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- ha:. *si f.e.EmM*yist.
HuT I*l L.L TAKER V ’ '
t'ui-Vt it v\ as in consequence ef an epi
df Jifc'-^arrt'ssil iag, tr of the season, which
was Christmas, and the consequent repletion
attemiairt'on ft, that had caused such an un
usual influx of ciistauiers to the shop, of An
drew, Chemist and Druggist in the
Fife; certain it is 'hat he and his 'hoy had
been more than usually employed in com
oundiug aperients and emetics for the in
abitants of the good city ; never before had
tch a demand on his. gallipots and bottles
len made—never before bad blue pill and
lap been used in such profusion, and never
•fore had Andrew felt more sincere pleas
'*y;e than he derived that evening, from the
arket house clock striking eleven, his sig
il for closing. With alacrity his boy accept-
I his permission to depart and left his mas
'.t to enjoy solitude for the first time during
lat day, and to calculate the quantity of
rugs made use of during if. This was not
mall—l4j oz. blue pill, 4 lb. jalap, besides
olycynth, senna and rhubarb, at the lowest
omputation, had he prepared for the good
iwnfolk of Fife ; innumerable had been the
ases of cholera morbus, and pluftib pudding
urfeits he had relieved that d?.y, .‘and the re-'
■ollection of the proportion of e?vil he had
>een the means of alleviating gave him the
nost pleasing sensations. The profit also ac
ruing from this day’s- labor contributed no
unall ijhare of pleasing. thd®ghtsSj and one
talf hflur more-had passed, ere it Entered his
nind the time of closing had more than ar
ived ; he had, however, just lor the
wrposo, when a stranger entered. Now,
Andrew, though an industrious man would
villingly have dispensed with any! other call
or his services that evening, and 'not alto
gether so obligingly as usual did he welcome
iis customer, but awaited his commands
without deigning a question.
The stranger was not, however, long in
opening his commission, neither did he ap
pear to take Andrew’s inattention at all amiss;
he seemed one of those hapjiy bqings upon
Whom outward circumstances made little or
lio impression, who could oe either civil or
otherwise, as should happen to suiffhis humor,
and who cared little for any opinion but his
own. Hi a broad and ample should era, over
which* w 4 cast a large coachman's coat, with
its innumerable capes, and hi 9 ha-nds thrust
into the pockets, and his round, ruddy, good
Ihumored face, showed that the cares and
’Troubles of the world had made but little im
pression upon him. Andrew had seVn many
w wild Highlander in his time; but dither there
Was something peculiar in his customer, or
fits nerves were a little deranged by his exer
tions during the day ; an indefinable sensa
tion of fear came over him for whuffi he could
Sot account, and his first impulse was to Turn
to the door for assistance. But thery he- ’be
thought himsi If he might, perchance, fall in
to the hands ofsonieof those prowlers,
who, report says, make no scruplcfof supply,
ing medical students with living Subjects if
‘.hey cannoyirocure dead ones. And more,
lid he leave his shop, his till would* be left
a the tender mercies of the stranger.; he was
hen fore compelled to summon cordage and
iemand the stranger’s business. This was
lot so difficult to him, perhaps, as we may
imagine, Andrew having formerly served in
the militia ; but it appeared that his fears,had
alarmed him far more than there was any oc
casion, for on asking the .stranger's business,
lie in the most polite manner only requested
bim to prepare a box of moderately strong
aperient pills. This at once relieved his
Jears, though it did not entirely remove them,
and Andrew quickly set about the necessary
preliminaries. Blue pill and jalap once more
Were in request, but so much had the
Stranger’s 9udden appearance, agitated him he
Could not recollect their places so readily as
Usual, and he was more than once on the
point of niyjing quite the reverse of what he
intended.
Tiie stranger observed to him he appeared
agitated, and politely begged he would wait a
little and compose himself as he was in no
hurry. Herp all Andrew’s fears returned,and
in spite of all his Ctforts hi 9 hands rsbook as
though he had the palsy, and never had the
pret aration of a box of pills appeared so irk
some to him. It seemed as though the very
medicine itself had this evening conspired to
torment him; three times longer than, it usu
ally took him he had now been, and though
the town clock had already told the hour of
midnight, still Andrew was at his post, grind
ing and pounding; and often, as he delayed
for a moment through mer inability to pro
ceed, the stranger politely besought Jdm to
?est a few minutes and compose him Self, and
Andrew for very shame was compelled to re
sume his occupation. At length his labors
drew to an end, he prepared the lab£l, pasted
it on, neatly covered the box with blue paper
and presented it to the stranger.
“ I will thank you for a glass of water,”
said he, as he bowed to Andrew on receiving
the box, “ and I see* sir r you have given me
•o smartish dose. All these bills to be taken
at bed times but so much the bettej, thev
trill perform their required duty sooner. I have
tire now', mastered a leg of mutton; and some
tvTiters affirm the human stomach can digest
■a ten penny nail, so here goes.”
-- It was in vain Andrew assured him he had
made a mistake iu the directions, and that
-one pill was sufficient; in vain he remonstrated
with him on the danger of taking a lfirgedose;
pill after pill disappeared from- his'alarmed
view, while between every three or our, in
the same equable aud polite tone came, “I
thank you to prepare me another box, and
compose yourself,Sir ; lam in no hutry.”—
Who could the stranger bet Andrew was
now at the very climax of alarm ; the "perspi
ration stood on his brow-, and hts hands trem
bled so as to render it almost impossible to
- reach down his jars without damaging them.
Strong doses be had certainly often prepared
after a city feast., for the attendants on it; but
this outdid them all. A man that could de
voir a leg of mutton, digest a ten penny nail,
and . dfti a box ol blue pills at a mouthful, bad
never entered his imagination, much (css did
li™ c v r expect to see such a being in persons
Ijii! Ik: he wbd h( might, lie was again ohlig. j
*’•> to eomnmnce his labor. The strung i had |
now finish* *d h : s box, uul Apdrew h;d no al-'
teMfat.;. iiA to -gjrr, ti mzt 1
TlfE MACON ADVERTISER, AND AGRICULTURAL AND MERCANTILE INTELLIGENCER.
him in the lace ; the latter he could not do,
as his imagination hud now metamorphosed
him into something more or less than man. —
Once more, therefore, did Andrew ply at the
pestle, while the stranger, as if to beguile the
tedium of waiting, began to grow more loqua
cious. Had Andrew ever sought • after the
Philosopher's Stone, the Universal Solvent*
or Elixir of Life 1 Did he put much faith in
Solomon’s Balm of Gilead, or Carrington’s
Pills, or did he believe in the Metempsy
chosis ! In vain he assured him be vftrtdiijd
nothing but the Edinburgh Dispensatory, that
h>s shop bounded his rest-arches; the stran
ger took for granted he must be able -to give
or receive information, and question after
question did he put, to which Andrew assent
ed without knowing their purport.
At length he seemed to have exhausted all
his subjects, sat himself on the chair, as if to
compose himself to sleep, and in a short time
gave unequivocal proofs of it. Andrew now
began to breathe more freely, and ventured
to cast his eyes towards his strange customer;
and, after all, there was nothing to be ajarm
ed at in his appearance, except he noticed
the breath iVom his nostrils appeared more
like the steam of a tea-kettle than the breath
of a human being. Still there- was rjoihing
extraordinary in his appearance; he had a
good jovial English farmer’s face; and a
dress that well suited it; to be sure a smile
or rather grin, lurked in the corner of his
mouth, even while asleep, as if he mocked
poor Andrew’s perplexity. He did not, how
ever, allow much time for observation—lie
seemed to be intuitively aware, Andrew had
ceased his usual polite manner. “ Oh, I see
yop have finished; ’havethe goodness to pre- 1
pare me one t>ox more; but let ine prayw ou
ter take your leisure, and impose you re elf,
for lam in no hurry.” Andrew, who had
fondly hoped his labor was at an end, now
found himself obliged to renew it again with
vigor, wlnlif the stranger aroused himself,
rose fr&m his chair, yawned and shook kim
9elf~“spoke -of the comfortable nap he had
enjoyed—was sorry he had kept Andrew up
so late, or early rather for it was now in the
morning.
Andrew, though infernally wishing him
any where but in Ins shop, yet constrained
himself politely to answer, tha't his commands
gave him much pleasure. Again did lie re
new his toil. Pox after box did he prepare
without iutermissioiL.and the hours of one,
two and three,had been told in succession,
by the market clock. Bitterly did he lament
ins destiny ; long before thig he ought to have
been snug and *omfortal>Te'm his warm bed-
Anger now began to assume the place of fear,
as hr grew more accustomed to his visiter’s
company, and often did he determine in him
self to refuse preparing any more. Still his
courage was uot at that pitch ; probaMy hie
exertions, as I said before, may have injured
his nerves—however, he could not rally him
self enough to do it. The stranger, with his
usual smile ot%rin, stood looking- on, em
ploying his time by beating the devil’s tatoo
on his boot, while at intervals came forth the
usual phrase, “Another box, but don’t hur
ry yourself.” At length, mere inability to
proceed any farther supplied the place of
courage ; his arms and sides ached tq such a
degree withers labor, as to cause the perspi
ration to stand on his brow in great drops,
and he declared he could proceed no further.
Th# alteration in -the stranger’s counte
nance told him he had better lefif it unsaid,
arid his hands instmtrively grasjKd'the jiestle
with renewed vigor, hut his repentance came
too late; the ♦anger’s hand was already a
cross the-counter, and in a second -more had"
grasped Andrew’s nose as firmly as if it had
been m a vice. Andrew strove iri vain to re
lease himself—the strangeij held him with
more than human grasp; and his voice, in
stead of the polite tone he had before used,
now sounded to his terrified ears what his'
imagination had pictured of the Indian yell.
The pain-of the gripe deprived him of voice
to assure his tomienter he, would compound
for him as long as he would wish ; still he
contrived to make signs to that effect, by
stretching lira hands towards his niortar and
imitating the action of grinding ; but his
tyrant was relentless—firmer did he close his
fore finger and thumb. Andrew could not
shake him off; like a person afflicted with a
night mare, he in vain assayed his strength,
though agonized with fear of losing his pro
rument feature in the struggle. The stranger,
at length, as if endowed with supernatural
strength, lifted him from the ground,- balanc
ed him in the air for a moment, gave him a
three-fold twitch, drew him head foremost
over the counter, and lethiur fall. When he
3ame to Ins senses, he found himself lying
outside his bed, the only injury from his fall
being a broken nose. „
/ rom the Baltimore Minervc.
How to detect a very far “down
east ” from Bostonlived a man of “pretty tron-
’ whose business it was to
“teach i.ie ybung idea how to shoot. He was
considered an uncommonly cute fellow, and
possessed an exc'.llent Si/stem, which was to
push his \m\nU forward by aifosrd applies:'
tion of lurch backward. JmlTday, ft was a
muster day, the to hiin for
“leave to have HQ^Vhoolbut he having
tht*irrt>iins anrp'T’ell-being of his pupils in
view, put in his veto, which caused great ex
citenrent among the youngsters, which came
near resulting in open rebellion—for boys
generally prefer the march of soldiers to the
march of intellect. There they sat, sucking
their thumbs and bitterly wailing their hard
lot; —the troops began to muster—the drum
rolled and they heard the orderly sergeant
give out the command in a thundering voice
—“fall in fellers!—right dress!” It was too
much to bear ; one of the little follows, sec
mg the master’s back turned, sJvlv crept up
to the stove and placed a lump'of Xsafcetida
upon it. It soon began to melt—the gas as
cended, and the boys began tc groan and
bold their noses——
“My what’s that r ‘—asked the
enraged pedagogue—“which one of yon's got
garbek in your pockets ?—lfo-ho you’ve nut it
on tne stove hairit you? Dan Moncypeimv
■ to seal ? Did you, Prom-J
N„k uK.
"■S’H Vl " 0 '"- '' Inch of you uuvG .1000
this, tell me, you vagabonds?”
. d r n;ii any tfeipi
about it; and, as the stench now became too
Strong to bear, the roaster was compelled to
dismiss the school, and let his vengeance
sleep until the morrow.
The morrow came, and the boys were sep
arately asked if they knew any thing of the
foul indignity offered the olfactory nerves of
the master ? No, all were ignorant.
“Well now,” said the master, “you all ap
pear to he mighty innocent—but I have a
way of finding out the guilty one. You all
on you see that’ere stove., do ye ? Well it’s
got no fire in it now, and is quite cold; you
shall go one after the other and touch it and
it will not fail to burn you the guilty one.—
Iv’e tried it few years, 1 tell you- Promise
Gill, shut up all the windows and make the
room dark. Now, boys, when I say advance
—do you go up each of you and touch the
stove pipe—the innocent need not he afl'ear
cd.”
He now walked lightly to the stove and
besmeared the pipe with lamp-black, then
returned to Ins seat, and gave the word. The
hoys did as they were commanded—but not
one of them said he was burnt.
“Open the windows now, Promise Gill,”
exclaimed the master. “Now, boys, all on
you hold up your hands. Ha! Nick Hind
man-} ou’re the feller that put the stuff on
the stove yesterday! You would not touch it
to day —so you hairit got your bands black.
The rest of the boys may go hetye— Nick,
you stay here, I’ve got a little account to set
tle with you.”
T , 'rom the Globe.
TOST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
To Postmasters and Mail Contractors.
Post Office Department, )
July 1 2th, 1631. \
Gentlemen:
Within the last two years, the condition of
this Department has been much improved—
In many parts of the country, mail routes have
been extended ; stage accommodations have
been added; the frequency of trips have been
increased; and on many of the leading routes,
greater celerity has been given to the trans
portation of tlie mail and to the expedition of
the traveller. On the routes most important
to the intercourse of the country, and especi
ally to its mercantile inti rests, greater im
provements have been secured yx _the more
rapid transmission of the mail.
Iwo years since, the contract then in op
eration involved an expense of more than a
hundred thousand dollars a year ; "beyond the
amount ol the current revenue of the Depart
ment. At present, its current revenue does
not vary materially from the current expen
diture. These results could not have been
produced by any efforts on'my pa riff had they'
not received the energetic co-operation of
postmasters and contractors. That •much of
the success which has attended those efforts,
is due to the vigilance and fidelifmrhich have
characterized most of you, is deeply felt aud
acknowledged. .
The number of persons employed in the
various branches of this Department, compre
hending postmasters and their assistants, con
tractors and their various agents, is upwards
ot thirty thousand. Amongthese, it is scarce
ly to bfc presumed that every individual would
prove entirely faithful to his trust; and re
cent developenients have shown, that errors
exist among them which call for correction.
Nor can ft be expected, that m a community
embracing an extensive nation, every indi
vidual should be so far governed by the die
tates of Junior and integrity, as to preclude all
fraudulent practices; but as it is the duty of
every good citizen to discountenance them,
so it is especially incumbent upon every agent
ot this Department to exercise all possible vig..
ilance in detecting and preventing them,
wherever they are bear upon its in
terests. Your particunre attention is there
fore called to the following points.
It is the duty oi every Postmaster to be
careful in locking the mail; to see that it is
secured; and to the mail key as a sa
cred deposit. The most extensive depreda
tions ever committed upon the mail, have
been peipetrated by means of improper per
sons obtaining the mail Key. It should be
carefully secured under a lock; and no per
son, who is not under the oath of office, should
ever be permitted to have access to it, or to
use or keep the key. That disregard lor the
safety of the mail which will permit a post
master to lose a key, is without apology. It
is equally important that you examine well
the bags in which you place the mail for trans
pqitation, and be sure that they are whole
and secure. \Y hen new ones are needed,
the-postmaster should make the requisition
on the Department, and when those, forward-..
edare not returned with the mail, he should
send an enquiry aiong the route to ascertain
the postmaster by whom they are detained,
and report the tacts to the Department.
There is, with so ne postmasters, a want of
proper care in receiving and changing the
mail. Packets ot letters and bunil.es of
newspapers 'no, often left in the mail to pass
beyond their destination or to take a w rong
direction, through the inattentjoh of v tfie per
eon whose duty it is to separate them. Your
especial attention is called to tins suhject.—
At all connecting points, or at places from
whiehothcr mails branch, it is the dutv of the
postmaster to examine carefully the packets
in the mail; to separate from them those
which belong to his own office, and all such
as should be sent by the branching mail, and
to give them their proper direction, to go bv
the earliest conveyance. It will be of little
avail to the public, to form connections and
provide for the expedition of the mail, unless
postmasters carefully attend tothur duties in
this respect. Neglect on tins point brings re
proach upon the Department, and often easts
i* upon tiiose-who-bast-merit the censure.—
Whenever tiff's duty is neglected,, it ft rceuir
•J of the first postmaster who shall discover
it, to return such packets to the postmaster
who has given tiicm awfo:ig direction, or
whose neglect has suffered theta, to wander,”
and report the Tact? to the Department, it is
expectid that '.ift- injunction will be strictly
regarded. It will en.ibiv the Department to'
detect the errors aud carelessness of delin
quents, and to ascertain through what offices
packets of this description may Jiave passed,
t-y P'art vigilance Rrrcpt them,—-i
In such cases, the most effectual corrective
will be promptly applied.
An evil prevails, it is apprehended, with
the smaller post offices, and with some of the
intermediate offices on routes much travelled
—which may, perhaps more than any of the
greater derelictions of duty, contribute to in
jure the reputation of the Department. It is
this :—The opening of mails by a postmaster
or assistant, in a public store or other room,
within the reach of jtersons not sworn—in vi
olation of an express instruction. This must
be wholly avoided. In the smaller offices,
too, where the letters and newspapers remuin
ingon hand are few, there is sometimes great
carelessness in not preserving them W’eli un
der lock and key. They should be kept in
a secure case, er desk, and no person not offi
cially sworn, allowed to have access to them.
And the practice which obtains in some offi
ces of lending newspapers, must be abandon
ed altogether. Injuries of"this 'Kind will be
promptly redressed. Postmasters are also
more strictly enjoined, to give due notice to
publishers, wheafeheir papers or periodicals
are refused, or not taken from the post office.
A wilful neglect of this injunction by a post-,
master, may subject him to private damages
on the suit of a publisher, who can establish,
the fact, —besides the consequence of a com
plaint to this Department.
{ It is required by law, that every person em
, ployed by the Department, .whether postmas
ter or clerk, contractor, carrier or driver,
shall take the oath prescribed. It has lately
come to the knowledge cf five Department,
that in some instances this has been neglect
ed, Loth in post offices and with mail carriers
or drivers. You will enquire into this; ahd
if it has ever been neglected by any person in
your employment, you will have the error im
mediately corrected. A wanton disregard of
this requirement in future, will be considered
ample cause for removal from office, or for an
nulling a contract.
It is required of every contractor to be scru
pulously punctual, in his tiroes of arrival,at the
specified points with tfie mail. In every case
of delinquency in this respect, the fine will
be imposed and rigidly enforced ; and a rep.
etition will incur a forfeiture of the contract.
If insurmountable obstacles intervene, the
contractor must lose no time in prociwing the
best evidence of the facts which the nature of
the case will admit, and forward it by the ear
liest mail to the Department. A delay_in
doing this will prevent the excuse from being
considered ; and no obstacle which is not ab
solutely insurmountable, will be considered a
apology.
It is required of all postmasters at the be
ginning and ending of each route, and M any;
other points named in tne schedule of each
contract, to report to the Department every
failure of a contractor to arrive within ten
minutes of the time specified. In this re
spect there is no discretion with the postmas
ter. lie is required absolutely, in every case,
to >*report the delay,-with the cause then
known; and the discretion ©f enforcing or
remitting* the fine is reserved to the bead of
the Department; who will be governed by'
the facts alone. If the times fixed by the
contract are not known to the postmaster, he
should apply to the Department; and they
shall be given.
Contractors are required in all cases, to
convey the entire mail; well secured from
rain or bad weather. If on horseback, it
must be covered with an oil cloth or bear
skin. If in a stage, the letti r mail'must be in
a safe and well covered boot under the driver,
or in the body of the stage. When the news
paper mail is large, and separate from the let
ter mail, it may be carried on the back of the
9lage, provided it shall be well secured from
ram ; but in no case must it be exposed to
the weather. Nor is a contractor permitted
on any occasion to leave bags of newspapers,
or pamphlets, or any part of the mail, at any
place on the road. His doing so, will inevita
bly subject him to the forfeiture of his con
tract. It is also required of postmasters in
every instance, when a contractor shall fail to!
comply with any of these requirements, tore-;
port the case specifically to the Department;
and a neglect to do so, will subject him to the
imputation and consequence of being a par
ticipator in the offence. It is the duty of ev
cry postmaster, to be in readiness (in person
or by his assistant) at this office, to receive
the mail when it arrives, and despatch it with}
all possible expedition. It sometimes hap- i
pens that carriers and drivers are unnecessa
rily detained, and sometimes a neighbourhood
is disappointed in not receiving intelligence,
by a postmaster failing to be at his post to re
ceive the mark, In such cases, it is the~ffiity
of the contractor toYeport the facts to the De
partment, that the proper corrective may be
applied y and a failure to do so, will subject
him, also, to the penalty of delinquency*^
There is cause to apprehend,- that file reve
nue of the Department suffers much, by abus
es of the franking privilege. Your attrition
was called to thjs subject two years since,
with good effect. there-irivoason fo fear
that in many instances, the unrernitted vigi.
lance which the interest of the Department
exacts, is not generally continued. Youi
special attention is called to the subject.—.
Le t no elevation ofeharroter, or-of oftirr, ffp.
ter you irom bringing to the test of legal in
vestigation, any person against whom evi
dence of this offence may be procured.'’ It is
of essential importance to the Department;
and in no case, when the fact can be estab
lished, must the offender be permitted to es
cape with impunity. It is scarcely necessary
to say that a violation of the law, by postmas
ters themselves, will in nocase be pardoned.
They are reminded of the obligation 'OfUicif
I oath of office.
! Every person having charge of a boat or
| cralt, is required by law, under a heavy penal
| fy, to deposit all letters conveyed by his boat,
; Ul the post office at each place of arrival; and
J all letters conveyed by steam boat, on waters
I where steam boats regularly plv, are subject
to the same postages as those carried the same
distance in the mail. There is ground for
belief, that in some par.s- this provision of
the law is in a great measure evaded. You
are required to use all diligence in striving to
correct this evil. It it be permitted to exist,
the Department will be deprived of trmHr-ft
its lawful revenue at places where steam boats
touch. In-very instance you can discover.
tho violation cf this tion rtf Tv.
t —j— •
j [Section 19.] whether on the w ater or bv
1 land, you are to cause uprosecution to be in
stituted.
The law prohibits mail carriers, or stage
drivers, from carrying letters, scaled or un
sealed, out of the mail; except sch a? are
received at the distance of one mile from a
post office, and then the carriers are required
to deliver them to be mailed, in the first post
office at which they arrive. From reports re
cently made to this Office, it appears that
this pari of the law’, has, in many instances,
been grossly violated, to the injury of the De
partment. This is an evil that cannot be tol
erated. If done by carriers and drivers with
out the knowledge of their employers, the
' contractors in this respect, mu3t be held re
sponsible for the conduct of the agents whom
they employ. It is their duty to know them;
and it is expected of each contractor that he
will find the means of preventing frauds of
; this description upon his own route, or sus
i tain, himself, the injury that may result. An
j apprehension is entertained, that some con
tractors, in other respects well approved, have
permitted these frauds to exist upon their
lines. If so, he evil must be effectually er
adicted, whatever sacrifice of individual in
to rest it may involve. No contractor will
hereafter be continued in the service of the
Department, who shall permit this practice.
However highly he may be estimated inotlieri
respects, he will be deprived of his contract.
Postmasters are required, in all cases, to ink
form the Department, when these abuse?
come to their knowledge.
it is highly satisfactory to Fee 1 assured, that
by the great majority of you, gentlemen, all
the evils here noticed are decidedly discoun
tenanced; and the'strongest confidence -re
therefore reposed in your readiness still to co
operate in giving effect to the injunctions of
the Department, so essential to its future
prosperity. W. T. BARRY, i
I'he fallowing is from the Boston Pruntcrlyt of
July 16, and was received by the .Versus, fromJ.au,
don, with dates of 2d June,-
CONTINUED SUCCESS OF THE POLES.
The London Star of the evening of the 3d
of June says, “The brave Polish Commander
has completely out-manoeuvred the Russians.
VI hile a Polish corps was amusing them at
Aimak, Skryznccki united all the corps on his
left, crossed the Bug, and taking Ostrolenka
by assault, has proceeded to Lomza, defeated
the Russian Guards at Tvchosin. and in fact
occupied the wCole country between the Bug
and Narew.”
Accounts from Warsaw of the 20th, left
Diebitsch at Zocolow, apparently in ; rqute
lor Ostrolenka or for Bielsk or Bialystock,
with no resource but to throw himself on the
protection ol Prussia, as Dwemicki, threw
himself on the protection of the Austrians.
He has, however, to cross the Bug and Na
rew, with Polish corps on every side of him-
By this masterly movement, the Polish
General has placed himself in contact with
the Samogitians, Lithuanians, and other re
volted districts, by whose population his army
wiil he indefinitely augmented, so as to leave
to Diebitsch no prospect of escape, Let whiff
in the Prussian frontiers. The foreign jour
naft assort he will endeavor to reach Throne,
in Prussia; but we expect he will seek to
cross the Roeoka, and avail himself of the
shelter of its vast forests,
The march of Schrvznecki is without par
allel in modern warfare. From Warsaw to
Ostrolenka, was a flank march of full eighty
mile 9 ; thence to Loniza another 30; and to
Tychosin 20 more—the last 50 being in the
rear of the Russian grand army. The Poles
seem also to have gainedad vantages in are
pulse of the Russians at Minsk; and 'this,
wib the new position of Skyrznecki, no doubt
forced Diebitsch to retreat to iSocotow, near
the lower Bim.
O
The ranks or the Warvovians have also
been recruited by volunteers from Prussian
and Austrian Poland; and the whole cam
paign resembles a war tsf chivalry, m which
the enlightened enterprize of Europe is direp. !
ted individually, against the further encroach
ments of the barbarons Muscovites, Tartars
and Siberians.
YYe have just learnt (says the London
Globe, under date June 2d, .three o’clock,'
P. M.) that a report is general in the city of
a ’Russian defeat by the Poles, and that 'the
Imperial Guards had been cut to pieces. It,
is said to rest on letters from Berlin. It is
certainly very prevalent. ,i
The morning Star of tho 3d says, that the
above reports probably alluded to the over
throw ot the Guards at Tyohosin, who were
taken by surprise. ’"
A private letter from-Warsaw, dated 18th
Says: Since last Thursday', the two armies
are in full movement Ge- Diebitsch has
made a manoeuvre with the principal part of
his army, in the direction of the Bug and Nff.
rew, with a manifest intention to get into the-
Wawodie of Flock, to gain the Prussian From
tiers. The motive of this change of position
is not difficult to be undertsood, as the Russian ’
General finds ft difficult to receive his con-'
'o> s * rorn Russian Poland, and he now wants
to gam the Prussian frontiers, to be in corn-,
mum cation with Thorn, where he has a con
siderable magazine of provisions and ammu
nition waiting for his approach.
Gen. Skrzynecki has also made a flank
movement; on Friday morning his held
™,1c, 5 .0 to Ljtlmnnia,
the insurrection there. We have this mo
ment a report, that in the environs of Ostro
| lenka the Imperial Russian Guard have' ex
i > T'' < h,Tk ' °' cn ' Ll “toski com
| manes in that quarter.
pt r, of the -.lst May, announces that-Gen
iSkryzneeki had taken Ostrolenka o the
’ 1 ..1 u° r ° 10 ° ,,,a "* l (l a large sum of mon-
I oners 6 Thf ° f e e ? Pmy ’ an<l 1700 fo'-
L„ t * ost . of Skryznccki in advanc
! trS £, opposed to have been to
| Asians a nd their supplies
I A Liverpool Letter of June Ist, oVe,'ft
snvs fho Cotton ’
*
From the Messager deg Chambres
Aloiehs, May IS.-The works ofth/tf
arc continued with great diligence a
carefully executed. 8 I, , ouR , ’
hie to hinder the massacre on the c ff, es ' ra
the Regency, hut it will not be effect!?! 11
military occupation iff the coast. a ‘ J
to the belief of a Mussulman, to kill •
tian is an act meritorious in the sfirht Jff
ami honorable in the eyes of men.
From the Constituticnnef.
Rome, May 1 6,—1t seems that the p„
would be willing to grant anew anH
plete amnesty to the revolted provi*.
that Cardinal Bcrnetti exerts
suade his Holiness that he will gab foptl
by mild measures, and w ould, betijd
the protection of the Austrians, jy
the latter have declared that theft pr
necessary, and that they ghail m,
continue the occupation. • i
The works.of Ancqua arc already
vanced, eighty pieces of cannon h av ,
sent hither from Venice. What prove*
the Austrians intended to fix themeelv
tho Legislature is, that the acts of the ' '
ernment are published, not in tire nar
the Pope, but of the United Provinces
Austrians have made some attempt* at
hatrort in Bologna, and other towns of I
na, but withill success; theft secret
i every body knows, endeavors to m
if believed that these attempts W€re
some Italians, who have now emigrate
the public has not been the dupe Aft
. 0 as hostilities do not bem a bj
Austin* and France, the country, kent
as it is, will not stir. 3
Ten chests of mukete and 300 sal,von
every day expected at Leghorn to be
warded to Bologna, to Cardinal Oppiz 20 n
;s thought, however, that tho Austrians
not permit the importation of these ar
they have already refused to Colonel Lazz
m the entrance of the papal troops ufio A
cona. r , T
Mixan, May 21 -—-Notwithstanding (ft
penury of its Treasury, Austria keeps mere
tog its military lorce. Hitherto the Italic
regiments in the Austrian service were cm*
posed of tlirce battalia,,* they
have tour, and to complete these corps ij
Emperor of Austria has ordered in lU“
dy and Venice anew levy of 12,000
it J r Hl th A Clr rf s f >00,IVC regiments by
Mi't f u, £ ! hc I,al,r to regiments l
out of Italy, the Levies must be made quick,
ly, that the recruits may reach their corps ft
the time fixed. r >
TlfE lAST AFODECT THE
seUfed that Hungary is to be the country t
which Charles X. and his family retire ou
.leaving Ilolyrood House. The Duchess
Angouleme possesses in thetcountry estates
valued at 600,000 francs a year, which were
left her by her aunt. There will be thus m
Austrian dominions the members of an ex.
imperial and ex-royal family of France.
MACON.
Friday,
~FOlt GOVERNOR ' - - *
ss&saps-
Hr. liiiltrowc Balter ,
W e are authorised to say, is a candidatt 9
sent this County in the Senatorial brariL 1
next Legislature ; ahd we are also author,. 1
announce “ 1
TarplPy H<lf, Esq.
For the Representative branch, at tho-ers
election.' * *
We arc also requested to inform the public.
Solomon Croce, Esq.
is aeandidate for the Representative branch:
next Legislature.
• *
At the instance of our mutual friends, a de
sire expressed by many of the readers ofeur
respect) vc papers, and in consonance with our
individual feelings, wc have cometo a free
-understanding and reciprocal arrangement,
in relation to the controversy which has exisfi
ed between us. In making tbit known to out
renders respectively, existing facts render it
unnecessary to recapitulate our agreement.
It is believed, that the excitement produced
by theiemarksof each of us, are without in*
tercst to our readers. These consideration,
have induced us to discontinue an tniprofiL
bio contro v crsy.
SIMRI POSE,
M. D. J. SLADE.
PnOPOSKIi HAII. ttOAl) MJSETTNr.
The certain practicability of rail-roartsjias hre#
sufficiently ascertained ; and their immense im
portance in the transportation of produce is ack?
nowledged. It appears that concert and protnphr
tude of action now alone are •wanting toinsure jh#
accomplishment of the gTeat object. The eiti
2ens of Bibb and gentlemen from any otjier coun
ties that may be here, ot may find it corttenicnt to
attend, are invited to convene at the coprt
in thts place at 10 o’clock in the forenoon et’Sau
.Virday the 13th of next month to deliberate cntlf
subject. H G. LAMAR, .7
O. H. PRINCE, *
C. B. STRONG, y
c. j. McDonald:
Macon July, 23d, 1831. *
Rank oftlioiuiUtl Sr^lfS*
C Continued.J ~
The Bank of 'die Uuited States in2s “Ci
cular,” contends that the State
stitntional. We believe it—and also,-that, t
Bank of the United States’as it is
equally so. The following parts of tho,f oiistt'
tion are the only provisions which relate
cal capacities of the State and of the General to -
ornment. The'Bth section of the ljft article, *
the privileges ofCongreg?, says,
shall have power ' i ,*#
“To coin money, regulate tho -value tliere u
and of foreign coin,” &et :
The 10th section of the same article, -in dt , '
ing the powers of the States, iu gelation to si
ilar immunities, says, ■ . • . r,...
“No State shall coin money ; am it JU} Is et a
dit; or make any thing-but gold end sitjer cn
tender in payment of debts;” j </.. ..v ,
These two sections embrace all the oelep
hnd prohibited powers of a circulating nie ‘ •
The first, it will be observed, only givas tn ,
right -f “coining moot y and.Sri!' 1 • 1 ■’
the value thereof.” There ate no
ers given to her to establish a Bank of the - t
States, or even to “emit bills of credit, un ,'j u g*
can be assumed by implication, in tu-t
which allows her “to fvjrroyy money on the .
, of !• o Ur ;V and fc't*tstf •: VpdersVjc*,**