feels interested ; and, apart
from this, all who ar: acquainted with the performances
of these choirs, will not let so fine an opportunity
escape of hearing the excellent music that will be made
to greet them.
Kr The following gentlemen were, on Monday, the
4ih instant, elected Direciors of the Commercial Bank
of this city, for the ensuing year, viz:
Thomas Taylor, HAmy Napier,
William Fort, William Hamilton,
Nathan C. Munroe.
And on the same day, Thomas Taylor, Esq., was
re elecied President.
Col. Wm. B. Parker, a director the last year, declin
ed serving longer, which accounts for lus uot being in
til* Board.
VVe find, much to our sorrow and discomfort,
.hat the remark is but too true, viz : that Printera’ bills
are always the last to be paid. And if there he not an
abundance out of which to pay they are not paiJ at all,
except in rare instances, and frequently then with a
very bad grace, and many reluctant twitches of coun
tenance. It is true, there are a few worthy exceptions
to this rule, as to all general rules, but unfortunately not
enough to enable us to meet our engagements. Pa
trons will not consider, during the many months of plea
sure they enjoy in reading their paper, it i9 at great la
bor and expense to the printer they have been supplied
with this enjoyment, w hich is not only an enjoyment,
but a positive benefi', and an indispensable requisite, in
every intelligent and well regulated family. If the sub
ject ever troubles their minds at all, the conclusions are,
generally, that it is a small matter: “ I owe the printer,
and I will wait a convenient time to settle with him,
when money is plenty, and oilier more important debts
are disposed of: it is such a trifle, it will effect him
nought, either one way or the other." Not reflect
ing that a small matter will sometimes save his credi'i
yea, even his honor, which is a word held as sacred by
printers as other people. We have no apprehension of
losing that which is our own. In a year or two it will
all be settled up, no doubt. But the important matter
is, for it to be forthcoming when due, and when so
much needed, especially in new establishments like
ours. Others there are, perhup®, who are engaged in
a similar business, wh i are less clamorous (if you please
to call it) about their rights. This is rare, and when
the case, it is in consequence of their being able to car
ry on their business, from private resources, for several
years together. And this is not unfrequently impo
verished by so great indulgence. Reflect, he cannot
live on air, or change his hue, as the cameleon; he is
wedded to his business, and if that fail him support, he
is throw n upon the world, without the means of liveli
hood, and dependent upon society for those cold chari
ics whicn all his labor and industry could not save him
from. And at that time there are thousands indebted
to him, perhaps moro than sufficient to obtain for him
a competence.
JCr We perceive by the Savannah Georgian, of the
11 h instani, that Mr. Buckingham, the great oriental
traveller and distinguished lecturer, has arrived in that
city This gentleman meet® With unbounded succe«s
and applause, wherever he goes. The interesting sub
jects on which he lecture®, added to an admirable grace
of manner, has not failed to obtain for him numerous
and delighted audiences in every city he visits. We
hope that our little city of Macon will not be passed by,
by the lecturer.
iKr We were a little surprised to find so interesting
and curious an account as the one under the head of
“ Blowing Caves,” in this paper, taken from the “ Au
gusta Mirror," which are said to tie situate in Decatur
county, in this State. It certainly, if the account be
true, ranks foremost among the wonders of Georgia,
and much surpasses the famous Thundering Spring, in
Upson county, in its wonderful and unaccountable pe
culiarity. The article alluded to will be read with in
terest.
The following, from the Savannah Georgian, in
relation to the Central Rail Road, will be perused with
. interest and pleasure, by our readers *
CENTRAL RAIL ROAD.
It always affords us pleasure to recur to this
work, destined it) all future time to be a monu
ment of the enterprise t f our citizens, associa
ted in its commencement with our fellow citi
zens, of the interior, principally in Macon.
Tne corporation of that city, with that en
lightened patriotism and Slate pride which
actuated our own corporation, and which
seconded theeffo.ts of individuals in giving a
tone to the spirit awakened on the subject of
works of Internal Improvement, subscribed
liberally to this enterprise, destined in a brief
period, as we arc firmly confident, to link the
seaboard with the interior, and be a con
necting link in the iron chain hereafter to unite
the seaboard with the mountains of our State,
and thence with the smiling valleys of the
VVest—to bind the ancie it city of Oglethorpe
in fraternal embrace with liei younger though
prosperous sister city—Macon, who with the
magic power of \la din, has sprung into ex
istence, and is destined at a future day to be
equal in population, and wealth, to he largest
interior town of the Union.
Then, may those of her citizens who ad
vanced with energy to the work, and pledged
their means for its accomplishment, lie satisfi
ed with their public spirit—then, will the inde
fatigable ailt! untiring President who litis “put
his hand to the plough” atld allows no slan
derous insinuations, or unkind and discredit
able rumors to divert the shirt from its course,
h#t steadily pursues the "shor est practicable
route” to that thriving city of our State, he
cheered by the acclamations of thousands who
will hail tiie completion of this work, as one
which must connect by ties never to be sun
dered, t.ie citizen of Atlantic Georgia with Ins
fellow-citizen of Western Georgia.
Then, will those Legislature, who with ea
gle ken discerned tiie true interests of tneir
constituency—and of the people of Georg a,
and sustained by their voice, and secured by
their votes this noble enterpize, he repaid by
the cheering reflection that they were not so
short-sighted as to reject the rich inheritance,
which the public spirit of Savannah and Ma
con offered to their acceptance.
But we must adnete to facts. We must
convince our readers of the interior, that the
President of the Central Rail-Road Company
despises the slanders which a f w hollow-heart
ed individuals are, it seems busy in dissemmin
iiting. not to Ins prejudice alone, bulb to tiie
prejudice of h s city —his State—and, if t; eir
wishes were realized, to the retardment of tiie
prosperity of future generations.
Where lie is known his motto is, action !
action!.' action!!! Tais the Caief Eugi
neer, and all engaged in the work, promote
with all their power. We have penned hasti
ly the above remarks merely to introduce the
subjoined article from the Messenger to our
readers. 'Ve have made them on our own
responsibility and dare an attempt at refutation.
To prove that we have not attempted to
flatter, (for such i tempts we have to those
capable of slandering,) we appeal to facts—
facts too recorded on the soil of Georgia, which
are about to speak in trumpet tones to the
croakers who c course is worse than that of
“the dog in the manger,” who would neither
partake in the earth's bounty, nor sutler others
who could enjoy the same, to partake thereof.
Tiie followmg is " by authority” and has
been furnished at our request, and from the ad
vertisement of Mr. Reynolds,Cnief Engineer,
it will lie seen that contracts for grading twen
ty miles more of tue road to tue one hundred
and thivty-steond mile arc desired.
Call yu this exhibit “ discontinuing” the
work on the road? Those who have eyes to
see, let them read. Tiiose wlio want faith let
them visit tlie Road itself.
Fuel} as to the Central R ii/-Road. —The
superstructure is complete to a point sirty-rme
and a half miles from Savannah, and on Fri
day the mail and passenger cars will coin
ineuee to run regularly to that point. The
grading is fiiiislied lor 105 miles from the city,
and by the Ist of April will be finished to the
ll2tli iiuie station. Timber for sujierstruc
ture is on the SO mile point. Iron, si fficient
to finish the road to the 100 mile station, has
been paid for and has arrived. Twenty miles
more of grading will lie put under contract on
tlri Ist of March, which, when finished, will
carry the grading to the Sandersville summit,
in all 132 miles from Savannah.
Tiie engineers are now engaged in locating
from the point. 132 miles from Savannah to
the Ocor.ee river, a distance of 0 miles.
With tlw>e facts staring them the face, who
but “slanderers” will dispute the premises?
HORRIBLE TRAGEDY.
Mo He, Fe'>. 4.
From the Reg : sler, of Saturday evening
we take t .e following account of a most horrid
and outrageous attack on several of our esteem
ed fellow citizens, w.iicii resulted in tue mime,
diate deatu of Mr. John G itewood.o.ie ot the
number.
| Vance, Johnson, Gatewood, Ball, and Slog
dale, were sent as Deputy Marshals from tais
place to Ttiskaloosa, to retake a levy, which
had been wrested from the marshal, oa an exe
cution against the Simontons, of Tusknloosu.
in pursuance of tue mandate, they pos cs>ed
themselves of the store of goods belonging to
tue Simontons. About dark of the same day.
they were attacked by an armed party of
twenty, consisting of the Simontons and the r
friends, and received a volley from the whole
party.
Gatewood fell, and die lon the spot. John
son received a slight wound in tin; arm. Ball
had otic hand shot off, and one arm broken.
Stogdale was shot in the face. I lie fire was
returned, with what execution was not fully
known, but we learn that one of the Sunni,
tons was in a dangerous state, >nd supposed to
he dving. A jury of inquest was held on
Gatewoo l, w u> brought in a verdict of death
by v iolence from the Sttnotilon party.
“'l'lie Governor and Judge of the Supreme
Court have taken the matter promptly in
hand. VVe forbear expressing any opinion of
the matter, as it is undergoing judicial invest!-
g.ition, and we have no right or desire to fore
stall public opinion. We learn these particu
lars from a letter to the Marshal here, received
by express to-day.”
Another. —Mr. Daly, <>f the firm of Clare
and Daly, proprietors of a public house in
Ttiskaloosa, was shot through the head, a few
days since, with a pistol, by Thomas Jamison,
and died in about two hours. Jamison has
fled.
Mr. Clare, the partner of Dalv. was shot,
and severely, hut, it is said, not dangerously
wounded, the day before the death of Daly, by
a man named Mason.
Another, and in our own city ! —On Friday
night last, a man. name unknown, was stabbed
in the Albion Coffee House, in Water street,
and lived hut a few hours. The murderer is
not known. During the same night, we learn,
another man was stubbed on Government
street, but, it is said, he will recover.
VVliat a dreadful state of things is this! And
is there no remedy ?
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SOUTH WESTERN RAIL-ROAD BANK.
We arc sorry to have to make the announce
ment from the Cincinnati Evening Post, of
the failure of this very important measure in
the Kentucky 11 oust of Representatives, by a
vote of yeas 48, nays 52. This, it must he
admitted, is a severe check, but it is not a deci
sive and irretrievable def at. Colonel Mem
minger will yet make another able and gallant
effort in the Senate, and may yet carry the
Bank Charter, even against hope, as he did in
the North Carolina Legislature. We know
that his patriotism, honorable ambit on and ui -
wearied energy, will leave nothing undone or
untried to achieve a triumphant termination of
his mission.
Free B ulking. Rules and Regulations of the
Comptroller end Commissioners,
EXTRACT FROM THEIR MINUTES.
“ Resolved , Tint, tor the information of
persons desiring to establish Banking Institu
tions under the law to authorize tne business
of Banking, and to regulate tiie .same,” me fol
lowing rules and regulations be published, viz.
Rule I. Persons or associations, intending
to commence the business of Banking, under
said act, will lie required to deposite v. ith the
Comptroller and Commissioners, funds for the
procurement of the printed hills in ended for
circulation n oney, and for defraying other ex
penses to be incurred. (See sections I, and
1f,.)
Rulf. 11. Bonds and Mortgages intended to
1h; assigned to tiie Comptroller and Commis
sioners, will lie made to the persons or ; sm
ciutions applying for the lienefit of the aei, for
an amount equal to the appraised value of the j
property, and bonds and mortgages made to
other persons than those applying, may lie
transferred to such persons or associations, and
by them assigned to the Comptroller and Com
missioners ; the bonds 1o lie made payable one
day after date, bearing inietests at tiie rate of
six per cent per annum. The property mort
gaged to be free of every incumbrance, and to
I* within this state. The Comptroller and
Commissioners will deli er to the '.etson or
associations applying, bills for circulation,
amounting to one half the apprised value of
kinds mortgaged, and for bonds and mort-1
gages on town property and slaves, an amount
of bills equal to one fourth of their value will
be delivered.* [See sections.]
Rule 111. The valuation of lands, town
property and slaves, will lie made by three or
more disinterested persons, to be appointed by
the Comptroller and Commissioners, lands to
be value ! independently of the buildings there
on, and, in all instances, the property to heap,
praised according to its cash value ; such ap
praisement to be made under oath, endorsed
on, or attached to tlw mortgages, subscribed
by the valuing agents, and attested l»y a jnrii.
cial officer of this state. Tne Comptroller and
Commissioners will exercise the right lo insti
tute furtlier inquiry as to the value, if cotisic’cr
ed necessary. [Sec section 8 ]
Rule IV. The evidences of title to pro; or
,tv mortgaged shall be submitted to the Comp,
trollcr and Commissioners. In regard to titles
to personal property, proof of possession and
uncontested ownership, together with convey
ances to the same, if in e.xis ence, will be re
quired. In any case when property, either
; real or personal, is valued, the oat.i of th vnfir
ing agents that they know of no lieu, defi
j cieney, or dispute us to the title; also, the oath
of the mortgager, that fie knows of no defect
or dispute in his tite. and that fie has no
knowledge of the existence of any previous
inertzng •or lien on the pio erty, wdl la: re
quired. [See section 8 ]
Rule V Certificates of the Clela and M•-
gist rales of the several courts o. the eoti tes
and dist icts where the mortgager Inn resided
for the last seven years, will he require I,show
ing that there were no mortgages, o fier liens,
or judgments, remaining unsatisfied in said
coirts. or elsewhere, within their knowledge,
ig iin.st said mortgager, nt t e time of the exe
cution of said mortgage. [See ccliou B.]
Rule VI Mortgages must lie recorded in
in the county where the lands l e. and also in
the county where the m irtgager resides, and
be so certified bv tie clinks of the super or
courts of such counties. [lSee -ection 2-“.]
Ordered, Timt the foregoing Rules and Re.,
gelations he published in tiio Federal Union
and Southern Recorder.
JOHN G. PARK Comptroller Gen.
CHARLES D. HAMMOND i r ,
BENJAMIN A. WHITE, \ Lom *
‘Blank mortgages and bond® will It* prepared and
furnislied by the Commissioners, on application.
! FRRRUARY, 1-S9.
107th ANNIVEi'SARY.
The “ MACON VOLUNTEER V’ A “ 8188
CAVALRY," will ce’ebrate the approaching Ar-.ni
vcr ary of Washington’s Binli Day. A proi ww;on will
he firmed at the Central ILfe! a' half pas' 11 o'clock,
A. M., whence it will proceed to the Presbyte-i* i
Church, where Washington's Farewell Ad Ires* will be
rend by Lieut. Morgan, and an Oration dei-e-eJ by
L’cut. Nisbet. riio Ladie®, ail Citizens gen- rally,
are invited to attend.
G. P. WAGNON.
It L. GRAVE*,
„ „ R. E. CHi RCH,
Macon, I cb. 16th, 1839. Committee.-
OSFetTORJO.
fSMIe citizens of Mtfcon are respects 11 v informed
A that there will lie an ORATORIO OF SA
CKED MUSIC a'ivc-i in h- Presbyterian Chur l ,
in this city, on WEDNESDAY EVENING NEXT,
the 20th instant, by the Choirs of the different Church
es, for die especial'benefit of die Georgia Female Col
lege. Feb 16 J7r
iJpl&rroN sAjJSpffJ
*5 X-'d- 10 e S \ j -I’l fS*J
50 fes, 1 v 1
Auction and Commission Business.
r BMIE undersigned* h is commenced a regular btisi
■ ness in the above line, and solicits the patronage
of the public. Refer to
Messm. Rea Sc Cot'on, Macon.
“ Scott Sc Morrell, New York.
“ Win. Patterson & Cos., Savannah.
Mr. Charles Hnrtridpe, “
“ Roliert Collins. Charleston.
Messr®. Farrar A Hat es, “
Mr. G. McLaughlin, Augusta.
a. r. McLaughlin.
N. B. Sales mav be expected on WEDNESDAY
in each week, until iurther no ice.
Feh 16 ]7 ; f
•Huron Volunteers!
A PPEAR on your parade ground, on Frirfav, the
- » 22d instant, at 9 o'clock, A M, in foil uniform,
with six round® of blank cartridge®, for inspection.
By order, DANELLY, Ist Ser^eantt.
FcbjG 3 ]7r
STRIVED^
FIVE or six week® since, a small light
A )V Che«nnt Sorrel M»re, with « whiresp.it
U 8 in the face, 'he ri 'ht hind toot „ bite, np,]
—i®-!-— tLS. — two -mail kn its o-. t* e bach. A ®o, a
small Bay Marp, with readied mat e nJ
a small whi c spot in the face.
WM. WOODLIEF.
.Macon, Feb 16 J7p
COMMERCIAL BANK,I
M aeon, Feb. 11, 1839. $
DIVIDEND No. 7.
fB'IIE Board of IF ectors have ibis dsv declared a
* Dividend of Eight per cent, for the last twelve
"u»n lis, 'in the capital stock pa and in, payable to stock-
M>r* nr their legal represent five®, on and after
Ti es cv nex'.’he 12th i -e-tan’.
Feb If. 17p G. B. CAB HART, Cashier-
FIFTY ROJ.LVRS REWARD.
R ANA WAY from the house of the euliecril er, ’-
• villi; in Crawford county, on the nigh' ~i t| >(
instan', a black fellow by ibc name of ANDREW.—
He is a'xiu' five feet six i cites high, between 40 ad
.’>o years of ape, thick se , mid baa a sea- (or lump) on
hs !) east, about the size of a 12j <en piece. He hn»
a brother in Augusta, hv the m me of Cufil c, (belong
ing to Col. Gardner, of that place) [ will nav the
above reward for bis apprehension and commitment in
any jail, so that I can get him.
JACOB FUDGE, Br.
Feb 16 17c
83r The Augusta Chronicle, and Savannah Geor
gian, will copy the above three 'inter, and torward thc.r
account, •
STILLS.
JUST received and for sale, a lot of Stills, from fifty
to one hundred and twenty gal'ons.
JAMES 11. BISHOP A CO.
Feb 16 J 7tf
Inferior Ccnrt— Bibb County.
r|XHE next term of this Court lias been adjourned to
I tbe fourth Moudav-in March, instead of the first
Monday, as announced In t we<! .
H. G. ROSS. Dep. Clerk.
Feh 16 ITr
RE . JAMES M. GREEN
f'NFORMS tin public of Macon and its vicinity,’hat
lie has opened an establishment for the recept n
and treatment of Patients suffering from Chronic D s
ease, or requiring die |ierformance of Surgcal opera
tions, in wh cli those v ho may In undt r Ins care, will
lie subject to constant Med cal supervision, and I very
exertion made to promote their spiedy and comp.e e
recovery. He has also an apar incut pro' tiied fir such
Negroes ns may i-e eo. tided to his care, hy tl eir own
ers. Planters anti o'hers, ri s ding at ad a »■•<■<, may
rely on a« much at'en'io i being bestowed -nt ’he ••acr
van's, ns if under their inline hale si per iteitdnuc*
Ti e establishment i« conveniently loen'ed, (next do r
to his ievidence,) in a salubrious sriun'i m. Ti e medi
cal charrt« w.!l he th •se usually mane by the Finds
cinns ot Macon ; those Sir hoard ~ ns moderate an
the s'nte of the market and other circumstances v :i!
perm t.
Fe 9 ISp
Qsr After Monday next vw will Itnvo n lot
of neatly printed Blank Dl’.EIkS. on hand, for
«ulu, 4.uaatsr form uuuuot he bwiiu .Macon.