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THE sanffEisiaiasj i?®©?? . la published in the city of Macon every Saturday j Morning, at three dollars in advance, four dollars after three months— two dollars for six months— and mailed l o country subscribers by the earliest mnili enveloped by good strong wrappers, with legible direc tions. Hr No subscription received for a less period than six months—and no paper discontinued, until all arrears are paid. Alferti'ements not exceeding twelve lines will be in serted at $1 00 for the first insertion, and 50 cents fo r each continuance —larger ones in proportion. Persons wishing to advertise by the year must call at the office a.nd make an agreement to that effect. st^Advertise ments not limited when handed in, will be inserted till forbid, and charged accordingly. S3r Any person forwarding a test dollar bill, (post paid,) shall receive four copies, for one year, to be sent to diTereut persons, as directed. tty- Letters, on business, either to the Publisher of Editor, must come post paid to insure attention. 53- We ere authorized to announce EDWARD D TRACY, Esq. as a candidate for the Senate, from Bibb county, at the Election in October next. 33 CT We are authorized to announce NA THANIEL EELLS as Candidate for Clerk of thf. Inferior Court, at the election in January next. * $Cr We are authorized to announce JOHN 11. OFFJJTT as a Candid ite for Clerkship of the inferior Court of Bibb county, at the election in Janu ary next. * 30 j »-THO)HS J. BAIJL3BURY, is a Can didate for Clerk of the Inierior Court of Bibb county at he ensuing election. 31 31 AIL ARKAMGEMEKTS. EASTERN MAIL. DUE I CLOSES Daily, at 4 o’clock, P. M. I Daily, at 9 o’clock, P. M. WESTERN MAIL. Daily, at 7 o’clock, P. M. 1 D.tly, et 2 o’clock, P. M. savannah— direct. M>n leys, We Inesdays Mondays, Thursdays a-d pud Sai.trda-.-s, at Soturdnvs, at 9, P. M 6 o’clock, P. M. Also, on Tuesdays, via. Augusta, at 9, P. M. DARIEN MAIL. Same as the Savannah. | Same as the Savannah. FOR=riH MAIL. Tuesday*, Thursdays and 1 Sundays, Tuesdays and S tturdavs, a* 6, P. M. | Thursdays, at 6, P. M. HAWKINSVILLE AND FLORIDA MAiLS. M mdays. We inesdays & I Mon-'ays, Wednesdays Si Saturdays, at 12. P. M. | Saturdays, at 6, P. M. PEIDMONT, ATHENS AND CHEROKEE MAILS. Close Motidajs, Wednesdays an Saturdays, at 6 o’clock, P. M. K. TYNER, f. m. Isolterij of Paintings. THE undersigned proposes t> distribute, by way of L > ten , nn Saturday, the 17h ol August next, in this C"y. NINE PAINTINGS, two of which will be P irtrai’S o'' the successful adventurer*, and respectful ly invites the attention of the pjblic to the following SCHEME : 2 Portraits, S2OO 1 Victoria, (after Paris,) 100 1 S’eepi tg Beauty, (ifter'Byron,) 51 1 G iloare, and >. 5) 1 Tuert-n, do. 5) 1 Leonora, do. 3) 1 Did-, di. 31 1 Mora, do. 30 9 Prizes, 510 103 Tickets, at 05, Sold Those number* Irawingt’ne p-izes Portraits, will en title the hollers of su--!i t 1 a likeness of themselves, nrovi iad they will sit for the same whenever ended up on The PjVrrts will !-e pai Ped the usual size, and nfrer the Ar ist’t he*t style. Frames are not to bp in cluded, Imt will he furni*he I to such a* may want them, mt the usual prices, so soon as thev are obtained. Those ticket i drawing the oilier pri :es will entitle the holders to such Painting as may he drawn to its num ber ; an 1 should the holders of such prizes wish to have their Portraits taken, the Pictures will be received in part payment, oi the prices estimated in the scheme. | Tup re being 103 TANARUS: -Rets and 9 Prizes, there wi 1 be | 99 Blank*. The i . .lersigned will receive each ticket | di awn a Han't at the value-of 320 in Portrait Painting, 1 provided that not more than one blank he applied to wards the Painting id aov one Portrait: and provided also, 'he holders of such blanks present thein«< Ives and demand compliance with this proposal within the ten di $ succeed-ng the Drawing. S-vulJ the whole number of Tickets not be sold bv the 17th -if August nex', the drawing ot the LOT TE RY will he postponed until ihe T ekets are all sold, of which public no'ice will he given ; as al*n at what place the L i-.tery will be drawn, one week before the draw n The D awing wiM tnke place under the inspection of Gentlemen wb»*e characier a id standing in this com munity will a!T.r I abundant testimony that it will be conducted in a fair and honorable manner. ! Specimens of Sam" <>f 'he ah ivc Printings may he seen at the Pain'ing R-)om« everyday, Sundavs except ed, between 'he hours of 10 A M. and 4 P. ill, where Tickets may be bought for the CA ’!j.jj£* N^r| ST Macon, July 27 40 PROSPECTUS FOR PUBLISHING IN THE CITY OF MACON, A DAILY MORN ING NBJVSPAPEK. TO COMMENCE ON MONDAY, TIIE SECOND OF SEPTEMBER, 1339, ENTITLED The Hlacon Daily Advertiser. riMIE subscribers, ever anxious to advance tbe in- E teresis of .Vlaco:-, and to contribute their mite to-- ward the n'H’i*e r nent and instruction of tier eitizens propose to publish a small DAILY PAPER, hearing the above title, and to commence at the time specified, unless the patronage extenoed to it will warrant jts ap pearance at an earlier period. They well know the great expense, labor nnd trou b’e attendin'* such a publication, but feel confident a paper of the kind essentially necessary to the grow mg imp iriance of Macon, nnd ihe surrounding cour try : they are satisfied the Commercial portion of our citizens desire a daily medium of communication with the public ; that their facilities are cramped, and her imp >-lance greatly underrated, for the want ol such a print; and that they w ill no» suffer the undertakiii** to perish for the want of sufficient patronage at their Land*. Tiie Macon Daily Advertiser is published with a v'ew to the Commercial in crest of Macon, nnd Inter nal Improvements, ge terallv. I? will a!<o lend its aid to advance and encourage the Mechanical, Agricul'it ra! und Manufacturing interests of the Stale. In short, no labor will be spared, on our part, to render it a wel come v.si'er, not onlv to the Merchant, the Former, and the Mechanic, but the I.ikrarv, Miscellaneous and General render. It will otherwise constitute a channel, of useful knowledge and general information. All the Commercial In'elligence of importance, hath Djtnest'c and Foreign, will he summed up, under the p-oper head, so as so afford our Mercantile patrons ev ery description of Ne"“ v.h-ch the'- can desire, at the earliest moment. A correct Review- of all the impor-. taut Markets, and of our own, shall appear weekly. Arrangements will also he mnde that will enable us to furnish a correct SVnning Li=t daily, containing the Arrivals, Clearances, Departures. &c, of vessels at j and from the ports of Sivannah, Charleston, N. York, See. &e., together with the Arrivals at, and Departures fro n, this place- In addl*i"’> to other mat'ers. a dailv Report of the Receipts of C' -on in our Maiket shall appear. CITY NEV.'S—Under this head all matters and oc currences ol mt< res’, of everv character, relating to. or transpiring within the city, will be faithfully recorded. TO ADVERTISERS, both of the citv and country, j we shall re-erve a large portion of our sheet. On them , we shall depend mainly for support, and pledge our selves to keep an eyesingte to their interests ns well as our own. Terms—For subscript'm, Dei annum, 86 00; sttb emp'ion. for six months. *5 00, su’.scrip'ion, for on* mon'h, 81 00; to be paiJ invariably on the delivery o'; the first number. , Single copies, 12i cents. Orders from s distance roust come p-w’-pa’d, or they wi*l not reeeive attention N-> pnpet will be *e it to ans person residing nut of tin city, u-dess -he Cash rceompanv the order, or a re ■poflfibta city reference is given. AH Advertising accounts must be settled monthlv. PENDLETON Sl HANLEITER. Juna 6,1333 ilpttf ffmt IJWf© BY r. C. PENDLETON. VOL. 11. Unexampled Mammoth Scheme, f THE following details of a Scheme nf a Lottery, to be drawn in Decemlier next, warrants us in de claring it to 1 e UNPARALLELED in the historv ot Ln"er'eS. Prizes to the amount have never b fore been offered to the public It is true, there are many blanks, b it on the orla-r hand, the extremely low charge of 20 Dot'll s per Ticket —the Value and Aaler of the Capitals, a nJ the revival of the good old custom of war ranting that every prize shall he drawn and sold, wiil, wc are «ure, give universal satisfaction, and espec.aiiy to the Sir Hundred Prize Holders. Toth ose deposed to adventure, we recommend ear- j ly application being made to us .‘or Tick' 'a— vhen the prizes are nil sold, blanks only remain—.he first hov ers have the be«t chance. VVe, the relore, c.nphat-ca'- lv say—DELAY NOT! but at once re.nut and truns- \ lirii to us yonr orders, which shall always receive our immediare attention. Letters to he addressed, «nd ap plications made, to SYLVESTER Sl CO, j 155 Broadway, New York tCr Observe the Numlier, 15G. 8700,000 I! I @509,000 ! I 825,900 t 6 Prizes of *20,9-90. 2 Prizes of 815,090. 3 Ptizcs of 810,090. GRAND REAL ESTATE AND BANK STOCK LOTTERY, Os Properly si Ida led in New Orleans. DOT The rich'-st and most magnificent Scheme ever presented to the public in this or any other country. TICKETS ONLY S2O. Authorized bv an Act of the Legislative Assembly of Florida, ad under the D.rectioos of the Commis sioners, a- ti ig under the same, TO BE DEAV7N AT JACKSONVILLE, FLORI DA, December Ist, 183). SCHMIDT & HAMILTON. Managers. SYLVESTER & CO., 156 Broadway, New York, S >le Agents. No Comhinn'ion Numtnrt.’l! 100,00) Ticket* from No. 1 npwa-ls, in succession. The Deeds of '>.-pertv and the Stock transferred in trust to the Commissioners appointed by the satu Act of the legislature of Florida, for tile security of the Prize Holders. SPZ.2NDID SCHBUSB!!! 1 Prize—The Arcade—2 46 fee*, 5 inches, 4 lines, on Mag iz’tie street; 101 feet, il in che ', on Navhez.nn-et: 126 fret, 6 inch es, on Gravter sfn-r*—Retired at about 537,000 per annum—Valued at £700,000 ; l Pr.ze—City Ho e 1—169 feet o-i Common sires*, Ii 6 feet 6 inches on Cmnp street— Rented at s2s,|>o'J —Valued at 590,000 IPi ze—Dwel.i'ig House (adjoiningthe Ar cade N ). 16, 24 teet 7 inches front on Natchez street —Rented at £l2oo—Va lued at 20,000; 1 P'-:ze—Ditto (adj -ini' g the Arcade) No. 18, 2! li-et fro it on Natchez street —Rent- ed at sl2o)—Vahied at 20,000 J 1 Prize—Ditm (adjoining the Arca-V) No. •20, 23 'opt f. m o i Natchez street —Rent- ed at *l2oo—Valued at 20,900 1 Pnzi —Dm —No 23, Nor’lieast cor-orof Basin and Custom tlou-e strep'; 40 feet front on Basin, and 40 feet on Franklin street, b • 127 feet deep in Cus'om House street —Re’*ed at slsoo—Valued at 20,000 1 Prize —D.tro —No. 24. South west corner "f Basin and Custom Tloii«e street, 22 fee' 7 inches on Ba-i \ 31 feet 7inchesun Frank lin, 127 fpet 10J inches tlrep in front of Custom House street —Rented at £lsoo— at 20,000 1 Prize —Dido—No. 330, 20 feet 9 inches on Royal stree', bv 127 lieet 11 inches deep— Rented a' $l4O0 —Valued at 15,000 l Prize—2so shares Ccnal Bank Stock, SIOO each 25,000! 1 Ditto—2oo ditto Com. do. do. 20,000; 1 Ditto—lso ditto Mechanics' and Traders’ do. do. 15.000 1 Ditto —tOO do. City Bank do. di. 10,000 1 Ditto—loo do. do. do. do. do. 10,000 1 Ditto—loo do. do. do. do. do. 10.000 1 D'tt-> —50 do. Exchange Bank do. do. 50;,0 l Ditto—so do. do. do. Hu. do. s'*oo 1 Ditto —25 do. Gas Light Bank and >. do. 2500 1 Ditto—2s do. do. do. do. d.>. do. £599 1 Ditto—ls do. Mechanics' and Traders' do do. 15)3 1 D ! 'to —ls do do. do. do. 1500 20 Ditto—each 10 shares of the Louisiana State Ban -, SIOO eat li, each prize SIOOO, 20,000 10 D'lto—eacn 2 shares of SIOO each, each prize S2OO, of t'-c Go I.'i'ht Bank, 2000 200 Ditto —each 1 share of SIOO, of the Bank of Louisiana, 20,000 200 Ditt. —each 1 share of SIOO, of the New Orlpan* Bank, 20,000 15-9 Ditto—each 1 share of SIOO, of the Union B iak of Florida, 35.000 i GJO Prizes. $1,399,900 The whole of the Ti. kc*-, with their Numbers, a* also th >se con-nining the Prizes, will he examined and sealed bv the Commissioners appointed under the Act, previously lo their being pa’ into the wheels. One wheel will contain the whole of the Numbers, the "thpr will contain the Six Hundred Prizes, nnd ihe fi.-s 609 Num bers that shall he drawn out, will he entitled to such Prize as nviv iie drawn to its niiinfo r, i.nd the fortunate [ holders of such Prizes will have such p-nper'v transfer- j red to them immediately after the drawing, un neum bered, nnd without any Deduction! Editors of ever Paper in me United Sia'es, in the West Indies, m Canad", and other of the Br.tisli Province®, are re-pies'ed to insert the above, aecsir.id ing trdvernsement, until the Ist of De<*ciiil**»r next, and to send their account to us, together with a paper con-1 laining the a-'venisement. SYLVESTOR & CO., 153 Broadway, New York. June 15 34 OCHWUIGEt STEAM-BOAT COM PA NY.! INCORPORATED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF GEORGIA, IN 1835 por the transportation and Insurance of Mer chandise and Produce, between Sava.nak and Darien’, and Darien and Macon —j touching at Hutekinsville, and the principal Landings. TN IIIS Company will run their Steam-boats as high . up as Macon us long as the state of ihe River will admit; and fir low stages of the wrers they have pro vided, and are now running Po!e«boats ol such ligh draft of wa'er as will admit them to run n: any stage o the Ri"er, which are towed up by their S'eam-boats two-thirds of the dis’anee, thereby grea’ly expediting the transportation es M rchandise during the Summer ind Fall seasons ; and their S'camrrs will be in com plete repair, and ready for business, as early as the Ri ver will admit. THEIR BOATS ARE I Steam-boat Comet, Captain Brently, Steam-boat Alatamaha, Captair JMSaSgSg Taylor, * Steam-boat Ochmulgee, Captain Blankinship: And a large number of TOW-BOATS, which will be in c >mn!r-e repair. Fo* fiirhev inf>*m«*inn nnply to REV COTTON, Muon. J. W. LATHROP. HaV-jnsviHe, P'l R. YONGri A SON. Onrieu, WM P\TTEPSON T A TO., Ssvan-ah, M~ DO WELL. SHANNON A CO Cl arise*™, SCOTT, SH AFTER Sl MORRELL,N*«*York, Arents. July 14 m DBVOTED TO UTEHATUHE, INTERNAL I3!PR9VBMBNT, C39IMCHCS. AORIOULTUSS, FORSION AMD BOKESTIO NEWS. AMUSEMENT. Sec. Ac. TERMS I THREE DOLLARS, IN ADVANCE FOUR DOLLARS, AFTER THREE MONTHS. MACON, (Ga.) SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10, 1839. TO RENT," THREE Fire-prcof STORES, fronting on 3 d 'j -y-J ft reel; 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, ns to shelving and counters, to suit tenants. Those fronting on Third-street (directly opposite Messrs. Ren & Cot ion’s, and J Cowles, Esqr.’s ranges) are now readv for .(ccunancy, and possession immediately given. Timer on Cherry-street will he readv by the Ist of Octoher "ex'. Rent will he reasonable, and commence from Ist of October. Apply to DAVID RALSTON. N. B Several yon- airy ROOMS on the secon* 1 floor o. the above buildings, suitable for Lawyers Offices. ,»-.1l nl«o be rented. ' D. R. July 7 37tf yv-du *’ 4 v te3 to RENT, jgN ij_ A IIO T ’°E of four ..r more —cm®, wi'h • Gar dyn a'lcched to *h" p*eniises, in a central part of -he ci'v. Apply at this office, j June 2J 36 Jreri. TO T*F«fT, j j A comforahle DWELLING HOUSE, on Cherry s'reet, convenient .0 busiress, and in good repair. Apply to JOHN J. BENNETT. July 6 37rp —for sale, p' A handsome pair nf Match Horses. */'% 7,7 HAriVEY SHOTWELL. ' L — June 8 3 .V?*p Soda Fountain. COTTON AVENUE. SODA WATER and CARBONATED MEAD, of the first quality, for sale bv J. H. & W. S. ELLIS. July 13 33 PC. PENDLETON, is my authorized Agent. • Persons having business with me w ill plea*r call on him. E. L. STROHECKER. July 20. 39 PORTRAIT PAINTING. f jpHE SnWriher having permanently located him * self in this Civ, .aliens the pa outage of its citi zens. Ro up (where specimens may heecen) over W B. Parker’s. Store, op» -s. e the Central Hotel, will be open to visitets from 10 A. M. to * P M. COMPARET, Artist. Macon, April 20, 1339 26 LAW NOTICE. f I'HE undersic.ied will heresfter prac’iceLaw under I tiie firm and style ot McDONALD, POWERS & FR ANKLIN, and will o -uh-riv attend ihe Courts heretof-ire attended by McDonald &. po vers. Office over the Ocmu.get Bunk. c. j McDonald, a. P POWERS, Fel. 2 l)-tf L. FRANKLIN. Auction nnd Commission Business. FJSHE nndrrsigncd has commenced a regular busi I ness in the ah ne linv, and solicits the patronage of the public. Refer to M cssr*. Rea <V Cotton, Macon. “ Sc ut <fe-Morrell, New York. “ Win. Patterson &. C"., Savannah. Mr. Charles Hnrtrith-e, “ ‘ R ilier' Collins, Charleston. Messrs. Farrar &. Hayes, “ Mr. G. McLaughlin, Augusta. a. r. McLaughlin. N. B Sales may be expected on WEDNESDAY in each week, until lurther notice. Fe'> 16 17tf MONTPELIER SPRINGS. EVERY preparation is going forward to make this I one of ihe most desirable and fashionable water ing places in Georg : a On or liefore the 10 hos June the house will hr ready for the reception of v'siters.— The proprietor flu tie-® himself that from long ohserva ton in the best eating houses in the North, so give en tire satisfaction. This Medicinal Ppri ig is located 16 mi'es west of Macon and 6 miles from the Rail Road to Forsyth, and is celchra'ed for the cure of a gre.r variety of complaints, which it would lie unnecessary here to enumerate. The Baihs, which in ancient times were so much admired, are in fine order Visiters from below and about Muon, will find it most plensan' lo go by Rail Road nnd Carriage, which will run dailv to and troin theSpri-gs. T. B. GORMAN. Mav 25, 1839 31;f WANTED, of the Banks of Charleston, Hamburg, Sa -1 s vnnuah and Augusta, and Specie, for which a premium will be paid The following will be purcha sed at a fair discount: Notes "f the Alabama Banks. .rien. Bank of Florida, and L fe and Trust Compa ny of Fiorda. Checks on New York, for sale hv JOHN T. ROWLAND. August 341 e EXECUTOR’S SALES. A GREEABLE to Hie last will and testament of dm Churchill Gibson, deceased, will he sold in For syth, Monroe countv, on the first Tuesday in October nex 1 , tne premises of said deceased, whereon he resided at the time of his death, consisting of four squares of Lund, about one half of which is under cultiva ion and ; ihe remainder well tiuiht-red, lying three rules from i Forsyth, on the road leading from thence to Zehulon. I i O i the premises are- a la-gs and commodious twostorv | i Krone Dwelling, wellfi.nshed, all necessary out houses, 1 a Grist Mill, and fineOrt-foir: sos various kinds of fruit, i ALSO, | WII he sad, in Perry, Houstr n coun'y. on fl e first I Tuesday *n N jretnber ite :t, nine Lots of Land in the , I Tenth D s re! of saul <ojniy t helongi -t* to the -sta'e i of Churchill Gibs n, Jeccosei.—about *53 a--res nreun | der rul'ivatiou, -he most of which is newly cleared, nnd ! all under good fern es. O.i one of ■'aid lots is a com fortnii'e D telling House, with a'l necessary out houses. Slid lots will lie sold in parcels to suit purt-lia-er® Pi re on- wishing to huv are referred to G> n- B. H. Ru therford ai.d Maj N. H. Beal near the premises, who will show the land,nod give any i..formation in regard so titles. Terms made known on the days of sale. REUBEN WRIGHT, Executor. OsT The Telegraph and Messenger will Copy the above. Augus' 3 4lts PLANING MACHINE. THE Fuhsc-ifo .-s respec’fid’v inform the publ'c that their PLANING MACHINE is now in full ope ; radon, and that th* v are prepared o plane, tongue and | groove any think ness, from j <o 2J inches, as well as ' : weather-boarding, and other plank, from 2 to 18 inch es in width. SASH, BLINDS, DOORS, See. made to order, at the shortest notice. A. D A I. F- BROWN, March 9 80tf Near the Baptist Church. PLANTATION FOR SALE, CONTAINING “50 acre, of Land, m.xed with oak and pine; thire are 15 acres in a good state of cul ivation, a rood P ell; g House with all necessary i>u* house-, situated 2 mi's* f--jm Byron, 6 miles from Albany, and 2 . ulrr from Pal nyra. All necessary in formation respec'ing the bind can le obtained at the plantation. Persons wishing to purchase would do veil 'o call. WASHINGTON WOOLBRIGHT. fcTTh* Editors of the Sou-hern Spy w».lplease give 'his two insert! ns. „ , June 1 38 f UNITED STATES BANK NOTES, huge bill* for s*V hv J- T. ROWLAND. Also. CHECKS on NEW YORK. March 16 CHAPIN’S ORNAMENTAL MAP OF THE UNITED STATES, fo® ml* *; the Book Store of C. A- LLLS^ Juns 29 * '£©]© PIBHUTIIH®. ! COOKS, PAMPHLETS and CIUCL’LARS, Posting and Shoic Gills, BUSINESS AND VISITING CARDS, AND JOS WORE, ZN 6SNBSAL, EXECUTED WITH NEATNESS AND DESPATCH, At the Office of the “ Southern Post,” Mucon BY C. R. HANLEITER. Sir If desired, different kinds of Bronze and Color ed Inks will be used, rendering the job tasteful in the extreme. MR. A. R. McLAUGHLIN is duly authorized to act n* my Agent during n.y absence from this State. All person® havirt-i n;.sc''led busir.ef.s with the undersigned will please call on him. ISAAC NEWHALL. Macon, July 27. 183940 p TO KENT, iLi-fl A large, sirv and convenien' Sleeping Room, directly over Messrs. S. J. Rnv i Co.'s S'ore.—! Addlv to REA 4. COTTON. I July £7 40 Ij'OUR months rfter date, application will be made, to the II inoruhle Inferior Court of Twiggs coun tv, while sitting for o dinary purposes, for leave to sell ti e Necro lulongi-g to ttic est te of Thomas Zorn, late of sv.id countv, dct-case-l. CHARLES C. WHITEHEAD, Adm’r. June 1 32 POETRY. TO NIAGARA. WRITTEN AT THE FIRST SIGHT OF ITS FALLS, BT J. S. BUCKINGHAM. Hail Sovere gn cf the World ol Floods 1 whose msjesty and might First dazz'es—then enraptures—then o’erawes the ach ing sight: The pomp of Kings and Emperors, in every clime and zone. Grows dim beneath the splendors of thy glorious wa tery throne. No Fleets can stop thy progress—no Annies bid thee I stay— But onward—onward—onward—thy march still holds j its way: The rising mist that veils thee, as thine herald, goes be tore, And the music that proclaims thee, is the Cataract's roar. The Diadem is an emerald green, of the clearest, purest hue, Set round with waves of snow-white foam, and spray of ft athery dew: While tresses of the brightest pearls float o’er thine ample sheet, And the Rainbow lays its georgeous gems, in tribute, at thy feet. Thy reign is of the ancient days—thy sceptre from on | high— The birth was when the morning stars together sang with joy; The Sail, the Moon, and all the orbs ri.at shine upon thee now. Saw the first wreath of glory which entwined thine infant brow. And from that hour to this—in which I gaze upon thy stream, From age to age—in winter’s frost, or summer’s sultry beam— By day, hy night—without a pause—thy waves, with loud acclaim. In ceaseless sounds have still proclaimed, the Great Eternal’s Name! For whether, on thy forest banks, the Indian of the I wood, Or since his days, the Red Man's foe, on his father land. have stood — Whoe’er has seen thine incense rise, or heard thy tor rent’s roar, Must have bent before the God of Ali! to worship and adore. Accept, then, O ! Supremely Great! O ! Infinite! O ! God! From this primeval Altar —the green nnd virgin sod— The humble homage that my soul in gratitude would pay Tu Thee! whose shield has guarded me through all my wandering way. For, if the Ocean be as nought in the hollow of thine hand. And the Stars of the bright firmamen*, in thy balance, grains of sand, — If Niagara’s rolling flood seem great—to us who iowiy I bow 0! great Creator of the Whole ! how passing great art Thou! Yet, tho’ t>*e Power is greater than the finite mind may scan, Still greeter is thy Mercy, shewn to weak dependant Man: For him Thou cloth’at the fertile fields with herb, and frtii', seed For him, the woods, the lakes, the seas, supply hi* l.ouily need. 1 Around—on high—or far, or near—the Universal Whole I Proclaims thy glory, as the orbs in their fixed causes i roll— And from Creation's grateful voice—the hymn ascends •hove, While Heaven re-echoes back to Earth, the chants, I "God i* Love.” C. R. HAMLET!*, PRINTER- AGRICULTURAL. Fr.Jtn the Genesee Farmer. EDUCATION OF FARMERS,—No. ED. FAMILY CABINETS. Mr. Tucker : If I were nsked what is the first step to he taken to give to American education the character it ought to possess I should answer, without hesitation, let the parents of each of the two millions of American families procure for their children a “Cabinet of Na ture AND Art rather, let parents encourage and aid their children in procuring “ Family Cabinets’’ for ; themselves. This step can lie taken by any family, es | peciaUy any farmer’s family, on any day or hour, when the parents come to the conclusion that such a step ia i desirable. It require* no school-house or hall of science ! to be erected no teacher or learned professor to be em ployed, no library, not a s : ngle volume to be procured, not one cent to be expended, or the least sacr fice of money, time, or pleasure to be made, by any family, to take this first, best step for the elevation of Ameri can character. Let any parents, on any day or hour, ! say to tbeir children, you may now see how many ! minerals, or different kinds of stones, or plants, or ' shells, or any thing rise that is curious, you can find | before night, and the great work will not fail to be com menced. Ifit should be done by each of the two mil lions of families in our Republic on the 4ih of July next, more would be done for American schools, American education, and American character, than if SIOO,OOO should be subscribed by the ci'izens of each of the eleven hundred counties in the Union for the erection of a college in each for the benefit of their children. Some parents will say that is a very curious notion. I don’t w ant my children bringing stones and weeds and calm shells into die house. They are always troubling me with these tnings, nnd I have had a great deni of trouble in getting them off from such foolish no tions. I have even had to punish them before they would give them up. Undoubtedly, and many of these same children are now undoubtedly in penitentiaries as a consequence. When driven from these rational amusements provided for them by their Creator, which every child seeks as hi* richest source of delight, they \ resort to some of the artificial, unnatural and demora • lizing sports provided hy the cupidity of evil design* of I unprincipled men- When compelled to abandon their ; walks for examining, collecting, and preserving speci i mens of minerals, plan's, shells, insects, and other i produc'ions of Nature, and punished by their teachers 1 or their parents for drawing pictures of the various ob | jects of Nature, appearing to them so beau iful, they resort, in self defence, to such company as they can find, whether g'jod or bad—to tippling shops, to some sports of petty gambling, such os pitching coppers or quoits, rolling nine pins, playing cards, horse racing, or some other exercises, which to many of our most pro mising youths open a road directly to the penitentiary or to hahita of idleness, dissipation, and quick destruc tion. But some patents will almost indignantly inquire, perhaps, Do you mean to chargs us writh compelling our children to tippling shops, gambling houses, and peniisntUnea? To such inquiries I say, yes; but tor no other reason but because tbe charge is true ; and for leading them, by a candid examination of tbe case, to satisfy themselves that it is true or false. Without attempting, on the present occasion, to bring to view the numerous advantages of “ Family Cabinets,” I will mention three or four reasons why they should, in all cases, constitute a part, and an es sential part, of household furniture, especially for far mers. First, they will interest and instruct children long be fore they can comprehend any thing contained in books. It would prubabiy be difficult lo find a more improper instrument of instruction to put into the hands of a child under five years of ape than a common spelling book. If any should doubt the correctness of this assertion, they need only cast their eye over almost any spelling book used in schools, and compare its contents with the mind of a little child, and their doubts will proba bly all be removed. But with the objects of Nature with the names, proprieties, and uses of minerals, plants, shells, and animals, also with the w-orks of .art, and with the operations of Nature and the arts, chil dren begin to form an acquaintance almost at the mo ment they open their eyes upon the light of heaven. This acquaimanre they extend more widely and more minutely, until they are driven from their inquiries by their teachers or parents, to the bla, bio, blu system ; or in the language of a little girl of five years, in answer to an inquiry what she aid at school, to “ say A and R and set on a bench." Second, the knowledge of things acquired by chil dren under the aid of family cabinets, puts them in a way literally so team themselves the art of reading, writing, spelling, and speaking correctly, without any trouble, and almost without time or expense, hut wi.h great pleasure ; as books, in such a course, become the sources of entertaining knowledge, ins'ead of a medley of unmeaning sounds. Children are now to be found in almost every part of the country who read with great propriety, and who write, speak, and EfreH correctly, who have never spent • moment over spelling books, an I but Utile time in any way for learning to read, write, or speli. Third, by family cabinets, embracing some simple ar.icles of apparatus for trying experiments in chemis try, natural philosophy, and other departments of science, children at an early age store their minds with many of the most important and fundamental princi e'e* of useful knowledge, which furnish them, on all occasions in future life, with a valuable atock on hand, or with important instruments for conducting any de partment of science, or anv branch of business, but, shove all, the business of farming. Lord Brougham somewhere very correctly remarked that, if we were deprived of what we learn under three years of age, we should be the moat ignorant beings upon the foce of the earth. Fourth, habits ofmdus'ry’ and attention to business are most successfully cultivated by these domestic I collections and instruments of knowledge, so eagerly sought and so industriouslv used by all children, if per mitted by their parents. If time and the occasion per mitted, numerous examples might be given of you-g persons with hebits of untiring industry, and of the strictest attention to any business hey might undertake, volant srily acquired by their perserving and eager pur suit after science afforded them by these natural and agreeab’a instruments of knowledge. Fifth, the study of the works of our Creator is, per hsps, die best protection of morals which can be pro vided for tho young, Rarely, if ever, have young per rons or old persons, with • teste for etudying the works and the laws of our Creator, been fousd in the ranks of vice, or addicted to habile of dtasipatren. As every verson, without exception, when a child, hsea taste for hie study, it is a fair conchas)cn tka>. if that taste wa e -ncouraged and cultivated in children by their parents I .ad teachers, they would seldom, if ever, lose it, or jbatitute for it a love ol vice aad dissipation, now bast | -ning thousands to rain Sixth, collections made hy young people for their ; domestic cabmets furn ah them with materials for 1 .imilar collections m schools, Ivceums, and many pla ! "es of mors public resort.. Court-houses, town-houses, | hotels, steamboats, canal-boats, the offices of railroads ! and canals, also the offices of lav-ers and physicians, post offices, stores, and even barbers' shops, hwreeomo -tru s been furnished with these instruments es useful and enteraimug knowledge from the specimens c-J --lected or prepared by ebildrensdunag their early scien ' tific amusements. Seventh, the diffusion of knowledge over the globe has already been greatly advanced by the materials of family cabinets. Specimens taken from them have been sent to ntsirly every missionary station upon the globe, and to numerous other schools, ivceums, and in dividuals, in the four quarters of the earth. Eighth, the children of formers enjoy peculiar facili ties for collecting family cabinets, and great induce ments to improve them. Free from the excitehients and temptations of cities, and surrounded with the works of our Creator in great profusion, variety, and beauty, the children of every family in Uie country whose parents will permit them may, in the course ol a single season, make a collection of great value and beauty. By the combined efforts of parents and chil dren, such collections have sometimes been made in the course of a few years, which have been valued by lover of science at one or twob indred dollar*, and would not be sold fur a still larger sum. In some sections or oar country, especially among the German farmers of Pennsylvania, a “ Cabinet of Nature xnd Art” is to be found in every family, aided by “ Social Lyceums,” or weekly meetings of neigh bors, for the improvement of each other in various de partmentsof useful and entertaining knowledge. Such, it is hoped and believed, will be the case in every sec tion and in every family of our Republic, at least by your friend, J. HOLBROOK. MISCELLANY From the Ladies Companion. THE REFEREE CASE. BT EMMAC. EMBCLY. The outlines of the foilowhig sketch were related to me by an aged and honored memlier of a large family connection; a man who possesses an almost inexhaustible fund of le gendary lore, and whose most interesting an ecdotes and comic tales are bnt recollection* of past scenes, of which he can sny in the [language of uEneas, “ quorum magni pars j iui.” ‘•Many years ago,” said Mr. E——, “I happened to be one of the referees in a east! ■ which excited unusual interest in our courts, from the singular nature of the claim, and the strange story which it disclosed. The plain* tiff, who was captain ofa merchant ship which traded principally with England and the West Indies, had married quite early in life with every prospect of happiness-. His wife was said to have been extremely beautiful, nnd no less lovely in character. After living with her in the most uninterrupted harmony for five j years, during which time two daughters were added to his family, he suddenly resolved to resume his occupation,which he had relinquish ed on his marriage, and when his youngest child was but t wee weeks old, sailed once more to the West Indies. .His wife. w-Ikj was devotedly attached to him, sorrowed deeply at his absence, and found her only comfort in the society of her children and the hope of his return. But month after month passed away, and yet he came not, nor ; did any letters—those insufficient though wel come substitutes, arrive to cheer her solitude. Months lengthened into years, yet no tidings were received of the absent husband; and, af ! ter long hoping against hope, the unhappy wife ! was compelled to believe that he had found a grave in the ocean. Her sorrow was deep, and heart-felt, but i the evils of poverty were now added to her affliction, and the widow found herself obliged to resort to some employment, to support her helpless children. Her needle was her only lesource, and for ten years she labored early and late for the miserable pittance, which is ever grudgingly bestowed on the humble i seamstress. A merchant of New York, in moderate but prosperous circumstances,accidentally became acquainted with tier, and pleased with her gen* 1 tie manners, no less than her extreme beauty, [endeavored to improve their acquaintance with friendship. Afier son.c months he offered her I his hand and was accepted. As the wife of a successful merchant, she 'soon found herself in the enjoyment of com i forts and luxuiies such as she had never be fore possessed. Her children became his children, and received from him every advan tage that wealth and affection could procure. Fifteen years passed away ; the daughters married, an J by their step-father were furnish ed with every comfort, requisite in their new avocation as house-keepers. But they had scarcely quitted his roof, when their mother was taken ill. She died after a levy days sick ness, nnd from that time until the period of tlia trial, tl»e widower had resided with the young est daughter. Now comes the strangest part of the story. Afier an absence of thirty years, during which time no tidings had been received from him, the first husband returned as suddenly as he [had departed. He had changed his ship, a idopted another name, and spent the whole of that long period of time on the ocean, with only transient visits on shore while taking in er discharging cargo; having been careful al-o, never to come nearer home than New Orleans. Why he had acted in this nnpar donahlc manner toward his family no one could tell, and he obstinately refused all ex planation. There were strange rumors of slave-trading sod piracy afloat, but they were only whispers of conjectuie. Whatever might have been his motives for such conduct, he was certainly any thing bet j indifferent to his family concerns when he re. | turned. He raved like a mad man w*heo in [formed of his wife’s second marriage and sub. sequent death, vowing vengeance upon his successor, and terrifying his daughters by the 1 most awful threats, in es*e they refused to acknowledge his claims. Ha had retcr'i*! wealthy, and one of those mean reptiles of the [law who are always to be found infesting tbe j halls of justice, advised him to bring a suit ! against the second huabana. him that he could recover berry damage*. The *b- NO. 4ii-