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** The world is full 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.
Melancholy Breathing*.
BY DR. E. M. FENDLETON.
Though the rock of my hope is shivered
And its fragments are sunk in the wave;
Though my feelings have all been delievered
To woe—l shall not be its slave.—byron.
The gem that my hope had enkindled,
With a lustre as bright as the noon ;
Is changed and its glory has dwindled
To a glimmering taint as the moon.
The ray which at first was uncloudod.
As skies in a clear summer day ;
Is hid and its beauty enshrouded
Beneath the dark gloom of dismay.
The bud that was open at morning
Is seared—and its charms have all fled,
And the leaflets which were its adorning
Has shrouded its form with the dead.
Oh ! could I have saved it from dying
Before it had sank to its rest,
Pd raised it from where it was lying
And clasped it again to my breast.
But all my fond hopes have been blighted,
By the cold and the merciless blast;
And vows which were faithfully plighted
Are shattered and broken at last.
I am left with a vestage of sorrow,
To prey on my desolate heart;
Till the dawn of another to-morrow,
Cause spirit and body to part.
’Tis this that cheers up my sad feelings,
’Mid the gloom of the pitiless night;
It comes with the halm of its healings
To shed on my pathway a light,
f Though faint he the dawn of its gleamings,
And feeble its power to save ;
It tells me my sorrowful dreamings
Shall be lost in the sleep of the grave.
Warrenton, Georgia.
LINES
Suggested by a story entitled the “ Convict
and his Wife.”
Oh woman ! what were life but one
Dark hour of withering toil and care,
Did not thy smile the faded sun
()f hope relume, and gleam upon
The else unblessed air.
Some heavenly wanderer might rove
At times across our joyless sphere ;
But, oh ! the heart whose tremblings prove
How ample is its weight to love,
Would not be here l
The world’s dread mockery, the scorn
Os men upon thy idol poured
Thou heed’st not; but wilt gladly turn
Thy tender breast to blunt the thorn
That scourges thy adored.
Madness, and misery, and despair
That tortures while it charms the will,
Lose half their anguish when thy prayer
Os faith, thy trusting eyes, thy care,
Defy all ill.
Dear woman ! God has given to thee
A form of angel mould and bloom :
A soul like stars above the sea,
That share their light and purity
With night’s appalling gloom.
Well hast thou kept the impress, thou !
That hands immortal made thine own :
Still, seated on thy gentle brow,
The peace that holy thoughts bestow,
Shines like a crown. EROS.
[New-York Paper.
BOLD WOMEN.
A bold woman is, to me, one
of the most offensive objects on
earth. I have often felt disgust
for such ; though it lias often
been mitigated by recollecting in
bow many instances their bus
bands have been conducive to this
fault, by their want of delicacv,
or by the improper associations
they have allowed them to form.
But, when an unmarried woman
emancipates herself from all the
constraints that modesty and pro
priety prescribe, my disgust is
unmitigated by pity. lam one
of the few who maintain that mo
desty may survive the virtue it
was meant to guard ; but that
virtue rarely, and only then, by
chance, or calculation, outlives
modesty.— [Countess of Blessington , s
Victims of Society.
A GOOD STORY.
It is said of a gentleman in Phi
ladelphia, that lie has a passion
for the purchase of second hand
furniture at action, and that in
making “ good bargains” he has
filled his house with antiquated
and almost useless articles. Up
on one occasion his wife took the
responsibility, without consulting
or apprising her husband, to have
a portion of the least useful truck
removed to an auction room.—
Great was her dismav, and ex
treme her astonishment, when, on
the evening of the day of the sale
a majority of the articles came
back to the house. The husband
hud stumbled into the auction
room, and, not knowing bis own
furniture had purchased it at bet
ter bargains than at the first.
COMPOUND EPITHETS.
The custom of using hard com
pounds furnished Ben Johnson
with an opportunity of showing
his satire and his learning toge
ther. lie presents us with a La
tin translation by Joseph Scali
ger, which may he thus rendered
into English.
Lofty hro wflourishers,
N osei n bea rd vvallo wers,
Bagandbcardnourishers,
I) isha n dal lswallowers,
Oldcioakinvestigators,
Barefootlookfashioners,
Nightprivatefeasters,
Craftlucubrationers,
Youthcheaters, vvordcatchers, vaingloryso
phers—
Such are your seekersofvirture philoso
phers.
A Parisian robber, who was
seized in the act of stealing in the
shop of a tobacconist, by way of
excusing himself, said that he had
never heard of a law which for
bade a man to take snuff.
IIOW TO COMMIT MURDER.
Take a pretty lady—tell her she
has a pretty foot—she will wear
a small shoe—go out in wet wea
ther—catch a cold—then a fever
—and die in a month. This re
ceipt never fails.
AN INTOLERABLE NUISANCE.
A man in creaking boots, who
moves about in a slow, stately,
and solemn manner—whether in
dwelling-house, a hall of justice,
a lecture room, or a church.
SIXAKESPERE IMPROVED.
A beligerent w ight threatened
to kick a dry character who had
offended him. 44 If you undertake
it,” answered the challenged,
“you will find yourself a man more
shinned against than shinning .”
COUSINING.
A Mr. Purdon, of Dublin, has
had to pay $12,000 damages, in a
breach of marriage promise case
with his cousin. lie said iiis fa
ther forbid the match on his death
bed, and he would obey his com
mands at all hazards.
CUFF AND SAMBO.
Cuff—Look here, Sambo, you
got dat quarter dollar you owes
me ?
Sambo—La, Cuff, no. Money
so scace—so stoppages in Mo
bile—-dere amt no money in cir
culation.
Cuff—O sho—Sambo what de
nashun you got to do wid Mobile?
nigger, pay up, pay up.
Sambo—Well, look here, Cuff,
me hear inassa tell more dan
twenty men de same tale, and I
aint seen no gemman treat him
like you me. Act like a gemman
if you is nigger.
“ Come friend,” said a credi
tor to his debtor,- “ I want that
money.” 44 1 haven’t got it.”—
44 But 1 must have it now.” 44 We11,
if you get it before 1 do, just let
mo know, wiM you ?”
THE NATIONAL
swrri»it
(On the corner of Cherry <s• Second-streets,)
ILL be opened for the reception of
BOARDERS on Monday next, the
25th instant. The Bar and Table will
contain the choice of the land.
T. B. CLARK, Proprietor.
September 23 4tf
J. fifl. & W. S. ELLIS,
DRUGGISTS,
Cotton. Avenue,
M 8 GEORGIA,
Bp / Have just received the
jffjt-A following, which they of
fer for sale on accommo
dating terms :
Superior English Ground Mustard, for table or
Medical use
Carpenter’s Extract Liverworth
Do. Sarsaparilla Cububs and Capaiva
Do. Extract rink-root
Do. do Boneset
Do. Tonic Extract
Do. Remedy for Scalds, Bums, &c.
Do Disinfecting Liquid Chloride of Soda,
for sick rooms, and keeping Meat untainted in hot
weather.
Gallaghan’s Vegetable Fever and Ague Pills
Superior Red Peruvian Bark
Oil Cantharidin, Oil Black Pepper
Stomach Tubes, Dentist’s Instruments
Croton Oil, Salaeratus, Pearlash
Ground Spices, Starch
Indigo, best Spanish, Salt-petre
Salsoda, for washing, Superior Apple Vinegar
Best London Walnut Catsup
Sultana Raisins, for cooking.
ALSO,
A general Stock of Fresh Drugs, Medicines,
Confectionaries, &c.
September 23 4tf
—ip
Carpenter’* Embrocation for Hor
ses.
TpOR the cure of Swellings, Strains, Bruises, Galls'
A Stiffness of Tendour and joints, <fec Ac.
This Embrocation is recommended to Farriers and
others who wish a remedy for diseases above men
tioned. For sale by J.H &W. S. ELLIS.
September 23 4tf
II rami refill Pills.
T« E subscril>ers have accepted the sole
Agency of Brundreth’s Pills, for Mu
con, and will keep a supply of the same
constantly on hand.
GRIFFIN & PURSE,
At, their Book Store.
September 2 , ltf
HUH
bakery.
r TUIE subscriber has established, in this citv
A BAKERY, for supplying the public with ’ ’
Bread, Crackers, Biscuit, Rusk, Cakes, .
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 be of the best materials.
FRESH 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 Tea Cakes can be had at
the Bake-house every evening at 4 o'clock.
Fresh Crackers and Biscuit, Water and Butter
will be constantly kept on hand bv the pound, keg
or barrel, which, as to (juality, shall be equal to any
lmported. Country merchants can be supplied in
any quantity, by sending tlieir orders.
FLOUR
Os the best brands of Canal, Philadelphia, Balti
more and Richmond, new and fresh, can alwavs be
had by the barrel, half-barrel, or retail, at the Bake
house.
’1 he subsciber solicits the patronage of Ids friends
ar ?d the public, assuring them his personal attention
will be given in superintending:the establishment
that they may obtain the “ staff of life” of the best
materials, in a pure, cleanly and wholesome state.
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.
tpt Persons wishing to be supplied daily, are re.
quested to call at. the Bake-house and obtain Tickets,
as none will be left without them.
Macon, September 16, 1837. 3tf
Robert Wheeler,
(Late IV heeler Townsend ,)
DEALER in Staple Dry Goods, Shoes,
Groceries, Hard & Hollow Ware,
Crockery and Glass Ware, Iron and
Steel, Cotton Bagging, &c. &c. &c.—
Third-Street, Macon.
September 16 3tf
Dickinson & Ware
Have got at their store , under the Central
Hotel ,
Cl UGARS, Coffee and Teas
Salt, Iron and Nails
Rum, Gin and Whiskey
Holland Gin and Coniae 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
With every article usually kept in a
GROCERY STORE.
A general assortment of Dry Goods.
Also, just received,
8 hhds. Sugar
30 bags Coflee
12 boxes Lemon Syrup
4 do Honey-Dew Tobacco,
Which are offered favorably for casit.
September 2 ltf
New Carriage Repository,
ON SECOND-STREET.
rpHE subscriber has on hand and will be
receiving a large assortment of CAR
RIAGES, BARROUCHES, BUGGIES,
&c. dec. Those wishing to purchase will
do well to call and examine for themsel
ves. JOHN HUNT, Jr.
September 2 ltf
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
TERMS
OF THE
POST AND ASPIRANT.
(£5” 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-—sl 25 for 0
months. Single copies 12 1-2 cents.
Advertisements inserted at the usual
rates, with a reasonable deduction to those
who advertise by the y'car.
o^7"Small Religious Notices, Marringes.
and Obituary Notices, will be published
GRATIS.
Letters, &c. from a distance, oo
business, must bo post paid to insure at
tention.