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. ‘‘A poofs hand and prophet’s fire,
E truck the wild warblings of his lyre.”
From Winter and Summer Hours ,- hr/ 11. G. Bell.
THE UNCLE.
I had an uncle once —a man
_ Of '.'.reededtfe'years and three—
And when my reason’s dawn began,
He’d take mo on his knee,
And often talke.d whole winter nights,
Things that seem’d strange to me.
He was a man of gloomy mood,
And few his converse sought;
Dnt it was said in solitude
His conscience with him wrought,
And there, before his mental eye.
Some hideous vision brought.
There was not one in all the house
Who did not fear his frown,
Save I, a little rareless child,
Who gambol’d up and down
And often peep’d into his room,
And pluck’d him by the gown.
I was an orphan and alone —
My father was his brother,
And all their lives 1 knew that (hey
Had fondly lovod each other;
And in my uncle’s room there hung
The picture of niv mother.
There was a curtain over it:
’Twas in a darksome place,
Arid few or none had ever lock'd
Upon my mother’s face,
Or seen her pate, expressive smile
Of melancholy grace.
One night I do remember weil—
The wind was howling high,
And through the ancient corridors
It soundt-d drearily—
-1 sat and read in that old hall,
My uncle satclose by.
I read, but little understood
The words upon the hook,
Tot with a side-long glance 3 mark’d
My uncle’s fearful look,
' And saw how all his quivering frame
With strong convulsions shook.
A silent terror o’er mo stole,
A strange unusual dread.
His lips were white as hone, liis eyes
Sunk far down in his head ;
lie gazed on me, but ’twas the gaze
Of the unconscious dead.
Then suddenly he turn’d him round,
And drew aside the veil
That hung before my mother’s face—
I’erchanCe my eyes might fail,
Hut ne’er before that face to me
Had seem’d so ghastly pale.
“ Come hither boy!” my uncle said—
L started at the sound,
’Twas choaked end stifled in his throat,
And hardly utterance found— *
■•‘Come hither, boy!” then fearfully
He cast his eyes around.
“That lady was tby mother once,
Thou wert her only child—
<o God ! I’ve seen her when she held
Thee in her arms and smiled ;
-She smiled upon thy father, boy*
’Twas that which drove me wild!
*‘lle was my brother, but his form
Was fairer far than mine;
S grudged not that—he was the prop
Of our ancestral line,
And manly beauty was to him
A token and a sign.
*‘Hoy! I had loved her too —ray mere
’Twas I who loved her first,
T or months—for years—the golden though
Within niy soul was nurst}
Jle came, —die conquered—they were wed—
My air-blowndrubble buist!
'•'‘Then on my mind a-shadow fell,
And evil hopes gre w rile.
The and wining thought stuck in my heart,
And cut me like a knife,
Tli at she, whom all my days I loved,
Should be another's wife !
'‘•ln truth, it was a f earful tiling
To see my brother now,
And mark’' the placid calm which sat
Forever on his brow,
"That seemed in bitter scorn to soy,
I am tnore loved than thou !
*•1 left rnyhome—l left the land,—
1 crossed the raging sea ;
la vain, in vain—where’er I turn’d,
My memory went with me ;
2dy whole existence r.i-bt and day
Ju memory seem'd to.be,
•‘I came r.gaiu, I found Them "bare—
Thou’t Like thy father, 'bay,—
lie daated on that j*lc face there;
I've seen him kiss and toy,
• I’ve seen him lock’d in her fond arms
Wrapt in delirious-joy.
-‘He disappear’d,—draw nearer, child,—
He died, no one knew how;
"The murder’d body ne'er was found ;
The tale is hushed up now;
JPut there was one who rightly guess’d
* The hand that struck the blow.
•“It drove her mad ; yef not his dcallt—
No—not Lis death alone,
Tor she had clung to hope when all .
Knew .well that there was none;
’ TTo hoy ! it was a sight she saw
That froze her into stone.
•I am thy uncle, child j—why stare
So frightfully aghast ? •
.Tito arras moves, hut knowc-st thou not
’Tis nothing but the blast :
' l 100 have bad mv fears like these,
X.it swell vain ft as ire p :is t.
“I’ll show thee what thy moths,
I foci ’twill ease mv breast)
And this wild tempest-laden night
Suits with the purpose best,
Come hither—thou hast often sought
To open this old chest :
‘‘lt has a secret spring, the teach
Is known to me alone ;”
Slowly the lid is raised, and now—
“ What see you that you groan
So heavily ’—that thing is hut
A bare ribb’d skeleton.”
A sudden crasli—the lid fell down—
Three strides he backwards gave,
“0 God !it is 113 brother’s self
Returning from the grave !
His grasp of lead is on my throat,
V. ill no one help or save ?”
That night they laid him onJiie bed,
In raving madness tost;
He gnash’d Ms teeth, and with wild oaths
Blasphemed, tl/e Holy Ghost;
And, ere the light of morning broke,
A sinner's soul was lost.
Edutation
“Just as the twig is bent the tret 's inclin'd."
The following Address, was made by Mrs. K
xeb, (of the Tuscaloosa (Alabama) Female A
cademy, on taking charge of that Institution.
I It “ bears the impress of a highly gifted ,an<li
cultivated mind, and breathes and. benign spirit of]
religion and philanthropy.”
! Young Ladies: —The relation in which 1
now stand to you, is one of so interesting a
character, that 1 cannot permit ita commence
ment to pass by without presenting to you a
| few practical reflections.
The subject of Female Education is deser
vedly exciting the attention of the benevolent
and the virtuous, in every portion of our rap
idly-increasing population, and we believe,
is destined soon to assume that high station in
every Christian community,-which it most im
periously demands. But it should be distinct
ly understood, that in order to effect so im
portant a revolution in the literary character
of Young Indies, the greatest share ef the
burden, (if a burden it inay be called,) de
volves upon themselves, when they shall form
a standard of literary excellence of a high or
der, to which £tii must attain, who would lay
claims to a finished education.
'ihen, and not till then, will the female
mind become expanded, and the reproach oi
inferiority be wiped off.
Favored with every facility for the acquisi
tion of solid and refined education,! trust that
you, Young Ladies, in conjunction with your
Teachers, will deem no exertion too great,
no sacrifice of case anil leisure toe severe, for
the effecting of an object so intimately con
nected with your own happiness, as well as in
consideration of the mighty influenoeit will'
exert in cultivating the manners, and improv
ing the moral condition of society fn general.
And since every community is elevated or de
graded in sentiment according to the modes
of thinking and feeling entertained oy our own
sex, suffer ipe, Young Ladies, to remind you,
that the only object for which you are here
daily to assemble-, is, the the improvement of
the maul.
To accoinjdidi this, with any success, you
must he aware, Will require the unwearied
exertions and strict obedience of tlie pupils,
no less than the untiring labors of tho instruc
tor. Education is not the growth of n few
months, or the result of a few spiritless efforts.
.Much, —1 may add, all your future success de
pends upon tlie disposition and .motives with
which you have entered this literary retreat.
The desire to learn must always be accompa
nied with corresponding exertion. Think
not that the path of science is “all strewed
with flowers ;” many and arduous will he the
struggles which you will be called on to en
counter; frequentthe temptations to moderate
your perseverance, and oftentimes you may c.
ven despair of accomplishing your pursuits.
But as ail things are possible to the indefati
gable, so “nature gives nothing to mortals
without great labor.” -I mention these things
not to discourage you, but to correct arty mis
taken notions w hich you may have, with re
gard to the easiness of acquiring knowledge.
But notwithstanding the severity of the pur
suit, like some aspiring traveller, who mee ts
with no obstacles which he cannot surmount
in his asccjit up some lofty and cragged
mountain, and finds upon reaching its summit,
all his toil repaid, in tlie stupenduous scenery
which is every where presented to his enrap- 1
tured view; so will you, after cr.coutcring tlie
difficulties whichever beset the scholar in his
•way to the summit of literary excellence, be
hold, w ith a mental vision, a moral scenery,
which t o vulgar heart cannot .feel, and be
filled'With emotions the most sublime, nd
concentions the most gigantic. But it is not
my object so much to dwell upon the pleasures |
of science, as uponrthc means of acquiring it.
Let it be your first oLject then, to cultivate;
habits of regular and persevering study, and]
of prompt obedience to the requirements of
your Teachers, from principle arid clf-res
p<*ct Law s for the government of literary
communities,us weil as for those of a differ
ent nature, are no less necessary in order to
diffuse hfe and and prosperity through such
communities; and their fai’hfnl execution,
in order to ensure any valuable improvement.
But while I am giving you some aa\ ice, with
respect to the cultivation of your minds, I
would not omit the mpst important of all your'
duties,.and to which every thing else should j
he made subservient, I mean the religious af- j
factions. Without this, howevergiftetf, you
may be in talents, and profound acquirements,
yon have frustrated the design of your ex
istance. Ilnnk not, \ouug Ladies,.from my j
remarks upon obedience and tlie government
of this Institution, that I wish to exercise a
ny other than a maternal authority, or do-'
“ire from you any other than a dutiful obe- 1
dience. fri me I Bust, that you will confide
as a friend, as one who will esteem it hfci '
greatest itapputess to administer to your ne
cessities and to your comforts, as will ns to
vour intellectual improioraems. lok To
me then, as such a friend, and as moth-
t c assured that your confidence w ill
j alwriys n-*v t with a reciprocity ofi feeling,!
.and a readiness to gratify your wants, which
*
cannot fail to comerit our affections and to
promote your literary course. To you I shall
look lor tijijt observance of tlie of
this scliooT, and that attention to your studies,
which only can stimulate me to increased ex
crtioas in your behalf, and encouage me in
the arduous duties of instruction. And thus
may we go on together, preparing ourselves
and each other for usefulness and respectabil
ity, by continually progressing towards the e
ternal and never-failing fountain of intellec
tual and moral good; and When you, like
polkbed corners of the temple, shall have a*
domed your age, and your country, with a
life of virtue and ukTul activity, my only pray
er is, that you may be gathered, with the
generations that are gone, with the confi
dence of the Christian, and with hopes full of
immortality.
Iflok’al.
“ Mut-one immoral, one corrupted thought,
One word, when dying, he u-iuhl wish to blot."
From the Spirit of the Age.
Proosess of'Mas—There is a melan
choly as well as a pleasing view, which may
be taken in regard to every step in human
progress. The Child lias few enjoyments ;
and they are of tlie most simple character,tin-1
substantial arid fleeting; but the sorrows of |
the child are not less transient; they are!
“like the .morning cloud and the early dew,” j
which pass away, not leaving a trace behind.!
The pleasures of Youth arc more diversified, 1
and more lasting; but the disappointment of
any pleasure gives a correspondent pain ; and
the troubles iff youth, as well as the sports
and pleasures, are of a.more durable and firm
texture than those of-infancy. When the
youth has arrived at manhood, his sources of
pleasure are multiplied ; he exults in his lib
erty, and feels a pride in taking his station
among individual men ; but every avenue of
pleasure is an avenue of pain, and .with liber
ty, and -individual consequence, lie roust ac
cept care, anxiety, and fear of shame. Anew
class of pursuits are now entered upon ; love,
Wealth,power, feme—-here are sources of plea
sure, and sources of disappointment; raptu
rous delights and rich enjoyments on -the
one hand, if.; herculean afflictions on the other.
Well has it been said by tlie author of the
book of Job; “ Man is horn to trouble, [often
misquoted‘prone to evil,’] as the sparks are
to fly upward.”
Similar .remarks may be made in regard to
progress of society. The pleasures and pains
of the untutored savage, are limited: He sen
sibly feels the gratification, cm the privation
of his physical wants; but to thousands of
pleasuresmf the intellectual man, who lias cul
tivated his understanding, bis fancy, his taste j
his social and moral sentiments, he is an en
tire stranger ; and he is q'.tally a stranger to
their relative pains. Knowledge is sought
by man to gratify his curiosity, to supply his
wants, and to enable him to guard against
evil. The .fruits of the tree of Knowledge
arc not good alone; “it is the tree “of the
knowledge of good and evil.” If curiosity be!
gratified by the acquisition of knowledge,
painful feelings arc excited by a glance at the
excess of our ignorance, and at the immensi
ty of the unexplored and unknown regions :
if knowledge supplies ouv wafils to bo sup
plied: if it enables us to guard against evils,
it also keeps us in dread of many evils which
never, in reality, come upon us ; or if they
do, it is after we have -endured them again
and again, in anticipation.
Is there then no favorable view of thissub
ject ? Must our enquiries leave man without
tedress! Is there no source of consolation ;
i “nobalm in Gilead ?” There are, no doubt
sources of consolation ; but he who is idly
looking for perfect happiness must almost of
necessity be miserable. It would be strange,
if among the various intentions and discove
ries which --have been made, ingenious man
should have.discovered no art of happiness,
no means ©f preserving a reasonable degree ol
tranquility and contentment of mind, amid
the ups and downs iff life. The human mind
has not boon idle on this subject. The Stoic
system of philosophy was a sublime efl'urt to
strengthen tlie mind in virtue, and to enable
it to be happy in spite of circumstances. Tlie
lovers of paradoxical maxims, no doubt, car
ried the scheme into excess and absurdity ;
but in moderate stoicism there is much that
is excellent. The gigantic evils of life dwin
dle into pigmy forms when boldly looked in
the face and .contemned. If knowledge adds
to our trouble by compelling us to anticipate
evil, it also, by the same means, moderates
our afflictions when evils come, and lightens
our disappoint moiit when pleasures fail. Men
who have suffered much from the indulgence
of a sanguine and enthusiastic temper, are
apt to learn, by experience, ai. r awhile, the
truth of tlie adage— ‘ Blessed are they that ex
pect little; for they shall not be disappointed.”
The art of entertaining moderate desires an-,
expectations, without sinking into despoil
: deucy, constitutes an important part of the
; art of happiness.
A firm religious belief, if not sullied with
bigotry or superstition, is perhaps the surest
and most ample source of consolation, when
afflictions become overwhelming, 'fhe loss
of companions, of parents, children, brothers,
sister,*, friends, —are among the greatest e vils
of life; but they may be borne with compa
rative tranquility, by him who feels assured
j that lie w ill Kn ot his friends again in a happier
! world, and walk and talk together, re
counting their difficulties after they have pas
sed away, beside the clear streams, and fliro'
the blooming groves of a heavenly paradise.
Female Warrior. —An eye witness gives
the following sketch of the detached Lithe
iiian corps commanded by Countess l’l.Ucr.
She i.s about AO years old with pale and bif.
tiful i xttures indicative -of romantic v
choly. Her duen? (lady’s maid) v In *
place of aid-le-camp, arid : ~ -!’P ,Ca ,lu:
her unstress, ih* lorn,„ |g ,f ie c^ihv
stafl, and at the ,j lJir j n dupei lf lcnt g. u
'TU Ot hie .'tips. Hot!i indies arc dressed
l as men, and mix constantly nmon, thetroons.
j ihe Countess has assumed liie name of M.
, Constantino, and from him tlie soldiers rc
i °®'vc orders, provisions and ammunition.
i[ic empire of woman is an ernpireofsoft
ness, of address aqd cpmplaeeney— her com
mands arc cafes.cs, her menaces arc fears.
tftERR YJ.SA aTI
From the Spirit of the Age.
SOCIAL LIFE.
Tlie following observations on the
prevailing fashions and mariners of the
times, which is an extract from the
i fourth Article of the September number
! of the Christian Examiner, is intended
i for the Meredian of Boston ; hut will
answer, ‘without any sensible'variation.’
and perliaps somewhat better than Nor
thern Almanacs, for any state in the
Union.
“ Notwithstanding the perfect equali
ty of our institutions there is a constant
impulse in the community, to get each
above the rest. We are all placed on
the broad level of Tl perfect equality, but
wc are not contented to remain there
long. M e forbid, indeed, any artificial
assistance from birth, or go ernnient. oy
hereditary rank, but the stride goes on,
nevertheless, among ouselves. Some
succeed and some appear to succeed, but
rather by their pecuniary success than in
any other way. The evidence of tics
success is given out, in display, in costly
expenditure, in limau-ions indulgence, in
extravagance, when it exceeds reasona
ble limits, and in generous liberality
when it does not pass these hounds.
The consequence of this is a passion
for dress, magnificent buildings, and
showy entertainments. The first is al
most universal, and, like most other
dispositions of liie-human mind, has its
advantages as well as its evils : its posi
tive and desirable benefits, when regula
ted by sound judgement; its lamentable
mischiefs, when it snaps the rein of dis
cretion. It is beneficial, no doubt by
encouraging honest industry as the means
of law ful indulgence ; it gives employ
ment to numerous useful classes, who
minister in the saloons where fashion
holds her court ; it encourages elegant
and useful arts, and gives our population
a neatness and decency of appearance
whu ll generate kindred valuable quali
ties. There i.s a self-respect inspired by
a creditable personal appearance, w hich
has an effect on the manners, and even
fhe character. Of the thirty thousand
people of all ages, and sexes, and condi
tions of life, who thronged the streets of
Boston on thesccond-centennial celebra
tion of its settlement, not an individual
was to be seen .who was' not neatly, de
cently ami appropriately dr%>ed.
It is, however, not to be doubted, that
the disposition to extravagance, in this
respect, is a littlein advance of the means
of its honest gratification, and that the
sacrifices, at which it is indulged, are
not n* frequently ruinous to character as
well as fortune. M hen honest means
will not answer tlie purpose, more doubt
ful ones arc attempted ; so that for the
sake of looking wdfl, some of our young
people have been willing neither to do
w ell nm* to be well. How far those., vim
have the unquestionable means, might
control the tide of fashion, and how'far
they in ght fw-cl witting to attempt such
a task, we do nest venture to decide ; hut
we cannot doubt, 1-bat a little self-re
straint, on their cart, would be a valua
ble offering on -the altar of -their country.
Women as well as men belong to die coun
try, and have equal interest in its honor
and prosperity. Their duties may be
different, hut equally imperative. They
may not often be called to make bow
strings of their hair, or melt their gold
and silver ornaments Into coin. Like
the women of the revolution, they may
not he now called to make lint ami pre
pare bandages for the wounded, oi min
ister in hospitals to the sufT ring martyrs
of fr< cdoiu, hut there is a daily beauty in
their lives, which they are constantly
bound to exhibit: a power over tlie taste
and sentiment, the habits v manners, the
inclinations, fashions, and mode of social
intercourse, which they cannot better ex
ert, than by the honorable example of
diminished extravagance.
A servile imitation of the faded decora
tions and unseasonable fabrics of Eu
ropean invention, exhibits a national
poverty of design, which is not to the
credit of our genius. To . import from
the shops of London and Paris the pic
tures of a French opera dancer, or an
English jockey, as models for our ow n
ladies’ and gentlemen’s personal decora
tions ; to exhibit herein August, wluu
was there en regie in March : to display
cast offfiuery as a novelty, by which* the
claims ot our beautiful countrywomen
can he improved, h a folly so supremely
ridiculous, that no quantity of impu
dence would have tlie audacity to pro
pose it. if already it had not become fa
miliar to us i v inveterate usage.
If we follow our society into is associ
ations of pleasure, we shall not, proba
bly, be satisfied with its intellectual char
acter. Some may be startled by a sug
gestion that literature ;md A
could by possibility I- ™
go into Co*'aKV for - ' ’ 1111 J
la 1 *~,., .j v l .- * - relaxation, and not
V ' ftO to laugh,' and dance, am!
"'V 1 T UC)tisclvcs, an I not to study and
•■'...re their lessons, r.s if it was ajwilmr
period of school discipline. This'is ex
actly the feeling on which wc would ani
madvert. It implies a f. p ration be
tween the employment of intellectual be
ings and the gratification of their intel
lectual faculties, and demonstrates tin
they have yet something to leant, before
they can arrive at the highest enjo- meat
of which their nature is susceptible.
Wo do not propose to hand round a
waiter of psalm hooks to a collection of
men and women mingling in the decks
of social intercourse, nor to interrupt the
hilarity of gay spirits ami buoyant, feel
ings by stopping amusement and calling
the company to prayers. To evei'y
thing there is a season, and this is not
tlie time or place for acts of public devo
tion. Bit we boast of bci.vg an educated
people : and however pleasant or proper
it may he to throw off the trammels of
learning for occasional relaxation and
amusemen, regular appropriations ot
much time to listless vacuity of mind, to ,
utter frivolity and folly, to useless, idle, 1
unmeaning conversation, that lias no
merit while it is passing, and brings no
gratification when it is past, is beneath
the character of an educated community.
NYith'such modes of social entertainment
as we are in the habit of sustaining, such
a boast is a very unmeaning or very ex
travagant gasconade. Of what cor. e
quence i.s it that we have schools of all
kinds, from the infant school to (be Uni
versity, lectures and discourses in abun
dance, books every where, newspapers
and pamphlets like leaves in Valuta irosa,
daily journals, weekly magazines, learn
ed monthlys, and critical quarterly s, w ith
out end, if we find, nevertheless, that in
struction is all labor, and learning hard
work; if we get rid of It as trouble, as
speedily as we may ; if we shake off our
harness and delightedly roll on tlie green
grass, like an over-worked animal,
w hen he frees himself from the drudgery
of his daily task ? It the results of edu
cation do not enter into the constant oc
cupations of pleasure as well as business;
if they do not mix in with the affairs of
common life, ifthey do not utterly unfit
us for grossness and barbarity, am!
coarse and inelegant employment, ifthey
are mere decorations, assumed as a sort
of holiday dress, and put off and folded
up Hie moment we get a chance to be
free, they are not of the value they were
supposed to he, and d© little beyond serv
ing as an excuse for tlie ;IF el ation-oi
pretending to be pleased with them.
Vo tuvi/f of iirtrcs—-free 'A'ratfc.-
Li IBA/A (jr.fl LASS I.S, Ar.
THOMAS J. BARROW K Cos.
IMPORTERS.
8"; I Taler Street, New-York.
fkFFKIt I'oV sale the largest and most complete
** f assortinentrif EARTH EN WARE, GLASS,
CHINA, Pinitiaqjl Gilt LOOKING-GI.ABSES,
&c. which the York market will afford,
comp o sing every sty* and variety ef the newest
pattens. They return their most cordial tiiap’.s
to tl*< irfriends in the Southern States, for their
support in the persecution now currying on against
tb. uft, lor their refusal to join a combination in
fix in r one tariff of prices for ( 'rockery, through
outtiae trade. It isonainly attributable to the in
due ice of cv.r Southern friends that we have been
enabled to survive thus far, in this, most trying
site ition; exposed to the combined iidbtence; and
eupi ;al of tlie whole trade, endeavoring to'effect
ouf .;uin and expulsion from business. We pledge
ourf .elves to oui friends to give them every satis
faction in our power as regards tlie quality of our
goods, the excellence of our packers an.i the low
1, ess of our prices lor cash or city acceptances;
and in return solicit from them a continuance of
lit eir patronage,, mul particularly request tiiose
wh' J have influence with tlterr friends to e - , rt it
iti our behalf, as we trust the cause- is one they
are a.'( interested iatmd much benefit w ill acme
to 118-J'rom their friendly arts in this way. it has
loenst’id, the Gonibination was broken up. As
it regaivls prices, this Is true, aad alt, we think,
friends < r foes will allow that we have effected this
change; but we. do asure onr friends, that at no
period rise we commenced' sv.r system oftin
sliacklcd' prices ere we in greater want of as
sistance than at the present moment. This com
bination of men are leaving no means untried, for
eflectinjc our ruin, that they may revive the old
system ; our credit and character are assailed.:.)
every shape, our importations waylaid and stop
ped in every instance where threats are suiiiclont
to intimidate the manufactures from supplying
us:—in fine, no vexation, cr trouble which, the
malice cf men could devise has been m gleoted in
this struggle to subdue -u's. We once more call
upon every frier:J ufu free trade to come up to
our support,and pledge ourselves to give them no
cause to repent of their liberality,
T. J. BARROW & Cos.
July L-J 88 Wafer Street, Netv-York.
RACES.
Oglethorpe Association for the un
it provement of the Breed ofllorses, are now
preparing a Turf about half a mile from Lexing
ton, which will shortly be completed, atjd have
determined on the first Tuesday in November
next, for the commencement of the Races. Ow
ing to some subscriptions being yet out, the Asso
ciation cannot determine the precise amount of
each day’s purse, but can venture to say, that on
Tuesday the first day's race, a purse, of from three
to four hundred dollars will bo run for, three
mile heats; and on tho next day a purse of from
two to three hundred dollars will be run lbr, two
mite I oats. Both of these races will be free ft:
all horses ; and on Thursday tlie third day, a purse
will be run for,-which will be worth between two
and three hundred dolbus. This race will be
mile heats, best three in five, and .will he free for
h-irses under five years cfag , owned by citizens
of the State, and members of tho Association.—
Rules and Regulations as piny be agreed on by
the Association. Lovers of the Turfare invited
to attend, and aid us in our attempt to revive an
amusement not only laudable, but of vast im
provement to-the breed of Horses. The usual
dissipations incident to Turfs, will be as much as
possible suppressed by the Association; miJ ih
by making the ‘' A v ; u>
profitable, ..mit uuuvg.ii well as
K*’’
D. WATKINS, Sec’y and Treasurer.
Lexingtqii, Sept. 31—4 t
M AI’S OF mTgO.C,
For Sale at the Jli/rirtiecr UJJice.
Seme few will lie put on Boilers, and in frames.
Those who vjsti them in either wav, will chreify
thy a.mm, i.nmeitmtply, as none \rill be framed or
V’itii Rollers, unless crdcreH.
M. 1). J. SLADE
Macon, August 0, 1833. 3‘J l --
r The eitl <’t i\cs< ]' Office
1.1 fitted up with entire new 'l'ype, and every
- material which cuai'ks Brinting to be execu
ted w iji neatness. Tim assortment, of Job and
Fancy Types are of the latest and most approved
manufacture. Fains will be taken to have I'iint
ing executed in the lidstmanio?. The subscriber
si icits the patronage of Ids friends and the pub
lio M. 1). J. SLADE:
or f i eri; fii scripiion,
NEATLY EAECt TED AT THIS OFFICE. !
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
(Ofichu Statement.)
fIWIS Institution will again op ßn f ur
It ception e f students on the first W~i ’
of October. The uninterrupted health of o'
dents, confirms the opinion already f or . j 5
a healthier spot cannot he found in th* i*' '
led States. The expenses are* made u! n
believed, than at any respectable Call • 13
Union. Tire only regular College ehj.f'f- 1 ! 1 t |- ;
ty dollars a year for luilion, paid u | u " l ,s "u’r
vaiicc. The charge of the Steward l ln
eighty dollars for the College year mvahi ,is
terlyin advance. The inndm,
moderate. Avery complete Philosophical
Chemical Apparatus of tlie most eenrov and
strnctioo, recently selected in Huron), j)
the Professors, is now ready for use- A [
has been purchased ; a pari of which j g ‘
and the remainder shortly expected. An
sivo Cabinet of Minerals have been , *'., r^'' te5 *
Museum'of Natural History and CuriositV. A
commenced; and many valuable specimens
given to it by the liberal. For admission t t
Freshmen Class, there will be reiiaired aL° *"
ledge of the Eng!'di, Latin, and Greek Cr' Jl
mars, of Arithmetic, and Geography, ;u! d an
ity to conioinnce the reading of'.he higher L
and Greek Authors ; with testimonials of 5
moral character. None can be candidates
regular membership under the age of fourtepp 1 ' 6
Students may he admitted to advanced tand ;
if qualified for the studies of the class which a?’
wish to join. The University isalsoopeato%
dents who wish to. pursue merely a scientific -
English course. A certificate of the course and
study pursued by each student will be give,,. I
the departmentof Mathematics end Natural Ph
losophy, the Cambridge cou+se, translated frl
the French, i y adopted. Algebra, G e cm e i„
Trigonoiuetry, ConicScctiens. History, and \ •’
ural History, are studied the first two years: \C
ural I’hilosophy, Chemistry, MiiierJoojy
<lie last two years. In the of Ancient
! Languages, \ irgil and Cicero’s Orations arc , e .
t vised in p..Tt; and a portion of all the foJJ-.wiorr
: works read, to wit: Horace’s Odes,'Bntireg,
ties, and art of Poetry ; Cicero’s Letters
IJiversos;” Juvenal’s Satires ; I’aeiius; Tc.enc ■
Livy; Xenophon’s Anabasis; I.urij. .les; dx!
cliylun; Herodotus; Hmner’sllliad,Thucj’didcs!
In the department of Modern Languages, V’rcuoh
will be lauglit and spoken daily: also,the Span
ish and Italian will be'taught. In the and ;ar >.
mr-nt of Intellectual and Mural Philosophy, w jy
be taught Hedge’s Logic, Blair’s Rhetoric, p,|.
ley's Morel Philosophy, P.dcy’s Evidences cf
Religion, Payne’s Efements of Mental and Mo.
ral Science ; Kamo's ’ E leanents of (’ri iicisai.
tills department, as well as in that of Elocution
constant attention w ill be paid to Speaking an]
composition. Lectures will he'delivered brail
the Professors on their respective departments,—
; Tlie lnost favorable times for entering the Uni
j versity are tin first of Gctoln r and first of Janua-
T-
P. S. Editors friendly to edneatibn, aret©
spectfully requested to pubikh tlfla staleincnu
Aug. Ao, 1831.
MORNING COURIER
ujr:y 'nmm
i'SXIIE Morning Courier and New York Lnofi
j m. rer. is published by JAMES WATSON'
WEBB & CO. in the (By cf New York,daily
and semi-weekly, on fine paper of the largest
size. In its polities it is purely denvreratfc—ad
hering to the principles and usages of the Repttb*
ran I’arty, and advocating the re-rtetf!.ortoften,
j JACKSON, to the Presidency. Its- effswtwire
■ alike devoted to Foreign Intelligence, Morals,
j Literature, and the Fine Arts, h .Morals istr
j ever, it does not act upon tlie creed rff Fuoafc,
! or Bigots, baton tho contrary, iacalnates those
jrrlnciples of morality an.l religion only, tvlikii
| .ire founded upon peace and good will t, all mai
j hind —the fruit of which is tolerance and broths-
I ly affection instead of “persecution for cpinii if*
j sake.” All Bigots, Fanatics, Sunday Mail At
j voc .ies, ami Church ah I ..tate-nirn are opposd
out principle, and their by, icrisy and ni ehim
| tious fearless!}' exposed.
i-.i cr ttsequenco of the other Daily Papers -iw
New York, determining not to board vcsseisiui
receive their news on Sunday ;-the Publishes
of the Courier & Enquirer have lately vestei
noarly $4,080 in a separate ‘-New Eslablshmer.i,"
tho support of which will ad and about $5,031) it)
their annual expenses. Vessels from liurop.-
will be boarded at soa, long before they read
the harbor, and their news dis etninaled tlirongf
the country with morn than ordinary defpateh.-
In incurring this heavy increase of expenditure,
the Proprietors look for remuneration to nil vJi >
feel an interest in the atfnirsof the Old Word,
raid if t|iey have properly estimated the popular
feeling iti-rei:Uio:’ to this matter,they will be effi
ciently sustained in tho ooer.se they have adopted.
It does not brcoiHP them to speak of t*.• man
ner in which their E.'doriul Department is eon
dtic'ed—lt may be stated howevor, that A-'i
-:nt Editors and Reporters r*re employed atlibera;
salaries, and it the Commerei-'l) Fulitical, 1 i' r
ry, Fo.rc-igi* ami Domestic News, 'verenouuw
cyrii// to any other Journal, it wotAJ sar.'e.J
have acquired in the short period of five years
greater daily circulation than any other pr>j/'( u
America! Yet such is the fact, and at this m*
n.ent (he Courier Ic Enquirer circulates daily n
the city cf New York more loan oita liiMidredy-
Cent more papers than any of its cotempcraiit
' I )aily papers sent out ef the city, an- not prin
te l until '2 o’eloa k F. M. when all the Newst
eoiVt-d by the morning Mails, or by Foreign ta
vals, are inserted in a Second Edition —so tr'
the Daily subscribers in tlie country, i.terally®'
ceive a Morr.yig ami Evening Puper combined
and this being the only paper col'eetiug news
.Sunday, it follows of eour.-o that the news ly
all foreign arrivals on that day, will be found ri
t'vc cclntnr .s of the Courier & llnqui.e. ouly.
A Price Current and Review of the Market tm
he published weekly, and tho Second ID' ll '-*
will always notice any change which may ccc.'i
in the state cf our market. Whatever appeaf’"*
the Daily Paper, will ef course also be pubn.-ac*
in the Somiwcekly, .
TERMS—DaiIy Paper, sld per ar.nuffi--* "'•*
Weekly I a y e ar— payable ill tuhxw■'<'•
tl.—All Postmasters who have „ 0
tious to act as our agOnts, " I *.
subscriptions an., remit the tr.tmey ni ilia
•he pubiisl;or3, at the time, of or/h vug the pap •
It is expected that they will re' tin in ,lie ‘ r £
10 per cent of tho amount received, as a K- 1U ‘‘
ration for their trouble.
Bept. 17, lm>l.
CHECKS,
On the Macon,
Diiion, / BANKS.
Insurance, and \
■ State ' •
patent Rills oj Exchange,
CASHIER’S CHECKS,
COTTON RECEIPTS.
All kinds oi'Blank’s and every descripti’’ l ' f
Printing neatiy executed by M. D*
AT THE
ADVERTISER OFFICE, Macon, Ccorgi__
I'OCKET MAPS OF GEORGIA,
Li/ Grccnr A: II - IRtorn, ,
3 U.ST received, uud Tdr sale, P r * ce J'™,
P l,rs;W M. I). SLAW-.
May v) It