Southern post. (Macon, Ga.) 1837-18??, August 17, 1839, Image 1

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THE 3@^2?anaies? ip©©?? la puli'ished in the city of Macon every Saturday ' forcing, at tree* Dollars in advance, four dollars •after three month»-“fwo dollars for six months— and mailed t o coitrttry subscribers by the earliest mails enveloped by g«sul strong wrappers, with legible direc. tionß. ft?" No Subscription received for a less period than six months—and no paper discontinued, until all arrears are paid. Advertisements 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 Perso s wishing to advertise by the year must call at the office and make an agreement to that effect. ft?" Advertis ements not limited when handed in, will be inserted till Forbid, and charged accordingly. ItT" Any person forwarding a ten dollar bill, (post paid,) shall receive four copies, for one year, to be sent *o differeut persons, as directed. 87" ratters, on huaness, either to the Publisher or Editor, must come post paid to insure attention. (9415Y2>112>41'a218» 97" We are authorized to announce EDWARD D. TRACY, Esq. as a candidate for the Senate, from Bibb county, at the Election in October next. 38 tCrWe are authorized to announce \A* THANIEL EELLS as Candidate for Clerk of the Inferior Court, at the election in January next. * JOr We are authorized to announce JOHN H. OFPUT i T as a Candidate for Clerkship of the Inferior Court of Bibb county, at the election in Janu ;ary next. 30 WTHOMAB J. BAULBBURY, is a Can didate for Clerk of the Inferior Court of Bibb county at he ensuing election. 31 MAIL ARRANGEMENTS. # EASTERN MAIL. DUE I CLOSES Daily, at 4 o’clock, P. M. | Daily, at 9 o’clock, P. M. WESTERN MAIL. Daily, at 7 o’clock, P. M. | Daily, at 2 o’clock, P. M. SAVANNAH— DIRECT. M mdays, Wednesdays Mondays, Thursdays and and Saturdays, at .Saturdays, at 9, P. M. 6 o'clock, P. M. Also, on Tuesdays, via. I Augusta, at 9, P. M. DARIEN MAIL. Same as the Savannah. | Same as the Savannah. FORSYTH MAIL. Tuesdays, Thursdays and I Sundays, Tuesdays and Saturdays, a: 6, P. M. | Thursdays, at 6, P. M. HAWKINSVILI.E AND FLORIDA MAILS. Mondays, Wednesdays & I Mondays, Wednesdavs& Saturdays, at 12, Pi M. | Saturdays, at 6, P. M. PF.IDMONT, ATHENS AND CHF.ROKF.E MAILS. Close M outlays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 6 ■o’clock, P. M. K. TYNER, p. m. Lottery of Painting*. fIIHE undersigned proposes to distribute, by way of l Lo-terv, on Saturday, the 17,h of August next, in this City, NINE PAINTINGS, two of which will he Portraits of the successful adventurers, and respectful ly invites the attention of the public to the following SCHEME : 2 Portraits, S2OO 1 Victoria, (after Paris,) 100 1 Sleeping Beauty, (ufter’Byron,) 50 1 Gultmre, ■ do. 50 1 Theresa, do. 1 Leonora, do. 1 Dud ti, do. 30 1 Mora, do. 30 9 Prizes, 510 103 Tickets, at s.">, $5lO Those numbers drawingthe prizes Portraits, will en /tle the holders of such to a likeness of themselves, provided they will sit for the same whenever called up on The Portraits will tie painted the usual size, and after the Artist’s best stvle. Frames are not to be in cluded, hut will be furnished to such as may want them, at the usual prices, so soon as thev are obtained. Tnose tickets drawing the other prizes will entitle the holders to such Paintinc as may he drawn to its num ber; and should the holders of such prizes wishtohave their Portraits taken, the Pictures will be received in part payment, at the prices estimated tit the scheme. There being 108 Tickets and 9 Prizes, there will be 99 Blanks. The n.dersigned will receive each ticket diawn a Mon* at the value of S2O in Portrait Painting, provided that no more than one blank lie applied to wards the Paintting of any one Portrait; and provided also, the holders of such blanks present themselves and demand compliance with this proposal within the ten dans succeeding the Drawing. Should the whole number of Tickets not he sold bv the 17th of August next, the drawing of the LOTTE RY' will be postponed until the Tickets are all sold, of which 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 under the inspection of Gentlemen whose character and standing in this com munity will a fiord abundant testimony that it will be conducted in a titir and honorable ntanner. Specimens of some of the above Paintings may he seen at the Painting Rooms every day, Sitndavs except ed, between the hours of 10 A. M and 4 P. M , where Tickets may he bought for the CASH ONLY. y THE ARTIST. Macon, July 27 40 PROSPECTUS FOR PUBLISHING IN THE CITY OF MACON, A DAILY MORN ING NEWSPAPER, TO COMMENCE ON MONDAY, THE SECOND OF SEPTEMBER, H3‘J, ENTITLED The Ttaeon Daily Advertiser. f I9IIE subscribers, ever anxious to advance the in ■- terests of Macon, and to contribute their mite to ward the amusement and instruction of her citizens propose to publish a smalt DAILY PAPER, bearing, the above title, and to commence at the time specified, unless the patronage extended to it will warrant its ap pearance at an earlier period. They well know the great expense, labor and trou ble attending such a publication, hut feel confident a paper of the kind is essentially necessary to the grow ing importance of Macon, and the surrounding coun 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 importance greatly underrated, for the want of such a print; and that they will not suffer the undertaking to 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 itt aid to advance and encourage the Mechanical, Agricultu ral and Manufacturing interests of the State. In short, ,uo labor will he spared, on our part, to render it a wel come visiter, not only to the Merchant, the Farmer, and the Mechanic, hut 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, will 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. Arrangements will also be made that will enable us to furnish n correct Shipping List daily, containing the Arrivals, Clearances, Departures, &e., of vessels at and front the ports of Savannah, Charleston, N. York, fee.. &c., 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 NEWS—Under this head all matters and oc currences ol interest, of every character, relating In, or j •transpiring within the city, will be faithfully recorded. TO ADVERTISERS, both of the city and country, j we shall reserve a large portion of our sheet. On them , we shall depend mainly for support, snd pledge our-| eclvri to keep an eyeatngle to their interests as well as our own. Terms;—For subscription, pet annum, •# 00; sub scription, lor sis months, 95 00; subscription, for one mooth, 91 00 ;to be psid invariably on the delivery of the first number. Hr ode copies, I9| cents. Order* from s distance must come post-paid, or they will not receive attention No paper will lie sent to any person residing out of die city, unless dte Cash accompany dut order, or a re sponsible city refers.. ;e is given. All Advertising secouats must lie settled mon'hlv PENDLETON 4 HANLKITFK .i m* a, I**ll. BY P. C. PENDLETON. VOL. 11. Unexampled Mammoth Scheme. I TTY HE following details of a Scheme of a Lottery, to A be drawn in December next, warrants us in de claring it to be UNPARALLELED in the history of Lotteries. Prizes tu the amount have never before been offered to the public It is true, there are many blanks, hut on the other hand, the extretneWow charge of 20 Dolla s per Ticket—the Value amt A amber of the Capitals , and the revival of the good old custom of war ranting that every prize shall he drawn and sold, will, we are sure, give universal satisfaction, and especially to the Six Hundred Prize Holders. To those disposed to adventure, we recommend ear ly application being made to us for Tickets—when the prizes are all sold, blanks only remain—the first buy ers have the host chance. We, therefore, emphatical ly say—DELAY NOT! but at once re-mtt and trans mit. to us your orders, which shall always receive our immediate attention. Letters to.be addressed, and ap plications made, to SYLVESTER & CO, 156 Broadway, New York 07" Observe the Number, 156. $700,000 !! ! $500,000 ! ! $25,000 ! 6 Prizes of $20,000. 2 Prizes of $15,000. 3 Prizes of SIO,OOO. GRAND REAL ESTATE AND BANK STOCK LOTTERY, Os Property situated in New Orleans. OCT The richest and most magnificent. Scheme ever presented to the public in this or anv other country. TICKETS ONLY S2O. Authorized by an Act of the Legislative Assembly of Florida, and under the Directions of the Commis sioners, acting under the same, TO BE DRAWN AT JACKSONVILLE, FLORI DA, December Ist, 1839. SCHMIDT A HAMILTON, Managers. SYLVESTER A CO., 156 Breadway, New- York, Sole Agents. No Combination Numbers.'!.' 100,000 Tickets from No. 1 upwards, in succession. The Deeds of Property and the Stock i-ansforred in trust to the Commissioners appointed by the sac! Act of .the Legislature of Florida, for the oe-uritv or the Prize Holders. SPLENDID BCHE jU3 l !! 1 Prize—The Arcade—2B6 feet, 5 inches, 4 lines, on Magazine street; 101 feel, il in ches, on Natchez Street; 126 feet, 6 inch es, on Gravier street —Rented at about $37,000 per annum—Valued at $700,000 I Prize —City Hotel—l 62 feet on Common street, 146 feet 6 inches on Camp street— Rented at $25,000 —Valued at 500,000 j | 1 Prize—Dwelling House (adjoiningthe Ar | cade> No. 16, 24 feet 7 inches front on Natchez street —Rented at $l2O0 —Va- ! hied at 20,000 j 1 Prize —Ditto (adjoining the Arcade) No. Iff, 23 feet front on Natchez street —Rent- ed at sl2oo—Valued at 20,000 1 Prize—Ditto (adjoining the Arcade) No. 20, 23 feei front on Natchez street —Rent- ed at sl2oo—Valued at 20,000 i 1 Prize—Ditto —No. 23, Northeast corner of Basin and Custom House street; 40 feet front on Basin, and 40 feet on Franklin street, bv 127 feet deep in Custom House street —Rented at § 1500 —Valued at 20,000 1 Prize —Ditto—No. 21, Southwest corner of Basin and Custom House street, 22 feet 7 inches on Basin, 32 feet 7 inches on Frank lin, 127 feet 10k inches deep in front of Custom House street —Rented at slsoo— at 20,000. 1 Prize —Ditto—No. 339, 20 feet 8 inches on Royal street, by 127 feet 11 inches deep— Rented at $l4O0 —Valued at 15,0001 l Prize—2so shares Canal Bank Stock, SIOO each 25,000 1 Ditto —200 ditto Com. do. do. 20,000 1 Ditto—lso ditto Mechanics' and Traders’ do. do. 15,000 1 Ditto —100 do. City Bank do. do. 10,000 1 Ditto —100 do. do. do. do. do. 10,000 1 Ditto—loo do. do. do. do. do, 10,000 1 Ditto—so do. Exchange Bank do. do. 5000 1 Ditto —50 do. do. do. do. do. 5000 1 Ditto—2s do. Gas Light Bank do. do. 2500 | 1 Ditto—2s do. do. do. do. do. do. 2500 i 1 Ditto—ls do. Mechanics’ and Traders’ | do. do. 15001 1 Ditto—ls do. do. do. do. 1500 20 Ditto—each !0 shares of the Louisiana State Bank, SIOO each, each prize SIOOO. 20,000 10 Ditto—each 2 shares of SIOO each, each prize S2OO, of the Gas Light Bank, 2000 200 Ditto—each 1 share of SIOO, of the Bank of Louisiana, 20,000 200 Ditto—each 1 share of SIOO, of the New I Orleans Bank, 20,000 150 Ditto—each 1 share of SIOO, of the Union j Bank of Florida, 15,000 01)0 Prizes. $1,500,000 The whole of the Tickets, with their Numbers, as also those containing the Prizes, will be examined and sealed by the Commissioners appointed under the Act, previously to their being put into the wheels. One wheel ; will contain the whole of the Numbers, the other will | contain the Six Hundred Prizes, and the first 600 Num ! hers that shall be drawn out, will be entitled to such i Prize as may be drawn to its number, and the fortunate holders of such Prizes will have such property transfer- I red to them immediately after the drawing, unincum- j ' bered, and without any Deduction ! ! 97" Editors of everv Paper in the United States, in [the West Indies, in Canada, and other of the British Provinces, are requested to insert the above, as a stand ing advertisement, until the Ist of December next, and to’send their account to us, together with a paper con taining the advertisement. SYLVESTOR & CO., 136 Broadway, New York, j June 15 34 OCHMULGEE STEAM-BOAT COMPANY, INCORPORATED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF GEORGIA, IN 1835 For the transportation and Insurance of Mer chandise and Produce, between Savanah and Darien, and Darien and Macon— touching at Hawkinsvil/e, and the principal Landings. fBNHIS Company will run their Steam-boats usfliigh JL up as Macon as long as the state of the River will admit; and for low stages of the waters they have pro vided, and are now running I’ole.botits of such bull draft of wa'er as will admit them to run at any stage o the River, which arc towed up by their Steam-boats two-thirds of the distance, thereby greatly expediting the transportation of Merchandise during the Summer and Full seasons ; and their Steumers will lie in com plete repair, and ready for business, as early as the Ri ver will admit. THEIR BOATS ARE: Steam-boat Comet, Captain Brandy, <•?. nr *TL - gteum-hoat Alnlainshn, Captain ’yrirrjrT Taylor, Steam-boat O«•hinu Ige e, Captain Blank! nabip; And a large number of TOW-BOATS, which will be in complete repair. For further information apply to REA it COTTON. Macon, J. W LATH HOP. Hawkitiaville, PH K YONOK A SON, Darien, WM PATTERSON A CO., Savannah, MrDOWKLL.SH ANNON A CO.Charfaoton, •COTT,SHAFTER A MORRELL, NnwYork, Aren't ! July II **f DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT. COMMERCE, AGRICULTURE. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC NEWS, AMUSEMENT. Ac. Ac TERMS I THREE DOLLARS, IN ADVANCE FOUR DOLLARS, AFTER THREE MONTHS. MACON, (Ga.) SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 17, 1839. TO RENT,' THREE Fire-proof STORES, fronting on 3 d .i S street; Three Fire-proof STORES, fronting on Cherry. street. They are large and commodious, and well calculated for any kind of business, and will be fitted up, as to shelving and counters, to suit tenants. Those fronting on Third-street (directly opposite Messrs. Rea A Cot ton's, and J Cowles, Esqr.'s ranges) are now- ready for occupancy, and possession immediately given. Those on Cherry-street will be ready by the Ist of Octoher next. Rent will be reasonable, and commence from •st of October. Apply to „ „ DAVID RALSTON, N. B Several very airy ROOMS on the second floor o, the above buildings, suitable for Lawyers Offices, •vill also be rented. D R July 1 37tf a WANTED TO RENT, A HOUSE of four or more rooms, with a Gar den attached to the premises, in a central part of the city. Apply at this office. June 29 36 MTO RENT, A comfortable DWELLING HOUSE, on Cherry street, convenient to business, and in good repair. Apply to . JOHN J. BENNETT. July 6 37rp FOR SALE, A handsome pair of Match Horses. D HARVEY SHOTWELL. -*•_ June 8 __ 1) C. PENDLETON, is my authorized Agent. A • Persons having business with me will please call on him. E. L. STROHECKER. July 2(h 39 PORTRAIT PAINTING. " Subscriber having permanently located him self in this City, solicits the patronage of its citi zens. Room (where specimens may be seen) over W B. Parker’s Store, opposite the Central Hotel, will be open to visiters from 10 A. M. to 4 P. M. COMP A RET, Artist. Macon, April 20, 1839 26 LAW NOTICE. 'I? HE undersigned will hereafter practice Law under ■1 the firm and style of McDONALD, POWERS A FR ANKLIN, and will regularly attend the Courts hc etofbre attended by McDonald A Powers. Office over’lt Or mu (gee B ok. C. J. MCDONALD, A. P. POWERS, Feb 2 n-ts L. FRANKLIN. Auction and Commission Business, f 1 1H E undersigned has commenced a regular busi 1 ness in the above hnv, and solicits the patronage of the public. Refer to Messrs. Rea A Cotton, Macon. “ Scott A Morrell, New York. “ Win. Patterson A Cos., Savannah. Mr. Charles Hartridge, “ “ Robert Collins, Charleston. Messrs. Farrar A Hayes, “ Mr. G. McLaughlin, Augusta. a. r. McLaughlin. N. B. Sales may be expected on WEDNESDAY in each week, until further notice. Feb 16 17tf WANTED, NJOTEB of the Banka of Charleston, Hamburg, Sa i. V yunnah and Augusta, and Specie, for which a premium will lie paid The following will be purcha sed at a fair discount: Notes of the Alabama Banks, Darien. Bank of Florida, and Life and Trust Compa ny of Florida. Checks on New York, for sale bv JOHN T. ROWLAND. August 341 e EXECUTOR’S SALES. A GREEABLE to the last will and testament of C*. Churchill Gibson, deceased, will be sold in For syth, Monroe county, on the first Tuesday in October next, the premises of said deceased, whereon he resided at the time of his death, consisting of four squares of Land, about one halt of which is under cultivation and the remainder well timbered, lying three miles from Forsyth, on the road leading from thence to Zebulon. On the premises are a large and commodious twostorv Frame Dwelling, well finished, all necessary out houses, a Grist Mill, and fine Orchards 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 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 all under good fences. On one of said lots is a com fortable Dwelling House, with all necessary out houses. Said lots will be sold in parcels to suit purchasers.— Persons wishing to buv are referred to Gen. B. H. Ru therford and Maj N. H. Beal, neir the premises, who will show the land, and give any inlormation in regard to titles. Terms made known on the days of sale. REUBEN WRIGHT, Executor. 97- The Telegraph and Messenger will copy the above. Augus’ 3 4lts PLANING .MACHINE. TIHE Subscribers respectfully inform the public that their PLANING MACHINE is now in full ope ration, and that they are prepared to plane, tongue and groove any thinkness, from j to 2J inches, .is well as weather-hoarding, and other plank, from 2 to 18 inch es in width. SASH, BLINDS, DOORS, Ac. made to order, at the shortest notice. A. D A I. F. BROWN, March 9 20tf Near the Baptist Church. PLANTATION FOR SALE, (CONTAINING 750 acres of Land, mixed with oak J and pine; there are 125 acres in a good state of cultivation, a good Dwelling House with all necessary out houses, situated 2 miles from Byron, 6 miles from Albany, and 2 miles from Palmyra. All necessary in formation respecting the land can be obtained at the ■ plantation, Pereons w ishing to purchase would do well to call. WASHINGTON WOOLBRIGHT. 57" The Editors of the Southern Spy will please give this two insertions. * June 1 ' 32tf NITED STATES BANK NOTES, latge bills for sale by J. T. ROWLAND. Also, CHECKS on NEW YORK. March 16 21tf_ CHAPIN’S ORNAMENTAL MAP OF THE UNITED STATES, for sal. at the Book Store of C. A. ELLS. June 29 36 isssT" TO RENT, A large, airy and convenient Sleeping Room, directly over Messrs. S. J. Ray A Co.'s Store.— Apply to REA A COTTON. July 27 ___ JO HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, | Incorporated in 1810 with a Capital of $150,000, and power to increase the same to $250,000. r | Mils long established Institution hns for more than a quarter of a century, transacted its extensive business on the i mat just ami liberal prinripha— paying its losses with ihe most honorable promptness; and the present Board of Directors pledge tnemselxesin this par ticular, fully to maintain the high reputation of the Company. It insures oil the moat favorable terma, ev ery description of property against loss and damage by Fire, hut takes no marine risk*. Applies mil for Insurance may be made either per sonally, t by letter, tu its Agent in this city t and all renewals r risks now running by this Company on properly i this cily, miy be made by appliealion U> the Agent W M H JO/fNKTON, Agent. Macon, pri!Cl, I*3* *6tf JOB PWHMBI©. 1 - B(M)KS, PAMPHLETS nnd CIRCULARS, Posting anti Slwir Hills, BUSINESS AND VISITING CARDS, AND JOB WORE, IN GENERAL, EXECUTED WITH NEATNESS AND DESPATCH, At the Office of the “ Southern Post," M.tcon BY C. R. HANLEITER. 97" If desired, different kinds of Bronze and Color ed Inks will he used, rendering the job tasteful in the extreme. MISCELLANY. From the Southern Literary Messenger. CURRENTE.C A LAMOSITIES. BY THE AUTHOR OF “ THE TREE ARTICLES ” NO. VII. A JUNE DAY IN THE WOODLANDS. “ The clouds are at play, in the azure space, And their shadows at play, in the bright green vale, And here, they stretch to the frolic chase, And there, they roll on the easy gale !” When William Cullen Bryant, the author of “ Tha natopsis," the editor of the New York “ Evening Post,” and one of the “ Printers to the Corporation,” wrote those four lines, nnd about a score more like them, he was the poet Bryant—the man Bryant—he was not the political wrangler about petty men and pettier meas ures, about elections, and printers’jobs, and the like— he was the great Poet of Nature—the forceful creator of immortal hymns to that divinity, whose altars he lias forsaken, if not forever, yet for far too long a time. I think I see him as he lay, supine upon this very bank where 1 now lie—his head supported by his clasped hands, his face turned towards yonder bright and busy city, whose hum the distance now hushes to my ear — j his eye taking in all this glorious panorama of near woodland nnd meadow, the placid Hudson’s hosont, and all that it is reflecting. Just such a day as this it i was : just so brightly glowed the sun upon the land- j scape, crowned with verdure deep, nnd foliage thick! and spreading, ns that which, now weaves merrily n- 1 round me as I lie. The river’s flow, the music of the birds and bees, the shifting of the clouds, the dance o r the leaves, the laugh of the waves, and the sunny smile, are all the same, to-day, as they were when, lying here, this sweet poet demanded of all things nround him, “ Is this a time to look cloudy and sad ? VVhc our mother Nature laughs around— When even the deep blue heavens look glad, And gladness breathes from tile blossoming ground?” Why should a lyre that can breathe such strains as | these be so long unstrung, or hang so long idly upon ] the willows ? And hark ! another memory-awakened echo I And from a harp as mute I Percival’s ! “ The waving verdure rolls along the plain, And the wide forest weaves (To welcome back its playful mates again,) A canopy af leaves ; And, from its tlarkeniug shadow, floats A gush of trembling notes ! “ Fairer and brighter spreads the reign of May! The tresses of the woods With the wild dalliance of the west wind play, And the full-brimming floods, As gladly to their goal they run, Hail the returning sun!" And here is more to the same sweet tune, swelling up from memory’s lowest deep, and singing itself totny ear, again, though long years have lapsed since first I drank in its delicious music. And whence is this pow er ? Do we ever forget w hat once we know ? I think not —provided that we have learned and known aright. And it is this magic power of Association that has un locked the deep cell in which this beautiful strain of Percival has been laying mute so long, and now lets it forth, beneath the very sky, and amidst all the natural objects of seer and audible beauty, that originally in spired it! “ Spirit of Beauty ! the air is bright, With the boundless flow of thy mellow light; The woods are all in bud and bloom And are weaving for summer their quiet gloom. The tufted brook reflects, as it flows, The tips of the half unopened rose. See how the clouds, as they fleetly pass. Throw their shadowy veil on their darkening grass ! And the pattering showers, and stealing deivs With their starry gems, and skiey hues, From the oozy meadow that drinks the tide, To the sheltered vale on the mountain side, Wake to anew and fresher birth The tenderest tribes of teeming earth, And scatter with light and dallying play Their earliest flowers on the Xiphyr's way. “He comes from the mountain’s piny steep, For the long houghs bend with the silent sweep, And his rapid steps hai’c hurried o’er The grussy hills to the pebbly shore ; And now, on the breast of the lonely lake, The waves in silvery glances break Like a short but quickly rolling sea, W hen the gale first feels its liberty, And the flakes of foam, like coursers run, Rejoicing, beneath the vertical sun. “lie hns crossed the lake, and the forest heaves To the sway of his wings, its billowy leaves, And the downy tufts of the meadow fiy, In snowy clatuls, as he passes hy ; And softly beneath his noiseless tread. The odorous spring-grass bends its head: And now he reaches die woven bower, Where he meets his own beloved power, And gladly his weaned limbs repose In the shade of the newly opening rose.” Match rre this om of the Poem* of pour favorite bard, : friend of mine ! it is like a lake, in tl* flow, covered I sH over with the glancing unit of tlioussnds of buds | C. R. HANII.ETER, PRINTER. and flowers, of every hue and odor, sparkling and flash ing in the air, as the bosom of their wavy bed is nuned by the summer-breeze. But what books are these, thrown down licside me in the long grass, while I have been idly listening to the dream-returned echoes of old songs ? “ Buds and flowers, and other country things; by Mary Howitt;" “ Hymns and fireside verses; by Mary Howitt;” “ The Boy’s Country Book,” by William Howitt. True c nough, William Cullen Bryant! This hr nor “ —a time to look cloudy and sad!” Mary and William Howrrr! A dsv with them in mid-June, abroad in the woodlands! Who talks of Arcadia ? Sit, Mary, thou upon my left, and thou, William, on my right, here, on this grassy slope: And now, thy quaker bonnet quietly hanging on yonder thorn, thy head protected from the sun by the broad branches of the beech that spread their mass of lea ves above thee, open thou the “ Hymns,” Mary, and sing a stanza, here and there ! Fear not, but raise thy voice loudly as thou wilt; we are but three, and there is none other to disturb or interrupt the song ! How beautiful the vo.ume is, with its wood cuts, so daintily bespread throughout its pages ! How clear the type, how glossy the paper, and how tastefully bound together is the whole ! But why is it called “ Hymns,” Mary ? I see no “ Hymns” throughout its leaves, as you turn them over It seems to he a continuous sto ry, all about a maiden, named “ —Marien—how she went Over the weary world from day to day, On Christian works of love fntent.” Ah ! I see ! \ou mean by a “ Hymn," a divine song— and this is an allegory. Christianity is impersonated herein, under the name of Marien, “ fearless in its in nocence, like a little child, wandering over the world.” “It brings liberty to the captive, joy to the mourner, repentance nnd forgiveness to the sinner, hope to the faint hearted, and assurance to the dying.” “It is alike the beautify! companion of childhood, and the comfortable companion of age. It ennobles the noble; gives wisdom to the wise, nnd new grace to the love ly ; the patriot, the priest, the poet, the eloquent man all derive their subliinest power from its influence!” Beautiful! Beautiful idea I I see the maiden starting on her pilgrimage—n holy halo round her placid brow —her hands clasped upon her bosom— “ And, ever as she goes along, Sweet flowers spring ’neath her feet; All flowers that are most beautiful, Os virtues, strong and sweet!” Hear her declare her purposes towards mankind, as she stands, innocent, in her leafy coverture, and thinks of the good that she, so gifted with “ power from on high, may do to the suffering world ! “1 am alone! all, all alone ! Alone, both night and day I So I will forth into the world, And do what good I may ! “ For ma ny a heart is sorrowful, And hearts, that I may cheer; And many a weary captive pines In dungeons dark and drear: And I the iron bonds may loose— Then why abide I here ? “ Up! I will forth into the world I” And thus as she did say. Sweet Marien from the ground rose up, And went forth on her way.” Marien brings consolation to the mother of a murdered son, and lives with her, awhile, and becomes a daugh ter to her; and she then goes forth a day's travel with her, on her pilgrimage. They part, nnd the little maid goes peacefully on her way, until “ the darksome night came on, And Marien lay her down Within a little way-side cave, On mosses green and brown. “ And in the deepest hush of night Rude robbers entered in ; And first they ate and drank, then rose To do a deed of sin. “For with them was a feeble man, Whom they had robbed, and they Here came to foully murder him, And hide him from the day. “Up from her bed sprang Marien, With heavenly power endued; ' And in her glorious innorence, Stood ’mong the robbers rude. “ ‘ Ye shall not take the life of man Spake Marien low and sweet; For this will God take strict account, Before his judgment-seat! “Out from the cave the robbers fled, For they believed there stood, A spirit stern and beautiful, Not aught of flesh and blood. “And two from out the robber-band Thenceforward did repent; And lived two humble Christian men, Oil righteous deeds intent!” And so she goes on her sweet pilgrimage blessing all, by all blessed ; “Onward and upward still she went, Among the breezy hills, Singing for very joyfulness Unto the singing rills! » » * • “ Free, like the breezes of the hi!', Free, like the waters wild ; And in her fulniss of delight, Unceasingly, from height to height, Went on the blessed child !" And still her errand was the same, wherever lier wan derings tended : “And ever of the Saviour taught: How he came down to win, With love, and suffering manifold. The sinner from his sin.” This was her lesson to the wise as well as to the weak, and ever as she went on her way her course w as glori fied For the limes are not now,—*» to the reception of such (ruths os this fine Impersonation teachers,—as they were when holy Paul callaif Christianity a stum tiling-block to Jews, and to Grooks foolishness, —and Marien’* laoson is the snun as that of the Apuatle- Mnn> wisdom is foolishness in the eye of the Only Wise. Hard! hard b soon for proud Corinth to digest • Her lofty synagogues were swept hy the hruad phylac teries of (ha Pfvartr. es, and her columned porticos were the pul its of tbs rubric Philosophy. Both the Religion of the Phartseoc am! the Philnonphv nf the Academy ' embraced much that was high and refined, drawn.foruk lefore, from those sages of Greece who once illumined the now dark land of Egypt with one learning, and un, benign attendants, Refinement and Taste. This crseil inculcated the search for hidden senses in the plain re cords of that Law of which these Pharisees of Corinth called themselves the most holy upholders. They aent forth their fancies into an unknown region,and crowd «. tng it with the gltosts of the dead, and the genii of the living, became proud in the elevation of tkas believing in the sublime visions of a spiritual world, and deligh ted in speculations concerning the residents, the enjoys ments, and the pains of that ideal world in which they darkly wandered ; exulting all the while in finding •herein what, nfter all, were but the Idlest whims and the vaguest dreams of their own wild imaginations t 8o they were wont, when they “sought sftef wisdom’* to sit at the feet of sophists and philosopliers in the marble Portico, or amidst the shades of the Academe, and revelled upon mystic learning, nnd polished ele gance and eloquence of phrase, which entertained their taste, and convineed into how many intricate laby rinths the wonderful power of human Genius may wan der, and never lie the nearer to the truth. To such people as these came Paul to preach. They railed his religion folly! He proved theirs to be no less ! They knew that he had been “ brought up at the feel of Gamaliel”— one or them ; a Rabbin who had the genius, and vigorous fancy, and bold independence of the literal meaning of the Mosaic law, that fitted him to follow Plato, it; all that philosopher’s discursive flight* into the Incomprehensible and the Profound. What, ever they came to think of his teachings, they knew the teacher was no fool! And how dissonant was the their feelings and their expectations, that this Oracle of Tarsus, the pride of their sect, who hold* ing out the doctrine—to the conviction of daily myri ads of people—that the age of Corinthian philosophy of that Human Reason which knew not GOD—was past! That that w hich they called foolishness in his doctrines, was but the simplicity, which ensured their !ultimate universal reception by all mankind! That while the high speculations which they had loved taught them to be proud of the Nature of Man. his instruc tions would place “ a stumbling-block” in the path of that Pride! He determined—this Pupil of the Portico, this High Priest at the altar of Platonic Philosophy—“ not toknow any thing” among them all, but Him whom they had “slain and hanged upon a tree I” He “ came not,” he said, “ with excellency of speech or of wisdom,” among them : he came to tell them that through him his Mas ter would “ confound their wisdom!” But where is The Hymn? Oh! there it is—down on the roots of yonder tree, where we left it, when we began this stroll and I began my sermon Thank you, William! Please ask Mary to tell us the tale, on page one hundred and twenty-nine, of “The Boy pf the Southern Isle :” it is told by “an old seaman,” —and begins thus: “ I’ll tell vou, if ye’ll hearken now, A thing that chanced to me — Il must be fifty years agone— Upon the southern sea!" And after that, xve will have the fairy story of the old en time, about “ Mabel, on Midsummer day,”—how, when she went first to the fairy-dell, “ Nothing at all saw she. Except a bird—a sky blue bird— That sate upon a tree !” And how she did as she had been bidden, and “ —did not wander up and down, Nor did a live branch /mil,” \ and so had no reason to fear the vengeance of (he dream-people—fur “ When the wild-wood brownies Came, sliding to her mind. She drove them thence as she was told, IVith ham- thoughts, sweet awl kind!" And how she got the fairy penny—and what site did with it, and the ble&rings the little people gave her, ah l the lesson she learned and teaches—that “ ’ Tis gi od to make all duty ewe*'. To be alert and kinct; . 'Tis good, like little Mabel, Tu have a willing mind !" Then let us all three join and sing this carol of the “ Cornfields;” the tune will come of itself: the key is —stay ! take it from that Robin's pitch-pipe, in the oak over-head ! Now I “ In the young merry time of spring, When clover 'gins to buret, When blue bells uod within the wood, And sweet May whitens first— When merle and mavis sing their fill, Green is the young corn on the hill. • * » * • • . “What joy in dreamy ease to lie Amid a field new-shorn, And si c all round on sun-lit slopes, The piled-up shocks of corn; And send the fancy wandering o’er All i>lensant harvest-fields of yore!” But, Mary, what do you mean by “ corn ?” Not what we call by that name, here ? I thought not; you call all bread-grain in your country “corn”—and here you mean wheat, doubtless. But another stanza! A little higher, William, if you please: ha ! that Oriole yonder, pluming his golden wings for a fresh flight, will “sound the pitch" before he goes ! “That’s my A!” sais he! “The 9Un-bnihed quiet of the hills; The fields of Galilee, That, eighteen hundred years agone. Were full of corn, I see ! And the dear Savior take his way 'Mid ripe ears on the Sabbath day I “ Oh ! golden fields of bending corn— How beautiful they seem ! The reaper-folk—the piled-up sheaves. To me are like a dream : The sunshine, and the very air Seem of old time, and take me there!" . Beautiful poetry ! Beautiful tune ! Beautiful songstress! Oh, for thy pen, thy voice, and thy constant presence, to teach, to delight, to ravish, and to improve! I feel the better man, Mary, for thy kind ministrations thi summer day in the woodlands, and would fain Huger here with thee, and thy accordant mate, while flower bloom, and waters wave, and skies are bright, and al) Nature is in smiles! Children must love thee, Mary, with the deepest love : thine and o»hera’ ehiMren. too ! Do they not ? Nay, auswer me, out of the “Hymns “ Blessings on them I they in me Move a kindly sympathy. With their wishes, hopes, and fears ; With their laughter and their tears; With their wonder so intense. Awl their tmzll experience !" I knew it! But where is the sunshine? And where are the birds ? And what means this deepening shade ? Are there clouds gathering in the just now clear sky ? No i There can no cloud be discerned between the over, hanging branches through w hich we gaze ! And sec 1 a single— star peeping forth amidst the certdcan ! It is the twilight hour, and one summer day is gone! The uokl« of the bell sounds from the distant ferry, and our step* tend homeward I But what shall we do with William’s “Country Book," *. tl Mary's “Buds and Flowers 7” lying, both unopened, there, upon the grass. There are more days than one in atrmmer, and so altall you find, my dear Editor, whan next you hear from your frrntd, j. >. a. New York. June K, 1839. M Take care of the paiut," m the ertjr gale -iaxre trt*n a Uu« ghc» so kiss 'em, NO. 43-