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sOTsanßJßsy ipos??
La published in the city of Macon every Saturday
Morning, at three OollaßS in advance, roi’R dollar
after three mouths —two dollars for sut months—
and mailed to country subscribers by the earliest moils
enveloped by good strong wrappers, with legible dtrec.
tions. Kr No subscription received for a less period
than six months—and no paper discontinued, until uJ
arrears are paid.
Advertisements not exceeding twelve lines will be in.
aerted at $1 OO for the first insertion, and 50 cents for
each continuance —larger ones in proportion. Persons
wishing to advertise by the year must cnil at the office
and make an agreement to that effect. Advertise
ments not limited when handed in, will be inserted till
forbid,and charged accordingly.
{KT Any person forwarding a te.v dollar bill, (post
paid,) shall receive four copies, for one year, to be sen
to differeut persons, as directed.
{ty I.otters, on business, either to the Publisher or
Editor, must come post paid to insure attention.
SPRING FASHIONS.
SUMMER HATS.
THE subscriber respectfully informs his customers Sc
friends that he lias now on hand, and in process
of manufacture, the finest assortment of Black and
White Summer Hats ever betore offered in this city,
consisting in part of the following:
8 dozen super Drab Beaver Huts, broad brims
10 do do do do do medium brims
10 do do do Beaver Naps, w ide Sc medium
20 do do White Russia Nups, 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 tine Black Moleskin Silk Hats, warranted
fur bodies, at less than New 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 g,tod pay customers. Purchasers are respectfully
invited to call and examine before purchasing.
GEORGE A. KIMBERLY,
Sign of the Big Ilat, Mulberry street.
March IS 21
FOOD FOR TIIE MIND.
/s. siw mro:K sson i
THE subscriber would respectfully inform his friends
and the community ii general, that he has remov
ed from Milledgeville, and permanently located him«elf
hi 'h.s place, two doors South of the Washington Hall,
on Mulctrry-s;rt el, at the stand formerly occupied by
VVi.i. 11. HurdsaU, atm lately bv A MoArn, where he
intends carrying on the BOOK and FA SC V BUSI
NESS oil tiie mosrres -otiahle term' ; and he flatters
fciinse'f, it the piopleiw II call and i .amine his stock
•hat tl ,y will be cotivru ed that he Can sell as low as
ean la bought at any house this side of New York.,
Among Ins stock may be found a generalassortment
of /.««’, Mr (lira t, Miscellaneous and School BOOKS;
OL'tllES, MAI'S and CHARTS; Mathematical In
struments ; Record and It'ttiik Honks of all kinds.
Paper, Ink,Quills, Inkstands; Printing, Visiting and
Pi-yingCards : S eel Pens, Fine Cutlery, Silver Pen
cils, Purses, Pocket-books, Banker's Cases, Ladies’
Work-hoxos; 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 /Lards, Paints, Vanish, India Ink, Brush,
rs for Painting ; Gentlemen's fine //air. Shaving, Nail.
Tooth, Whisker and Clothes //rushes; 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 Wa'ers; Milk
of Roses, [hinge ; L-adie-’ Curls, Head Ornaments, <fc.e
Vi-dins, Acco -dians, Music B »xe« : the nest celebrated
MUSIC tiir Pianos; Card and Cigar Cases; Tobacco
and Stiull Boxes. *fe See.
5T All New Public-Cions will be received as
soon as they are issued from the press.
The above goals have all been se'ected fresh in New
York due fall, and are of the best binding and mater
ials. A liberal discount will be made to gentlemen
and teachers buying l»y thequan'ity. for their libraries
and schoola. By a close application to business, and n
desire to aeomodn’e, I hope to merit a portion ot the
patronage of thin liberal community.
C. A. ELLS.
November 17 ly4
MORE NEW GOODS.
JUST RECEIVED at the NEW SHOE & HAT
STORE,
2 trunks gentlemen’s Boots, of superior quality
1 do fine Bo ittcs,
1 da Shoes
C cases mens and boys 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 Siloes
100 do B mts
200 do Childrens Morocco and Leather 800-ees
Also, a large assortment of Mens and BoysCa
and Kip Brogans
10 cnre9 Negro Shoes of good quality
4 do gentlemens fine Beaver Unis
4 do white Russia Hats
4 go yoti'hs Whi’e Hats
4 do youths Black H its
8 do fine Moleskin Hats
30 do men and boys white & black Wool Hats
All of which will be sold verv low for cash, wholesale
or retail. HEIDT, ALDRICH & CO.
March 1C 21
New Clothing Store.
It. W. MORRIS & co
HAYING located themselves in the store formerly
occupied by Wm. t) Johnson & Cos. (east side
Mulberry street,) arc now opening an extensive assort
meat of
Ready-Made Clothing,
of the latest fashions, and of superior workmanship
which will be SOLD CHEAT FOR CASH. Their
•took consists in part of the following, viz :
Super blue Cloth Clonks
Goat's hair Camlet Wrappers,
Brown and mixed Cloth Overcoats,
Invisible Green do.
Mohair a rid Beaver Cloth do.
Pilot Cloth do.
Blanket Hunting Coats,
Kentncky Jeans] rockand 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 Stocks, Collars, Suspenders,
Oloves, Hoiscry, 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. Btc.
THE subscriber, grateful for past favors in the above
line, begs leave most respectfully to re'urn his
most sincere thanks to the citizens of Macon and Vine
vide, and theii vicinity, and takes this opportunity to
inform them and the public generally, 'lint he has a*,
•ocis'ed wilh him, in co-partnership, CHARLES L.
SMITH, (hie of Wall street, New York, a gentleman,
and second lo none in his dne of Fainting in the Uni
ted States.) for the purpose of conducting the Fainting
business in all its various departments.
THOMAS B. CLARKE.
The business, in future, will he conducted under the
firm and style ot CLARKE At SMITH, No. 1
Mulberry street, next door but one below William B.
Parker &, Cos., and directly opposite the Central Hotel.
_ Feh» 15-ly
STWv nrc Hiitliorized to nnnounre NA
THANIEL EELLS as Candidate for Cleri or the
Inrcßioi Court, at the election in January next.
Apnl IJ 25tc
BY P. C. PENDLETON.
VOL. 11.
ICE! ICE!!
RECEIVED and for sale a large supply of ICE,
which can be had at nnv time from till J
nine at nigh;, hy applying at the store. A large Re
frigerator wifi be kept filled in the store, and delivered
in any quantities without a moments detention Price
eight cents per pound
HARVEY SHOTWELL, Druggis-.
Opposite Central Hotel.
! N. B.—When wanted to go in the country, it will be
| put up in the most careful manner,
j April C 24
J. L. STEPHENS, SURGEON DENTIST,
I ATE of Columbus, Georgia. Office at the Cen
-4 rral Hotel, Macon, Georgia.
If I meet with encouragement in my prolcssion, I
shall expect to make Macon my permanent residence,
i _April 6 2ln
DRESS MAKING AND MILLINERY.
MRS. HANLEITER wishes to inform the Lad e
of Macon, and vicinity, that she has come to Ih.'l
determination of pursuing the dress making business,
a nd flatters herself that, front a long experience, she v it'
give entire satisfaction to all who may think proper to
engage her services. She will endeavor to obtain j
patterns of the latest Spring Fashions, and he bettei
prepared to suit those Ladies who may patronize h o.
DO" Her residence is on Third-street, in the home
formerly occupied by Mr. B. Trapp.
STM's. SAGE will attend to the millinery business, 1
at the same house; and will Bleach and Tress Bonnets!
at short notice.
January 19 13c j
LAW NOTICE.
FIMIE undersigned will hereafter prac'iee Law under
■ __ the firm and style of McDONALD, POWERS
& FRANKLIN, and will regularly attend tile Courts j
heretofore attended by McDjnald &. Po vers Office!
over the Octuulgee Bank.
c. J McDonald, 1
A. P. POWERS,
Fel>2 15-ts L. FRANKLIN.
Auction and Commission Business.
riMIE undersigned has commenced a regular busi-
I ness in the above line, and solicits the patronage
l of the public. Refer to
Messrs. Rea Sc Cotton, Macon.
“ Scott Sc Morrell, New York.
“ Wm. Patterson & Cos., Savannah.
Mr. Charles Hartridge, *'
*' Roller' Collins, Charleston.
Messr*. Farrar & Hayes, “
Mr. G. McLaughlin, Augusta.
a. r. McLaughlin.
N. B. Sales may be expected on WEDNESDAY j
in each week, until lurther notice.
Feb 16 17tf
CASTINGS, BLACKSMITHING, &c.
VLL kinds of CASTINGS, MILL INKS, GUD
GEONS, &c , of Iron or Composition, cost to
order, at short notice. Patterns will be furnished, if
necessary.
All kinds of MACHINERY made or repaired.
0T The highest price will be given for Old Copper,
Brass, and Cast Iron.
A. D. Sc I. F. BROWN.
March 9 20;f Near the Baptist Church.
PLANING M ACHINE.
MPHE Subscribers respectfully inform the public that
-l their PLANING MACHINE ts now in full ope
ration, and that th v arc prepared to plane, tongue mid
groove any thtnkness, from J to 2J inches, as well as
weather-boarding, and other plank, from 2 to 13 inch
es in width. !
SASH, BLINDS, DOORS. See. made to order, at
the shortest notice. A. D & I. F. BROWN,
March 9 20:f Near the Baptist Church.
ADMINISTRATRIX’S SALE.
IUILL be sold on the first Tuesday in June next, I
? » before the Court House door, in the City of Ala
con, the undivided half of Ci y Lot No. 7, Square
corner of Walnut and Swing s reef', containing I acre,
belonging to the estate of Willis T. Sage, deceased;
and soi l under an order of the H morabte the Inferior
Court of B hh county, when setting for ordinary pur
poses. Terms on the dnv.
MARY SAGE, Adniinistra - rix.
March 30 23j_
VICTORIA PENS.
IoOR Ladle*, by Warren ; G'llott's Victoria, f >r Gon
tlem n; India Rubber Spring Pens; Three Slit
Pens, anew and very superior ar icle, and every other
kind of Pens manufactured. A large assortment of)
Writing Paper, very cheap, for sale at the Book and
Music S-ore of C. A. ELLS. I
April 6 21 J
TO RENT.
Jter-C, THREE Fire-proof STORES, fronting on 3d
s'=j : H street; Three Fire-proof STORES, fronting
on Cherry-street.
They are large and commodious, and well calculated
for any kind of business, and w ill be fitted up, as to
shelving and counters, to suit tenan's. Those fronting j
on Third-street (directly opposite Messrs. Rea Sc Cot
ton’s, and J Cowles, Esqr.’s ranges) are now ready fori
occupancy, and possession immediately given. Those
on Cnerry-street w ill be ready by the Ist of Octoher
ilex'. Rent will be reasonable, and commence from
Ist of October. Apply to
DAVID RALSTON.
N.B Several very airy ROOMS on the second floor
Oi the above buildings, suitable for Lawyers Offices,
.nil also be rented. D. R.
July 7 37tf
READY MADE CLOTHING.
JUST received at my Auction Room, on consign
ment, a general assortment of READY MADE
CLOTHING, for Summer wear, consisting ot Coats,
Pantaloons, Round Jackets, Ves's. Shirts, See. Ac., all
of which will he sold low for CASH. Lovers 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 Goods will be sold at Private Sale
only.
| March 23 22_
NEW ORLEANS MOLASSES.
CA BRLS. in prime order, ju«t received per Ocmul
•JU gee Company's boat, and fir sale by
REA Sc COTTON.
March 2 19
Sugar, Mo'asses, Coffee, St c,
1 OO HMDS. St. Croix and Porto Rico Sugars.
1 v >\J 116 hhds. Cuba Molasses,
I 275 bags Green Cuba C iffee,
40,000 Spanish Sesars, best quality,
600 boxes Tobacco,
6 boxos Havana Sugar, for sn'e bv
REA Sc COTTON. !
! April 23 2G_ |
Choice Madeira Wine.
CTCV BOXES Whi'e, imported into Savannah in 1431
t»U and 1832, for sale by REA Sc COTTON
April 20 26 I
Sweetie* Iron.
QQ TONS Iron, assorted, from 11 to 8 inch, for sale
bv REA & COTTON.
April 20 26
I
NEW BOOKS.
PIXHE Bench and Bar. hy the author of Random Rr
-1. collections. The Women of England, bv Surah
Stucknev Ellis. Oliver Twist, complete, illustrated.
Jack Adams, the mutineer, bv Cant. Crumier. Neal
Malone and other tales of Refund, by W H. Carlet >n
Cobh’s Silk Manuel. Treaties on the Culture of Silk
and Mortis Mul'icnuhs. Prinee and the Pedlar. The)
Wise Men of Gotham, by Paulding. Third part of
Public and Private Economy, bv Sedgwick. Elvira,
the Naliob's Wife, ilumr, Stnalle't, and Miller's His
tory of England, brought down to George IV., with il-)
; lustrations, a beautiful Library edition, for sale at the,
Book and Music Store of C. A ELLS.
' April 13 25 >
DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT, COMMERCE. AGRICULTURE,
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC NEWS, AMUSEMENT, Bic. Etc.
TERMS I THREE DOLLARS, IN ADVANCE —FOUR DOLLARS, AFTER THREE MONTHS.
MACON, (Ga.) SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 27, 1539.
NEW MACON THEATRE.
Prize cirtdress !
TIIE subscriber will give a Premium of an Elegant j
Silver .Medal for the he9' P letienl Addre«s to be
delivered at the opening of the New Macon Theatre.
Said address to be not under forty (40) nor more than '
sixty (60) lines—to be ready hr the 6th of May. {SO*A
Committee of literary gentlemen will make the *« lec
tion. WM. R. HART.
April 20 26p
MONROE R AIL RO VD.) .!
Macon, March 21, 1533 $
7JXHE following will be the hours for departing and
I A arriving of the Cars, alter the fi'st of April:
Leave Macon 5 A. M., and arrive at Forsyth 6J A. M
“ Forsyth 7j A. M. “ Macon V»I A. M
“ Macon 2/ P. M. “ F- rsyth 4} P. M
“ Forsyth 4J P. M. “ Macon 61 P. M
Freight Cars will be attached from Forsyth at 7j A.
M., and from Macon at 21 P. M.
N. EELLS, Agent of Transportation. |
March 23 23 j
Jl For Norfolk, Va., Direct—and
passage thence to Richmond, Va., Wash
ington C ty, Baltimore and Philadelphia.
The superior and well known sea steamer SOUTH
CAROLINA, Capt. Coffey, is now receiving passen
gers at, and will leave the Atlantic S cam Packet wharf,
loot of D ,ureas street, immediately afer the arrival of
the Rail Roid Cars, on Saturday Afternoon, 13.1 t inst.
Passage anJ fare, 825, to Norfolk. Apply personally,
or by letter, to WILLIA *i PATTON, Agcnq i
6 Fttzsimons' wharf.
N. B. The GEORGIA succeeds the South Carolina,
and will leave on Saturday, the 20ih April. After which
these boats will ran regularly, one leaving as above ev
ery Saiurdai af ernoon, as soon as die Rad Road C irs
arr".e, not earlier than 4 or kit r than 5 o’clock, P. M.
{Or The Augusta, Savannah,Macoa and C 'iumbus,
Geo. papers will each please insert the above 3 times.
April 13 25p
Branch Bank cf Darien,)
MACON, April 15, 1433. $
f| T HE Cashier of the Phenix Bank of New York
I having notified this office that its funds in the
Phenix Bank have been at ached, to answer tiie debts
of two of the other Branches of the Bank of Dar en,
this Branch has I eeu compel .ed to suspend. Bill hold
ers are assured that the means of ilnscffice me ample
to redeem its circulation, and will he applied to that I
object. This notice is deemed necessary to prevent sa
crifices and imposition.
THOMAS KING, Cashier.
April 20 26e_
Central R. R. and Banking Cos. of Georgia.
Savannah, April 8,183 J.
INSTALLMENT
OTICE is hereby given that an instalment of Ten
D dlars per share on the S'oek of this Company
is nquired to be paid at the B inking House in rh.s Ci
ty, on or before the 14 h day of June next. Stockiml
ters at, and in the neighborhood of Macon, can make
payment at the branch.
By order of the Board of D rest >r*,
R. R. CUYLER, Caslrier.
April 20 25;
DR. JOHN It. BOON
HAS removed to, and permanently settled in Ma
. con, where he cun he found at all times readv to
attend the mils of his fr ends. His residence is on the
corner of Third and Popiar-stree-s, formerly occupied
hy Mr. L' vi Eckley. j
April 2J 2jh
NOTICE.
DR. E. L. STROHECKER offers his pro r essional
services to the inhabitants of Macon and vicini
ty. Office Commerce Row, over Leri Eckiey's.
April 13 23!>
PORTRAIT PAINTING.
tI'HE Subscriber hav'ne permanently located him-
Jc seif in this City, -olieits the pa mirage >( its citi
zen*. Room (where specimens may he seen) over W.
B. Parker’s Store, op;> site the Central Hotel, will be
open to visiters from 10 A. -M. 'o 4 P. M.
COM PA RET, Artist
Macon, April 20, 1833 26
SOOA WATER.
H SHOTWELL has the pleasure of informingthe
• Ladies and Gentlemen, 'hut his Soda Fountain
is now up, and that the Soda Water will he constantly
prepared in the most approved manner, with the l>e«t
Spring IVoter, and supplied wilh the most choice and
lieaFhy Syrups, and constant attendance from early in
the morning till 10 in the evening.
April 20 26
New Spring and Summer Goods.
L. & XV. COWLES
4 RE now receivin'? at their S ore. No. 4 Commerce
c\- Row, adjoining Mr. Levi Eckley. a general assort
ment of Spring anti Summer Goods, selec ed with rare:
from the New York, Philadelphia and Charleston mar
ks s, to w hich they respectfully invite the attention of
their friends and the public generally—in their stock
will lie f utnd—
Light Summer S Ik*, plain and figured,
Handsome French Muslins,
Printed Lawns, French Cambrics,
British and American Prints,
French Worked C-din sand Cuffs,
Fancy Ha ndkerchtef*.
Sdk Net! Shawls and Scarf*.
Bonne'*, Ribbons, Artificial Flowers,
Curls, Lace*, Hosiery,
Primed Sattee is for Children's Dre*ses, with Coron
ation and Victoria Braids to suit,
Irish Linens, Table Damask and D.aper,
Linen Sheeting*, Bombazines,
Linen Drillings, Vesting*,
Cravats, Stocks and Co'l nr*,
Gentlemen and Ladies Umbrellas and Parasols,
A large supply of Domestics of all kinds.
Macon, April 13 25
Fresh Flour!
eZI 4 BBLS. fresh South-Caroltna ground Flour
Gv " 2ri do do Canal FI -or.
For sale by A. R. .VcLAUGLIN.
April 20 26p
JUST RECEIVED,
ON CONSIGNMENT, 2O,oCofine HAVANA Cl
GARS, for sale low for cash, hv
C. L. HOWLAND
April 13 25
Cotton Bti’gins nnd Twine.
1 X £T( \ FIECES heavy Hemp Bagging. 4 bales
A ?J V * Bagging Twine, for sale bv
REA & COTTON.
April 23 26 |
T7NITED STATES BANK NOTES. Imre hills
w_J for sale hv J T ROWLAND
Also. CHECKS on NEW YORK-
March 16 2)tf
Exchange oil Tennessee ant! Kentucky.
CMIKCKS on the Branch of theS nrh We»n rn Rail
J Road Bank, at Knoxville, constantly for sale at the
OCMULGEE BANK.
March 16 21c
ITT The Messenger ami Telegraph will insert in the
inner form, 2 months
POETR Y.
From the Southern Rose.
The Playmates of Childhood.
I sec them oft—the youthful crew,
That met at morning's dawn,
When spire and tree their shadows threw
Across the dewv lawn ;
And merry shou', and sportive yell,
Sent forth their echoes there,
’Till hated sound of school-house bell
Brought book-;ime and despair.
But years and years have fled away,
And of that youthful train,
The playmates of my childhood's day,
Alas! how few remain !
Some wander in a distant land,
Some rove above the sea,
And many 'neath their native sand
From all liie’s ills are free.
'Tis true that some still linger here,
But, ah' their looks are co'd ;
I miss the welcome, warm and clear,
_ That greeted me of old ;
Heart giveth bark to heart no tone,
Hand claspeth Hand no more,
And chang'd both form and mind have grown,
From what they were of yore.
But still we meet, my comrades dear,
For mem'ry hath a spell,
That bringeth back distinct and clear,
The firms beloved so well; .
And tho’ despair and sorrow lower
Upon life’s checker'd scene.
Still Fancy oft renews the hour,
We met upon the green. R. M. C.
Savannah, Ga.
.... m ..—n.—
MISCELLANY.
From the Augusta Mirror.
THE SOUTH THE NATURAL HOME OF LITERA
TURE, OR SECOND THOUGHTS IN’ CONFIRMA
TION OF FIRST THOUGHTS.
BV CIIARLF.S WYATT RICE, ESQ . AUTHOR OF ‘ RAMBLER.’
“ How rich in charm* is this romantic clime,
Withs reams, and woods, and pastoral valiies fair ;
And walled with mountain', haughtily sublime."
[concluded.]
Utiforluna’ely, tiie tlcttiils which wc have of
the religion of the ancient inhabitants of the
North, me meagre and scant. May not tin's
partially arise from the circumstance that there
was little to detail ? Britain, in the account
that site has furnished us of her Druids, has
given us almost ti e only trad tion we have of
the ancient religion of the North. And we
find connected with these no images of beauty
or sublimity. A principal feature of the re
ligion of tiie Druids appears to lave been the
sacr.fice of human victims ; a ieatuic that can
carry with it no other associations than those
of horror and disgust. Tne only redeeming
trait in this religion appears to have been the
doctrine of the immortality of the soul; a
doctrine that was also incorporated w.th the
religion of ancient Greece and Italy. Ossian
has, indeed, presented us with images of sub.
lirnity, probably gathered f oin the popular be
lief of his country ; end Moote has collected
some beautiful specimens of the ancient fables
of his countrymen. But how ate all these
found wanting when weighed in the balance,
with the richness, splendour, beauty and sub.
lirnity of the mythology of the ancient Gieeks
and Romans!
Periuqis the most pleasing exhibition of tho
strength and beauty of imagination of tiny
nation is in its sculpture and paintings, Tnat
which at any time is a pleasing study, liecomes
onß’the mo.e so when through il we read a
nutions’s character. Happily (or our present
purpose the works of the imcieuts have des
cended to us in reputation, where they have
not in reality; and the works of the moderns
are before us to review at our leisure. The
imagination of the South, as exhibited in iior
paintings and sculpture, stands pre-eminent.
'Ftie earliest sculptors exhibited beauty and
sublimity in their conceptions. How heuuti
f..l was the idea of Phidias in representing
Venus as rising from the sea, received bv
Love, and crowned by Persuasion ! And he
has exhibited bis grandeur of conception in iiis
statue of Minerva, made of ivory and guld.
and measuring tlrrty-nine leet in height; and
in bis Jupiter Olympus, which has passed fin
one of the wonders of the world. Praxiteles
exhibited his Iteauty of conception in his Cupid,
in tiie mystery ofbis veiled Venus, and in the
beauty and simplicity of the miked goddess.
Nor have the painters exhibited less richness
of imagination. Alexander’s power has been
well u-presented by Apelles in bis painting of
that hero holding thunder in his hand;
•* Which,” says Pimy. who saw it. “ looked so
much like life, that the hand of the king, w .th
the thunder secnx and to come out oftl e picture,”
The beauty of the imagination of Apelles s
s cn in hi* Sleeping Venus, nnd in his Venus
Anadyomenc. Tho power of the moic
modern painters of the South of Kurope is
ever acknowledged. Michael Angelo is prais.
ed for the grandeur and sublimity of his char no.
ters—Raffhello for the grace, the dignity, nnd
the expression of Ins ; while Giulio Romano
i; lauded for possessing the t rue poetical genius.
Poetical, indeed, was the idea of tho latter in
representing tho Hours feeding the Homes of
the Sun. This picture brings vividly to the
imagination the course of the Sun with its
C. R. IIANLEITER, PRINTER.
| never failing attendant. Time. Pope, in bis '
** Epistles to Mr. Jervas,” has well represented
the distinguished merits of the different Italian
artists:—
“ Each heavenly piece unwearied we compare.
Match RafFaelle’s grace with thy loved Guido's air;
Caracci's strength, Corregio's sober line ;
Paulo’s free stroke, and Titian’s warmth divine."
The different wmks of these various artists
might be expatiated upon to much greater
length. But enough has been said, to show
that the people, who have exhibited so rich an
imagination in their mythology, have not fallen
in their flight when they have attempted to
exhibit in visible forms, the beings of their
imagination. The glorious landscapes of
Italy have breathed forth in living colors with
the be ngs with which the inhabitants of all
ages have united in peo ling them. And
shall we be told that the North, too. has her
sculptors and painters? That England alone
boasts Iter Reynolds. West, Moreland, Barrv,
and Fuseli? She does, indeed. But wc shall
not be disputed when we say, tlwit all these
drew their inspiration from the Italian fount.
At least, we shall not, when it is remembered
that Reynolds himself admits, in his “Notes
t<* the Art of Painting,” the superiority of the
Italian masters. See to wlmt sentiments of
Frest toy’s he gives assent: —
“ When duly taught each geometric rale,
Appront h with awful *teps the Grecian school;
The sculptured relics of her skill survey,
Muse oa hy night, and imitate by day.
“ As years advance to modern masters come,
Gaze on their glories in majestic Rome;
Admire the proud productions of Iter skill
Which Venice, Parma, and Bologna fill."
Frcsnny, seems, by these lines, to imply thru
the simple rules of the art may be learned
elsewhere, hut that the source of inspiration is
to he sought in Greece and Italy. To these
sentiments Reynolds has, in his “No es,” ex
pressed no < issent. If English have excelled
in any depart ment of painting, it has licen in
that of portrait painting; which, although a!
high department of the art, yet makes not large
drafts on the imagination. England herself
pays the poorest compliment to her sculptors,
| when s‘'e is necessiatcd to make it a matter of
) hoist, that one of her citizens acted the Vandal,
and tore from Greece mutilated specimens of
sculpture. Could she form no gallery from
hi me product otis, ti nt she should renew in
another form, the works of the northern hatha
rian? Let her boast of her “stone shop.”
It must, in the eyes of ail other nations, be her
disgrace.
Another vivid display of the imaginative
qualities of the resid aits of the sunny South,
is seen in the lote intercourse of the moderns.
What is the land of moonlight serenades? Os
rambles, when obscurity gives full force to the
imagination 1 The Turkish maids, debarred
the privilege of writing, find in flowers, ciudars,
pebbles, and the most common objects around
them, expression for all that words could con
vey. And well does the Greek lover ex
claim, in the song translated by Byron :
“By all the token-flowers that tell
What words can never speak so well."
For words w ould, indeed, lx; fix bic interpreters
to the ardent imaginat on of these people.
The Grecian maid reads a tale in every leaf
of every flower that is conveyed to her from
her lover; while lie finds us complete an an
swer In every flower that is returned from her.
Ardor of feeling, without which genius, study,
cannot e.x'st, is fully shown in this intercourse
of love. Could the cold heart read tho lan
guage of passion in flowers? Tne love of
Romeo, wit ch is hut perfect nature in a warm
climate, would have secured to the youth u
station in a mud-house, bud be lived in Britain.
“ Oh ! ’tis not well this earihly love’s excess,” I
sings the Italian girls; and if d’sappoinfe 1,
lays her down to die. The English girl very
coolly brings an action for damages! And
the same difference of warmth, anti coldness of
feeling is exhibited throughout the whole drama
of life.
If such wc find to be the pre-eminent imagi.
native qualities of the sons and daughters of the
South, it becomes important to the determina.
tion of our correctness in assigning these qua
lities as tiie constituent parts of genius, and the
South as the natural home of literature, to learn
whether the actuai literature of the South has |
been such as to answer the expectation thus'
formed of it. Happily it has. Trie South
lias produced masters from w hom all nations
have been content to copy. Shall wc speak
now oft lie glowing imagination of the father of
epics ? Os his grand conceptions—his bcauti- j
ful episodes—his perfect comprehension, and)
delineation of the human feelings and passions ?
Snail we speak of the invective, magnificent, i
and towering genius of the father of tragedy ?
Os his I told, loliv, and impetuous style, replete!
with gorgeous imagery ?—of the knowledge'
he exhibited of the human passions, in teaching)
mankind how to wield them through the
scenes of the stage? Shall wc call to mind ■
the majestic dignity, the native sweetness, andj
graceful ease of the works of Sophocles ? The
power with which he carried on the work
commenced hy iEschylus; and tie moral,
sublimity he displayed in the death-devotion of,
CEdiptis? Shall we call to mind the comic j
genius, nnd fertility of imagination c*f A his-!
totnenes? Or, shall w'e speak of the sweet-j
ness, gentleness, nnd ardent feelings ofj
Sappho? Os the nielancltoiy termination of)
Iter existence, when a sympathetic woman's,
mind has imagined her singing thus :
“ I, with this winged nature, fraught
Then' vision* wifil’v fire—
This Iran adless love, this fiery though;—
Afone I come. Oh, give me peace, dark sc* !~
The classic scholar knows these high traits in
the works of tne ancient*; hut ini will be re
minded of them with pleasure.
Ho will with pleasure, be reminded of lit®
grand conceptions of Virgil—of it's inferiority
to Momer a'oue—of the sweetness ofbis pasto
rals ; and of the graceful dignity he has thrown
around tiie pursuits of agriculture. He will,
with pleasure, call to mind the scenes of hi*
great poem ; tiie descent of zEnoa* to t «
infernal regio —the dangerous navigation
between Seylla and Churybdis—the conflict
wthTumus—and all the perils of the hero
with tlicir happy termination. He wiil rt».
member, with pleasure, the genius of Horace,
his graceful invitations to bis friends—his cou
vivai odes, tempnred with moral reflections—
his bursts of lyric fancy, and the severity of
his satiric thruris. fie will call to mind tiw
graceful and elegant songs of Cutuiitis, that
morcertu of song—the comparison between tlm
unblemished virgin and the delicate and un
soiled flower of the garden—and the stinnge
and striking change from these light compo
siiions to the fearful conceptions of his Atis;
its detraction nnd enthusiasm—the rapidity
nnd energy with which the words ate poured
forth breathing spirit and passion. AH these
the classic scholar will delight to dwell upon,
while the modern linguist will fix his view
on later days.
He will see spread Itefirre li : m the divino
poem o' Dntne—his fearful conceptions of the
punishment of the damned—his allegorical
reprehensions of the crimes ofbis age—and
the restoration of his hero to the light of tiny.
He will see him of “ the sword and pen"—
the portrayer of the glories of “Jerusalem
Delivered”—him who made sacred his cell
among ravinj maniacs, by employing his |>eti
upon a sacred subject, lie will behold him,
who
“ Brought a lyre
Os sound to peal through Rume's triumphant sky,
To mourn a hero on his funeral pyre ;
Or greet a conqueror with its war notes high j
For on each chord had fallen the gift of fire,
The living breath of power and vie lory."
He will see him who sung the charms of bis
mistress, in such glowing strains, that tdl lovers
have striven to imitate him ; nnd nil the for
have sighed for a lover who could paint their
charms ns he has painted the charms of his
mistress. He, certainly, will not forget tho
graceful songs of Petrarch, who lias painted,
in u few lines, what all devoted lovers feel re
garding their lady love, yet cannot express.
What retd lover . oes not imagine his misttess
to be what Petrarch has thus painted his?
“Thou that woaldst mark in firm of human biith.
All heaven and nature's perfect skill combined;
Come gaze nn her, the day-star.>f the earth,
Dazzling not me alone, but all mankind.”
The Italian scholar will iieliold, too, in his
prospect, tiie flowery fields of Boccaccio, the
elegant talcs of his Decameron ; and the light
and graceful effusions of Mcltutasio, Ftlicaja,
and Pustorini.
And what is Italy now ? Has the bright
lustre of her fame departed forever? Is tho
brilliant crown of Genius, which has surmoun.
ted her brow for centuries, now torn front her
never to be replaced ? Are wc to weep in
vain over her fallen greatness? No! She
1 still exhibits specimens enough of talent to
I show that she is neither dead nor sleeping;
jand that when a brighter day sliail burst forth
I from her political darkness, her literary fame
will again shine bright and resplendent. Two
years since she boasted one hundred ond
| eighty-eight journals ; political, literary, and
'scientific. And the number of these have,
■ probably, increased rather than diminished.
That flie latter days of Italy are not wanting
; in genius, we have the testimony of Mallei,
an esteemed Italian crilic, who says, “ If Italy
| has offered our age anew Dante in Monti, she
) may boast anew Petrarch in the Cavnlicre
I Ippolito Pmdemonte ; such is the sweetness,
! such the pensive liar morty that reign
|in his verses.” And that the Italian mind
!of the prtseiit day is wanting in neither fire,
| energy, nor pathos, a simile extract fiom
I N colni will fully prove. The Sicilian da ugh
| ter, who is secretly married to the man of her
choice, is told that Iter hand is to be the re.
ward of him who slays Erilierto. Her feel
ings find vent in these words :
“ What have I heard ? I daughter, mother, wife
Falter and tremble ; and in mine each thought
Danger and sin helto’d. Vainly I now,
In my bewildered reason, counsel seek.
Each path is closed; my husband and my father
Will even at ihe altar meet in blood.
Betwixt their weapons I shall stand in vain.
Immense fierce, just my father’s hatred is.
Yet am I Tancred's wife, and must reveal it
When bid to wed another."
To sny that the North has not produced her
wotks of genius, would Is- idle in the extreme.
Still the same remuik will apply to the writers
of the North, that we have found applicable to
Iter painters and sculptors. Tney have
sougiit the chief source of inspiration in the
land of the South, beneath the rich, blue south
ern sky. When wc mention that Milton de.
rived trie plan of his divine poem fiom I aly—•
that Shakespeare found tho greatest interest in
southern scenes ; that lie sought therefor that
ardour of leeltug which his glowing pen loved
to depict—and that more modem writers have
found the same intciest in these scenes ; we
shall have saH enough to show, from the tacit
testimony of northern writers themselves, that
the South is the home of imagination. Mrs.
Homans has ever sung beautifully ; but how
pre-eminent are hei songs when she paints the
loves of Sappho, and of the Italian poets, or
dwells on the scenes of loved and lovely Italy.
Mis. Ja neson has ever drawn with fidelity and
power ; but her enthusiasm bums with a more
vivid light, and her pen draws with r.cw and
living beauty, as she fines herself on Italian
grounn, and beneath a southern ■ ky. Bulwer
Inis ever wielded a pen of power; but even
lie acquires new pathos and beauty ns be pnlnls
tlse struggles of Renizi. or dwells upon t ! e
mingled <flory and darkness of the “ Ln-t
Days of Pompeii.” For ourselves, it is diffi.
cult lo imagine the inspiration of'a land where
tho mercury sinks to zero, or ten degrees lx -
low it. But if we are wrong, there are critic*
enough in that region to set us right. Criti
eism flourishes well in northern clime*. Hy
percriticism, at letst, cannot flourish wiiem
warmth of feeling, and fertility of imagination.
Hie tis* charncteriKlicM of the people. With
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