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THE S©‘32slE IB m S3* IPCDSS? 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— and mailed to country subscribers by the earliest mails -enveloped by good strong wrappers, with legible direc (tons. {CT No subscription received for a less period than six months—and no paper discontinued, until al arrears are paid. Advertisements not exceeding twelve lines will be in. serted at 91 00 for the first insertion, and 50 cents for each continuance—larger ones in proportion. Persons wishing to advertise by the year must call at the office and make an agreement to that effect. ttjTAdvertise ments not limited when handed in, will be inserted till forbid, and charged accordingly. 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 | 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