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Me published, a few days since, a cor
respondence between Mr. Stevenson, the
American Minister to England, mid Mr.
O'Connell, shew ing that a difference which
had existed between them had been ar
ranged. Annexed to tfiat correspond
ence was a letter from Gen. Hamilton, ad
dressed to Mr. Kitchie, giving a detail of
the circumstances connected with the af
fair, but evidently written under great ex
citement, and in a style and temper which
could not meet the approbation of his
countrymen, and we therefore would not
insert it in our columns. That, on reflec
tion, Gen. 11. would regret having written
in the manner he did, we had not a doubt
and we feel pleased to see that lie readily
acknowledges his impropriety, as will In
seen by the following letter:
To the Editor of t/ir AY tv 1 ork (inzith :
Sir—On my arrival in this city a lew
days since from England, 1 met the pub
lication of a letter I addressed from I,on
don to Mr. Ritchie, the Editor of the
Richmond Enquirer, bearing date loth
Aug., giving a brief account of the late
attack of Air. O'Connell on the Ameri
can Minister and America, at the anti
slavery meeting, at Brirningham on the
first of that month.
Although I placed at Mr. Ritchie’s op
tion the privilege of publishing that letter
or not, as he might deem proper, I wished
it to be distinctly understood, tlint In:
hud my authority for doing so, and I re
gret that this should have either been ques
tioned, or the authority of the communi
cation itself. My principal object, how
ever, in making this declaration, i- to have
it likewise distinctly understood, that I
wrote the letter to which I refer without
the knowledge or connivance of Mr.
StcvensonNu the smallest particular, as lie
would be utterly tincnpahln alter accept
ing an accommodation at the hands of an
adversary of covertly questioning the truth
on which it was founded.
As, however, 1 liore no relation to Mr.
O’Connell of any kind, either personal
or official, as I neither saw him or took
to him any message, verbal or otherwise,
1 conceive that 1 had a clear right to make
what commentation 1 thought proper on
a public correspondence, which appeared
in the public gazettes.
My letter was written in great haste
and under a peculiar excitement, whu h
shall hereafter he explained. If there
fore I indulged in a tone of abuse too much
in the vein of Mr. O’ConneH’s own lan
guage to his opponents, 1 admit it w as un
worthy of my country and myself, and
cannot but express my regret, if such lan
guage has given pain even to the most (
t astidious of my fellow citizens, as 1 con
ceive it is the duty of the humblest man
who goes abroad to feel that the charac
ter of liis own country is somewhat in
his own custody, while absent from his
home.
I desire it however to be equally explic
itly understood, that I specially except Alr.
O’Connell from the benefit of this expla
nation, as I have no apology to make to
him after his atrocious assault on our
country, on the occasion to which ! have
referred. That he has no such claim, I
shall make sufficiently manife-t, in a com
munication 1 propose addressing to Mr.
Ritchie at a moment of greater leisure, in
redemption of the pledge which I made
in inv letter of the loth August, when 1
promised that gentleman I would obtain,
at Birmingham, the proofs of the false
hood of which Mr. O'Connell had been
guilty, to exempt himself from a direct
responsibility to .Mr. Stevenson for his
most extraordinary and unjustifiable out
rage on that gentleman. 1 Img leave dis
tinctly to disavow all intention, in mv
letter to Mr. Ritchie, to treat the people
of Ireland with the smallest contumely or
disrespect. 1 cherish for their genius
and courage too high an admiration, and
for their sufferings and misfortunes too
sincere a sympathy, for one in-taut to
entertain a feeling so entirely opposed to
all the associations and attachments of
my early life.
1 remain, very respectfully, votir oblig
ed obedient servant, .1. HAMILTON
P. S.—Those papers which have pub
lished my letter of the 15th Aug. to Mr.
Ritchie, will do me the favor to m-ott
this card.—[Charleston Courier.
Letter riiOM Lam kit Tinm. Th -
N. Y. Mirror publishes tiic folio wing let
ter from Grant Thorburn:
Jt is forty years this tiny since the \e!-
Jotv fever burst out in almost every house,
street, lane, and by-path of thiscilv. it
seemed to me, at the time, like the burst
ing of bombs and tiring of rockets in n
place of siege. Ten cases in one street:
seven in another: one friend whom you
sty >v 'veil forty-eight hours before, now
dead: another, with whom you conversed,
in apparent health at seven, P. Af. is among
the new cases reported next morning’
Death, fear, and dismay were stamped on
every countenance. i’rom the fourth of:
July to the fourteenth of August, thetlier-;
mometer ranged about the same degree of
heat that we have felt this season. About
the middle of July a few cases of yellow
fever were noticed in John, Cliff, and
Gold streets. Tte facts were kept from
the public as much as possible; but, in
the mean time Death was leading up Ins
sure and solemn dance in the highways
and i>ywavs; and, as it was the custom to
toll the bells at funerals in those days, the
knelt* Jor the departed kept sounding
from morning till night, in the ears of the
living, which kept those timorous mortals
who start »nd shrink at the sight of a dead
man’s skull in mortal terror. To remedy
' 1 ' ! itl'tt ‘
this evil, the corporation put a stop to the
tolling of bells for the dead, which law is
in force at this day.
To return to the fourteenth of August,
1798. That morning, at five o'clock, it
began to rain. I was at work making
nails. So fast and so thick did the rain
descend, that 1 was compelled to quit
work by seven o’clock, as the rain pour
ed down the chimney so as to put out the
fire, although I stood blowing mv black
smith's bellows for some minutes, to see
whether fire or water would conquer.
About ten the raining ceased: the sun
broke through the clouds with a vehement
lieat about twelve; the cellars were full
and the low grounds flooded. The city
was like one vast steam bath, it was now
that death seemed to look in at every
window. Ail was confusion, terror and
dismay. Doctors, chairs, dead, and sick,
every machine with wheels re
moved the living and the dead lumber.
Every slip, sloop, and wharf; cverv line
and outlet to the city crow ded w ith the
kune, tin: halt and the blind, from the old
man of eighty to the stripling of seven
years old. tear giving them .quid, .and
death at their heels. Many of them died
in the villages and hamlets around; hut it
was noticed as a fact, that none of the
country people at whose houses tk.ev died
evt r took the disease.
After the emigration erased, a ccn-:is
was taken of the remaining few; I think
they amounted to about fifteen thousand
three hundred. Os these, upward of
three thousand died of the liver. The
first of November brought a heavy fall of
snow, under cover of which the refugees
returned as l ist as they had fled; hut,not
withstanding the severe weather, many di
ed of yellow lever alter their return.
Awn i. Ail viii. 1 esterday afternoon,
about dark, as several regiments of troops
who had been on parade duty at ILirl?in,
were returning to the citv, while outlie
third avenue, near 2<!th strt"*t, an lush
carman, named Michael l)alv, met the
advance column and seizing a rung from
!u- cart, he heat his horse therewith, and
dashed into ihc mid-t of the troop,knock
ing down and running over several, and
wounding and bruising mam more in a
shocking manner. The fid regiment were
in advance, and through the whole line of
this body the villain (breed Ins way, and
partly through the ninth regiment, winch
followed next in order. Before his course
was stopped one dragoon’s horse was
knocked down, and the rider dangerously
woundeil by the fall.
i he excitement among the troops and
citizens around was dreadful—all order
and subordination was lost, and the mem
rushed to the. scene from all points. Duly
was stabbed in nnimiier.ilile places w ith
bayonets and swords, and received a deep
cut over the head with a cutlass.
Alderman Mall, who was fortunately
present, in command of one of the regi
ments, succeeded in rescuing Daly from
certain death: and nflieers Rose and .lone-,
with the aid of others, conveyed him to
the l pp< r Police, where he was commit
ted. t fur informant states that more titan
fifty persons must have been more or less
injured by the horse and cart, and it is
rumored tint two hail already died. Dalv
was, at the last accounts, still living,
though most shockingly cut up and man
gled.—l . Express.
Lim> rii.:iu: i\ \K ksiii itc. Tin*
Nuti'lic/. Froe Trailer, of tin* xUili mst.
ilescrilics tlu* beginning ol an at uluficho,
or sink mg <>l tin* ca rt li, on tin* margin of
tin* landing at Y ick«l>nrnr, w !iio!i tLrc (ten
s; riou> damage to tin* front Micrt of that
city. Di'Cji routs m tin* <* i tli. par,ilirl to
tin* river, wore lonm! to !u\e lx>on made
a- liigti np as Washington stnvi, noarlv
opposite to the site ol the Into Fincknard
hotel, eoninn iifitig near the bottom of
Main-street, and running southwardly as
fir as the railw av.
The large warehouse owned lu Me-sis.
( ortrow iK Watts, at tin* upper put ofthe
levee, near the hottoin ot Main-street, be
gan wav, mid in the course of a
day or two hoc aim* a ruin, allowing time
ior the occupants to remove goods, A ..
Phis house was once owned bv Judge
Lane, and rented for " ; !2,tido per aminin:
at the present time it rented for about
HOD, to several occupants, whose bii-iui--
ano goods must ol necessity [>,. much j..-
■j iivd h\ such a speedy removal. Set era I
o'her lion .es are sun n ing from their per
pcndicul ir. Tilt* he nut it'ul new house,
commenced by McDowell, nearly oppo
site the late Pincknrd house, !i is been bad
ly cracked hv the sinking of tie* founda
tion.
The first .movement of the citizens of the
nourishing city of Vicksburg, should be to
procure a practical geologist to ascertain
tin* true si ite ol the case, both ;he danger
threatened us well at the injury already
done.
P.M. vt n R f.mimsi r.\u u. A few days
since, a genileinan from the We-t, being
at Washington, had the curiosity to visit
that seat ol flic American f’tesar, the
Wlnte House, to take a peep at that
republican .umplirity w hich so completely
stultified Tout Benton’s vision in 1825.
An accomplished Mulatto received him at
the door, and showed him through the
various apartments of the mansion.—
riic tour and the dazzle nearly over, tile
visitor remarked to his guide that “.Mr.
Van Buren lias a very fine house to live
in.” ’-les.massa," responded Cato, “but
I reckon he wont stay in it more than two
years longer."—[Richmond Whig
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
Shocking Occurrence. Mr. Lcgraiid
Porter was accidentally shot at his resi
dence in Campbell county, on the night
of the -'2oth inst ~ by Win. Freeland Pend
leton. The circumstances which led to
this lamentable catastrophe are mysteri
ous. For several nights previous to the
fatal occurrence, some unknown persons
had been throwing stones at and around
the house of Air. Porter.
In order to discover the perpetrators,
Mr. Pendleton and Mr. Davenport took
their gnus and commenced shooting as
they thought, in the direction from which
the stones came. Mr. Porter, (who was
blind from his youth,) being very much
irritated at the- conduct of the unknown
persons who were throwing the stones,
directed Pendleton (who was his over eer)
to shoot wherever he heard a stone fall. —
He (Pendleton) accordingly, leaving Mr.
Porter and Mr. Davenport in the house,
went into oik: of the negro houses: and
while there, accusing the negroes of throw
ing the stones, the deceased and Mr Da
venport left the house, and stood near the
chimney of the dwelling, the right arm of
Davenport I ring on the left shoulder of
t:.e it c.e :sed. A- Pendleton approached
tin; dwelling house, not more than ten
steps from Porter, hr heard a stone fall,
cud immediately tired hi- gun at random,
and it being very dark, its contents were
lodged in the body of Mr. 1 Porter, just be
hind the hone ol the hit breast. Hi fell,
and immediately expired, uttering only
tiie.-u word:—“Oil, Freeland, 'whit did
von shoot me for.'” Thus has fallen one
of our most w orthy citizens, in the bloom
of life, being only 2<j years old.—[Lynch
burg \ irgunaii.
For the purpose of giving our distant
friends some idea of the importance of
New Orleans hi a commercial point of
view, we have made a synopsis from "Le
vy's annual statement, ' by which it .ap
pears that there was received in this city,
from tin: interior, (lining the last year,
7->!!, , U.i'i bales of cotton, -1(1,090 hogsheads
tobacco, bit!,<‘i .! bids t'oiir, oil,ooo hogs
heads sugar, 40*1!) hogsheads tnolas.-es,
idf!,lbid barrels pork, I*2,MU) hogsheads
bacon, 5,500 hogsheads hums, j50,0(H) cut
bulk pork, '2d!!,OU;) kegs lard, 59,0!.0 piec
es bagging, d*i,b!M) coils rope, 270,()!!f)
barn Is corn, IMIf,1)1)0 bushels corn, lO’dOO
barrels beef, bit),ooo pigs lead, 50,000 bar
rels whiskey, 2,d')fi hands rum, 100,000
barrels coal, 0,000 hales bullalo robes, 2v>,-
* >oo bales hay, 2d,000 hides, 8.000 packs
deer: km-, 2, »!!',) kegs shot, GOO bales
lurs, 2.fit.*!) ton- pig iron, dOO casks flax
seed, -100 barrels linseed oil, ddd barrels
castor ml, 2,000 hales Spanish moss,
ii.fd.'.lillt staves, 2d,Oil'd barrels apples, 0,-
diiO bids corn nu>;d, duo • m Us cheese, ) ,-
G >0 b irrels cider, 800 boxes candles, 25,-
bdO barrel's oats. Id,ooo do. potatoes.
Tile above* list contains only the lead
ing articles, and sucli too, that arrived m
steam and lint-boats', that made their man
ile.-ts public. In ninny instances, large
amounts arrived, of which no* account was
lafi n. N\ »• have (‘numerated enough,
liovvcver, to produce at ordinary prices, the
enormous sum of seventy-live millions of
dollars. [New Orleans Bee.
i’leninu-s or* Tin: wr.s e. The value of
the agricultural products which annually
descend the Mississippi, is estimated at
seventy millions of dollars. It appears
from oliici and documents, that tin* value of
file property annually transported on the
Erie canal, of Xew-York, is sixtv-seven
millions of dollars, paving in toils to the
state treasury ! ,01-f,obfhut we presume
this amount comprehends the value of till
the goods transported each wav.
In the year 17 98, when tin assessment
was made, with a view* to the levying of
direct taxes, In the general government,
the property west ofthe Alleghany moun
tains, in states and territories of the A
merienn Union,w as valued at only twenty
six millions. The same district is esti
mated at the present d.iv, to. contain prop
erly ot the lalue ol twtlu* handled mil
lions.
The state of Indiana lias (1 lilt! men to
work on her rail v.:n< and canals. The
works of internal improvement, already
begun and proceeding towards comple
tion with unexampled rapidity, in tlu* states
ot Ohio, Indian:!, Illinois and Michigan
will cost lorty eight millions w h u mushed,
a wonderful amount, it’ we reflect on the
recent settlement of that part of the union,
and the comparatively feeble number of
tiie inhabitants. [New Orleans Bee.
We are glad to see that many of our
neighbouring pi.niters li.,u> adopted the
plan i if packing their cotton in square bale«.
II tins custom becomes universal, it will
not only he found an advantage to than in
natty points, such as convcnii nee of trans
portation, better older, saving of weight,
Ov c. hut will give Siivantta ; m adi.mta *e
in making tin* expense of’ fivightin'r ships
lighter, and permiUmg better stow t .re, hv
whirn slops rail afford to r:nr\ it lower.
Phis last atli isuiage will of course enable
buyers to iay cotton down abroad at a
lower cost, and of course, citable them to
give more for it Acer. All therefore re
dounds to the profit and advantage of
the planter.
[Sav annali Georgian.
The steamboat Law passed In Congress
at the last session is already giving proofs
of its utility. The Inspectors at Cincin
nati, appointed under tti.it act, have coti»
detuned the hollers of sever.*.! l>o:ts, whico
have consequently ceased to run.
[From the Ga. Constitutionalist. Ifith inat.] I
COMMERCIAL CONVENTION. t
Monday. October 15. j
Pursuant to a resolution passed at the last
convention held in this city in April, the con
vention met this day in the Presbyterian
church. The number of delegates in attend
ance via* respectable, and the convention pro
ceeded to business by calling to the chair
PATIMCK NOIiLP, of Abbeville District,:
and appointing N. XV. Cocke, as secretary.
The delegates present were then called on
to come forward and register their names,
when the following were banded in:
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Charleston.— Ker Boyce, I. E. Holmes, A.
Ale Dow ail, Wm. Aiken, J. C. Kerr, Thomas
(i. Holmes. R. \V. Fort, M. P. Mendenhall,
\V. M. l’orcher.
Columbia .—John Bryce, T. Starke, 11. D.
Alordeciu. E. Clieves, jr.
.ibbivi'le.- —J. A Calhoun, P. Noble, J. S,
Bowie, Joel Smith.
Edgtfiebl. —Al. La horde.
Hamburg. —l. T. Heard. .T. Ilnbhard.
Fairfield. —Thomas Watts, Daniel .McCul
lough.
Sumpter.—3. AI. Frierson, O. S. Rees, J. V.
Cowling.
Beaufort. —G. C. Mackav, J. Frarnpton, J. S.
Manor, AI. Brown, A. J. Lawton, B. Aicßrvde,
\V. Williams.
Barmi'e!l.—? l . Smith, E. Bellinger, J. O.
Haygnod, J. H, Hammond, N. G. \V. Walker,
A. N. Oilom, S. W. Trotti.
Lexington. —ll. J. Caugliman, J. A. Addi
son. Lewis Fori, J. Mettz.
Orangeburg}/. I). F. Jamieson.
GEORGIA.
Savannah. —G. B. Lamar, J. M. Berrien, S.
D. Corbitt.
.higuslu. —John Pkinizv, F. M. Robertson,
E. Thomas, L. A. Dugas, li. 11. Warren, P.
Fitzsimmons, A. Johnston, I). W. St. John, J.
M. Adams, Samuel Hale, E. B. Beal, W. M.
Antignuc, A. J. Miller,C. J. Jenkins, W. W.
Holt, A. B. Rmigstreet, G. W. Crawford, N.
W. Cocite. J. F. King, John Kerr, J. \V. Da
vies. James llarpcr.
.Wavtnn. —E. Hopkins, J. M. Colley.
.Wonsan. —.1. B. Walker, IV. F. Stokes, W.
A. Sineids, M. W. Warren, J. G. Hives.
Ealonton. —J. Branham, J. A. Wingfield, J.
F. Harwell, B. W. Sanford, J. Hill, M. Den
nis, N. Bass, A. Ketirick.
Columbia eo. —C. A Shocklev, J. F. Hamil
ton, B. Beall.
Lincoln. —B. B. Aloore. L. Parks.
Burke. —G. H. Harris, E. Bvm\ M. Marsh.
dlacon. —J. S. M. Baldwin. J. Goddard.
. itheus.—W . Hearing, W. E. Mitchell, J. A.
Cobb, C. Evans, R. Taylor, J. E. Thomson.
Craicfordsville. —A. 11. Stephens, S. Fonclie.
Warren co.— J. Aloore. VV. P. Butt, J. W.
Thomas, 11. Lockhart, T. P. Threvvitts, W.
Julies.
SrmdersviUe. —l). Solomon.
.Mitron co. —W. 11. Hearing.
.Marion co. —C. Ward, C. 1). Strange.
Grcensborough. —T. Cunningham, 11. E.
Martin, J. JI. Willey.
Jackson eo. — ft. 11. Overly, S. Watson, G.
I Cowan, Jr. J. G. MeLostor.
ALABAMA.
.Montgomery. —J. J. Hutchinson, A.G. Good
v.yii, A. J. Pickett, R. F. Charles.
Huntsville. —A. A. Dexter, I*\ Pollard.
' Da’his co. —Jesse Been.
If ctumpka. —lM. Stone,
MISSISSIPPI.
Toni toe. —J. 11. Miller, Jr.
Carroll co. —<i. If. Wilde.
TENNESSEE.
.ilhens. —S. Jernigam, A. W. Keith, John
Moss.
FLORIDA.
Col. James Gadsden.
Alter the registering of nam *s was gone
through with, (Jo!. Noble stated to the Con
| volition, tint a motion for organization would
be m order, whereupon tin: li ■mi. Jes-e Been,
of Ai I'lama, nomm-ted V’ i. June; Gadsden,
ol I-'ioia,!.!, as J"sideiit of tlm* Convention,
uln.'l: motion was iiuanitiiou-lv carried, and
Col. Gadsden u as conducted t i the'.'Ch.iir: up
on taking which. In* delivered a short address,
which was warmly received. Nitinniel W.
Cocke, Esq. was then chosen Secretary.
( •>.. i .cket. o| Ala., ode rod the following
resolution, which was adopted:
litsu’ei 1 iiut we do now* proceed to tip
point one Delegate from e ich 'state and Terri
tory, to act as \ :ce Fres!dents ot tins Conven
tion.
The following gentlemen were then ap
pointed Vice Presidents:
JESSE BEEN, of Alabama.
( iianeelior 15. F. 1)1 NKIN, of So. Carolina.
C. If. I. \ M A R, of Georgia.
SPENCER JIIR.MGAN. of Tenneisce.
JOHN MILLER. Jr. of Mississippi.
On motion of Judge Ennr.treet,
lit solved, Tint a Committee of 21 be ap
pointed by the Chair to consider and report on,
the object i ! this Convention.
On m ai ci of Patrick Noble, Esq.,
llesu'v !. That tliis Convention adjourn un
til I o’clock, to enable the President to nom
inate at hi- leisure tlm Committee of 21.
The Convention then adjourned until J o’-
clock.
-1 O’CLOCK.
Alter the Convention was called to order
the Pres: cut e. led oil such members as had
arrive.l -m *■> the morning session, to come for
ward and register tln*ir names, whereupon the
following gentlemen came forward:
BartuveH. —A I*. Aldrich.
Ten ! don. —J. E. Calhoun.
I Colum'tta co. '!.t. —Edward Ballard.
f. tirsv! It . Gtr. —W. 11. Connelly.
Iruin ro. Ga. J. McDuffie.
( arm:! ro. .Mss. - C. F. If-'innorigwav.
lie president then announced the following
gentlemen to compose the committee of twen
ty-one:
’ Jmige LONG STREET, )
Ml AM .KMiNSTON. j
I tot). At'll N P. K !NG, 1
M M. HEARING, J- of Georgia.
J. GODDARD,
JOEL BRANHAM,
J. AI. BERRIEN, J
Jmll.N BRACE, )
PATRICK NOBLE. j
JOHN FR AM ETON, I
JAMES HUBBARD, *> of So. Carolina.
(>. S. R EES.
KKR BOYCE,
1. K. HOLMES, j
A 11. KEITH, ) „
JOHN MOSS, y Tennessee.
A. A. DEXTER, )
C. F. POLLARD, { .. ,
A. J. PICKETT, [ -Manama.
L. M.*?TOXE, )
GEORGE 1). WILDS.of Mississippi.
On motion of Judge W. W. Holt.
Kcto’ved, That suitable seats be provided
| for such Editors of the city as wish to take
minutes of the proceedings of the Conven
tion.
Dn motibn of Judge Longstreet,
Resolved, That the Vice-Presidents be add
ed to the Committee of 21.
Judge Longstreet then offered the follow
ing resolution:
liesolved, That it be referred to the committee
of 21, to recommend to the Convention some
specific action by the members of this body in
their respective States, which in the opinion
of the Committee may tend to the success of
the enterprise vve have in view.
Mr. Jamieson, offered the following resolu
tion, winch was adopted:
Resolved, That the Committee consider the
propriety of recommending the formation of
Joint Stock Companies, to assist in promoting
u direct import and export trade with Eu
rope.
Col. Marsh offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That it he referred to the Commit
tee of 21, to consider the expediency of re
commending to the Legislature of the several
States and Territories, represented in this
i Convention, the adoption ofa liberal system
of Internal licpovements.
On motion of W. L. Mithchell, of Athens,
Col. Marsh vvas added to the Committee of 21.
On motion of Ker Boyce, Resolved, That
when this Convention adjourn, it adjourn to to
morrow, 12 o’clock. The Convention then ad
journed.
E. H. Bacon, Esq. of Liberty County, has
! been appointed by Isaac Hilj., Governor of
Now Hampshire, a Commissioner to adminis
ter Oaths and take acknowledgement of Deeds
within am) for the State of Georgia.
\ Ctt.VriMfcT.
\LL nations, from the remotest ages, have
. bad ships, but Columbus only found out
the way to America. Before the time of the
great Spanish navigator, people were only en
abled to paddle about tile shores. Jurtso with
the Life .Medicines. It is but two short years
since 1 iirst ventured upon an unknown ocean,
and 1 have discovered the precious object I was
in search of—HEALTH. Vegetable medi
cines were indeed known when i commenced
mv search, but tlu*ir use vvas not. By the use
ot them, 1 have not only passed from tile de
jected invalid, to the bale, hearty and active
man of business, but. comparatively speaking,
1 have renewed my youth. I can thus, with
confidence in my own experience, advise with
mv fellow citizens. Does the reader want
proof that the VEGETABLE MEDICINES
are suitable to his own ease? 1 have on file at
mv oifice, 307 Broadway, hundreds of letters,
from some of the most respectable citizens ot'
tills my native land, voluntarily offered in tes
tim >nv of tin* virtues of A GOOD VEGETA
BLE MEDICINE.
Persons whose constitutions have been near
ly ruined by the ‘-all-infallible" mineral pre
parations of the day, will bear me witness, that
the Life Medicines, and such only, are the
true course to permanent good health.
JOHN MOFFAT.
Genera] remarks relatirc to .Moffat’s I.ifc Pills
and Phtenix Hitters.
These medicines have long been known and
appreciated, for their extraordinary and imme
diate p overs of restoring perfect health, to per
sons suffering under nearly every kind of dis
ease* to which tin* human frame is liable.
In many hundreds of certificated instances,
they.have even p ;; *ued sufferers from tfie very
verge ol' an untimely grave, after all the de
eept.ve nostrums of tin* day had utterly failed ;
and t" many thousands they have permanent
ly secured f hat uniform enjoyment ol’health,
without w hich hit* itself is hut a partial bless
ing. So great, indeed, has tli n* eiucaov inva
riably and infallibly proved, that it lias appear
ed scarcely less to those who
were unaeuu i.tited with the beautifully philo
sophical pnu iples upon which they are com
pounded. and upon which they consequently
act. It w;*.« to their in .niicst and sensible ac
tion m purifying tin* springs and channels of
I.lc and enduing them w ilh renewed tone and
vigor, iliet they were indebted for their name,
whom was lie,!owed upon them at the sponta
neous request of several individuals whose
lives they hud obviously saved.
Tile proprietor rejoices in the opportunity
afforded by the universal diffusion of the daily
press, for placing bis VEGETABLE LIFE
FILLS with n the knowledge and teach ofev
cry individual in the community. Unlike the
host of p rnicious quackeries, which boast of
vegetable ingredients, the Life Pills are purely
and soi. ii.v vm. l. i aulk, and contain neither
Mercury. Antimony. Arsenic, nor any oilier
mineral, in any form whatever. They are en
tirely composed of extracts from rare and pow
erful plants, the virtues of which, though long
known to several Indian tribes, and recently
to some eminent pliarmact utical chemists, are
altogether unknown to the ignorant pretenders
to medical science; and were never before ad
ministered in so happily efficacious a combina
tion.
Their first operation is to loosen from the
coats of tlie stomach and bowels, the various
impurities and crudities constantly settling a
round them : anil to remove the hardened tic
ices which collect in the convolutions of the
small iutest in s. Other medicines only par
tially idealise these, and leave such collected
masses bell slid, as to pr< dure habitual costive
ness. with all its train id evils, or sudden diar
rhoea. with its iiumim nt dangers. This fact is
w ell known to all regular anatomists, who ex
aminine the human bowels alter death: and
hence the prejudice of these well informed
men against the quark mod vines of the age.
The second edi ct of the V F< i ETA ISLE LIFE
FILLS is to cleanse til” kidneys and the blad
der, and by this means, the liver an 1 the luivs.
the healthful action of which entirely depends
upon the regularity of the urinary nriraus
The blood, which takes its red color from the
agency of the liver and the lungs before it
parses into the heart, being thus purified by
tiieni. au'.l nourished by tooil tuii»rnr from a
clean stomach, courses freely through the
veins, n news every part of the system, and
triumphantly mounts the banner of health in
the blooming cheek.
i ‘ic Ldlow iug are among the distressing* va- 1
r,. f, of human diseases, to which the Vegeta-1
bie Life Fills are well known to be infallible :
Di SFKFSIA. by thoroughly cleansing the
first and second stomachs, creating a (low of
pure healthy bile, instead of the stale and a
end k.nd.— I'.otulcury, Vulpitation of the Heart,
l.'.ss of .dpfrtite. Heart-burn anil hrad-urhr.
I<<.'tlessuess, 111-teniprr. .Inrirty. l.angvor, anil
Mr/tinr holly. which are the general symp
toms ot Dyspepsia, will vanish, ns a natural
consequence of its cure. Costiccncss. by
eb ansing the whole length of the intestines
with a solvent process, and without violence,
all violent purges leave the bowels costive 1
w ithin two days. Diurrhaa and ( hoi era. by
removing the sharp acrid fluids by which
tin so complaints are occasioned, and bv pro
moting the lubncative secretion of the inu* us
membrane. Fertrs of till kinds, by restoring i
the bleed to n regular circulation, through the
process of perspiration in some eases, and the
thorough solution of all intestinal obstructions
m others. The LIFE} PILLS have been
know'll to cure Rheumatism permanently in
three weeks, and Gout in half the time, by re
moving local inflammation from the muscles
and ligaments of the joints. Dropsies of all
hinds, by freeing and strengthening the kid
neys and bladder; they operate most delight
fully on these important organs, and hence
have ever been found a certain remedy for
the worst cases of Gravel. Also, Worms, by
dislodging from the turnings of the bowels the
slimy matter to which these creatures adhere;
Asthma and Consumption, by relieving the air
vessels of the lungs from the mucus, which
even slight colds wall occasion, which if not
removed becomes hardened, and poduces
those dreadful diseases. Scurry, Ulcers, and
Inreteratc Sores, by the perfect purity which
these Life Pills give to the blood, and all the
humors; Scorbeittr, Eruptions, and Bad Ctrm
plerions by their alterative effect upon the
fluids that feed the skin, the morbid state of
which occasions all Erupticc complaints, Sal
low, Cloudy and other disagreeable Complex
ions. The use of these Pills fora very short
time, will effect an entire cure of Salt rheum,
\ Erysipelas, and a striking improvement in the
i Clearness of the shin. Common Colds and
, Influenza, will always be cured by one dose,
or. by two, even in tl\e worst cases. Piles,
—as a remedy for this most distressing and
obstinate malady, the Vegetable life Pills de
serve a distinct and emphatic recommenda
tion. It is well known to hundreds in this
city, that the Proprietor ofthe invaluable Pills
was himselt afflicted with this complaint for
upwards of thirty-five years, and that he tried
in vain every remedy prescribed within the
whole compass of the Materia Medica. lie
however, at length, tried the medicine which
lie now offers to the public, and he was cured
in a very short time, after his recovery had
been pronounced not only improbable, but ab
solutelv impossible, by any human means.
DIRECTIONS FOR USE.—The Proprie
tor of the Vegetable Life Pills does not
follow the base and mercenary practice of the
quacks of the day, in advising persons to take
bis Pills in large quantities. No good medi
cine can possibly be so required. These Pills
i are to be taken at bed time every night, for
a week or fortnight, according to the obstinacy
of the disease. The usual dose is from 2to 5,
according to the constitution of the person.
Very delicate persons should begin with but
two, and increase as the nature of the case
may require: those more robust, or of very cos
tive habit, may begin with 3, and increase
to 4. or even 5 Pills, and they will effect a suf
ficiently happy change to euidethe patient in
tiieir further use. These Pills sometimes oc
casion sickness and vomiting, though very
seldom, unless the stomach is x r ery foul; this,
however, may be considered a favorable symp
tom. as the patient will find himself at once
relieved, and by perseverance will soon re
cover. They usually operate within 10 or 12
hours, and never give pain, unless the bow
els are very much encumbered. They may
,be taken by the most delicate females under
any circumstances.—lt is, however, reconi
j mended, that those in later periods oforegnan
ov should take but one at a time, and thus con
tint’.e to keep the bowels open: and even two
may be taken where the patient is very cos
tive. One pill in a solution of two table
spoons lull of water, may be given to an in
fant m the billowing doses—a tea spoon full
every two hours till it operates; for a child
from one to five years of age, half a pill—and
from five to ten one pill.
THE PI ICE NIX BITTERS, are so called,
because t hey possess the power of restoring
’-d* cx jvri ii<r embers ot health, to a glowinjgr
vigor throughout the constitution, as the
I'nanix is said to be restored to life from the
ashes of its own dissolution. The Phoenix
t ors are entirely vegetable, composed of
mots found only in certain parts of the west
cm country, which infallibly cure FE
\ ER. AND AGUES of all kinds; will never
fmi to eradicate entirely all the effects of Mer
cury. infinitely sooner than the most powerful
preparations of Sarsaparilla, and will immedi
aMvcure the determination of BLOOD TO
1 HE HEAD; never fail in the sichaess inci
-1,1 I'"""? females; and will be found a
certain remedy in all eases of „ er roiw debility
(inn trcul ncys of the most impaired constitu
tions. Asa rom dy for Chronic and Inflam
mutnry Rheumatism, the efficacy of the Plicenix
Ritters will be demonstrated bv the use of a
sm o-ff bottle. The usual dose of these bitters
is ba!. a v ine glass full, in water or wine, and
this quantity may be taken two or three time*
a day. about half an hour before meals, ora
less quantity may be taken at all times. To
those who are afflicted with indigestion after
meals, these Bitters will prove invaluable, as
they very greatly increase the action of the
principal viscera, help them to perform their
functions and enable the stomach to discharge
into the bowels whatever is offensive. Titus
indigestion is easily and speedily removed,
appetitarestored, and the mouths of the ab
sorbent vessels being cleansed, nutrition is
facilitated, and strength of body and energy
of mind are the happy results. For farther
particulars of MOFFAT S LIFE PILES and
PmF.NIX BITTERS, apply at Mr Moffat I
office. No 367 Broadway, Now York,where the
1 ills ran be obtained for 25 cents. 50 cents, or
!<1 per box; and the Bitters for $1 or $2 per
bottle, [p 3 * Numerous certificates ofthe won
< u Jul efficacy of both, may be there inspect-
In some obstinate and complicated cases of
chronic and inflammatory Rheumatism, Liver
Complaints. Feverand Ague, Dyspepsia Palsy,
I‘iles. injuries from the use of mercury, quinine,
inn! other diseases of long standing, it may be
found necessary to take both the Life Pills
and the Pho nix Bitters, in the doses before
recommended.
N. IS —Those Pills and the Bitters will get
all mercury out of the system infinitely faster -
than the best preparations of Sarsaparilla, and
are a certain remedy fertile rushing of blood,
lo tin head, or all riolent headaches, tic dou
loureux. Arc.—All persons who are predisposed
to apopleri/. paisa. Ac. should never be with
out the Life Pills nr the Bitters, for one dose
in time will save life. They equalize the cir
culation of the blood, draw all pressure from
the head, restore prespiration. and throw off
' every impurity by the pores of the skin.
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
Persons using the Life Medicines, are ad
vis, and to take the Pills at night, in sufficient
qantit.es to operate two or three times on the
bowels in the course of the next day. Also
take a table spoonful of tlie Bitters half an
hour be-fore each meal. Forthose of a delicate
cr enfeebled constitution, half the quantity
may be sufficient. J
IIT For further particulars of the above Med
icine see Malm's Goon S.vmarit vx, a copy
of which accompanies the Medicine. A cop v
S|7n on l L°m^ lllp, ' Cation at the "tore of
1 ART, BARRETT & CO., Brunswick, Ga.,
who have tli Medicine for sale.
V Prepared and sold by William B. Mof
fat No. •lt)7. Broadway, New-York. A liber
al deduction made to those who purchase to
sell again.
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