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THE OBSERVER, No. 5.
Saturday, May 11,1839.
1 cannot but congratulate the public and myself up
on the notice which has been attracted by my previous
papers, as manifested by the fact which I am about to
communicate. I have already received several letters
from correspondents, stating to me their grievances,
asking redress, and begging my advice in sundry diffi
culties which they have met with. Now, lam always
ready and willing to aid my fellow-mortals to the best
of my power and ability, and I can assure my corres
pondents that I am quite sensible of the confidence
they repose in me.
As the best means of rendering service to those who
have asked my assistance, I will, from time to time,
print their own statements, with such remarks as may
occur to me.
The first letter is from a bashful man, if I may judge
from the nature of his case—but let hint speak for him
self.
“ Mr. Observer—Duly appreciating the sageness of
the old saw, ‘ that two heads are better than one, even
if one of them is a wooden one,’ and feeling the need
of some advice in the iollowing delicate matter, I have
thought proper to spread it before you, in the double
hope and desire of benefiting myself by your salutary
counsels, and at the same time, of exhibiting to the la
dy concerned, the true state of my heart and feelings.
I heartily believe, as Bishop E. remarked the other
evening, that a father confessor may be sometimes a
very useful animal, as for instance, in a case like mine
—or the lady’s—w hen one might wish to derive a litt'e
ghostly consolation without possibility of expose. I
dislike to use a confidante or make a personal revela
tion to any one, because every one is not gifted with
sufficient secresy, and it is laying one's self liable, at
any moment, to be served up for the amusement or
gratification of the ungloved public. Now, the manner
I have chosen of applying to yourself is better, as no
names are mentioned ; therefore, nobody can be in the
secret, the gist of the matter, but the lady in ques
tion, the guide-post and myself, while your opinion, as
every thing has its palliative, may possibly serve some
one else in a similar situation. I hope the lady herself
will not censure me for taking this course, and I also
pray you not to take it amiss that I look upon you in the
light of a reverend and sage adviser to the public, and
apply to you as such. It may be proper and necessary
that you learn something about myself, my habits, cha
racter, prospects, &.c. I have nothing in particular to
recommend me to the attention of any one. I am a
toUroi>ly young man, of a doubtful fortune, in expect
ancy, and a face and person not handsome enough to
contain one. I am, (and I hope you will not think I
speak boastingly,) of modest and retiring manners and
very regular in my dealings and conduct. I rarely
ever visit the ladies, but though not of a very devotion
al turn, am punctual in my attendance at church from
earlier habit and education—when at church I gener
ally manage to get behind all the congregation, that I
may not he observed, for I have a supreme horror of
being stared at, particularly by ladies. I would rather
face a battery of cannon any time, than a bevy of the
fair, ns it is a settled thing in my own mind never to
marry. I wish not to be tantalized with even a dis
tant view of that heaven I may never possess. Well,
would you believe it, Mr. Observer, some e'ght or ten
months gone by I was stealing in my own quiet way
into church, during morning service, in the hope of
being, as'usual, unheard and unnoticed, but happening
to close the pew door with rather too much force, I ob
served a pink bonnet with green ribbons and a pair ol
bright eyes underdeath, (1 like to be particular in par
ticular cases,) at about an angle of forty-seven degrees
from me, turn suddenly around—whether it was the
noise made by the pew door, or whether she had some
relation or t ■•our.intance in my neighborhood, I at first
was unec. t iu ; but alter looking timidly around I saw
there was no one near enough to be called neighbor;
and 1 might have bludied sfightly at my awkwardness
and made confusion worse confounded by adjusting
myself hastily in my seat, but was that sufficient rea
son for her continuing' to look at me ? I suspicioned
something wrong about my exterior —an extra hand
kerchief in view perhaps, or a stray string,and I might
have blushed again at these probabilities, but was that
sufficient for her continuing to look at me? Another
old saying is 1 practice makes perfect,’ and I soon grew
bold enough to return the compliment and looks of the
pink bonnet, green ribbons, bright eyes, &e., at an an
gle of 47 J . She looked and I looked, and I looked
and she looked, and then we both looked, and she blush
ed 1 expect, for I did, but was that sufficient reason for
her continuing to look at me ? Since that time the mo
ment I enter the church door, and no matter which
one, for I have tried all, the same pink bonnet, green
ribbons and bright eyes, at about the same angle of 4/ 0
is gazing straight in my face, and from the beginning
to the end of service, I am excessively annoyed—yet
there is such a fascination in the gaze that I cannot
help returning it. I have been induced to apprehend
myself laboring under a defect of vision, an optical il
lusion. I have heard of similar cases —one in particu
lar, of a celebrated physician, who was followed by the
phantom of a blue dog. One circumstance inclining
me to this opinion was, that frequently, just before go
ing to sleep at night, 1 have seen the identical pink
bonnet with green ribbons, and the same bright eyes
at the same angle, gazing straight towards me but
this hope was dissipated last Sabbath by observing a
beautiful pair of lips open just below the eyes, and
hearing a musical sound proceeding from between
them, as she turned to another of the female genus
sitting alongside, and it seemed to pronounce my name
distinctly, and just loud enough that I might hear, and
then I believe the other female turned also, but I was
too quick for them this time—l was off, and I might
have blushed, but I left the church in the middle of a
very fine discourse, I presume, for 1 did not hear any
of it. I have tried other churches, but the same bon
net, ribbons and eyes at the same angle, are sure to be
there before me, making me appear rather the pursuer
than the pursued. 1 know her not, but have heard her
addressed as——. Nobody of my acquaintance ap
pears to know her, I. e. I have never inquired of them.
Now, Mr. O. what shall I do—l have been so long in
the habit of going to church that if I stay away I am
wretched, if I go I have been so in the habit of seeing
pink at just that angle, that if she is not there I am
wretched, and if she is I am exceedingly annoyed.
Hoping to profit by your advice,
I rema ; n the pink-bonnet-hearted
And green ribbon afflicted,
PHILO SHADOW.”
I am really very much interested in the case of my
■correspondent, and am almost at a loss what decision
to pass upon it. At a first view, however, lam dispo
sed to give him the fol'owing advice, viz : Let him pluck
up “ heart of grace," make up to the pink bonnet, b ight
eyes, &c., reduce the angle, and endeavor that they
“ two shall be one”—in which case I do not think he
will be any more stared at by the said bright eyes un
der the pink bonnet. If this plan should fail, my cor
respondent must let me know, and 1 will try and give
him some further advice.
I must add a word of admonition to my fair readers,
(for I have reason to believe I have some of that des
cription,) which is this—that they be more careful in
casting about the lightning of their bright ghnees,
which may at times wither up the very souls of those
unhappy mortals on whom they fall. I would entreat
them to mask the artillery of tlieir eyes and not moke
such sad havoc amongst my poor correspondents, oth
erwise 1 fear I shall be often informed of cases quite as
desperate and perplexing as that of the unfortunate
Philo Shadow. As for the lady in the pink bonnet, I
must beg her to be merciful to the victim of her
bright eyes—to my thinking he is a very good sort
of man, and will I believe, make a capital husband,
and I think she Cannot do better than accept him.
N. B. It is not correct taste to wear green ribbons on
a pink bonnet. I recommend this remark to the espe
cial consideration of the milliners and fashionists.
Mr. Observer : There is an evil which I
find to be very general throughout this coun
try—and by which I have at times suffered
much. As you appear to be a friend to the
unfortunate and to possess great zeal for the
' correction ofabuses, you will perhaps allow me
to have recourse to you, in the straights to
which lam reduced ; and by laying my history
| before your readers, some others may perhaps
be hereafter prevented from becoming the
hapless victims of the system of which I com
plain. Let them take warning from my sad
experience.
I am a young man of a good though not
wealthy family. My parents knowing that
I they had no store of earthly goods to bestow
a id well aware of the importance and utility
of a good education, used every endeavor to
give me an excellent one. I was nqt wanting
on my part: I passed through college with
honor from my tutors and praises from my
parents and friends. I hope you will not be
inclined to accuse me of vanity when I inform
you, that I am generally looked upon by those
who know me, as a young man of considerable
talent. I find my society courted and my ac
quaintance cultivated in consequence of this
opinion, I am.generally esteemed and often
flattered and praised even sometimes beyond
my merits, and yet, with all this, 1 am now in
a most painful and awkward situation. lam
often invited to parlies, and social meetings be
cause I can be an agreeable companion, but I
never attend one without feeling keenly that
my time has been wasted and my powers mis
applied in a succession of frivolous and un
profitable conversations. Besides my slender
means will not permit me to make the proper
return for these civilities by being in my turn
the inviter,and the consequence of this is a sense
of degradation which uniformly accompanies
my acceptance of them.
But this, painful as it is, is not all- My
talents and education might be turned to ac
count had I the m tans to lay a proper founda
tion for their exercise—pecuniary resources
| are necessary and these alas! Ido not possess :
land my attention was naturally turned to the
practicability of acquiring what I needed to
place me in a situation where I might earn an
honorable livelihood and devote my leisure
hours to study and the pursuit of knowledge,
without having my thoughts continually dis
tracted and my mind harrassed by the preca
riousness of my means of subsistence. Igno
rant as I then was of the ways of the world,
my heart was buoyed up with hope, when I
thought of the long list of “ friends ” by whom
[ was daily feted and caressed, who were in
the habit of seeking my companionship and
who always met me with a glad aspect and a
cordial pressure of the hand. My only per
plexity was to whom I should apply first, for
all hud made profuse offers of service and I did
not think for a moment, that there was one
who would not have been eager to lend his aid. j
After long consideration, I concluded to ad
dress myself to Celatus. I knew him to be a
man of easy fortune, and he had the reputa
tion of being kind-hearted and liberal. I called
upon him and stated my wants: he listened
with much attention,expressed great sympathy,
said he would feel most happy to assist me and
thanked me for having so good an opinion of
him as to ask his assistance. He then in a
tone of easy, familiar confidence, gave trie a
statement of his affairs, told me what sums of
money he was obliged to pay within a certain
time, spoke of the great scarcity of money,
&e. &c., and concluded by bidding me rot to
despair, as he thought he could rcleive me,
a'though it might cost him some trouble, and
desiring me to call upon him the next day at
a certain hour. I thanked him whilst the
tears almost started to my eyes and returned
home in an ecstasy of gratitude. The next
day you may be sure I was not wanting in
punctuality and at the appointed hour I knock
ed at Celatus’ door and was told by the ser
vants wlio opened it that his master had left
town an hour previous for a week’s tour in
the country ! I at first thought it might have
been some su Iden and unforseen call ol busi
| ness; but learned on enquiry tnat this jaunt had
1 been projected some days beforehand. Ten
! days after this I met Celatus in the street when
he observed with easy nonchalance. “Ah,
Mr. a—a — you will excuse me for not meet
ing you the other day according to appoint
ment, but it was not necessary to wait for you
as I found I could not afford you the assistance
you needed.” Disgusted with his flippant
and unfeeling manner 1 retired to my cham
ber to brood over my disappointment and to
meditate on the new view ofthe human heart
which had been thus suddenly presented to
me.
The ill success of my first attempt rendered
me less sanguine us to the results of my future
efforts and indeed almost discouraged me
from making another, but hard necessity im
pelled me,and at length I reflected that perhaps
all my so called friends might not he like
Celatus, and my next application was to
Falerio. This person was gay and seemingly
open in his manners, loved his glass of wine
and was withal a man of wealth and influence.
I was going into a place of public resort to
look for him, when he can e suddenly up to
me and tapping me familiarly on the shoulder
as was his custom, “ Ha ! Indigentius, my
boy,” cried he, “ how are you ? where do you!
keep yourself these days ? I have not seen
you in an age —come take some wine.” I
declined his offer and begged a few minutes
conversation with him. He seemed surprised
but complied—as I proceeded his countenance
fell, his look of'curiosity changed into oneofj
embarassment. When I had concluded hej
began, “My dear fellow, I regret very mucl|
to hear this —but—excuse me for a moment,
there is a person I wish to see—l will be with
you in a minute”—so saying he went up to a
group of our mutual acquaint ues and began
conversing with them in a low tone. In a
short time I found their looks all directed to
wards me in such a manner as to make me
believe I was the subject of their discourse—
I arose to go and as I passed out, I overheard
Falerio soy “ poor devil, I pity him, for lie is a
THE SOUTHERN POST.
I good fellow—but we must drop him—he is
getting too low in the world.”
I would take up too much of your {ime, Mr.
Observer, and extend my letter to too great a
length were I to detail as minutely all the
other unsuccessful applications I made and the
repulses 1 met with. Suffice it to say, that in
a short time, all those who had called them
selves my friends fell away from me. I was
shunned byall as though I hod the plague and
my very presence were contagion. Sometimes
my ho|>es were raised to be suddenly dashed
down ; my anxiety ‘ creased with my necessi
ties, I sunk into despondency, lost my spirits,
and my health was fast wearing away under
the anguish of my mind, when one day Vagulus
came to me in his usual hurried manner and
told me that he knew of a situation in a public
institution for which I was well qualified and
which he could obtain for me if I desired it, for
it was ; ’most entirely in the gilt of one ofthe
Dir -tors who was his most intimate friend and
would attach great weight to his recommenda-
tion. I caught at the idea, for the place was a
desirable one under any circumstances, and
would have lifed me above want, to a respecta
ble position in society. It was to be disposed
ofthe next day and I, well knowing Vagulus’
irregular habits and constant hutry, begged
him to sit down at once and write me a letter
to the director, of which I might be the bearer
and secure my election. But “no! the thing”
he said “could not he done in that way--he
would call upon his friend that very night and
arrange every thing and doubted not. that if I
called on him in the morning he would have
the satisfaction of announcing good news.” I
was forced to be content with this—but spent
the night in a fever of anxiety and expectation.
In the morning I called on Vagulu3 at his
lodgings—he was not yet up though it was ten
o’clock. I went into his chamber where he
informed me with sundry yawns, that soon af
ter he had le me he had fallen in with some
friends who had pressed him so closely to
spend the evening with them that he had been
unable to refuse—that he had been detained
until he found it was too late to attend to my
business, which indeed might just as well be
transacted in the morning—l entreated him
not to neglect what was of so much importance
to me and he accordiugly despatched his ser
vant with a note to his friend. In a short
time the man returned with an answer from
the director expressing his great regret that
Vagulus had not applied sooner, in which case
he, the director would have been glad to second
his views by choosing a person of his reccm- j
mendation—but the place had been promised
last night to a young gentlemen who had j
come highly recommended and as he kad ■
pledged his word, he could not now alter the
arrangement. At this stunning announce
ment, Vagulus looked crest-fallen, and I caught
up my hat, and in a paroxysm of grief and des
pair. rushed out of the house.
Now, Mr. Observer, give me some advice
how to act —or at least say a word on the
subject of the people I have attempted to des
scribe who promised hastily what they never
mean to perform, who raise expectations which
they do not intend to satisfy, and who by these
false hopes lead us on fiom disappointment to
disappointment until at last the unhappy vic
tim of their cruel thoughtlessness or indiffer
ence falls into utter despair, or sinks under the
slow poison “ of hope deferred.”
INDIGENTIUS.
If Indigentius will write to me, enclosing his true
name and address, I will endeavor to be of service to
him, provided I am satisfied from my own observation
that he is truly deserving. ITis letter certainly presents
a most melancholy picture, hut I am afraid the circum
stances of which he complains are by no means un
common. There is nothing perhaps which creates
more distress in delicately constituted minds ; no prac
tice which deserves severer reprobation, than the com
mon one of making hasty and thoughtless promises
which never are, and are seldom meant to be perform
ed. By it young men are often induced to waste their
time and whatever small means they may have, in ex
pectations which are not destined to be realized,orin pur
suit of objects which they can never obtain —at least,
without the promised aid. There exists likewise, in
this curious world, a strange indisposition to assist
struggling merit, unless it indue the garment of impo
sition and wear the mask of pretension and humbug.
It is certainly a singular feature in the constitution of
man. Let a fellow-creature be what is called a “ri
| sing man,” and every one is willing to afford him an
assistance which he does not need; but let him once
be on the declivity of his course, tending downward,
and he will not only find none to stay his falling pro
gress, but he will also meet with but lew who will not
J lend him a push to accelerate his descent. This is not
as it-should be—this is far from a Christian observance
of the golden precept, “Do unto others as you would
that they should do unto you.” The most wealthy and
influential men in the Union are those who have strug
gled upwards through early difficulties—let them turn
back to this portion of their career and they can all
recall to their minds a time when, had a small assist
ance been yielded them, it would have been of mate
rial benefit, would have widened their sphere of use
fulness, and have enabled them to rise sooner to that
eminence which they have since attained, whilst at the
| same time it would have spared them years perhaps of
anxiety and mental distress, during which they were wri
thing under the stingo of poverty and unmerited neglect,
i Yet of the many who have experienced this keenest
of ail human sufferings, how few are there who feel
; for others similarly situated ? This is bad enough—but
J it is w orse when the evil of which Indigentius com
j plains, is put in practice. In the first instance it is on
ly the omission of a duty which is binding upon us all,
| viz: to assist one another in this world—m the latter
case, it is the direct infliction of a real injury, by the
practice of uncalled for and unnecessary deception.
If we are notable, or not willing, to aid another, wej
should say so at once, and not add to his misery by
amusing him with false promises and deceitful hopes;
for if in consequence of such conduct on our part, he,
our needy brother, should be plunged into deeper dis
tress, and even brought to utter ruin, with us will rest
the responsibility. It will be needless for us to ask, as
did the first fratricide, “ am I my brother's keeper ?”
the blood of our ir ured brother will cry aloud to Hea
ven and we will have to answer for it at the bar of Di
vine Justice.
Some will perhaps say that this is taking too serious
and fearful a view of the mat r —l do not think so.
It were better, far better, for a man to be dead at once,
than to be forced to drag on a wretched existence thro’
days of misery and night* of sleepless woe, whilst, in
the company of those on whom he depends for assist
ance and promotion, he is obliged to wear an air of
cheerfulness and gaiety—and sulh gaiety! alas! what
a mockery it is ! a flimsy disguise assumed to cover the
throbbings of ft heart bursting with its own unutterable
anguish.
I might dilate much more on this subject, but I do
not wish to wear out my readers’ patience. I may re-
I cur to it at some other time. For the conclusion of this
paper, I will select a communication on a more plea
sing subject than can be afforded us by the contempla
tion of human error or misery.
My next correspondent writes me that he has caught
inspiration from reading my remarks on the Beauties
of Nature, in one of my late papers, and encloses me
the following effusion :
SPRING.
Spring, like a maiden, with a laugh ahd song,
And tress unbound, or to the breezes flung,
With bounding step, trips merrily along—
A rosy chaplet round her brow was strung;
Bright morning dew bedecks her sandalled feet;
Flushes her cheek with health, her eye with joy—
Her breath is fresh with odors rare and sweet—
To scatter roses all her sweet employ.
Spring comes; and stern old Winter on the hill
Takes refuge with his storms, in fearful hush,
Slowly retiring ; Spring, pursuing still,
Wins fadeless laurels from each bower and bush.
See! verdant lances, countless as the sand.
Rise at her beck, where all was death before,
In fairy phalanx cov’ring all the land.
And sounds of mirth succeed the tempest’s roar.
In Spring—bright Spring—where is the heart so dead.
So cold, unfeeling, deaf to ev’ry sound,
That feels no gentle influence o’er it shed.
Nor swells with transport in the joy around ?
Each sound is music; from the cur that flings
His wild note careless o’er the flow’ry plain
To where the lark, with daring, waves its wings,
And echoes back earth’s sweetest notes again.
The silver fish leap in the worm embrace
Os flashing waters, dancing on their way,
Each wave reflecting back the Sun’s bright face,
i As loth to part —too happy much to stay :
Or where the willows dapple o’er the flood,
Secure from noontide’s heat and burning beam
O’er the smooth pebbles glance the finny brood,
The speckled trout or golden color’d bream.
Spring! happy Spting! Last night I wander'd long—
A radiant flood of moonlight clothed the scene—
Mingling in music with the mockbird’s song—
Chequered the woods and silvered all the green.
“ Such is the time," thought I, “ would I release
(Could I but choose) my spirit from this clod,
When my whole thought was but of joy and peace,
Or deep devotion unto Nature’s God 1”
May 1,1839.
Advertisement —In order to ensure the safe trans
mission of letters, &c., to the Observer, 1 deem it ex
pedient to give my name in full. 1 therefore inform my
readers and correspondents, and all others whom it may
concern, that henceforth, all letters, parcels and com
munications intended for me, must be addressed to
Solomon Weazle, Esquire, and directed to the care of
the editor of the “ Southern Post.” My reasons for
this are good and sufficient, as will fully appear here
after. C.
OFFICE, ON THIRD - STREET, ONE DOOR FROM MULBERRY
STREET, AND OPPOSITE THE CENTRAL HOTEL.
MACON:
SATURDAY. MAY 11, 1839.
DCr The indisf osition of one of our workmen, the
present week, is offered as an apology for the late ap
pearance of our sheet to-day.
Dir The “ Macon Volunteers” left home on Mon
day last, for a parade and encampment at Milledgc*
ville. They arrived on Tuesday morning, and were
escorted into the town by the “Greys,” a handsome
and well drilled company, under the command of Lieu
tenant Rockwell. The opportunity of parading toge
ther was improved by the two corps, notwithstanding
the disagreeableness of the weather, and which tended
much to engender good feeling and respect for each
other. The Volunteers will return home this afternoon.
Dir We have received a prospectus for anew week
ly paper, to be devoted to the Literature, Institutions,
and Amsements of the South, and published in Augus
ta, by Messrs. Browne, Cushney & McCafferty— the
first number will be issued on the sih of October next,
and is to be edited by Chas. Wyatt Rice, Esq. It is
to bear the title of the “ Southern Pioneer." Next
week, we shall, probably, find room for its prospectus.
Queen victoria.
A beautiful painting of this interesting personage is
now to be seen at the Rooms of Comparet, Artist, over
W. B. Parker’s Store. The original painting is by
Parris, of London, from which prints were published,
and one of these prints has been the model of the pre
sent picture. Her Majesty is represented standing in
front of her opera box, with her music book lying open
before her on the cushion. The front of the box is de
corated with the Royal Arms, and behind the Queen
is perceived her chair, with the initials V. R. Her Ma
jesty is not in full state dross, but in the costume of a
lady of rank. Her robe is of white satin, with short
sleeves, trimmed with deep rich lace. The only jew
els displayed are a diamond broach, pendants and a
brilliant coronet. A ch lace veil : s thrown loosely
over the shoulders; the veil, as well rs the trimmings
on the gloves, are black-- her Mtjesty’s term of mourn
ing net being expired at the time when Par ’ • painted
his picture. The Scarf of the Order of the Garter,
cro'«es the bosom from the left shoulder and is partly
I seen through the transpa ncy of the veil. The right
band rests upon an ermined cloak, thrown over the
j front of the box—the left holds the emblematical bou
| quet, formed of the Rose, Thistle and Shamrock, and
| her Majesty’s handkerchief. The stems of the flowers
! are concealed in a tortoise shell porle-fleur. The whole
forms a beautiful picture, and we would recommend
the Ladies to go and see it. The expression of the coun
! tenance is pleasing, and we have been assured by a
gentleman who has seen the Queen more than once,
that it is a good likeness.— [Canmmicated.
BALTIMORE LITERARY MONUMENT.
The first number of the second volume of this peri
odical has just been received. The typography of the
work has been greatly improved, and it is now as neat
a work as is published in the country. We have not
| had time to peruse it.
WThe St. John Chronicle, speaking of a Vvar be
tween Great Britain and the United States, says : “We
J see nothing to prevent the total annihilation, by Great
Britain, of the United States, as a nation !! 1” Oh!
1 hush !
EDITORIAL CHANGES.
Rev. Philo Brownson has become the sole pro; rietor
of the “ Evangelical Universalist," published in this
city.
The “ Georgia (Milledgeville) Journal” has again
changed hands, and has now become the property of
Messrs. John H. Steele and Peterson Thweatt, Jr.
Mr. Jones, editor of the “ Augusta Chronicle & Sen
tinel,” has disposed of one-half of that establishment to
Messrs. O. P. Shaw and J. W. Jones.
Mr. Barrow, has disposed of his interest in the estab
lishment of the “ Georgia Mirror,” published at Flor
ence, in this State, to Major Jesse L. Bull. That pa
per will, in future, be conducted by Messrs-Gardner &
j Bun.
D3T Charles Dougherty has been nominated by the
Slate Rights’ Party, recently assembled in Convention,
at Milledgeville, as their candidate for the Gubernato
rial chair of this State.
DO 1 * The first of June is the time fixed upon by the
late Congress for beginning the census of the United
States.
•
Mr. Editor—l have read the remarks in your last pa
per on the formation of a Botanic Garden with much
interest. Will you or some of your correspondents in
form me, in your next, whether any definite plan has
been formed as yet, or whether any effort has been
made to start it.
I have heard also some talk of a Horticultural Socie
ty for the State of Georgia—is there any truth in it?
'Tis high time, I think.
Information on these points will much oblige, yours,
&.c. &c. A READER.
May 10, 1839.
MARRIED.
On Sunday Evening, sth instant, by the Rev. S. J.
'• Cassels, Mr. D. T. REA, of this city, to Miss LOUISA
G. CRAIG, of Columbia, S.C.
TAKE NOTICE!
We wish it understood that, in compliance with our
terms, and in justice to ourselves, we will not , in fu
ture, discontinue any paper, until a/1 arrears are paid.—
We have come to this determination because of cer
tain persons, in the city, refusing to pay their accounts,
1 and ordering their papers stopt, on the paltry plea of
not having received more than ten or a dozen copies
since it was first ordered—some of whom have been
considered subscribers for nearly two years. By mis
take, a paper is sometimes not left with the owner; in
such cases, we are always ready to supply missing
numbers, and also prevent the recurrence of the mis
take again, if informed ot it.
The Ladies and Gentlemen of this city are res
pectfully invited at the Painting Room*, over Messrs.
Parker &. Co.’s Store, to see a half length likeness of
“VICTORIA," painted after Parris.
tar MR. BUCKINGHAM, (the Oriental Traveller,)
hopes to re-visit Macon, on his return from the South,
in the ensuing week, and proposes to remain a few
days for the purpose of delivering his course of Three
Lectures on PALESTINE, or the Holy Land—inclu
ding an account of his visit to the Scriptural Regions,
and ancient cities of that remarkable and interesting
country, especially to the cities of the Philistines, Jop
pa, Cesarea —the ruins of Tyre and Sidon, and the cit
ies of Nazareth, Bethlehem and Jerusalem, with an
examination of the place of birth, residence, crusifixion,
and resurrection of the Saviour.
These lectures will be given in the Presbyterian
Church—which has been kindly granted for the pur
pose--on the Evenings of Monday, Tuesday, and
Wednesday, the 13th, 14th, and 15th instant; to com
mence at eight o’clock exactly.
Tickets for a single Lecture, One Dollar; or, for the
course of Three Lectures, Two Dollars —and young
persons, under fifteen years of age, at half-price—will
be ready for delivery on the evening of the first Lec
ture, at the door.
May 11 29r
I. P. & \V. P. Cos.
f lIIIE last tegular meeting of this Company was ad-
R- journed. for the want of a quotum, until MON
DA\ EVENING next, the 13th instant, at 8 o’clock.
Members are particularly requested to be present, as
there is business of importance to transact.
THOS. K. MILLS, Secretary.
May 11 99r
Ire ! Ice ! at First Cost i !
f|VHE subscriber, anxious to accommodate the pub
-1 lie with this luxury, is willing to sell the same at
the original cost which he paid on the delivery at Ma
con, and will sell it hereafter at the reduced price of
SIX CENTS per pound, to be delivered at all hours
at the Bar of the Central Hotel.
JOHN WILLIAMS.
May 11 29c
OCT The Telegraph and Messenger will publish the
above 8 times : each of the Miiledgeville papers are re
quested to give it two insertions. J. W.
DOCTOR WOOD
HAVING removed his office from Cherry-street to
Commerce-Row, over Messis. Ren & Cotton's,
near the Central Hotel, respectfully offers his proses
sional services to the citizens of Macon, and vicinity.—
Dr. W. has letters tcstimc.iial from, and is permitted to
refer to Professors Jackson, Warren, Bigelow, Hay
ward, and Ware, of Boston, where he practiced nine
years. At night, Dr. W. will be found at his residence
in Cherry-street.
may 11 29b
Co-Partnership Notice.
THE Co-Partnership hitherto existing between A.D.
& I. F. Brown, is this day dissolved, by mutual
consent. All claims in favor, or against, the said firm,
will be adjusted by A. D. Brown, who will continue
ihe business as heretofore. A. D. BROWN,
I. F. BRCWN.
April 17,1839. may 11 29b
DISSOLUTION.
rpHE Co-Partnership existing between the subscri-
JL bers, under the firm of Ward &. Williams, is
this day dissolved by mutual consent.
H. R. WARD,
J. WILLIAMS.
April 1, 1889. may 11 29u i
New Spring and Summer Goods.
L. & W . COWLES
ARE now receiving at their Store. No. 4 Commerce
Row, adjoining Mr. Levi Eckley. a general assort
ment of Spring and Summer Goods, selected with care
from the New" York, Philadelphia and Charleston mar
kets, to which tliey respectfully invite the attention of
; tlieir friends and "the public generally—in their stock
i will be found—
Light Summer Silks, plain and figured.
Handsome French .Muslins,
Printed Lawns, French Cambrics,
British and American Prints,
French Worked Collais and Cufls,
Fancy Handkerchiefs,
! Silk Nett Shawls and Scarfs,^
Bonnets, Ribbons, Artificial Flowers,
Curls, Laces, Hosiery, .
Primed Satteens for Children's Dresses, with Coron
ation and Victoria Braids to suit,
Irish Linen*, Table Damask and Diaper,
Linen Sheetings, Bombazines,
1 Alien Drilling*, Vestings,
Cravats, Stocks and Collars,
Gentlemen and Ladies Umbrellas and Parasols,
A large supply of Domestics of all kind*.
Macon, April 13
APOTHECARIES’ IIALL,
Mulberry-street, Macon, Georgia.
Dr. WILLIAM .1. HOBBY, Jr.
Proprietor of the above establishment,
OB)l respectfully informs the citizens of Macon,
and the public at large, that he has on
lEbwl hand, ana will he constantly receiving, a
general and complete assortment of arti
cles in the Apothecary business, which he
can recommend as of the best quality—and which he
will dispose of on as moderate and accommodating terms
as any other house in the city.
Countty Merchants, Physicians, and citizens gener
ally, are invited to call and examine his Stock, before
purchasing elsewhere, which consists (in part) ofthe fol
owing articles, to wit :
D.-ugs, Medicines, Ac.
Acetate Morphine, lodine Acetate Acid, Citric Acid,
Prussic Acid, Tartaric Acid, Ammonia, do. Annon
Spts. A'ttiinonials Pulv., Veratire, Srtychnine, Ema
tiie. Jihubnrbine, Croten Tigulim, Secule Comutum,'
Oil Sum pine. Oil Cnntharidine, HyrolvgneuuS Acidh
Hvdriotate Potssa,-Peperine,Oil black Pepper, Irisp
Moss, Musk, Chloride Soda, Chloride Lime, Citrataa
Kali, Opium Dpjiarcotised, Cyanuret Potassium, com.
Tonic Extract, Carrageen prepared, comp. Ext Spige
jia, blue Moss, PrecipExtract Bark, Peruvian do., Cal
isay.i do., Toxa do., Red do., Camomile Flowers, Sen
na, Uva Ursi, Hourhound, Sage, Africa Cayenne. Bar
berry Bark pttlver., Blood Root, Colohicum pulv., Gol
den Seal, Slippery Elm powdered. Quassia, Gentian
powdered, Cort Arant powdered. Lobelia and Seed,
Hemlock, Skunk Cabbage, Squills, Camboge, Mezer
ium. Hops, Alkannet Root, Cort Cuscurilla, Sassafras
Seed, ladies’ Slipper, Golden Thread, Saffron, Cinna
mon bark, pulv Ginger, race Ginger, Curcuma, Mus
tard Seed, Anniseed, Arrow Root, Aqua Fertis, Hoff
man’a Anodyne. Borax, black Lead, Brimstone, blue
Stone, Juniper berries, Cubebs/Oxide Bismuto, Bees
Wax, Burgundy Pitch, Balsam Copiva, do. Tolu, do.
Peru, black Drop, Cantharines, Cobalt, Colocynth,
Court Plaster, Coculus Indiacus, Corosive Sublimate,
fresh Castor Oil, do. Sweet Oil, Charcoal pulv., Corks
Velvet, Calomel, Antimony, Aloes, Rheubarb, Jalap,
Digitalis, Opium, prepared Chalk, Acitate Lead, do.
Cunri, do. Zinc, Arsenate Potassee, Phesphate Soda,
Ether Sulphuricuw, do. Nitre, Nitrate Silver, do. Potas
sae, Phosphate Iron, sulphate do., do. Potash, do. Soda,
do. Magnesia, borate Soda, Phosphorus, manna Flake,
Ointment Hyde Potassa, Ointment lodyne, do. Vera
trine, do. Itch, Oxyde Mercury, ext. Jolap, do. Butter
nut, do. Hyogcvamus, do. Gentian, do. Bclladona, do.
Taraxici, do. Rhubarb, Nuxvomica, do. Rhatania, do.
Cicuta, do. Glycvrrhiza, Gum Arabic, do. Camphor, do.
Scamonv, do. Myrrh, and ». Assafeetida, Guiac, pearl
/Jarlev, Honey, Otto Roses, Lucifer and other Match
es, Magnesia calc'd, do. Carb, Isinglass, Quick Silver,
Seidltz Powders, Saratoga do., Soda do.. Tamarinds,
Sponge, Wafers, Sarsaparilla, red Precipitate, white do
black do., Pearlash, Spanish’Float Indigo, Sp’ts Tur
pentine, Venice do., salts Tart, Salmonia, Glue, Rosin
Jujube Paste, Starch, &c.
Kr Dr. Hobby is Agent for the following, among
other celebrated and useful .Medicines. Innumerable
certificates can be shown to prove the wonderful and
astonishing cures each separate article has produced :
Brandreih's Pills.
Life Preserving Cordial —a certain cure for Diarrhma,
Dysentary, and preventive of Indian Cholera.
Fitch's Indian Vegetable Elixir-A sure and safe cure
r Rheumatism, acute and chronic Gout, and all chro
nic pains of bones, joints and muscle o , arising from a
too free use of mercury, or other causes.
Oldridge's Balm of Columbia. —This balm seldom
fails to produce Whiskers or Eye-brows in eight weeks,
though there were none on the face before. It prevents
Baldness—the hair from turning grey—makes it look
bright and glossy, and frees it from scurf.
Ramson's Itch Ointment.
Dr. Heme's Rheumatic, Nerve and Bone Linamcnt. —lt
gives relief in the swelling of the glands of the throat,
and relieves the numbness and contractions ofthe limbs,
and will take swellings down, and inflammations out
of the flesh, rheumatism, bruises and sprains : it gives
immediate relief; it strengthens weak limbs, ana ex
tends the cords when contracted. A few drops on
sheep’s Wool applied to the ear of deaf persons, will, by
constant application, cause them to hear in two months
time.
Rev. Dr. Barthomew's Pinh Expectorant Syrup —An
agreeable cordial, and effective remedy for coughs
hoarstiess, colds, pains in the breast. Influenza, hard
breathing, and difficult expectoration.
Dr. Mesthe's Anti-Consumption Simcifir Syrup, (ap
proved of by the officers of the Medical Society of the
city and county of Ncw-York,) for the cure and pre
vention of those dreadful Internal diseases where the
lungs and chest arc supposed to he affected.
Dr. Spohn's Remedy for the Headache —sick or ner
vous.
Hay's Linnment, used with the greatest possible sue
cess (externally,) in the following complaints: piles,
dropsy, swellings of the extremeties, acute and chronic
rheumai m, lumbago and sciatic, tender feet, corns,
white swellings, sore throat by cancers or ulcers, croup,
whooping cough, tightness of the chest, bruises and
sprains, scald head, scorfulo, foul ulcers of the legs or
other fungous sores, fresh wounds, chilblains, &c.
Dr. Werner's Celebrated Worm Tea and Suite. —The
action of the medicine is not only to expel worms, but,
by its Tonic powers to prevent a return of them, bv re
moving the weak state of the digestive organs, on which
heir production mainly depends.
Dr. Kline’s Tooth-ache Drops —An important chemi
cal discovery, and the only never failing cure for the
toothache ever offered to the public ; also the cheapest,
as the contents of one bottle w ill stop the pain of fifty
teeth, if carefully used. It being a German invention
hns been patronized by the most eminent physicians
Europe.
Dr. Bumfs Vermifuge. —This preparation is confi
dently recommended to the public, as an effectual med
cine for expelling worms from the system.
83~ Dr. Hobby will continue to receive, and keep on
riand a full and perfect assortment of all articles in bis
line of business—and hopes, by unremitting attention
to hiscustomers, to receive a share ot the public patron
age. He repeats, that those wishing to purchase we fid
do well to coll and examine his stock
Orders respectfully solicited.
May 11 29
PATENT MACHINE SPREAD
STRENGTHENING PLASTER.
IN the preparation of these very Superior and Ele
gant Plasters, no cost or trouble is spared to ensure
possible degree of perfection, in point of utility, elegance
and comfort. They are spread of various sizes on kids
of the best quality, by Machinery, invented expressly for
he purpose, (which gives them an advantage over every
olaster heretofore offered to the public) as by this means
tl. v can be made of a uniform thickness, and free
frc the inequality of surface which frequently prevents
othi 3 from adhering, or renders them irritating and
uncomfortable, an objection, which it is impossible to
avoid by the usual method of spreading Plasters.
The composition used in these Plasters, is carefully
prepared at a lower temperature, from a combination o
valuable Resinous Gums, with the ad-mixture of sever
ai choice aromatics, entirely separated from all extra
neous and irritating parades; and from its peculiar
combination of highly strengthening, anodyne and
slightly stimulating properties it affords a pleasant and
effectual remedy, in all cases of pain in the side and
breast, weakness or oppression of the chest ; pain or weak
ness of the back or loins ; Also, in the sense of sinking
and fairness at the pit of the stomach, accompanying
Dyspepsia and Inver Complaint. In Ehematic, or pain
ful affections of the limbs or joints, their Anodyne and
Stimulating properties render them particularly benefi
cial. In Colds, Coughs, or Asthmatic Afiections, thev
will be found to give immediate and permanent relief.
Persons who from sedentary habits, or other causes, are
predisposed to afiections of the lungs, will find these
i”~*ters an effectual security against those pulmonary
attacks which prove but two frequently, (when neglect
ed) the precursory symptoms of Consumption ; and in
deed in a climate like ours, where colds snd coughs are
an almost unfailing consequence of the sudden changes
to wnieh all are subject, every one at all liable to suffer
from the influence of these causes would find the great
est possible security in having his chest and lungs pro
tected by one of these invaluable Plasters.
To children suffering from Tl’hoo / .ing Cough, or
Colds affecting the chest or lungs, the sedative and ano
dyne properties of the-e Plasters, afford signal relief.
These Plasters being spread much more rapidly, ns
well as better, by Machinery, are sold much lower than
Plasters spread in the usual method.
For sale by J. 11. &. TU. S. ELLIS.
June 2 32
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Central R. R. and Hanking Cos. of Georgia.
Savannah, April 8,1839.
INSTALLMENT.
TV'OTICE is hereby given ihat an instalment of Ten
i * Dollars [ter share on the Stock of this Company
i»required to he paid at the Banking House in this Ci
j ty, on or before the 14th day of June next. Stockhol
der* at, and in the neighborhood of Macon, can make
payment at the branch.
I By order of the Board of D : rectors,
It I!. CI’YLER, Cashier,
i April 20 26c