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IV DEFENCE OF LEW PEOPLE.
To the Editor of the Southern Post:
Dear Sir—l am one of that class of people who arc
said to have the misfortune to be lean. I however, and
not con ider it a misfortune, but rather a blessing, for
various reasons; and I take the liberty to address you
a few remarks in behalf of all tho«e who are, like my
self, of the “lean kino” —(not ‘'lean kme," as some
would-be witty ones express it, with a most wretched,
and abortive attempt at a pun.)
.Is, on the one hand, I do not consider it a misfor
tune to be lean, so on tile other hand, I am of opinion
and I think it can be shown that it was the opinion of
many worthy and illustrious men, that it is a great
nn I wighty misfortune to be fat. And here, no
doubt, someone will be ready to throw in my tace the
dictum .of Caesar—
“ Let me have men about me that are fat—
Sleek headed men, and such as sleep o’night;
Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look ;
He thinks too much ; such men are dangerous.”
But this militates not against my position. Fat men
4ire not dangerous to tyrants cr usurpers—it costs them
100 much to get up active assistance. Caesar wants
men about him who are fat in the head —“ sleek headed
men” —now we nil know what is meant w hen we say
a man is fat in the head. Ctesar however took pood
care not to he fat himself—otherwise, he never would
have sueceededinovetthrovvingtherepublicand found
ing the Empire. He observes also that loan men “ think
too much.” Exactly.- In them the intellectual predo
minates over the material. Fat men don’t think ! Who
ever heard of a fit man troubling himself to think ?
The mass of matter is too great to he moved by any
ordinary excr’ion of the spirit—so they give tip the task
altogether. We lean people are never inconvenienced
in that way. We never have occasion to exclaim with
Hamlet:
“ Oh ! that this too, too solid flesh would melt!”
Examples might he adduced of numerous great men
who have suffrted inconvenience from and bewailed
their fatness. George the Fourth, the “firstgentleman
• of his time,” was much annoyed at his corpulency,
when Prince Regent; and it subjected him to number
less witticisms and sarcasms. When he expelled the
famous Beau Brunimc! from his society, the Beau re
venged himself, by enquiring of a friend, at a time when
the U gent was passing him in the street, “ Who is that
Fat friend of ours ?’’ And Sheridan observed, that
although the Regent professed himself a Whig, he be
lieved in his heart, he was no friend to new measures.
1 shall be told that Napoleon, was corpu’ent. True,
hut he reached the height of his glory, whilst he was as
lean ns I am. When he began to grow fat, be began
to fail, and his fall was aceelern'eJ in proportion to his
increase of weight- Moreover, as Tom Moore has
justly remarked, “ lia was never right royally fat in the
head" —which is a special attribute of legitimacy in so
vereigns.
“Obesity,” says Hr. Millingen, in his curiosities of
Medical Experience, “ Obesity may be considered a
serious evil, and has exposed corpulent persons to ma
ny disagremrns. The Ancients held fat people in so
vereign contempt. Somo of the Gentoos enter their
dwellings by a hole in the roof; and any fat person
who cannot get through it, they consider ns an excom
municatcd offender, who has not been able to get rid
of his sins !” Let ottr fat friends think of this. “An
Eastern Prince had nn officer to regulate the size of his
subjects, and who dieted the unwieldy ones to reduce
them to a proper volume”—a wise and wholesome re
gulation. The same author also remarks how frequent
ly fatness has been the butt of jocularity. As when
the pnviors of Cambridge used to say to a very fat gen
tleman, whenever he walked over their work, “God
Mess you, sir;” because his weight removed the ne
cessity of using the rammer. And a corpulent tallow
chandler who died of fatness, was honored with the
folbwing epitaph:
“ Here lies in earth an honest fellow,
Who died by fat and lived by tallow!”
At the Court of Louis XV were tw o very fat noble
men, related to each other : the King having rallied one
of them on his corpulency, added, “I suppose yon take
little or no exercise.” —“Your Majesty will pardon me,”
replied the bulky Duke, “ for I generally walk two or
three times round my cousin every morning.”
Take also some examples of the weight of certain
fat people which I quote on the above mentioned au
thority. Every one has heard of Daniel Lambert, whose
corpulency made him an object of such curiosity ns to
occasion him very great annoyance from impertinent
visits and questions—for he was in other respects a ve
ry gentlemanly person. lie weighed 733 pounds !!
“At Hnmton, there died in 1316, Samuel Sugars, a
ged fifty-two, and his body, in a single coffin, weighed
700 pounds 1”
It must have been very gross sugar, and sadly in
want of refining.
“In 177.'), Mr. Spooner, of Skillington, a short lime
before his death, weighed 569 pounds, and measured
four feet three inches across the shoulders !”—and “a
Raker, in Pyc Corner, (residence appropriate,) weighed
-170 pounds, and,would frequently eat a small shoulder
of mutton weighing five pounds ! he however persisted
for one year to live on water gruel and brown bread,
by which he lost two hundred pounds of his bulk.”—
Think of that, Master Drooke !! water gruel and brown
bread for one year ! ugh ! lost two hundred pounds !
pray, sir, what would become of me, or, for that mat
ter, of you either, Mr. Elditor, (you’re not a fat man, I
hope ?) were either of us to lose two hundred pounds
of our bulk 7 I should weigh something less than no
thing—l should be vox ct preteria nihil!
Iludibras also tells of a Saxon Duke, who
“ did grow so fat,
That mice (as histories relate)
Ate grots and labyrinths to dwell in
His postique parts, without his feeling ’’
All such inconveniences, thank Heaven, cannot fall
to the lot of us happy lean people. We have not to re
sort to unpleasant and unnatural expedients to reduce
our size. We do not have to diet ourselves, to live on
to swallow every night a quarter of an
ounce of Castile Soap, as is recommended by Dr. Flc
myng, in order to bring ourselves down to proper con
dition. We do not have to resort to “rigid abstemi
ousness experiments which, says Dr. Millingen,
“ are not only useless, but often prove pernicious and
fatal.” We don’t “lard the lean earth,” as we move
along, like fat Jack Falstaffi Let me ask our fat friends
how much pleasure they find in the necessity of carry
ing from place to place a burthen of some two or three
hundred weight or more, with the thermometer rang
ing from 90° to 100 a . Would they not prefer a smaller
size and less weight. During the hot weather, we lean
ones have decidedly the advantage, for we can always
be, at least “middlin’ spry;” and when the cold wea
ther comes we have other advantages. We have then
Jess surface to protect from cold, and we can cover it
.at less expense : and a tailor’s bill is certainly a matter
worthy of deep consideration. In the article of food,
too, we generally need less, and when provisions are
dear, that makes some difference. As to drink, indeed,
•we cannot quite come up to the gallon law—for we arc
something like the little Frenchman, whose physician
ordered him to drink a quart of Ptisan every day.—
'* Alas ! doctor," said the patient, " that I cannot do,
since I only hold a pin /
But I have said enough, sir, to show you that we arc
free from many inconvenience* that the corpulent have
to sutler, and that wo must naturally come in for a less
share of those “ills that JfeaA is heir to,” than our more
bulky brethren. Hereafter, let us hear no more stole
witticisms levelled at lean people : we do not present a
foil mark, and it is not cosy to hit us, for we may, at
any time, stand e</grawy», and thus batlle the attack.
I am, sir, your very loan friend and obd’t aerv’t,
TENUIS.
For the Southern Post. •
Scenes for Lithograph in Georgia.
Ko. iv.
It is contemplated ,o present the Falls of Tullu-lali
ns a place more interesting to an observer, perhaps,
than either of the places mentioned in preceding num
bers, but at the same time.TTis a*lnere reference to a
scene with which the citizens of the State are generally
more familiar. Any description in'language will give
but a faint conception to such as have not seen them,
but to such as have the hare name will create a vivid
recollection of that combination of grandeur and beau
ty, which rendered it so much a subject of admiration.
A description of it is assumed with very great delica
cy, as well on account of that familiarity,as the many
graphic notices which have been communicated to the
public through the medium of the press, and a reference
to it at this nine, is not had to supply any deficiency
either in accuracy or polish of description contained in
them; hut as other localities have been noticed, one
which presents so much to admire, should not be over- 1
looked on account of a more general acquaintance with
it. In some communications on the subject, the authors
have been involved in a controversy with regard to the
Etymological origin of the term, and the name is even
at present almost alternately conventional, for one will
refer to it as the “ falls of Terrora” and another * the
falls of Tellulah,” one presenting the anomaly or
paradox of a latin derivation and the other an incom
plete term of the Aborigines. Hovvevt r willingly the
emotion of terror and awe might be assented to, in
looking down the precipice of Tellulah, yet the resem
blance between the signification of a word, in a lan
guage dead for centuries, and an emotion excited by a
natural object should not mislead us into a “confusion
of tongues.” The application or fitness would be
rather a vague and un-ertain light to the linguist, how
ever acceptable it might be to mental philosophy.
These controversies as to the origin of the name, are
unavoidable, when we en'er into the reason of such a
tide, and mi nomers and perversion of terms have a
tendency to hide in obscurity the signification of words
in all languages, and vve are consequently, ignorant of
the feeling, emotion or impression which dictated them.
It is generally conceded to he an Aboriginal term, the
signification of which, is rather indistinct or undefined
in the minds even of those who are most Inmiliar with it-
I should not suppose it to have a derivation from the
Cherol-.ee tongue, but rather from the Creek or Choc
taw. Tul lu hillchah would denote “the thundering 1
rocks” in Choctaw, which, when we are aware of the
close particularity with which distinct appellations are
applied to all natural objects among the Aborigines*
would sufficiently distinguish what place was relerrcd
to. T here is a term of the Adiize tribp of Louisiana
” to-to hi,' which signifies nothing more than “ a rock”
but this would not convey any distinctive configuhttinn.
The falls of A-mi Cohla in Lumpkin county may be a
perversion of the two words ama water and to-10-la a
rock or wafer fall, at least there is some p’nusible
ground for such a derivation. Yet the absence of all
traditionary chronicle, giving that tribe nn abiding
place in this State, seems to forestall even that conclu
sion, and we are necessarily compelled to accept the
name as it is without a link of argument to controvert
what we discover to be unfounded or anomalous. The
harmonious construction of the Aboriginal names, has
been commented upon with much more attention, than
their signification generally, hut had it been otherwise,,
much of traditioaal or mythologic in’erest would have!
been preserved, to engage the mind of the thcologist as
well ns the lexicogranher.
When the falls of Tullu-lah are referred to, as be
ing worthy of a Lithographic Sketch, it is done under'
the same qualifications which are applicable to every
scenc’of jhe same character. Two requisites and those
indeed which give the most permanent impression of
grandeur and sublimity are motion and sound. These
iTever can he transferred to the picture, and indeed, the!
other,distance nr height, is unattainable by the artist in
such a manner as to impart the most faint conception j
of the awe inspiring gulf which yawns beneath us. [
Dioramic representation might accomplish the latter
but in this instance we should accept the probability as |
as being remote; almost to imposibi’ity. Access to the j
falls of Tullulali is gained by a narrow road or path
way, which runs meandering on the summit of ridge i
even to the verge of the precipice. In onrapproach to'
it at the most common point, wc discover the blue j
mountains forming a semicircle almost enclosidg us —
bleak, barren and rugged, heaped up in confusion.—
Looking at the disordered towering masses, we are un
able to comprehend them as a part of the great chain ]
which traverses the U. States from Georgia to Maine.
Nothing in this distant perspective forewarns us of our
vicinity to Tellulah, and we stand upon the brink of a
precipice, ere we are aware of it. Wg take our eyes
front the blue clouds of heaven, to peer into the gloomy
drpths of a mighty chasm, deep rent into the earth.—
The very suddenness of the change, from looking at a
distant and peautifu' object, to die appalling and awful:
abyss before us, makes the flesh to crawl, and we
shrink back in terror to catch some twig or tree nearto
us. The channel of the river is variously represented ,
to be front five to nine hundred feet below the first
point of observation. At all events, it so far exceeds
those common objects bv which we firm our ideas of
height ane depth, that an individual is rarely to be,
found, who does not, on first sight, become dizzy and !
agitated. This chastjj may be comprehended in ex
tent, in grandeur and sublimity, if one conceives that a
chain of mountains is cleft from the summit to the base,
and a river is rushing through this rough declivity, dash- j
ing its volume against the huge masses which obstruct
its course, and throw ing the white foam and spray into
tiuyiir. But even this idea of its grandeur cannot be
engrafted on the mind without that intimacy with the
J crags and steeps of mountain scenery. To compre
] bend it, one must see it.
The winter would be suggested as the most interest
’ ing time to catch a greater range of auxiliary scenery,
to enlist our admiration. The cedar and pines preserve
that deep green, unaffected by the hoary touch of frost,
and their branches are radiant with a thousand lucid
gems hanging from their boughs. Into the deep chasm,
where the river flows, two streams glide down the solid
rampart, and the w hitc and glittering glaciers paint the
dark granite, and long columns of ice stretch down
wards to its base. These grow larger every day, and
in the depth of winter, every errant drop w hich steals
’ from the crevices on each brink, freezes and become
jso many stars ter illumine the gloomy chasm. Such a
jlandscrpe, witlfthe German, would have been peopled
with a thousand phantoms—with the thousand tradi
tions, springing from a bold and errant imagination;
grasping at a grandeur in mental creations, by the ta'e
I of horror painting tlm dark and deadly passions of the
human breast, to rrie coequal with the sublimity of the
scene around him. -
The Greek and die Roman would have reared the
column and the temple, and impersonated the phan
tasma of the mind in the mystic statue, the huge Ti
tan and the tengeful Fury; and the Egyptian,in the
gloomy mist of superstition and despotism, would hate
built his eternal monument of the Human race. But
all would have sunk to insignificance in the Pigmy ef
fort to draw one glance from the magnificence of nature
V j R. A. R. McLADGIILIN is duly authorized to
act ns my Agent during my absence from this
State. All persons having unsettled business with the
undersigned will please call on him.
ISA \C NEWIIALL.
Macon, July 27, 183940 p
% to lEirr,
i .I] A targe, *i*v and convenient Sleeping Room,
""■directly over Messrs. H. J. Ray & Co.’s Store.—
.Apply to REA 6i COTTON,
j July 87 * 10
TIIE t SOUTHE
Sout^rrti
OFFICE, ON THIRD - STREET, ONE DOOR FROM MUT.BERRY*
STREET, AND OPPOSITE THE CENTRAL HOTEL.
MACON:
SATURDAY. AUGUST 3,1839.
53" The Report of the Board of Visitors in respect to
he Examination of the Sttidentsof the Georgia Female
College, will appear in our next.
53" The Communication received last week on the
subject of the College, has necessarily been delayed.
NEWSPAPERS.
i The New York Express has nn excellent article on
the subject of the manner of conducting the business
of newspapers in which we most cordially concur. We
agree with it that the rash system of the penny press is I
by far the best, and that it would tend very much to
advance the interests of both subscribers and proprie
tors. The latter would be fireed to be constantly bn
the alert, in order to maintain the character of their
paper and wonld not, hy virtue of a standing list, he
peunitted to sink into inanity and imbecility, without
loss of subscribers. We have expressed this opinion
some time since, and our increasing experience proves
more and more every day the correctness of our opin
ion. Pliilad. North American.
Let all speak out. We subscribe to the above most
co.dially. Baltimore Patriot.
[s3* Is it not time for the Georgia Press to act in this
matter, or will they wait until forced into it from self
defence ? Sooner or later we are certain that it will he
done, of necessity. We are ready to stand or fall by
this test, provided others w ill do likewise. A single pa
per can effect nothing in this matter save, perhaps, its
own destruction ; but the whole can effect the greatest
possible beneficial reform. Let but Printers and Pro
prietors of newspapers reflect of the vast sums due
them, that they scarcely hope ever to get. Wj Venture |
that 200,000 dollars will not pay what is due in Georgia
to newspaper publishers for subscriptions only and that
of such debts as are considered los'. The very idea
that this supposition, (founded on a general, but notan
intimate knowledge,) approaches near the truth, is a
very conclusive argument in favor of the speedy adop
tion of the cash system. If there be any that oppose
the plan, will they let us know their reasons for it ?]
VT Tlie citizens of Macon generally, are respectful
ly requested to attend the second anniversary meeting
of the Benevolent and Mutual Aid Association, at
the Presbyterian Church, on Sunday evening next, 4th
of August, at early candle light.
The objects of the Association being purely acts of
benevolence, and tho'eof a general character, in which
every citizen of Macon should be interested, it is hoped
all will attend that can with.convenicnce.
The services of the evening will be such as is hoped
will be interesting. Addresses are promised, and may
be expected, from the Hon. C. .T. McDonald, E. A.
Nisbet,David C. Campbell, A. 11. Chappell, and Wash
ington Poe, Esquires.
HEALTH OF MACON.
We observe by the Secton’s report, made to the City
Council on the 12th instant, that there wete forty-six
interments in our Cenietry, from the first of January
last to date. Thirty one whites and fifteen colored—
and of the whole number, twenty-two were children,
under five years old.
53" R. K. Parker, Esq. has been elected to a seat in
our City Council, from East Macon, in place of Aider
man Blount, resigned.
53" Governor Gilmer has had a relapse, and is again
in a very low and critical condition. Hopes are still
entertained, however, for his recovery.
03-M iss Meadows is still at Tallahassee, Florida,
delighting and enlivening its citizens with “the magic
of her silvery voice.” Bailey, and his company, were
at Athens at our last accounts. Sucqpsf to his efforts.
0?" William Rclclen, of Virginia, has been appointed
by the President, Treasurer cf the United States, in
place of John Campbell, superceded.
Hr A steam-boat called the General Clinch, was;
launched in Charleston last week. She is 130 feet in
length, by 24 in breadth, and is intended for the South- |
ern trade. She was built by Mr. Poyas, and is ow ned :
by Messrs. O. B. Hilliard and J. P. Brooks.
Hr There are one thousand five hundred and fifty
five newspapers an J periodicals published in the United
States, and of that number about thirty-five are publish
ed in this State.
Hr A Boston Yankee has discovered a. mode of
manufacturing a combustible liquid, which will burn
more brilliant than oil—and w hich emits no smoke or
gas—and the light will he as brilliant at four o’clock in
the morning ns at eight in the evening. The Journal
states that he has made a proposal to Government to
furnish material for lighting all the light houses of our
coast with this brighter and more uniform light, and at
an expense certainly not exceeding what is now paid
for oil. An experiment is now in progress at the Bos
ton light house.
DCr John Jacob As'or, who has a little property w-qrth
about fifteen millions of dollars, has given it as his de
liberate opinion, after considerable reflection, that “a
man with five hundred thousand dollars i9 as well off
as a rich man.” So says the New-York Whig.
Hr William Kennedy, one of the sweetest of living
Ei ghsh poets, and J. Appleton Jewett, Esq. author of
“Passages in Foreign Travel," arc at present in New-
York. The latter gentleman has become a resident of
that city.
Two wagons with an escort of eight men left Fort
Frank Brooke, Dead man’s Bay, on Monday morning
Inst, anil after proceeding near half the distance io Fort
Andrews, Henderson, the Hospital Stewart, with five
men were firedon bya party of Indians from a hammock
near the road. Henderson and Parks feU dead. The
horse ot another »f the escort being shot, fell and en-
I tangled the leg ol his rider in such a manner as to pre
vent his rising. On the near approach of the Indians,!
1 the horse rose, hi* ri er at the same lime remounting,
i was horn oil to die partv and the three joined the
wagons. One man being sent hack to Fort Frank
Brooke, returned with an increased force. They found
: the body of Park* horribly mutilated, hi* eyes dog out,
his throat cui, and other ihu«tmg outrages eomtmtted
!on In* body. The body of Henderson had been n-rno
, Veil, and could mil lie found. The enemy was trailed
-wunc distance witliout finding them. Scouts are still'
:in pursuit. [Tallahassee Floridian, July #7. |
11N POST.
I OUR DAILY.
We again call the attention of our citizens to the
Prospectus of tho “Macon Daily Advertiser,” to be
found in another column of this day’s paper. Should
we fail to establish (for want of patronage at the hands
if our business men,) a daily print in this city, we feel
confident it will be several years before a like attempt
will be made by any one. Every one appears to be
| anxious for its success, and yet a number have refused
I o place their names upon the list until the publication
| 3 commenced. We are not disposed to undertake so
| arduous a task, without some proof of success—and
! t!| ke occasion again to repeat that unless two hundred :
| subscribers are guaranted to us in the city, it will be'
j impossible for us to attempt its publication. The Pros
! pectus can be found in our Reading Room, to which
we respectfully invite all who feel an interest in the un
dertaking, to attach their names.
,
53* ‘ The Nephenthes” is the title of a very neat
little paper recently established at Irwinton, Alabama,
Levi T. Wellborn editor and proprietor.
_
03* Edward V. Davis, a journeyman printer, is nom
inated for Congress, in the Attakapas district in Louis
iana.
DIED.
At the residence of his mother, in Monroe countv, on
'the 23d July, WILLIAM S. C. REID, Esq., in the
37th s‘ear of hi3 age. He was born in Hancock coun
ty, and received his education in the University at Mount
Zion. He completed his study of the Law nt New Ha- \
ven, Conn., and was admitted to the bar in Augusta, in j
1326, when he located in Clinton, and afterwards mo-1
ved to this city, where he resided till his death. Ilis!
acquirements as a Lawyer were very respectable, and I
his talents as a Speaker, of the first order, which secu- [
red him employment in many important cases, of both I
a civil and criminal character,
! On Thursday, the Ist instant, in this city, after an
! illness of seven or eight days, JOHN WILLIAMS,
j Esq. Mr. Williams contracted his disease in the lower
| counties, and finding himself very ill, and desiring to be
in file bosom of his family, he hastened to Macon, where
j he arrived exhausted with fatigue and disease, and sur
vived only one week. The 6ubje"t of this notice was
born on the 10th April, 1732, in Bertie county, North
' Carolina, from which State hi« fa’.heremigrntcd to Geor
gia when hts son was an infant. From his extreme
| youth at the period of his removal, he knew no oth
er State than Georgia as the land of his nativity, and
| throughout a longer life than is usually allotted to
man, he adhered to her interests with undeviating con
stancy. He was for many years a citizen of Baldwin
county, which county he twice represented in the Se
nate of the State, and subsequently was placed by the
Legislature at the head of the Treasury Department,
which office he filled with ability and fidelity. Endow
ed by nature with a vigorous intellect, and uniting there
to industry and frugality, he amassed a’large estate. —
Mr. Williams was distinguished for generosity and hos
pitality, and a friendship once formed, was never dis
solved, without just cause. He has left a widow and a
numerous family of children and grandchildren to mourn
his loss.
Benevolent mid .Mutual Aid Association.
53* Honorary Members, and Members of the Asso
ciation are particularly requested to attend n meeting
This Evening, 3 1 ins’ant, at 8 o’clock, at the room in
the basement of the Presbyterian Church. It is ex
pected every number will attend, as business preparatory
to the celebration of the anniversary of the Association,
will be submitted to them.
By Order or the Stamwno Committm.
August 3
METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER—IB39.
[communicated for The southern post.]
8| 12 4 1 Weather.
JULY 1 751 80 OORain.
2 76 7'J 80 Rain.
3 771 82 82; Fair.
4 78 8t 87: Fair.
5 751 80 84; Fair.
6 73, 82 84 Fair and pleasant.
7 73| 78 741 Rain.
8 741 81 811 Fair.
9j 75 83 87 Fair.
10, 78 85; 90 Fair.
11 791 83! 92, Fair.
12 81 86 | 90 Fair.
13 79 83; 83!Cloudyand Rain.
14 771 80 80 Cloudy and Rain.
15 74 80 81 Fair.
16 72 81 82 ; Fair.
17 75 83 84'Fair.
18 77 83 83 i Cloudy.
19 73 86 ; 85 Cloudy and Rain,
20 77 83 861 Fair.
21 78 BS| 82 1 Showers.
22 79, p,7 86, Fair.
23- 811 89 90 ; Fair.
21! 81 89 921 Fair.
25 82 89 93; Fair.
26 81 90 94'Fair.
27! 82 ;93 94 Light Showers.
28 791 851 83 Fair.
29i 771 Bti 83| Fair.
30 791 87 90! Fair.
31 j 811 901 91 Fair.
Hr We are authorized to announce EDWARD D.
TRACY", Esq. as a candidate for the Senate, from
Bibb count}-, at the Election in October next. 33
STWe are authorized to announce NA
THANIEL EELLS as Candidate for Clerk of the
Inferior Court, nt the election in January next. *
Hr We are authorized to announce JOHN
11. OFF ITT as a Candidate for Clerkship of the
Inferior Court of Bibb county, at the election in Janu
ary next. 30
Hr THOMAS J. SAFLSBFRY, is a Can
didate for Clerk of the Inferior Court of Bibb county nt
the ensuing election. 31
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Tuesdays, Thursdays and 1 Sundays, Tuesdays and
Saturdays, at 6, P. M. | Thursdays, at 6, I*. M.
HAWKINSVILLE AND FLORIDA MAILS.
Mondays, Wednesdays & I Mondays, Wednesday* &
Saturday*, at 12, I*. M. | Saturday*, at 6, P. M.
TEIDMONT, ATHENS AND CHEROKEE MAILS.
Close Monday*, Wednesday* and Saturdays, at 6
o’clock, P. M. K. TYNER, r. m.
WANTED,
TVOTES of the Ranks of Charleston, Hamblin*, Ba
iv vannali arid August*, and Specie, fi>r which a
premium will lie paid. The following will he purcha
►cd at a fair discount i Notes of the Alabama Banks,
i Darien. Bank of Florida, and Life and Trust Compa
ny of Florida.
I Checks on New York, for sate by
> JOHN T. ROWLAND
August 3 41a
I. !’■ A XV. F. Company.
IY'TEFT at your Engine House on Monday Even
, ing next, August srh at 8 o’clock. An election
for Assistant Foreman will be held to fill the vacancy
occasioned by the resignation of C. R. Hanleiter. j
MILLS, Secretary.
August 3 4j r
EXECUTOR’S SALES.
A GREEABLE to the last will and testament of 1
Tm. Churchill Gibson, deceased, will bh sold in For
syth, Monroe county, on the first Tuesday in October!
next, the premises of said deceased, whereon lie resided
at the time of his death, consisting of four squares of.
Land, about one half of which is under cultivation and j
the remainder well timbered, lying three miles from
Forsvth, on the road leading from thence to Zehulon. 1
On the premises are a large and commodious two story
Frame Dwelling, well finished, all necessary out houses,
a Grist Mill, and fine Orchnrds of various kinds of fruit.
ALSO,
Will be so'd, in Perry, Houston county, on the first;
Tuesday in November next, nine Lots of Land in the j
Tenth District of said county, belonging to the estate;
of Churchill Gibson, deceased—about 750 acres areun-;
der cultivation, the most of which is newly cleared, and !
nil under good fences. On one of said lota is a coin- j
sortable Dwelling House, with all necessary out houses. ;
Said lots will he sold in parrels to suit purchasers
Persons wishing to buv are relerrcd to Gen. B. 11. Ru
therford and Maj N. If. Beal, near the premises, who
will show the land, and give any information in regard 1
to titles. Terms made known on the days of sale.” h
REUBEN WRIGHT, Executor.
53" The Telegraph and Messenger will copy the
above.
Augus' 3 4lt ß j
Lottery of Paintings.
f IUIE undersigned proposes to distribute, by way of
Lottery, on Saturday, the 17ih of August next, in j
this City, NINE PAIN TINGS, two of which will be
Portraits of tho successful adventurers, and respectful
ly invites the attention of the public to the following'
scheme :
2 Portraits, $260
1 Victoria, (after Paris,) 100
1 Sleeping Beauty, (after'Byron,) 50 j
1 Gtfhiare, do. 50
1 Theresa, do. 50
1 Leonora, do. 30
1 Dudu, do. 30
) Mora, do. 30
9 Prizes, 540
103 Tickets, at $5, $5lO
Those numbers drawingthe prizes Portraits, will en
title the holders of such to a likeness of themselves,
provioed they will sit for the same whenever called up-I
on. The Portraits will be painted tho usual size, and !
after the Artist’s best style. Frames are not to be in
cluded, but will lie furnished to such as may want them,!
at the usual prices, so soon as they are obtained.
Those tickets drawing (he other prizes will entitle the
holders to such Painting ns may be drawn to its num
ber ; and should the holders of such prizes wish to have ,
their Portraits taken, the Pictures will lie received in
part payment, nt the prices estimated in the scheme.
There being 108 Tickets nnd 9 Prizes, there will he
99 Blanks. The undersigned will receive each ticket
dtawn a blank at the value of S2O in Portrait Painting,
provided that not more than one blank be applied to
wards the Painting of any one Portrait; and provided
also, the holders of such blanks present themselves and i
demand compliance with this proposal - within the ten
dans succeeding the Drawing.
Should the whole number of Tickets not be told by
the 17th of August next, the drawing of the LOTTE- j
RY will be postponed until the Tickets arc all sold, of;
w hich public notice will be given ; as also at what place
the Lottery will be drawn, one week before the draw-,
ing.
The Drawing will take place tinder the inspection of
Gentlemen whose character and standing in ibis com
munity will afford abundant testimony that it will be
conducted-in a fair and honorable manner.
Specimens of some of the above Paintings may be
seen at the Painting Rooms every day, Sundays except
ed, between the hours of 10 A. M. and 4 P. M , where
Tickets may be bought for the CASH ONLY.
THE ARTIST.
Macon. July 2J __ 40
FOOD FOB THE MIND.
mmm :rjoo« mwowi I
MM IE subscriber would respectfully inform his friends!
X and the community in general, that he has remov
ed from Milledgev lie, and permanently located himself J
in this place, two doors South of the Washington Hall,
on Mulberry-strcet, at the stand formerly occupied by
Win. 11. Burdsall, ann lately by A. McArn, where he
intends carrying on the BOOK and FANCY BUSI
NESS on the mostreanonuble terms ; and he flatters
tiimself, if the peopleiw.il call and * (amine his stock
that tl iv will he eonvneed that he cun sell as low as
can be bought at any house this side of New York., !
Among hisgtsck may be found a generalassortment
of Elite, Medical, Miscellaneous nnd School BOOKS;
GLOBES, MATS and CHARTS; Mathematical In
struments ; Record and Blank Bonks of all kinds, j
Paper, Ink, Quills, Inkstands; Printing, Visiting and
Playing Cards ; Steel Pens, Fine Cutlery, Silver Pen-;
cils, Purses, Pocket-books, Banker’sCaecs, Ladies’ '■
Work-boxos; ladies’and gentlomen’s Dressing Cases-i
Dissected Maps, Spelling P"ZI!eS, ttnd a large assort
ment ot 10 it* „>r childien ; Fancy and Drawing Pa-
P rr , Eiistol Boards, Paints, Varnish, India Ink, Brush
es tor Painting ; Gentlemen’s fine Hair, Shaving, Nail,
'Tooth, Whisker and Clothes Brushes; Writing and
Travelling Desks ; Wilson’s Manifold Letter Writer,
with the art of despatching 1,2,3 or 4 letters with a sin
gle stroke of the pen—a very useful article for all busi-1
ness men.
Cologne, Florida, Lavender and Bay Wafers ; JWilk
of Roses, Rouge ; Ladies’ Curls, Head Ornaments, &c.
Violins, Accordians, Music Boxes-; the most celebrated
MUSIC for Pianos ; Card and Cigar Cases ; Tobacco
and Snuff Boxes, 4 c &e.
53" All New Fiiblications will be received aa
soon ns they are issued from the press.
The above goods have all been selected fresh in New j
York this fall, and are of the best binding and mater
ials. A liberal discount will be made to gentlemen
and teachers buying by the quantity, for their libraries ,
and schools. By a close application to business, and a
desire to aeomodate, I hope to merit a portion of the
patronage of this liberal community.
Q. A. ELLS.
November 17 ly-i
CASTINGS, BL ACKSMITHING, Ac.
A LL kinds of CASTINGS, MILL INKS, GUD
J-M. GEONS, &c , of Iron or Composition, east to
order, at short notice. Patterns will be furnished, if
necessary.
All kinds of MACHINERY made or repaired.
53" The highest price will be given for Old Coppci
Brass, and Cast Iron.
A. D. & I. F. BROWN,
March 9 20tf Near the Baptist Church.
GOLD INK,
\ beautiful article for Artists, Schools, Private Fami
lies, Bankers, Merchants, &c. This Ink, when
written with, has the appearance of- Gold. It can be
used either with a quill, siell pen, or a fine hair brush.
Ladies will fin.i it for Ornamental Painting, Visiting
Cards, Ac., to be superior to any similar article which
has ever been introduced to the notice of the public.—
Por sale by J. H. & W. K. ELLIS,
T an. 26 |4 By appointment.
PLANING MACHINE.
FO3HE Subscribers respectfully inform the public that
A their PLANING MACHINE is now in full ope
ration, and that they arc prepared to plane, tongue and
groove any think ness, from J to 2} inches, ns well as
wcather-lioarding, and other plank, from 2 to 13 inch
cs in width.
SASH, BLINDS, DOORS, &e. made to order, at
the shortest notice. A. D & I. F. BROWN,
March 9 20tf Near the Baptist Church.
PLANTATION FOR SALE, ~
C CONTAINING 750 acres of Land, mixed with oak
> and pine; there are 125 acres iti n good state of
cultivation, a good Dwelling House with all necessary
out houses, situated 2 miles from Byron, 6 mile* from
Albany, and 2 miles from Palmyra. All necessary in
formation respecting the land can be obtained nt tin
plantation. Persons wishing to purchase would do well
to call.
WASHINGTON WOOLBRIGHT.
Hr The Editor* of the Southern Spy w ill please give
this two insertion*.
June 1 32 f
months after di'e. application will he made
- to titer Honorable Inferior Court of Twigs:* coun
ty, whil* aitimg for ordinary purposes, ('.«■ leave to sell
die Negro belonging to die estate »i Thomas Korn.
late of said county, deceased.
CHARLES C- WHITEHEAD, Adm’r
I June | tl
the cure of White Suellintrs, Scrofulous amt
other Tumors, Ulcers, So e Ireg., old and fresh
Hound*, Sprains and Bruises, Swellings and Inflama
lions, Sail Iliad, Women's Sore lireists, Rheumatic
Pains, Tillers, Emotions, ChilLinns, Whitlows, Biles,
Corns, and External Diseases generally It ig likewise
greatly superior to any medidne heretofore discovered
lor the chafted backs and limbs of horses—for ring
worms, chapped lips,—and in short for every external
bodily evil that may fall to the lot of man or breast.
The following certificate was received by Dr Hard*
to t, in answer to a letter addressed to his" excellency
An Irew JucKson,
n cv t,. ,■, . Washington,-April Tlh, 1835..
■ lA-ar bir—l dislike giving certificates, as owing to
the position in which lam placed, it might leave me
op; t to an unpleasant number of applications Never
the'ess my thankfulness in the present instance com
pal i me to say that my servant has used your ointment
upo i the hurt you referred to, with the most manifest
: auvantage, and has discarded all pthcr remedies in its
i favor.
Your ointment has been for some time most favora-
I bly known to srie, though the thought never struck me
:to apply it in the above case. My first knowledge of
its virtues, commenced with a very complete cure that
j it performed on the back of one of my horses, w hich*
had been sadly chafed by harness, and since then j
have frequently tested its efficacy in matters of the
same nature. On the whole 1 think it a very excellent
preparation.
Yours, &c. ANDREW JACKSON.
Boston, Jan. 7, 1837.
Dear Sir —I have to request of you to forward me
two hundred boxes of ointment, by the most immediate
conveyance, nnd without regard to the expense of car
riage, us lam quite out, and much in want of if. You
know my estimation of vour invaluable discovery, and
therefore I shall only add, that further experience has
increased my enthusiasm, nnd established me in the
opinion, that it is superior to any remedy extant for
external disease. Respectfully yours.
CHARLES I*. EMMERSON, M. D;-
Albany, July 9'/i, 1837.
To Doctor Harrison—Sir, I use your Specific Oint
ment in my practice and cordially recommend if ns a
most efficient remedy for Tumors, Ulcers, White
Swellings, Scrofula, Rheumatic Pains. Chapped Face,
Lips and Hands; and for general external complaint*.
I w rote this at the request of your agent here, who fur
nishes me with the article and am pleased to have it in
my po**'er to award honor to merit.
RUFUS R. BEACII, M. D-
For sale by
IIARVEY SHOTWELL.
July 27 40y T
DIVIDEND No. 5.
Mo.nroe Rail Road and Banking Company, )
Macon, July 25, 1839. )
THE Board of Directors of this institution has this
day declared a Dividend for the last six months of
Three Dollars per share on the capital stock between
Macon and Forsyth, and a proportional's rate on- the
Extension, above Forsyth. The same will be paid
to Stockholders or their legal representatives, ou and
after the first of August.
JEREMIAH LEAK, Cashier-
July 27 40
SPUING FASHIONS.
* SUMMER ITATS.
r J~'IIE subscriber respectfully informs his customers do
X lrtends that ho has now on hand, nnd in proees*
of manufacture, the finest assortment of Black and’
White Summer Hats ever before offered in ibis city,-
consisting in part of the iidlovving .-
8 dozen super Drab Beaver Hats, broad brims
10 do do do do do medium brim*
10 do do do Beaver Naps, w ide & medium
20 do do White Russia Naps, do do
25 do do do plain Russia Hats, broad
25 do do do do do medium
2"» do do do do do fashionable
20 do second quality plain White Hats, with wide
brims, warranted all fur, at three dollar*
20 do fine Black Moleskin Silk Hats, warrittUed
fur bodies, nt less than New York prices
With a large assortment of Gentlemens, Youths nnd
Childrens fine Leghorn, Manilla & Palm Leaf HATS.
Together with tt fine assortment of Youths and In
fants Cloth nnd Velvet CAPS, of the latest styles, all
of which are offered on the very lowest terms for cash
or good pay customers. Purchasers are respectfully
invited to call and examine before purchasing.
GEORGE A. KIMBERLY,
Sign of the Big Hat, .Mulberry street..
March 16 21
i* n o spec t u s
FOR rUBLIfITING IN THE CITY OF MACON, A DAILT MORN
ING NEW-STATER, TO COMMENCE ON MONDAY, THE
SECOND OF SEPTEMBER, 1839, ENTITLED
The Macon I>aily Advertiser.
r 3AHE r.ubscriliers, ever anxious to advance the in
torests of Macon, and to contribute their mite to
ward the amusement and instruction of he* citizens
propose to publish a small DAILY PAPER, bearing
the above title, and to commence at the time specified,,
unless the patronage extended to it will warrant its ap
pearance nt an earlier period.
They well know the great expense, labor and trou
ble attending such a publication, but feel confident a
paper of the kind is essentially necessary to the grow
ing importance of Macon, and the surrounding coun
try: they arc satisfied the Commercial portion of our
citizens desire a daily medium of communication with
the public ; that their facilities are cramped, and her
importance greatly underrated, for the want of such a
print; and that they will not suffer the undertaking t»-
perish for the want of sufficient patronage at their
hands.
The Macon Daily Advertiser is published with a
view to the Commercial interest of Macon, and Inter--
nal Improvements, generally. It will also lend its aid
to advance and encourage the Mechanical, Agricultu
ral and Manufacturing interests of the State. In short,,
no labor will be spared, on our part, to render it a wel
come visiter, not only to the Merchant, the Farmer, and
the Mechanic, but the Literary, Miscellaneous and
General reader, it will otherwise constitute a channel
of useful knowledge and general information.
All the Commercial Intelligence of importance, both.
Domestic and Foreign, wii! be summed up, under the
proper head, so as to afford our Mercantile patrons ev
ery description of News which they can desire, at the
earliest moment. A correct Review' of all the impor
tant Markets, and of our own, shall appear weekly.
Arrangement* will also he made that will enable ar
to furnish a correct Shipping List daily, containing the
Arrivals, Clearances, Departures, itc., of vessels at
and from the ports of Savannah, Charleston, N. York,,
&c. <tc., together with the Arrivals at, and Departures
from, this place.
In addition to other matters, a daily Report of the
Receipts of Cotton in our Market shall appear.
CITY N EWS —Under this head all matters and oc
currences ol interest, of every character, relating to; or
transpiring within the city, will be faithfully recorded.
TO ADVERTISERS, both of the city and country,-
we shall reserve a large portion of our sheet. On them
we shall depend mainly for sunporr, and pledge our
selves to keep an eyesir.gle to their interests as well as
our own.
Terms:—F’or subscription, pet annum, $8 00; sub
scription, for six months, S5 00; subscription, for one
month, 21 00; to be paid invariably on the.delivery of
the first number.
Single copies, 134 cents. Orders from a distance
must come post-paid, or they will not receive attention.*
No paper will be sent to any person residing outof the'
city, unless the Cash accompany the order, or a rt-"
sponsible city reference is given.
All Advertising accounts must be settled monthly.
TENDLETON & HANLEITER.
June 31839 _
liOST VOTE. "
fIIEN DAYS AFTER DATE, I promise to pay ter
5 VS’. C. F’arrurnorc, nr hearer, three hundred dole
Inrs, for value received, thi* 10th April, 1839.
G. H. SIMMS.
GEORGIA, Bibb County.
Before nr, personaHe appealed Jainuel Wilkinson,
who being sv. orn, satin that he woo in pnweMion of
the original Note, of which the nlmve is * copy in »uh
•tancr ti.at lie irudid for ihe **id lime from Mid
I’iiridlllore, and that he Low feet said Note—-that (aid
Note has not been paid, nor ha* it been negotiated by
ihi* deponent in any manner whs lever, to any |*crson
wbomaoev.r. LEMUEL WILKINSON.
Fworn |o and »üb« ril.e l before me, ibis fob May,
l«W WJf. CUM.MING, J. I*i
Mi| « 3mIH