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ANECDOTES. Cornelius de Wit fell an innocent victim to popular prejudice. His death is thus noticed by Hume. ‘This man, who had bravely served his country in war, and who laud been invested with the higlvesl dignities, was deli vered into the hands of the executioner, and torn in pieces by the most inhuman torments. Amidst the severe agonies which lie endured he frequently repeated an ode of Horace,which contained sentiments suited to his deplorable condition.’ It was the third ode of the third book which this illustrious philosoplier and statesman then repeated. I add another instance in the death of that delightful poet Metastasio. After having re ceived the sacrament, a very short time before his last moments, he broke out with all the •enthusiasm of poetry and religion into the fol lowing stanzas: T’offro iltuo proprio figlio, Che da d’amore in pegno, Racchiuso in picciol segno Si voile a noi donar. A lui rivolgi il ciglio. Guardo chi t’ofiro, e poi Lnsci, Signer, sc vuoi, Lascia di predonar. «I offer to thee, O Lord, thy own son, who already has given the pledge of love, inclosed in this thin emblem ; turn on him thine eyes; ah! behold whom l oilin' to thee, and then desist, O Lord! if thou const desist from mercy.’ * The muse that has attended my course (says the dying Gleim in a letter to Klopstock) still" hovers round my steps to the very verge of the grave.’ A collection of lyric;• I poems, entitled ‘Last Hours,’ composed by Old Gleim on his death-bed, were intended to be publish ed. The death of Klopstock was one of the most poetical; in this poet’s ‘Messiah,’ he had made the death of Mary, theifsistcr of Martha and Lazarus, a picture of the death of the just; and on his own death-bed he was heard repeating, with an expiring voice, his own verses on Mary ; he was exhorting him self to die by the accents of Ins own harp, the sublimities of his ow 1 muse! The same song of Mary, says Madarno de Stuel, was read at the public funeral of Klopstock. Philip Strozzi, when imprisoned by Cosmo the First, great Duke of Tuscany, was up. prehensive of the danger to which lie might expose his friends who had joined in his con spiracy against the duke, from tlie confessions which the rack might extort from him. Hav ing attempted every exertion for the liberty of his country, lie considered it as no crime therefore to die. He resolved on suicide. With the point of the sword, with which lie killed himself, he cut out on the mantel-piece of the chimney this verse of Virgil: Exoriare aliquis nouns cx ossibus uhor. Rise, some avenger, from'oar blood ! Several men of science have died in a scien tific manner. Haller, the poet, philosopher, and physician, fieheld his end approach with the utmost composure. He kept feeling his pulse to the last moment, and when he found that life was almost gone, lie turned to liis brother physician, observing, ‘Mv friend, the artery ceases to beat,’ —and almost instantly expired. The same remarkable circumstance had occurred to the gieat Harvey ; lie kept making observations on the state of his pulse, when life was drawing to its close, ‘as if,* says Dr. Wilson in the oration spoken a low days after the event, ‘that he who had taught us the beginning oflife might himself, at his depart in')' from it, become acquainted with those of death.’ Do Lagny, \v!io was intended by his friends for the study of the law, having fallen on nil Euclid, found it so congenial to his dispositions, that he devoted himself to mathematics. In his Inst moments, when he letnined no further recollection of the friends who surrounded his bed, one of them, perhaps to make a philoso phical experiment, thought proper to ask him the square of 12; our dying mathematician instantly, and perhaps without knowing that lie answered, replied, ‘144.’ The following anecdotes arc of a different complexion, a id may excite a smile : Perc Bouhours was a French grammarian, who had been justly accused of paying too scrupulous an attention to the minutice of let ters. lie was more solicitous ofliis words than his thoughts. It is said, that when he was dying, he called out to his friends (a cor rect grammarian to the last,) ‘Je vas, ou je vais mourir; fun ou /’autre sc dit f When Malherbe was dying, be reprimanded his nurse for making use of a solecism in Iter language ! And when his confessor repre sented to him the felicities ofa future state in low and trite expressions, the dying critic in terrupted him:—'Hold your tongue,’ he said, ‘your wretched style only makes me out of conceit with them!’ The favourite studies and amusements of the learned La Mothe lc Vaycr consisted in accounts of the most distant countries. lie gave a striking proof of the influence of this master-passion, when death hung upon his lips. Berneir, the celebrated traveller, enter ing and drawing the curtains of his bed to take his eternal farewell, the dying man turn ing to him, with a faint voice inquired, ‘Well, my friend, what news from the Great Mogul?’ TIIE INDIANS. Wc have little news to communicate on this stale subject. The latest accounts, how ever, give no encouragement that the liostiles will letire to the country agreed upon with Gen. Macomb. The sixty days allowed for the purpose, will expire on the 18th, (next Thursday,) after which wc expect to hear of the recommencement of hostilities. The In dians will have recruited by that time, and pro vided then!-.elves with provisions, &c. We arc informed that a number of cornfields be longing to them have recently been discovered by the troops. A negro captured near Fort Andrews, states that Tigcrtail with one hun dred warriors from whom he had escaped, were making preparations to renew the war, refusing to pay any attention whatever to the; negociation of Gen. Macomb. A few days j will prove the correctness of this report. Our citizens on the Frontier should not relax in their preparations for defence, riurshtit. ' Allston, a man of genius, and tlie best painter yet produced by America, when he was in England, told me au anecdote which confirms what 1 have been saying. It was, 1 tnink, in tlie university of Cambridge, near Boston, that a certain youth took it into his wise head to endeavor to convert a Tom Paineish companion of his by appearing ns a ghost before him. He accordingly dressed himself up in tlie usual way, having previous, ly extracted the ball from the pistol which al ways lay near the head of his friend’s lied. Upon first awakening, and seeing the appari tion, the youth who was to be frightened. A., very coolly looked his companion, the ghost, in the fuse, and said, “I know you ; this is a good joke, but you see I am not frightened. Now you may vanish.” The ghost stood still. ‘Come,” said A., ‘'that is enough. I shall get angry, away !” Still the ghost moved not. “By !” ejaculated A., “if you do not, in three minutes, go away. I’ll shoot you.” He waited the time, deliberately levelled his pistol, fired, and with a scream at the immovability of the figure, became con vulsed, and aftei wards died. The very in stant he believed it to be a ghost, his human nature fell before it. Coleridge. THE ROSE. I saw a rose perfect in beauty ; it rested gently upon its stalk, and its perfume filled the air. Many stopped to gaze upon it and taste its fragrance, and its owner hung over it with delight. I passed again, and behold it was gone—its stem was leafless—its root had withered—the enclosure which surrounded it was broken. The spoiler bad been there; he saw that many admired it, and knew it was dear to him who planted it, and besides it he had no other true love. Yet he snatched it secretly from the hand that cherished it; he wore it on his bosom till it hung its head and faded, and when he saw that its glory was de parted, he flung it rudely away. But it left a thorn in his bosom, and vainly did he seek to extract it, for now it pierces tlie spoiler even in his hour of mirth. And when 1 saw that no man who had loved the beauty of the rose, gathered again its scattered leaves or bound up the stock which the hand of violence had broken, 1 looked earnestly at the spot where it grew, and my soul received instruction. And I said—Let her who is full of beauty and ad miration, sitting like a queen of flowers in ma jesty among the daughters of woman, let her watch lest vanity enter her heart, beguiling her to rest proudly upon slippery places, and be not high minded, but fear. Mrs. Sigourney. Tlie Marquis of Montrose, when lie was condemned by his judges to have Ins limbs nailed to the gates of four cities, the brave soldier said, that ‘he was sorry he had not limbs sufficient to be nailed to all the gates of the cities in Europe, as monuments of his loy alty.’ As he proceeded to his execution, he put this thought into beautiful verse. ;V, { . 1 OFFICE, ON THIRD-STREET, ONE DOOR FROM MULBERRY* 1 STREET, AND OPPOSITE THE CENTRAL HOTEL. MACON: SATURDAY. JULY 20, ISA!). Georgia Female College. rT* THE Examination of the Pupils of this Insti —* tution will commence on Monday next, the 22d, and close on the 26th instant. Parents, guardians, and the friends of Female Education, are respectfully invited to attend. The Collingsworth Institute, an institution en dowed by Mr.. J. Flournoy, of Putnam, and designed for a Manual Labor School, opens on Monday next, under the superintendance of Rev. J. R. Thomas, as Principal, (formerly of Mount Zion, in this State. We hope soon to give some further information in relation to it. SfCT Crops arc improving a great deal since the re cent rains, so that generaly, a good crop may be ex pected—perhaps belter, than the previous year. The drought being so early, although long, has not done as much injury as was expected, the rains coming on ju3t as the most of the corn was in the full shoot. Cotton generally throughout the State is, at present, much more promising than for several previous years. There is, however, some complaint with regard to insects in the older settled counties, but we hear nothing of the kind in the new, among the fresh lands. It is a gen eralsaying with the farmers that crops have recover ed from the efleets of the drough t beyond all expecta tion. JCr“Charles Tvrell, or the Bitter Blood,” by O. P. R. James, is the latest novel by this much admired author that we have yet received. It will be found entertain ing, as may be expected, though perhaps inferior in some respects to some other of his works. We have been furnished a copy by Mr. J. M. Cooper, at whose Book Store they will be found for sale. Also, by Mr. Ells. ENCOURAGING. This morning wc received seven additional subscri bers to the “ Post.” The following letter, dated “ Clin ton, July 19th, 1839,” pleases us rather more than the others, and wc annex it: “ To the Editor of the ‘ Southern Post,' Sir : In consideration of the rich and interesting matter generally furnished through the columns of your valuable paper, I am induced to become a sub scriber for it. You will please send it to me at this place. Very Respectfully, &c.” SKr Our correspondent, a “ Citizen of Macon,' will sec that we have consulted his wishes in regard to the! article in the Southern Literary Messenger—part of j which wo publish to-day. We recommend the article to the serious consideration of our readers, and shall be glad to receive from our correspondent the results j of his own observation and experience on the subject. TIIE SOUTHERN POST. ’ Shir Tile Philadelphia Enquirer speakimr of the Ncw- York celebration, and the procession of twelve thou sand Sabbath School girls, remarks that “ two thou sand loaves ol bread were consumed and ns many pounds of beef;” and he immediately, adds, “a more heart-tow kin? spectacle could not be conceived !” The writer carries his heart in a queer place, tbo' not perhaps an unusual one. To the Editor of the Southern Post. • Sir: Looking over the July number of the “South ern Literary Messenger," I fell on an article, to which I beg leave to draw your especial attention and that of your readers. It is on the subject of “ Education', by a native Virginian,” (thus runs the caption) and it is the best article or that subject, that it has been mv fortune to meet with for a long time. The writer has treated the matter well and deeply, and has presented views of it, which will, I am convinced be new to many persons; but which at the same time are strictly in accordance with my own, and coincide with the conclusions to which my reflections and observations, for years past have led me. The subject is by no means a jicw field to me, for I am deeply and personally interested in it and 1 have accordingly made it an object of close and serious study. And I would that mv fellow-citizens were as well convinced of ihc necessity of doing the same—(at least to a certain extent)—that they were as fuby sensible as they ought to be, of the vital, impor ; tanee of this subject, and above all that they would re solve, (and adhere to the resolution) to act up to such conviction. It is the duty of every good citizen, of every man who really loves his country, to use his best exertions m this behalf; to watch with jealous care over the methods oi education adopted in the communi ty of which he is a member, and to uss hi= every en deavour to encourage the adoption and nropagation of true and enlightened systems of educating the youthful tnind. It is by education alone that die rising youth of the land are to be made acquainted with the superior advantages which we enjoy and so highly prize ; it is by education alone that they can be taught rightly to appreciate these blessings ; it is by education alone that they can be rendered able and faithful defenders of their rights and privileges, useful citizens, andprofitable servants of their country. It is by education and by it alone, that we can ever hope to stem the torrent of Vice, Immorality, and, above all, Irreligian which is rushing with frightful fury over all the land, spreading on every side, ruin and misery, and desolation! When we see Viee, clothed in purple and fine linen, the “abomination of desolation,” sitting even in holy places ; when we see skepticism boldly rearing her “horrid front” and stalking unabashed in the midst of us, we nave but one thing to console U3 and relieve our anxiety for the future ; but one thing to look to as a remedy for the gigantic evil—the education of the rising generation. But not such education as the “ process” which is now commonly called by that much abused name—No! it must be a course of serious and exact mental discipline, which will strengthen and develop the faculties of the mind and enable it to act with vigour. This is the end of what I understand by education: and the great error of the present day in almost (if not quite) all our sys tems of education, is, that we confine our attention to the means and entirely lose sight of the end proposed— the natural consequence is, that the means, being no longer subservient to the end, should become inappro priate and unsuitable to the attaining of it at all, and the youth, when lie has completed what he has been taught *o call “his education,” finds that his time has been squandered in an unmeaning and aimless pur suit, that the best years of his life have been wasted, and when on the very threshold of manhood, on the point of stepping forth into the world o.' active life, ha learns to his surprise and mortification that he has now to begin anew to qualify himself for the exercise of his duties as a man and a citizen. And yet “he had re ceived a good education !” Alas! that words should be so perverted! Now, sir, does not this frequently, too frequently happen ? And what is it owing to, but a radical, a manifest defect in the systems of education usually adopted? But nty paper admonishes me not to trespass too much on your patience or that of your read, is. I hope you will find it convenient to republish the article from the “ Messenger;” should you do so, I will, with your permission, send you some further remarks, drawn from my own observations on this all important subject, which I trust will not be w holly useless to the public. And isl can, by so doing, contribute, even i:i a small degree, to bring about a wiser and more judicious sys tem of teaching than most of those which now prevail, I shall feel happy in the consciousness that I have not been altogether an useless CITIZEN OF MACON. Macon, July 29, 1839. OR IGINAL ANECDOTE. Charles Gilfert, sometime Theatrical Manager in New York and in Charleston, was a man of great talent anil of sill greater eccentricity. The following anec dote of him iias Been related to us by one of his inti mate friends: When die English singer Phillips, was in this coun try, he had taken an engagement with Gilbert. On one occasion, at a rehersal, Phillips sang one of his beau tiful songs, the music and accompaniments of which had been composed by Bishop. Gilfcrt sat by, listening very attentively and twisting his features into the most grotesque shapes, as was his custom when he could not express his feelings in words. When the song was ended, Gilfert asked “Mr. Phillips, will you tell me who composed the accompaniments to that song?”—“They are composed, sir, by the celebrated Bishop,” answered Mr. P.—“ Humph! Mr. N (turning to the lea der of tho archestra) will you favour me with a sight of that music.” It was handed to Gilfert, and the re hearsal went on. In the menu time Gilfert had seated himself at his table and commenced scribbling with great rapidity, pausing every now and then to cast a look at the orchestra and then resuming his occupation with redoubled earnestness. Presently he was seen distributing his blotted scraps to tho orcheslra, and then again addressing Mr. Philips. “ Will you please to sing that song again, sir,” —“Why, Mr. Gilfret,” re sponded Mr. P. rather stiffly, we have already re hearsed it, and I am not aware diat it is necessary to repeat it.”—“lf it is not particularly inconvenient, mister Phillips,” said Charles speaking very slowly and pompously, “ you will oblige me, by singing it again.” Mr. Phillips complied with rather ill-grace, and turning to the orchestra with a shrug as much as to say “ I suppose we must humour him,” directed the music to commence. The symphony was played, when Mr. Phillips seemed to be at a loss. “ Why, Mr. N——, what are you playing." asked he of the lea- Jer. “The song,Mr. Piffl'ips, as Mr. Gilfret directed us to play it,” answered the leader. Mr. Phillips ap peared still more puzzled, louked first at Gilfert the,n at the orchestra, and finally with another shrug, com menced the song. When it was ended,Phillips turned to Gilfret,who had been sitting nil the while with his great eyes fixed on the ringer, rubbing his hands and grin ning with delight, and said “Mr. Gillert those arc not the accompaniments that were played before?” “NN i Sir!" replied Charles in his most sententious manner, “ I rather think they are not !” "Where did they conic from ?” asked Mr. P. “Tuke them to your great Mr. Bishop, and tell him t hey were composed whilst you were rehearsing, by the man who sits in this chair; by Cliuiie* Gilfert of Germany! (with great emphasis) j tlie next place to heaven for music ! and by ,! sir, if the angels in heaven arc good musicians, they must lie from Germany [Communicated.] Hr“ E. M P." is unavoidably last ou‘. JPr We have received A letter from Sylvester &. Cos. requesting our account for pnblis'ungtheir “ Mammoth Real Estate Lottery” advertisement. '’ot Such an “abominable humbug,” after all, eh! Brother Messen ger ? “ Don’t you call this all-fired hot weather ?” said a fresh caught Yankee yesterday to an old residenter. “ Hot! Oh no; this is nothing. We use tlie short thermometer, now. Wait | till June, when we get tlie long ones up, if yon want to see real hot weather.” “ Thank von, I rather guess you’ll see me tnkin’ rather long t strides for the northard and castarJ afore the season gets so hot that them common ther morneters can’t give tiie idea. Mine’s one hundred and twenty degjres long ; when the mercury biles over in that, I’m o-n-h.” N. O. Picayune. This reminds us of an anecdote we read sometime since,which tells of a Jolinnv Raw, from the neighliour hood of some of the great lakes,who came to New York during one of the severe winters. Having never seen a thetnometer, he was much surprised at the descrip tion and uses of one as pointed out to him by a friend, who at the same time indicated to his country listener the lowest point at which the mercury had stood during the coldest weather. “Oh ! yes, I see," replied Johnny: “but we had it much colder our way ; and the reason is, I reckon, ’cause we haintgot no thermometere there and its gets as cold as it pleases.” Communicated. At a large and very respectable meeting of the Citizens of die City of Macon, called to take into considera tion the annexed Circular addressed to the Cotton Planters, Merchants, Factors, and Presidents and Directors of the several Banks of the Southern States, Isaac G. Seymour, Mayor of the City, was called to the Chair, and Washington Poe, Esq, appointed Secretary.- The Chairman after stating the object of the meeting, proceeded to read the said Circular—after which the following resolutions were offered by Abslaom H. Chappell Esq , and seconded by Mr. Jerry Cowles—and unanimously adopted by the meeting. Resulted, As the opinion of this meeting, that cotton, the great staple of the Southern and South-western part ; of the Union, having become, in a very eminent degree. : the controlling commodity of the commercial world, and the influence which it exercises over the agricultu ral and commercial prosperity of our own country, and especially of the cotton growing region of it, being of the most absolute and permanent character. There fore it pecu’iarly behooves the citizens of the Southern i and South-western States, earnestly to deliberate ; whether any, and what system can be applied to the j cotton trade, that shall impart to it greater steadiness and certainty, and secure to the commodity, with at | least some approach to uniformity, whatmay be proper ly called its due ar.d natural price—that is to say, a l price based on the proportion of the nnnnal supply, to the annual demand of consumption—thereby protecting it as far as possible (rom those violent, ruinous and in calculable fluctuations which are of such frequent oc currence, and which are in numerous instances, the di ! rect offspring of artificial causes and combination. Resolved, farther, That this meeting concur in the views set forth in the circular which has been read to the meeting from the Chair, and that we believe the measures therein recommended, are sanative in their character, and if carried out as contemplated, w ill be j conducive to the interest of the cotton growing S ales and therefore should commend themselves to the con sideration of every citizen of the South, whatever may be his calling or profession. Resolved, That fully nuprcciaiing tlie compliment be stowed upon our ciiyt in selecting it as the place of meeting for the prop Convention, we do most cordially, and earnestly Solicit our Fellow Citizens of the Southern and South-western Stares, and the Terri tory of Florida, to meet us at tifs place on the fourth Tuesday in October next, to deliberate on the impor tant matters disclosed in the before mentioned Circu lar. Resulted, That a Committee tube composed of twen ty-one be appointed by the Chair, to efleet the object 'embraced in the lust Resolution, and dint said Com mittee have full power to adopt such measures as to i them may seem proper tj obtain a full meeting of a!! j interested in the subject set forth in this circular. Whereupon the Chair appointed the folio wing gentle men that Committee: A. H. Chappel, N. C. Monroe, Everard Hamilton, Leroy Napier,- J. Cowles, Ambrose Buber, Jas. Goddard, A. Clopton, R. D. Randolph, R. K. Hines, E. A. Nisbet, E. D. Truev, D. C. Campbell, Henry G. Lamar, Elius Beall, lu-vi Eckley, L. L. Griffln, Win. B. Barker, Chas. Cotton, Isaac Scott, Geo. Jewett. Resolved, That the Chairman be added to the Com mittee. , On motion of Henry G. Lamar, Esq, it was Resolved, That the Editors of Newspapers in this, and all the States interested in the subject, be requested to publish the said Circular and Resolutions. Resolved, That the Editors of papeis in this city, are requested to publish the above proceedings. On motion, the meeting adjourned. ISAAC G. SEYMOUR, Chairman. Washington Poe, Secretary. July 17, 1339. TO '1 HE COTTON PLANTERS, MERCHANTS, FACTORS, AND PRESIDENTS AND DIREC TORS OF TIIE SEVERAL BANKS OF THE SOUTHERN STATES: C 1 R C U I, A 11. Fellow Citizens : Interested like you'selvcs, in the ; cultivation and disposal of the great staple of American agriculture and commerce, we have accidentally met in this city, in the midst of a crisis which discloses some strikingly momentous features in the history of this most important branch of the trade of our country. When the Cotton Crop of the United States was a mere item in its trade, and did not reaeli a production exceeding five hundred thousand hales, it was perhaps! safe to consider it as one among many articles of barter! and exchange, which, left entirely to the fortuitous circumstances of commerce, would find its level under, the influence of the ordinary laws of trade, without the! necessity of resorting to any means of precautionary protec i ion. Times, however, have changed. Cotton has passed from the condition of a mere a-tide of commerce, to the performance of the mighty function of being in a great degree the regulator of the exchanges, and the standard of value of our country. If the nature of this \ material forbids its entering into our circulation, it is : scarcely less the ba«is of our currency, than the pre cious metals ; for the fluctuations in its price are felt' with a sensibility equally as acute and searching, asj any of those variations w hich belong to tho demand ! and supply of these sensitive and mysterious tokens of national value. The production of this staple, has now become so immense, that it behooves those who produce it by a j large investment of capital at a high rate of incidental cost, and in a climate perilous to Imamu hiahh.to con sider well, whether there are not some material circum- 1 . stances in reference to the mode in which this product of their labor is'shipped from this country, and is brought to market at the point of its final sale and couslimptior, which demand the application of a prompt and eflectiv,- remedy. In one word, is not the important fart dis closed, that Such is the unwieldy amount of this great staple of southern industry, that it cannot be sent for ward and disposed of at fair remunerating prices, through the ordinary medium of the mercantile estab lishments of this country and in Europe, without the direct co-operation of our banking institutions ? If we i have become satisfied of this fact, ought we not to organize a system, which shall give perfect security to 1 this great interest in the commerce and finances of our country ? The unwise and ruinous system of sending I the crop forward to houses of circumscribed means, on i tlie o’her side of the water, who are incapable of hold- j ing their consignments an hour beyond the maturity of the bills drawn against such shipments, subjec'S in fact, nearly the whole amount of American interests to for eign combination, which might act, not ouly w ith entire concert, but with a perfect knowledge of the period, j when from the maturity of the acceptances in question,; property to a stupendous amount belonging to this country, may be ready for sacrifice. The great and vital change which must he operated, is to sustain American interests, by American credit. To realize at home, the resources necessary for the pro tection of our property abroad, without the necessity of large and inconvenient drafts on the cnpital and means of our great customer. In other words, the commercial reform we desire, is to send our great staple to market, without the period being determined by the date of a Bill of Exchange, when it is to be brought forward for abso lute and unnecessary sacrifice. We believe that t. e stea diness in price, which would result from a portion, at least, of the Cotton crop being exempt from lhe disas trous fluctuations arising from compulsory sales, would in the end, be scarcely less valuable to the spinner and consumer in England, than to the grower and shipper here A fact, which we think demonstrable from the following postulates, which wc consider altogether self evident: 1. The natural price of Cotton is the effect of the fair i and natural inflnence of supply and demand. 2. The price cannot he steady, and the article can-! •not be current, so as to admit of safe calculations on j the part of the planters, the manufacturer and the mer-! chant, unless tlie price be natural. It is consequently the interest of these three classes, that the article should! be prelected, on the one hand from any great and un-! •iuc speculative action, which migbtinllate prices above the natural rate —and on the other, from any derange merit in the money market, or any other accidental j cause, which might depress it below that rate. The effect of great and undue speculation being to derange! the money market, and to produce reaction, with an undue depression of prices. 3. The state of the currency mainly depends on tho means ivhieh the country possesses, to pay its foreign debt, by shipments of its produce. To the extent its produce or manufacture falls short of that object, ex- \ ports of specie may be induced, the effect of which must be a reduction of the circulation, with deprecia tion of property and general distress. 4. Cotton, in this country, being by fat the most im portant produce, and affording the great means of pay-': ing its foreign debt, it is the interest of the community, 1 and particularly of the monied institutions, that the. price of it in England, (the great market,) should be! steady, and that the article should he of current sale, 1 so as to be the means of large and effective remittance. It follows, that the interest of the banking institutions! i here, are the same as those of the three classed first mentioned, namely, that the price should be natural, that it may be steady, mid of easy realization. 5. The interest of the BritLli Government, of the Bank of England, and of the banks of that country in respect to this article, are the same as the interests of ; the banks here. The importation here beingimmense, and the employment of a most numerous body of the laboring classes, depending on the steadiness of prices. ! When they are r.ot steady—the foreign demand for manufactured cotton is reduced greatly, tho operatives are thrown out of employment, and the great means of settling the balance of trade, without the exportation of the precious metals are withdrawn. Manufactured cottons ass .riling by far, the most important branch of l their export trade. 6. Consequently, any arrangement that could be formed, by which the article would be protected from the effects of undue speculation, and from depression in the money market, and by which steadiness of price, with currency of sale, would be promoted—Would save some of the greatest and best interests in both' countries. 7. 1 1 is therefore pr. .posed ft) form a system by which t with the commencement of the new crop, advances on Cotton shall he made wi'h the capital or credit of Banks here, thereby relieving the consignee in Europe from care or consideration, except the advantageous sale of his stock, which would promote all these inter t s's, and afford general satisfaction on both sides of the water, provided it Were not made the means or directly or indirectly, of uudue speculation or monopoly. Having thus indicated the principles on which the proposed system must find its jurisdiction and basis we will now as succinctly as possible, detail the means oi carrying it into effect. , We are far from imputing nny premeditated hostility of the Bank of England to American interesis; on the contrary, it is one of the benevolent influences of com mercial intercourse, to promote peace and good will a mong nations and men. Hence this great engine of the! commercial grandeur and opulence of Great Britain, acting under an enlightened instinct, must rather de sire that its best customer should at all times be in a condition to meet her engagements with entire punctu ality and success. But there are epochs in the commerce of England, whether from insufficient harvests, a languid demand for her manufactures, or political combinations, when the bank may, from an urgent policy, limit her dis counts, and increase her rate of interest. This event can never occur, without its having a blighting influ ence on any surplus of our great staple, which might be unsold in England. Surely, if the Bank of En gland can exercise (unavoidedly,) an influence thus prejudicial, we may resort to our own American banks, as a means of security, and production, without the invidious clamor of combihation and :.,onoply. It is time that the absurb and senselessciy on thesubject of banks making advances on Cotton, should be under stood, and finally put down. Tho truth is, that by the mere purchase of the foreign exchanges of the country, they advance on nearly every bale of Cotton subject to foreign export, and this without the security of the bill of lading and policy of insurance, on the mere person al responsibility of tlie drawers and indorsers of the bill. Hence these lessons are most comprehensive and disastrous after every commercial crisis and revulsion. | Now we propose giving to the banks in all cases, the higher protection of these securities, and that early | next autumn, one or more banks in each of the great commercial Cotton markets of the South, should cora mence making advances on the crop, according to a scale to be graduated by w hat will he a safe calculation of its probable amount, assuming 12i cents at home,, to be- about the fair natural average and remunerating | price of this staple, on a product of sixteen hundred | thousand bales, which is about as large a return as the actual labor of the country now engaged in this branch of industry, is capable of harvesting. The embarrass ments of the South Western States having prevented the planters of these States from making nny purchas es of slaves from the Atlantic States, during the last two years, whilst not leas than 10 per cent, of tin slave labor of the South, has been abstracted in the same peri's!, from the cultivation of Cotton, and ap plied to ti»e racung of provision.:, and to the construction ol those extensive railroads now in f :Ogrt*r, through out that portion of :iie Union. For these advances, we propose that the Bank* should issue to the plasters; run chants and factors of the country, on th« prediction! of the bit? of Lading, and tlie assignment of tlie policy of insurance, Post Notes of such description, and payable at such periods as a Convention hereafter contemplated, unit duggrftt; notes, which may be made to .answer both the purpo- I ses "fcurrency and exchange, the details of which we f refer to that body. By this arrangement huweVer, we feel satisfied the credits can be so distributed, ihatfrom the day of the shipment ot our cotton, it may probably lie held at least six months in Europe, without the for eign consignee being under an advance of one far thing, and we think it quite easy to confer on the hou-‘ se=, ;o which tlie shipments are confided,' sufficient' streiigth, to enable them to hold over for even a' ledger period, should sate remunerating pries’ not bd dbtarfted on the maturity of thi bills. With the view of securing this strength, it is irulis-' pensably necessary, that the consignments should not be to much diflused, but confined to a limited number’ ot houses in Livrqiool atid Havre, who acting as the agents of all those who will come into this conser vative system, w ill feel a common interest, and will naturally aid and ass.st each other under all and txery ’ contingency. This Fellow Citizens,is but the brief outline of a greSt scheme, for the protection of our Commerce, Finance, and Exchanges, the details of which,must be left for profound deliberation, and concerted action. To ac complish this subject, we hereby invite the planters,- factors and cotton merchants of each district or coun ty in tlie Southern States,’ and Territory of Florida,- together with the Banks, in each of the said States and Territory, to send befogtfreS to meet us in Convention at Macon, Georgia, on tlie Fourth Tuesday of October next, which will be ’on the 22nd day of that month that we may carefully consider the important matters disclosed in this Circular. We invite a candid examination of this whola scheme, for the protection, not alonh of southern inter ests, but for the security of the commerce of the whole country. Let it at least be tested by patient investigation, and ■ enlightened research ; if by this plan one third of the entire cotton crop of the country can be placed beyond tlie possibility of sacrifice, it will give security to the residue, not by entrenching it behind the guards ot a : speculative monopoly, but by holding it in that state of security, which the just relations of supply and demand will always in the long run, establish and sustain in’ the trade of a great and civilized country. That no time may be lost, we beg leave to apprise! ’ you that an agent, having our confidence, will leave this shortly for Europe, clothed with ample instructions, • to make such preliminary arrangement# with the hou-' ses in Liverpool and Havre, which may, ty the sanc tion of the Convention, have the proposed consign ments. We are aware of the very potent opposition, which' a plan looking even to Self-defence, must invite both af_ home and abroad, as it runs counter to a variety of interests, aoo powerful and too susceptible of combina tion, not to be aroused into active, and perhaps inexo rable hostility. If our apology is not to be found in the plea, that we have a right to hold our own property bjr the means of the credit of our own country, then we fearlessly say, we mean at least tout tempi it, in dCrfpit i of ail opposition liowevereager and implacable'. We have seen in the face ot a crop of 1,350,000 Bales, an effort made, and very nearly resulting in suc cess, tocoerce the acceptance of the same prices, which were incident to one of 1,800,000 bales. We ought not to rest our security on the adverse omens of the crop, which is now growing under the will and dis£#n‘ sation of Providence, which hits alreaHy stifferFd ift many quarters from an intense drought, and in others from the ravages of the insects so destructive so its growth and maturity. We should loolr bfcyondf the era of the short supply of the last year, and an apprehen deddeficit during the coming season. The lessons of economical wisdom belong to all seasons, and all times, and there is A saluiary truth in tlie homely aphorism,' that those who do not take card of tXentsclres, are not likely to be taken care of by others. We therefore submit this call and invitation to you, with the earnest hope, that you will be prepared to co-operate with us in a mensnre, in which we believe the highest interests” of our common country are involved. We remain, very Respectfully, Your ob’t. sev’ts. NATH’L. A. WARE, of Mississippi. JOHN G. GAMBLE, Florida. THOMAS E. TARTT, Alabama. W. 11. PRATT, Alabama, I). P. HILL HOUSE, Georgia. J. J. HUGHES, Yazoo, Miss. NATHAN McGEHEE, Louisiana GEO. McDUFFIE, South Carolina. 1). K. DODGE, Florida. J. L. HIESTER, Alabama. JAMES HAMILTON, South Cardin*. A B. DAVIS, Geqrgin, HENRY W. HILLARD. Montgomery, Ala. JOHN BRANCH, North Carolina. New York, July 3th, 1339. P. S. All the Southern Papers, will oblige the sign ers of tlie above Circular, by giving it an insertion in' their respective papers. For the Southern Pout. TO MY SISTKKv- Itcbecca! thou art full oflife : Thy bosom knows ncr angry strife, Nor raging passions power, Nor yet has deep corrodirtg cares Disturbed thy peace, nor roused thy fears But, ah ! what of to-morrow ? Rebecca! thou art young in years, Have felt no wo, have shed no tears, Os dark and mournful'sorrow; Thy soul is pure, thy heart is light, Thy path of life seems gay and bright— But, ah ! what of to-mOrrow ? Rebecca ! blissful arc thy dreams,. Thy young heart full of bright hope teems — No ills thy peace devour: Now far as fancy’s eye can pierce Rich, glorious pleasure thou eangt trace— But, ah! what of to-morrow ? The sunshine of thy heart now plays With heavenly, softening, mellowing rays About thy sparkling eye : Ah! who that gazes on the now, On that sweet face, on thy fair brow. But weeps that thou must die. „ , „ HENRY. South-Comma. MAH HIED, In Monroe County, on Tuesday Evening, th« 9th instant, by the Rfcv. Mr. Dicker-on, Miss SARAH A.., daughter of Mr. Simon Holt, to Dr. DAVID FIN SLY, all of said County. DXBB, In Harris county, on the 2d inst. Fj m , youngest son of Joseph J. and Eip>%‘jb jnd’Sitneoii, eight tnonihs and live davs, becnr'if.- C,fiver; s**n tamilv of its Grandfather dur & a only on* of the “ Suffer little children > 0 COI , kpaoe 0 f 31 *»»*•: them not, for of such is the j, , jm ' o me , and forbid 1 • Person* havim „,y audMp**# on him. •: vMV, ■» wilfplear* c *u July 20, *