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FICAYCNEANA.
Curiosity. —The proper exercise of curiosi.
t v marks the possession of a v igorous intellect.
To it, we are indebted for most of tlie impor.
tant discoveries in science. But it is only
when restrained to legitimate objects of enquiry
that this thiist of the mind is characterist.c of
talent.
There is n degree of curiosity, which has
been happily hit offin a comedy, that inspires
tnen to pry into the secrets of others with j
imperturbable pertinacity, until like the honest
Dutchman, their victims are almost questioned
to death. He who asks of his neighbor's
questions which concerns that neighbor’s pri-!
vate business, is an impertinent puppy. He
who flatters children, or bribes servants, to
gain t' e same intelligence, is a contemptible
scoundrel. Somebody, not a hundred miles
off, may “ try this cap on.”
A good Reason. —A postmaster in the in
terior of Mississippi writes a letter to the editor
of the Vicksburg Whig, something like the
following :
“ You had better stop Mr. ’.s paper,
as he is dead and his estate is not worth a d—n. j
Poor Indeed. —The editor of a Southern ■
paper, in his sheet of the 25th Dec. says “He
is so poor that he will knock any man down j
who wishes him a merry Christmas.”
As the son of the editor of the Methuen Ga
zette was bringing hint his dinner, consisting
of pea soup anti a pig’s ear, a squall of wind
struck him and upset the vessel on his head
and the contents on his hide. Miss Pcttibones,
who witnessed the accident, is of opinion that
the bov would have been scalded if the soup,
had been hot.
A first-rate Business. —A man at the North
says that he has made within the last vear,
fifteen hundred dollars by minding bis own
business, anti five hundred more by lotting
other people’s alone. It’s a pity there arc not
mo’e engaged in it.
The editor of the Saugerties (N. Y.) Herald
is rejoicing with great joy because eel time is I
coming.
“Thou shalt not covet,” snlth Holy Writ. \
Yet there arc two things a man may seek for
and most earnestly “ covet,” without doing ;
wrong to the commnn Iment; the love of a j
pure hearted and intelligent woman, and a j
good library. With these we could be happy.
A Mr. Henry Lovell of Vermont was con- j
victed of having married a tenth wife, the
other ni te Deing still alive. Is not Mr. Lovell
a complete porker ? Boston Herald.
Certainly. You might have known that
from the number of the “spare rihs. , '
TRUTH.
Adhere rigidly and undcviatingly to truth ;
hut while you express what is true, express it
in :i pleasing manner. Truth is the picture,
tiie manner is the frame that displays it to ad. Ij
vantage. If a man blends his angry passions!
with nis search after truth, become his stipe- i
rior by suppressing yours, and attend only to! 1
the justness and force of his reasoning. Truth,
conveyed in austere and acrimonious lan.
gunge, seldom lias a salutary effect, sine s wei
reject the truth, because we are prejudiced j
against the mode of communication. The !
heart must he won before the intellect can be j
informed. A man may betray the cause of
t rut it by his unseasonable zeal, as he destroys J
its salutary effect by t c accrimony of his man
ner. Wnoevcr would lie a successful instruc
tor must first become a mild and affectionate
friend. He who gives way to an angry in
vcctive, furnishes a strong p esumption that
his cause is bad, since truth is best supported
by dispassionate argument. The love oftruth,
refusing to associate itself with the selfish am!
dissocial passions, is gentle, dignified and per
suasive. The understanding may not he long
able to withstand demonstrative evidence ; but
the heart wiiich is guarded by prejudice and
passion, is generally proof against the argu
mentative reasoning; for no person will per
ceive truth when he is unwilling to find it.
Many of our speculative opinions, even those
which are the result of laborious research, anil
the least liable to disputation, resemble rarities
in the cabinet of the curious, which may be
interesting to the possessor, and to a few con
genial minds, but which are of no use to the
world. Many of our speculative opinions
cease to engage attention, not because we are
agreed about their truth or fallacy, but because
we are tired of the controversy. They sink
into neglect, and, in a future ago, their futility
or absurdity is acknowledged, when they re
tain a hold no longer on the prejudices and
passions of mankind.
Mackenzie’s Literary Varieties.
BATTLE OF DUNBAR.
“ A thick fog had hitherto enveloped the
scene of action. It was just Wore the mo.
mentof victory that the sun - uddenly appear,
cd upon the sea, and the voice of Cromwell
was heard in the accent and with themanue
indeed inspired—inspired with the thought ofi
a triumph so mighty and resistless— Now let
the Lord arise and his enemies shut/ he scatter.,
cd ! At this a shout broke forth from the En- j
glish soldiers which seemed to rend the sky, j
and the route of the enemy was complete am!!
faithful. ‘Tlie horse,’ says Hodgson ‘fled
what way they could get. ours pursued to-!
wards Haddington ; and the General made a
halt and sung the hundred and seventeenth
psalm ; and by the time they had done, their
party was increased and advancing ; the Scots
ran and were no more heard of in that fight.;
The commander of our army was busy in se
curing the prisoners and the whole bag and
hagg.-.ge ; tint! aftei wards we returned to b!e>s
God in our tents like Issachar, for tlie great
salvation afforded lo us that day.”
Lives of Eminent British Statesmen.
TAILORING.
THE Subscribers would inform the inhabitants of
Oulloden, and the public in general, that they
have entered into copartnership in the above business;
return their thanks for past favors, and hope, by unre
nii’ting attention to business, to receive a share of pub
lic patronage.
All Cutting entrusted to their care will he warranted
to fit, and all w ork done according to the latest fash
ion, and in workmanlike manner.
„ WALKER Sl buel.
Culloden, Monroe co., Marrh 2 Mhf
POETRY.
To touch the heart, and make its pulses thrill,
To raise and purify the groveling soul.
To warm with generous heat the selfish will,
To conquer passion wiih a mild control,
And the whole man with nobler thoughts to fill—
These are thine aims, oh pure, unearthly power;
These are thine influences; and therefore, those
Whose wines are clogged with evil are thy foes ;
And therefore these, who have thee for their dower—
The widowed spirits with no portion here—
Eat ansels’ food, the manna thou dost shower ;
For thine are pleasure?, deep, and tried, and true,
Whether to read, or write, or think, or hear,
By the gross million spurned, and fed on by the few.
HUMORS OF LEGISLATION.
Certain municipal laws, of a very arbitrary
nature, having been lately passed in Boston,
a right humorous correspondent ofthe Courier
has made sundry additions thereto, which can
scarcely ail to meet the assent of their honors,
the Council. A few of them are thus diffident
ly tendered :
I would respectfully suggest to your honora
bly body, that ordinances l>e passed forthwith,
for the f (flowing purposes :
To regulate the killing of cats, and provid
ing for the drowning of blind pups.
For preventing the eyes of lobster* from
projecting more than one foot upon the side
walk.
Allowing no cats to have two tails.
To stop the buzzing of green-headed flies,
and hook-billed mosquitoes.
Regulating the twist of dogs tails.
Pro'-tibiting sneezing after dark, except ‘by
license from the Mayor and Aldermen.’
Regulating the color and size of whiskers.
Prohibiting any family from harboring moie
than fifteen tom-cats.
Presenting the mode in which cels shall
he skinned, potatoes roasted, and pea-pods
shelled.
I will make other suggestions when I am
el ;cted to the Common Council, which will
probably be soon. JOCKO.
PROSPECTUS.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SILK SO
- CIETY, AND RURAL ECONOMIST.—At a
\ Convention which met at Baltimore, on the 11th of De
! ceniber last, composed of a great number of gentlemen
from various parts of the Union, distinguished for their
j public services, patriotism, and practical intelligence,
the following resolutions were unanimously adopted,
alter lull discussion, in the course of which a great mass
j of facts and valuable information was elicited,
j Resolved, That it is the deliberate opinion of this
Convention that Silk may lie grown in all the United
: Slates, not only for domestic purposes, nut as a valua
{ hie article of commercial export; thereby giving an ac
j live employment to American labor, and retaining mil
lions of dollars in onr country, Hint are annually sent
| out of it lor the purchase of silken goods.
Resolved, That a National Silk Journal ought to lie
j established, under the auspices of the Executive Com
! miner, and all the funds over and above the support of
j said paper ought to be devoted to the advancement of
! the silk cause in the United States,
j Under the latter resolution, the subscriber lias been
solicited to assume the editorial superintendence of the
! Journal, to be published by the Society ; and now, with
not the least abatement tor that fondness (not to say
passion) tor rural life, and all its pursuits, which prompt
ed him, eighteen years since, to issue the first number
of the old American Farmer, lie is but too happy tosa
j lute, once more, his old friends and correspondents,
promising to deserve new ones by the most assiduous
i endeavors, (not incompatible with strict attention to his
official duties,) to accelerate the growth and progress of
what he is convinced is destined to become a great
branch of na'ionnl industry, bringing into active exer
cise much of the now unproductive laboring power of
die country, giving comfort to the widow and the or
phan, by ottering them suitable and remunerating em
ployment; and making, in the aggregate, a large addi
j lion to the wealth and prosperity of our beloved Union.
Though Silk and every thing connected wiih its pro
duction, and ail improvements in machinery for its pre
j paration and manufacture, will constitute the chief de
j sign and aim of the Journal, for the sake of agreeable
and useful variety, a considerable portion of its pages
will be dedicated to the justly popular and kindred sub
jects of agriculture, horticulture, and rural and domes
tic economy. Hence the adjunctive title “ Rural Eco
somist.” J. S. SKINNER.
The Journal of the American Silk Society will be
published monthly, in pamphlet form, each number will
contain thirty-two pages, printed on new type and hand
some paper, with a printed colored cover
Ml persons friendly to the objects of the Journal,
w ill please collect at once, and transmit, the names and
subscription money of those who may feel disposed to
patronize it.
Terms —Two dollars a year, or six copies for ten
and Jlars. always to be paid before the work is sent. All
subscriptions to begin with the first numberof the year,
and in no case wdl the work be sent to any subscriber
longer than it shall have been paid for.
All communications to be addressed, post paid, to
Gideon B. Smith, Corresponding Secretary of the So
ciety.
All editors of papers who may desire to see Silk ad
ded to the list of American Staples ; and who will have
the kindness to give this prospectus a few insertions,
will be entitled lo a copy of the Journal.
Baltimore, Jan. 1839.
Prospectus of tlie C ORSAIR,
\ GAZETTE OF LITERATURE. DRAMAT
IC NEWS and CRITICISM, FASHION and
NOVELTY.—N. P. Willis and T. O. Porter propose
to issue, weekly, in the city of New York, a paper of
the above designation and character. It is their design
to present as amusing a periodical as can be made from
the current wit, humor, and literature of the times, to
collect the spirit not only ot English, but of French and
German belles letters ; to give dramatic criticisms with
vigilant impartiality and care: in short, to picture the
age in its literature and fashion, its eccentricities and
amusements.
As the practical law of copy right secures to them,
free of expense, the labors of Bulwer and Boz, Scribe
and Balzac, with the whole arm of foreign writers, they
cannot at present, (consistently with pocket wisdom so
well understood by American publishers) offer any thing
for American productions. Their critical department,
however, will be always on the alert for native litera
ture, and to the best of their ability they will keep a
running gunge of the merits to compatriot authors.
They see their way verv clearly without crowding
upon the track of any weekly periodical, and abstain
ing from more particular professions, they take leave to
assure their friends, that it the harvest of event, wit.
genius and poetry, fail not over the world, they can
hardly fail to furnish them with an agreeable paper.
Terms.—Five dollars per annum, in advance- Ad
dress the Editors, by mail.
The CORSAIR will appear early in the month of
March next.
New York, Jan. 1839.
HOUSE, SIGN AND ORNAMENTAL
PAINTING. GILDING, Stc.
f IMIE subscrilter, grateful fir past favors in the nbove
A line, begs leave most respectfully to return his
I most sincere thanks to the citizens of Macon and Vine
! ville, and then vicinity, and takes this opportunity to
i inform them and the public generally, 'hat he has as
sociated with hint, in co-partnership, CHARLES L.
\ SMITH, (late of Wall street, New York, a gentleman,
and second to none in his line of Painting in the Uni
ted States.) for the purpose of conducting the Painting
i business in all its various departments.
THOMAS B. CLARKE,
The business, in future, will be conducted under the
firm and style of CLARKE A- SMITH, No. 1
Mullterry street, next door but one below William B.
Parker <&. Cos., and directly opposite the Central Hotel.
Feb 2 15-ly
NEW ORLEANS MOLASSES.
7]/ ) BRLS. in prime order, just received per Ocmul
eJ\J gee Company’s boat, and for sale by
REA Sc. COTTON.
I March 2 19
SEGARS.
GOG c P nrs j ,,s ‘* received from Cuba, ofthe
HH UUU Flint, Tacon, Iberia, and other favor-
I ite brands, for stile by J. PHILLIPS.
1 Feb 2 IMf
THE SOUTHERN POST.
ORIGINAL.
For the Southern Post.
TO A MOCK-BIRD.
Sweet Philomel! whose gentle song
Hath oft made me tarry long,
In the wild wood, 'neath forest bowers.
To pass away the tedious hours;
Come to my fav'rite China tree,
And sing a cheerful song to me.
For here, the genial breeze of spring
Is floating by on airy wing.
And these wild vales and sunny plains
Shall echo back thy soothing strains.
I am not sad, though my pale brow
Is weary of its thinking, now:
And some soft music might dispel
These mental clouds which, like a spell.
Have thrown themselves around my soul.
And sweep beyond its high control.
I would b« happy, though there be
Much that the world calls misery,
Looming above the waste of life.
And speeding on with ceaseless s rife.
But I have passed such scenes before.
And they have dashed upon the shore ;
Or like the surf of summer seas.
Have changed to spray, before the breeze.
Tliey arc but bubbles, puffed with wind,
And leave no lasting ill behind—
Come then, lov’d bird, and cheer my heart—
Here fold thy wings—nor fearful start,
At every stormy wind that blows,
For life is full of seeming woes.
Here rest serene from their fell power,
Till tempests lie, and cease to lower;
Then thou inny’st fly abroad again,
'Neath cloudless slues or summer rain.
Sparta, Feb. 1839. E. M. P. '
LETTERS FROM THE WEST INDIES—No. 3.1
TIIE ISLAND.
Si. Croix, December, 1833. |
To the Editor of the Southern Post:
Dear Sir— Before we had fairlv dropped our anchor
in the little roadstead of West End, the custom-house
boat, with the broad cross of Denmark flying at the
stem, was alongside, and an officer of the customs, ac
companied bv the King’s physician, was received on
board. The usual formalities having been complied
with by the captain, we were at liberty to go on shore,
of which we soon availed ourselves.
To the politeness of a Danish captain, who has since,
by his uniform kindness, placed me under many oldi
gations, we were indebted for ushering us ashore. The
impressions which occupy the mind when first tread
ing a foreign land, I feel inadequate to convey to you ;
they are peculiar, and with me, excite the liveliest sen
sibilities. As Americans, they no doubt interest us
more than they do citizens of the different European
governments, in their intercourse with eac.h other, may
feel that they but change the name, not the character,
of their rulers. At home, we feel that we are the ru-;
lers ourselves —we ask not, we wish no other protec
tion, if those we appoint to administer the laws we our
selves make, use not their power for our safety and
welfare, we exercise our high privilege of filling their
places with others more worthy. Here personal rights
rest with but a single head—the absolute monarchy of
Denmark—a government in the person of the present
King, Frederick VI., said by liis Island subjects, to be
administered with great justice and benevolence of
character—in the emphatic language of one of the
Islanders, more ns n father than a ruler of his pc pie.
Were I to judge of the general character of his sub
jects, by those it has been my privilege to associate
with, thus far, I should think them a very worthy and
well governed community.
As it was Sunday, many persons, idlere and others,
assembled at the custom house dock, to witness our
landing—the usual formalities of passports and exam
ination of baggage was dispensed with, and wc soon
sought and obtained a comfortable lodging in a highly
respectable American family-
Os the general appearance of the Island, as we ran
down its coast, I have heretofore had occasion to re
mark, and will subsequently refer to it more particu
larly. Thinking it may in'ercst you to hear something
of its early history, I nave gathered a few of the lead
ing facts, the most of them from a short, but very in
teresting little pamphlet, containing observations on
the climate, Ac., of Santa Cruz, by Doct. Tuekerman,
'.Clergyman of Boston, who spent a winter here, two
years since.
“ Santa Cruz, or ns the Island is also called, St.!
Croix, [The Holy Cross,] was discovered by Colum
bus, on his second Western Voyage, on the llih of
November, 1493. The Carihs, its inhabitants, called it
Ay-Ay. Columbus anchored there to obtain water,
and while his boat was returning from the shote, a
skirmish took place with some of the natives, in which
several of them were captured. These natives were
carried to Spain. In IG‘25, [bv other accounts, 1035,]
die English and Dutch, jointly took possession of the
Island, which was at that time uninhabited. In 1619,
the Dutch were compelled to leave the Island, having
been driven from it by the superior force of the English.
But the triumph of the conquerors was short. In 1650,
twelve hundred Spaniards from Porto Rico, made a
descent upon them, in the night, burned their habita
tions, massacred all whom they found under arms, and
| transported the remainder, with their wives and bag-
I gage, to the Island of Bermuda—[another account
j states that they murdered the women and children.]:
| In 1651, the French, under De Vangalan, obtained pos
| session, by the surrender of the Spaniards to his force.
The Island was then rich in forests, but those were set
! on fire by the new conquerors, and the conflagration,
it is said, continued several months; but the grounds
thus cleared, were at once extensively cultivated, and
are said to have been ‘incredibly fertile.’ In 1653,
j Louis XIV. transferred S'. Croix, with St. Kitts, St
i Bartholomews, and St. Martins, to the Knights of Mal
ta. In 1665, a newly formed West India Company
; purchased the Island of the Order of Malta, and in
1671, the Company having been dissolved by a Royal
i Edict, the Island was again annexed to the French
Crown. In 1596, the population is said to have been
147 whites, exclusive of women and children, and 623
blacks. But notwithstanding the extraordinary f.-rtili
' ty of the land, when the rains were sufficient, yet so
i frequent and destructive were the droughts at that time,
that at the last named date, tlie French settlers having
demolished their forts, abandoned the Island, and re
moved to St. Domingo. In 1720, it was uninhabited.
About that time a project, for its settlement, was form
i ed in England, which, however, was not carried into
effect. It was visited by vessels from all nations, till
in 1727, the French captured seven (7) English mer
| chant vessels which were lying there, and took posses
j sion of the Island. It continued to be the property of
France till 1733, when it was sold to a company of
merchants, in Copenhagen, called the German Com
pany, for Jt’30,750. [Another account states £75,(00.] i
The rights of this Company were afterwards purcha
■ sed by the King of Denmark. In 1801, it was taken
by the British, hut was restored to Denma-k, nfter the
possession of it for a few months. Again, in 1807, it
was taken by the English, and was held by them till
1815, when it was again restored to the Danes —since
which time St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. Johns have
j been Danish Colonies."
To this account, so minutely collected by Doctor
Tuekerman, I have but little to add in the way of his
! tory. Since the general peace of Europe, in 1815,
which restored the Colonise, nothing lies occurred to
disturb their quiet. Tiie great fertility of the soil, and
its peculiar adaptation to the growth of the cane, has
placed its sugars in high estimation in the American
markets, whence all the belter qualities are shipped, the
inferior only, being shipped to Denmark, for refining.
Frederickstead, or as it is more commonly called.
West End, is the principal shipping port, and is most
generally resorted to by invalids; it is a small place,
containing, perhaps, something less than one thousand
inhabitants, much the largest portion of whom, I should
think, were colored. The streets ale gone tally fifty to>
seventy feet in width, are laid off at right angles, Mac
adamized with a light marl rock,and are very smoothe
and firm, but painful to the eye, on account of their
peculiar brightness, when the sun shines.
The Island is between twenty-five and thirty miles
in length, and generally four to five in breadth. The
latest census I have seen gives the population 28,812,
of which 2,223 are whites. M.
FROM OUR BUDGET.
Childhood—Henry Neele,
Life is a pilgrimage of care,
Thorny and rough to tread ;
And the lew flowers that flourish there,
Round childhood's path are spread.
For youth, a kindled taper wastes,
In its own blaze away,
And all its glowing splendor hastes,
Its passage to decay.
Next manhood, sordid and serene,
The slave of gold and guile;
Dries up each salutary tear,
And checks each heart-born smile.
Then, as care chills or passion burns.
For both alike entice ;
Youth’s generous tide of feeling turns
To poison or to ice.
Age comes at last—comes to deride
The aspiring and the young;
And life, a dark and troubled tide,
Flows painfully along
Or, like a stream half stagnant, creeps
Unruffled by a breath,
Sadly and slowly, till it leaps
Tlie precipice of death.
But childhood, ’tis life's balmy spring,
A happy vernal morn,
When Fancy takes the wild bee’s wing,
And joy’s sweet buds are born.
When Hope pours forth her matin hymn,
Pois'd like the lark in air;
And Love, as meaner fires grow dim,
Lights his own pure torch there.
Yet there are those who while they look
On sorrow’s boundless sway;
Would tear from human life's sad book
Its own bright leaf away.
With caie’s stern characters would seem
That leaf by nature blest,
And send it floating down Time's stream,
As shrivell’d as the rest.
Ah ! why round life’s sweet morning light.
Its midnight horrors throw ;
Does bliss too long delay its flight,
Is grief's approach too slow 7
Ah ! no the joys yon stripling knows.
Are fleeting as his breath
A garland on the victim’s brows,
Soon to be led to death
Then spare, for life's a path of care.
Thorny and rough to tread ;
And the few flowers that flourish there.
Round childhood's steps are spread.
In our observation of men anil things, how seldom it
is, that we draw just conclusions. All admit the just
ness of this remark—and to what is it attributable ; to
our prejudice, or to a desire to make ail things bend to
our notions ? In judging of the actions of other men,
what is the standard or rule by which we try them 7
Is it not by our own, or is it by those rules which socie
ty lias established for the gtod order and convenience
of social iutersourse ; or is not this dependent upon onr
will, in a great measure
When a man corami's an action, such as is not gen
erally or morally wrong, or that does not amount to a t
injury, but such as is generally considered a violation
ot the laws of society, how do we judge that man 7 j
Do wc arraign our own actions and compare them, j
and then pronounce judgment? This, I fear, is too fre
quently the case in actions of this kind ; we first as
certain what we would have done, simdnrly situated,
and pronounce judgment accordingly. But the ques- ;
tion is, is this the proper method of judging the actions I
of others. I think not. One thing is certain, that vve J
are apt to look on our own actions as generally right, j
we do not easily give up our own opinions lor those of
others. Every man thinks that lie is right—the first
impressiou that he receives, with regard to any subject,
is apt to stick by him. Motives of interest change the
minds of men much more than their own reasoning—
hence, we may safely conclude that it is unjust in judg
ing the actions of other rnen, to compare them with our
own ; for, in the outset, vve are prejudiced so strongly |
in our own favor, that I apprehend it is rarely the case j
we judge impartially.
Next, we must ascertain whether the general rules of |
society are, of themselves, sufficient, in all cases, to de- !
termine upon the actions of men. I presume that they
are not; for vve cannot frame rules sufficient to suit ev
ery emergency. F’or instance, it is a rule of society
that we pay respect and deference to the aged, and at- j
tendon to the fair. If, in our attendance upon the lat
ter, we neglect the former, the rules of society would
not forgive us—hence, then, it became necessary tha[
there should be a kind of equity, as at the common laws \
of the land, which would forgive 'lie trespass, though
the common rules would not. The common laws of
society, by reason of their universal application, are, in
many cases, different—hence, again, we are thrown
back to our original ground; the exercise of our judg
ment being left wholly at the disposal of our will, re
strained, it is true, by the rules of society, but which
we have found are sometimes deficient. It seems, hence,
as if we were getting betweca the horns of a dilemma.
But let us reflect, and see if we canno: find a plain, di
rect, and easy way of forming an impartial judgment,
in cases of this sort, I propose then, in the first place,
that vve judge not, if the acdon of the individual has in
the least degree affected us. This point must be con
ceded, that if we are tlie party affected, or in any way
concerned, we are not proper persons to judge. Tor
the influence of our will will bias our judgment, and
the individual stand a bad chance lo have justice dune
him. In this case, then, the only alternative is, that
our friends judge for us, and by that judgment, we are
bound in honor, to abide, whatever may be our private
opinion, or however it may affect us.— Ed.
This world of ours is built of many curious materi
als—on the one side ail is light and beauty, on the oth
er all darkness and misery. VVe often view life, as it
were, through a magnifying glass ; and as chance may
direct, you look through the one end, or perhaps the
other—the only difference lieing, that to look through
one end, and all is fair and bright, and on the other,
dark and gloomy. The two cads are so much alike
that we cannot tell winch to choose. So that in our
blindness, wc are apt to have about as much of the one
as the other. Joys are soon forgotten, but griefs last
longer; hence, we are apt to think that we have more
ot evil than good. But I apprehend that there is a fair
admixture of both in tha compt sitioo of mset rent*
For tlie Southern Post.
Td Martha—On seeing her Picture.
Image of beauty—image of grace,
pause but to look o:i thy exquisite face ;
Star of my heaven—light of my sun,
Oh, let me gaze on thee, beautiful one.
I study thy face until I forget
That earth still contains pain, sorrow, regret;
I gaze at thy beauty, till drunk with delight,
My heart reels with rapture received thro’ my sight.
Oh, who that could see thee, would ever deny
The wonderful beauty of brow, lip and eye;
Oh, who would not wish that such charms were his own.
His heart do thee homage—thy footstool his throne.
Oh, brightest and loveliest—brighter by far,
Than the lustre of even's most beautiful star;
I pine to behold thy radiant face.
Beaming with nature's most unstudied grace.
Thou art gone from our home to the sweet southern land t
Where the jesmine and rose by the scabreeze is fanned.
Thou wilt come with the hues of its flowers on thy cheek
And the roseleaf perfume in thy breath we will seek.
Conte back to the hearts that are aching for you :
Come back, that thy beauty may gladden anew.
Thy picture is lovely —thou’rt loveliest far ;
Come back, and thou’lt be eve’s loveliest star.
Wilt come 7 I’ll sit at thy feet the day long,
And tell thee my passion in many a song;
I'll twine round my fingers thy bright curling hair,
' And proclaim thee, of lov'd ones, the loveliest fair,
i Sparta, April, 1838. P. E. C.
SoMtfjmi post.
OFFICE, ON THIRD-STREET, ONE DOOR FROM MULBERRY
STREET, AND OPPOSITE THE CENTRAL HOTEL.
MACON:
SATURDAY. MARCH 2, 1N39.
COURT CALENDAR.
Wc have in press, and will shortly be published, an
extensive Court Calendar, for the year 1839. Attor
neys at a distance, can be supplied, by directing their
orders, post paid, with the cash enclosed, to the pub
lisher of this paper. Price 81 each, or $8 per dozen
Sttr The Southern Literary Messenger, for Februa
ry, has been received. It is very interesting, so far as
we have been permitted to peruse it. The following is
a list of contents :
Observations on the ill health of American Women ;
Currente-Calamosities; Inaugural Addresses; Recol
lections of a Retired Lawyer; New Views of the So
lar System ; Short Chapters ; The Tragi-Comical His
tory of the Lovers of Quimper Corentin; Notes and
Anecdotes; Tlie White Sulphur twenty-five years
since; Tlie Growing Youth; Notes of a tour from
Virginia to Tennessee; The Copy Book; Difference
in Disposition ; Letter from Malta ; Velasco, a Trage
dy; A Comparison; Knowledge; Youth; The Steam
Boat Neptune ; The Guitar ; 1 Have Breathed Thv
Name; The Greek Captive; Winter; The Pilgrim
Amid the Ruin t of Rome ; Tite Grave ; To Virginia ;
The Death of Saladin ; I Love Thee Sail.
LUCK! LUCK!! LUCK!!!
We are gratified to learn that our friend C. A. EII-,
has prevailed upon Dame Fortune to distribute a por-'
lion of her burthen— *' the precious stuff”—among our
citizens.
Last week, he sold a prize of 85,000 to some young
men of our city—one of ss9o—and nnolher of §2OO.
' A few weeks since, he sold a 810,000 prize to a gen
tleman in Upson county ; and he is constantly return
ing ten, twenty, and thirty thou-mid dollar prizes, be
cause he has not customers sufficient to keep them
among us. He says, all he wants is customers to pur
chase, to relieve the hard times, and stop the Augusta
jugglers from running upon out Banks.
Be sure and send your orders, for Tickets, to the
j Lucky Office of C. A. Ells, Mulberry street, where
prizes will be cashed as soon as drawn.
I—
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
We refer our readers to the prospectus of the “ Ame
rican Silk Society," and, also, that of anew literary
i publication, called “ The Corsair," in another column I
of to-day’s paper.
COWLES APPREHENDED.
Wc learn from the Milledgeville Recorder that
Cowles, the person charged with the murder of Isaacs,
the pcdler, in Jones county, has been apprehended and
lodged in jail, in Pensacola. The Governor has de
manded him, and despatched suitable officers to take ;
him into custody.
GOODS NEWS FROM KENTUCKY.
The Charleston Courier, of the 26. h ultimo, says—i
Our readers will perceive from what follows below, that
the able and indefatigable exertions of Col. Memmin
oer h ive succeeded in obtaining the re-consideration
and passage ofthe South-Western Rail Road Bank!
! Bill, to a third reading, in the Kentucky House of Re
presentatives, by a vo e of 52 to 47, and that there is
j now a fair prospect of a glorious and triumphant ter
! initiation ot Col. M’s. mission.
j “ Cincinnati and Charleston Kail Road. —From the
| following, which we copy from the Louisville Advert!- j
ser, of yesterday, vve are not without hope that the
Rail Road Bank Bill will become a law in Kentucky;
and then put lieyond all doubt the early and successful 1
j completion of our great enterprise. — Cin. Eve. Rost.
Green River Betrayed — Slate Credit Prostrated. —We
j received, yesterday evening, the following letier from
i a friend, in whose judgment vve repose great confi- j
j dence;
Frankfort, Feb. 13.
j ‘ Mr. Penn—Sir—The battle has been again renew
eit in the House of Representatives on the proposition
! to confer banking privileges on the Cincinnati and
Charleston Rail Road Company. Doct. Edmonds >n,
lof Harr, who voted against the third reading of this
i bill, when it was defeated some weeks since, on yes
i terdav moved a re-considerat.on, which was carried to
j day, ity a majority of four or five votes, and the bill or
dered to be engrossed and read a third time, by a vo'e
•0f52 lo 47. One member absent, who had voted against
i it. My impression is now, that the bill will pa-s both
! Houses at this se-s on, for there will be two of its op
i ponents absent during the remainder of the session,
I from the lower House, and .Mr. Nutall, of the Senate,
| will leave in a few days.
* The Senate has been engaged to-day on the Inter-
I nal Improvement Bill, but adopied such a variety of
amendments, thut it even-became odious to its friends,
and it was re-committed to the committee again.’
’Pile above is followed by a long Jeremiad front friend
Pentt, in the most lamentable strain.”
A letter, dated Frankfort, 12th instant, received in
i this efty, speaks of the above result as then probable,
1 anticipating, however, at the utmost, only 51 votes in
favor of the Bill. The same letter states that there is
strong hope of a bare majority in the Senate; and that
the Governor’s veto is now the chief ground of appre
hension, w hich may, however, be counteracted l>v u
majority of both branches of the whole representation
—which is by uvt means hopeless
ICT Mr. Macardel! has discontinued his paper, tk*
“ Daily Telegraph,” recently estab'ished in Savannah,
and will hereafter be connected with the editorial man
agement ot the Savannah Georgian. Mr. Bulloch, tin
proprietor of the Georgian, has effected this arrange
ment, that he may be the belter able to present Ins
readers with a larger quantity, and n greater variety of
reading matter. The proprietor will shortly publish a
“ Weekly Georgian," to contain all the matter of tha
daily paper, during th.* week.
We learn with pleasure, (says the Philadelphia
United States Gazette,) that the committee appointed
to receive subscriptions to stock for building a steam
ship to ply between Philadelphia and some port of Eng
land, have commenced that labor in the most auspi
cious manner. The Bank of the United States sub
scrilied the liberal sum of 9100,000, nearly one-fifth of
what was the outside estimate of the Committee for
building and starting a vessel of 2,590 too*.
The Houston (Texas) Intelligencer, of tlie Ist ulto.,
says; “We are informed by a gentleman who caiao
passenger on the Cuba, that Gen. James Hamilton and
Ex Governor Butler, of South Carolina, had reacltej
Mobile, on their way to this city. Our informant also
states that Governor Butler will make this his perma
nent residence."
UNITED STATES SENATE.
The seats of the following Senators become vacant
in 1841;
Bedford Brown, of North Carolina.
John C. Calhoun, of South Carolina.
Thomas Clayton, of Delaware.
John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky.
John Davis, of Massachusetts
Henry Hubbard, of New Hampshire.
William K. King, of Alabama.
Wilson Lumpkin, of Georgia.
Neheminh R. Knight, of Rhode Island.
William H. Roane, of Virginia.
Robert C. Nicholas, of Louisiana.
John M. Robinson, of Illinois.
John Rugglee, of Maine.
Robert J. Walker, of Mississippi.
Garret D. Wall, of New Jersey.
Hugh L. White, of Tennessee.
MR. BUCKINGHAM’S DEPARTURE.
The Savannah Telegraph, of the 22d ultimo, says:
“ Last evening, Mr. Buckingham concluded his deep
ly interesting lecture on Egypt, and the Cities of the
Nile, which was attended by a much larger number
than the previous one of the same '■ourse as has been
invariably the case with Mr. Buckingham's audience,
wherever he has yet been.
We learn that he leaves Savannah on Monday next,
for Augusta, where he will remain a week only ; and
that from there, passes on immediately to Mobile, where
lie has been invited to deliver his course; after which
lie proposes to visit New Orleans, about the latter end
of March, a id return from thence, by way of Colum
bus, and Milledgeville—in each of which lie will prob
ably deliver a short lecture, in the month of April or
May.
Wc shall only render a service to the communities of
these several places, by announcing Mr. Buckingham's
intended visit before hand ; as they will be better pre
pared to give him that reception which he has hitherto
uniformly met with in the cities of tlie South, as well
as those of the North. In Mobile and New Orleans,
especially, we doubt not he w ill receive that warm re
ception, which his merits ns a man, and his services as
a benefactor of the human race, deserve."
Mr. Pierce acknowledges the receipt of One
Hundred and Seventy-six Dollars and Fifty Cents, as
the amount collecte 1 at the Oratorio, and appropriated
to the benefit of the Library of the Georgia Female
College.
On Wednesday morning, tlie 27tlt ultimo, by the
Rev. S. G. Bragg, Dr. E. L. STKOHECKER, to
Miss SARAH ANN WILLIAMS, all of this place.
MACON VOLUNTEERS,
\TTEND a meeting, at the Company’s Room.
THIS EVENING, at half past 7 o’clock, on im
portant business. By or <'e~,
DANELLY, Ist Sergean*.
March 2 I9 r
MACON VOLUNTEERS.
\ Court of Enquiry, for the trial of Defaulters, at
the Parade on the 22d ultimo, will lie convened
at the Company’s Room, This Evening, at half past 7
o’clo-k.
March 2 j#
I. P. & W. F. Cos.
\TTEND a regtdar monthly meeting on MON
DAY FdVENING, the 4th instant, ut 7 o’clock,
at the Engine House.
L. P. STRONG, Foreman.
March 2 ij r
refl3SasssMsasw^ireiHe?&y
Monroe Rail Road, I
MACON, Feb. H, 1939. \
?IUIE Cars are now running daily to Forsyth—will
I leave the Depot every day at 7 o’clock. A. M.—
Leave Forsyth at 4 P. M., and arrive at Macon at 6
P- M. L. PETTY, Transportation Agent.
IVforeh 2 19-ts
s/.i.Tff: set irf.rs.
FOR TWO DAYS ONLY.
ffUIE UNITED BROTHERS, CHANG-ENG,
a very respectfully acquaint the ladies and gentle
men of Macon and vici titv, that 'hey will he in that
place on MONDAY and TUESDAY, March 4th
a id 5 h, 1839, and will receive visitors at the WASH
INGTON HALL. The hours of admission will l>«
from 2 till 4 in the afternoon, and from 7 till 9 in the
evening. Admittance 50 cents.
No rc-admission inio the room. March 2
James McCotin Tilford,
ATTORNEY AT LAW LANIER, Macon
- » county, Georgia.
Murclt2 19h
MUSIC I MUSIC!!
1 Q/V) Pieces new Music, for Piano, Flu*e, and
1 ,-wVyvJ Violin, just received.
Also, splenJid Guitar and Violin Strings, fur »a!e at
tlie Macon Book and Music Store, by
.March 2 19 C. A. ELLS
RARE OPPORTUNITY!
Drawing, painting, penmanship, and
the FRENCH, SPANISH, AND ITALIAN
LANGUAGES, may now be acquired in a short lime,
and at very moderate charges.
Classes have been formed in French, Drawing, Wri
ting and Book-Keeping, and those who desire to learn
any of those branches, are requested to make early ap
plication, as the number of pupils will be Bmi'ed.
The Ladies are respectfully informed dial the room
is reserved for their exclusive use, from 11 o’clock in
the morning, until 1 in the afternoon.
R Nint.on Third Street, over 'he store of Messrs Rea
& Cotton, where Ladies and Gentlemen are invited to
call and examine the specimens.
.Mason. Fek 33 IU