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la published in the city of Macon every Saturda'
Morning, at three dollars in advance, rocs dollap
after three months—two dollars for six months—
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arrears are paid.
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each continuance—larger ones in proportion. Persons
wishing to advertise by the year must call at the office
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IVr Any person forwarding a ten dollar bill, (post
paid,) shall receive four copies, for ene year, to be sent
to different persons, as directed.
tZT letters, on business, either to the Publisher or
Editor, must come post paid to insure attention.
Ice! Ice! at First Cost!!
THE subscriber, anxious to accommodate the pub
lic 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 he delivered at all hours
at the Bar of the Central Hotel.
JOHN WILLIAMS.
May 11 S9c
KT The Telegraph and Messenger will publish the
above 8 times : each of the Milledgeville papers are re
quested to give it two insertions. J. W.
“ICE! ICE!!
•It Six Cents Per Pound.
RECEIVED and for sale a large supply of ICE,
which can be had at any time from sun-rise till
nine at night, by applying at the store. A large Re
frigerator will be kept filled in the store, and delivered
in any quantities without a mCmente detention. Price
six cents per pound.
HARVEY SHOTWELL, Druggist.
Opposite Central Hotel.
N. B.—When wanted to go in the country, it will be
carefully packed with a material prepared for the pur
pose, that will preserve it from melting almost entirely.
May 18 50
SODA WATER.
HSHOT.WELL has the pleasure of informing the
• Ladies and Gentlemen, that his Soda Fountain
is now up, and that the Soda Water will be constantly
prepared in the most approved manner, with the best
Spring I Voter, and supplied with the most choice and
healthy Syrups, and constant attendance from early in
the morning till 10 in the evening.
April 20 26
' PORTRAIT IMI.VI'I
UffXHE Subscriber having permanently located him
-t self in this City, solicits the patronage of its citi
zens. Room (where specimens may be seen) over W.
B. Parker's Store, opposite the Central Hotel, will be
open to visiters from 10 A. M. to 4 P. M.
COMPARET, Artist
Macon, April 20, 1839 26
HOUSE, SIGN AND ORNAMENTAL
FAINTING, GILDING. Bto.
FIXIIE subscriber, grateful for past favors in the above
A line, begs leave most respectfully to return his
most sincere thanks to the citizens of Macon and Vine
ville, and theii vicinity, and takes this opportunity to
inform them and the public generally, that be 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 Stutes.) 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 & SMITH, No. 1
Mulberry street, next door but one below William B.
Parker 4 Cos., and directly opposite the Central Hotel.
Feb 2 15-ly
DRESS MAKING AND MILLINERY.
MRS HANLEITER wishes to inform the Lad es
of Macon, and vicinity, that she has come to the
determination of pursuing the dress makino business,
and flatters herself that, from a long experience, she vi ill
give en'ire satisfaction to all who may think proper to
engage her services. She will endeavor to obtain
patterns of the latest Spring Fashions, and he betiei
prepared to suit those Ladies who may patronize hot.
JKT’Her residence is on Third-street, in the house
formerly occupied by Mr B. Trapp.
SCrMrs. SAGE will attend to the millinery business,
at the same house; and will Bleach and Press Bonnets
at short notice.
January 19
DOCTOR WOOD
HAVING removed his office from Cherry-street to
Commerce-Row, over Messis. Rea & Cotton’s,
near the Central Hotel, respectfully offers his profes
sional services to the citizens of Macon, and vicinity
l)r. W. has letters testimonial from, and is permitted to
refer to Professors Jackson* Warren, Bigelow, Hay
ward, and Ware, of Boston, whpre he practiced nine
years. At night, Dr. W. will be found at his residence
in Cherrv-street.
may 11 29h
LAW NOTICE.
FMftHE undersigned will hereafter practice Law under
■ the firm and style of McDONALD, POWLRIa
& FRANKLIN, and will regularly attend the Courts
heretofore attended bv McDonald & Powers. Office
over the Ocmulgee Bank. p } McWJfALD
A. P. POWERS,
Feb 2 15-ts L. FRANKLIN.
Auction and Commission Business.
fJIHE undersigned has commenced a regular busi
-I ness in the above line, and solicits the patronage
of the public. Refer to
Messrs. Rea 4 Cotton, Macon.
“ Scott 4 Morrell, New York.
“ Win. Patterson 4 Cos., Savannah.
Mr. Charles Hartridee,
*• Robert Collins, Charleston.
Messrs. Farrar & Haves, “
Mr. G. McLaughlin, Augusts jyj cLAUGHLI^j
N. B. Sales mav be expected on WEDNESDAY
in each week, until further notice.
Feb 16 Hts
Co-Partnership Notice.
THE Co-Partnership hitherto existing between A.Dj
4 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
the business as heretofore. A. I). BROW N,
I. F. BROWN.
April 17,1839, mayj 1 29b
DISSOLUTION.
THE Co-Partnership existing between the subscri
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
Ocmulgee Bank of the State of Georgia, j
MACON, 13« t May, 1839. $
DIVIDEND No. 2.
THE Board of Directors have this day declared a
Dividend of Four per cent, for the last six months.
The same will be paid to Stockholders or their assigns,
no and after Tuesday next.
J. A. WHITE, Assistant Cashier.
t»lay 18 30p
Central R. R. and Banking Cos. of Georgia.
Savannah, April 8,1839.
INSTALLMENT.
NOTICE is hereby given that an instalment of Ten
Dollars per share on the Stock of this Company
is required to he paid at the Banking House in this Ci
ty, on or before the 14th day of June next. Stockhol
ders at, and in the neighborhood of Macon, can make
payment at the branch.
By order of the Board of Directors.
1 R. R. CUYLER, Cashier.
April 20 26c
PAINTING.
rPHE subscriber is now prepared toexeewte all kinds
I. of House, Sign, ami Fancy Painting, Gilding,
Glazing, and Paper-Hanging. House-Painting will
he done by the yard, pound, or day. Orders, either in
the city or country, thankfully received and promptly
attended to, at No. 31, Mulberry-street, opposite the
Poet-Office. D T. REA
aept 18
i§§s tit sett HlWi ©
BY P. C. PENDLETON.
VOL. 11.
DISSOLUTION.
f BUIE Copartnership heretofore existing between the
-■ subscribers, under the name and style of JAMES
H. BISHOP & CO. is this dav dissolved by mutual
consent. All persons having demands against said
firm, and those indebted, will please make application
to James H. Bishop, for a settlement of the same.
JAMES H. BISHOP,
ALBERT H. ROOT,
Surviving Partners.
Macon, May 15th, 1839
NOTICE.
THE Subscribers having disposed of their entire
Stock in Trade, Materials, &e., to Mr. CURTIS
R. PARSONS, beg leave to recommend him to their
numerous friends and customers as a gentleman, and
every way qualified to conduct the business.
JAS. H. BISHOP & CO.
Macon, May 15th, 1839 30
Tin Plate, Copper and Sheet Iron
MANUFACTORY.
TUIE undersigned having purchased of Messrs. J.
H. Bishop & Cos. their entire stock of TIN
WARE, See., takes this method to inform the citizens
of Macon, and surrounding country, that he has es
tablished himself at the old stand, (occupied by his pre
decessors,) on the east side of Mulberry-street, three
doors above the Darien Bank, where he will furnish all
kinds of TIN WARE, by wholesale or retail, at mo
derate prices, and in every variety.
SPOUTING and ROOFING HOUSES will be at
tended to at short notice.
All orders promptly attended to.
CURTIS R. PARSONS, Successor, 4c.
Macon, May 15th, 1839 30
MONROE RAIL ROAD. I
Macon, March 21, 1839. $
rfIHE following will be the hours for departing and
A arriving of the Cars, after the first of April:
Leave Macon 5 A. M.. and atrive at Forsyth 6} A. M
“ Forsyth A. M. “ Macon A. M
“ Macon 2j P. M. “ Forsyth 41 P. M
“ Forsyth 41 P. M. “ Macon 61 P. M
Freight Cars will be attached from Forsyth at 7j A.
M., and front Macon at 21 P. M.
N. EELLS, Agent of Transportation.
March 23 22
Ht / Hat and Shoe uj
STORE!
F94HE subscribers respectfully inform the citizens of
A Macon, and the public generally, that they have
taken the store on Mulberry-street,opposite the Hard
ware store of Mr. E. B.Wf.ed, and adjoining the Wash
ington Hall, and have on hand and are constantly ma
king additions to the same from New-York, Philadel
phia, Boston and Baltimore, an extensive and general
assortment of
Hats, Caps, Boots and Shoes,
of the most fashionable style Among which are—
La ies’ French Kid Slippers
“ Morocco do
“ Walking Shoes
“ Village Ties
“ Gnter and Morocco Hoots
“ Prunella Hoots, thick and thin sole
“ Prttnel Slips and IFalking Shoes
Misses’ Seal and Goat skin Boots
“ Walking Shoes and Slips
“ and lad es’ Calf and Seal-skin Boots.
A large assortment ofChildren’s Shoes of all colors,
Gentlemen’s fine Calf. Kip and Water-proof Boots,
Youths’and children's calf and kip boots,
Gentlemen’s fine calf Shoes a nd Bootees
Boys' fine calf and kip bootees,
Gentlemen's fine Dancing Pumps
“ fine high vamn Puntps,
A general assortment of calf and kip Brogans.
also —
4 cases Gentlemen's fine Beaver lIATS, latest)
New-York style, J |
4 cases Gentlemen’s broad brint Hats
4 do “ Black Russia Hals, broad brim
4 do “ white do do do
3 do Youths’ black Silk do
2 do children’s do do
12 do common Fur do white and black
December 1 6tf
6 do Silk, and 6 cases Mole-skin Hats.
Gentlemen’s fine sea Otter CAPS,
“ fine Fur and Nutre do
“ fine Cloth do
Youths’ Fur and Cloth do
Children’s Cloth do
A large assortment of men and boys’ //air seal Caps.
Ar.so, a general assortment of fine Silk and Cotton
UMBRELLAS,
A large supply of Shoe Brushes and Blacking.
Al! of the above articles have been manufactured ex
pressly for this market, and will be sold cheap for
cash. Purchasers usR find it to their advantage to give
us a call. fIEIDT, ALDRICH & CO. j
December 8 7 I
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TO RENT,
M THREE Fire-proof STORES, fronting on 3 d
street; Three Fire-proof STORES, fronting
on Cherry-street.
They are large and commodious, and well calculated
for any kind of business, and will be fitted up, as to
shelving and counters, to suit tenants. Those fronting
on Third-street (directly opposite Messrs. Rea & Cot
ton’s, and J Cowles, Esqr.’s ranges) are now ready for
occupancy, and possession immediately given. Those
on Cherry-street will be ready by the Ist of Octoher
next. Rent will be reasonable, and commence from
Ist of October. Applv to
DAVID RALSTON.
N. B. Several very airy ROOMS on the second floor
ov the above buildings, suitable for Lawyers Offices,-
will also be rented. D. R.
July 7 37tf
UNITED STATES BANK NOTES, latge bills
for sale by J. T. ROWLAND.
Also, CHECKS on NEW YORK.
March 16 21tf
Choice Madeira Wine.
ST/A BOXES'White, imported into Savannah in 1831
DM and 1832, for sale by REA & COTTON
April 20 26
JUST RECEIVED,
A LARGE assortment of NEWMAN’S COLORS
-btk. in Cakes, Pencils, Drawing Paper, Fine Albums,
Porcelain Slates, Visiting Cards, Superior Penknives,
Portfolios, &c., for sale by C. A. ELLS.
April 6 24
ADMINISTRATRIX’S SALE.
YX7TLL be sold on the first Tuesday in June next,
v * before the Court House door, in tlte City of Ma
con, the undivided half of City Lot No. 7, Square 68, j
corner of Walnut and Spring streets, containing } acre,
belonging to the estate of Willis T. Sage, deceased;
and sold tinder an order of the Honorable the Inferior
Court of Bibb county, when setting for ordinary pur
poses. Terms on the day.
MARY SAGE, Administratrix.
March 30 23n
Sugar, Molasses, Coffee, Ac.
1 Af) IIHDS. St. Croix and Porto Rico Sugars,
I v /' / 116 hhde. Cuba Molasses,
275 bags Green Cuba Coffee,
40,000 Spntiislt Segars, best quality,
600 boxes Tobacco,
6 boxes Havana Sugar, for sale by
REA 4. COTTON.
April 30 26
DEVOTED TO LITERATURE. INTERNAL a IMPROVEMENT, COMMERCE. AGRICULTURE,
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC NEWS. AMUSEMENT. &c. &c.
TERMS : THREE DOLLARS, IN ADVANCE FOUR DOLLARS, AFTER THREE MONTHS.
MACON, (G v.) SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 25, 1839.
APOTHECARIES’ HALL,
Mulberry street, Macon, Georgia.
Dr. WILLIAM J. HOBBY, Jr.
Iff Proprietor of the above establishment,
tS respectfully informs the citizens of aeon,
sandf and the public at large, that he has on
I hand, anu will be 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 ana accommodating terms
as any other house in the city.
Country -Merchants, Physicians, and citizens gener
ally, are invited to call and examine his Stock, before
purchasing elsewhere, which consists (in part) of the fol
owing articles, to wit:
Drugs, Medicines, &c.
Acetate .Morphine, lodine Acetate Acid, Citric Acid,
Prussic Acid, Tartaric Acid, Ammonia, do. Artnon
Spts. Autitnotiials Pulv., Verattne, Srtychnine, Etna
tine. Rhubarbine. Croten Tigulint, Seculc Coriiutum,*
Oil Sinapine, Oil Cantharidine, Hyrolygneous Acidh
Hvdrtotaie Potssa. Peperine, Oil b.ack Pepper, Irtsp
-Moss, .Musk, Chloride Soda, Chloride Lime, Citratad
Kali, Opium Denarcotised, Cyanuret Potassium, com.
Tonic Extract, Garrngeen prepared, comp. Ext Spige
lia, blue Moss, Precip Extract Bark, Peruvian do., Cal
isay.t do., Toxa do., Red do., Camomile Flowers, Sen
na, UvaUrsi, Hourhound, Sage, Africa Cayenne. Bav
berry Bark pulver., Blood Root, Colchicum pulv., Gol
den Seal, Slippery Elm powdered, Quassia, Gentian
powdered, Cort Arant powdered. Lobelia and Seed,
Hemlock, Skunk Cabbage, Squills, Cantboge, Mezer
ium. Hops, Alkannet Root. Cort Cuscurilla, Sassafras
Seed, ladies’ Slipper, Golden Thread, Saffrm, Cinna
mon bark, pulv Ginger, race Ginger. Curcuma, Mus
tard Seed, Anniseeti, Arrow Root, AquaFertis, Hoff
man's Anodyne. Borax, black Lead, Brimstone, blue
Stone, Juniper berries, Cubebs, Oxide Bisnutto, Bees
Wax, Burgundy Pitch. Balsam Copiva, do. Tolu, do.
Peru, black Drop, Cantharines, Cobalt, Colocynth,
Court Plaster, Coculus Itidiacus, Corosive Sublimate,
fresh Castor Oik do-Sweet Oil, Charcoal pulv., Corks
Velvet, Calomel, Antimony, Aloes, Rhcubarb, Jalap,
Digitalis, Opium, prepared Chalk, Aeitate Lead, do.
Cunri, do. Zinc, Arsenate Potassee, Phesphate Soda,
Ether ~u!phuricuw, 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 ercury, ext. Jolap, do. Butter
nut, do. Hvogeyamus, do. Gentian, do. Belladona, do.
Taraxici, do. Rhubarb, Nuxvomica, do. Rhatania, do
Cicuta, do. Glycvrrhiza, Gum Arabic,do.Cantphor, do.
Scamonv, do! Mvrrh, dt Assafottida, Guiac, pearl
Harley, Honey, Otto Roses, Lucifer and other Match
es, .Magnesia cnlc'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, 4c.
i 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 :
Brandreth's Pills.
Life Preserving Cordial —a certain cure for Diarrhoea,
Dysentary, and preventive of Indian Cholera.
Fitch's Indian Vegetable Elixir-A sure anthtafe cure
r Rheumatism, acute and chronic Gout, and all chro
nic pains of bones, joints and muscles, arising from a
too free use of mercury, or other causes.
Oldridge’s Balm of Columbia. —This balm seldom
(ails 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.
Rawson’s Itch Ointment.
Dr. Hewe's Rheumatic, Nerve and Bone Linament. —lt
gives relief in tlte swelling of the glands of the throat,
and relieves the numbness and contractions of the limbs,
and will take swellings down, and inflammations out
of the flesh, rheumatism, bruises and sprains: it gives
immediate relief; it strengthens weak limbs, and ex
tends the cords when contracted. A 9w drops on
sheep’s wool applied to the ear of deaf persons, will, by
constant application, cause them to hear in tw o months
time.
Rev. Dr. Barthomew's Pink Expectorant Syrup —An
agreeable cordial, and effective remedy for coughs
hoarsness, colds, Dains in the breast, Influenza, hard
breathing, and difficult expectoration.
Dr. Mesthe's Anti-Consumption S/iecific Syrup, (ap
proved of by the officers of the iMedical Society of the
city and county of New-York,) for the cure and pre
vention of those dreadful Internal diseases where the
lungs and chest are supposed to be affected.
Dr. Spoil it’s Remedy for the Headache —sick or ner
vous.
Hay’s Linament, used with the greatest possible sue
cess (externally,) in the following complaints: piles,
dropsy, swellings of the extretneties, acute and chronic
rheuntai in, lumbago and sciatic, tender feet, corns,
white swellings, sore throat by cancers or ulcers, croup,
whooping cough, tightnt ss of the chest, bruises and
sprains, scald head, scorfula, foul ulcers of the legs or
other fungous sores, fresh wounds, chilblains, &c.
Dr. JVevaer’s Celebrated Worm Tea and Salve. ~‘-The
action of the medicine is not only to expel worms, but,
by its Tonic powers to prevent a return of them, by re
moving the weak state of the digestive organs,on which
heir production mainly depends.
Dr. Kline's Tooth-ache Drcps —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 will stop the pain of fifty
teeth, if carefully used. It being a German invention
hi.s been patronized bv the most eminent physicians
Europe.
Dr. Bond's Vermifuge. —This preparation is confi
dently recommended to the public, as an effectual med
cine for expelling worms from the system.
OCr Dr. Hobbv will continue to receive, and keep on
hand a full and perfect assortment of all articles in his
linp of business—and hopes, by unremitting attention
to hiseustomers, to receive a share of the public patron
age. He repeats, that those wishing lo purchase would
do well to call and examine his stock
■i-j- Orders respectfully solicited
May 11 29
NEW ORLEANS MOLASSES.
fZI 1 BRLS. in prime order, just received per Ocmul
l gee Company’s boat, and for sale by
REA & COTTON.
March 2 19
Sweedes Iron.
o*l TONS Iron, assorted, from 1J to 8 inch, for sale
40 by REA 4 COTTON.
April 20 26
Cotton Bagging and Twine.
1 PIECES heavy Hemp Bagging, 4 bales
A rjrjyj Bagging Twine, for stile by
REA 4 COTTON.
April 20 26
THE AMIABILITY OF POETRY.
Southy, in his reply to Lord Byron’s attack
upon him, ends thus :
“ One word of advice to Lord Byron before
I conclude. When he attacks me again, let
it be in rhyme. For one who has so little
command of himself, it will be a great advan
tage that his temper shall be obliged to keep
tune. And while lie may still indulge in the
same rankness arid virulence of insult, the
metre will, in some degree, seem to lessen its
vulgarity.”
MISCELLANY.
editors’ drawer.
‘Without overflowing, full,’ has been the
condition of our ‘ drawer,’ for some time past;
but it is now overrunning ; and to the con
clusion of not a few matters of our own, we
hasten to relieve it of a portion of its contents,
reserving the remainder for future considera
tion. We shall commence otir selections with
the annexed admirable sketch, from a facile
pen, which will hereafter often minister to the
enjoyment of our readers. Knickerbocker.
PAGANINI AND BERLIOZ.
There are certain features of Europe seldom
recognized by the tourist, and which it is the
privilege of the quiet spectator of human af
fairs to study and to admire ; I mean its dra
matic aspect. The Old World, from mv
peaceful library, seems a vast theatre, where
illustrations of human glory succeed those of
human weakness, and nations like individuals,
enact the mutab'e drama of destiny. And I
can conceive that they who, from the summit
of a calm philosophy, cont&mplate the endless
curtain-rising, and scene-shifting, require no
other zest to existence. To-day a war, to.
morrow a peace; here a revolution, there a
national jubilee; in every direction are unfol
ded new scene), physiognomies, costumes;
and kings and princes, statesmen and dema
gogues, appear, decree, proclaim, and perorate;
while, like the Greek chorus of old,the populace
murmurs or chants, inaudibly or vehemently,
the strophe and antistrophe of Fate.
* These reflection came over me, a day or
two since, while looking through my French
files to keep even with the rapid and perpetual
■ current of Parisian event. It is no trifling
task. The stream of time seems to gather
fresh volume and impetuosity, when it pours its
waters through the Great Metropolis, and
! carries down to the cataract, over which the
present precipitates the past, a thousand varied
objects and deeds of human love, or of human
hate ; of man’s adoration or ofhis pity. There
are days when the accumulation appals me;
there are others in which I welcome it, and
dash into the motley crowd, in pursuit of a
i hero or a circumstance. The quest is never
unrewarded ; the field rarely barren ; here and
theie a sameness of character or direction
contrasts, during a short period, with the
variety of multiplied incidents ; and then, new
forms start up in the tumult, thus investing the
game of actualities with all the mystery and
motley adventure of romance. If one does
not grow wiser in thus watching tire changing
I physiognomy of the age, he learns, amidst the
mingled grandeur and frivolities of the present,
to respect yesterday, and to revere to-morrow.
The words Paganini and Berlioz caught
I my eye, among the notices of new plays, of
Hew books, of new drugs, music, celebrities
j and infamies. 1 never see the great virtuoso’s
; name, without a thrill, a shiver of the chord he
'first,and last, and alone, set vibrating in the
harp of my sensibilities ; ands hastily sought
to learn by what caprice or glory his name
had been brought anew before the Parisian
j public. It is a strange and interesting anec
-1 dote; anew trait in the singular nature of
■■this remarkable being; one which allies him
unexpectedly to mortality. But lam antici
; pating.
Paris, the city of pleasure, the temple of
science, is above all the capital of art. The
French public, generally profound in its
discriminations, and correct in its taste, is at
times capricious, and can scarcely .account for
; its own humor. The tendency is to exalt
every thing national, but never at the expense
of foreign excellence, which consequently
finds no where in this narrow world so sure
an appreciation. Even the German has to
come thither from Vienna and Berlin, would
he hear Beethoven interpreted; and hardly
lias Italy, with its enthusiasm, and suave taste,
formed a prima donna, ere she obeys the
beckoning finger of the Parisian, ftnd leaves
her sunny skies, and peefic land ; leaves the
home of Iter youth, the shrine of her heart;
bids the blessed virgin adieu, and casts upon
her patron saint the last imploring gaze of her
liquid eye, to wend her way to the frigid north,
where the metropolis of France rears in mid
winter its scarred brow of glory.
Hector Berlioz was the brightest ornament
of the * Conservative Royale du Musique and
the gray masters of the gai science who watch
ed his youthful efforts, predicted for him a
brilliant career in the path Beethoven and
Mozart have cut in the adamantine rock of
fame. France was at last to have her com
poser, her illustration; Lully, and Gluck, and
Piccini, a worthy successor ; Meyerbeer and
Rossim a rival. The young man’s genius
grew, and wandered after its own fashion.
It was wayward and fantastic; always gloomy
and ofttimes grand. His friends and admirers
waited in patience. At last, he produced n
work, the * Overture to Rob Rov,’ a wild and
incomprehensible beginning, which had no end.
There were parts which all admired ; there
were others which no one understood. But
it evinced abundant talent.
Thus solitary, and watched even by friend- j
ship, do not believe it easy for genius to ex- \
pand, in durable forms. It is impatient of \
observation, galled by control, and frets even i
under the rein which would guide it to the
goal. Thus Berlioz consumed his strength
in plans ; glorious edifices never constructed;!
musical chateaux en Espagne; overtures,
embodying many a glorious but incomplete
conception. I well remember listening to his,
‘ Symphonic Fantastiquc,’ a page of transcen-!
dentalu»in. and like most transcendentalism. J
C. R. HANLEITER, PRINTER.
not wholly destitute of poetry although im
. pa’able. After years of this vagabondage, a
j sudden inspiration seized him one day, und
filled him with the energy toelaborate an opera.
There is something fascinating in the chaiac
ter of Benventuo Cellini. He seems to my
eye an emblem of his varingated age of piety
and crime ; of art defiled, and of art glorified.
So thought Berlioz, and lie resolved ro make
the Florentine sculptor the hero of a musical
drama.
Alas! it ofien requires two to consummate
an enterprise in this nether world. Most
things are accomplished by alliance, by the
union of powers or of attributes. But it is
especially in an opera, that two heads are bet’er
than one, and the maestro is not a little at the
mercy of the author.
Whatever may have been the genius em
ployed and developed, in the partition of ‘ Ben
venuto Cellini,’ certain it is, that the libretto
was worthless; the plot trivial, and destitute of
incidents ; and the denouement unworthy of
the ‘Academir Royale de Musjque,’<>n the
classic boards of which this creation of Berlioz
was unfolded. It fell through ; and the lyric
genius of France hid her head in sorrow, when
a child of such promise retired from the world
■ disgusted, and buried himself in retirement.
It was impossible to draw Berlioz out from his
seclusion. He led the gloomy existence of
brooding disappointment, within the walls of
the humble dwelling, where the only rays of
gladness were ‘the light of stars’that beamed
from the eyes ofhis wife and her child.
Suspecting his purse to be low, his friends
devised two concerts, in which his favorite and
best known creations should be given to a
j public, prodigal in its admiration of genius, but
which, though well aware of its applause,
seems unconscious of the effects of its silence.
Accordingly, the festivals were proclaimed,
and the first were attended by the throng.
Imagine how deep must have been his des-l
pondency, when Berlioz, he for whose benefit \
it was conceived, and whom that crowd was
assembled to honor, absented himself from his
own triumph.
This success cheered the melancholy com
poser ; and on the night of the second con
cert, he was there: lending the orchestra,
guiding the idea that serpentined through his
deep and expansive harmonies, and watching,
with love, its graceful wreathing* amidst the
sounds which lent it life and elasticity. They
were playing his ‘ ffiafcfl to Execution’ —whose
blood does not tremble at this significant title ?
—and Berlioz himself was yielding to the
sway of the deep, thrilling tones of sorrow and
! despair he lias thrown into that master,
piece of harmonic eloquence, when lo! in a
dark corner of the spacious orchestra, he saw
a man of marble, weeping. Tears coursed
down the pale cheek of Paganini—the man of
ice, whose cold ironic smile had frozen the
audiences his magic bow had warmed with its
glowing voice ! Yes! Paganini, the immova
ble, the impenetrable, wept like a child ; and
ns the muffled drum of this funeral march of
life ceased beating, and all hearts were gather
ed by the solemn pause, which signified eterni
tv, the great virtuose stepped forward, and
knelt before Berlioz, in presence of the astonish
ed crowd, and kissed his hand in token of
homage!
The clouds that yet hung over the brow of
the poor composer, were dispersed by the sun
shine of triumph ; and the audience signified,
by ft thunder, burst of approbation, its sense of
the beauty and grandeur of this spectacle, and
its sympathy with him whom it suddenly raised
from despair to joy. And on the morrow.
Hector Berlioz, hardly realizing this unexpec
ted revoluion in his destiny, received the fol
lowing nose:
‘ My Dear Friend :—Beethoven dead, Ber
lioz alone can revive him; and I, who have
enjoyed your divine compositions, worthy of a
genius like you, I esteem it niy duty to beg
your acceptance, as a testimony qf my homage,
of twenty thousand francs, which M. le Baron
de Rothschild will pay you, on presentation of
the enclosed draft.
Ever your affectionate friend,
NICOLO PAGANINI.’
And the grateful composer has by this time 1
embarked for Italy, where, after three years of!
study and repose, he will doubtless do honor
to the munificence of his extraordinary pat
ron. S.
Avery good anecdote is related of Inman,
in connection with the late President of the
Bank of the United States.—This distinguish
ed financier, ns he Wns about to leave the sta
tion lie had so ably filled for many years
yielded to the solicitations of the board of Di
rectors to have his portrait painted for their
room at the bank, and Inman was selected to
execute the work. “Well,” said a friend to
i him one day while the picture was yet on the
case, “ how are you painting Nick, Inman?
With an nir of gayety or an air of gravity ? :
Hey ?” “ Neither,” responded the painter,;
“ but with an air of —resignation !”
Thomas Bartolin says that in Norway bread
is made which is kept for thirty or forty years,
and that people there, are more fond of stale
than they are elsewhere of fresh loves.
They treasure the former up for great occa.
j sions, so that at the birth of a child bread Is
eaten which was baked at the birth of his
j grandfather. We arc inclined to think this
Norwegian bread wns composed of the same j
materials ns served to form on island of soap.
which a spinner of long yarns affirmed lie Imd
once encountered—viz. a great deal of Us.
From the I .on don Metropolitan.
THE PIRATE.
Scarcely fifed the Gascon given utterance r«»
his discontent when tile iVian ‘aYilie musT-tead
sang out, “ Deck a-hoy ! —a sail to wind
ward !”
Stamar went aloft with his glass, and in a 1« w
seconds returned, and said—“ Every one toliifc
post. We’re in luck at last!”
Cardie’s whistle responded to this order.
Every than took his arms, and wc Ito re up to
wards the stranger’Ufffer all tlie sail we could
carry. It was a truly horrible thing to ob
serve the sinister expression wbrn bv ail tl>o
trldeous countenance of our lawless crew.
Dirty, bearded, fend already scenting blood,
their eyes flashing with the fires of cupidity and
cruelty, the wretches ail gazed in tlie direction
of their prey, as though they wished to annihi
late the distance which separated them from it.
In a very brief space we neared our victim, a
large merchantman, whbafi'ffppenranee promis
ed at once easy conquest and a rich booty.
At a signal Horn Stamar, a slfOt was fired
across her bows to bring her to. She imme
diately hoisted a white flag, and began to take
in her sails ; but this obviously pacific incilna
tion was quite thrown away upon the comman
der of the Shark. “Give that fellow a shot
between fend Water,” cried lie; “it will
perhap3 teach him tc be quicker in his mancEU
vres, and not keep worthy fellows so long
waiting.”
We were now within pistol shot of the
stranger, and Peters, bringing his musket td
bear upon one of her crew, fired, and knocked
the man’s slrntV-hat from his head, frighming
the poor devil a good deal-, nO doubt, but doing
him no farther injury.
“ Pretty fair, that !” said Stamar ; “ hut
another time level lower. Ha loa, you sugar
hogshead ! send a boat aboard us.”
The order was obeyed on the instant, and
the boat coming alongside us, a young nr.d
handsome man fcfepdd up'On Our deck, without
the slightest appearance of fear Or suspicion.
“ Who the devil are you ?” demanded Stn
mar, “ lobloily-bov of yon craft, or cook’s
swb’s second mate ?”
“ I am neither one nor tl e other, sir,” re
plied the young man, firmly, “ I am her Lieu
tenant ”
“ Oh, well, Mr. Lieutennnt, you sec my flag ?
—it’s red, ns perhaps you can perceive. Go
you back, and send your Captain hither; lam
not in the habit of treating with swabs of a
lower rank.”
Bale with anger, and knitting fils brows, iho
young man preserved, however sufficient
mastery over his temper to depart without re
ply ; and in a few minutes the boat returned,
bringing the captain.
“Where are you bound from ?” demanded
Stamar.
NO. 31.
“Fiom Martinique.”
“ What’s your lading!”
“ As usual from that part—sugar and cof
fee.”
“ But hotY about specie ? None of thaL
eli 7”
The French captain made no reply. The
sound of his voice when he first spoke, had
struck,me as being very familiar to me; and
the more 1 pondered, the more certain I became
that this captain, who ,had so unhappily fallen
into our power, wns well known to me. Stu
mor, guessing the troth from the Cnplain’s si.
lence, resumed—“ I see liofr it is—you ha\e
specie on boaid ! Well your boat will just t o
to bring us so much of your Height as we may
find it convenient to accept of.”
“There is no help for it,” replied the unfortu
nate captain, “ and falsehood would be dis
graceful without being of any set vice. I
frankly confess, then, that I have specie on
board. To it, and to everything else we have,
you ore welcome; but I trust that, in return
for my giving you no trouble, you will allow
me and my crew to depart without experien
cing any personal ill-treatment.”
“ For whom do you take us, messmate?”
Fie upon your suspicions ! You may go ns
soon as our visit is paid. My lieutenant will
accompany you.”
The ca ; itain of 'he merchantmen bowed,- and
returned to go to his boat, accompanied by
Lorenzo.
Five or six times the merchantman’s boat
went and came bringing off to us, ull that the
pirates judged to be worth taking.
All this time the taptsfin of the luckless
merchantman had been standing in silent ex
pectation of the final orders of Stainer, who
now said to him, “ You can go on your way
now, my friend ; and of a surety you. can
not say that we are so very wicked—we oth
ers !”
The captain thus addressed bowed in si
lence, hauled up his boat, and commenced
veering to proceed on his route. The Shark
then gently laid herself broadside to; Stamar
gave a signal to the infamous Lorenzo, and
exclaimed at the same time to the merchant
man’s captain, “ Adieu! a pleasant vovage to
you !”
Scarcely were the hypocrite’s words uttered
when a fearful explosion of our whole range of
guns shook every plank if the Shark, and for
a few moments both vessels were completely
hidden in the thick black clouds of smoke.
Stamar now gave the word, the Stw»rk darted
forward under all sail ; and when the smoko
had somewhat dispersed, wc could see the un-,
J fortunate merchantman drcadfully.torn by our
I shot her deck covered with w ounded men,
whose cries,and groans were truely dreadful.
On perceiving that our broadside had merely
crippled the merchantman, instead of sinking
her, Stamar flew into one ol his fiercest pdrox*'
ysm of rage.
“Fools 1 brute beasts!” he exclaimed, stamp,
ing on the deck ; “ why did they not give it
her between wind and water? It’s a mere waste
of powder and shot! Master ! —start me all
these novices—put the v’Sry best men on board ,
at the guns, above all, see that they ram home
well, and level low !”
Scarcely two minutes elapsed from the giv
ing of the ferocious order, when the ne\9
broadside of the Slunk vomited death and
destruction upon the crippled and helpless
merchantman. Again for a few minutes the
horison Was obscured lij* dark and 'heavy
clouds of smoke ; and some minutes elapsed
before they cleared away sufficiently to ena
ble us to see the effect produced by our VBlfcv.
Frightful but impotent imprecation reacted
us through the livid ntmosphere; add," at
length we distinguished the aged ami unfortu
nate captain mounted on tte bulwarks of fikr