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THE if©ss Is published in the city of Macon every Saturday Morning, at three dollars in advance, four 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. tions. Mr No subscription received for a less period than six months—and no paper discontinued, laitil 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. OCr Advertise ments not limited when handed in, will be inserted till forbid; 4nd charged accordingly. &y- Any person forwarding a ten dollar bill, (post paid,) shall receive four copies, for one year, to be sen* to differeut persons, as directed. Letters, on business, either to the Publisher or Editor, must come post paid to insure attention. SPRING FASHIONS. IBS _ paly _ is§U_ „ SUMMER HATS. UTUIE subscriber respectfully informs his customers & J- friends that he has now on hand, and in process of manufacture, the finest assortment of Black and White Summer Hats ever before offered in this city, consisting in part of the following: 8 dozen super Drab Beaver Ilats, broad brims 10 do do do do do medium brims 10 do do do Beaver Naps, wide &. medium 20 do do White Russia Naps, do do 25 do do do plain Russia Hats, broad 25 do do do do do medium 25 do do do do do fashionable 20 do second quality plain White Hats, with wide brims, warranted all fur, at three dollars 20 do fine Black Moleskin Silk liats, warranted fur bodies, at less than Ne w York prices With a large assortment of Gentlemens, Youths and Childrens fine Leghorn, Manilla Sc Palm Leaf HATS. Together with a fine assortment of Youths and in fants Cloth and Velvet CAPS, of the latest styles, all of which are offered on the very lowest terms for cash or good pay customers. Purchasers are respectfully invited to call and examine before purchasing. GEORGE A. KIMBERLY, Sign of the Big Hat, Mulberry street. March 16 21 FOOD FOR TIIE MIND. ,4\ mi w jwo:k swoj&aj rPHE subscriber would respectfully inform his friends -1 and the community in general, that he has remov ed from Milledgevd'e, and permanently located himself in this place, two doors South of the Washington Hall, on Mulberry-street, at the stand formerly occupied by Win. 11. Burdsall, ann lately by A. MoArn, where he intends carrying on the LOOK and FANCY BUSI NESS on the mostrea salable term.- ; and he flatters timseif, if the peopltiw 11 call and i amine his stock that ts ty will be eonvnerd that lie can sell as low as can lx, bought at any house this side of New York., Among Ins stock may he found a generalassortment of Cos rr, Medit al, Miscellaneous and School BOOKS; GLOBES, MAI’S and ('HARTS; Mathematical In struments ; Record and itiauk Hooks of all kinds. Paper, Ink, Quills, Inkstands; Printing, Visiting and Playing Cards ; S eel Pens, Fine Cutlery, Silver Pen ciK Purses, Pocket-books, Banker's Cases, Ladies’ Work-boxes; 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 for Painting ; Gentlemen’s fine Hair, Shaving, Nail, Tooth, Whisker and Clothes Brushes; Writing and TmwlUng Desks ; Wilson’s Manifold Letter Writer, with the art of despatching 1,2, 3or 4 letters with a sin gle stroke of the pen—a very useful article for all busi ness men. Cologne, Florida, Lavender and Bay Wa’ers ; .Vilk of Roses, Rouge ; Ladies’Curls, Head Ornaments, &c. Violins, Accordians, Music Boxes ; the most celebrated MUSIC for Pianos ; Card and Cigar Cases ; Tobacco nnd Snull Boxes, vcc. All Ne-,v Publications will be received as soon as they are issued from the press. The above goods have all been selected fresh in New York this fall, ami are of the best binding and mater ials. A liberal discount will he made to gentlemen nnd teachers buying by the quantity, for their libraries nnd schools. Bv a close application to business, nnd a desire to ncomodate, I hope to merit a portion of the patronage of this liberal community. C. A. ELLS. November 17 lyt MORI? NEW GOODS. J UST RECEIVED at the NEW SHOE & IIAT STORE, 2 trunks uentlrmen's Boots, of superior quality 1 do tine Bootees, 1 do Shoes 6 cases mens and beys Light Boots 200 pair Dancing Bumps 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 and Leather Bootees Also, a large assortment of Mens and BoysCa and Kip Brogans 10 cases Negro Shoes of good quality 4 do gentlemens tine Beaver Hats 4 do white Russia Hats 4 go youths Wlii'e Hats 4 do youths Black II its 8 do fine Moleskin Hats 30 do men and boys white &. black Woo! Ilats All of which will be sold very low for cash, wholesale or retail. lIEIDT, ALDRICH & CO. March 16 21 New Clothing Store. K. W. MORRIS & CO HAVING located themselves in the s'ore formerly occupied by Wm. B. Johnson & Cos. (east side Mulberry street,) are now opening an extensive assort ment of Ready-Made Clothing, of the latest fashions, and of superior workmanship which will be SOLD CHEAP FOR CASH. Their stock consists in part of the following, viz : Super blue Cloth Cloaks, Goat's hair Camlet W rappers, Brown and mixed Cloth Overcoats, Invisible Green do. Mob air and Beaver Cloth do. Pilot Cloth do. Blanket Hunting Coats, Kentucky Jeans frock and Dress Coats Beaver Cloth Frock do. Pilot Cloth Hunting Coats, Super blue Cloth Frock and Dress Coats, Do. black do. do. do. do, Do. invisible green and brown do. 350 Vests, comprising all styles and descriptions, Victoria and Coronation Cassimere Pants, Black and Blue Cassimere do. Fancy Striped and Ribbed do. Satinet and Kentucky Jeans do. ALSO, A general assortment of Stock", Collars, Susnenders, Gloves, Ilotsery, Linen Shirts, Cotton do. with Linen Bosoms, A general assortment of Boots, Shoes and Pumps. Super Silk and Cotton Umbrellas, Leather Trunks and Carpet Bags, Purchasers are invited to call and examine our stock. October 27 3m 1 HOUSE, SIGN AND ORNAMENTAL PAINTING, GILDING. &c. THE subscriber, grateful for past favors in the above line, begs leave most respectfully to return his most sincere thanks to the citizens of Macon and Vinc villc, and their vicinity, and takes this opportunity to inform them and the public generally, 'lint he has as sociated with him, 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 business in all its various departments. THOMAS B. CLARKE, The business, in future, will he conducted under the firm and style of CLARKE At SMITH, No. 1 Mulberry street, next dour hut one below William B. Parker at Cos., and directly opposite the Centra! Hotel. _l . b 2 UNITED STATES BANK NOTES, latge hills for sale by J T ROWLAND Also. CHECKS on NEW YORK. March 1C Cltf i!§ottf Ijmx §f BY P. C. PENDLETON. x VOL. 11. ICE! ICE!! RECEIVED and for sale a large supply of ICE, w hich can lie had at any time from sun-rise til! , nine at night, by applying at the store. A large Re frigerator will be kept tilled in the store, and delivered ;in any quantities without a moments detention. Price eight cents per pound. HARVEY SHOTWELL, Druggist. Opposite Central Hotel. N. B.—When wanted to go in the country, it will be put up in the most careful manner. April 6 24 ICE! HE subscriber would respectfully inform the puh lie that he has just received a large supply of Ice, and will be ready to deliver it on the Ist day of April next. It can be had at all hours, by application at the Central Hotel. Orders from the country carefully pack ed. JOHN WILLIAMS. March 30 23u J. L. STEPHENS, SURGEON DENTIST, fATE of Columbus, Georgia. Office at the Cen- A tral Hotel, Macon, Georgia. It I meet with encouragement in my prolcssion, I shall expect to make Macon my permanent residence. April 6 gin DRESS MAKING AND MILLINERY. RS. HANLEITER wishes to inform the Ladies XV EL of Macon, and vicinity, that she has come to the determination of pursuing the dress making business, nnd flatters herself that, from a long experience, she w ill 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 bctiei prepared to suit thoscLadies who may patronize hut. DT’ller residence is on Third-street, in the house formerly occupied by Mr. B. Trapp. {Ur Mrs. SAGE will attend to the mit.ltnf.ry business, at the same house; and will Bleach and Press Bonnets at short notice. January Id 13e i LAW NOTICE. VS4IIE undersigned will 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 Ocmulgce Bank. c. j. McDonald, A. P. POWERS, Feb 2 15-ts L. FRANKLIN. Auction and Commission Business. 731 HE undersigned has commenced a regular busi- R ness in the above tins, and solicits the patronage of the public. Refer to Messrs. Rea Si Cotton, Macon. “ Scott & Morrell, New York. “ Win. Patterson &. Cos., Savannah. Mr. Charles Hartridge, “ *• Robert Collins, Charleston. Messrs. Farrar & Hayes, “ Mr. G. McLaughlin, Augusta. a. r. McLaughlin. N. B. Sales may be expected on WEDNESDAY in each week, until further notice. Feb 16 17rf CASTINGS, HLACKSMITHING, &e. VIA, kinds of CASTINGS, MILL INKS, GUD GEONS, &.e , of Iron or Composition, cast to; order, at short notice. Patterns will be furnished, if necessary. All kinds of MACHINERY made or repaired. ST" The highest price will be given for Old Copper, Brass, and Cast Iron. A. D. Sc I. F. BROWN, March 9 20tf . Near the Baptist Church. PLANING MACHINE. ' E HIE Subscribers respectfully inform the public that 5 their PLANING MACHINE is now in full ope ration, and that they are prepared to plane, tongue and ] groove any thinkness, from \ to 2) inches, as well as | weather-hoarding, and other plank, from 2 to 18 inch es in width. SASH, BLINDS, DOORS, &e. made to order, at the shortest notice. A. D & I. F. BROWN, March 9 20tf Near the Baptist Church. ADMINISTRATRIX’S SALE. YTSTILL be sold on the first Tuesday in June next, i • before the Court House door, in the City of Ma con, the undivided half of City Lot No. 7, Square 63, corner of Walnut and Spring streets, containing i acre, 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 dav. MARY SAGE, Administratrix. March 30 23n VICTORIA PENS. 57 OR. Ladies, by Warren ; Gillott’s Victoria, for Gen s' tlem 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 Store of C. A. ELLS, i April 6 24 JUST RECEIVED, V LARGE assortment of NEWMAN’S COLORS in Cakes, Pencils, Drawing Paper, Fine Albums, Porcelain Slates, Visiting Cards, Superior Penknives, Portfolios, &c., for sale by C. A. ELLS. April 6 24_ TO RENT. jh-rv THREE Fire-proof STORES, fronting on 3 d fills street; Three Fire-proof STORES, fronting t * *" on Cherry-street. They are large and commodious, and well calculated for anv kind of business, and will be fitted up, as to I shelving and counters, to suit tenants. Those fronting on Third-street (directly opposite Messrs. Rea A Cot j ion’s, and J Cowles, Esqr.’s ranges) are now ready for occupancy, and possession immediately given. Those on Cncrry-street will be ready bv the Ist of October iiext. Rent will be reasonable, and commence from Ist of October. Apply to DAVID RALSTON. j N. B. Several very airy ROOMS on the second floor loi the above buildings, suitable for Lawyers Offices, will also be rented. D. R. j July 7 37i! We are authorized to announce NA THANIEL EELLS as Candida's for Clerk of the Inferior Court, at the election in January next, j April 13 25'e BRIGADE ORDERS. Head Quarters. Ist Btig. Bth Div. G. M. ) Macon, March 26, 1839. > \N election is hereby ordered to he held at the sev . eral election precincts within the limits of the Ist Battalion of the 50th Regiment G. M. on the 20th day of April next, for a Lieutenant Colonel to the said Bat talion, 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 of the 2d Battalion of the 50th Regiment G. M., for a Major to stud Battalion, vice William Wadsworth, resigned. Each election with the superintendence and in the manner prescribed by law. Two Captains in each Battalion shall give twenty days public notice of the time and place of holding said election. Col. John S. M Baldwin will select the Captains for that duty, and will report the result of the election to tiie Brigadier General Ist Brigade. J. BENNETT, Brig. Gen. Ist Ilrig. 8111 Div. G. M. To Col. John S. M llnhtwin, Commanding 50th Regiment G. M. Col. Baldwin will also brevet two accomplished and qualified citizens to command said Battalions during the interim. By order of J. BENNETT, Dritf- Gen. let Brig. Bth Dtv. G. M. March •> **t DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT, COMMERCE. AGRICULTURE, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC NEWS, AMUSEMENT. «tc, &c. TERMS I THREE DOLLARS, IN ADVANCE FOUR DOLLARS, AFTER THREE MONTHS. MACON, (Ga.) SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 1830. GEORGIA COURT CALENDAR. | Our Georgia Court Calendar, for 1839, is now ready ! for delivery. It contains the correct lime for holding ; the Superior and Inferior Courts in the different Coun ! ties of the State—the days of the month—and the Re-‘ turn Days for each Court. | It will be found very useful to Attorneys, Corporate ! Institutions, Clerks, and others having much business with any of our Courts. The following is the opinion of several gentlemen (members of the Bar) in this city, who have examined the Calendar : Macon, March 21, 1339. 1 To C. R. Hanletter : We have examined your “Georgia Court Calendar, | for the year 1339,'' nnd find it generally very correct, and recommend it to the patronage of the Bar most ! particularly. It is the most complete reference sheet of i the same character printed in the State, and we earnest ly hope that your Calendar may be profitable to you in j proportion to its very high merit as a Court Index. McDonald, Powers & Franklin, Poe & Nisbet, • Tracy & Gresham, James Smith, John Lamar, I. G. Seymour. JCrSingle copies, sl—or ?3 per dozen. Orders from a distance, enclosing the cash, and post paid, respect fully solicited and promptly attended to. MISCELLANY. THE FIRST AND LAST BIRTH-D’AY. [concluded.] The letter which Charles carried with him was directed to Nicholas Howard, Esq., Thames Street. Thither he proceeded -the ; moment hcarrived in London. Mr. Howard ' was at home. He read the letter, and there was a smile upon his features, as if mentally exclaiming, ‘another of my good sister’s bene volent whims!’ Mr. Howard, however,though, as Mrs. Saville had said, ‘an excellent man,’ was very much a man of the world. His re ception of Charles, therefore, was marked by a degree of caution which appeared cold and repulsive. It was evident too, from the ques tions he put, (and which Charles answered frankly but haughtily, because they were tacit impeachments of his veracity,) that he did not quietlv believe the story ol himself as related to Mrs. Savillo. At the close of the inter view, he said he must enquire further of Mr. j Cranfield, before he could promise to attend to his sister’s request, offering him, meanwhile, I some small pecuniary aid, if he stood in need of it. ‘1 do no/sir,’ said Charles respectfully; ‘Mrs, Saville has placed me beyond the reach of im mediate difficulties ; but were it otherwise, I could not consider myself worthy of your bounty, till you thought me worthy of your confidence.’ Mr. Howard smiled, as men in whom ex perience has worn off the first fine edge of in genuous feelings are apt to smile, when they listen to sentiments which they rememher as once tiieir own, and remember too, how, like the perfume of a gathered flower, they are hastening to decay in the beaten paths of life. He named a day when Charles was to call again, and they separated. ‘ What a difference between brother and sister!‘ he exclaimed, as be left the house ignorant that their hearts might be cast in the the same mould, but that the brother knew the world, and the sister did not. ‘Nothing will come of this, 1 see,’ he added, ‘ for he has sus picions of me, which I would rather sweep the streets than condescend to remove’—and his proud blood mantled into bis cheek. Charles repeated his visit at the appointed time, armed with premeditated dislike—almost with an irratible spirit of predetermined offence. Mr. Howard’s altered manner dissipated in a moment the petulant humours of a week’s nursing. He was a man of few words ; but his few words, like his dealings, were direct, and to a given purpose. ‘ Mr. Coventry,’ said he, when Charles had taken a scat, ‘I can now give you my confi dence. 1 have seen Mr. Cranfield ; I have also, unexpectedly, had opportunities of making other enquiries; and the best proof of their result is, the offer 1 at once make of receiving you into my employment.’ What followed may be briefly described. The situation was one of small emolument; but to Charles, (who accepted it with silent contrition for his un generous suspicions of Mr. Howard at their first interview,) it was an estate, compared with his earnings in the service of Cranfield. Years rolled on, and each successive one | Charles Cov tntry still found something to make it brighter than that which went before. There were no sudden bursts of prosperity; no j charming windfalls, that 4 came pat’ like the j catastrophe of the old comedy ; but there was a sober, steady, progressive improvement, which, by the time he was three-and-twenty, trebled his original salary. Nor was this be cause Mr. Howard was liberal. It was be cause Charles was diligent, to render himself worthy of advancement. Had he been without j that stirring quality which will not let its | | possessor keep the valley, while others treat! i the heights, his merely faithful service would , have reaped the harvest which thinly strews; the garners of negative virtue, while bolder, j if not always better, husbandry, gathers in its j | abounding crop. But he had in his composi- I tion the first element, the fundamental basis of j all prosperity in life, where prosperity waits j upon desert—a fixed determination to be mns- I ter of his situation whatever it might lie. Hail 1 he been only a shoe-black, he would infallioblv 1 have been tho best shoe-black of his time or i place. This impulse led hint to widen the range of his studies, so as to embrace these comprehen sive principles of commerce, which, in their practical application, produce that combination so rare in every country save England, the merchant-statesman ; who make knowledge the handmaid of enterprise ; and surveys with a philosophic mind the rational and artificial wants, the physical resources, the moral characteristics, and the political institutions of all nations, to render all tributary to the pros perity of his own. Mr. Howard quickly dis covered the expanding resources of Charles’s mind, and insensibly began to treat him with that deference, which intellectual superiority, in whatever shape it manifests itself, enforces alike from those who can, and those who can not, estimate its precise value. Charles was gradually admitted to his confidence, consulted | upon specific undci takings, and referred to for facts, connected with complicated questions of foreign or domestic trade. In no one case did Mr. Howard find this confidence misplaced or the advice lie sought, or the information he required, inapplicable to its purpose. Thus fortified in his opinions of his eminent qualities, and satisfied, from experience, that his prudence, and his cautious habits, were in no way injuriously affected by the impetuous energy of his general character, he confided to his management an affair of vital importance, as connected with both the honor and stability of the house. A voyage to India, however, was necessary ; and thither Charles went (then only in his fivc-and-twentieth year,) in trusted with full power to act upon his sole re sponsibility, in a matter of such vast magni tude, that it might have added furrows to a brow already wrinkled by a long life spent in adjusting similar transactions. But I e ap proached the question undismayed ; not from any over-weaning reliance upon himself, but because, having deliberately investigated it, he believed he clearly saw where the justice of the case lay, and in that (if he were right) he had determined his strength should lie. He was right; and he stood like a rock. One by one, he obtained, from the adveise parties, the ad mission which built up the defences of his ow n position ; and when the whole was complete, they had no alternative but to concede the issue, or deny their previous acquiescence in all the premises upon which it was legitimately estab iislicd. At the expiration of throe years, Charles re turned to England. Mr. Howard received him with warm congratulations, being already apprised, by his letters, of the course and issue ofthe negotiation. The sum which it involved was little less than half a million sterling ; and this had not merely been released, hut the mode of its release had completely effaced every mark of apparent dishonor which eager enemies and cold friends had sought to fix upon the business. The name of Howard stood, if possible, higher than it had ever done; and the owner of that name not only felt the obligation, but it was his pride to acknowledge it suitably. His first act, in a spirit of muni ficent gratitude, was to transfer to the name of Charles Cos-entry, in the books of the house, one hundred thousand of the sum he had re deemed ; his secontl, to notify oil Change, and by all other usual means, that henceforth the house itself would be the firm of Howard and Coventry. It was shortly after this event he saw Mrs. Saviile, for the first time since that memorable morning when, friendless, hungry, and destitute he told his disastrous story to the churlish blacksmith, and attracted, unknowingly, the pitying notice of the fair Julia. lie ha I never forgotten his kind benefactress; on the con trary, it was his delight, at each fresh turn of fort urn in his favor, to make her acquainted with it; and she always received the intelli gence with unabated interest in his welfare. Sue had come to town for the benefit of met i cal advice in that incurable disease old age, (for all her complaints were but the falling to pieces of an excellent constitution preparatory to the closing scene,) and take up her abode in Mr. Howard’s house, where Charles re newed his personal acquaintance with her. He was shocked to see the dilapidations time had wrought in so short a period ; forgetting that, between sixty-five and seventy-five, ten years make sad havoc. Her stature, always diminutive, had assumed the stoop of decerpi tude ; her flaxen hair was a silver white ; her delicately pale complexion had the wan hue of sickness ; and her clear, musical voice had lapsed into a cracked, tremulous tone. But there was the same benignity of countenance; and her carriage, though feeble, retained its impress of courtesy and refinement. M rs. Saville was accompanied by her niece,; who, strange to say, was still Julia Montague,! though now bidding adieu to six-and-twenty. Julia, if not absolutely beautiful, was at least something more than interesting in her appear ance; and united to elegant manners, an amiable disposition, and a richly cultivated 1 mind. Whether she could have married, but would not; whether she would, but could not; or lastly, whether neither was the case, hut that she was single for the same reason that she had auburn hair, are points which it were utterly indispensable to discuss. It is enough j that slto was single, and that the Stirling quali ties of her character attracted the notice of I Mr. Coventry in the frequent opportunities he I now had of ob>crving her. He, too, was be ; vond that period of life when either the heart or eye is alone consulted, provided there be a head Ito lend its assistance. But Julia Montague Imd attrnctinns for all three. The eye of a husband might dwell with conscious pride upon and her personal charms; his heart, with fond de. C. It. IIANLEITER, PRINTER. 'volion, upon her gentle virtues; and his mind, with calm admiration, upon the natural endow ments and acquired treasures of hers. There was food for passion, for love, for esteem. When the first decayed, as decay it must, though ‘to a radiant angel linked,’ endearing love would fill the void, and sober reason, that knows no change, shed its mild lustre to the last. After this preparation, the matter, may as well be settled at once, for there can no longer be any secret in the business. Every reader has already anticipated the ine,vitab!c union between Charles Coventry and Julia Montague. It took place about six or seven months after her arrival in London, and scarcely as many weeks before the decease of Mrs. Saville, who expired suddenly, while sitting at breakfast on the very morning ofthe day she had fixed for returning into the country, under the firm per suasion of signal benefit derived from the skill of her physician. It was a falling asleep, rath er than that terrific struggle between soul and body, when they are to separate. She leaned back in her chair—the shadow of death pass ed for a moment over hei countenance —there was one long-drawn sigh—and all was over 1 Thus mild and peaceful was the departure of Eugenia from a world through which she had passed as mildly, as peacefully, —anti most holily 1 Tears were shed for her, not such ns fall upon the grave of all who leave behind kindred or friends to mourn a common loss with common grief; but such as hallow the memory of the good; tears, whose source was in the heart, and which dropped from eyes where many a time and oft they had been dried by the benign being they now bewailed. Mr. Howard did not survive his sister more I than two years; the exact number by which he was her junior in age, so that their earthly ! pilgrimage was of the same duration, almost to a day. Having no family, and all his re lations being in opulent circumstances, he be queathed the bulk of his immense property to charitable institutions; and to kis partner, Mr. Coventry, the valuable possession of the business of the late firm. To his neice, Julia j Coventry, he gave a legacy of five thousand | pounds; ‘ being,’ as he expressed it in his will, !‘the fifth part of the sum he hud intended to leave her, had she not already succeeded to two fortunes—the one that was her aunt’s, his dear departed sister, Eugenia Saville; the other, the far better fortune of a good bus band.’ From this period, the career of Charles Coventry was marked by unexampled pros, perity. Wealth flowed in upon him through a thousand channels, with all its concomitants, 'vast influence, the highest distinction that can surround a commoner, and the ambition to be come the founder of a family. Asa first step towards effecting the last, he obtained a seat in Parliament ; as a second, a prepondering voice in the nomination to other seats; and as a third, ho concentrated all the energies of his mind and character to acquire public reputa tion as an orator and politician. He had the requisites for both; and his political princi ples were upon record, in a work which had excited an unusual degree of popular notice, from its caustic analysis of Whig patriotism, and its sarcastic delineatio is ofthe leading Whig patriots, for the last half century. He was soon satisfied he had not placed be ifore his hopes a visionary prize. Scarcely | had he taken his seat and certainly had not j addressed the house more than three or four times, when he was singled out for one of those ferocious attacks by the Opposition, which they never make except upon an imbecile j Minister, or a formidable adversary, who is jrising to his proper level. It embidied every mode of parliamentary warfare, from polished j sarcasm and eloquent invective, to deep ' mouthed reproof, and the light artillery of ridicule. The Whig benches rang with accla mations ; the Treasury ones were silent. To ! have echoed those acclamations, would have : been to recognise, as a champion, one who was on his trial to establish whether he had the | mettle >n him which would proclaim him such, ior only the ardour of a well-disposed, but j feeble auxiliary. There was not a man m The house who better understood the true na- Jure of his position, or all that hung suspended on the issue, than Mr, Coventry. Pride, i ambition, glory, conscious strength, contempt jof despicable motives, inflamed into resent j ment at the anticipated possibility of their I success, every feeling that could inspire an I ardent, generous nature, concurred to animate him. He rose. His exordium was placid, easy, playful even ; but there was a collected energy of purpose on his brow ; a kindling, but smothered fire in his eye; and a dignified repose of manner, which bespoke the secret knowledge of a reserved strength for the de cisive onset. It came. There had been the stillness that forfeits the , hurricane ; the rising gusts and furious eddies ! that are its immediate harbingers; and there ;was the hurricane itself! The devastation was complete. Not a vestige remained of the | mighty fabric which sarcasm and invective, ; reproof and ridicule, had raised to arrest its I progress; and when he sat down, with the emphatic declaration, ‘that as he hoped he should never invite hostility by presumptuous 1 arrogance, so would he never bend to it, when 5 it wore, in his judgment, the livery of that most ; degenerate of our vices, or, if they liked it bet ! ter, meanest of our infirmaties,’ peals of tu : multuous cheers bore testimony to the elo ! quence, manliness, and justice of his defence. The Minister was loud in his encomiums, anil j personally congratulated him upon the display he had made; while the adherents of govern mens, now that lie had shown he was a Lin to aisert his own cause, came forward w.th op. ► piT.ssive alacrity to assert it for him. Walt modest self-denial he belied the swelling exul tation which throbbed in every puLeoflis excited frame; but he who has fongut bard for victory and gained it, with whatever we.-be seeming diffidence he may teach Ins tongue to disclaim the laurel, has that within, even at the moment when he wraps the cloak of humility in its thickest folds about him, which wiiiftpcr* to his proud heart that he is a conqueror. Charles Coventry had feverish and earns that night. Titles, and ribbons, and glittering stars, and bright honors, dazzled his sle- p ng fancy ; and such a glass as Banquo i oid in his hand, when the weird sisters ‘ g.ieved the heart* of Maclieth, seemed to show him ‘ gold-hound brows’ which he could ‘ smile upon, and point at for his.’ At length he found himself with his foot planted on the first step of 4 ambition’s ladder.' Anexecutve ap, o ntment with a baronetcy, were offered him in requital of his long, dis interested, and valuable support of govern ment. He accepted them. Then came ano ther night of feverish dreams, as he laid his head upon his pillow. Sir Charles Coventry, a member of the admin stration. He was now approaching his sis i< th year, and was the father of a numero us femi!y, three of whom weie sons. If, therefore, he had touched the boun. dary of his hopes, he had the satisfaction of knowing that with his wealth, he should trans mit a title to his posterity. But the same pru dence, talent, and unwearied ardour in the pursuit of whatever he undertook, which had conducted him thus far, opened the path to his further advancement. He distinguished him self greatly by the vigorous and efficient dis charge of his official duties; and while he im pressed liis colleagues and the country with a high opinion of his fitness for more important functions, he silenced the hostility of political ad versaries, who when he accepted office, were not slow, to fling upon him their tauntsy as an adventurer for place without the requisite qualifications. A few short years saw him raised to the dignity of privy -councillor, and graced with the ribbon of the order of the Bath. NO. 20- Behold him now 1 The Right Honorable | Sir Charles Coventry, K. 8., giving weight to the measures of Government by his ndvice j and supporting them afterwards by his elo. quence in Parliament, where he wns no longer j the candidate for distinction, but the possessor jof it. He had wholly withdrawn himself from mercantile affairs, partly because their ade quate superintendnnee was incompatible with the other demands upon his time ; but more because they might stand in his way, if the occasion presented itself, for grasping at the great object of his ambition. He had realized a princely fortune, which lie used with the unaiistcntntious virtue of one who remembered what was thirty five years before; for it was just that period since his foilorn condition had awakened the sympathy of M rs. Saville, whoso memory was idolized in his recollection. He never forgot that condition. The ‘ neat silken purse,’ which contained the first tivontv guinea* that had ever called him master, was religious. !y preserved ; arid he would often fancifully compare it to a little rivulet welling forth from the side of some lofty mountain, which, aug mented in its course by many tributary streams, becomes at last a mighty river, pom mg its ample waters in a majestic tide to the green ocean. One of those political emergencies, arising [from the jealousies of rival statesmen, which have frequently lifted into power men who had been all their lives vainly striving to bring about such a consummation of their hopes, operated propitiously for Sir Charles Coventry. It is true he had sown the seeds ; but it is no* less true, that without such a concurrence of circumstances, in all probability he would have reaped the harvest. Matured, however, as his experience now was, and unabated as was that ardour of character which had dis tinguished him from his cradle, a transcient misgiving of himself crept over his mind when the prize lay fairly within his reach, and he was invited to stretch forth his hand. But the misgiving was only transcient. A noble enthusiasm succeeded; the mote certain to conduct him prosperously through his trial, because it had been ushered in by a wise diffidence. He accepted the seals of office ; took his seat at the council-table, as a Cabinet Minister; and saw himself honored, in a pre eminent degree, by the personal and constittw tional confidence of his sovereign. As on the other occasions of his life, he at once filled the. space in which he moved. The energies of his nature developed themselves, with increas. ed amplitude ; the dimensions of his intellect were enlarged to the full extent sphere. This extraordinary quality, existence could never have been known; but by the means which actually disclosed it, (al though its secret influence was the hidden spring ol all his actions, as it ever must be of 1 till men who build themselves a name,! created so much astonishment in one of his colleagues; that he observed, 4 If Sir Charles Coventry were to become King of England, every body would say he was bom to wear a crown ; for he always seems to have been intended by nature for the precise station he occupies.’ A profound mystery of the world was solved in this half-jocular, half-petulant remark. It if* those, and those only, 4 intended by nature for the precise station they occupy,’ who rule the world, from the Macedonian conqueror down to the village oracle ; and many a heait, which has the noble quality, lives and dies in igno ranee of its presence, because occasion has not called forth. Sir Charles the high function of a Cabinet Minister for eleven. years ; and during the last three, that of Prime- Minister. But he had now passed his grand climateric ; and though free from any of the more enfeebling symptoms of age, began to feel a desire for repose. He had lived long enough for others, and worldly objects. He wished to find a quiet interval, this side the lire vo, for the peaceful enjoyment of himself. Such, however, is the fascination of power, (next to life, the hardest thing, perhaps, to part with voluntarily,) that the desire languished' two years Itefbre he could resolve to intimate it to his Royal Master. When he did, per mission was granted, but with many flattering expressions of regret, and the still more flatter ing declaration of a wish that the memory of* his eminent services should be perpetuated by