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THE s®3rb mii -is sy xp®©!* Is published in the city of Macon every Saturdr,-. Morning, at three dollars in advance, folk collar after three months—two dollars for six months— and mailed to country subscrilicrs by the earliest mails' •enveloped by good strong wrappers, with legible direr, tions. SP7~ No subscription received for a less period than six months—and no paper discontinued, until al arrears are paid. Advertisements not exceeding twelve lines will be in serted at $1 00 for the first insertion, and 50 cents for •each continuance —larger ones in proportion Persons wishing to advertise by the year must call at the office and make an agreement to that effect, Advertise ments not limited when handed in, will be inserted till tforbid, and charged accordingly. oOr Any person forwarding a ten dollar bill, (post paid,) shall receive four copies, for one year, to be sen* <to different persons, as directed. {Or Letters, on business, cither to the Publisher or Editor, must come post paid to insure attention. JOB-PRINTING OFFICE. % l ’ K 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 stvie and fashion,” which will enable •us to execute EVERY variety of JOB-PRINTING. in a workmanlike manner, and superior to any tiling that can be done in “ these parts.” Having hitherto given universal satisfaction, the stib .scriber feels sure that, with the present increased facil ities —his long experience, and tried ah lity—he will be able to please all who may entrust their work in his hands. iKr Orders respectfully solici'ed. CORNELIUS U. IIANLEITER. Kr Don’t mistake the Office ■■ it is on Third-street, next door to Harvey Shotwrll’s Drug Store, opposite the Central Hotel, and in the building formerly occujricd by the “Clock-Makers.” Macon, December 22J, 1833. Splendid Pianos of Grand Action, AT NEW-YORK PRICES ! THE subscriber would respectfully inform the citi zens of Macon, and the community in general, that he has been appointed the Agent of the New York Piano Forte Manufacturing Company, for the sale of their instruments. This Company is a chartered asso ciation of Practical Piano Forte Makers, many of w hom have occupied lor years pas\ the first situations in the principal manufactories in this country, and all of whom nave been bred to the business. -411 employed in the establishment are stockholders, and are alike interested in the success and reputation of the Company. No apprenticts or boys are employed in anv part of their I manufactory; and they do, with the utmost confidence, warrant their Piano Fores in regard to workmanship, tone and capacity to stand any and all climates. The j aho e Company, in coming before the public in corn-1 petition a iili manufacturers of established lame,are re solved to build their reputation on the excellence of their instruments and the fairness of price . They are , of m >st beautiful finish, and in tone, excelled bv none, j Persons wishing to purchase w ill do well to call at the „Y nr Pooh Store, two doors South of the Washington Hall, and examine their excellencies. C. A. ELLS. ec in 8 ~MUSIC _ STO RE (1 BRUNO hss just received and for sale a hand \J• pome awmrMnent ot Pi:ino. c t Vioiiue, I lutes, Bows, j Guitar Springs Music, dtc. &c. The Pianos are of superior workmanship, and will be warranted and kept in tunc one year- Ail orders will he thankfully received and prnmpMv || attended to, at the Music Store next door to Mr. J. 11. Oldershaw’s Carriage and Furniture Ware Ilou.ce. 1 Jan 26 ts-11 !| PAINTING. rjMIE subscriber is now prepare 1 tnexecut • all kinds ■ of House, Sign, and Fancy Painting, Gilding, ;j Glazing, and Paper-Hanging. House-Painting will be done by the yard, pound, or day. O ders, either in ; the city or country, thankfully received and prompt! , attended to, at No. 21, Mulberry-street, opposite the Post Office. D. T. REA. sept 13 FOOD FOR TIIE MIND. A (.YU W 23© QK §S©ll2 r p HE subscriber would respectfully inform his friends a and the community in general, that he has remov ed from Milledgevdle, and permanently located himseil in his place, two doors South of the Washington llali, on Mniht rry-stri et, at the stand formerly occupied In VVt.i. If. Burdsall, aim lately by A. McArn, where lie tn'endb carrying on the LOOK and PA NC l SCSI NESS on the mostrea onable term ; and he flatters hitn-e'k. it the peopleiw II call and < amine Ins stock 'hat tl . y will he convmed that he can sell ns low ns cart ht bought at any house this side of New York., Among his stock may be found a gcneralnssortment of /.ate, Mnliial. Miscellaneous and School POORS; J GLOPES. MAl’hi and CHARTS; Mathematical In- 1 struments ; Record mid H ank Rooks of all kinds, i Paper, Ink, Quills, Inkstands; Printing, Visiting and . Playing Cards ; g eel Pens, Fine Cutlery, Silver Pen cils! purses. Pocket-books, liankrr’sCases, Ladies' Work-hoxos; indies’and gentlemen's Dressing Cases; Dissected Maps, Spelling Puzzles, and a large assort ment of TOYS for children ; Fancy and Drawing Pa per, Bristol Boards, Paints, Vanish, India Ink, Brush .■s fur Painting : Gentlemen's fine //air. Shaving, Nail, | Tooth, Whsker and Clothes Brushes: Writing and j Travelling Deaks ; Wilson’s Manifold Letter VV ritcr, . with the art of despatching 1,2,3 or 4 letters with a sin gle stroke of the pen—a very useful article for all busi ness men. | Cologne, Florida, Lavender and Bay Waters ; Milk i of Roses. Rouge ; Ladies' Curls, Head Ornaments, A c Violins, Accordia ns. Music Boxes : the most celebrated I MUSIC for Pianos; Card and Cigar Casts; Tobacco and Snufl Boxes, <fc &e. All New Publications will be received as soon as they are issued from the press. The above go als have all been selected fresh in New York this fall, and are of the best binding and mater ials. A liberal discount will he made to gentlemen j and teachers buying by the Quantity, for their librar es j and schools. By a close application to business, and a desire to acomoda'e, I hope to merit a portion ot the | patronage of this liberal community. C. A. ELLS. November 17 ly4 NEW ROOKS. J UST received, Oliver Twist, complete in 2 vols Hannah More’s Accomplished Lady—Miss Les lie’s Complete Cookery—Keiih's Demonstrations of the I truth of Christianity, with illustrations —Manual of Con chology, with two hundred illustrations, for sale by C. A. ELLS. KT Masonic Charts and Diplomas can he furnished to Imdges in this State, by calling on C. A. E. Feb 23 IS PIANOS! PIANOS!! JUST received and for sale, four elegant PIANO FORTES, manufactured expressly for the south ern clitnnie, and are warranted. The public are invi ted to call and examine them. THOMAS WOOD. December 8 - BRASS CLOCKS. A FEW Eight Days Brass Clocks, may be pnrehnsed of C- A. Ells, at hall price, and w arranted to keep the lest of time. January I? Up ttt t}m Ultfrf© RV P r PF\T)I ftov Bk P. C. PENDLETON. VOL. 11. TO RENT, As THREE Fire-proof STORES, fronting on 3 d I•: j'.J street; Three Fire-proof STORES, fronting j | on Cherry-street. They a:e large and commodious, and well calculated for any kind of business, and will be titled up, ns to shelving and counters, to suit tenants. Those fronting j | on Third-street (directly opposite Messrs. Rea & Cot-! \ ion’s, and J Cowles, Esqr.’s ranges) are now ready for | occupancy, and possession immediately given. Those j on Cherry-street w ill he r adv by the Ist of Octoher Hex’. Rent will he reasonable, and commence from isj of October. Apply to DAVID RALSTON. ! N. B Several very airy ROOMS on the second floor e» the above buildings, suitable lor Lawyers Offices, I .v,l! also he rented. ' D. R. j j July 7 37;f ' NOTICE. THE Subscriber, from favorable repre jf\ •!, seutations, employed one Win. Russeil, So a stranger to him, to go to the Cherokee; with important papers, he left about the middle of this month with a very large Black Mare and a Sorrel Horse, one of which he was to have left at Ma- I con, since which he has not lieen heard from. He is a ! i; yountr man, apparently about 23 or 21 years of age, ! nearly 6 feet high, says he was horn in Baltimore, though his conversation indicates that he is a foreigner, j A handsome reward will be given to those who will en-; able the subscriber to obtain nis property and bring the thief to justice. A. SHOTWeLL. 1 Lee county, Jan. 22 ts-14 STRAYED, ,—FIVE or six weeks since, a small light /- Mt 'F 1 Chesnut Sorrel Mare, with a white spot u a in the face, the right hind foot w hite, and ——two small knots o i the hack. Also, a I small Bay Mare, with reached mane and i a small white spot in the face. „ „ WM. WOODLIEF. Macon, Feb 16 17 ( , , FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD. R ANA WAY from the house of the subscriber, li- H 1 ving in Crawford county, on the night of the 2J instant, a black fellow by the name of ANDREW.— jj He is about five feet six i ches high, between 40 and jl 50 years ot age, thick set, and has a scar (or lump) on his bteast, about the size of a 12j cent piece. He has i a brother in Augusta, hv the name of Cuflee, (belong ing to Col. Gardner, of that place ) I will pay the above reward for his apprehension and commitment in | any jail, so that I can get him. JACOB FUDGE,' Sr. Feb 16 17c j s tCr The Augusta Chronicle, and Savannah Geor- \ I ginn, will copy the above three 'imes, and forward their ] j account. geo. c. McNeill IS now- receiving l.sfall and wintersupplios, of Far i j and Slojile pritish, French, Swiss, Italian, liic-ai j and American DRY GOODS. consisting in part of the following articles: fine ano superfine wool dyed. Blue, Black, Brown, Green, Ade. laidt, Cade', Fashionable and Biddle Mixed Cloths S ngle Double and Trebbled “i led, Black, Fashioua i tdo, Mixed and Striped Cassimerg and Satinets; Satin, Prussia and Genoa Velvet Vestings; Silk and Valencia do; Gros do Rhine, Gris de S tie, Gros He Naples,;! Boult do Soi, Reps Brocade and Ipsnla Silks ; Victoria j and Coronation Satins; Shallevs ; “oiiseliue de Laine ' and Tagliouea ; French, English, German and Gros de j Nap Merinos; French Cambrics, Grodeodier and De- Itsle Prints; English and American do. of • verv style ;j Shallevs, Merino,Thibet, Brochelle and ChinealShawls;; Fancy Damask, Demantine and Ipsola Dress Hdkfs;! Victoria do; Tainmuri!and Embroidered Scotch, Swiss, I ! English and French Worked Capes and Collars; Linen,! i Linen Cambric, Scotch, Long, and Bishop Lawns; Saclwrilla Cambric; N'ansook, Jaconet and Scotch; Mus'ins; Cambric and Furniture Dimity; Russia and Birds Eve Daper: Victoria and Marseilles Skirts Linen and Cotton Sheetings; Cambric, Swiss, Jaconet anl Thread Inserting*; Muslin Cnflis; Pongee and India K zan Il.lkfe; Victoria Cap, Belt, and Garniture Ribbons; Sattin and Lustring do; Victoria Leghorn, I S’raw and Cottage Bo inets; Artificial Flowers; l Wreaths: Black Luce Hdkfs. and Veils; American, ! English. Welch, Gau«e and French Flannels; Ken-j i tuekv. Highland and Glennie Jeans; Mackinaw , Rose, i Duffle, French and Point Blankets: Brown and Rleech- i [ed Sheetings; Linseys, Kerseys,Tickings, Checks and Drillings. Lad'es', Misses’, Gentlemen's and Boys' Merino, Angola, Cotton and Silx Hoisery of every description. CLOTHING. Clotli Dnss and Frock Coals ; Overcoats, Fan'aloons Cloaks, Vi sis. Linen and Cot "on Skirts, Lamb’s Woo and Merino do; Drawers, Stocks, Cravats, C tllars Suspend* rs, G'm e«, Ac. Ac. with almost every other article ki pfin the Dry Gjods line. October 20 52 Matches, Snuff, Ac. BECKWITH’S Pills, Brandrcth’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 by J. H. 4r IF. & ELLIS. Cotton-Avenue GOLD INK, A beautiful article for Artists, Schools. Priva'e Fami t a lies, Bankers, Merchants, Ac. This Ink, when w ritten with, has the appearance of G ild. It can be used either w i'h a quill, s’etl pen, or a fine hair brush. Ladies w ill fin.l it for Ornamental Painting, Visiting Cards, etc., to lie superior to any similar article which has ever been introduced to the nonce of the public.— For sale by J. H. A W. S. ELLIS, T an. 26 14 By appoi«tment. Carpenter’s Embrocation for Horses. AT'OK the cure of Swellings, Strains, Bruises, Galls E 1 Stiffness of Tendour and Joints, &c. Ac. This Embrocation is recommended to Farriers and others who wish a remedy for diseases above mention ed. For sale by J. H- A IF. S. ELLIS. September 23 4tf Fancy Soap, Cantly, Ac. 1 (\(I DOZ. Fancy Soap—as'orted J v t y / 300 Ihs Candy do 100 hove- and half boxes No. 1 Soap 40 do Sperm Candles 40 doz. Wine. Cherry, Madeira and Hock. For sale by J. PHILLIPS. January 19 13tf STILLS. J EST received and for sale, a lot of S ills, from fifty to one hundred and twenty gallons. JAMES H. BISHOP & CO. Feb 16 17tf HOUSE, SIGN AND ORNAMENTAL PAINTING. GILDING, Ac. riTHE subscriber, grateful for past favors in the above A line, begs leave most respectfully to re'urn bis most sincere thanks to the citizens of .Macon and Vine ville, and tlieit vicint’y, and takes this opportunity to inform them and the public generally, 'hat he has a«- socia’ed with him, in co-partnership, CHARLES L. SMITH, (late of Wall street, New York, a gentleman, and second to none in his .ine of Painting in the Uni led S n'es.) for the purpose of conducting the Painting business in all its various departments. THOM AS B. CLARKE, The business, in future, will he conducted under the firm and style of CLARKE & SMITH, No. I Mulberrv street, next door but one below William B. Parker A. Cos., and directly opposite the Central Hotel. Feb S 15-ly NEW ORLEANS MOL \SSi;s. rA BRI.S. in prime order, jit*t received per Ocntu!- gee Company's boat, and for sole by b REA A COTTON. March 2 19 DEVOTEE TO LITERATURE, INTERNAL INI PROVE TYI ENT. COMMERCE, AGRICULTURE, rORBIG.NI AND DOMESTIC NEWS. AMUSEMENT, fee. fcc. . _ _ TERMS: THREE DOLLARS, IN ADVANCE—FOUR DOLLARS, AFTER THREE MONTHS. J \ > J MACON, (Ga.) SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 9,1839. PROSPECTUS. TOURNAL CF THE AMERICAN SILK SO - Cl LTV, AND RURAL ECONOMIST.—A'a Convention which met at Baltimore, on the llrh of De cemlier last, compused of a great number of gendemen from various parts of the Union, distinguished for their public services, patriotism, and practical intelligence, the billowing resolutions were unanimou-ly adopted, afier lull discussion, in the course of which a great mass of facts and valuable information was eiiciled. Resolved, That it is the deliberate opinion of this Convention that Silk may be grown in all the United S ates, no! only for domestic purposes, nut as a valua ble article of commercial export; thereby giving an ac tive employment to American labor, and retaining mil lions of dollars in our country, tnat are annually” set* out of it lor the purchase of silken goods. Resolved, That a National Silk Journal ought to he established, under the auspices of the Executive Cun niittee, and all the funds over and above the support of said paper ought to he devoted to the advancement of the silk cause in the Uni'ed Stu'es. Under the latter resolution, the subscriber has been solicited to assume the editorial superintendence of the Journal, to be published by the Society ; and now, with ! not the least abatement for that fondness (not to say ; passion) tor rural life, and all its pursui s, which prompl j ed him, eighteen years since, to issue the first number ! °f the old American Farmer, he is hut too happy tosa j lute, once more, his old friends and correspondents, promising to deserve new ones by the most assiduous ; endeavors, (not incompatible with strici attention to his ! official duties.) to accelerate the growth and progressof : what he is convinced is destined to liecome a great ! branch of national industry, bringing into active exer cise much of the now unproductive laboring [tower of the country, giving comfort to the w idow and the or phan, by oflering them suitable and remunerating em ployment; and making, in the aggregate, a large addi tion to the wealth and prosperity of our belovetl Union. 1 hough Silk and every thing connected with its pro duction, and all improvements in machinery for its pre paration and manufacture, will constitute the chief de sign and aim of the Journal, lor 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 “IJußxr. Ecj nomist.” J. S. SKINNER. The Journal of the American Silk Society will lie published monthly, in pamphlet form, each nuinlicr will contain thirty two pages, printed oil new type and hand some paper, with a printed colored cover All persons friendly to the objects of the Journal, will 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 liars, always to he paid bes ire the work is sent. All subscriptions to begin with the first number of the year, and in no case will the work he sent to any subscriber longer than it shall have been paid for. All communications to be ml dressed, post paid, to Gideon B. Smith, Corresponding Secretary of the So cietv. All editors of papers who mat 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 he entitled to a copy of the Journal. Baltimore, Jan. 1833. Prospectus of the CORSAIR, \ 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 Y'ork, a paper of the above designation and character. It is their design to present as amusing a periodical as can he made from the current wit, humor, and literature of the times, to collect the spirit not only ol English, hut of French and German belles letters ; to give dramatic criticisms with vigilant impartiality and care: in short, to picture the age in its luerature 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 presen’, (consistently with pocket wisdom so well understood by American publishers) offer any thing for American productions. Their critical department, however, will he always on the alert for native litera ture, and to the best of their ability they will keep a running guage of the merits to compatriot au'hors. , They see their way very 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, thev 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. 1833. Monroe Rat! Rond. ) MACON, Feb. IS, 1339. $ IIMIE Cars are now running daily to Forsyth—will A 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. March 2 19-ts MUSIC! MUSIC!! 1 Os il l Pieces new Music, for Piano, Flute, and J- Ov/ Violin,just received. Also, splen lid Guitar and Violin Strings, for sale at the Macon Book and Music Store, by March 2 19 C. A. ELLS. DR. JAMES M. GREEN INFORMS the public of Macon and its vicinity, that he has opened an establishment for the reception nnd treatment of Patients suffering from Chronic Dis ease, or requiring the performance of Surg cal opera tions in which those who may be under h.s care, will be subject to constant Medical supervision, and every exertion made to promote their speedy and complete recovery. He has nlso an apartment provided fir such Negroes as may be confided to his care, by their own ers. Planters and others, residing at a distance, may rely on as much attention being bestowed on their ser vants, as if under their immediate superintendance The establishment is conveniently looa'ed, (next door to his lesidence.) in a salubrious situation. The medi cal charge* will tie tb 'se usually made by the Physi cians of Macon ; those for board Ax., as moderate os the state of the market and other circumstances will permit. Feb 9 16p NOTICE. THE Co-partnership and connection heretofore ex isting between the subscribers, in the business of House Carpen'erinr, Ac , was dissolved by mu tial con sent, on the first of Januarv, 1839. Bv the terms of the said dissolution, John Jepson is *o receive all debts due to said firm, and to settle all demands againsf the late concern, and of which the creditors and deh ors will take due notice. CHESTER HILLS, JOHN JEPSON. Macon, Jan 23, 1339 15-p COMMERCIAL BANK,! Macon, Feb. 11, 1.339. ) DIVIDEND No. 7. FIXHE Board of Directors hove this day declared a ■ Dividend of E'ght per cent, for the last twelve m inths, on the capital stock paid in, payable to stock holders or their legal representatives, on mid after Tuesday next, the 12th instant. 1 Feb 16 17p G. B. CARHART, Cashier. LAW NOTICE. f | I HU undersigned will hereafter pracice Lvv under ■ the firm and style of McDONALD, POWERS & FRANKLIN, and will regularly attend the Courts heretofore attended by McDonald &. Po.vers O.fict over the Ocmulgee Bank. c. j McDonald, „ A. P. POWERS, Feb 2 15-ts L. FRANKLIN. DRESS MAKING AND MILLINERY. % 1 RS- HANLEITER wishes to inform the Lad e i-TA of Macon, and vicinity, that she has come to ih, ' determination of pursuing the dress making business, and Hatters herself that, from a long experience, she wiC give entire satisfaction to all who mnv think proper to engage her services. She will endeavor to obtain patterns of the latest Spring Fashions, and he liettei prepared to suit those Ladies who may patronize hot. I OCrHer residence is on Third-street, in the hou-e formerly occupied by Mr B. Trapp. OCrMrs. SAGE will attend to the millinery busin* s, at the same house; and will Bleach and Press Bonnets at short notice. January 19 life POETRY. From the Southern Literary Messenger. YOUTH. “ There was a time when medow, grove and stream, The earth, and every common sight To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light,— The glory and the freshness of a dream ! It is not now as it has been of yore, — The things, which I have seen, I now can see no more!" Wordsworth. I. Oh! give us back the happy time In life’s young hours, When roving in a fairy clime, ’Mid fadeless flowers, The heart leaped up in its young delight. At the meanest thing that hails its sight;— When we saw a beaut} - , in the days of yore, And heard a music we shall hear no more, — In the Heaven above, ands e Earth below, — In the rain-how’s arch—in the river’s flow, — In the flowers that flush in the steps of Spring,— The fountain’s gush, and the butterfly's wing When the sea, and the earth and the siar-gcnnned sky Were filled with a brightness and melody. Ere the carking cares of life had sway, Or custom had chased the charm away ! H. Oh ! it is not noxv as it was of yore,— The spell hath departed forever more ! The rose still gladdens the face of Spring.— Still the butterfly glances his golden wing : Tile how still gleams in the Heaven above— The emblem eternal of Peace and Love ! ! The waves still leap on their march to the sea, — The fountain still gushed in melody : Yet tho' their hue he as bright, and as sweet their tone, We see not —we hear not —as once we have done, — For, the charm is now broken, —the fairy spell gone ! Oh ! give us back the happy time In life's young hours, When joyous we roved in a fairy clime, ’Mid fadeless flowers ! in. Tfie charm is broken, —the fairy spell gone, And wiser and sadder the heart hath grown! We’ve learned to unweave the cunning woof Os the bow. that spanneth yon star-wrought roof ; We hear no more in the thunder-tone The angry voice of th’ Invisible One ; The lightning leaps on its dazzling path No longer the fiery sword ot his wrath ! We have lifted the veil ! and the cold hand of Truth Hath broken the vision that gladdened our youth, And its golden dream, yielding to reason’s proud sway, In life’s sadder wisdom hath melted away ! But what tho’ that dream were deceitful and vain ? Oh ! who would not wish to live o'er it again ? We’ve entered the garden,—we’ve plucked from the hough,— We've tasted the fruit, —are we happier now ? Oh! give me hack the happy time In life’s young hours, YVhen joyous we roved in a fairy clime, ’ Mid fadeless flowers. elia. IAM AFAR—A MELODY’. By I Villiam Wallace, author of Battle of Tippecanoe, American Me todies, <fc. I AM AFAR ! Y et on my memory wildly, darkly swells Thy glorious image in my midnight slumbers. And thy sweet voice, deep and reproving, swells. Clear as an Angel’s heart—dissolving numbers, When the star-lyres of Heaven are deeply thrill'd Beneath the music ; and the storm’s red pinion Furl’d at the wondrous melody is still’d Within the thunder’s cloud-enrolled dominion. i am afar ! The gloomy waves are rolling by the bark, And in their depths I see the round moon shining, Gilding the pathway of our trembling ark, Like Hope o’er Danger’s stormy couch reclining. In vain, the hour enrolls its light for me. In vain' the Sentinels of Time are glowing From the blue w atch-towers, were the upper sea Round the cloud pillars of the sky, is flowing. iam afar! Those proud dark eyes, suffus'd with streaming tears — That lofty brow, where Heaven’s own light reposes— That cheek unmarked as yet by envious years, Still richly rn liant with Beauty’s roses— That voice ! —No more ! —they all are with me now, Resting in wild remembrance, where no glory Flash’d from the Future, sparkles o’er my brow, To gild my being's agonizing story. I AM AFAR ! A weary wanderer on the wave and shore, Without thy presence, like a rainbow curling Over life's path ;—Still, lov’d one, would I |»ur, While the blue wings of Heaven are all unfurling Round the hush'd earth, the last notes of my lyre To thee, so wrong’d,by him whose deep emotion Wakes in the soul a frame-consuming fire On Being's dark and tempest-girdled Ocean. Steamer Got. Shelby, Jan. 25 1839. ( S <T C. R. IIANLEITER, PRINTER. MISCELLANY. MY MOTHER NEVER TELLS LIES. Culling on the family of a friend lately in a; distant t itv, the conversation turned on the! duties and responsibilities of parents. The mother with whom I was conversing at once kindled with the theme. She seemed like ot e whose eve Intd just been opened to anew world, 'as site was lutnemmg her deficien cies and mistakes ns a parent, she remarked— “ A few evenings since, I learned a lesson on that subject which I shall not soon forget. ! Several ladies of m v acquaintance had come to spend the evening. The child of one of them ! had accompanied her. In the course of the evening, the child, who was about five years 1 old, liecatne very rude and boisterous, much to the annoyance of the company, and espe cially to her mother. “Sarah?” said the mother, “you must be quiet.” The child soon forgot the reproof, and became as noisy as ever. The mother! spoke again kindly, but firmly: “Sai%h? if vou do so again, I shall punish you.” But Sarah soon forgot again, and repeated her im proper conduct. As the company werede-i parting, Sarah’s mother stepped in to a neigh- \ hor’s house, intending to return for her child.' During her absence, the preparations made by | the ladies for their departure reminded Sarah of home. And this iccitlled the mother’s pro mise. The recollection turned her rudeness and thoughtlessness to sorrow, and she was presen Iv seen in tears. )ne of the ladies endeavored to pacify her: on learning what had occasioned her grief, she sttid “Never min i, I’ll nsk your mother not to punish you.” “ O!” said Sarah, “site w II; I know she will. My mother never tells lies.” “ I saw in an instant,” said my friend, “how guilty I had lieen in the education of my children. Often I’ve told them some little thing, either in the way of promise or threaten ing, and forgot it, |ierhaps, the next minute. I | But mv children did not forgot, and thus I have been teaching them that their own mo ther was a liar. I don’t wonder that my children are so unmanageable. I trust I shall Ibe very carcfol hereafter as to what I promise, and when Ido promise,as careful to perform; ■ that my children too mav he able to say — “My mother never tells lies.” The lesson has never been forgotten by A Parent. EVERY ONE TO HIS TASTE. A petition was lately presented to the Le gislature of Massachusetts, from Miss Aroline! Augusta C inse, and seven hundred and eighty five other fern ties o’’ the town of Lynn, pray ing that all laws lie forthwith repealed which ; make a distinction between the citizens of this state, on account of difierenec of color.” On ; the heels of this very significant petition came 1 one from Samuel Curtis and one hundred and ninety-two others, praying the legislature, as soon as convenient, to pass an act, “granting a full ami free privilege to the said Aroline Au gusta Chase and the seven hundred and eighty five other females to marry, intermarry, or as sociate with any negro, Indian, Hottentot, or any other being in human shape, tit their will and pleasure, provided thev do nor in any wav trangress the law over and a time tho petition.” FICTION AND FACT IN AMERICAN LITERATURE, j It is remarked by Mr. M’Michael in his late! published address before the Pniludclphiu Ly ceum, that superficial observers are apt to be lieve that the chief productions of the Ameri can pen are works of imagination, but directly i the reverse of this is the truth. In our home productions, the scientific and practically use- j ful predominate; and to subjects connected! with education, especial attention lias been di rected. Thus, of two hundred and filly-one original works published in '.834, only twenty seven were novels and poetry, and all the re mainder related to education, divinity, history and biography, jurisprudence, travels, the sciences and arts. EGOTISTICAL WRITERS. The simplest and easiest eflbrt of the mind is egotism—it is but baring one’s own breast, j disclosing its curious mechanism, and giving exaggerated expression to every day leeling.' Yet no productions have rnet with such suc eess—what authors can compete, as to popu larity, with Montaigne, Byron, Rousseau? ; Yet I eannot but believe that there have been; |thousands of men in the world who could! | have walked the same path, and have niet the | same success, if they hud had the same impu. ! dencc. a- NUMBER OF MURDERS IN KENTUCKY Bishop Smith, in a long letter to the Hon. .R. VVicklifie. says, it has been ascertained ; that there have lieen from thirty 'o forty homi cides in Kentucky annually (or three years past, and not a single execution. There have: been, within the three years, but five or six penitentiary convictions for murder. He a cribes this impunity in crime to the law for capital punishment, and recommends that im prisonment be substituted for hanging. A TROUBLESOME VICE. It was n rcmaik of Slieridan. that of the; several sorts of vice that prevail in this sinful world, one of the most troublesome to him : was Or/vice. PICTURE OF AN IRISHMAN. An I risfiman is a mun vr.tli two iu’ess, no better than one; to wit, a right one and a wrong one, between which, like two stools, hia wit becomes constantly to the ground. Then it is as natural for him to blunder as to breathe ; bis sign is Taurus, for he is constantly uffer ug dilemmas with horns to them. Verily, the experienced matador of Seville would Ire sore* ly tasked to encounter all the bulls which con e out of his mouth. Hence he is a Catholic by nat onality; fur the Tope makes bulls I kewise, and is therefore a mere Irishman born at Rome. Tor the rest of h.s religion he ctn‘esses to, at least, nineoftht; seven mortal sins ; and, above all, (Sabbath breaking, by which be understands eutmg flesh on a Friday. In his politics he is commonly a partisan, his main aversion being a trimme ; or ashedescribeth him, a man wi o sits on both sides of tho house at once. He holds the Lmerald Isle to be the brightest ruby in the English crown ; and recommends En gland and Ireland to unite in ie|HJtiling the union. He hath a scheme for reducing t.tlics from a tenth to a fifth ; and another fhr fur thering the education of poor by means of Sandy schools twice a week. In hospitality he is prince like, for he givetb all he hatn, Gough it In? but a potato*-. “It is not much,” he sai'.h, “ but you are as welcome as the umicidity, be will stick to a friend so long as lie hath a stick to do it withal; for he is not so much a member of a club as a club is a member of him ; to wit, his shillelab, which, as it cannot write written hand, makes always its mark. To see him in his glory, as the fidus Achates of all man kind. you must behold him at the fair of Donnyhrook, where the heads look up at the cudgels, like a Scottish man at an old acquaintance, when lie says unto him, ‘ Come gin’s your ,trucks?” Next to Donnyhrook, his delight is a duel, or pistol-duet, wherin lie prefers to play first rather than the second ; but be takes it amiss if there be not a hit, even on his own side. Rather than fail of a chal lenge, ho would cull out a deaf man to a ball in bis ear; nay lie bath been known, for want of other satisfaction, to blow out his own proper brains. lienee war, which is the multiplication of a duel, is quiet his element only that lie is far more fierce in multifarious figSil ; his last threat to bis enemy being that he will cut off his head and throw it in his face. In love; his flame is like unto a kitchen fire, which requireth a wide range ; for he is a sexagenarian, or in love with some sixty of the sex at once. Yet for all this special license, lie doth not incline to marry; for it is better lie stiith, to be walking with the darling jewel of a girl by the sweet light of the Young May moon, in the beautiful groves of Blarney, than to lie the man in the honey moon, looking about for himself with a lantern. Somctin es, how ever, he will hunt a fortune by way of chance, hut lie is apt to outrun it as well as his own ; whereupon he lietnkcs himself to poteen, which consoles him for his single blessedness, by making it seem double. 'To conclude, he ends as be lived, with spirit; a lover of fun and frolic to the last, anil ever noble, generous and fee- London Siar. NO. 20. CUBE FOR INTEMPERANCE AND SMOKING. INDIAN CUTENESS. A friend of ours, who lias had extensive dealings with the Indians of Mississippi, re lates the following characteristic anecdote, which he says is undoubtedly the truth. A chief by the name of Glover, in some gush of passion, happened to slay another Indian. The invariable penalty for killing among those piimitive beings is death, and that punishment is, by their custom to be inflicted by the near, est friends of the deceased. These iiad met together with the prisoner in their charge to execute the last sentence on poor Glover. He asked one favor of the judges before be died and as generous enemies, he hoped they would grant it as it was the last he would ever ask of them ; it was that lie might be permitted to take one glass more of liquor, and smoke one more pipe of tobacco. So small a request was readily granted ; they promised to postpone the execution until lie drank and smoked again. Having got them sufficiently committed to this proposition, he gave them to understand that lie never intended to do either. Such is the sacredness of an Indian promise, that subter fuge has thus saved Glover’s life and this oc currence took place ten years ago. LONGEVITY OF OUR FOREFATHE KS. No less than thirteen of the filly.six signers of Am rican Indeperirenee reached the age of eighty years and upwards, viz:— Charles Carroll, of Maryland, 95 William Ellery of Rhode Island, 93 John Adams of Massachusetts, 91 Samuel Adams. do 81 Robert Treat Paine, do 93 Benjamin Franklin, do 84 William Williams, of Connecticut, 91 William Floyd, of Ncw-York, 87 Thomas McKean, of Pennsylvania, 83 Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia, 83 George Wythe, do. 89 Matthew Thornton, of Ireland, 89 Francis Lewis, of Wales, 90 Being an average of 80 years nnd two months each ; and the aggregate excess of the “ time-honored thirteen’’over four score is just eighty years. No deliberate Assembly of equal magnitude was ever more remarkable lor the virtue, temperance, and longevity of its members, than the one which declared the American colonies free and independent. news — From on old Paper. It is well known, probably, to most of our readers, that formerly people feared to touch the carcase of a dead mad dog, for fear of be. coming rabid. We did not know, however, that there was such a fad on record its the following, cut by the editor of the Boston Mer cantile Journal, from a paper published in that city in 1818. Pittfi ld, Mass., June 18.—The blood of the mad dog. mentioned in our last, which was killed in the chamber of a house in the Slmker Village, judged to lie about a quart, was taken up and buried about four feet from a largo pear tree, in full bloo.n, and very thrifty. The third tlav after, the tree was completely wither ed to the highest branches, and continues to wither hn fist ns if it were cut down. In dig. gmg the hole, some of the small roots were cut off, which enabled the |x>isnn to iniitg'o with the sap, and convey its deadly induct.cu into ovory part us tbo true..