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THE goujESiiEißxr Is published in the city of Macon every Saturday Morning, at three dollars in advance, rom dollar after three months— two dollars for six months— and mailed to country subscribers by the earliest mails enveloped by good strong wrappers, with legible direc. ttons. 93“ 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. S3"Advertise ments not limited when handed in, will be inserted till forbid, and charged accordingly. lE3" Any person forwarding a ten dollar bill, (post paid,) shall receive four copies, for one year, to be sent to differeut persons, as directed. K3" letters, on business, either to the Publisher or Editor, must comepost paid to insure attention. FOOD FOR THE MIND, A :r3D©l< SfOßi l THE subscriber would respectfully inform his friends and the community in general, that he has remov ed from Milledgeville, and permanently located himself in this place, two doors South of the Washington Hall, on Mulberry-street, at the stand formerly occupied by Wm. 11. Burdsall, ann lately by A. McArn, where he intends carrying on the BOOK and FANCY BUSI NESS on the mostreasonable terms ; anil he flatters (tiniself, if the peopleiw II call and • tamine his stock that ttay will be convnccd that he can sell as low as can ba bought at any house this side of New York., Among his stock may he found a generalassortment of Law, Medical, Miscellaneous and School BOOKS; GLOBES, MACS and CIIA RTS; Mathematical In struments , Record and Itlank Hooks of all kinds. Paper, Ink, Quills, Inkstands ; Printing, Visiting anti Playing Cards ; Steel Pens, Fine Cutlery, Silver Pen cils, Purses, Pocket-books, Banker's Cases, Ladies’ Work-boxos ; ladies'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, Varnish, India Ink, Brush es lor Paintin'; ; Gentlemen's fine //air, Shaving, Nail, Tooth, Whisker and Clothes Brushes; Writing and Travelling Desks; Wilson’s Manifold Letter Writer, 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 of Roses, Rouge ; Ladies’Curls, Head Ornaments, &c. Violins, Accordians, Music Boxes; the most celebrated MUSIC for Pianos; Card and Cigar Cases; Tobacco and Snuff Boxes, <J-c &c. 03" All New Publications will be received as soon as they are issued from the press. 1 he above goods have all been selected fresh in New York this fall, and nrc of the best binding and mater ials. A liberal discount will be made to gentlemen and teachers buying by the quantity, for their libraries anti schools. By a close application to business, and a desire to acomodate, I hope to merit a portion of the patronage of this liberal community. M ~ C. A. ELLS. November 17 » l v 4 PIVNOES, CARRIAGES AND FURNITURE, JUST received and for sale at reduced prices, by JOHN H. OLDERSHAW. April ___ 24tf Fancy Soap, Candy, &c. 1 fWV DOZ. Fancy Soap—assorted A v/vA 300 lbs Candy do 100 boxes and half boxes No. 1 Soap 40 do Sperm Candles 40 doz. Wine. Cherry, Madeira and Hock. For sale by J. PHILLIPS. January 19 I3tf STILLS. JUST received and for sale, a lot of Stills, from fifty to one hundred and twenty gallons. JAMES H. BISHOP & CO. Feb 16 _ 17tf NEW ORLEANS MOLASSES. fCI \ BRLS. in prime order, just received per Ocmul- OV ' gee Company's boat, and for sale by REA & COTTON. March 2 |«J MORE NEW GOODS. JUST RECEIVED at the NEW SHOE & HAT STORE, 2 trunks gentlemen's Hoots, of superior quality 1 do fine Bootees, 1 do Shoes 6 cases mens and hoys Light Boots 200 pair Dancing Pumps 200 do Walking Pumps 100 do Youths Pumps 200 do Ladies French Slips 100 do .Misses do do 100 do Walking Shoes 100 do Boots 200 do Childrens Morocco ami Leather Bootees Also, a large assortment of Mens and Boys Ca and Kip Brogans 10 cases Negro Shoes of good quality 4 do .gentlemens fine Beaver Hats 4 do white Russia Hats 4 go youths White Hats 4 do youths Black Hits' 8 do fine .Moleskin Hats 30 do men and boys white & black Wool Hats All of which will he sold very low for cash, wholesale or retail. HEIDT, ALDRICH &. CO. March 16 21 READY MADE CLOTHINgI JUST received at my Auction Room, on consign ment, a general assortment of READY MADE CLOTIMNG, for Summer wear, consisting of Coats, Pantaloons, Round Jackets, Vests. Shirts, &c. &c., all of which will he sold low tor CASH. Livers of gen teel and fashionable Clothing, at a reduced price, will do well to call and examine for themselves. C. L. HOWLAND. N. B. The above floods will be sold at Private Sale only. March 23 22 PIANOS ! PIANOS ! ! JUST received and for sale, four elegant PIANO ” FORTES, manufactured expressly for the south ern climate, and are warranted. The public are invi ted to call and examine them. , THOMAS WOOD. December 8 7 Dr. Scttbltf t Oleltrated Eye Water for Iti flamatioK and Weakness of the Eyes. riHfEgreat advantages of this infalible remedy places it lis a general appendage to families, and a con stant Oadr-ma um to the traveller. This Eye Water is prepared with the greatest care, and has never been known to fail in effecting a speedy and safe restoration I'f.thc diseased organs. It is useless to attach any cer tificates by way of praise or recommendation. The reputation and immense sale that has attended Dr. Seudder’s Eye Water, is the fairest proof of its utility and beneficial tendency ; it has been the means of preserving sight to many of tire afflicted, from the help less infant to the aged parent. Thousands of letters have been received by Dr. S. within these few years, containing* flattering remarks relative to this Eve' Wa ter—and the cures effected by it, have been set forth as wonderful beyond precedent. Dr. Scudderconfidently recommends this Eye Water as a safe and valuable remedy—and he trust that his experience as an Occu list, to weigh against the gross impositions which are daily practised on the public by advertisements of dif ferent kinds of Eve Water, many of which are unsafe U> use. Preparedly Dr. John Scudder, Occulist and of Artificial Human Eyes. A supply of the a fcove Eye Water, for sale by //. SHOTWELL. Merchant* in the country supplied at the Pro prietor's price. March 10 20 RANDS’ REMEDY’ For sail Rheum, Ring Worm, Tetters, Scald Head, Barber's Itch, 4*c. a MIIS remedy is a combination heretofore unknown in the annals of medieine. It is the production of much experience, deep research, and great excuse, and is ottered to the pnliliu in the fullest confidence of its being an effectual, sate and speedy cure for the Salt /thrum, and all other diseases of ttie skin, such as Tellrr, Ring I Verm*, Srubl Head. Harbor's nr Jackson Itch, 4 f c. These disensos are known to tie the most obstinate of any to winch the human system ia subject, and can on ly bo thoroughly eradicated by perseverance in the right course of treatment, and by using tlte right medicine Hucn a medicine ha* been discovered in this remedy, mid we speak from our own knowledge and experience when we say, that in forty-nine on*** out of fifty it will ellbet a permanent and rapid oufe by attending to the accompanying directions for use. RuU by /, //. ,)f IF. S. ECUS, ~ , Cotton-Avenue. March ti gg BY I*. C. PENDLETON. VOL. 11. HOUSE, SIGN AND ORNAMENTAL FAINTING. GILDING. Ac. THE subscriber, grateful for past favors in the above line, begs leave most respectfully to return his j most sincere thanks to the citizens of Macon and Vine yille, and their vicinity, and lakes this opportunity to inform them and the public generally, that he has as- Sw?.,?! 1 , w , l,h hi "'’ in co-pannership, CHARLES L. j SMI I 11, (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 business in all its various departments. THOMAS B. CLARKE, The business, in future, will be conducted under the firm and style of CLARKE & SMITH, No 1 Mulberry street, next door but one below William B. 1 arker & Cos., and directly opposite the Central Hotel, i Ueh 2 15-ly PAINTING. r P r, E subscriber is now prepared to execute all kinds r , of House, Sion, and Fancy Patntino, Gilding, Glazing, and Paper-Hanging. House-Painting will be done by the yard, pound, or day. Orders, either in the city or country, thankfully received and promptly attended to, at No. 21, Mulberry-street, opposite the Post-Office. D. T. REA. sept 18 DRESS MAKING AND MILLINERY. \| RS.HANLEITER wishes to inform the Ladies , o' Macon, and vicinity, that she has come to 1 hit determination of pursuing the dress making business, and flatters herself that, from a long experience, she will give entire satisfaction to all who may think proper to engage her services. She will endeavor to obtain patterns of the latest Spring Fashions, and be better prepared to suit those Ladies who may patronize her. ft3“Her residence is on Third-street, in the house formerly occupied by Mr. B. Trapp. 93" Mrs. SAGE will attend to the millinery business, at the same house; and will Bleach and Press Bonnets j at short notice. January 19 13 C LAW NOTICE. riIHE undersigned w ill hereafter practice Law under | A the firm and style of McDONALD, POWERS & FRANKLIN, and will regularly attend the Courts heretofore attended by McDonald & Powers. Office over the Ocmulgee Bank. c. j. McDonald, A. P. POWERS, Fch 2 15-ts L. FRANKLIN. UNITED STATES BANK NOTES, laige bills for sale by J. T. ROWLAND, i Also, CHECKS on NEW YORK. | March 16 21tf CASTINGS, BLACKSMITHING, &c. A LL kinds of CASTINGS, MILL INKS, GIJD 1-cA- GEONS, Ac , of Iron or Composition, cast to I order, at short notice. Patterns will be furnished, if [ necessary. ; All kinds of MACHINERY made or repaired. 1 93" The highest price will be given for Old Copper, Brass, and Cast Iron. A . D . & I. F. BROWN, March 9 20tf Near the Baptist Church. PLANING MACHINE. PIAHE Subscribers respectfully inform the public that A their PLANING MACHINE is now in full ope ration, and that they are prepared to plane, tongue and groove any thinkness, from j to 2 j inches, as well os weather-boarding, and other plank, from 2 to 18 inch es in width. SASH, BLINDS, DOORS, Ac. made to order, at the shortest notice. A. D. A I. F. BROWN, March 9 20tf Near the Baptist Church. Auction mid Commission Business. HE undersigned has commenced a regular busi • ness in the above line, and solicits the patronage of the public. Refer to Messrs. Rea A Cotton, Macon. “ Scott A Morrell, New York. “ Wm. Patterson A Cos., Savannah. Mr. Charles Hartridge, “ “ Robert Collin's, Charleston. Messrs. Farrar A Hayes,' “ Mr. G. McLaughlin, Augusta. A. r. McLaughlin. j N. B. Sales may be expected on WEDNESDAY in each week, until further notice. _Feb 16 17tf NOTICE. MTIIE Subscriber, from favorable repre sentations, employed one Wm. Russell, a stranger to him, to go to the Cherokee “with important papers, he left about flic middle of this month with a very large Black Marc and a Sorrel Horse, one of which he was to have left at Ma con, since which he has not been heard front. He is a young man, apparently about 23 or 24 years of age, nearly 6 feet high, says he was born in Baltimore, though his conversation indicates that he is a foreigner. A handsome reward wall be given to those who will en able the subscriber to obtain nis property and bring the thief to justice. A. SHOTWELL. county, Jan. 22 ts-14 J. 11. & W. S. ELLIS, Druggists, Cotton-Avenue, Macon, Georgia, HAVE just received the following, which they ofler for sale on accommodating terms : Superior English ground Mustard, for table or Med ical use Carpenter’s Extract Liverworth Do. Sarsaparilla Cububs and Capaiva Do. Extract Pink Root Do. do. Boneset Do. Tonic Extract Do. Remedy for Scalds, Burns, Ac. Do. Disinfecting Liquid Chloride of Soda, for sick room;, and keeping Meat untainted in hot weather. Gallaghan’s Vegetable Fever and Ague Pills| Superior Red Peruvian Bark Oil Cantharidin, Oil Black Pepper Stomach Tubes, Dentist’s Instruments Croton Oil, Salaeratus, Pearlash^ Ground Spices, Starch Indigo, best Spanish, Salt-petre Salsoda, for washing, superior Apple Vinegarj Best London Walnut Catsup Sultana Raisins, for cooking. Also, a general Stock of Fresh DRUGS, MEDI CINES, Ac September 23 4 Matches, Snufl, Ac. . BECKWITH’S Pills, Brandreth’s Pills, Evan’s Camomile Pills, for heart-burn, dyspepsia, Toilet Powders, superior Soaps, Loco-foco, Lucifer, and Friction Matches, Black and blue writing Ink, Snufl’of various kinds —for sale by J. H. cf IF. s’. ELLIS, Cotton- Avcnne GOLD INK, A beautiful article for Artists, Schools, Private Fami - V lies, Bankers. Merchants, &c. This Ink, when written with, has die appearance of Gold. It can lie used either with a quill, stall pen, or a fine hair brush. Ladies will find it for Ornamental Painting, Visiting Cards, Sec., to be superior to any similar article which has ever been introduced to the notice of the public.— For sale by J. 11. & W. S. ELLIS, ' tan. 26 14 By appointment. NEW HOOKS. JUST received, Capt. Kyd, or the Wizzard of the Sea, by Ingraham, author of Lafitte, Burton, &c. Annual of British Landscape Scenery. Heath’s Book of Beauty, for 1839—tl to engravings and binding is very exquisite. For sale at the Book and Music Store of C. A. ELLS. March SO 23_ ('nr|M*nter’N Embrocation for Horses. I NOR the cure of Swellings, Strains, Brumes, Unlls - Stiffness of Tendour and Joints, fte. Sec. Tills Embrocation is recommended to Furriers and other* who wish a remedy for disease* alsiye mention ed. For sale by J. U. & W S. ELLIS. i Sepieml.vr 23 4tf DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, INTERNAL IWIPROVEIYIENT, COMMERCE, AGRICULTURE, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC NEWS, AMUSEMENT, &c. Sic. TERMS. THREE DOLLARS, IN ADVANCE FOUR IKILLARS, AFTER THREE MONTHS. MACON, (Ga.) SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 13, 1839. BRIGADE OBDERS. Head Quarters, Ist Btig. Bth Div. G. M. ) Macon, March 26, 1839. $ A election is hereby ordered to be held at the sev „ , ' ra * el l? c,,on precincts within the limits of the Ist Battalion of the 50th Regiment G. M. on the 20th day \ for a Lieutenant Colonel to th 6 said Bat tahon, vice John S. M. Baldwin, promoted. Also ordered, that an election be held on the 27th of April next, at the several election precincts-within the limits ot the 2d Battalion of the 50ih Regiment G. M , tor a Major to said Battalion, vice William Wadsworth, resigned. Each election with the superintendence and in the manner prescribed by law. Two Captains in each Battalion snail give twenty days public notice of the time and place of holding said election. Col. John S. iVI .Baldwin will select the Captains for that cluty, and will renort the result of the election to the brigadier General Ist Brigade. T . J. BENNETT, , p ~ , , , „ Cut,. Ist Brig. Bth Div. G. M. To Col. John S. M. Baldwin, Commanding 50th Regiment G. M. Baldwin will also brevet two accomplished and qualified citizens to command said Battalions during the interim. By order of ~ J. BENNETT .. , Brig. Gen. Ist Brig. Bth Div. G. M. March 30 . 23u PIANO FORTES, From Robert Nunns Clark's, and Geih q Walkers Manufactories , at C. Bruno's Music Store, In Macon, Georgia. t BRUNO is constantly receiving front the said * manufactories,superior Pianos, manufactured ex pressly for his establishment, of various patterns of Rose Wood and Mahogany, with the grand action, harp stop, metallic plates, patent tuning pins, &c. &c., embracing the latest fashion of furniture, with tablet and hollow corniced fronts, veneered legs, and Grecian scrolls; all of which is warranted to be made of such material and so well seasoned, as to stand the test of every climate. I A written guaranty entitles the person to exchange the i instrument at any time within one year, if not sattsfac-; tory, (if returned uninjured.) Also, constantly receiving, new and fashionable Mu- 1 sic, Instruction Books, Guitars, V iolins, Flutes, Flngeo- ! letts, Ac. Guitar and Violin Strings, Ruled .Music Pa per, Brass Instruments for Bands, such as Trombones,' Bugles, Trumpets, &c. April 6 2 ly j . NOTICE—CENTRAL HOTEL. QfMVv* T ?D U !! f mfe,f 1 , rst ( !«y of April next, the t EN I UAL HOI EL will he conducted solely by the subscriber. He would roepectfullv inform the public that he has made additional preparations for ( accommodating those who may think proper to call on him. Among other things, lie has provided a French 1 Cook, who has had long.experience in his business », ™ J OHN WILLIAMS. Macon, March 30 o3 u ICE! ICE!! IJ ECEIVED ami for sale a large supply of ICE, M which call lie had at any lime from sun-rise till nine at night, by applying at the store. A large Re fngerutor will lie kept filled in the stnrr, ami delivered in any quantities without a moments detention Price eight cents per pound. HARVEY SH<ITVVELL, Druggist. ■Opposite CentrnlHotel. N- B. When wanted to go in the country, it will be put up in the most careful manner. April 6 24 ICE! rpilE subscriber would respectfully inform the pul - i mi at * ,e * las j ,iSt received a supply of Ice. and will Ik; ready to deliver it on the Ist dav of April next. It can be had at all hours, hy application at the Central Hotel. Orders from the countrv care folly pack «**• , „ JOHN WILLIAMS. March 30 • 2 3u J. L. STEPHENS, SURGEON DENTIST. I ATE of Columbus, Georgia. Office at the Cen tral Hotel, Macon, Georgia. If I meet with encouragement in my profession, I shall expect to make Macon niv permanent residence. April 6 21u A SITUATION IS WANTED by a gentleman, (an old resident of A Macon) in any respectable business, wherin lie tan he ot service. For information, address E. at the of fice of the “ Southern Post.” Apnl 6 _ 24tf I Just Dropt in to Se,c Y’ou AH ! "JUST RECEIVED, United States Screamer, Shin i ' ,one AlJey, Rousing Nigger Roarer, containing all de Nigger Songs eber war writ; Dream Books; a large assortment of Plays, in pamphlet form, suitable for Thespian Societies, for sale at the Book Store of , „ C. A. ELLS. April G 24 ADMINISTRATRIX’S SALE. \\riLL be sold on the first Tuesday in June next; * * before the Court House door, in the City of Ma con, the undivided half of Cily Lot No. 7, Square 68, corner of Walnut and Spring streets, containing j acre, i belonging to the estate of Willis T. Sage, deceased;] and sold under an order of the Honorable the Inferior Court of Bibb county, when setting for ordinary pur poses. Terms on the day. MARY SAGE, Administratrix. March 30 23u VICTORIA PENS. 1R Ladies, by Warren ; Gillott’s Victoria, for Gen- A t lent- n ; India Rubber Spring Pens; Three Slit Pens, anew and very superior article, and every other kind of Pens manufactured. A large assortment of Writing Paper, very cheap, for sale at the Book and Music Stoic of C. A. ELLS. April 6 24 JUST RECEIY ED, riJOWNS’ NEW SPELLING BOOKS, and a large assortment of School Books, at wholesale, at Charleston prices, by C. A. ELLS April 6- 24 JUST RECEIVED, 4 LARGE assortment of NEWMAN’S COLORS “ its Cakes, Pencils, Drawing Paper. Fine Albums, Porcelain Slates, Visiting Cards, Superior Penknives, Portfolios, &c., for sale by C. A. ELLS. April 6 21 HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY’, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, Incorporated in 1810 with a Capital of $1 50,000, and jnneer to increase the same to $250,000. riMIIS long established Institution bus for more tlinn -E- a quarter of a century, transacted its extensive business otiibe most just and liberal principles—paving it* losses with the most honorable promptness; and the present Beard of Directors pledge themselves in this par ticular, fully to maintain the high reputation of the Company. It insures on the most favorable term*, ev, cry description of property against loss and damage by Fire, but takes no marine risks. Applies ion for Insurance may be made either per sonally, < by letter, to it* Agent in this city: ami nil renewal* r risks now running by this Conq>iin/»n prnpi rly i tills city, lnay Im made by apnhentinu to tin Agent. U’.V 11. JO//NSTON, Art ti' Uueon, *pni*l. 18.18 26tt MISCELLANY. ■ - ■ .. * . - THE FIRST AND LAST BIRTH-DAY. [continued.] The humble fortune of which Major Coven try was possessed at his death, consisted of bank stock, and his widow empowered a Mr. Lionel Cranlield to receive the dividends for her as they fell due. Mr. Cranlield was a money-getter; one of those men in whose eyes every thing has a money value, or none at all. Money was his god ; nor was it ever the less acceptable, because a little dirty, from the channels through which it flowed. What he would not do to get it, no one had ever dis covered ; what he would all who knew him could tell. The sordid taint- ran through every action of his life. But what then ? lie paid his debts, so he was duly accounted an upright man in his own circle. He had a son, who inherited in absolute perfection all his money-value notions of men and things, having been taught from his cradle to com prehend only one description of rewards and punishments in this life, the reward of sixpence if he did well, the punishment of losing it if he did ill. This son, when of a proper age, he established in the same line of business as himself; and as he had hitherto acted for Mrs. Coventry without receiving the usual com mission, he thought he might as well transfer the agency to him, calculating that Mrs. Cov. entry could hardly expect a young beginner to forego his profits. He was right; Mrs. Coventry cheerfully consented to pay Mr. William Cranfield, what she had never wished to withhold from Mr. Lionel Cranfield, and the latter thus got rid of a gratuitous trust, while he ‘ put money into the purse’ of his son. Little contrivances of this sort he de lighted in, where without broadly trading in dupery, he could practically overreach. Unfortunately for Mrs. Coventry, Mr. Wil liam Cranfield, besides having all the virtues of his father, had a few vices to boot, of Ins own special rearing. At the head of these was the love of gambling. Need the result be told? He lost largely. He grasped at what ever was within his reach to cover his losses. An act of forgery gave him possession of every shilling belonging to Mrs. Coventry; be ab sconded in time to escape the gallows, and she was ruined! The utter destitution to which she was thus suddenly reduced, crushed the feeble remnant of that spirit which bad so long buffeted with adversity. In his first terror, Mr. Cranfield (who had a soil of animal affection for his offspring) professed his eagerness to indemnify her loss, as it had been sustained in conse quence ofher compliance with his own wishes. But when he found that his son was beyond danger, that no halier in England was long enough to reach him, and that paying the money would benefit neither him nor himself, he offered her the loan of fifty pounds, with an assurance that he would nevet ‘trouble her,’ though, ‘ for mere form’s sake, he would take a bill of sale of'•ter furniture.’ Necessity must accept, not stipulate, conditions. Mrs. Coventry, scarcely knowing w hat she did, and anxious only to meet present exigencies, thankfully closed with what, in the humility of her indigence, she deemed the almost generous proposal of Mr. Cranfield. It was sufficient tor her remaining wants in this world! Three weeks after the dreadful shock, she breathed her last. Mr. C ran field kept Ins word. He did not 4 trouble’ the wretched sufferer. Nay, the day after her death, he employed a broker to value the furniture; and upon his estimate, gave orders, at his own cost, for a decent funeral. When this was over, he completed the sale; paid himself, (with a month’s interest;) paid the undertaker, (with a discount of five per cent gave the poor orphan a ginca for pocket money ; and calculated, that the balance would nearly liquidate the last half year’s school-bill for his youngest daughter. Charles Coventry was only fouiteen when his mother died. He felt his loss, and lamen ted it, with more sorrow than is incident to that age ; for home and mother were equiva lent terms in his mind, and in losing one, he had lost both. All his thoughts, all his affec tions, all his wants, his pleasures, his hopes, had hitherto moved within that little circle, and revolved round the being that was its centre. There was a dreary void, a blank, a valued thing, gone for ever, which his young heart felt; which every moment recalled; which in sleep lay heavy upon his spirit in dim dreams; which oppressed him when he awoke; hut which no reason he was yet master of could make level to his comprehension. A deep sense of his forlorn state, of his having no human creature whom he could call sister, brother, or kinsman, possessed him; audit rose to a feeling of despair almost, when lie entered the rooms which wereonce his mother's saw them stripped of their furniture, and looked upon t! e hare walls, which seemed to hid hitn depart, for there was his home no more! But whither should he go ? Young as he was, the meal which pity set before him was bitter on his lips. The bed whereon he lay was not the place of rest his own had been. The neighbors were kind, most kind ; tears would often come into his eyes at what they did tor him ; but there was a feeling swelling at his heart which warned him he could not he, am! ho that which his departed mother’s prophetic fears had pictured, a ' thing for chari ty's cold smiles.’ Kven at this early age, n naughty, impetuous spirit of independence wits : kindling, and silently becoming the monitor of Ills actions. •is there no wotk that a /«<</ cun jj C. R. HANLEITER, PRINTER. do, to get his bread V was the question he put one day, half angrily, half proudly, to tw o or three benevolent persons, whom he heard con suiting about the best means of disposin'' 1 of him. Mr. Cranfield was applied to on his behalf. i I will provide for him, for the present,’ said he; ‘send him to me. Charles was delighted, and went with alacri ty. Mr. Cranfield was upon the point of en gaging with a copying clerk at a guinea and a half per week, when he was s|>oken to about young Coventry. It immediately occurred to that thrifty philanthropist, he could confer two benefits at once—one upon Charles, and ano ther upon himself. Instead of giving him a guinea and a half per week, he only gave him board and lodging, his cgst-of clothes, and five shillings a month to spend or hoard, ashe might choose ; save that two out of the five were to be deducted for washing, which would be ‘ done at home,’ at much /ess expense to Charles, and at no expense to his master. In the drudgery, the servile drudgery, of Mr. Cranfield, (for such he made it,) the noble nnnded youth remained three years. There was nothing his generous master could put him to, however menial or fatiguing, at which he repined; and there was nothing too fatiguing, or too slavish, with which to task him. Indeed, the more labour he gave, \hc betler he was satisfied, for then lie knew he earned his food, clothes, and lodging— a reflection precious to his proud nature. ‘ I have a right to them,’ he would often men tally exclaim ; and that sense of right would have given to a mouly crust and a drop of wa ter, a flavor which not the delicacies of a palace could have had for him, without it. In the midst of all his toil, too, he still found time, while others slept, to lay in a store of various knowledge; devoting his thrce-shillings a-month, not to buying books, which would have poorly fed his eager appetite for them, but to subscribing, for their perusal at a large circulating library in tlie neighborhood. It was to be supposed, that a mind iike his, as its energies ripened, would find the vassa lage of Mr. Crnnficld's service insufferably irksome; and the more so, because of an in. creasing contempt for his sordid character. He longed for a wider and a better sphere of action ; but in all his aspirations, he traced as| its boundary the sturdy principle, that he would have his worth , and no more. ‘A million! should not content me,’ he would sometimes cry, when medidating on tlie future, * if some- I thing within told me my price was greater ; but, by the same rule, less than the least that ever satisfied a human being, shall suffice me, if so it ought to be.’ About this time, the second son of Mr. Cranfield left school; and as his father con sidered that he must find him in board and lodging, clothes and washing, it would be an economical arrangement to put him in the place of Charles. The advantages were so obvious, that hesitation was out of the ques tion. * I shall not want you, Mr. Coventry, after next Friday,’ was all the notification he thought it necessary to give one Monday morning. ‘ Very well, sir,’ was Charles’ reply, as he coutinued the writing he was upon, while the curl of his lip spoke more scorp than his tongue could have uttered. ‘ Well say nothing about the washing for this month,’ observed Mr. Cranfield, when j Friday night came, and he put half-a-crown into his hand. ‘ It wants a fortnight of the month sir,’ re plied Charles calmly, ns he laid the half crown upon the table. ‘ Take your shilling, and give me my eightenpence. To that I have a right.’ Mr. Cranfield was struck with admiration. He took hack the half crown, and gave him eightenpence. ‘ You are an honorable young | man,’said he, shaking him warmly by the | hand. ‘Your heart is in the tight place; you’ll be a shining character yet. I trust I know how to appreciate such delicacy of feel ing. You have my best wishes for your wel fare, go where you may. God bless you, and good night.’ | With these words the door of Mr. Cranfield was closed upon him; &with the eighteenpence in a small bundle under his arm, ; and ins ‘ heart in the right place,’ as the worthy Mr. Cranfield observes), did Charles Coventry ! turn from it to ‘ go where he might.’ It was summer time; ihe weather sultry -in the extreme ; tho moon shining brightly ; and without knowing Nvhither lie bent his steps, {without indeed thinking where he was going, for his mind was a chaos of tumultuous thoughts, he found himself in the midst of fields. He followed the path that lay*before, him. It brought him into a narrow lane, with lofty trees on each side, which interlaced their branches at the top, forming a verdant canopy too thick for the moon to penetrate. He paused a moment to consider whether he should go to the right Or left. He had no motive lor choice, hut turned mechanically to the right. He soon perceived he was ascending a some what steep hill, and when he gained the sum mit, seated himself on the trunk of a tree to take breath. And now was the first moment he began to think. All, till now, hud been a rapid st’icces sion of dreams; one unbroken series of visionary abstractions, which lad passed through his mind. Ile burst into n loud laugh ; clapped his hands, and chuckled like an over joyed* child. * Why this is brave!’ Iteiexcluimed : ‘this is u golden beginning of file’s journey—fit oas tlie air that blows upon me, and likelt unseen of man ; unheeded by him, whence I come, or whither I go. By Jupiter! hut this is (he way to learn philosophy. Oh I there is no master of them all can teach it half so feelingly as this.’ taking the eightenpence from his pocket, and looking at it as it lay in the palm of his Imno, ‘ Let me ask counsel of you, my friends,’ he continued with a laugh, 4 Will you buy trie a bed to-night ? Aye, say ye, if I will go without a dinner to-morrow.' But when to-morrow conics, there will still be a to-morrow, and another, and another, to tlie end of time; while thy ending will be with the to-morrow’s sun-down—and then’ lle paused suddenly ; he examined closely the money lie held—l.e chinked one piece against the other—and then burst into a louder and longer fit oflaughter. ‘ Does the devil hoodwink his own7’ he cried. • Yea, doth he ; for only by such a trick could this have happened. I said right wlien I called it u gulden beginning. It is a guinea I look upon ; twenty-one shillings and sixpence; and so, twenty-times a more precious philoso phy than I took it to be. Now, had a man who knew the honest value of a guinea been self-cheated thus, I would retread - every step I have taken to do him right; but it would be a sin lo steal from so poor a wretch, in virtue, as is he who was my master, the blessings he will purchas ; from every want of mine which his involuntary bounty shall relieve. So to your hiding place again—and now, God sjieed me !’ It was very true, that Mr. Cranfield had given a gtuneu, instead of a shilling. It is no less true, that when lie discovered his mistake, he set the matter right, by withdrawing his subscription for one year from a lying-in chari ty, to which he belonged, for the benefit of having his wife’s poor relations delivered at their own houses. The rhapsody of Charles was no sooner finished, than he sprung from his seat and pursued his walk. The morbid excitement of liis feelings had subsided ; his over no longer teemed with confused thoughts and images; the violence of the paroxysm was passed, into which he had been thrown by the staggering novelty of his situation— a night wanderer, w ithout a home, without a friend ; without the means to procure the first; almost without tli i wish to posses the second. From the moment when Mr. Cranfield’s Spartan annunciation rung in his astonished ears — ‘ I shall not want you after next Friday’— he had determined that that ‘ next Friday’ should be the hegiraofhis life—his point of departure in the world’s voyage : —and though lie knew he was to set sail without chart or compass, a sort of reckless fascination, suited to his romantic spirit, seemed to dwell upon his re solve. ‘lean live where there arc men to serve.’ was his frequent exclamation during tlie interval ; and with this feeling at its climax, he turned his back upon the door of Mr. Cran fiel ’. But there is a difference, which only ex perience discovers, between romantic inten tions, and romantic performances. When we revel in the former, we are like the simple country wench, who*reckoned up all the things she would buy with the produce ofher pail of milk ; and when we begin the latter, we very often give the untoward, kick which scatters our anticipated delights in the dust. Our hero was already approximating towards such a catastrophe. Tired, drowsy, with an incon. venient appetite, (all of them mere common propensities of vulgar mortality,) tlie political qualities of his situation were fast losing their hold upon his imagination. There was no picturesque bank of violets upotf which lie could repose ; no woodbine bower, the haunt of Dryads or of fairies, with a crystal stream purling through it, which invited him to seek silvan slumbers in its cool recess ; no cottage chimney, sending up its wreaths of pale-blue smoke, (the fragrant vapour of turf or green wood bough,) between two aged trees, ‘ Where Corydon and Thyrsis met, Are at their savoury dinner set, Os herbs, and other country messes, Which the neat-handed Phyllis dresses.’ NO. 25. lu sliort, he was wandering somewhere on the confines of Middlesex and Berkshire, than which the deserts of Arabia arc hardly less productive for the romantic in adventure, and he would fain have had his supper and gone to bed, than which there are no two con. ditions of existence less conducive to the ro mantic in feeling. Again he seated himself by the road-side to rest, and sleep came over hitn. It was broad day ere he awoke. He found he had not been as he imagined himself in his soliloquy, on the top of the hill, 4 unseen of man,* or 4 unheeded’ by him. His Imt and bundle were gone. 4 They would have taken my money too, I warrant, if it had not been lor the fear of dis turbing me.’ There was this fear, and therefore due pre caution had been employed to do it without disturbing him. There was neither guinea nor sixpense in his pocket! The then pos sessor of hotli, as well as of hits hat and bun dle, was a Scotch pedlar ; no thief by pro fession ; one who would not go out of his way to pick a pocket; but one who had no virtue in his soul strong enough to resist picking up whatever came in his way. Charles was confounded ! The color fled front his cheek, his lip quivered, and tears of vexation, rather than of griefffetood in his eyes. Ho who was light-hearted and not without hope, with a fancied eighteenpence only, as his sum of worldly wealth, felt, for.the moment as if lie had lost an inheritance, because now he had not a farthing ; so little capable uro we of putting tfieir true value upon eiflier tlie frowns or smiles of fortune. Despondency, however, was as foreign to his character, as it generally is to his tithe of life. Asa matter of choice, he would rather have had hi* hot, his wardrobe, and his money ; as a mutter of necessity, lie submitted to tlie privation with a very good grace, after lie had done what older and wiser heads are apt to do in like cases, adopted the prudent resolution of never run ning the Mime risk again. Itut could behave [seen himself, lie would, at least have con* tossed ilieiu was now something wild, roman tic, and pictU capieenough in his appcurunci). ,(.'hnrlos Coventry was tall for his years, per haps about five feet nine; slim, graceful in Ins ] carriage, and his figure u perlicl model us symmetry ; his hair, raven black, bunging in 1 11 refuse natural curls over I lis forehead ; his.