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“ The world is foil of Poetry—the air
Is living with its spirit : and the waves
Dance to the music of its melodies,
And sparkle in its brightness.”
For the Southern Post.
Go watch the flow’re in yonder blooming vale,
Their beauty, evanescent as the glow
Os summer, soon turns seer and pale ;
W th’nng thev tall and heaping snow,
Os winter’s desolating trail,
Clothes the rude scene and whistles to the gale.
Each artificial structure, princely hall
And gorgeous temple, and the tow’ringpile
Os marble monument, must fall
Crumbling together ; whilst the vile,
Festooning mould weaves o’er a pall,
Corroding polish’d slab and painted wall.
But mental worth and virtue’s viewless shrine
Outlives the wreck of worlds, when disappear
Nature’s vast lights. Goodness will shine
A purer sun; whose rays shall rear
Anew creation, where shall twine
No thorn of pain, in pleasure’s wreath divine.
The wealth of kings, or miser’s cherish’d hoard
Os flowing coffer is not worth a thought;
The pleasures of the festive board
Delusive, are but tinsel wrought,
To cheat the palate ; nor afford
The least enjoyment, to a mind well stor’d.
Knowledge alone can strew our path with flowers,
Like cultivation o’er the desert waste ;
Or like the genial, balmy showers
Os spring ; as life’s first season’s haste,
Rt peuing our pleasures, ere the powers
Ol youth are gone, while summer’s ray is ours.
LIFE.
A brief h'story, in three parts, irith a sequel.
DEDICATED TO A GEXTLEMAX OX HIS WEDDING DAY.
PART I —LOVE*
A glance—a .thought—a blow—
It stings him to the core ;
A question—will it lav him low ?
Or will time heal it o’er?
He kindles at the name—
He sits and thinks apart :
Time blows it to a flame,
Burning within his heart.
He loves her though it burns,
And nurses it with care ;
He feels the blissful pain by turns —
With hope, and with despair.
PART II —COURTSHIP.
Sonnets and serenades—
Sighs, glances, tear®, and vows —
Gifts, okens, souvenirs, parades,
And courtesies, and bows.
A purpose, and a prayer—
The stars are in the sky—
He wonders how e’en hope should dare
To let him aim so high.
■Still hope allures and flatters,
And doubt just makes him bold;
And so, with passion all in tatters,
The trembling tale is told.
Apologies and blushes,
Soft looks, averted eyes;
Each heart into the other rushes,
Each yields, and wins a prize !
PART III —MARRIAGE.
A gathering of fond friends—
Brief, solemn words, and prayer—
A trembling to the fingers’ ends,
As hand in hand they swear.
Sweet cake, sweet wine, sweet kisses —
And so the deed is done ;
No v for life’s woes and blisses—
The wedded two are one.
And down the shining stream
'I hey launch their buoyant skiff’,
Bless’d if they may but trust hope’s dream;
But ah! truth echoes—?//
THE SEQUEL IF.
If health be firm—if friends be true —
If self be well controlled —
If ta«tes be pure—if wants be few,
And not too often told:
If reason always rule the heart, j
If passion own its sway—
If love in age to life impart
The zest it does to-day :
If Providence, with parent care,
Mete out ?he varying lot,
While tneek contentment bows to share
The palace and the cot:
And oh! if faith, sublime and clear,
The spirit upward guide—
They're bless’<| indeed, and bleas’d for e’er,
1 he bridegroom and the bride'!
The Ladies’ Companion.
TO YOUNG LADIES"
BY SARAH E. SEAMAN.
In the formation of our habits,
there are certain requisites which
please every one, such as good
humor, kindness, benevolence,
and sympathy ; bui if we are de
sirous to please ceriain individ
uals, we must endeavor to assim
ulate all our views and customs
to theirs ; and as it seldom hap
pens that we have much care to
make ourselves agreeable to those
who are totally unlike ourselves,
the task is not a difficult one, for
those who agree in sentiment
soon learn tc love each other.
We must take our persons as
nature formed them. If we have
beauty, it is necessary to have
goodness, in order to keep up the
admiration that it excites, but we
must never suppose that beauty
is improved by ornament. If we
have ugliness of person, superflu
ity of dress only renders tiiat ug
liness more conspicuous; where
as true goodness banishes the
disagreeable impression of it al
together.
But every form whether beauti
ful or otherwise, is endowod with
a mind susceptible of vast im
provement. It expands and flour
ishes by cultivation ; it becomes
admirable by the developeinent of
its capacities, and secures for its
possessor love and esteem. But
the uncultivated understanding
when age robs it of the vivacity
which once made it supportable,
becomes insipid and despicable.
I will not insult your taste by
mentioning neatness of person as
I am very sure no young lady for
whom I write will ever be defici
ent in that particular.
Cultivate feelings of kindness
towards others. Be constant in
your attention to those about you,
and let that attention he respect
ful, even to children and servants.
Do not get angry when you ex
press your disapprobation of any
thing ; and when you have ex
pressed that disapprobation, let
it pass, that no enmity be harbor
ed towards you.
I have always observed that
young ladies bear prosperity with
less dignity and consideration
than any class of people. In their
“ whirl of folly and fashion,” they
forget that they arc liable to all
the “ ills that flesh is heir to,” and
often enveloped in a superabun
dance of gaudy attire, flutter like
the butterflies of summer, uncon
scious that the shadow which it
attracts is transient as the rain
bow.
If you should be rich, do not
think yourself any the better for
it, for fortune does not always
choose the meritorious for her fa
vorites ; and it you should be
poor, never feel degraded or even
mortified on that account, for po
verty has its advantages; it brings
some moments of leisure, (being
unlooked after by the world,) and
in leisure we improve our minds
—while the relaxation which rich
es gives are only hours of idle
ness, and idleness debases the ve
ry soul.
THE INFIDEL MOTHER.
BY CHATEAUBRIAND.
How is it possible for a woman
to be an atheist ? W fiat shall prop
up this reed if religion does not
sustain her ? The feeblest being
in nature even on the eve of death
or loss of her charms ; wtio shall
support her if her hopes be not
extended beyond an ephemeral
existence ? For the sake of her
beauty alone she ought to be pi
ous. Gentleness, submission, su
avity, tenderness, constitute part
of the charms which the Creator
bestowed on our first mother, and
to charms of this kind infidelity is
a mortal foe.
Shall woman who takes delight
in concealment—who never dis
closes more th in half of her gra
cess and of her thoughts, whom
Heaven formed for virtue, and
the most mj' sterious of sentiments
modesty and love—shall woman,
renouncing the engaging instinct
of her sex, presume with rash and
feeble hands, to attempt to with
draw the thick veil which con
ceals the divinity ? Whom does
she think to please by an effort
alike absurd and sacrilegious ?
Do,s she hope by adding her
pretty and her frivolous metaphy
sics to the imprications of a Spi
nosa, and the sophistry of a Bayle
to give us a higher opinion of ge
nius ? Wit boat doubt sh 3 lias 110
thoughts of marriage, for what
sensible man would unite himself
for lire with an impious woman ?
The infidel w ife has seldom any
idea of her duties ; she spends
her days either in reasoning on
virtue, w ithout practising its pre
cepts, or in enjoyment of the tu
multing pleasures of the world.
But the day of vengence ap
proaches ; time arrives leading
age by the hand. The spectre
with icy hair and silver hands,
plants himself on the threshold
ot the female atheist; she percei
ves him and shrieks aloud. Who
shall hear her voice ? Her hus
band ? She has none ; long, ve
ry long has he withdrawn from
the theatre of dishonor. Her
children ? Ruined by an impious
education and by maternal exam
ple, they concern themselves not
about their mother. If she sur
veys the past she beholds a path
less waste—her virtues have left
no traces behind them. For the
first time she begins to be sensible
how much more consolitary it
would have been to have religion.
Unavailing regret ! When the
atheist a*, the term of his career
discovers the allusions of a false
phi'osophy ; when annihi’ation,
like an appalling meteor, begins
to appear above the horison of
death, lie would fain return to
God, but it is too late. The mind
burdened by incredulity, rejects
all conviction.
How different is the lot of the
religious w r oman ! Her days are
replete with joy, she is respected,
beloved by her husband, her chil
dren, and her household; all
place unbounded confidence in
her, because they are firmly con
vinced of the fidelity of one who
is faithful to >,er God. Tae faith
oi the Christian is strengthened
by her happiness, and her happi
ness by her faith; she believes in
God because she is nappy, and
site is happy because she believes
in God.
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BAKERY.
f TMH : > subscriber has established, in this city, a
BAKtIR Y, tor supplying the public with
Bread , Crackers , Biscuit , Husk, Cakes, djpe.
He has secured the services of a first rate work
man, brought up to the business, and warrant to his
customers that the articles manufactured shall al
ways he of the best materials
IRESH BREAD will be delivered every morn
ing (and every evening, provided sufficient encour
agement, is given,) at 7 o’clock, at the Bake-house,
and at the houses of such in the city as may request
Fresh Rolls, Rusk and Tf a Cakes can be had at
the Baite-house every evening at 4 o'clock.
Fresh Crackers and Biscuit, Water and Butter,
wiii be constantly kept on hand by the pound, keg
or barrel, which, as to quality, shali be equal to any
imported. Country merchants can be supplied in
any quantity, by sending their orders.
FLOUR
Os the best brands of Canal, Philadelphia, Balti
more and Richmond, new and tresb, can always oe
had by the barrel, half-barrel, or retail, at the Bake
house.
'I he subsciber solicits the patronage of his friends
and toe public, assuring them his personal attention
wilt be given m superintending the establishment—
that thev may obtain the “ staff of life” of the best
materials, in a pure, cleanly and wholesome stale.
C. A. HIGGINS.
*=»* The Bake-house is in the rear of the Central
Hotel open daily, (Sundays excepted,) from 6 o’-
clock, A. M. to 7 o’clock, P\ M.
Persons wishing to he supplied daily, are re
quested to call at the !?• dee-house and obtain Tickets ,
as none will he left without them.
Macon, September 16, 1337, 3tf
New Carriage Repository,
OX SECOND-STREET.
subscriber has on hand and will be
receiving a large assortment of CAR
RIAGES, BARROUCHES, BUGGIES,
&c. Those wishing to purchase will
do well to call and examine for themsel
ves. JOHN HUNT, Jr.
September 2 Its
BsHabihoii & Ware
Have got at their store , under the Central
Hotel,
CHJGARS, Coffee and Teas
Salt, Iron and Nails
Runt, Gin and Whiskey
Holland Gin and Coniac Brandy,
An assortment of Cordials,
A superior article of Molasses,
Madeira, Sicily Madeira & Port Wines
Sugar and Butter Crackers
Hard-ware, Crockery-ware and Stone
ware,
Hemp Bagging
Gunney Bagging, anew article, 43 in
ches wide
W ith everv article usually kept in a
GROCERY STORE.
A general assortment of Dry Goods,
A Iso, just received ,
8 hhds. Sugar
30 bags Coffee
12 boxes Lemon Syrup
4 do Honey-Dew Tobacco,
W hich are offered favorably for cash.
Septemlter 2 ltf
OCF' We are authorized to announce
Benjamin R. Warner as a candidate for
Clerk of the Superior Court of Bibb
County, at the ensuing election in January
next. July 22 Btd
TER M S
OK THE
POST AND ASPIRANT.
The Post and Aspirant will be is
sued every Saturday Afternoon, in the City
of Macon, at $2 per annum, in advance,
or $3 at the end of the year' —$1 25 for 6
months. Single copies 12 1-2 cents.
Advertisements inserted at the usual
rates, with a reasonable deduction to thoso
who advertise bv the year.
Religious Notices, Marriages,
and Obituary Notices, will be published
GRATIS.
Letters, <fcc. from a distance, on
business, must be tost paid to insure at
tention.