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- —“A poet’s hand and prophet’s fire, “Striu-k th o wild warblings of his lyre. T cm the Lady's Magazine. DREAMS—A FRAGMENT. (), never tell me dreams are vain, The coinage of an idle brain ; I call them angel’s whisperings : And those soil radiant shapes that fly. Like bright clouds o’er a summer sky, The fluttoringof their plumy wings, Sparkling with lustre caught from heaven, Aod only to our vision given 'When the gross scenes of earth withdrawn, The spirit may be breathed upon lly holy ones, and thus set free To revel in the purity, That ever would to us reveal Such glories, did not sin’s dark cloud Before our waking vision steal, In guise of Death!— tne grave—the shroud— These interpose ere heaven is ours, We dread ike thorns and turn us from the flow ers, "But dreams can bring heaven’s scenes so near, That in the light will disappear Each awful phantasy —we stand As twere within the spirit’sland, And feel the consciousness of power To triumph in the gloomiest hour, T olive —the same in sleep, in death — Xife is not made by this weak breath, This cognisance of outward things j Life is the bounding pulse that springs, And thrills beneath the thoughts that roll Jn floods of radiance o’er the soul When yielding to its holiest feelings, It mingles with the deep revealings That w hisper Immortality— And dreams arc of these thoughts a paTt, They play like moonbeams round the heart, Till even sleep’s sealed eye may see There is a world of glory o’er us, A way of light and life before us. CORNELIA. From the Intell’gencer. THE PRAIRIE. Sweet spot of earthl where pristine beauties sbine — Thou fairKlysian of this sunny clime— To mo hy shade ablest retreat hath given, As calm, as any r found on this side Heaven —, Where sacred pleasures in the bosom rise, Which nature with her liberal hand supplies Trom fountains uncorrupted—lucid streams, Forever flowing thro’ inspiring scenes; Where light and shade in softest colors blond, The heightning power ofbeauty to extend, Where harmony and grace together meet, Jn simple elegance of form complete— Opening new sources of untasted bliss, Found iii the calm, delightful shades liko this ; Where every breezy some sweet emotiou wakes, lake heavenly numbers on the spirit breaks, 1 Where the soft air is redolent with praise, And light-w inged zephyrs on their pinions raise The sv.eet perfume—exhaled from plant and flower, . • Growing luxuriant here in every bower. Altho’ uo Thames, no Avon rolls along— No genyus gifted with immortal song, T r-iytg thy praiye—and celebrate thy fame With classic taste—that magic of a name, \\ hichpenelrates beyond the passing hour, And charms the soul with more than mortal power— With never lading hopes nmvreathcd in light, Which genius twines to shine forever bright, And bloom with freshness thro’ unnumbered years When earthly greatness from us disappears. Yet even here, may future Bards arise, To sing the mildness of thy sunny skies, tune the lyre. Where now the w ild deer roves Thro’ flowery meads, and unfrequented groves, Cx>-> s ihe green twig, and nips the tender flow ers, Olin’ifhg with lewy gems in morning hours, ?.i .be lined Minstrel’s soft inspiring sound, these vvild haunts with higher joys abound. Aud where this deep, this awful stillness reigns (Unbroken now, save when tlie dove complains Reft of her mate in dying accents tells, The agony with which her bosom swells; May ether notes arise, to soothe the mind, lly intellectual taste, and joys Tefined; Such as have never blest this solitude, Or dared amid its lonely wilds intrude. Yes, high imaginings, May sweep across the lyre’s responsive strings Awaken sounds, which never yet have rung, Thro’grove or vale—or dropped from mortal tongue; And bid new raptures in the bosom rise, To swell tlie grateful song of Paradise. Sweet spot of earth! language cannot express, Oik- half thy rural charms of loveliness. For 1 have seen thee, in thy vernal bloom, \Y hen first emerging from a win try tomb, With ail thy flowery train, empurpled wide, Flowing in graceful forms, on every side— While the fresh, the roseate breath of spring, “oem to inspire iff w life in every thing; When milil Aurora, blushing in the east, •Bid uJUrealion on her beauties feast, Darted a wishful glance, a potent ray, O’er the bright landscape at thedavvn of day, Reflected rainbow hues, of varied light, in every dew drop glittering in the sight. While the sweet Zephyr with enraptured kiss, ‘Snatched the rich nectar of the honeyed bliss, J'jroia flagrant flower—-as passed li.e spring away Lett tf scanner's Joy. THK MACON ADVERTISER. AND AOiilCl’LTTXitll • ANM MERCANTILE INTELLIUii£N<'MB. But here, the season tf men.iur heat, Has lost its terror i:i this cool retreat, Where plenty reigns*—with simple pleasures blest, Detached from pride—by no false forms cp juust, Where the heart free, partakes the "kindly fare, i Which liberal souls, and liberal hands prepare, j Unconscious of the world’s deceitful claims, Which keep mankind in bondage, and in chains- Sweet spot of earth ! thou art to ifx> most dear, Tor thy young flowers have drank the grateful tear Of sacred sympathy—from the warm heart O’erflowing w ith that bliss, thy charms impart. Which soothe the spirit, like an Angel’s smile, The lonely hours of solitude beguile— hur from the bu^ r crow ds of noise and strife, With which the jarring world is always rife. Soon shall I bid thy peaceful shade farewell, On which my raptured eyes no more shall dwell— No more shall I’beneath these towering trees, "Where graceful waves the long moss in the bretze, Delighted rove—to silent walks-repair, And taste the freshness of thy balmy air— Or gaze with rapture ou the Queen of iiiglff, Rolling sublime, amid yon isles of light. Altho’ no stream of Helicon arise— No proud Parnassus meets the-wishful eves! Yet cvpii here, mild beauties peaceful reign, Diffuses joy o’er every verdant plain, And gives a firiislied touch to every scene, \\ ilich spaiklcs ’neath the sun’s iiradicnt beam, That-makes the hatp with mournful cadence swell, As o’er its chords now sweeps the sound— farewe[l. SIGMA. The rewards of a faithful ministry in this life are richer than the honors of earth What magistrate or ruler can so ingratiate himself into the affection and true esteem of good men as the minister of Jesus can?— Who would .send for a monarch on his death bed, or think of gathering comfort in his last hours from the glitter of earthly diadems? In nature's most trying hour, the soul owns the dignity and importance-of the ministerial office. None, then, excepting those whose consciences are scared with the flames of their coming doom, will scorn the messenger of grace, “the legate of the skies.” But, alasl-chould inen, holding the high commission of heaven to stand between the living and the dead, prove unfaithful to their trust, what language shall measure the depth of their guilt! Pollock thus traces the doom of the unfaithful minister: The office of a minister of Christ is one of more than earthly importance. Said an em inent minister of the city of New-York the last Sabbath, “1 look down upon the station of kings, only give me the evidence that 1 am truly sent oftiod, and am the honoured in strument of saving souls.” Said Christ, “be that would be great among you, lot. him be come the -servant of all.” Moral greatness is connected with the ministerial office, when its duties are faithfully and successfully per formed ; but small must be the respect which a minister can claim in this untitled country e.r officio ; his own labors for the cause of Christ must recommend him to the “praise of the churches.” Life is a fountain fed by a thousand streams that perishes if one be dried. It is a sih'cr cord twisted with a thousand strings that parts asunder if one be broken. Frail and thoughtless mortals are surrounded by innu merable dangers which make it much more strange that they escape so long than that they almost all perish suddenly at last. We are encompassed with accidents ever ready lo crush-the mouldering tenement that we in habit. The seeds of disease are planted in our constitution by the hand of nature. The earth and the atmosphere, whence we draw our life, are impregnated with death—health is made to operate its own destruction—the food that nourishes the body contains the ele ments of its dec av—the soul that animates it by a vivifying fire tends to tfear it out bv its action —death lurks in ambush about all our paths. Notwithstanding this truth is so pal pable, and confirmed by daily examples be fore our eves, how little do we lay it to heart? We see our friends and neighbors perishing around us, but how seldom does it occur to our thoughts that our knell, perhaps, shall give the next fruitless warning to the world. From the Athenian, . EDUCATION. “A soul w ithout reflection like a pile, \V ithout inhabitant, to ruin runs.” How few of the millions of mankind are willing to think for themselves, yea, how few are wiling -to examine the written thoughts of others ! To carry on a connect, ed train of thou. ’it, is too much for most men ; they cannot endure to make that mental ef fort, necessary to arrive at important conclu sions upon any of the great subjects of life; they are disposed to take upon trust, or dis miss entirely, what they cannot fully compre hend without close investigation. 'lienee we may account for the different schools into which tiic afleient philosophy* divided it self. A man of art original turn of mind, and capable of thinking for himself, arising | now and then, would push Ins thoughts and investigations into a channel different from his predecessors, and thus establish anew school. Such were Socrates and Aristotle. A herd of unthinking beings, without catch ing the spirit of their masters, rushed after them and celebrated thefr praises, calling tin m philosopher? and their thoughts philoso phy; so that in (he course of time, men of opposite characters have been philosophers, and every thing, however insignificant, has been dignified with the name of philosophy. Upon this same principle of disinclination to close investigation, we may account for the origin of sects ami parties. Who is the lead er of a party, or the le ad of a sect? Is lie one who marches proiirinnmcrsonn as a cap tain in front ot his \V ho then is he ? He is the thinker, the one who relieves bis partisans from the trouble of thinking, by thinking for them. Thuj we soe the origin of quarrels, broils, bloodshed.; two of these thinkers, those lcadcrr>, pushing on in their reasoning career, presently’ crop's each other's path, and though they may have polit:n;ss to pas# without blows, their follow ers seldom will. Now, liow comes it that men arc thus pas sive, thus prone to be led by the nose ? The answer has already been given; they are too indolent to think ; they would rather take a matter upon trust than investigate it with that patience which we must carry with us whenever wc go in search of truth. The -rem edy for this natural indolence, and the only remedy, is education. The course of educa tion usual in the colleges ami high schools of this country, forces the mind to examine,, to underiand, and to appropriate the ideas presented to it. Where this is not the case, the course must be in a great measure aban doned. Now the mind, by being thus tor a long time directed iti a certain course, feels, from its very nature, a propensity to push its inquiries beyond the jioint at which its ex traneous helps stopped ; just as a ball will keep rolling long after the propelling cause has ceased to act. What, then, is this, but an inclination produced by education to throw aside its usual helps and to think for itself ! That every man should think for himself on every subject, is impossible, both on account of his limited powers, and also on account of the vast field of human knowledge. All we wish is, that e.very man should so accustom hintself to close thinking, to critical investi gation, that ho can, at pleasure, silt the thoughts ofothers, separate truth from false hood, and be beyond the reach of all false ar gumentation. But the misfortune is, that most men do not, and in truth cannot think for themselves on any important subject.— The reason of this, as has already been hin ted, is the want of education. BALDWIN. Grini/&. —It is painful to observe tlie mista ken notions so generally prevalent respecting the nature and characteristics of genius. Ac cidental and adventitious traits are constantly confounded with fixed peculiarities, and we at last bring ourselves to look on a great author as being doomed to endure bodily and men tal anguish, by way of atonement tothccom nioti herd, for his lofty intellectual endow ments. and as a predestined condition for tin successful display of talents. This is a dis torted wiew of the human nature; it is not a necessity-imposed on us by an aHwise Provi dence, who, in man “sufficient to have stood, though free to fall,” certainly never intended they, in whom the high capacious powers of mind are most conspicuous, should most read ily fall below the even line rtf correct judg ment, and of cheerful feelings. The fact is, that we deify genius, and administer to it all manner of abominations ; we make it drunk with its success: and then inconsistently Wonder at its vagaries and the tricks which it plays before high heaven. What though Tasso was treated as a maniac, and Dante driven trom his country,•and left a prey to the darker passions of hatred anti revenge against a rival faction, we find that the Mantuan hard passed his days in quietness and peace, cn joying the favor of Augustus, and the regards of his brother poets; and that Ariosto, who sang of knightly deeds, and lady’s love, was, for the most part, animated and content. — living, with the exception of some passing clouds, in the sunshine of court .favor, and still more amid an ardent admiration of his! genius on the part of the people, including ' even the peasant and robber. In our own day we have had .an opportunity of seeing the con* j trasted character and livesof Scott and Byron 1 both endowed with lofty genius and varied feelings. Though we deplore the aberrations from right, and the misfortunes of the latter, we cannot, in a spirit of true philosophy, re gard them, as some would persuade us to do, in the light of concomitants, so much - as the accidents of genius—accidents which have appeared in other men, not thus distinguish ed, but in whom perversities of disposition, and disregard of worldly prudence, and be it said, without cant, of common morality, have brought on themselves the like misfortunes and iinhariu l life of Scott shows us, that adherence ttxall the usages of socie ty, a discharge of the routine of business, and indulgence in the purest domestic affec tions, have not interfered with the most prod igal display of ‘Versatile genius, and the most prolific labors of the pen. Imagination in liim has not been deadened or oppressed, by the realities of life. Scott’s life is then a condemnation of that, of Byron.— E. Post. From the Bonner of the Constitution. AN ARTICLE FOR THE LADIES. The last Bannei of the Constitution its female readers with a pleasant essay on certain matters connected with political e conomv, which come particularly under their observation. The Banner seems to consider the fair sex too intelligent not to be able to understand, and too wise not to be interested in subjects which affect their, or their hus bands purses: and it is perhaps of opinion, (not far from the truth) that if the ladies can be but once secured ou the side of free trade, the Lords of creation will come over to that side as a matter of course. This it must be owned, is a fine stroke of policy, and we on ly wonder that the ingenious and indefatiga ble editor of the Banner, who is continually casting about every way for prosclylcs(land proclaiming the tenets office trade in season and out of season, should not have turned his thoughts to “heaven’s last best gift” before. What he says now, however, tho’ late, is, we trust, not too late, ami as it is exceedingly well said, we shall do what we can to aid the good cause bv copying the following portion of his article for the perusal of our lady rea ders : Every house-keeper knows the comfort, in summer time, of having a cool covering on the floor—such, for instance, as a China straw matting. Such an article is not merely an ar ticle of luxury; it even promotes economy, by saving the labor of frequent scrubbing; and every one can perceive, that with a neat Cov ering on the floor, the room can be furnished to look well with less expense than when there is none. We leave this to the judg ment of any lady, and if she decides m our favor, wo will ask Lm-r attention to a few rc- j marks ou the beauties of the American Sys-! I teni. M e will suppose that on the first of June i she took up the carpets from her parlours, | chambers and entry, with the intention of; .purchasing China matting, to put down fur the summer* On going to the differ nt shops i she finds to her amazement, that there is 1 none to be had of tijo first quality, (w hicli we ; i understand to be the fact now in l’hiladcl-1 1 phia,) and that for the inferior qualities they | a,sk 62£ cents a yard, for the yard and a half j wide. She inquires the cause of this of her i husband, when lie comes home to dinner, and ’ he tells her that this scarcity and high prices arc owing to the Protecting System, as some ! people coll it. She then very naturally asks whether there is any Cirina mattingmanufac-. tnred iu this country, which requires that the j manufacturer should oblige house keepers to pay as much for covering two rooms as they j ought to pay for covering three ? The hus band answers no. “Why, then,”asks the la ! dy, “should there be a high tax upon China { mattings ?” The husband is puzzled toan- I sw’crthis, and he promises to inquire into it the next time lie goesetrt. He is not long iri J I getting a key to the scheme o (protecting the ladies against cheap floor-cloths, and for their j benefit we will lay it before them. By the Tariff of 1821, oil cloths and Clii ; na matting were both subject to a duty of So‘ per centum on the first cost. It seems that a few persons in the United States had under taken the patriotic enterprise of supplying their fellow-citizens with oil-cloths at double ) the price they eofft in other countries, but had-j found out that they could not accomplish this j without law to impose a penalty upon every j ! person who should be so unpatriotic as to use ! ; an English, or German oil cloth. They also found out that if the penalty upon the use of I foreign oil cloth should be very high, people ! would be driven to the use of China matting; j and, in older to prevent this, it was cunning ly devised that another penalty should be iin posed upon any housekeeper who should dare not use this article. The matter was laid be i fore Congress in 1828, and the request of the | patent floor cloth manufacturers—viz: that twelve millions of people shot/ld he taxed to support one, two or three unprofitable estab lishments—appearing to that enlightened bo dy, to be so very reasonable, it was readily acceded 10. A penalty of 50 cents per square yard upon oil clotji, anti of lacents per square yard upon China matting, was imposed. I Now 15 cents per square yard upon China I matting, is equal to 23 £ cents per running 1 yard ; and, consequently, if it were not for tax, the price would be but 40 cents per yard. The Banner concluded by recommending 1o the ladies to form a Mite Society, for the ! purpose of raising a fund for the support ofj the oil floorcloth makers, which it is pretty | plainly shown can be -dorre at a much cheaper rate than by paying such extensive j duties on English oilcloth and India matting. Sh occo Springs. WARREN COUNTY, N. CAROLINA. N the first day of June next, the Buildings of this Establishment will be prepared for the reception of-Visitors. The Houses are large and numerous, sufficiently so, to accommodate an as semblage of two or three hundred persons coni-, fortahiy. She subscriber is flattered with the expectation, ♦hat the conveniences and improvements which i have been added to ihis Establishment, in all! those matters which essentially concern the j health, comfort, and amusement of its visitors, ) will render it the ensuing season, more attractive j than ever. The private apartments will afford j ample retirement to invalids, families, and others { who prefer it. They are so arranged, as to com-! bine every convenience and accommodation, suit ed to the largest or smallest assembly, male and female. Arrangements are also made, with the •particular design of accomodating large families, by affording them large, spacious cabins, near to or remote as they may select from the centre build ing, with double ami single rooms, where they can be at all times, perfectly secure in the enjoy ment of quiet retirement. The Subscriber pledges herself to devote her chief exertions to the accommodation of private families, & will spare no means to render visitors ! happy and agreeable, by providing every thing | that may contribute to their health, by carefully ! guarding against annoyances of every description. The Public Halls are abundantly spacious to j receive ail who may desire company. No Public Balls will he given at Shocco during the season, but those who delight in Music and Dancing can partake of them without its disturb ing or annoying, in the slightest degree, the rest of the Boarders. Fcvv Watering Places present more rational objects of attraction than'Shocco. Located in the most healthy, rich and populous part of ths coun try, in the midst of a polished society, it affords in its Springs and climate many advantages, and gives it ascendancy over all the Mineral Water ing places to the South.. It is believed that the water never failed in its senative effects upon persons afflicted with Dyspepsia, Billious dis eases and general debility, where they have per servered in its use. An arrangement will be made to have Divina Worship performed at the Spring on the Sabbath day, when such visitors as may choose, can attend preaching without inconvenience. I My terms for Hoard, &c. will be the same as ast year, viz. $1 per day for each grown person ; $22,50 per month, or $6 per week ; Children and Servants half price. For Horses sls per month, or CO cents per day. ANN JOHNSON. May 12, IS3I. 9 TJ S a candidate for the office of Sheriff of Bibb tL county, at the ensuing election. May 10 lO'-tf OFFERS himself as a Candidate for the She rifulity of Bibb County, at the ensuing elec tion. He pledges himself to his friends that he is induced to do so more front an earnest desire to receive the emoluments arising from the office than from the reason assigned by most candi dates, (to wit) the importunity of friends. YOUNG JOHNSTON. June 1, 18ffl. 14—ide 11. 11. Howard* \\fFi are authorised to say, is a Candidate for v v the Sheriffalty of Bibli couuty, at the ensu 1 ingehrciion. April 20 George Vi gal. i 11/ r! are authorized to say is a Candidate for I v? Receiver of Tax Returns, at the ensuing I election, July Iff, 1831. 25-1/ v- * * I mic e. q Y School will open again *lll Macon n Mon- Jay next. 1 have a grateful sense of the pai.rouce received, ami hone it will becouiieced. F. D. CUMMINS. July 14, 1831. 25—2\v The .iw?t*ncan Fanner, Edited 'iy Gideon />. Smith , ‘ Is niiVisbed in B.ihimcrc, Md. by Irvikf Hitch cock & Cos. (Successors of J. S. Skinner.) in weekly numbers of eight quarto pages, at Five Dollars per annum. r|IHE purpose of this periodical is to be a me 1. ffimn through a great number of the most en lightened and scientific 'practical cultivators of the soil, residing hi evorv section of the United States, to communicate the results ofshi ir cx; .ienoe to each other, and to the public, and receive similar benefits from the best theoretical and practical writers of foreign countries, on every subject con nected with husbandry in the broadest sense of the term. Letters addressed to either the Editor orqmb lishers, ordering the paper, (not less than -one year) or making inquiry concerning it with a view to subscribing, v ill he thankfully received and promptly answered, and a number of the work sent to the enquirer as a specimen. N. B. A few, (and only a very few) complete sets of the work. fr> m its commencement in IMO, no 13 vols. half bound and lettered, may he had trem the publishers for $5 per vol. The subscrip tion price will also be,pnid by them for-either of the volumes, 3,7, or f, delivered in good -saleable order at the office. May 25 13 <wsu£'i> Medical College. WORTHIXTOS. !>Y, and with the consent of the Reformed 3 Medical Society, of the United States, the new Reformed Medical Institution has been loca ted in Worthington, an interesting and flourishing town on the Whetstone River, 8 miles north of Columbus, on the Northern Turnpike. This site has been -chosen because it presents the greatest ' advantages to facilitate the researches of the Bo tanical student; the country around it abounding with every variety of medical plants; and the sit uation-being the most healthy and delightful in the Western country —and because the occupancy oftlte uiil. ground of every variety of soil fir an extensive botanical gardc-n,has Keen presented to us by the board of trustees of Worthington College. There will be attached to the institution, a Dis pensary for analyzing and preparing Vegetable Medicines; and an Infirmary, where persons from the neighborhood, or a distance laboring under fevers, consumptions, dispepsa, liver complaints, gravel, ulcers, fistulas, cancers 1 Ac. Ac. will be successfully treated, without bleeding, mercury or the knife , and from which the student will acquire a correct knowledge of the mature, operation and superior efficacy of vegetable agents in removing disease. The necessity for an Institution of this kind in the west, to be under the direction of the compe tent Professors is strikingly evident. It is an insti tution that is designed to concentrate,and dissem inate all the knowledge of Drs. of Medicine and empyrics, sages; &: savages that will demonstrate to tlie student and the sick that vegatables alone afford tlie only rational, safe and effectual means of removing diseases without impairing the con stitution, or endangering life or limb. The pre sent system of practice which treats diseases erf every form with metalic minerals, the lancet or knife is dangerous as the lamentable facts which everyday presents too fully illustrate. Nor is this truth more clearly exhibited than the fact that vegetable substances alone, are void of dan ger, and powerfully efficient when administered; a reference to tlie success of our New York In firmary and the success of ignorant botanical physicians, proves this fluff.. The College and Infirmary will be opened the first week in December, where stiyients from all parts may enter and complete their Medical Ed ucations, and where persons laboring under every species of disease shall receive prompt and faith ful attention. The course of study to be pursued and which will be taught aaccording to the OLD end RE FORMED systems y Lectures, Recitations, Examinations tnd suitable text books is. Ist A natomy and Phisiology. 2d. Old and Reformed Surgery 3d, Theory aud Practice of Medicine. 4th. The old and hnjrroved system of Midwifery, with the diseases ol'women and children. sth. Materia and Medics, with practical and general Botany. 6th. Medical and Botanical Chemistry and Parmacy* 7th. Stated Lectures on collater al Science—Moral and Mental Philosophy— Phrenology—Medical Jurisprudence—Compara tive Anatomy—Medical History, Ac. By attending this Institution, the student will acqure a correct knowledge of present practice of Physicians—a knowledge of the use and abuse of minerals, the Lancet. Obsterical Forceps and the knife,and a knowledge of tlie new and im proved system that supercedes their use, with tenfold more safety and success. There will he no specified time to complete a course of study; whenever the student is qualified he may gradu ate and receive a Diploma—some will pass in one year, others w ill require more. Requisitions Jor Jtdmimon . 1. A certificate of good moral charcter. 2. Good English education. Thrift*.—The price of qualifying a person to practice, including a Diploma, and access to all the advantages ofthe institution will be $l5O in advance, or $75 in advance, and SIOO at the close of his students. Every advantage given, and some allowance made to those in indigent circum stances, Board will be had at $1 per week, and books at the Western city prices. Every student on entering Worthington Col. lege will become an honorary member of the re f jmed Medical Society of the United States from whom he will receive a diploma, and annual Re port of all the doings and discoveries of its differ ent members, and be entitled to all its constitu tional privileges and benefits. Those wishing further information will please address aletter (postpaid) to Col. G. 11. Griswold or the undersigned, and it shall receive prompt Mention. Students and others had better beware of the slanders ofthe present physicians’ who know no. more about our institution, than they do about Botanical medicine. J. J SIEELE, President. Worthington. O. Oct. 1831. Note. —Editors publishing the above Circular 52 times, shall receive as compensation a cer tificate entitling the bearer to tuition gratis, or an ! equivalent to that sum ($150) in medicine, advice or attendance from us or any members of our so ciety. Those publishing it 26 times, to half that compensation. May 6, 1831. q Printing. The . itlfrrfisee if Hire IS fitted up with entire new Type, and every material which enables Printing to be execu ted with neatness. Tin* assortment of Job and Fancy Types are of the latest and most approved manufacture. Pains will lie taken to have Print ing executed in the bcstinamie. The subscriber solicits ffie patronage of his friends and the pub lb M. D. J. SLADE: The JLa4f}fs licoi- A CARD. In commencing tlie publication of a lime of the Lacy's Book, the prop net, rs V °‘ avail themselves of the opportunity t 1 uf ag un inviting attention to their werS, “ oStre <l Notwithstanding the m et- s lry difficulties against-which they have had , i tend, they find themselves at the eh, f ~ YV 5 firrt year enjoying, through an unexann.h t'" 1 tent of patronage, all tte advantages which to old established ami long prosperous A tions. For this liberality on the part <f t '' ‘ lie they are truly grateful, and it shall Le Jr j pride and pleasure to pursue such means v l!! ) deserve its continuance. The same zeal .VV j votion which they have hitherto felt and v • ) ted m regard to their work, will still be | influence them, and with ihe additional now within their reach they hope to rend-r e ■ coming volume even more attractive tiinn ," | Which has just been closed. They have*in . templation many improvements, a particular j nmeration of which they deem unimportant 2 i doubting that the promptness and fidelity V i w5 "4 they have fulfilled all formerencra r ( L ‘ have created public confidence in tin 1 ) perform whatever they may feci disposed u, jdeqike. They prefer that their work abouk' | tesieil by its own merits, rather than rely for j port on any specious promises which they 'J put forth. J v- 1 j Since the commencement (TThe Lady’s It™ the publishers have avoided all proper matter"' offence to the proprietors of contemporary period imds. In the occasional notices which they hay, felt themselves called upon to make in relation e the progress anti prospects of their own w ,, r] . they have made no allusion which could be con' strued disparagingly toother*. They have PUN sued this course from motives of justice and noli, cy—as well because it corresponded with the* own feelings, as because they believed it woulj contribute to their interests. They believed that ! with the American publie no good end could ! ; achieved by uncalled-for interference with the rights of others, and they have yet to learn thatia this opinion they have been mistaken, The pa’, ronage which they have hitherto received assimi them of the favourable regard in which their •;■ is held; and they know that they can only for future encouragement in a proper employ, meat of the ample means within their power to give increased satisfaction. The publishers of Thr Lady’s Boot: trig pleasure in acknowledging their obligations to thf conductors of the public press in all sections of the country. The general commendation which' these gentlemen have bestowed upon their work, is doubly gratifying to them because they hava. reason to believe it is deserved, and they knwv' that it has been productive of great advanby?.- It is a source of-much excusable pride totlmpub lishcrs that the comments which the Book hag' elicted have uniformily been favourable, lnno instance have they had the mortification of find ing’ their efiorts, to please, unsuccessful, or im properly appreciated. The publishers cannot be lieve that the remarks, contained in a recent ail* vertisement of a contemporary journal, to which their attention has been specially called, are meant to alhtda to the Lady's Book. The insin nations there expressed concerning “cast-off plum, mere reprint and mutilated music," can have to reference to a publication whose costly etubrl lishmcnts and general merits have been for many months a theme of general admiration and eiiiJ gy. They cannot think the publishers of thal journal spoken of so deficient in respect to a pub lic upon whsm they depend for support, as t, charge that public with a gross want of pr-rf ception, and an inability to discriminate in nial ters of literary judgement. The publishers i The LaDvVßook know that the minds of sent men are so unhapily framed that they cannot a® dure successful competition in those pursuits in which they may happen tobe engaged ; and they further know that those who are envious ofsupft Hot desert are frequently prompted to the inditl gence of a malicious spirit; hut they will not wi> iingly believe that the conductors of the jour., to which they have had allusion ought to be ide tified with either of these classes. On the vat trary, tlrey are satisfied that the ambiguous (•• sures thus spread before tlte public are intend*) to be applied to some publication whose want* merit rendered it obnoxious to such condemn tion. The Publishers of The Lady’s Rook have served that several monthly periodicals have n only imitated the general arrangement of tin's work, but have also attempted to follow their ox ample in illustrating the Fashions. This fceil acknowledgement of the superiority of their plat is certainly gratifying, and they recognize itwiti pleasure; but at the same time they cannot fo* bear saying that as they were the first to intr (luce successfully this particular specie > of einbc lishment, so they eau now present it in a formf greater perfection than it can readily be accor plishedhy others. They do ffot make this remat invidiously, but as an act of simple justice t themselves, and the artists employed under the;: directions. In concluding this card the publishers renew their assurances of steadily persisting in their en deavours to improve the character o The Laws Rook. 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